24.8605° N, 67.0112° E
KARACHI
Most Famous People Born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Notable people
- 851
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1968
- Most distinctive
- Actress 35.9×
Pakistan's biggest city was designed around Jinnah's new capital project in 1947 and then exploded into a media and commercial megalopolis. The Cricket count runs at better than twenty times the global baseline and the Actress count at more than thirty-five — the Lollywood-and-glossies axis of Pakistani soft power — with Model, Film and Diplomat benches rounding out a city that exports its television dramas, its ambassadors and its fast bowlers in roughly equal measure.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Karachi during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Karachi Is Known For
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Cricket is Karachi's biggest profession — 28% of all notables (239).
Karachi over-indexes on actress — 35.9× the global rate.
Karachi under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Karachi's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Valerian Gracias
1901 - 1978
Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla
1902 - 1953
Hari Shivdasani
1909 - 1994
Naoomal Jeoomal
1904 - 1980
Anthony de Mello (cricket administrator)
1900 - 1961
Krishna Kripalani
1907 - 1992
H. M. Khoja
1908 - 1999
Hassanally A. Rahman
1904 - 1986
Allah Baksh Sarshar Uqaili
1907 - 1971
N. R. Acharya
1909 - 1993
Reg Tricker
1904 - 1990
Dalsukh M. Pancholi
1906 - 1959
Edwin Pinto
1901 - 1978