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.
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- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
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- Field: Actress Clear ×
Momal Sheikh
Born 1985
Somy Ali
Born 1976
Sumbul Iqbal
Born 1990
Fatima Effendi
Born 1990
Nimra Khan
Born 1990
Sanam Jung
Born 1988
Arisha Razi
Born 2003
Nausheen Shah
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Shaista Lodhi
Born 1977