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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- Field: Writer Clear ×
Kamila Shamsie
Born 1973
Bina Shah
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Shabana Rehman Gaarder
Born 1976
Sara Suleri Goodyear
Born 1953
Marie-Ève Malouines
Born 1961
Farhat Ishtiaq
Born 1980
Shakil Auj
1960 - 2014
Samina Quraeshi
1944 - 2013
Fakhra Younas
1979 - 2012
Ghulam Rabbani Agro
1933 - 2010
Fasih Bari Khan
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Sobho Gianchandani
1920 - 2014
Rukhsana Ahmad
Born 1948
MA Rahat
1941 - 2017
Allah Baksh Sarshar Uqaili
1907 - 1971
Shandana Minhas
Born 1975
Maliha Masood
Born 1972
Adeel Razzaq
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Imad Rahman
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Hassan Musa Khan
Born 1863