31.5498° N, 74.3435° E
LAHORE
Most Famous People Born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Notable people
- 920
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1961
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 22.4×
Behind the cricket-mad headlines, Lahore still carries its old Mughal-capital swagger — the runways and studios turn out fashion Models at a clip you wouldn't guess from a subcontinental megacity, and the Physicist bench is a quiet echo of the pre-Partition university scene when this was the liberal heart of Punjab. Alhamra and Government College still sit where the Mayo School of Arts drew the city's first generation of painters and engineers out into the wider world.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lahore during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lahore Is Known For
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Cricket is Lahore's biggest profession — 28% of all notables (262).
Lahore over-indexes on cricket — 22.4× the global rate.
Lahore under-produces writer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lahore's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Imtiaz Ali Taj
1900 - 1970
Abdur Rashid Kardar
1904 - 1989
Ilm-ud-din
1908 - 1929
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
1904 - 1930
Amir Elahi
1908 - 1980
Dilawar Hussain
1907 - 1967
Pran Nath Thapar
1906 - 1975
Syed Amjad Ali
1907 - 1997
Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot
1906 - 1969
Mian Iftikharuddin
1907 - 1962
Khadim Hussain
1905 - 1972
John Dewar (RAF officer)
1907 - 1940
Asha Devi Aryanayakam
1901 - 1972
Begum Aizaz Rasul
1908 - 2001
Bishnu Charan Ghosh
1903 - 1970
Durgadas Bhatia
1907 - 1972
Lala Rup Chand
1900 - 1966