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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- Field: Film Clear ×
Yash Chopra
1932 - 2012
Ramanand Sagar
1917 - 2005
Chetan Anand (director)
1915 - 1997
Saba Qamar
Born 1984
Sajjad Ali
Born 1966
Lekh Tandon
1929 - 2017
Syed Noor
Born 1951
Gulshan Rai
1924 - 2004
Faisal Rehman
Born 1966
A. J. Kardar
1926 - 2002
Usman Peerzada
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Waseem Abbas
Born 1960
Nazir Ahmed Khan
1910 - 1983
Farjad Nabi
Born 1969
Mazhar Zaidi
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Sardul Singh Kwatra
1928 - 2005
Sudhir (actor)
1921 - 1997
Ammar Aziz
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Saife Hassan
Born 1969
Pervaiz Kaleem
Born 1949
Ahson Talish
Born 1960
Barkat Siddiqui
Born 1971