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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Fawad Khan
Born 1981
Shamshad Begum
1919 - 2013
Momina Mustehsan
Born 1992
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Born 1965
Pran Nath (musician)
1918 - 1996
Surinder Kaur
1929 - 2006
Annie Khalid
Born 1987
Hamid Ali Khan
Born 1953
Musarrat Nazir
Born 1940
Asad Amanat Ali Khan
1955 - 2007
Jawad Ahmad
Born 1970
Tahira Syed
Born 1958
Shiraz Uppal
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Zil-e-Huma
1944 - 2014
Zeenat Begum
1920 - 1966
Kashif Ali
Born 1992
Fariha Pervez
Born 1970
Damia Farooq
Born 1998
Farhan Saeed
Born 1984
Yasir Jaswal
Born 1983
Zameer Rizvi
Born 1981
Nabeel Shaukat Ali
Born 1989
Rizwan Butt
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Rizwan Wasti
1937 - 2011
Jabar Abbas
Born 1983
Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan
Born 1980
Sahir Ali Bagga
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Haroon Shahid
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Mahmood Rahman
Born 1980
Munawar Ali Khan
1930 - 1989