- List of Pashtuns
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The following is an incompelte list of notable Pashtuns who can trace their roots back to Afghanistan.[1] The list includes those born to parents who are both Pashtuns and those that have mixed Pashtun ancestry.
Contents
List from A to Z
A
- Ahmad Shah Durrani - founding father of Afghanistan
- Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani - politician in Afghanistan
- Ahmad Zahir - famous Afghan musician
- Anwar Kamal Khan
- Abbas Khattak
- Alauddin Khilji
- Abdul Ahad Mohmand - the first Afghan comsonaunt
- Abdul Aziz Hotak - the second ruler of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty
- Abdul Ghani Khan
- Abdul Hai Habibi - prominent historian and politician in Afghanistan
- Abdul Haq - political figure in Afghanistan who was killed by the Taliban in late 2001
- Abdul Jabbar Naeemi - politician in Afghanistan
- Abdul Wahid Durrani
- Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Abdul Rasul Sayyaf - politician in Afghanistan
- Abdul Wahid Khan
- Abdur Rahman Khan - monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
- Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
- Abdul Salam Azimi - Chief Justice of Afghanistan
- Abdul Qadir - politician in Afghanistan until his death in 2002
- Abdul Waheed Kakar
- Abid Ullah Jan
- Abdul Rahim Wardak - Defense Minister of Afghanistan
- Abdul Zahir - politician in Afghanistan during the 1970s
- Afrasiab Khattak
- Aftab Ahmad Sherpao
- Afzal Bangash
- Akhtar Mohammad Osmani
- Akram Khan Durrani
- Ali Mohammed Khan
- Ali Ahmad Jalali - politician in Afghanistan
- Amanullah Khan - Ghazi of the Third Anglo-Afghan War and King of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929
- Amanullah Khan Jadoon
- Amirzai Sangin - politician in Afghanistan
- Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi
- Amir Kror Suri - 8th century folk hero and a king from the Ghor region in Afghanistan
- Amjad Khan
- Anwar Saifullah Khan
- Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi
- Anwar Kamal Khan (Marwat-Mina Khel)
- Arbab Jehangir Khan
- Asadullah Khan - member of the Afghanistan national cricket team
- Asadullah Khalid - politician in Afghanistan
- Assadullah Wafa - politician in Afghanistan
- Asfandyar Wali Khan - politician in Pakistan
- Ashraf Hotaki - Shah of Persia from 1725 to 1729 and the fourth ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
- Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai - politician in Afghanistan
- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
- Aslam Khattak
- Ayub Shah
- Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai
B
D
- Dadullah
- Daud Shah Saba - politician in Afghanistan
- Daud Khan Rohilla
- Daulat Khan Lodhi
- Dil Jan Khan
- Din Mohammad - politician in Afghanistan
- Delbar Jan Arman - politician in Afghanistan
- Dilip Kumar
- Dost Mohammad Khan - Monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
- Dr. Kabir Stori
E
- Ehsan Aman - Afghan musician
F
- Faqir of Ipi
- Fardeen Khan
- Farhad Darya - Afghan musician
- Farhatullah Babar
- Faryadi Sarwar Zardad
- Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman
- Feroz Khan
G
- Gul Agha Sherzai - politician in Afghanistan
- Ghulam Farooq Wardak - politician in Afghanistan
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Gohar Ayub Khan
- Gul Hassan Khan
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar - politician and warlord from Afghanistan
H
- Mian Hayaud Din
- Habibullah Khan
- Hayat Sherpao
- Khan Habibullah Khan (Marwat) (Former Chairman of the Senate, Pakistan)
- Hayatullah Khan Durrani
- Hafiz Rahmat Khan
- Hafizullah Amin
- Hakim Taniwal - politician in Afghanistan
- Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanistan since late 2001
- Hamidullah Qalandarzai - politician in Afghanistan
- Hashim Khan
- Hedayat Amin Arsala - politician in Afghanistan who previously worked for World Bank
- Hiddy Jahan
- Hussain Hotaki - the last ruler of the Hotaki dynasty at Kandahar
I
- Ibrahim Lodhi
- Imran Khan
- Imran Ullah Khan
- Inayatullah Khan
- Iqbal Khan Jadoon
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani (Khugyani)
- Irfan Khan Pathan
J
- Jalaluddin Haqqani
- Jamal Shah
- Jan Mohammad Khan - politician in Afghanistan until his death in 2011
- Juma Khan Hamdard - politician in Afghanistan
K
- Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed
- Karzais
- Kader Khan
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Khan Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar
- Khan Abdul Wali Khan
- Khan Habibullah Khan (Marwat)
- Khatir Afridi
- Khushal Khan Khattak
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
L
- Lutfullah Mashal - politician in Afghanistan
M
- Mahmud Hotaki - Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725 and the third ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
- Mahmud Tarzi - politician and pioneer of journalism in Afghanistan in the early 20th century
- Mahmud Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan in the 18th century
- Mahmood Khan Achakzai - politician in Pakistan
- Malik Saad
- Maulana Kausar Niazi
- Maulana Mohammad Ali
- Mian Ghulam Jilani
- Mirwais Ahmadzai - Afghan-Italian pop musician in Europe
- Mirwais Hotak - founder of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty in Kandahar
- Misbah Ul-Haq
- Mohammad Akbar Barakzai - politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammad Akbar Khan
- Mohammad Asef Rahimi - politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammad Ayub Khan - monarch of Afghanistan in 19th century
- Mohammad Ashraf Naseri - politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammed Daoud Khan - President of Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978
- Mohammad Dawran - Commander of the Afghan Air Force
- Mohammad Gulab Mangal - politician in Afghanistan
- Mohammad Nadir Shah - King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
- Mohammad Yaqub Khan - monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
- Mohammed Najibullah
- Mohammed Omar - the spiritual leader of the Taliban (Quetta Shura)
- Mohammad Yunus
- Mufti Mahmood
- Muhammad Muhsin Khan
- Muhammad Essa
- Mohammad Ishaq Aloko - Attorney General of Afghanistan
- Mullah Powindah
- Muhammad Ali Khan Mohmand
- Mohammed Zahir Shah - the last king of Afghanistan who reigned for 40 years
- Musa Khan Ahmadzai - politician in Afghanistan
N
- Naghma - Afghan musician
- Nashenas - Afghan musician
- Naim Popal - Afghan musician
- Naseerullah Babar
- Naser Mestarihi
- Nasrullah Khan
- Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes)
- Najib-ul-Daula
- Nazia Iqbal
O
- Omar Zakhilwal - politician in Afghanistan
- Omer Tarin
P
- Pacha Khan Zadran - politician in Afghanistan
- Palay Khan
Q
- Qalandar Momand
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad
- Qamar Zaman
R
- Rahim Shah
- Rahimuddin Khan
- Rahman Baba
- Rasool Sayyaf
- Roedad Khan
- Roohul Amin - politician in Afghanistan
S
- Saeed Khan Rangeela
- Saleem Khan (Marwat)
- Saifullah Khan Khudiadadzai (Qilla Saifullah)
- Saif Ali Khan
- Salim Saifullah Khan
- Sanjay Khan
- Samiullah Khan
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Sher Mohammad Karimi - Chief of Army Staff of the Afghan National Army
- Sher Ali Khan
- Shahkur Ullah Durrani
- Shah Nawaz Khan
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Sharbat Gula
- Sher Afzal Khan Barikoti
- Sher Shah Suri
- Shuja Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan in the early 19th century
- Shukria Barakzai - politician in Afghanistan
- Sikandar Lodhi
- Soraya Tarzi - Queen of Afghanistan in the 1920s
- Suhaila Seddiqi - retired politician from Afghanistan. She has served as the Minister of Public Health and as a surgeon general in the military of Afghanistan.
T
- Taj Mohammad Wardak - politician in Afghanistan
- Tam Khan
- Tarzi
- Timur Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan, the second ruler of the Durrani Empire
- Toryalai Wesa - politician in Afghanistan
U
W
Y
- Yahya Khan
- Younis Khan
- Yousef Pashtun - politician in Afghanistan
- Y.Misdaq
Z
- Zabihullah Mojaddidy - politician in Afghanistan
- Zalmay Khalilzad - United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan
- Zalmai Rassoul - Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
- Zaman Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan
- Zahira Zahir - famous Afghan-American hairstylist and cosmetologist
- Zakir Hussain (politician)
- Zeba Bakhtiar
See also
References
Categories:- Pashtun people
- Afghanistan-related lists
- Pakistan-related lists
- Demographics of Pakistan
- Demographics of Afghanistan
- Lists of people by ethnicity
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