List of people from Multan
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This is a list of notable people from Multan city and Multan District.
Scholars
[edit]- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Muslim scholar
- Anwaar Ahmad, writer and academician
Sports
[edit]- Aamer Bashir, cricketer
- Ali Sawal, cricketer and sports commentator
- Arif Mehmood, football player
- Asmavia Iqbal, cricketer
- Aamer Yamin, cricketer
- Farhan Khan, Omani cricketer
- Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer
- Naveed Akram, football player
- Rahat Ali, cricketer
- Sania Khan, cricketer
- Saqib Ali, cricketer
- Sohaib Maqsood, cricketer
- Sukhan Faiz, cricketer
- Khurram Khan, UAE cricketer
- Robin Kreyer (1910-1987), cricketer and British Army/British Indian Army officer
- Imam-ul-Haq, cricketer
Rulers
[edit]- Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of Durrani Empire
- Bahlul Lodi, founder of Lodhi dynasty
- Fateh Daud, ruler of Multan
- Khizr Khan, founder of Sayyid dynasty of Delhi sultanate
- Nawab Ali Mohammad Khan Khakwani, Governor of Multan, Durrani Empire
- Nawab Zahid Khan (From 1738 to 1748)
- Nawab Shuja Khan - Governor of Multan and founder of Shujabad
- Nawab Muzaffar Khan Governor of Multan and founder of Muzaffargarh
Politicians
[edit]- Buland Akhtar Rana, politician and civil servant.
- Sahibzada Farooq Ali, former Speaker of the National Assembly
- Fakhar Imam, former Speaker of the National Assembly
- Malik Ahmed Hussain Dehar,Former Member of National Assembly
- Hamid Raza Gillani, politician
- Zain ul Abadeen Gillani, politician
- Hamid Saeed Kazmi, politician
- Hina Rabbani Khar, politician
- Javed Hashmi, politician
- Najaf Abbasi (politician)
- Rafique Rajwana, Senator & Governor Punjab
- Shaukat Tarin, banker, politician
- Sikandar Hayat Khan, Punjabi politician
- Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed, politician
- Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan
- Umar Bashir, politician Pakistan Tareek-e-Insaf
Holy figures
[edit]- Dewan Mulraj, Sikh saint
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Saint
- Mai Maharban, female saint
- Syed Musa Pak, Muslim Sufi
- Rukn-e-Alam, Muslim Sufi
Scientists
[edit]- H. Gobind Khorana, Nobel prize winner scientist
Others
[edit]- Mazhar Kaleem, writer and novelist
- Muhammad Sharif, cosmologist
- Mahindar Pall Singh, Sikh MPA, politician and Business man
- Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and professor
- Syed Noor Ul Hassan Bukhari (Scholar writer )
- Sadiq Ali Shahzad, sculptor
- Saima Noor, film actress
- Najam Sheraz, singer
- Hamza Ali Abbasi, film actor
- Hajra Yamin, actress