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1 Monarchs  





2 Presidents  





3 Politicians and diplomats  





4 Military figures  





5 Scientists  





6 Entrepreneurs  





7 Historians  





8 Actors and film directors  





9 Writers (including journalists)  



9.1  Poets  







10 Artists  





11 Religious figures  





12 Sportspeople  





13 Musicians (including composers)  





14 Female activists  





15 Others  





16 See also  





17 References  














List of Afghans






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The following is a list of notable Afghan people, which includes all the ethnic groups of the modern stateofAfghanistan. Afghanistan has gone through territorial changes. This list generally excludes Ethnic Pashtuns who originate from regions that were not controlled by Afghanistan at the time, though there are exceptions for certain figures who are prominent to Pashtuns. It also includes historical figures coming from the present day borders of Afghanistan, even if they were non-Pashtuns.

Monarchs[edit]

Amanullah Khan

Presidents[edit]

  • Nur Muhammad Taraki
  • Mohammad Najibullah
  • Burhanuddin Rabbani
  • Hamid Karzai
  • Ashraf Ghani-served as the fifth president of Afghanistan,and as the second and final president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • Politicians and diplomats[edit]

    Abdul Rashid Dostum
    Amrullah Saleh

    Military figures[edit]

    Scientists[edit]

    Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani
  • Hedayat Amin Arsala – economist
  • Mohammad Amin Fatemi – physician
  • Nake M. Kamrany – professor of economics
  • Habib Mangal – physician
  • Abdul Ahad Mohmand – astronaut, he became the first Afghan citizen and the fourth Muslim to visit outer space, he also made Pashto the 4th spoken language in space.
  • Abdul Karim Mustaghni
  • M. Ishaq Nadiri – professor of economics
  • Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi – physician
  • Abbas Noyan – engineer
  • Hamidullah Qalandarzai – engineer
  • Mohammad Qayoumi – engineer; president of San Jose State University
  • Daud Shah Saba – geologist
  • Sima Samar – physician
  • Habiba Sarobi – hematologist
  • Nazif Shahrani – professor of anthropology
  • Kabir Stori – psychologist
  • Zemaryalai Tarzi – archeologist
  • Abdul Qayum Tutakhail – physician
  • Ghulam Sediq Wardak – inventor
  • Sediq Afghan – mathematician
  • Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787-886 AD) – astrologer
  • Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850–934 AD) – geographer and mathematician
  • Al-Muqanna (-783 AD) – chemist, also known for leading an Islamic revolt and claiming to be a prophet
  • Al-Sijzi (945-1020 AD) – Muslim astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer
  • Entrepreneurs[edit]

  • Sadat Mansoor Naderi
  • Fahim Hashimy
  • Safi Rauf
  • Fatema Akbari
  • Ehsan Bayat
  • Sherkhan Farnood
  • Fauzia Gailani, Gilani ethnic Pashtun
  • Mahmud Karzai
  • Roya Mahboob
  • Sher Khan Nashir
  • Saad Mohseni
  • Kamila Sidiqi
  • Khushnood Nabizada
  • Historians[edit]

  • Hamid Naweed
  • Akram Assem
  • Ghulam Mohammad Ghobar (1898–1978)
  • Zalmay A. Gulzad
  • Abdul Hai Habibi (1910–1984)
  • Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara
  • Omara Khan Massoudi – geographer, historian
  • Abdul Shakoor Rashad (1921–2004)
  • Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi – chronicler and Islamic scholar
  • Khvandamir
  • Actors and film directors[edit]

    Nelofer Pazira
  • Leena Alam – actress
  • Siddiq Barmak (born 1962) – directed the drama film Osama (2003)
  • Abdul Ghafoor Breshna – painter, music composer, poet and film director
  • Sonia Nassery Cole – directed the drama film The Black Tulip (2010)
  • Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985) – model, author, designer
  • Fahim Fazli – actor, author, modification speaker, cultural technical advisor for US Marines
  • Azita Ghanizada, actress
  • Marina Golbahari
  • Haji Kamran
  • Kader Khan (1937–2018), Bollywood film actor and producer
  • Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada
  • Mamnoon Maqsoodi (born 1966)
  • Celina Jaitly, actress in Indian cinema
  • Anisa Wahab
  • Abdul Wahid Nazari (born 1953)
  • Nelofer Pazira
  • Soosan Firooz
  • Arshi Khan, model and celebrity
  • Atiq Rahimi – French-Afghan filmmaker, writer
  • Salim Shaheen
  • Kawa Ada
  • Writers (including journalists)[edit]

  • Nelufar Hedayat
  • Khaled Hosseini (born 1965)
  • Hafizullah Khaled
  • Qiamuddin Khadim
  • Sultan Munadi (1976–2009)
  • Fariba Nawa (born 1973)
  • Nelofer Pazira
  • Dr. Hafiz Sahar (1928–1982)
  • Sayed Ihsanuddin Taheri
  • Mahmud Tarzi (1865–1933)
  • Sakena Yacoobi
  • Rahnaward Zaryab
  • Ahmad Javeed Ahwar
  • Tamim Ansary
  • Homeira Qaderi
  • Gul Mohamad Zhowandai
  • Leila Christine Nadir
  • Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam (770–838) philologist and the author of many standard works on lexicography, Qur’anic sciences
  • Abu Mansur al-Azhari (895–980) lexicographer, philologist and grammarian of Arabic; prominent philogist of his time
  • Abdul Khaliq Hussaini journalist, activist
  • Aziz Ullah Haidari journalist
  • Chékéba Hachemi Afghan feminist and writer
  • Mohammad Haider Zhobal history writer
  • Nelufar Hedayat, journalist
  • Yalda Hakim, journalist
  • Dr. Hafiz Sahar (1928–1982)
  • Khushnood Nabizada, journalist and entrepreneur
  • Poets[edit]

    Mahmud Tarzi
  • Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
  • Hafizullah Khaled
  • Hamza Baba (1907–1994) Sage of Herat, the great Sufi mystic of 11th century
  • Rahman Baba (1650–1715)
  • Wasef Bakhtari
  • Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987)
  • Ghani Khan (1914–1996)
  • Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1689)
  • Latif Nazemi (born 1947)
  • Parween Pazhwak (born 1967)
  • Pir Roshan (1525–1582/1585)
  • Sana Safi
  • Layla Sarahat Rushani (died 2004)
  • Hakim Sanai (1080–1131)
  • Kabir Stori (1942–2006)
  • Mahmūd Tarzī (1830–1900)
  • Nazo Tokhi
  • Qahar Asi (1956–1994)
  • Wasef Bakhtari
  • Mohammad Hashem Zamani
  • Rabia Balkhi from the city of Balkh, possibly the first female poet of Persian literature
  • Abu al-Fath al-Busti (942–1010)
  • Abdul Bari Jahani Afghan poet, most notable work is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Makhfi Badakhshi
  • Nadia Anjuman
  • Abdul Rahman Pazhwak (1919–1995)
  • Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441–1501) poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter
  • Unsuri 10-11th century Persian poet, from Balkh
  • Matiullah Turab[1]
  • Artists[edit]

    Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

    Religious figures[edit]

    Sportspeople[edit]

    Nadia Nadim
    • Rashid Khan – cricketer, the ICC Men's T20I Player of the Decade
  • Mohammad Nabi – cricketer, 1st in Allrounder rankings.
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman – cricketer
  • Hamid Hassan – cricketer
  • Hazratullah Zazai – cricketer, led Afghanistan to the highest T20I score of 278/3
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz – cricketer
  • Qais Ahmad – cricketer
  • Asghar Afghan – cricketer, Afghanistan's former captain and ended his career with the highest T20I wins as a captain.
  • Rohullah Nikpai – first Afghanistan's Taekwondo Olympic winner of 2008 and 2012
  • Mustafa Amini – Afghan-Australian footballer
  • Javed Ahmadi – cricketer
  • Sandjar Ahmadi – footballer
  • Raees Ahmadzai – cricketer
  • Yamin Ahmadzai – cricketer
  • Shamsuddin Amiri – footballer
  • Jan Alam Hassani – volleyballer
  • Qaher Hazrat – cyclist
  • Gulbadin Naib – cricketer
  • Nasratullah Nasrat – cricketer
  • Said Karimulla Khalili – Russian-Afghan biathlete
  • Dawlat Zadran – cricketer
  • Siyar Bahadurzada – UFC fighter
  • Nadia Nadim – footballer
  • Jeff Bronkey – Afghan-American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Shamila Kohestani – footballer, and former captain of the Afghanistan women's national football team
  • Hussain Sadiqi – Afghan Australian martial artist
  • Khaleqdaad Noori – cricketer
  • Moshtagh Yaghoubi – Afghan-born Finnish footballer
  • Musicians (including composers)[edit]

    • Omar Akram – Grammy Award-winning Afghan-American recording artist, composer and pianist
  • Aryana Sayeed
  • Naghma
  • Dawood Sarkhosh
  • Farhad Darya
  • Soosan Firooz – actress and rapper
  • Mozhdah Jamalzadah
  • Miri Maftun
  • Latif Nangarhari
  • Nasrat Parsa
  • Ahmad Zahir
  • Hangama
  • Ahmad Wali
  • Ubaidullah Jan – Pashto singer
  • Nashenas – one of the oldest surviving musicians from Afghanistan
  • Rukhshana – one of the first Afghan female singers
  • Rahim Bakhsh
  • Abdul Rahim Sarban – singer
  • Nainawaz – artist, poet and composer; composed some of the most iconic pieces in Afghan popular music
  • Female activists[edit]

    • Sima Samar – human rights, democracy, first Afghan's Noble award candidate
  • Aryana Sayeed – women's rights activist and famous singer
  • Roqia Abubakr
  • Sitara Achakzai – women's rights activist
  • Jamila Afghani – founder of Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO)
  • Safia Ahmed-jan – women's rights activist
  • Khadija Ahrari – helped give women the right to vote
  • Fatema Akbari
  • Farkhunda Zahra Naderi Women Rights Activist
  • Farida Azizi – advocate for peace and women's rights.
  • Marzia Basel – advocate for women's education
  • Mariam Ghani – artist and advocate for women's rights
  • Laila Haidari (born 1978)[3]
  • Malalai Joya (born 1978)
  • Fawzia Koofi
  • Anahita Ratebzad (1931–2014)
  • Masuma Esmati Wardak
  • Manizha Wafeq[4]
  • Asila Wardak
  • Others[edit]

  • Ahmad Massoud (born 1989)
  • Sharbat Gula (born 1972)
  • Abdul Khaliq Hussaini (born 1977)
  • Mir Masjidi Khan (died 1841) – Afghan resistance leader
  • Youssof Kohzad – writer, painter, playwright, artist, poet and actor
  • Abdul Majid Zabuli (1896–1998) – founder of Bank-e-Melli Afghanistan
  • Zallascht Sadat – model
  • Vida Samadzai – model
  • Vida Mohammad – model
  • Khwaja Usman – Mughal opponent, Baro-Bhuyan chieftain
  • Abdul Latif Pedram – professor of literature
  • Azizullah Royesh – social activist
  • Al-Farabi (872–950) early Islamic philosopher and polymath; also known as Alpharabius in the west
  • Razia Muradi (born 1995/1996) academic
  • Abdul Khaliq Hazara – assassin
  • Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi – soldier, poet, and military leader
  • Nur Jahan – Empress consort of Mughal Empire
  • Khalid ibn Barmak – born in Balkh, 8th century Soldier and administrator
  • Robert Joffrey – born Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan to Afghan father and Italian mother; choreographer, dancer, director
  • Afghana – tribal chief or prince of Pashtuns, traditionally considered the progenitor of modern-day Pashtuns.
  • Yoram Cohen – born to Afghan Jewish parents, director of Israel's internal security service "Shin Bet"
  • Zablon Simintov – Afghan Jewish carpet trader and restaurateur; widely known for being thought as the last Jew remaining in Afghanistan
  • Malalai of Maiwand – national folk hero of Afghanistan also known as "Afghan Jeanne d'Arc"; rallied the Pashtun fighters to fight against the British invaders in the Battle of Maiwand causing an Afghan victory
  • Trapusa and Bahalika – first two lay disciples of the Buddha
  • Durkhanai Ayubi – Afghan-Australian food expert, restaurateur, and prize-winning cookbook author
  • Mohammad Sharif Razai – medical doctor and researcher
  • Roxana princess that Alexander the Great married, either born in Bactria (Balkh) or Sogodia
  • Faiz Ahmad – Marxist–Leninist Afghan revolutionary and the founding leader of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization (ALO)
  • Baysunghur – prince from the house of Timurids
  • See also[edit]

    References[edit]

  • ^ "Rohani Taroon" by Qazi Abdul Haleem Asar Afghani
  • ^ Nordland, Rod (2019-02-15). "She's a Force of Nature, and She Just Declared War on Peace With the Taliban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  • ^ "Peace Through Business Network's Profile Photo Peace Through Business Network". ptbn.org.af. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-08.

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