The following is a list of notable British Pakistanis, namely notable citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie in Pakistan:
Academia and education Humanities Sara Ahmed – professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and academic working at the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism Shabbir Akhtar – philosopher Tariq Ali – academic, historian and novelist Khizar Humayun Ansari OBE – director of the Centre for Minority Studies at the University of London, known for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations Sarah Ansari – professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of LondonProfessor Sarah Ansari. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 30 May 2015. Akil Awan – British academic and the current RCUK Fellow at the Royal Holloway, University of London Yasmin Khan – historian of British India and associate professor of history at the University of OxfordReviewed by Ian Copland in The American Historical Review, 2008, Vol. 113(5), pp. 1508–1509, and in The Economist: Ziauddin Sardar – scholar, writer and cultural critic Mona Siddiqui – professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding at the University of Glasgow, as well a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze, The Times, The Scotsman, The Guardian and The Herald
Natural sciences Haroon Ahmed – professor emeritus of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge Saiful Islam – professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Bath and a recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award Syma Khalid – biophysicist who is a professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton. Ehsan Masood – science writer, journalist and broadcaster; editor of Research Fortnight and Research Europe; teaches International Science Policy at Imperial College London Azra Meadows OBE – honorary lecturer in the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow Jawed Siddiqi – professor emeritus of software engineering at Sheffield Hallam University and political activist Ghayasuddin Siddiqui – academic and political activist
Social sciences Hamza Alavi – Marxist academic sociologist and activist Muhammad Anwar – University of Warwick sociologist Tariq Modood – professor of sociology, politics and public policy at the University of Bristol
University leadership and executives Nazir Afzal – former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England; Chancellor of the University of Manchester, began his term in 2022 as the highest ranked Pashtun at any Russell Group institution Aneez Esmail – retired Associate Vice-president at the University of Manchester; formerly based at Institute of Population Health belonging to the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences; held a visiting professorship at Harvard University in the US Sayeeda Warsi – former Chairman of the Conservative Party and now Deputy-Chancellor of the University of Bolton
Business and finance FTSE 100 and multinational corporations Javed Ahmed – Former Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle PLC from 2009 to 2018, a FTSE 100 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands Mohammed Amin MBE – Retired partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK; Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, Amin joined the Liberal Democrats after the promotion of Boris Johnson Salman Amin – Former Chief Executive Officer of Turkish owned Pladis; group owner of Godiva premium chocolate and McVities biscuits Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey CBE – Chief Executive of Bestway Group; second richest Pakistani and the largest family-owned business in the United Kingdom Naguib Kheraj CBE – Former Vice-chairman of Barclays Bank PLC; former boss of JP Morgan Cazenove; his philanthropic interests have made him Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation based in Karachi Pakistan Sir Anwar Pervez OBE – Rawalpindi-born businessman founder of the Bestway Group; one of the largest financial backers to the UK Conservative Party; lives in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Saif Malik – CEO, UK and Regional Head, Client Coverage, UK & Europe at Standard Chartered. Aki Hussain - Chief Executive Officer of Hiscox plc Ben Habib - businessman (commercial property investment executive; First Property Group CEO), and leader of Advance UK. Syed Salim Raza - banker and financial executive; former central bank governor. Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz- businessman (private equity / agri-tech founder), in addition to political role
Small and medium-sized enterprises Mumtaz Khan Akbar – founder and owner of the Mumtaz brand Amjad Ali – co-founder of fast food chain Dixy Chicken Ruzwana Bashir – British businesswoman, former Oxford Union President and founder and CEO of Peek.com, travel company based in San Francisco, California James Caan CBE (Nazim Khan) – businessman and entrepreneur; formerly a part of Dragons' Den Mo Chaudry – born in Pakistan, raised in England; became a millionaire businessman in the West Midlands Humayon Dar – advocate of Islamic banking and finance; founder of the Global Islamic Finance Awards Afzal Kahn – Bradford-based entrepreneur, owns a specialist car design company; in 2008 he broke records by paying £440,000 for a distinctive 'F1' number plate; has previously shown an interest in purchasing Newcastle United F.C. Mohammed Khalid – founder and Chairman of the successful fast food chain Chicken Cottage Zarine Kharas – co-founder and CEO of JustGiving Abid Mehmood – co-founder of fast food chain Dixy Chicken Amar Latif – Scottish entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller Tahir Mohsan – founder of Time Computers, Supanet, and Tpad; currently manages several investment companies from his base in Dubai Aneel Mussarat – property millionaire; his company, MCR Property Group, specialises in renting apartments to university students in Manchester and Liverpool Tarak Ramzan – founder and CEO of the Quiz womenswear retail chain Asim Siddiqui – chairman and a founding trustee of The City Circle Adeem Younis – founder and CEO of SingleMuslim.com and Penny Appeal Mohammad Zahoor – Ukraine-based British-Pakistani businessman and philanthropist. Munir Hussain – founder of Pepe's Piri Piri. Frank Khalid — entrepreneur (cash & carry, hospitality, film studios Suleman Raza — restaurateur and food entrepreneur (Spice Village group) Tariq Sheikh (businessman) — founder of Tariq Halal Meat (national halal food supply business) Sonya Barlow — technology and careers-network entrepreneur (LMF Network founder/CEO) Omar Mansoor — fashion designer and label founder (international couture business) Abbas Gokal — shipping businessman (historically notable UK-linked Pakistani business figure)
Entertainment
Asad Shan – actor and TV presenter B4U music & Zing TV. Won the title of Mr Asia UK and started in 4 feature. Directed 7 Welcome to London Abdullah Afzal – actor and stand-up comedian Riz Ahmed – British actor, best known for his role in films such as Four Lions, Nightcrawler, Rogue One, and Venom, as well as in the HBO miniseries The Night Of Mina Anwar – British actress, best known for playing Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line Humza Arshad – actor and comedian; the producer of the YouTube series Diary of a Bad Man Sadia Azmat – stand-up comedian Shabana Bakhsh – actress who has appeared in soaps such as River City and Doctors Babar Bhatti – actor known for the part of Punkah Wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum Jamil Dehlavi – London-based independent film director and producer of Pakistani-French originJamil Dehlavi Profile on Habib University. Retrieved 13 February 2017. Dynamo – born Steven Frayne; popular magician; Pakistani father and English mother Tan France – fashion designer, television personality, and author He is currently the fashion expert for the Netflix series Queer Eye. Ahmad Hussain – singer-songwriter, executive, producer and founder and managing director of IQRA Promotions Moin Hussain – filmmaker Aziz Ibrahim – musician best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post-John Squire) Naz Ikramullah – British-Canadian artist and film producer; of Pakistani origin Tez Ilyas – stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent Jameela Jamil – actress, radio presenter and activist Sarah Joyce – better known by her stage name, 'Rumer'; Pakistani-born British singer–songwriter Mimi Keene – actress Annie Khalid – English-Pakistani musician and model Abid Khan – director Ahsan Khan – film and television actor, host and performer Alyy Khan – film and television actor and host Aqib Khan – actor who played Sajid Khan in the movie West is West Armeena Rana Khan – Canadian born Pakistani-British film and television actress and model, known for her work in the Pakistani entertainment industry Guz Khan – comedian and actor Natasha Khan – known by her stage name, 'Bat for Lashes'; half Pakistani half English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sair Khan – Coronation Street actress of Pakistani descent Saira Khan – runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice; TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA Shahid Khan – known as 'Naughty Boy'; British-born Pakistani songwriter, record producer and musician Ayub Khan Din – actor and playwright, known for writing the film East Is East Zack Knight – Punjabi singer, songwriter and performer Art Malik – Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant-Ivory television serials and films Zayn Malik – former member of the British-Irish boyband One Direction from Bradford, whose father is from Pakistan; his mother is mixed British and Irish Nadia Manzoor – writer, performer, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. Jeff Mirza – stand-up comedian and actor Shazia Mirza – comedian from Birmingham, England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith Suleman Mirza – lead dancer of dance group Signature; runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008 Zia Mohyeddin – Pakistani actor, narrator, producer, director and television broadcaster who has appeared in both Pakistani and British cinema throughout his career Mazhar Munir – television and film actor; before co-starring in the 2005 movie Syriana, he appeared in three British television shows: The Bill, Mile High, and Doctors Murtz – television and radio presenter Aki Nawaz – British singer and musician; part of the band Fun-Da-MentalSwedenburg, Ted. "Islamic Hip-hop vs. Islamophobia." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, 57–85. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. Adil Omar – British-born Pakistani recording artist Adil Ray – presenter, better known as the creator of BBC South Asian Muslim comedy Citizen Khan in which he also portrays the protagonist Sakina Samo – award-winning actress, producer and director Kiran Sonia Sawar – Scottish actress best known for her role in the one-off drama Murdered by My Father Nadine Shah – singer-songwriter and musician Jay Shareef – award-winning stand-up comedian and broadcaster Rani Taj – dhol player dubbed 'Dhol Queen' after her YouTube video went viral Badi Uzzaman – television and film actor Atta Yaqub – actor and model Laila Zaidi – actress Mikaal Zulfiqar – British born Pakistani actor and model Mawaan Rizwan – British actor, writer and comedian Asim Chaudhry – British comedian, writer, director and actor Tahirah Sharif – British actress Shazad Latif - British actor
Journalism and media Ali Abbasi – former Scottish TV presenter