List of people from Sialkot

This list includes notable people from Sialkot, Pakistan.

Islamic scholars and saints

Abdul Hakim Sialkoti, Islamic scholar Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, Pakistani Islamic scholar; founder of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan Imam Ali-ul-Haq, Islamic Sufi warrior-saint, known for converting Sialkot into a largely Muslim city in the 13th Century Syed Mir Hassan, Islamic religious scholar and teacher of Muhammad Iqbal Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Islamic religious scholar Peer Jamaat Ali Shah, Islamic scholar and proponent of Pakistan Movement Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti, Islamic religious scholar and activist of Pakistan Movement Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Pakistani Islamic scholar Khalid Hasan Shah, Islamic Naqshbandi scholar Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi, Islamic Naqshbani saint Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, Islamic scholar and saint of the Naqashbandi order Muhammad Amin Shah Sani, Islamic Naqshbandi scholar Muhammad Hussain Shah Salis, Islamic Naqshbandi Saint Ziauddin Madani, Islamic Scholar Poets

Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal — Islamic philosopher, thinker, poet (Persian, Urdu) and one of the leading figures of the Pakistan Movement Asghar Sodai — poet and creator of the phrase "Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya La Ilaha Illallah" Khawaja Shahudin — Islamic Qadiri poet Nizam al-Din 'Ishrat Sialkoti, 18th-century historian, judge, panegyrist, and a court poet of Ahmad Shah Durrani from Sialkot Taufiq Rafat — poet

Aviators M. A. Rahman, former Chief of Staff of the PAF, Air Vice Marshal and among the pioneers of the Pakistan Air Force Squadron Leader Muhammad Iqbal, killed in the 1965 War

Politicians Akhtar Ali Vario Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani Armaghan Subhani Tariq Subhani Naseer Ahmad Malhi Mumtaz Kahloon Khawaja Asif, politician and banker Usman Dar, Politician and businessman Gulzari Lal Nanda, politician and economist, Chaudhry Amir Hussain, politician Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Rehman Malik, politician Mushahid Hussain Syed Firdous Ashiq Awan

Athletes Zahid Sheikh, hockey player Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player Shoaib Malik, cricketer Zaheer Abbas, cricketer Zahid Fazal, cricketer Shaiman Anwar, cricketer Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Sialkot Mohammad Abbas, cricketer Raza Hasan, cricketer Mukhtar Ahmed, cricketer Asif Bajwa, hockey player Haris Sohail, cricketer Bilal Asif, cricketer Bilawal Bhatti, cricketer Ijaz Ahmed, cricketer Ijaz Butt, former PCB Chairman Nasir Ali, hockey player Tariq Sheikh, hockey player Qaiser Abbas, cricketer Mansoor Amjad, cricketer Shakeel Ansar, cricketer Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer

Actors and filmmakers Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood film actor AK Hangal, Bollywood film actor Waheed Murad, Lollywood film actor O. P. Ralhan, Bollywood producer, director, writer, actor J. Om Prakash, Bollywood producer and director

Businesspeople Dharampal Gulati, founder of Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) spice company and several charitable schools and hospitals in Delhi Malik Riaz, a Pakistani businessman, founder of Bahria Town

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