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Pakistan
Pakistan ranks 60th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Peru, Morocco, and Azerbaijan. Memorable people born in present day Pakistan include Akbar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Guru Nanak. Memorable people who died in Pakistan include Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Guru Nanak, and Muhammad Iqbal. Pakistan has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 550 BC and 2002, present day Pakistan was the birth place of 263 globally memorable people, including Akbar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Guru Nanak. Additionaly, 106 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Pakistan including Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Guru Nanak, and Muhammad Iqbal.
People Born in Present Day Pakistan
Go to all RankingsAkbar
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1605
HPI: 92.19
Rank: 1
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1948
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 2
Guru Nanak
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1469 - 1539
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 3
Manmohan Singh
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2024
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 4
Pāṇini
LINGUIST
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 5
Muhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 6
Porus
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 7
Nawaz Sharif
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 8
Shehbaz Sharif
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 9
Chanakya
PHILOSOPHER
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
I. K. Gujral
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2012
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 11
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
SINGER
1948 - 1997
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Pakistan
Go to all RankingsMasood Azhar
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 176
Asim Munir
MILITARY PERSONNEL
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 181
Saba Mahmood
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1961 - 2018
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 185
Sadiq Sanjrani
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 186
Tabassum Adnan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 189
Khadim Hussain Rizvi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1966 - 2020
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 195
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
DIPLOMAT
1964 - 2007
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 199
Zeba Bakhtiar
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 203
Ziauddin Yousafzai
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 205
Abia Akram
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.28
Rank: 209
Asad Qaiser
POLITICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 213
Laila Haidari
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
HPI: 33.97
Rank: 220
People Deceased in Present Day Pakistan
Go to all RankingsMuhammad Ali Jinnah
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1948
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 1
Guru Nanak
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1469 - 1539
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 2
Muhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 3
Osama bin Laden
EXTREMIST
1957 - 2011
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 4
Porus
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 5
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
POLITICIAN
1924 - 1988
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 6
Kanishka
POLITICIAN
78 - 144
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 7
Ayub Khan
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1974
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 8
Qutb al-Din Aibak
POLITICIAN
1150 - 1210
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 9
Bacha Khan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1890 - 1988
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 10
Muhammad of Ghor
POLITICIAN
1160 - 1206
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 11
Bhagat Singh
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1907 - 1931
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Pakistan
Go to all RankingsObaidullah Akhund
POLITICIAN
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 97
Sarabjit Singh
EXTREMIST
1963 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 100
Khadim Hussain Rizvi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1966 - 2020
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 101
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
DIPLOMAT
1964 - 2007
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 102
Aitzaz Hasan
PHILOSOPHER
1999 - 2014
HPI: 29.84
Rank: 105
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Pakistan were politicians (65), actors (54), writers (23), cricketers (21), and social activists (15), while most who died were politicians (53), writers (10), religious figures (7), social activists (7), and extremists (5).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Pakistan, including Kabir Bedi, Babita, and Kumail Nanjiani. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pakistan, including Akbar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Manmohan Singh.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Pakistan since 1700.



































