Lahore
Lahore ranks 288th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kazan, Norway, and Leiden. Memorable people born in Lahore include Shah Jahan, Shehbaz Sharif, and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Memorable people who died in Lahore include Muhammad Iqbal, Qutb al-Din Aibak, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Lahore has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Lahore is located in Pakistan.
Lahore is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 26th largest in the world, with a population of over 13 million. Located in central-eastern Punjab, along the River Ravi, it is the largest Punjabi-speaking city in the world. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial, educational and economic hubs. It has been the historic capital and cultural centre of the wider Punjab region, and is one of Pakistan's most socially liberal, progressive, and cosmopolitan cities. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1016 and 2002, Lahore was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Shah Jahan, Shehbaz Sharif, and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Lahore including Muhammad Iqbal, Qutb al-Din Aibak, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
People Born in Lahore
Go to all RankingsShah Jahan
POLITICIAN
1592 - 1666
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1
Shehbaz Sharif
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 2
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1995
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 3
Imran Khan
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 4
Guru Ram Das
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1534 - 1581
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5
Kabir Bedi
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 6
Pran
ACTOR
1920 - 2013
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 7
Naropa
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1016 - 1100
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 8
Nawaz Sharif
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 9
Ustad Ahmad Lahori
ARCHITECT
1580 - 1649
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 10
Tariq Ali
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 11
Duleep Singh
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1893
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Lahore
Go to all RankingsKhusrau Mirza
NOBLEMAN
1587 - 1622
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 18
Manorama
ACTOR
1926 - 2008
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 20
Javed Iqbal
EXTREMIST
1961 - 2001
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 22
Asma Barlas
WRITER
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 24
Ambika Soni
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 34.40
Rank: 34
Maryam Nawaz
POLITICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.23
Rank: 38
Imran Tahir
CRICKETER
1979 - Present
HPI: 26.25
Rank: 42
Bisma Khan
SWIMMER
2002 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 45
People Deceased in Lahore
Go to all RankingsMuhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 1
Qutb al-Din Aibak
POLITICIAN
1150 - 1210
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 2
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 3
Nur Jahan
COMPANION
1577 - 1645
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 4
Ranjit Singh
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1839
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 5
Bahadur Shah I
POLITICIAN
1643 - 1712
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 6
Lala Lajpat Rai
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1928
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 7
Guru Arjan
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1563 - 1606
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 8
Amrita Sher-Gil
PAINTER
1913 - 1941
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 9
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2022
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 10
Ali Hujwiri
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1009 - 1072
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 11
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
WRITER
1911 - 1984
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Lahore
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Most individuals born in present day Lahore were politicians (11), actors (9), writers (4), film directors (3), and physicists (2), while most who died were politicians (10), writers (4), religious figures (3), singers (2), and companions (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lahore, including Shehbaz Sharif, Imran Khan, and Nawaz Sharif. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lahore, including Shah Jahan, Shehbaz Sharif, and Imran Khan.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Lahore since 1700.