Notable People
Main article: List of Punjabis- Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, lawyer, National poet of Pakistan, philosopher
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, (founder of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam)
- Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893–1985), politician, diplomat, international jurist
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, former Chairman Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir, longest serving parliamentarian in the history of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999.
- Khawaja Asif, Leader of PML(N)
- Shafqat Mahmood, Information Secretary PTI
- Ibn-e-Insha, poet, writer (travelogues, humor)
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq, writer, Politician
- Prithviraj Kapoor, Legendary Thespian, Actor and owner of Theatre Company Prithvi Theatres
- Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2007), former member of parliament
- Malik Amir Muhammad Khan,(died 1967), Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor East Pakistan
- Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, Sardar of Kot Fateh Khan, landlord, famous tent pegger
- Tariq Saleem Dogar, Former IGP Punjab
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri, (Journalist, orator, poet, political activist, historian)
- Colonel Muhammad Khan, writer, columnist, military education specialist
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan
- Janbaz Mirza (Journalist, orator, historian)
- Qudrat Ullah Shahab, writer, bureaucrat
- Mazhar Ali Azhar (Politician, co-founder of Majlis-e-Ahrar)
- Jamshed Dasti, currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Shah Hussain, Sufi saint (1538–1599)
- Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din (Politician)
- Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer
- Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer
- Master Taj-uj-Din Ansari (Politician)
- Abdul Razzaq, cricketer
- Wasim Akram, cricketer and sports presenter
- Waris Shah, Sufi poet, mystic philosopher
- Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan, landowner, agriculturalist, philanthropist, civil engineer
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, poet
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, President of PML(Q)
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002-2007), Currently Senior Federal Minister of Pakistan
- Air Marshal Nur Khan
- Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed NH (1910–July 27, 1948), 6/8 Punjab
- Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed NH (1928–September 10, 1965), 17 Punjab
- Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed NH (1938–1971), 4 FF
- Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed NH (1943–December 6, 1971), 6 FF
- Sawar Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed NH (1949–December 10, 1971), 20 Lancers
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed NH (1944–December 17, 1971)
- A. R. Hye, architect
- Alam Lohar, (Late)folk singer (legendary singer of punjab)
- Arif Lohar, folk singer (Son of Alam Lohar)
- Abdul Kardar, cricketer
- Dr, Abdus Salam, physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer
- Imran Khan, Chairman PTI, cricketer, politician and philanthropist
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician
- Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Punjab
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, World renowned & Iconic singer of Pakistan, musician,Qawal.
- Mian Mir, saint revered by Sikhs and Muslims
- Sultan Rahi,(late) actor
- Rangeela, actor, comedian
- Nawaz Sharif, ex Prime Minister, major opposition leader
- Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab province
- Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema (Politician, Religious figure, Secretary General of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam)
- Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter
- Javed Hashmi, politician PTI
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI
- Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig, lawyer, former Vice Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani, politician
- Atif Aslam, Young and talented singer famous in Pakistan also in India
- Rae Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal
- Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Disqualified by Supreme Court of Pakistan for FIVE years)
- Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
- Samiullah, hockey player
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh, revolutionary (1907–1931)
- General Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988)
- Manmohan Singh, current Prime Minister of India
- AllamaTahir-ul-Qadri, scholar, politician, orator
- Shoaib Malik, cricketer
- Noor Jehan,(late) World renowned singer, Affectionately called (Malika-i-Tarranum) means "queen of music",actress
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