List of people from Sialkot
Poets/singers
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz, poet
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet
- Ghulam Ali, Ghazal singer
- Bilal Saeed, singer
- Taufiq Rafat, poet
- Asghar Sodai, Poet, and creator of Phrase "Pakistan ka matlab kya La Ila Ha ILLILLAH"
Politicians
- Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
- Chaudhry 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
- Ansir Iqbal Baryar
- Firdous Ashiq Awan
- Arshad Mehmood Gondal
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
Journalist
- Kuldip Nayar, Indian Journalist
- Hamid Mir, Journalist/Anchor person
Showbiz
- Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood film actor
- Dev Anand, Bollywood film actor,Born in Narowal at that time Narowal was Tehsil of Sialkot
- AK Hangal, Bollywood film actor
- Waheed Murad, Lollywood film actor
- O. P. Ralhan, Bollywood producer, director, writer, actor
Religious scholars
- 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
Industrialists
- Dharampal Gulati, founder of Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) spice empire and several charitable schools and hospitals in Delhi.
- Malik Riaz, Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town
References
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