List of Afghans

The following is a list of notable Afghan people, which includes all the ethnic groups of the modern state of Afghanistan. Afghanistan has gone through territorial changes. This list generally excludes Ethnic Pashtuns who originate from regions that were not controlled by Afghanistan at the time, though there are exceptions for certain figures who are prominent to Pashtuns. It also includes historical figures coming from the present day borders of Afghanistan, even if they were non-Pashtuns. Faridoon Angar

Monarchs

Main page: List of monarchs of Afghanistan

Presidents

Main page: List of Presidents of Afghanistan

Politicians and diplomats

Mohammad Siddiq Chakari

Scientists

Sayed Hassan Akhlaq – philosopher
Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani – philosopher
Hedayat Amin Arsala – economist
Mohammad Amin Fatemi – physician
Nake M. Kamrany – professor of economics
Habib Mangal – physician
Abdul Ahad Mohmand – astronaut
Abdul Karim Mustaghni
M. Ishaq Nadiri – professor of economics
Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi – physician
Abbas Noyan – engineer
Hamidullah Qalandarzai – engineer
Mohammad Qayoumi – engineer; president of San Jose State University
Daud Shah Saba – geologist
Sima Samar – physician
Habiba Sarobi – hematologist
Nazif Shahrani – professor of anthropology
Kabir Stori – psychologist
Zemaryalai Tarzi – archeologist
Abdul Qayum Tutakhail – physician
Ghulam Sediq Wardak – inventor

Entrepreneurs

Historians

Hafiz-i Abru
Abu Mansour al-Hosein ibn Muhammad al-Marghani
Hamid Naweed
Akram Assem
Ghulam Mohammad Ghobar (1898–1978)
Zalmay A. Gulzad
Abdul Hai Habibi (1910–1984)
Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara
Omara Khan Massoudi – geographer, historian
Abdul Shakoor Rashad (1921–2004)

Media people (including actors and film directors)

Latif Ahmadi – director of Afghan Film, Afghanistan's state-run film company
Humayoon Shams Khan – actor
Leena Alam – actress
Siddiq Barmak (born 1962) – directed the drama film Osama (2003)
Abdul Ghafoor Breshna – painter, music composer, poet and film director
Sonia Nassery Cole – directed the drama film The Black Tulip (2010)
Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985) – model, author, designer
Josh Gad
Azita Ghanizada
Marina Golbahari
Nelufar Hedayat
Haji Kamran
Kader Khan
Ahmed Latif
Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada
Mamnoon Maqsoodi (born 1966)
Anisa Wahab
Abdul Wahid Nazari (born 1953)
Nelofer Pazira
Leena Alam
Soosan Firooz
Ali Olomi

Writers (including journalists)

Poets

Jami (1414–1492)
Rumi (1207–1273) – originally from the Balkh city of Afghanistan
Qahar Asi (1335)
Hamza Baba (1907–1994)
Rahman Baba (1650–1715)
Wasef Bakhtari
Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987)
Ghani Khan (1914–1996)
Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1689)
Parween Pazhwak (born 1967)
Pir Roshan (1525–1582/1585)
Sana Safi
Layla Sarahat Rushani (died 2004)
Hakim Sanai (1080–1131)
Kabir Stori (1942–2006)
Mahmūd Tarzī (1830–1900)
Nazo Tokhi
Matiullah Turab^[1]

Sportspeople

Rashid Khan – Cricketer
Hashmatullah Shahidi – Cricketer
Javed Ahmadi – Cricketer
Sandjar Ahmadi – Footballer
Raees Ahmadzai – Cricketer
Yamin Ahmadzai – Cricketer
Shamsuddin Amiri – Footballer
Jan Alam Hassani – Volleyballer
Qaher Hazrat – Cyclist
Gulbudeen Naib – Cricketer
Nasratullah Nasrat – Cricketer
Ahmad Nasir Safi – Footballer
Dawlat Zadran – Cricketer
Siyar Bahadurzada – UFC Fighter
Nadia Nadim – Footballer

Musicians (including composers)

Omar Akram – Grammy Award-winning Afghan-American recording artist, composer and pianist
Farhad Darya
Soosan Firooz – actress and rapper
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
Miri Maftun
Latif Nangarhari
Nasrat Parsa
Dawood Sarkhosh
Aryana Sayeed
Ahmad Zahir

Women activists

Aryana Sayeed – women's rights activist and famous singer
Roqia Abubakr
Sitara Achakzai – women's rights activist
Jamila Afghani – founder of Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO)
Safia Ahmed-jan – women's rights activist
Khadija Ahrari – helped give women the right to vote
Fatema Akbari
Farida Azizi – advocate for peace and women's rights.
Marzia Basel – advocate for women's education
Mariam Ghani – artist and advocate for women's rights
Laila Haidari (born 1978)^[2]
Malalai Joya (born 1978)
Fawzia Koofi
Anahita Ratebzad (born 1930)
Masuma Esmati Wardak
Manizha Wafeq^[3]

Others

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād – painter
Sharbat Gula (born 1972)
Mir Masjidi Khan (died 1841) – Afghan resistance leader
Youssof Kohzad – writer, painter, playwright, artist, poet and actor
Ali-Shir Nava'i – poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter
Abdul Majid Zabuli (1896–1998) – founder of Bank-e-Melli Afghanistan
Zallascht Sadat – model
Vida Samadzai – model
Khwaja Usman – Mughal opponent, Baro-Bhuyan chieftain
Abdul Latif Pedram – professor of literature
Azizullah Royesh – social activist

List Of Afghans Media

Flag of Afghanistan (1973–1974)
Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929.
Abdul Rashid Dostum during the signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by/U.S. State Department)
Amrullah Saleh speaking at an international conference in Berlin (2011)
محمد شفیق همدم پرترهٔ رسمی، ۲۰۲۲
Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani
Nelofer Pazira at the Nexus Institute (the Netherlands), 18 Nov. 2017
Mahmud Tarzi and his wife Asma Rasmiya.jpg

Mahmud Tarzi (23 August 1865 – 22 November 1933), photographed here with his wife Asma Rasmiya, was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism and theatre. He became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, leading the charge for modernization and being a strong opponent of religious extremism and obscurantism.
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
Sufis Mystics and Attendants*Ibrahim b. Adham, Mughal, 17th c.