Famous Birthdays
1817-10-17 - Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan)
1870-04-20 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961)
1876-12-25 - Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan (1947)/gov (1947-58)
1877-11-09 - Allama Iqbal, Pakistani poet/philosopher
1884-11-22 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d.
1953)
1885-02-14 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani
philosopher (d. 1949)
1893-07-30 - Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation (d. 1967)
1894-07-19 - Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d.
1965)
1895-10-01 - Liaquat Al Khan, attorney/premier of Pakistan (1947-51)
1896-10-02 - Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951)
1897-10-19 - Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d.
1994)
1897-11-16 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)
1898-12-05 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
1899-11-15 - Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
1903-11-20 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist
(d. 1981)
1904-01-01 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1904-09-09 - Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)
1907-05-14 - Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan)
1908-07-09 - Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and
philosopher (d. 1973)
1908-09-01 - Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
1910-01-07 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (d. 1984)
1911-11-09 - Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet (d. 2004)
1912-06-12 - Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist
1912-09-23 - Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and
linguist (d. 2005)
1914-09-12 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (d. 1988)
1915-01-20 - Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
1915-07-22 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat
and author. (d. 2000)
1916-07-31 - Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist
1917-02-04 - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
1917-12-15 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, linguist and writer of Pakistan (d.
2005)
1919-09-21 - Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
1919-11-05 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
1920-01-09 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar
1920-07-16 - Anwar Hussain, cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India
1952-53)
1921-08-05 - Nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st
centurion)
1921-10-15 - Gul Mahomed, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman)
1921-12-25 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
1922-03-22 - Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier
1922-06-01 - Abdul Rashid, Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-
gold-1960)
1922-06-21 - Jim McConnon, cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954)
1923-03-20 - Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani Author, Journalist and Political
Activist (d. 2006)
1923-08-04 - Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer
1923-12-21 - Intizar Hussain, Urdu writer and columnist of Pakistan
1924-08-12 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988)
1924-08-18 - Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug
12]
1925-03-26 - Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests
1952-56)
1926-01-20 - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist
1926-01-20 - Qurratulain Hyder, Pakistani novelist (d. 2007)
1926-01-26 - Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar
1926-07-21 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general
1926-09-21 - Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926-10-25 - Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter
1926-11-22 - Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1952-56)
1927-02-18 - Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse
1952-62)
1927-05-01 - Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59)
1927-06-15 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978)
1927-07-25 - Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician (d. 2000)
1928-01-05 - Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests
1952-62)
1928-01-05 - Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier (Pakistan)
1928-01-05 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani statesman (d. 1979)
1928-07-26 - Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet (d. 1980)
1929-07-07 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
1929-12-22 - Wazir Mohammad, cricketer (eldest of Pakistan's 4
Mohammed brothers)
1930-04-10 - Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan
1954-62)
1930-09-23 - Sehba Akhtar,poet of Pakistan (d.1996)
1930-10-01 - Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1930-10-10 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (d. 1970)
1930-12-15 - Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests
1954-62)
1931-09-22 - Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher
1931-12-14 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002)
1932-02-29 - Gavin Stevens, cricket (Australian bat on 59-60
India/Pakistan tour)
1932-04-02 - Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wkts in
27 Tests)
1934-07-10 - Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1959-62)
1934-07-23 - Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner (Pakistan)
1934-12-21 - Hanif Mohammad, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman
1952-69)
1935-02-04 - Wallis Mathias, cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for
Pakistan)
1935-06-11 - Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer (played 1 Test Pakistan v
WI 1958)
1935-11-02 - Mohammad Munaf, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 4
Tests 1959-62)
1935-12-20 - Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer (166 on debut Pakistan v
Aust 1964)
1936-04-27 - Khalid Wazir, cricketer (son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for
Pakistan 1954)
1937-08-03 - Duncan Sharpe, cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60)
1937-10-01 - Saeed Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 41 Tests
1958-73)
1938-03-10 - Ijaz Butt, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests
1958-60)
1938-04-08 - Mohammad Farooq, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 7
Tests 1960-65)
1938-05-08 - Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests
1960-69)
1938-10-02 - Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
1938-10-13 - Mahboob Shah, cricketer (Pakistani Test umpire on intl
panel)
1939-01-17 - Antao D'Souza, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests
1959-62)
1939-07-15 - Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (12 Tests
1958-62)
1939-12-31 - Afaq Hussain, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner in 2 Tests
1961-64)
1940-05-29 - Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan
1940-11-21 - Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in
1962 Test)
1941-05-14 - Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder
1958-73)
1941-06-16 - Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist
1941-08-14 - Peter Truscott, cricketer (one Test NZ v Pakistan 1965, 3 &
26)
1941-11-20 - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu
playwright
1941-12-28 - Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
1942-08-30 - Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests
1964-73)
1943-02-08 - Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and VC of Karachi University
1943-06-06 - Asif Iqbal, cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80)
1943-08-10 - Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests 1964-69)
1943-10-01 - Naushad Ali, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper in six Tests
1964-65)
1943-10-21 - Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian
1943-11-22 - Mushtaq Mohammad, cricketer (Pakistan leg-spin all-rounder
1959-79)
1944-01-01 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
1944-03-23 - Salim Altaf, cricketer (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests
1967-78)
1944-05-10 - Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests
1964-65)
1944-05-17 - Arif Butt, cricketer (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65)
1944-08-16 - Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test)
1944-10-16 - Bob Cottam, cricketer (England fast-medium on 2
India/Pakistan tours)
1945-03-03 - Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
1945-05-03 - Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening
batsman 1969-81)
1945-11-11 - Niaz Ahmed, cricketer (1st & last East Pakistani to play Test
cricket)
1946-01-23 - Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long & erratic
run-up)
1946-03-08 - Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83)
1946-03-19 - Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests
1964-69)
1946-03-31 - Aftab Gul, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests
1969-71)
1946-05-12 - Leonard Baichan, cricketer (WI opener, 103 v Pakistan on
debut 1975)
1946-07-28 - Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist
1946-09-28 - Majid Khan, cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82)
1946-10-05 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
1947-02-14 - Salah-ud-Din, cricketer (played 5 Tests for Pakistan
1965-69)
1947-05-01 - Ghulam Abbas, cricketer (scored 12 & 0 in only Test for
Pakistan 1967)
1947-06-29 - Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
1947-07-24 - Zaheer Abbas, cricketer (probably Pakistan's finest batsman
ever)
1947-10-21 - Younis Ahmed, cricketer (batted for Pakistan in 1969 & again
in 1987)
1948-03-23 - Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistan's most
successful)
1948-12-01 - Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer (successful Pakistani pace bowler
1969-84)
1949-03-28 - Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman during the 70's)
1950-03-01 - Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test v
NZ 1976)
1950-04-09 - Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests
1980-82)
1950-05-29 - Talat Ali, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests
1972-80)
1950-07-11 - Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist
1950-09-04 - Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
1951-02-19 - Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani
Islamic Sufi Scholar
1951-11-03 - Azmat Rana, cricketer (one Test for Pakistan against
Australia 1980)
1952-07-03 - Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat &
leggie)
1952-11-13 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
1952-11-25 - Imran Khan Niaz, cricketer (Pakistan's greatest all-rounder)
1953-03-25 - Haroon Rashid, cricketer (Pakistani & WSC batsman late
70's)
1953-04-01 - Aftab Baloch, cricketer (Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for
Sind 74)
1953-05-29 - Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v
Pakistan 1981)
1953-06-21 - Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Muslim nation
(Pakistan)
1953-08-06 - Iqbal Qasim, cricketer (Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's)
1953-09-17 - Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM
1954-05-01 - Taslim Arif, cricketer (Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 v Aust
1980)
1955-03-15 - Mohsin Khan, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman late 70s
early 80s)
1955-05-21 - Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in six Tests
1975-79)
1955-12-24 - Anwar Khan, cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979)
1956-03-24 - Ijaz Faqih, cricketer (Pakistan off-spin all-rounder in 5 Tests
80-88)
1956-04-06 - Mudassar Nazar, cricketer (son of Nazar Mohammad
Pakistani bat)
1956-06-22 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign
Minister
1956-12-25 - Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani batsman early 80's)
1957-06-12 - Javed Miandad, cricketer (Pakistan batsman Got a kick out
of Lillee)
1957-08-25 - Sikander Bakht, cricketer (Pakistani change bowler late 70's)
1957-12-07 - Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer (one Test Sri Lanka v Pakistan
1982)
1958-04-22 - Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s)
1958-12-19 - Iqbal Sikander, cricketer (Pakistan leg-spinner 1992 World Cup)
1959-06-12 - Jalal-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick v Aust 1982)
1959-07-06 - Tahir Naqqash, cricketer (Pakistani pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1982-85)
1959-12-07 - Salim Yousuf, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests
1986-90)
1959-12-15 - Rashid Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85)
1960-05-10 - Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer (leading Pakistani off-spinner of
80's)
1961-09-04 - Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1962-05-23 - Imran Anwar, Pakistani Internet pioneer and American TV
personality
1962-08-14 - Rameez Raja, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman)
1962-08-25 - Shahid Mahboob, cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan
1989)
1962-11-19 - Salim Jaffer, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests
1986-91)
1963-01-03 - Aamer Malik, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 13 Tests
1987-90)
1963-01-19 - Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter
1963-04-03 - Zakir Khan, cricketer (two Tests for Pakistan 1986-89)
1963-04-16 - Salim Malik, cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)
1963-06-16 - Mohsin Kamal, cricketer (Pakistani fast bowler 1984- )
1963-07-07 - Naved Anjum, cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests
1989-90)
1963-07-29 - Azeem Hafeez, cricketer (fingerless Pakistani lefty quick)
1964-02-10 - Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most
Wanted)
1964-03-03 - Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand
1994)
1964-04-15 - Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer (three Tests for Pakistan v India
1989)
1964-09-03 - Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1964-11-22 - Akram Raza, cricketer (Pakistani off-spin all-rounder)
1965-08-27 - Wayne James, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper v
Pakistan 1993)
1966-01-06 - Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India
1989)
1966-06-03 - Wasim Akram, cricketer (brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler)
1967-05-20 - Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
1967-06-06 - Wasim Haider, cricketer (member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup
squad)
1967-11-04 - Asif Mujtaba, cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman)
1967-12-12 - Masood Anwar, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v West Indies
1990)
1968-07-05 - Shahid Anwar, cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England
tour)
1968-10-14 - Rashid Latif, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper)
1969-02-02 - Ijaz Ahmed Jr, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka
1995)
1969-03-01 - Azam Khan, cricketer (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996)
1969-12-10 - Nadim Khan, cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner
1993)
1970-03-03 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer (dashing Pakistani batsman)
1970-06-28 - Mushtaq Ahmed, cricketer (prodigious Pakistani leggie 1990-)
1970-12-13 - Basit Ali, cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-)
1971-01-02 - Aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )
1971-03-01 - Zahoor Elahi, cricketer (Pakistan opening batsman v NZ
1996)
1971-11-12 - Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (v West
Indies 1993)
1971-11-16 - Waqar Younis, cricketer (brilliant Pakistani fast/swing
bowler)
1972-08-05 - Aaqib Javed, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1989- )
1973-06-06 - Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan pace bowler 1993-)
1973-11-10 - Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman (occasional Tests
since 1992)
1974-04-12 - Kabir Khan, cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- )
1974-08-11 - Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star
1975-02-28 - Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani ODI 1996)
1975-03-28 - Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v
Engl1992 age 17)
1976-06-26 - Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v
Pakistan 1996)
1976-11-27 - Saqlain Mushtaq, cricketer (Pakistan Test off-spinner 1995)
1977-07-15 - Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
1977-08-08 - Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1977-12-04 - Shahid Nazir, cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
1978-08-26 - Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer
1980-03-01 - Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
1980-05-18 - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
1980-06-05 - Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani constitutional lawyer
1981-02-24 - Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1982-02-01 - Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1982-04-29 - Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic
1982-05-20 - Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
1982-12-20 - Mohammed Asif, Pakistani cricket player
1984-10-07 - Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
1988-09-21 - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
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