Pashtuns,^[1] also known as Pakhtuns or Afghans, are an ethnic group that inhabit the Pashtunistan region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[2][3] They are one of the most populous ethnic groups in both countries. There is a significant Pashtuns diaspora in neighbouring countries such as Iran and India.^[4]

Pashtuns are traditionally organised into tribal divisions, and their society is defined by the Pashtunwali, the traditional code by which they live. It is extremely important in the social structure and interactions of the Pashtun tribes.

There are more than 350–400 Pashtun tribes making Pashtuns the world's largest segmentary lineage society.^[5]

Rulers and generals

• Bahlul Lodi – founder of Lodi Dynasty (reigned 1451–1489), most powerful of the Pashtun chiefs, who replaced the last king of the Sayyid dynasty in 1451
• Sikandar Lodi – Sultan of Delhi
• Ibrahim Lodi – Sultan of Delhi Lodi Dynasty Reign 1517 – 21 April 1526
• Sher Shah Suri – Sultan of the Suri Empire Reign 17 May 1540 – 22 May 1545
• Adil Shah Suri – Sultan of the Suri Empire
• Islam Shah Suri – Sultan of the Suri Empire Reign 27 May 1545 – 22 November 1554
• Firuz Shah Suri – Firuz Shah Suri
• Muhammad Adil Shah
• Ibrahim Shah Suri – Sultan of the Suri Empire
• Sikandar Shah Suri – Sultan of the Suri Empire
• Abdur Rahman Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
• Ahmad Shah Durrani – founding father of Afghanistan
• Abdul Aziz Hotak – second ruler of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty
• Akbar Khan – Emir of Afghanistan
• Amanullah Khan – Ghazi of the Third Anglo-Afghan War and King of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929
• Amir Khan – Nawab of Tonk
• Ashraf Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1725 to 1729 and fourth ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
• Ayub Shah – Afghan king
• Azim Khan Barakzai – Barakzai noble and governor of Kashmir
• Azad Khan Afghan – Pashtun who was a major contender for Supremacy in ruling Persia
• Daud Khan Panni – Mughal general
• Alauddin Khalji – second Ruler of Khalji dynasty
• Daud Khan Rohilla
• Daulat Khan Lodi
• Diler Khan – 17th century Mughal general
• Dost Muhammad of Bhopal – Nawab of Bhopal
• Dost Mohammad Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
• Habibullah Khan – King/Emir of Afghanistan
• Haibat Khan Niazi – Commander of Niazi contingent of Sher Shah Suri's army and Governor of Punjab
• Hafiz Rahmat Khan – Rohilla Chieftain
• Hamid Khan Lodi – founder of Lodi dynasty of Multan after the end of Arab rule in 961 A.D
• Hamidullah Khan – last Nawab of former Bhopal state in India
• Hussain Hotaki – last ruler of the Hotaki dynasty at Kandahār
• Inayatullah Khan – Afghan king
• Isa Khan Niazi – Masnad-e-Aali in reign of Sher Shah Suri shafqat zaman
• Khawas Khan Marwat – general of Sher Shah Suri
• Khushal Khan Khattak – Pahtun chief
• Mahmud Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725 and third ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
• Mahmud Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan in the 18th century
• Mirwais Hotak – founder of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty in Kandahār
• Mohammad Akbar Khan – Afghan prince and warrior
• Bakht Khan – revolutionary Chief against British Imperialism, commander of the rebel mutiny force in the city of Delhi during the Indian War of Independence
• Mohammad Ayub Khan – Afghan Royal Prince and Emir of Afghanistan, fondly remembered as the Victor of Maiwand
• Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin – Nawab, chieftain and cavalry officer
• Muhammad Khan Bangash – founder of Farrukhabad state in the early 18th century
• Mohammad Nadir Shah – King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
• Mohammad Yaqub Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
• Mohammed Zahir Shah – last king of Afghanistan, reigned for 40 years
• Muhammad Mahabat Khan III – last Nawab of Junagarh (defunct title)
• Najabat Khan – Pashtun Nawab
• Najib Khan Yousafzai – Nawab of Rohilla, instrumental in Afghan Victory at Panipat in 1761, inflicting the largest number of fatalities in a classic formation between two armies
• Nasrullah Khan – Shahzada Crown Prince of Afghanistan
• Nawab Muzaffar Khan – Durrani Nawab of Multan
• Shah Shujah Durrani (Sadozai) – former king of Afghanistan
• Sher Shah Suri – Afghan king of India
• Timur Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan, second ruler of the Durrani Empire
• Zabita Khan Yusufzai – Rohilla chieftain
• Zain Khan Sirhindi – Durrani general
• Zaman Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan
• Khwaja Usman
• Hakim Khan Sur – Army General of Maharana Pratap in Battle of Haldighati
• Malak Ahmad Khan Yusufzai – First ruler and founder of Modern-day Pashtunkhwa
• Gaju Khan Yousafzai – revolutionary leader, second ruler of modern day Pakhtunkhawa who once served under Sher Shah Sur
• Kalu Khan Yusufzai – Afghan warrior and military leader in 16th Century who inflicted one of the greatest defeats of the Mughal Empire in the Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586)
• Sartor Faqir – Pashtun tribal Yusufzai leader and freedom fighter; declared a jihad against the British Empire, unsuccessfully in 1895, then successfully in 1897

Artists

Afghanistan

• Farhad Darya (Afghanistan) – Afghan singer and composer, known for his contributions to Afghan music.

Pakistan

• Abdul Ghani Khan (Pakistan) – Pashto poet, writer, philosopher, and artist^[6]
• Rahim Shah (Pakistan) – popular Pashto and Urdu singer
• Khyal Muhammad (Pakistan) – prominent Pashto folk singer
• Gulzar Alam (Pakistan) – Pashto singer and music composer
• Gul Panra (Pakistan) – Urdu-Pashto female singer
• Zeb Bangash (Pakistan) – Urdu-Pashto folk singer
• Zeek Afridi (Pakistan) – Urdu-Pashto folk singer
• Badar Munir (Pakistan) – Pashto Film former actor
• Kushhal Khan (Pakistan) – Pashto model and actor
• ( Kifayat Shah Bacha (Foke Singer) Pashto singer.

United Kingdom

• M Huncho (Afghan-British) – Afghan-British rapper and singer from London.

Authors

Afghanistan

• Kabir Stori, Pashtun nationalist writer and poet who founded and served as chairman of the Pashtuns Social Democratic Party (PSDP)

Pakistan

• Khan Abdul Ghani Khan – Pashto poet, philosopher, and writer^[7]
• Hamza Shinwari – Pashto poet and writer known for his romantic poetry^[8]
• Ajmal Khattak – Pashto poet, writer, and politician
• Khushal Khan Khattak – Pashto poet, warrior, and tribal chief from the 17th century^[9]
• Rahman Baba – Pashto poet and Sufi saint
• Abaseen Yousafzai – Pashto poet known for his modernist poetry
• Hafiz Alpuri – Pashto Poet
• Khatir Afridi – Pashto poet and writer
• Malala Yousafzai – Pashto writer, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Suriname

• Munshi Rahman Khan – poet, writer, teacher and former indentured labourer.

Aviators

Afghanistan

• Abdul Ahad Momand (Afghanistan) – 4th Muslim astronaut who visited Space and first Muslim in the entire world who bring Quran to the moon. Due to Abdul Ahad Momand, Islam is now the 4th religion practiced in space. He spoke Pashto in space so Pashto is the 4th language spoken in the space.

Pakistan

• Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) – Pakistani tourist who became the first Pashtun and the second Pakistani to fly around the world in commercial aircraft.
• Hakeemullah Khan Durrani (Pakistan) – Former Pakistani Air Marshal and Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force.

Architects

• Sharif Fayez – Afghan architect and urban planner who has contributed to the rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan.
• Hayatullah Khan Durrani – Afghan architect and urban planner who has played a vital role in the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan.

Businessman

• Afghanistan
• Mirwais Azizi (born 1962) is a Dubai-based Afghan businessman. He is the chairman of Azizi Group of companies, which he founded in 1989 with a presence in realty, banking, investment, and hospitality.
• Pakistan

• Javed Afridi – Pakistani business tycoon, Owner of Peshawar Zalmi.
• Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan (Pakistan) – Pakistani businesswoman.

Bureaucrats

Pakistan

• Safwat Ghayur – Commandant Frontier Constabulary who embraced martyrdom on Pakistan's War on Terrorism.
• Nasir Durrani – Inspector General of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police.
• Masood Sharif Khan Khattak – Director-General Intelligence Bureau
• Salahuddin Khan Mehsud – Chief of Terrorism Department
• Moazzam Jah Ansari – Commandment Frontier Constabulary
• Muhammad Naeem Khan – Inspector General of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police
• Akbar Khan Hoti – Director-General Federal Investigation Agency.
• Akhtar Ali Shah – Commandant National Police Academy of Pakistan and Inspector General of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police
• Azam Khan – Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Shehzad Khan Bangash – Chief Secretary Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Federal Secretary of Pakistan
• Shehzad Arbab – Establishment Secretary of Pakistan
• Saeed Wazir – Inspector-General of Gilgit-Baltistan Police
• Aftab Durrani – Interior Secretary of Pakistan
• Dil Jan Khan Marwat – Commandant Frontier Constabulary
• Roedad Khan – Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and diplomat played a key role during Cold war
• Rustam Shah Mohmand, Chief Secretary of N.W.F.P, Diplomat, commissioner for Afghan Refugees and ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan
• Sartaj Aziz – National Security Advisor
• Mahmud Ali Durrani – National Security Advisor
• Amanullah Khan Jadoon, Federal Minister and twice elected MPA of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Asif Durrani – Pakistani diplomat of Foreign Service of Pakistan served as envoy to Iran and Afghanistan
• Shahryar Khan – Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board
• Aziz Ahmed Khan – Pakistani diplomat of Foreign Service of Pakistan served as ambassador to India
• Yusuf Khattak – Pakistani left-wing intellectual Politician, Pakistan Movement Activist, Federal Minister and statesman who represented Pakistan internationally
• Aslam Khattak – Pakistani diplomat and former Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, served as envoy to Afghanistan
• Mian Gul Akbar Zeb – Pakistani diplomat of Foreign Service of Pakistan served as ambassador to Canada
• Mohammed Sadiq – Pakistani diplomat of Foreign Service of Pakistan, served as Special Representative of Pakistan to Afghanistan

Scientists

Afghanistan

• Ghulam Sediq Wardak (Afghanistan) – Pashtun inventor who is known for more than 344 inventions
• Jamal al-Din al-Afghani – one of the founders of Islamic Modernism,^[10] as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British.
• Zemaryalai Tarzi – Pashtun archeologist
• Daud Shah Saba – Ethnic Afghan (Pashtun) geologist
• Mohammad Qayoumi – 28th president of San Jose State University and 4th president of California State University, East Bay; also a well known engineer by occupation

Pakistan

• Munir Ahmed Khan (Pakistan) – Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission who played a crucial role in Pakistan' Nuclear Programme
• Abdul Qadeer Khan (Pakistan) – Pakistani nuclear scientist known for his pivotal role in Pakistan's nuclear program
• Ziauddin Sardar (Pakistan) – scientist and author of more than 50 books
• Monowar Khan Afridi – Pakistani military general and malariologist and Vice-Chancellor of University of Peshawar

Film Industry

India

Salman Khan (left), Shah Rukh Khan (center left), Aamir Khan (center right), and Saif Ali Khan (right)

• Madhubala; Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi – cinema superstar of India, she starred in over 60 films in the span of 20 years including the epic Mughal-e-Azam, the highest-grossing film in India's history
• Shah Rukh Khan - Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films, According to Khan his paternal grandfather, was an ethnic Pashtun from Afghanistan.
• Parveen Babi – Indian actress and model known for being the first Bollywood star to appear on the cover of Time magazine. She hailed from the Babi dynasty.
• Amjad Khan – Indian actor known for his iconic portrayal of the character Gabbar Singh in the film "Sholay." He belonged to a Pashtun family.
• Kader Khan - Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and is an ethnic Pashtun of the Kakar tribe.
• Zareen Khan – Indian actress who made her debut in Bollywood. She has Pashtun ancestry from her father's side.
• Aamir Khan – famous Bollywood actor, his family has roots from Herat in Afghanistan, he belongs to the Khan-Hussain family.
• Salman Khan – famous Bollywood actor, he belongs to the Salim Khan family.
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