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The old and historical city of [[Lahore]], now in [[Punjab (Pakistan)]], has been home to many famous personalities in [[India]]n history, and later [[Pakistani]] history after 1947. A list of famous 'Lahoris', or people who lived in Lahore and added positively to its social, cultural and intellectual life, is given below. This is not complete and you may add to it.

This list is given in chronological order.

==Notable Lahoris==

* [[Lav]], son of [[Rama]], the legendary founder of Lahore.
* Hazrat [[Ali al-Hajvery]], patron [[Sufi]] saint of the city.
* Sultan [[Qutb-ud-din Aibak]], a ruler of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] who did much to embellish the city.
* [[Akbar the Great]], [[Mughal]] Emperor
* [[Jahangir]], Mughal Emperor<ref>W Dalrymple, ''In Xanadu:A Quest'', London, 1989, pp.185-186</ref>
* [[Anarkali (girl)|Anarkali]], famed dancing-girl of Mughal times.
* [[Nur Jahan]], Mughal Empress and early social hostess<ref>Dalrymple, p.185</ref>
* [[Mian Mir Sahib]], another very popular [[Sufi]] saint of the city.
* [[Madho Lal Hussain]], 16th century Punjabi Sufi poet.
* Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], [[Sikh]] ruler of [[Punjab]]
* The [[Fakir Family]] of the old walled Lahore, owners of the [[Fakir Khana]]
* The [[Mian Family of Baghbanpura]] which produced many famous people
* Sir [[Henry Lawrence]], early [[British India]]n administrator
* Sir [[John Lawrence]] (later Lord Lawrence) first Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab
* Sir [[Charles Umpherston Aitchison]], Lieutenant-Governor
* [[John Lockwood Kipling]], artist and art curator<ref>''Murray's Handbook of the Punjab'' 1883 ed</ref>
* Prof. Dr [[Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner]], educationalist
* Sir [[Ganga Ram]], engineer and philanthropist
* [[Rudyard Kipling]], author<ref>P Hopkirk, ''Quest for Kim'' London, 1996</ref>
* [[Hakim Ahmad Shuja]], scholar, poet, writer and lyricist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.celebritynetworth.com/view/m/0hnc342/ |title= Hakim Ahmad Shuja |accessdate= 24 Nov 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Syed [[Imtiaz Ali Taj]] playwright who immortalised the love story of Anarkali.
* Allama [[Muhammad Iqbal]], national poet of [[Pakistan]]
* [[Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan]], Premier of the Punjab and renovator of the [[Badshahi Mosque]]
* Sir [[Shahnawaz Khan Mamdot]] Punjabi landowner and Muslim League supporter
* [[Amrita Sher-Gil]], artist and tragic muse
* [[Malik Barkat Ali]] lawyer, journalist and political figure
* [[Ustad Allah Bux]] artist
* [[A.R. Chughtai]], artist
* [[Shakir Ali]] artist and art teacher
* [[Anwar Kamal Pasha]] famous early film director and producer.
* [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]] poet and progressive, socialist journalist
* Dr [[Mohammad Abdus Salam]], Nobel Prize winning physicist
* [[Anna Molka Ahmed]] artist, poet and art teacher at the [[University of the Punjab]]
* Madam [[Noor Jehan]] singer and early movie-star
* [[Sadequain]], artist
* [[Riaz Shahid]], film-maker and writer
* [[Neelo]], popular film actress.
* [[Taufiq Rafat]], poet and Punjabi translator
* [[Asma Jahangir]], eminent lawyer and human rights activist.
* [[Yawar Hayat Khan]] early [[Pakistan Television]] director-producer.
* [[Altaf Hussain]] Pakistani film director.
* [[Bapsi Sidhwa]] (née Bhandara) novelist and native of Lahore.
* Mian Muhammad [[Nawaz Sharif]], Lahori politician and industrialist
* Mian [[Shahbaz Sharif]], Chief Minister of the Punjab and ''bon vivant''
* [[Reema]], famous film actress, producer and director.
* [[Imran Khan]] ex-sportsman and political reformer
* [[Mohsin Hamid]], novelist and socialite
*Hammad Khan, humanitarian and Past District Interact Representative at Rotary International District 3272 2013-14

==References==
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==Further reading==

* Griffin and Massey, ''Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab'', revided edition 1910-11.
* WG Osborne, ''The Court and Camp of Runjeet Singh'', London, 1846.
* Lady Emily Eden, ''Up the Country'', new edition, London, 1983.
* Hakim Ahmad Shuja, ''Lahore ka Chelsea'' (Urdu), Lahore, 1969.
* Ian Talbot, ''Divided Cities: Lahore and Amritsar:1947-1957'', Karachi, 2005 edition.
* FS Aijazuddin, ''Lahore: Illustrated Views of the 19th Century'', Lahore, n.d.
* WJ Glover, ''Making Lahore Modern: Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City'', Karachi, 2011.
* B. Gascoine, ''The Great Mughals'', London, 1971.
* M. Athar Tahir, ''Punjab Portraits'', Lahore, 1992.
* Isobel Shaw, ''Pakistan Handbook'' 1988.

[[Category:People from Lahore|*]]
[[Category:Pakistan-related lists|*Lahoris]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian people|*Lahoris]]

List of notable Lahoris - Revision history

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