Khan (name)
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Khan (Nasta`liq : خان, Devanāgarī : ख़ान or ख़ाँ) is a widespread family name. It can have one of several connotations, all related to some extent to the title of Khan . The term is also used as a surname, or almost a suffix by people of Pathan (Pashtun) ethnicity living in Afghanistan , Western Pakistan , and India .[1] Muslim Rajput tribes, as cited by ancient sources such as the Baburnama [2] Khan Sahib or Khan Bahadur by the British Raj in modern-day Bangladesh , India , and Pakistan . It is also a common surname in South Asian Muslim families, regardless of ancestral relationship to Pathans or to those bestowed with honorary titles. Khan is up near the top of the list of common Pakistani surnames, along with honorary titles of North India such as Patel or Singh .[3]
Politicians and military leaders
Akram Khan (politician) , a politician in British India, afterwards PakistanAmir Khan (Pindari) , a Pindari leader who fought the British in India in the early 19th century, later the Nawab of Tonk Abdul Hamid Khan , a Pakistani politician and chairman of the Balawaristan National FrontPrince Sadruddhin Aga Khan , a diplomat who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1965 to 1977Arif Khan , a Taliban warlord in AfghanistanAyub Khan , a Pakistani general who served as Field Marshal and politicianFranklin Khan , a Trinidad and Tobago politicianFuad Khan , a Trinidad and Tobago politicianImran Khan , a Pakistani cricketer and politicianMajor General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Indian National Army , one of the three of the famed Red Fort Trio .Ismail Khan , an Afghan political leaderLiaquat Ali Khan , a Pakistani politicianMohammed Daoud Khan , an Afghan politicianPrince Aly Khan , a United Nations diplomat and vice president of the United Nations General Assembly representing Pakistan, as well as a well-known international playboySahabzada Yaqub Khan , a Pakistani general and diplomatSyed Ahmed Khan Islamic Indian scholarNoble Khan , a Trinidad and Tobago religious leader and senatorWajid Khan , a Canadian businessman and politician.Yahya Khan , a Pakistani politicianYusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar), an Indian politician and Bollywood actorKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan , Pashtun Indian political and spiritual leader.Liaqat Ali Khan , Pakistan's first Prime Minister who was assassinated in October 1951
Indians in the movie & television industry
Sneha Chhabra Khan,an actress and wife of Mohammed Iqbal Khan
Nasir Khan , an Indian actorRakshanda Khan , an Indian model, hostess and actressAnwar Khan , an Indian dialogue writerNegar Khan , an Indian actressKader Khan , an Indian actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer, producer and directorSahil Khan , an Indian actorAhmed Khan , an Indian actorCezanne Khan , an Indian actorAly Khan (actor) , an Indian actorSohail Khan , a Bollywood writer, producer, actor and director (brother of Salman Khan)Salim Khan , a Bollywood script writer (father of Salman KhanGauri Khan , a producer and wife of Shahrukh KhanAryan Khan , a Bollywood actor and son of Shahrukh Khan and Gauri KhanSuhana Khan , daughter of Shahrukh Khan and Gauri KhanJiah Khan , an Indian Bollywood actressGulrez Khan , an Indian actressSanjay Khan , a Bollywood actorAamir Khan , a prominent Bollywood actor (one of the superstars in famous Khan Trio)Ayub Khan(actor) , an Indian actorEijaz Khan , an Indian actorFardeen Khan , an Indian actor (son of Feroz Khan)Farah Khan , Indian film director & ChoreographerFeroz Khan , Indian actor and director (father of Fardeen Khan)Saif Ali Khan , an Indian actorSalman Khan , a prominent Bollywood actor (one of the superstars in famous Khan Trio )Shahrukh Khan , a prominent Bollywood actor (one of the superstars in famous Khan Trio)Soha Ali Khan , an Indian actorZayed Khan , an Indian actor (son of Sanjay Khan and cousin of Fardeen Khan)Mohammad Iqbal Khan , an Indian actorNigar Z Khan ,an Indian actor, modelAziz Khan(Producer) , an Indian ProducerSanjay Khan ,an Indian actorAfsar Khan ,an Indian production headAsif Khan , an Indian dialogue writerAmjad Khan , an Indian Bollywood actorYusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar),an Indian film actor and member of the Rajya Sabha .Aleeza Khan , an Indian actorRais Khan , an Indian associate assistantIrrfan Khan , an Indian actorPervaz Khan , an Indian sound designerAhmed Khan (Choreographer) , an Indian ChoreographerAltaf Khan , an Indian CherographerUstad Sultan Khan , an Indian singerGul Khan , an Indian producerFaisal Raza Khan , an Indian actorArbaaz Khan , an Indian actor (brother of Salman Khan)Malaika Arora Khan , an Indian actress and model, wife of Arbaaz KhanSarah Khan, an Indian actress
Gauhar Khan, an Indian actress & model
Sports figures
Imran Khan , a former Pakistani cricketerAmir Khan (boxer) , a British born Janjua Rajput Haroon Khan boxer , a British born Janjua Rajput Zaheer Khan , an Indian cricketerIrfan Khan (Irfan Pathan), an Indian cricketer[4] Naushad Khan , an Indian cricket coachSimon Khan , an English golferAnwar Khan , a former Pakistani cricketerMajid Jahangir Khan , a former cricket playerAthar Ali Khan , a Bangladeshi former cricketer, selector and cricket commentatorAkram Khan (cricketer) , a Bangladeshi former cricketerAslam Sher Khan , an Indian former hockey playerJahangir Khan (cricketer) Jahangir Khan , a former Pakistani squash playerAmjad Khan (cricketer) , England cricket playerFeroze Khan , field hockey playerYounus Khan , a Pakistani crickterMoin Khan , a former Pakistani crickterShahid Khan Afridi , a Pakistani crickterJansher Khan , a former Pakistani squash playerMohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan , a Bangladeshi cricketerTamim Iqbal Khan , a Bangladeshi cricketerTareq Aziz Khan , a Bangladeshi cricketerMurad Khan , a Bangladeshi cricketerAziz Khan ,Former professional Squash player
Entertainers
Akram Khan (dancer) , a British Bangladeshi dancerChaka Khan , an American R&B singerNatasha Khan , a British singer/song writer and bassist (niece of one of the squash players above ) [1] Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , a Pakistani vocalistUstad Amanat Ali Khan , a Pakistani vocalistAsad Amanat Ali Khan , a Pakistani vocalist, son of Ustad Amanat Ali KhanShafqat Amanat Ali Khan , a Pakistani vocalist, son of Ustad Amanat Ali KhanRahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , a Pakistani vocalistRoy Khan , a Norwegian vocalistUstad Amir Khan , an Indian classical vocalist
In fiction
Khan Noonien Singh , a prominent Star Trek villain in an original series episode and in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Jaghatai Khan, the Primarch of the White Scars Space Marines chapter in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe
Khan, one of the villains in the Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Fahd Khan , fiction and his brother Faaiz Khan .
Others
Fazlur Rahman Khan , Bengali-American structural engineer and designer of Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center Sussanne Roshan (Suzanne Roshan-Khan), an Indian interior designer, wife of Hrithik Roshan , and sister of Zayed Khan Abdul Qadeer Khan , a Pakistani engineer, considered the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programmeThe (unknown) 'M Khan', the subject of many gag routines on The Mary Whitehouse Experience
Mohammad Sidique Khan , a London train suicide bomberMohisin Khan , a British Royal Air Force airman who refused to take part in the invasion of IraqHazrat Inayat Khan
Vilayat Inayat Khan Zia Inayat Khan Noor Inayat Khan , a British spy in occupied FranceNatasha N.Khan, Executive Director of Sapna magazine
Hassan Ali Khan, a Canadian born Pakistani/Indian CEO of Khan Empire and subgroups as H-Company, HAK Corp. and Street Empirez
Shahid Wadood Khan, A Pakistani living in California
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