This is a list of notable people from the city of Karachi in Pakistan , also known as Karachiites:
Karachi
Minocher K. Spencer Parsi author and spiritual healer from Karachi (born October 4, 1888 Pune, India)
Jamiluddin Aali - poet, columnist, critic (born 1926 in Delhi)
Mohammad Abdul Ahed - architect, educator, painter (1919-2001)
Manzoor Ahmad - philosopher (born 1934)
Obaidullah Aleem - journalist, poet (1939-1998)
Ahmed Ali - novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar (1910 in New Delhi - 1994 in Karachi)
Nasim Amrohvi - Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer (1908-1987)
Rais Amrohvi - journalist, poet, psychoanalyst (1914-1988)
Iftikhar Arif - poet, critic, author (born 1943)
Hasan Askari - philosopher, author, critic (1919-1978)
Zamir Ali Badayuni - critic (1941-2003)
Fatima Surayya Bajia - drama writer (born 1930)
Tabish Dehlvi - poet (1911-2004)
Jon Elia - Arsalan Kachaliya's favorite poet, philosopher (1931-2002)
Aslam Farrukhi - writer, critic, linguist (born 1923)
Farman Fatehpuri - researcher, poet, critic, linguist (1926-2013)
Dilawar Figar - humorous poet, scholar (1929 Badaun, UP - 1998 Karachi)
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah - first female columnist of Pakistan (1921-2000)
Maulvi Abdul Haq - father of modern Urdu (1872-1961)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee - Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer
Hameed Haroon - journalist, activist
Sibte Hassan - author, columnist, activist (1916-1986)
Zahida Hina - columnist, author, poet (born 1946)
Ashfaq Hussain - Urdu poet and television personality in Canada for Asian Television Network (born 1951)
Intizar Hussain - linguist, novelist, critic (born 1923)
Ibn-e-Insha - poet, writer and humorist (1927 Phillaur, Punjab, British India - 1978 London, England)
Ibn-e-Safi - novelist, story writer (1928 Nara, district of Allahabad, UP, British India - 1980 Karachi)
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah - writer, activist (1915-2000)
Farhat Ishtiaq - writer, author and screenwriter (born June 23, 1980)
Siddiq Ismail - religious Hamd and Naat reciter (born 1954)
Qamar Jalalvi - poet (1887 Jalali, Aligarh, India - 1968 Karachi)
Jameel Jalibi - scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU (born 1929)
Abul Khair Kashfi - critic, linguist, author, scholar (1932 Kanpur, British India - 2008 Karachi)
Khalique Ibrahim Khalique - journalist, poet, critic (1926-2006)
Ghulam Mustafa Khan - writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist (1912-2005)
Josh Malihabadi - poet, linguist, scholar (1894-1982)
Anwar Maqsood - drama writer, anchor, actor (born 1935 Hyderabad State)
Haseena Moin - playwright, drama writer
Zehra Nigah - poet
Pirzada Qasim - poet, author, educationist (born 1943)
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi - author, historian, educationist (1903-1981)
Fahmida Riaz - writer, poet, activist (born 1946 Meerut, UP, British India)
Sadequain - painter, calligraphist (1930 Amroha, British India - 1987 Karachi)
Hakeem Muhammad Said - pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist (1993-1994)
Abul Lais Siddiqui - critic, linguist, author, scholar
Shaukat Siddiqui - novelist, fiction writer (1923-2006)
Raees Warsi - journalist, author, poet, founder of Urdu Markaz New York (born 1963)
Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi - author, humorist (born 1923)
Mustafa Zaidi - poet (1930-1970)
Kashan Admani - musician
Abdul Razzak Yaqoob , Chairman of the ARY Group
Ahmed Dawood , industrialist, philanthropist and founder of Dawood Group
Agha Hasan Abedi - banker, founder of BCCI
Bashir Ali Mohammad , Gul Ahmed Group
Hussain Haqqani - leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A.
Jahangir Siddiqui , owner of JS Group
Javed Jabbar - orator , politician , Senator
Malik Riaz - Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town .
Monis Rahman - Founder & CEO of Naseeb Networks
Rafiq M. Habib - Group chairman of the renowned ‘House of Habib ’, chairman of Habib Insurance Company Ltd.
Raza Rabbani - English debater, politician, Senator
Sadruddin Hashwani - Founder and chairman of Hashoo Group .
Safi Qureshi - co-founder and CEO of AST Research ; born and educated in Karachi ; now based in the US
Sikandar Sultan - Managing Director of Shan Food Industries
Debaters and orators [ edit ]
Anita Ghulam Ali - educationist
Nasim Amrohvi
Moinuddin Aqeel - author, critic, linguist, scholar
Bernadette Louise Dean - former Principal of Kinnaird College, Lahore
Mary Emily - recipient of the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for services to education
Aslam Farrukhi - author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar
Farman Fatehpuri - real name Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar
Khalida Ghous - human rights activist, scholar
Yolande Henderson - high school teacher
Jameel Jalibi - linguist, scholar
Abul Khair Kashfi - author, critic, linguist, scholar
Matin Ahmed Khan - academic, marketing expert and management educator, Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration
Ghulam Mustafa Khan - author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi
Anthony Theodore Lobo - founder of many schools
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi - VC Karachi University, author, historian, scholar
Ata ur Rahman - Chairman HEC, scientist
Hakim Saeed - VC Hamdard University
Abul Lais Siddiqui - author, critic, linguist, scholar
Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui - Chancellor, Karachi University
Raziuddin Siddiqui - physicist, mathematician, scholar
Shahid Aziz Siddiqi - former Federal Secretary and Vice Chancellor, Ziauddin University
Norma Fernandes - former Headmistress (Kindergarten/Junior Section) of the Karachi Grammar School
Aamina Sheikh - model, actress
Adeel Hussain - model, actress
Adnan Jaffar - television, film actor
Ahad Raza Mir - actor
Aijaz Aslam - actor
Aiman Khan - actress
Aiza Khan - actress, model
Alizeh Shah - model, actress
Angela Thorne - English actress
Anwar Maqsood - drama writer, anchor, actor
Ather Shah Khan Jaidi Writer comedian
Ayaz Samoo - comedian, actor
Azfar Rehman - actor
Babar Ali - actor
Behroze Sabzwari - film actor
Bilal Abbas Khan - actor
Bushra Ansari - actress, comedian
Danish Nawaz - actor
Danish Taimoor - actor
Fahad Mustafa - actor
Fawad Khan - actor
Fatima Effendi - model, actress
Hina Altaf - actress
Hina Dilpazeer - actress, TV host, model
Humayun Saeed - actor, model and producer
Iman Vellani - Pakistani-Canadian television actor
Iqbal Theba - Pakistani-American television actor
Iqra Aziz - model, actress
Izhar Qazi - film and TV actor
Jamshed Ansari - comedian
Kaveeta - actress
Kumail Nanjiani - comedian
Mashal Khan - actress
Madiha Imam - model, actress
Mahira Khan - television, film actor
Margaret Lockwood - film and stage actress (1916-1990)
Mawra Hocane - model, actress
Mehwish Hayat - actress, model
Minal Khan - actress
Mohib Mirza - actor
Moin Akhter - TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host
Momal Sheikh - actress
Muneeb Butt - actor
Nadeem - film actor
Nadia Hussain - model, actress
Nirala (real name Muzaffar Hussain) - comedian
Ramsha Khan - model, actress
Rauf Lala - comedian, actor
Sajid Hasan - actor
Salim Nasir - comedian, actor
Sami Shah - comedian, writer
Sana Javed - model, actress
Sangeeta - actress, filmmaker, director
Saud Qasmi - actor
Shehroz Sabzwari - actor
Somy Ali , actress and activist
Syed Kamal - film actor
Syra Yousuf - model, actress
Talat Hussain - television actor, director
Umer Sharif - comic actor
Urwa Hocane - actress
Yasir Nawaz - actor
Yumna Zaidi - actress
Zafar Karachiwala , Indian actor, ancestors from Karachi
Zainab Qayyum - model, actress, TV host
Zhalay Sarhadi - model, actress
Singers, musicians and music & directors[ edit ]
Sheema Kermani social activist, theater director and exponent of Bharatnatyam dance.
Philanthropists and social workers [ edit ]
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Mai Kolachi incumbent name of Karachi is derived from this fisher woman.
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