List of Sindhi people
The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province.
Historical personalities
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
- Dodo Bin Khafef Soomro III
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan
- Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari Sharif
- Hemu Kalani, freedom fighter
- Hoshu Sheedi
- Jam Feroz
- Jam Nizamuddin II
- Jam Raidhan
- Jam Tamachi
- Jam Unar
- Lal Shahbaz Qalander
- Main Noor Mohammad Kalhoro, ruler of Sindh
- Mian Adam Shah Kalhoro, Amir
- Mian Ghuam Shah Kalhoro (Shah Wardi Khan), ruler of Sindh
- Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi
- Mir Ali Murad Talpur
- Mir Ali Sir Thattvi
- Mir Allahyar Talpur
- Mir Nasir Khan Talpur
- Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur
- Mirza Ghazi Beg
- Muhammad Muradyab Khan (Nawab Sarbuland Khan), ruler of Sindh
- Muhammad Salih Tahtawi
- Raees Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri
- Raja Dahir
- Sachal Sarmast
- Sardar Darya Khan
- Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
- Shah Inayat Shaheed
- Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi
Politicians
- Akhtar Jadoon
- Allah Bux Soomro, First Prime Minister of Sindh
- Asif Zardari
- Qadir Magsi
- Ayaz Latif Palijo
- Bashir Qureshi
- Benazir Bhutto
- Elahi Bux Soomro, former Parliamentary Speaker
- Fatima Bhutto, author
- G.M Syed
- Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Haider Bux Jatoi, founder of 'Jeay Sindh' slogan
- Haji Amir Bux Junejo
- J.B. Kripalani, Indian politician, popularly known as Acharya Kripalani
- K. R. Malkani
- Lal Krishna Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister of India
- Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur, former Chief Minister of Sindh
- Mir Ghalib Hussain Domki
- Mohammad Khan Junejo
- Muhammad Ayub Khuhro
- Muhammad Mian Soomro
- Mumtaz Ali Bhutto
- Murtaza Bhutto
- Rasool Bux Palijo
- Sajjad Shar
- Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Sucheta Kriplani, first Indian woman Chief Minister
- Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II
- Syed Zafar Ali Shah, former Deputy Speaker of Pakistan
- Yusuf Haroon
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Journalists
Poets
- Adal Soomro
- Allah Baksh Sarshar Uqaili
- Anwar Pirzada, Sindhi poet, journalist
- Bedil
- Elsa Kazi
- Ghulam Ali Allana
- Imdad Hussaini
- Mir Masoom Bakhree
- Muhammad Mohsin Bekas
- Pir Sadardin
- Qadir Bux Bedil
- Rohal Faqir
- Sachal Sarmast
- Sami
- Sawan Fakir
- Shah Abdul Karim Bulri
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
- Shah Inayat Rizvi
- Shah Inayatullah
- Shaikh Ayaz, Sindhi/Urdu poet, scholar
- Sikandar Khan Khoso
- Syed Ahmed Bukhari, known by his pen name "Ustad Bukhari"
- Tajal Bewas
- Talib-ul-Mola
Science and technology
- Abdul-Majid Bhurgri, founder of computing in Sindhi
- Ahmed Mohiuddin
- Gul Agha, computer scientist
- Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Raziuddin Siddiqui
- Sind ibn Ali, Sindhi Muslim astronomer, translator, mathematician and engineer
Business and industry
- Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
- Hari Harilela
- Mahmoud Haroon
- Micky Jagtiani
- Rajan Raheja
- S. P. Hinduja and Hinduja family
- Yusuf Haroon
- Chandru Raheja
- Niranjan Hiranandani
- Romesh Wadhwani
- Sunil Vaswani
- Sonu Shivdasani
- Sabeer Bhatia
- Sadruddin Hashwani
- Surendra Hiranandani
- Gulu Lalvani
- Kabir Mulchandani
- Harish Fabiani
Educationalists
- Abul Khair Kashfi
- Abul Lais Siddiqui
- Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi, 8th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
- Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
- Ali Ahmed S Kazi
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Anita Ghulam Ali
- Aslam Farrukhi
- Farman Fatehpuri
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan
- Haji Mehar Ali Khoja
- Hassan Ali Effendi
- Jameel Jalibi
- Khalida Ghous
- Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi, first DPI Sindh 1936-39
- Moonis Ahmar
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Mushtak Ali Kazi
- Mutawakkil Kazi, Judge of the High Court of Sindh
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Naseem Amrohvi
- Noor Muhammad Lakhir, founder of Noor Muhammad High School, Hyderabad, Sindh
- Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota
Entertainment industry
- Abida Parveen, Pakistani Sufi singer
- Aftab Shivdasani, Indian actor
- Allan Fakir
- Asrani, Indian comedian and actor
- Babita, Indian actress and mother of Kareena and Karisma
- Fahad Mustafa, Pakistani actor, producer, host, anchor and model
- G P Sippy, Indian filmmaker
- Govind Nihalani, director of serious and art films
- Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
- Hari Shivdasani, Indian actor and father of Babita
- Hiten Tejwani, television actor
- Hussain Chandio
- Imran Channa
- Jackky Bhagnani, Indian actor
- Manzoor Sakhirani
- Master Chander
- Manoj Punjabi, Indian-Indonesian film businessman
- Muhammad Juman, Sindhi musician and classical singer
- Mustafa Qureshi, film and television actor from Sindh, Pakistan
- Nikhil Advani, Indian director and screenwriter (Sindhi father)
- Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress in Bollywood
- Poonam Sinha, Poonam Chandiramani
- Rajkumar Hirani, Indian movie director
- Tarun Mansukhani, Indian movie director
- Ramesh Sippy, Indian director, son of G P Sippy
- Raam Punjabi, Indian-Indonesian film producer
- Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
- Ritesh Sidhwani, Indian movie producer
- Roma Asrani, Indian actress
- Saif Samejo
- Sanam Baloch, Pakistani actress and television host
- Sanam Marvi
- Sanjjanaa Indian actress in sandalwood and Telugu films
- Shafi Muhammad Shah, Pakistani film and television actor
- Shazia Khushk
- Suhrab Faqir
- Tamanna Bhatia
- Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan
- Vashu Bhagnani, Indian filmmaker
- Vishal Dadlani, Indian music director
- Zarina Baloch, Pakistani folk music singer and composer
- Girish Kumar, Indian actor
- Bhavesh Balchandani, Indian child artist
- Leena Jumani, Indian TV actress
- Shilpa Saklani, Indian TV actress
- Vivek Vaswani, Indian writer,actor & producer
- Iqbal Theba, Pakistani-American actor
- Sakina Samo, Pakistani actress
- Atiqa Odho, Pakistani actress
- Deepak Perwani, Pakistani fashion designer & actor
- Jalal Chandio, Pakistani folk singer
- Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress & model
- Tamannaah, indian actress
- Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress
- Aarti Chabria, Indian actress
- Anjana Sukhani, Indian actress & model
- Kitu Gidwani, Indian actress & model
- Sohai Ali Abro, Pakistani actress, dancer & model
- Sindhu Tolani, Indian actress & model
- Roma Asrani, Indian actress & model
- Anwar Solangi, Pakistani TV & radio artist
- Apurva Asrani, Film editor & Screenwriter
- Kushal Punjabi, Indian model & actor
- Sangeeta Bijlani, Indian actress
- Lillete Dubey, Indian actress
- Rishi Bhutani, Indian actor
- Usha Bachani, Indian actress
- Gracy Goswami, Indian child artist
- Vikramaditya Motwane, Indian film director (Sindhi father)
- Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress (Sindhi mother)
- Shonali Nagrani,Indian television presenter & model
- Roshan Atta, Pakistani veteran actress
- Uroosa Qureshi, Pakistani actress
- Humaira Channa, Pakistani singer
- Kiara Advani, Indian Actress.
Law experts
Scholars
Researchers
Writers
- Amar Jaleel
- Fehmida Riaz, writer, poet, activist
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan, writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar
- Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi
- Jamal Abro
- Mazhar Abro
- Mirza Kalich Beg
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Naseem Kharal
- Shaikh Ayaz
- Sobho Gianchandani, writer
- Syed Irfan Ali Shah
Philanthropists and social activists
Economics
- Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Naveed Qamar, Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
Law and judiciary
Metaphysics, spirituality and religion
- Abu Mashar Sindhi (786 AD), teacher of Arab scholars
- Abu Raja Sindhi (d. 321 A.H.), scholar, poet, teacher
- Abul Hassan Sindhi (d. 1176 AH), made the first translation of Qur'an from Arabic to Sindhi
- Allama Ali Khan Abro
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi (died 1174 AH), Ahl-us-Sunnah scholar
- Allama Muhammad Idrees Dahiri, Islamic scholar, preacher, writer, author, poet and researcher
- Asadullah Bhutto
- Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi
- Dada Vaswani
- Hafiz Muhammad Siddique, scholar from Sindh and founder of school of thought in Bharchundi
- Makhdoom Bilawal
- Maulana Taj Mohammad Amrothi (d. 1929), freedom fighter from Sukkur, Sindh
- Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi, Muslim scholar at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar
- Mir Ali Sir Thattvi, Sindhi Muslim historian born after the rule of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
- Mohammad Hayya Al-Sindhi, prominent Muslim scholar in Medina in the 18th century
- Moulana Jan Mohammad Abbasi
- Raees-Ul-Muhajireen Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo, a leader of the Khilafat Movement
- Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
- Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi, spiritual leader of the Hurs
- Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II, spiritual leader of Hurs
- Tahir Muhammad Thattvi, Sindhi Muslim poet and historian during the rule of the Mughal Empire
- Ubaidullah Sindhi, pan-Islamic leader and a political activist
Saints and sufis
Sports
- Abdul Rashid Qambrani, boxer
- Pankaj Advani, world champion in Snooker and Billiards from India
- Sarfraz Ahmed Memon, Pakistani cricketer
- Syed Hussain Shah, boxer who won the bronze medal for boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
Others
- Tarun Tahiliani, Indian fashion designer
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