Khan (surname)

Khan (/kɑːn/) is a surname deriving from the title khan originating among nomadic tribes in the Central and Eastern Steppe during antiquity and popularized by Turkic dynasties in the rest of Asia during the medieval period. Used in the Rourans firstly, and also by the early rulers of Bulgaria, it was more widely spread by the Islamic chieftains in what is now Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4]

Khan is a common surname particularly among Muslims of Central and South Asian origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by over 12 million people in Asia and 24 million worldwide.[5] It is the surname of over 108,674 British Asians, making it the 12th most common surname in the United Kingdom.[6]

People

Scholars, intellectuals and academics

Politicians and rulers

Actors and entertainers

In sports

  • Imran Khan, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, politician and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan cricket team
  • Akram Khan (cricketer), former captain of the Bangladeshi Cricket Team
  • Amir Khan (British boxer), a British boxer of Pakistani descent
  • Mohsin Khan, a former Pakistani cricketer
  • Moin Khan, a former Pakistani cricketer
  • Muhammad Essa Khan, a former Pakistani footballer
  • Athar Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi former cricketer, selector and cricket commentator
  • Carla Khan, a Pakistani professional squash player
  • Hajra Khan, a Pakistani footballer
  • Kaleemullah Khan, a Pakistani footballer
  • Jahangir Khan, a former Pakistani professional squash player and World No. 1
  • Jansher Khan, a former Pakistani professional squash player and World No. 1
  • Mir Sultan Khan, a Pakistani chess champion
  • Nafees Iqbal (Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan), a Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Nasim Khan, a Pakistani cricketer
  • Shahid Khan Afridi, a Pakistani cricketer
  • Junaid Khan, a Pakistani cricketer
  • Usman Khan Shinwari, a Pakistani cricketer
  • Simon Khan, an English golfer
  • Tamim Iqbal (Tamim Iqbal Khan), a Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Younus Khan, a Pakistani cricketer
  • Sajid Khan, a Pakistani cricketer

In science and technology

Others

  • Abul Kashem Khan (1905–1991), jurist, political leader, and industrialist from Bangladesh
  • Ahmed Raza Khan (1856–1921), Sunni Islamic scholar of south Asia
  • Alan Khan (born 1971), South African radio presenter
  • Amjad Khan (1940–1992), Indian film producer
  • Fazal Khan, Pakistani lawyer and Pashtun human rights activist
  • Gauri Khan (born 1971), Indian interior designer and film producer (wife of Indian star Shahrukh Khan)
  • Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American lyricist
  • Hazrat Inayat Khan, (1882–1927), founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International
  • Irene Khan (born 1956), Secretary General of Amnesty International
  • Kiran Rao Khan (born 1973), Indian director, film producer and screenwriter (wife of Indian star Aamir Khan)
  • The (unknown) 'M Khan', the subject of many gag routines on The Mary Whitehouse Experience because of long-standing graffiti visible from a major London road[12]
  • Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (1752–1805/6), Indian tax-collector and travel-writer
  • Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), a London train suicide bomber
  • Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan (1833–1901) British-Indian administrator and aristocrat
  • Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944), a British spy in occupied France
  • Oghuz Khan legendary forefather of the turkic people
  • Peter Khan (born Afghan-Khan), Australian member of the Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith
  • Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi, played active role and fought against Dogra army
  • Shahid Khan (born 1950), Pakistan-born American businessman; owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C.
  • Sussanne Khan (born 1975), Indian interior fashion designer and entrepreneur
  • Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898), Islamic scholar
  • Tariq Ali Khan (born 1943), British-Pakistani writer, intellectual and socialist
  • Tasmin Lucia Khan (born 1980), British Bangladeshi journalist and news presenter for BBC News
  • Vilayat Inayat Khan, (1916–2004), former head of the Sufi Order International
  • Zia Inayat Khan, the Pir of the Sufi Order International

Fictional characters

  • Haman Khan, a prominent Gundam villain in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and the principal antagonist in its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; and her father Maharaja Khan
  • Kamal Khan, the main villain in the James Bond film Octopussy
  • Khan (comics), Marvel Comics character
  • Khan, Primus of House Aico game character from Paladins
  • Khan, character from the web-series Corner Shop Show
  • Khan, one of the villains in the Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars computer game
  • Khan, a Chinese-American detective from the Khan! 1975 US television series
  • Khan Noonien Singh, a prominent Star Trek villain in an original series episode and the principal antagonist in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, then later Star Trek Into Darkness
  • Manga Khan, a DC Comics character
  • Mr Khan, the titular character of the British sitcom Citizen Khan
  • Rizwan Khan, main character in the 2010 Bollywood film My Name Is Khan
  • Shao Kahn, the main antagonist in the Mortal Kombat video game series who is based on a typical Mongolian warlord
  • Kotal Kahn, an antagonist in the Mortal Kombat video game Mortal Kombat X who is based on an Aztec Warrior
  • Dark Khan, the main antagonist of the crossover video game Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe who is the merging between Shao Khan and DC Comics villain Darkseid.
  • Shadow Khan are the group of villains in animated series Jackie Chan Adventures.
  • Shere Khan, the tiger, in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, also adapted as a cartoon character in a famous Walt Disney Productions movie in 1967
  • Shiwan Khan, a recurring enemy of The Shadow
  • The Mandarin archenemy of Iron Man whose real name is Khan also from Marvel Comics
  • Kamala Khan, the fourth character to assume the identity of the Marvel Comics superheroine Ms. Marvel
  • Yasmin Khan, a companion of the Thirteenth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who

Places

References

  1. Khan entry in Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary
  2. As cited in The Baburnama, 2002, W.M. Thackston p273.
  3. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Krum
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cq99HbGpIWsC&pg=PA159
  5. "Khan" (surname distribution), Forebears.io, 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. "England Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers". forebears.co.uk.
  7. "শাকিব খান আমার সন্তানের বাবা: অপু বিশ্বাস". BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. "অপু ইসলাম কি আবার অপু বিশ্বাস হয়ে যাবেন? | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. "অপু বিশ্বাসের ভিন্ন সুর! | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. "দিনশেষে শাকিব একা, আমি না: অপু বিশ্বাস". চ্যানেল আই অনলাইন. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Origin of 'M Khan' Graffiti". Everything2.com. 12 April 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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