List of Khattaks

This is a list of people of the Khattak Pashtun tribe.

• Khushal Khan Khattak, a prominent Pashtun malik, poet, warrior, and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He spent his life fighting the Mughal government of India. In order to restore Afghan freedom, Khushhal Khan challenged the power of Aurangzeb. He defeated the Mughal troops on several occasions. Khushal Khan wrote many books in Pashto and Persian, of which ten are very popular.
• Afzal Khan Khattak, chief of the Khattak tribe, Pashto poet, and author of Tarikh-e-Morassa was the oldest son of Ashraf Khan. In 1672-73, Ashraf succeeded his father Khoshal Khan in the chieftaincy of the Khattak tribe.
• Aslam Khattak, (April 5, 1908 – October 10, 2008), born in Karak, was an Afghan politician and diplomat. He served as ambassador to Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Nominated to Zia ul Haqas Majlis-e-Shura he became a trusted political confidante of the Martial Law ruler.
• Yusuf Khattak, (18 November 1917 – 29 July 1991) A scion of one of the most influential families in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, he was a son of Khan Bahadur Kuli Khan Khattak, and brother to former Governor Aslam Khattak, Lt Gen Habibullah Khan and Kulsom Saifullah Khan.
• Nasrullah Khan Khattak, (1928 - 2 November 2009) was an Afghan politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. He was born in the village of Manki, Nowshera District. Former Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Then N.W.F.P)
• Lt: General ObaidUllah Khan Khattak (18 Field) (Born: Lachi, Kohat) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on 20 December 2013 when in Balochistan was serving as Inspector General of the Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps force. He served as IG Arms-GHQ Rawalpindi, Commander Army Strategic Force, GOC Kharian, IGFC Balochistan.He was appointed to the Commander Army Strategic Force due to his extensive experiences in the restive province of Balochistan. He dealt with the hostile elements and militancy in the province via strategic implications which could detach the province from Pakistan.
• Ajmal Khattak, (born 15 September 1925, died 7 February 2010) in Akora Khattak was an Afghan politician, writer, Pashtun poet, Khudai Khidmatgar, former President of Awami National Party.
• Alam Khattak, Lieutenant General Muhammad Alam Khattak, HI (M), TBT, is a Pakistan Army general who is presently the Commander Southern Command based at Quetta. He took over the command in October 2011 after staying as Chief of Logistics Staff at the Army headquarters for two years. Khattak was previously in charge of the Frontier Corps as its Inspector-General.
• Habibullah Khan Khattak, Lieutenant General Habibullah Khan Khattak (October 17, 1913 – 1994).
• Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, born June 5, 1950, in the city of Karak North West, is a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former director general of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B).
• Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, born in Karak Lieutenant General Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, is senior retired three-star general and military strategist who was a former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Commander X Corps (Rawalpindi) and Director General Military Intelligence of the Pakistan Army.
• Ghulam Faruque Khan (1899–1990) was a dynamic bureaucrat, politician, and industrialist of Pakistan. He belonged to the village Shaidu (Khan Khel) in Nowshera District. His contribution to Pakistan's industrial development he is sometimes described as "The Goliath who Industrialized Pakistan".
• Pareshan Khattak, (b. 10 December 1931 - d. 16 April 2009) in Karak. His real name was Graham Jan Khattak and he was a former Vice-Chancellor, Pashto poet and writer and former Chairman University Grants Commission. His books titled “Pukhtana Kochay,” “Dozakhi Pakhto,” “Drana Pukhtana,” “Khyber,” “Iteraff,” and “Aziza Meena” are popular reads in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan.
• Afrasiab Khattak, (b. 2 October 1951) is a retired Senator and a senior politician, remained the head of Human Rights Commission twice. Has played an important role in amending the constitution during 18th amendment in 2010. An intellectual, a poet and humble, down-to-earth politician from District Kohat, Afrasiab Khattak spent all his life for the supremacy of the constitution and championing in human rights.
• Pervez Khattak, (b.1 January 1950) 22nd Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Nargis Khattak, human rights activist