List of Sindhi people
The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province.
Historical personalities
- Dodo Bin Khafef Soomro III
- Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari Sharif
- Hemu Kalani, freedom fighter
- Hoshu Sheedi
- Jam Feroz
- Jam Nizamuddin II
- Jam Raidhan
- Jam Tamachi
- Jam Unar
- Main Noor Mohammad Kalhoro, ruler of Sindh
- Mian Adam Shah Kalhoro, Amir
- 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
- Rooplo Kolhi, a brave son of Karoonjher[1]
- Sachal Sarmast
- Sardar Darya Khan
- Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
- Shah Inayat Shaheed
- Khalid Hussain
- VIJAY GAJWANI
Politicians
- Allah Bux Soomro, first Prime Minister of Sindh
- Altaf Hussain Unar
- Asif Zardari
- Qadir Magsi
- Ayaz Latif Palijo
- Bashir Qureshi
- Benazir Bhutto
- Elahi Bux Soomro, former Parliamentary Speaker
- Fatima Bhutto, author
- G.M Syed
- Ghous Ali Shah
- 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
- Bahadur Khan Dahri,MPA Sindh
- Mumtaz Ali Bhutto
- Murad Ali Shah, Syed
- Murtaza Bhutto
- Qazi Faiz Muhammad
- Rasool Bux Palijo
- Sajjad Shar
- Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Sucheta Kriplani, first Indian woman Chief Minister
- Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II
- Khan Muhammad Dahri MPA Sindh
- Syed Zafar Ali Shah, former Deputy Speaker of Pakistan
- Yusuf Haroon
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Ghulam Qadir Chandio
- Abdul Sattar Rajper
- Abid Hussain Bhayo
- Ajiaz Hussain Shah Bukhari
Journalists
Poets
- Adal Soomro
- Ahmad Khan Madhosh
- Ali Gul Sangi
- Allah Baksh Sarshar Uqaili
- Anwar Pirzada, Sindhi poet, journalist
- Bedil
- Elsa Kazi
- Ghulam Ali Allana
- Imdad Hussaini
- Khialdas Fani
- Mir Abdul Rasool Mir
- 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
- Gul Agha, computer scientist
- Sind ibn Ali, Sindhi Muslim astronomer, translator, mathematician and engineer
- Mukhtiar Ali Unar, Professor and Researcher, Mehran UET Jamshoro
- Rajeev Motwani, computer scientist, professor at Stanford University
- S.M. Qureshi, civil engineer and founding Vice Chancellor of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
Business and industry
Educationalists
- Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi, 8th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
- Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
- Ali Ahmed S Kazi
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Apa Shams Abbasi
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan
- Hassan Ali Effendi
- Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi, first DPI Sindh 1936-39
- Khan Bahadur Muhammad Siddique Memon
- Mariyam Sultana Noohani
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Mushtak Ali Kazi
- Mutawakkil Kazi, Judge of the High Court of Sindh
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Noor Muhammad Lakhir, founder of Noor Muhammad High School, Hyderabad, Sindh
- Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota
Entertainment industry
- Aanand L. Rai, Indian movie director and producer
- Aarti Chabria, Indian actress
- Abida Parveen, Pakistani Sufi singer
- Aftab Shivdasani, Indian actor
- Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and motor car racer (Sindhi mother)
- Allan Fakir
- Anita Hassanandani, Indian actress
- Anjana Sukhani, Indian actress & model
- Anwar Solangi, Pakistani TV & radio artist
- Apurva Asrani, film editor & screenwriter
- Arjun Bijlani, Indian TV actor
- Asrani, Indian comedian and actor
- Atiqa Odho, Pakistani actress
- Atul Khatri, stand-up comedian
- Babita, Indian actress and mother of Kareena and Karisma
- Bhagwanti Navani, Indian Folk and Playback singer
- Bhavesh Balchandani, Indian child artist
- Deepak Perwani, Pakistani fashion designer & actor
- Fahad Mustafa, Pakistani actor, producer, host, anchor and model
- Fardeen Khan, Indian actor (Sindhi mother)
- G P Sippy, Indian filmmaker
- Govinda Ahuja, Indian film actor and politics
- Govind Nihalani, film director
- Girish Kumar, Indian actor
- Gracy Goswami, Indian child artist
- Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
- Hari Shivdasani, Indian actor and father of Babita
- Harshvardhan Kapoor, Indian actor (Sindhi mother)
- Hiten Tejwani, Indian TV actor
- Humaira Channa, Pakistani singer
- Hussain Chandio
- Imran Channa
- Iqbal Theba, Pakistani-American actor
- Jackky Bhagnani, Indian actor
- Jalal Chandio, Pakistani folk singer
- Jeet Madnani, Indian Bengali actor
- Jimmi Harkishin, Sindhi Indian British actor
- Leena Jumani, Indian TV actress
- Lillete Dubey, Indian actress
- Karan Johar, Indian movie director and producer (Sindhi mother)
- Kiara Advani, Indian actress (Sindhi father)
- Kitu Gidwani, Indian actress & model
- Kumail Nanjiani, Hollywood actor & Comedian
- Kushal Punjabi, Indian model & actor
- Mai Allah Wasai, Pakistani folk singer
- Mai Bhagi, Pakistani folk singer
- Manzoor Sakhirani
- Master Chander
- Manoj Punjabi, Indian-Indonesian film businessman
- Master Muhammad Ibrahim, Musician and classical singer
- Muhammad Juman, Sindhi musician and classical singer
- Muhammad Yousuf Ustad, Sindhi folk and playback singer
- Mustafa Qureshi, Pakistani film and television actor from Sindh, Pakistan
- Nikhil Advani, Indian director and screenwriter (Sindhi father)
- Nitin Mirani, stand-up comedian, Host and Actor
- Nandita Mahtani Fashion Designer
- Noor Bano, Folk Singer
- Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress in Bollywood
- Poonam Sinha, Poonam Chandiramani
- Rajkumar Hirani, Indian movie director
- Ramesh Sippy, Indian director, son of G P Sippy
- Raam Punjabi, Indian-Indonesian film producer
- Ramesh Taurani, Indian film producer
- Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
- Rhea Kapoor, Indian producer and designer (Sindhi mother)
- Rishi Bhutani
- Ritesh Sidhwani, Indian movie producer
- Rithvik Dhanjani, Indian TV actor
- Roma Asrani, Indian actress
- Roshan Atta, Pakistani veteran actress
- Rubeena Qureshi
- Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress
- Saif Samejo
- Sakina Samo, Pakistani actress
- Sapna Bhavnani, Indian celebrity hairstylist
- Sanam Baloch, Pakistani actress and television host
- Sanam Marvi
- Sangeeta Bijlani, Indian actress
- Sanjjanaa Indian actress in sandalwood and Telugu films
- Shafi Muhammad Shah, Pakistani film and television actor
- Shazia Khushk, Pakistani folk singer
- Shilpa Saklani, Indian TV actress
- Shonali Nagrani,Indian television presenter & model
- Sindhu Tolani, Indian actress & model
- Sohai Ali Abro, Pakistani actress, dancer & model
- Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress (Sindhi mother)
- Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress (Sindhi mother)
- Suhrab Faqir
- Suraj Mahtani Fashion Stylist
- Tamannaah, Indian actress
- Tamanna Bhatia
- Tarun Mansukhani, Indian movie director
- Tarun Tahiliani, Indian fashion designer
- Uroosa Qureshi, Pakistani actress
- Usha Bachani, Indian actress
- Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan
- Vikramaditya Motwane, Indian film director (Sindhi father)
- Vashu Bhagnani, Indian filmmaker
- Vishal Dadlani, Indian music director
- Vivek Vaswani, Indian writer, actor & producer
- Zarina Baloch, Pakistani folk music singer and composer
- Zeb-un-Nissa, Pakistani folk singer
Scholars
- Ali Muhammad Rashidi
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi
- Bherumal Meharchand Advani
- Kalyan Bulchand Advani
- Ghulam Muhammad Girami, Maulana
- Ghulam Mustafa Qasmi
- Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi
- Hotchand Molchand Gurbakhshani
- Molvi Ahmed Mallah
- Muhammad Idrees Dahiri
- Muhammad Siddique Musafir
- M. H. Panhwar
- Mangharam Udharam Malkani
- Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
- Mirza Qalich Baig
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota
Researchers
- Anwar Peerzada
- Atta Muhammad Bhanbhro
- Fahmida Hussain
- Muhammad Yar Khuhawar
Writers
- Agha Saleem
- Abdul Jabbar Junejo
- Abdul Qadir Junejo
- Allah Dad Bohyo
- Amar Jaleel
- Attiya Dawood
- Badam Natawan
- Begum Mumtaz Rashidi
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan, writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar
- Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi
- Jamal Abro
- Kala Prakash
- Kirat Babani
- Mangharam Udharam Malkani
- Mazhar Abro
- Mirza Kalich Beg
- Motilal Jotwani
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Naseem Kharal
- Naseem Thebo
- Popati Hiranandani
- Rashid Sabir
- Shaikh Ayaz
- Shamsher-ul-Hyderi
- Sirajul Haq Memon
- Sobho Gianchandani, writer
- Sobhraj Nirmaldas Fani
- Sumaira Zareen, Story Writer
- Syed Irfan Ali Shah
- Taj Joyo
- Taj Sehrai
- Tarique Ashraf
- Zeenat Abdullah Channa
Philanthropists and social activists
- Hussain Haroon
- Jam Saqi
- Irfana Mallah
- Sindhu Nawaz Ghanghro
Economics
- Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Naveed Qamar, Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
Law and judiciary
- A K Brohi
- Abdul Hafiz Pirzada
- Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan
- Jan Muhammad Junejo
- Ram Jethmalani, former Law Minister of India
- Rana Bhagwandas
- Rasul Bux Palejo
- Sajjad Ali Shah
- Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman
- Hamid Ali Mirza, former Supreme Court Judge & Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan[2]
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
- 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 political activist
Saints and sufis
- Sai Vasan Shah and Sai Parushah
- Jhulelal (Udherolal)
- Bhagat Kanwar Ram
- Bhagat Kanwar Ram
- Abdul Raheem Garhori
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi
- Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi, alias Sajjan Saeen
- Lal Shahbaz Qalander
- Sachal Sarmast
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
- Sadhu Vaswani
Sports
- Abdul Rashid Qambrani, boxer
- Pankaj Arjan 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
See Also
References
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