Khan (name)
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Not to be confused with Kahn.
Khan (Nasta`liq: خا ن) is a widespread family name. It can have one of several connotations, all related to some extent to the title of Khan. The term is also used as a surname, or almost a suffix by people of Pashtun, Muslim Rajput ethnicity living in predominantly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Others with this surname can also be found in Iran, India and Bangladesh.[1]
It is used as a title by Muslim Rajput tribes, as cited by ancient sources such as the Baburnama [2] and cited below in the famous names section. It is also a family name for people that were bestowed the title of Khan Sahib or Khan Bahadur by the British Raj in modern-day Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.
It is also a common surname in South Asian Muslim families. It is the most common family name in Pakistan.
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[edit] Politicians and military leaders
- Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, Pashtun political and spiritual leader.
- Akram Khan (politician), a politician in Pakistan
- Amir Khan (Pindari), a Pindari leader who fought the British in South Asia in the early 19th century, later the Nawab of Tonk
- Abdul Hamid Khan, a Pakistani politician and chairman of the Balawaristan National Front
- Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan, a diplomat who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1965 to 1977
- Prince Aly Khan, a United Nations diplomat and vice president of the United Nations General Assembly representing Pakistan, as well as a well-known international playboy
- Arif Khan, a Taliban warlord in Afghanistan
- Ayub Khan, a Pakistani general who served as Field Marshal and politician
- Franklin Khan, a Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Fuad Khan, a Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Imran Khan, a Pakistani cricketer and politician
- Ismail Khan, an Afghan political leader
- Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister who was assassinated in October 1951
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, an Afghan politician
- Shah Nawaz Khan (general), Major General of the Indian National Army, one of the three of the famed Red Fort Trio.
- Noble Khan, a Trinidad and Tobago religious leader and senator
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, a Pakistani general and diplomat
- Yahya Khan, a Pakistani politician
- Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan), a ethnic Pakistani Pashtun who worked in india later to become a politician and Bollywood actor
- Wajid Khan, a Canadian businessman of Pakistani decent and former Pakistani air force pilot and now politician actively involved in Canadian politics.
[edit] Film industry
- Aamir Khan, a Bollywood actor (of the famous Trio of Khan superstars)
- Aleeza Khan, an actor in india
- Amjad Khan, an Bollywood actor
- Anwar Khan, an Indian dialogue writer
- Arbaaz Khan, an Bollywood actor (brother of Salman Khan)
- Cynthia Khan, screen name used by the Hong Kong actress Yeung Lai Ching
- Eijaz Khan, an Bollywood actor
- Farah Khan, Bollywood film director & Choreographer
- Fardeen Khan, a Bollywood actor (son of Feroz Khan)
- Feroz Khan, Bollywood actor and director (father of Fardeen Khan)
- Gul Khan, an Bollywood producer
- Gulrez Khan, an Bollywood actress
- Irrfan Khan, an Bollywood actor
- Kader Khan, an Bollywood actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer, producer and director
- Malaika Arora Khan, an Indian actress who married and took the surname of Arbaaz Khan
- Rais Khan, an Indian associate assistant
- Rakshanda Khan, an Indian model, hostess and actress
- Saif Ali Khan, a Bollywood actor
- Salim Khan, a Bollywood script writer (father of Salman Khan)
- Salman Khan, a Bollywood actor (of the famous Trio of Khan superstars)
- Sanjay Khan, a Bollywood actor
- Sarah Khan, a Bollywood actress
- Shahrukh Khan, a Bollywood actor (of the famous Trio of Khan superstars)
- Soha Ali Khan, an Bollywood actress (sister of Saif Ali Khan)
- Sohail Khan, a Bollywood writer, producer, actor and director (brother of Salman Khan)
- Ustad Sultan Khan, an Indian singer
- Zayed Khan, an Bollywood actor (son of Sanjay Khan and cousin of Fardeen Khan)
[edit] Sports figures
- Akram Khan (cricketer), a Bangladeshi former cricketer
- Amir Khan (boxer), a British born Janjua Rajput
- Amjad Khan (cricketer), England cricket player
- Anwar Khan, a former Pakistani cricketer
- Aslam Sher Khan, an Indian former hockey player
- Athar Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi former cricketer, selector and cricket commentator
- Aziz Khan, former professional Squash player
- Feroze Khan (field hockey), field hockey player
- Haroon Khan, a British born Janjua Rajput and boxer
- Ifteqar Ali Khan Pataudi, The Nawab of Pataudi; Former Indian Cricket Captain; Once an English Cricketer
- Imran Khan, a former Pakistani cricketer
- Irfan Pathan (born Irfan Khan), an Indian cricketer
- Yusuf Pathan (born Yusuf Khan), an Indian cricketer
- Jahangir Khan, a former Pakistani squash player
- Jahangir Khan (cricketer) (1910–1988), cricket player for India
- Jansher Khan, a former Pakistani squash player
- Majid Khan (cricketer), a former cricket player
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Former Indian Cricket Captain
- Mir Sultan Khan, a former British chess champion.
- Moin Khan, a former Pakistani crickter
- Murad Khan, a Bangladeshi cricketer
- Nafees Iqbal (Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan), a Bangladeshi cricketer
- Shahid Khan Afridi, a Pakistani crickter
- Simon Khan, an English golfer
- Tamim Iqbal (Tamim Iqbal Khan), a Bangladeshi cricketer
- Younus Khan, a Pakistani crickter
- Zaheer Khan, an Indian cricketer
[edit] Entertainers
- Akram Khan (dancer), a British Bangladeshi dancer
- Ali Akbar Khan, Bengali sarod player
- Asad Amanat Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist
- Chaka Khan, an American R&B singer
- Bat for Lashes (pseudonym for Natasha Khan), a British singer/song writer and bassist
- Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist
- Roy Khan, a Norwegian vocalist
- Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist
- Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist
- Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist
- Ustad Amir Khan, an Indian classical vocalist
- Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, an Indian Sarod Maestro
- Ustad Bismillah Khan, an Indian Sehnai maestro
[edit] In science and technology
- Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani engineer, considered the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme
- Fazlur Khan, Bengali-American structural engineer and designer of Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center
- M S Khan (1910–1978), Bangladeshi academic, "father of the Library and Information Science discipline in Bangladesh"
[edit] In fiction
- Khan Noonien Singh, a prominent Star Trek villain in an original series episode and in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Khan, one of the villains in the Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars computer game
- Jaghatai Khan, the Primarch of the White Scars Space Marines chapter in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe
[edit] Others
- Hazrat Inayat Khan, (1882–1927), the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International
- The (unknown) 'M Khan', the subject of many gag routines on The Mary Whitehouse Experience
- Mohammad Sidique Khan, a London train suicide bomber
- Mohisin Khan, a British Royal Air Force airman who refused to take part in the invasion of Iraq
- Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy in occupied France
- Peter Khan Australian born Afghan-Khan who is a member of the Universal House of Justice.
- Sher Khan, famous stock broker, Daatpada
- Sussanne Roshan (Suzanne Roshan-Khan), an Indian interior designer, wife of Hrithik Roshan, and sister of Zayed Khan
- Syed Ahmed Khan Islamic Indian scholar
- Vilayat Inayat Khan, (1916–2004), former head of the Sufi Order International
- Zia Inayat Khan, the Pir of the Sufi Order International
[edit] References
- ^ Dawat Newspaper: Study of the Pathan Communities in four States of India
- ^ The Baburnama, 2002, W.M Thackston p273, Khan is a title used by the Janjua king Raja Sanghar Khan Janjua
[edit] See also
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