Khan (surname)

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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 later more widely by Islamic
chieftains in what is now India, Pakistan
and Bangladesh.[1][2]

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.[3] It is the surname of
over 108,674 British Asians, making it the
12th most common surname in the
United Kingdom.[4]

People
Scholars, intellectuals and
academics
Salman "Sal" Khan, Muslim Bengali-
American educator, famous for Khan
Academy
M. A. Muqtedar Khan, American
Islamic philosopher, Sufi and academic
Dilwar Khan, Bengali poet
Geoffrey Khan (b. 1958), professor of
Semitic Languages at the University of
Cambridge
Muhammad Mojlum Khan, non-fiction
writer best known for The Muslim 100
Muhammad Siddiq Khan (1910–1978),
Bengali academic from Bangladesh,
"father of the Library and Information
Science discipline in Bangladesh"
 Sirajul Hossain Khan, editor of
Pakistan Times and the Eastern News
Agency.
Wahiduddin Khan, Islamic scholar and
peace activist
Wasiullah Khan, Pakistani-American
educator and founder of East–West
University in Chicago
Yasmin Khan (b. 1977), Associate
Professor of History, Kellogg College,
Oxford

Politicians and rulers

Abdul Majid Khan, former MP for

Habiganj-2
Abdul Majid Khan Tarin OBE (1877–
1939), senior political figure of the
North-West Frontier Province, British
India
Asaf Khan, Wazir (Prime Minister) of
Emperor Jahangir and Shahjahan
Akram Khan (born 1970), Indian
politician
Ali Haider Khan (1900–1963), Nawab
of Sylhet
Alivardi Khan (1671–1756), Nawab of
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Amir Khan (Pindari) (1768–1834),
Pindari leader in the early 19th century,
later the Nawab of Tonk
Asif Nawaz Khan Janjua (1937–1993),
former Chief Of Army Staff of the
Pakistan Army
Ataur Rahman Khan (1907–1991),
Bengali activist politician, later Chief
Minister of East Pakistan
Ayub Khan (field marshal), ex army
general/dictator and president of
Pakistan
Bahlul Khan Lodi (died 1488), founder
of the Lodi dynasty
Bostan Khan Tarin, 19th century
Pashtun clan warrior
Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan (1911–1967),
Pakistani Federal Minister for Home
Affairs 1964–1966
Chaudhry Aurangzeb Khan, of the
British era
Fateh Naseeb Khan, Chief General of
Alwar Armed Forces
Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970), Former
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Franklin Khan, Trinidad and Tobago
politician
Fuad Khan (born 1955), Trinidad and
Tobago politician
German Khan, Russian oligarch
Ghazala Khan, mother of soldier
Humayun Khan
Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar, one
of Pakistan's first Federal Ministers
Ghulam Jilani Khan (1925–1999),
Governor of Punjab 1980 to 1985
Hafiz Khan, Fijian Businessman, former
Senator, and President of the Muslim
League
Haydar Ghazi, 2nd Wazir of Sylhet
Humayun Khan (soldier), United States
Army Captain, died in the Iraq War in
2004
Iftikhar Khan (1909–1949), had been
nominated to become the first local
Commander in Chief of Pakistan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Badshah
Khan (1890–1988) Pashtun leader and
activist
Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso
(1909–1956), Baloch leader, MLA West
Pakistan Assembly from 1953 to 1956
Khizr Khan, First ruler of Sayyid
Dynasty, Fourth period of the Delhi
Sultanate
Khizr Muazzam Khan, father of soldier
Humayun, known for a speech at the
2016 Democratic National Convention
Khudadad Khan (1888–1971),
recipient of the Victoria Cross
Liaquat Ali Khan (1895–1951), former
1st Prime Minister of Pakistan
M.J. Khan, member of the Houston
City Council
Malik Umar Hayat Khan (1875–1944),
elected member of the Council of State
of India
Muhammad Hamidullah Khan (1938–
2011), Bangladeshi military leader,
politician and author
General Muhammad Musa Khan
Hazara, former Chief Of Army Staff of
the Pakistan Army
Muhammed Akbar Khan, the first
Muslim to become a General in British
Indian Army
Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932–
1993), former Prime Minister of
Pakistan
Murshid Quli Khan (c. 1665–1727),
founder of the Nawab rulers in Bengal
Nawab Ali Abbas Khan, Jatiya Party
politician and three-time MP for
Maulvibazar-2
Nawab Ali Haider Khan, 9th Nawab of
Longla, minister and leader of the
Independent Muslim Party
Nawab Qaim Khan, 14th-century
Ameer of the Delhi Sultanate and chief
of Qaimkhani clan
Nawazish Alam Khan (Hindi: नवा ज़श
आलम ख़ान), Indian Baloch politician and
member of the Sixteenth Legislative
Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Nisar Ali Khan (born 1954), current
opposition leader in the National
Assembly of Pakistan
Prince Aly Khan (1911–1960),
Pakistani United Nations diplomat
Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan (1933–
2003), diplomat, UN High
Commissioner for Refugees from 1965
to 1977
Rabina Khan, councillor for Shadwell
and former Housing Cabinet member
in Tower Hamlets
Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan (1913–
1978), Indian freedom fighter with the
Indian National Army
Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan,
President of AJK
Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan (1905–
1968), member of the Pakistan
Movement
Raja Sakhi Daler Khan Mangral,
Kashmiri freedom fighter with the
Indian National Army
Raja Saroop Khan, former Governor of
Punjab
Rana Khudadad Khan, President of
Pakistan Muslim League (Punjab)
Rana Afzal Khan (1949-2019), Finance
Minister of Pakistan and PML-N
Leader
Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan (1922–
2005), Finance Minister of Pakistan
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Speaker
of the Punjab Assembly from 2008
Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan (c. 1949),
Pakistani Federal Minister (1990–
1993, 1997–1999, 2002–2004)
Rana Phool Muhammad Khan, MPA
from Bhai Pheru (Phool Nagar)
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (born 1920),
Pakistani general and diplomat
Sardar Farooq Khan Leghari (1940–
2010), first Baloch president of
Pakistan
Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi,
played active role and fought against
Dogra army
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
(1915–2003), founder of Azad Jammu
Kashmir State
Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan (1915–
1998), senior political figure and
lieutenant of the Quaid-i-Azam in the
Punjab
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (born
1934), former Prime Minister and
President of Azad Jammu and
Kashmir
Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–
1942), KCSI, Premier of the Punjab
Sikandar Khan Ghazi, commander
during the Conquest of Gour and the
1st Wazir of Sylhet
Shah Nawaz Khan (general) (1914–
1983), Major General of the Indian
National Army, one of the three of the
famed Red Fort Trio
Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua (1914–
1983), Indian freedom fighter with the
Indian National Army
Shah Nawaz Khan, freedom fighter in
India of the Janjua Rajput
Shaista Khan, Mughal governor of
Bengal from 1664 to 1688
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
(1893–1985), the first Foreign Minister
 of Pakistan
Sulaiman Khan Karrani, Sultan of
Bengal
Sultan Suleiman Khan (Suleiman the
Magnificent) (1494–1566) Ottoman
Turkish Sultan
Tikka Khan (1915–2002), former Chief
of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Yusaf Khan (Muhammad Yusaf Khan)
(born 1948), former Vice Chief Of Army
Staff of the Pakistan Army
Aamir Khan (born 1996), Sohna former
Vice Chief Of Army Staff of the Indian
Army

Actors and entertainers

Aamir Khan, Indian actor, film producer
and director
Adil Khan, Norwegian actor of Pashtun
and Punjabi descent
Adnan Sami Khan, Indian singer,
playback singer and music composer
Akram Khan (dancer), British dancer of
Bangladeshi descent
Ali Akbar Khan, Bangladesh Bengali
sarod player
Alvira Khan Agnihotri, Indian film
producer and fashion designer
(Salman Khan's sister and Salim Khan's
daughter)
Amar Khan, Pakistani director, writer
and television actress
Amjad Khan, Indian actor and director
Arbaaz Khan, Indian actor, director and
film producer (Salman Khan's brother)
Asad Amanat Ali Khan, vocalist
Ayesha Sultana Khan (Sharmila
Tagore)[5], actress, model, Central
Board of Film Certification chairperson
(mother of Saif Ali Khan)
Ayub Khan, Indian television and film
actor (Nasir Khan's son and Dilip
Kumar's nephew)
Bat for Lashes, real name Natasha
Khan, British singer-songwriter and
musician
Bilal Khan (disambiguation), several
people
Cassius Khan, Canadian Indian
Classical Musician in New
Westminster, known as the
Ghazal/Tabla Wizard.
Chaka Khan, American R&B singer
Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf
Khan), Indian actor of Pashtun origin
Faisal Khan, Indian actor (Aamir Khan's
brother)
Farah Khan, Indian film director,
choreographer, dancer and fashion
designer
Fardeen Khan, Indian actor (son of
Feroz Khan)
Fawad Khan, Pakistani film actor and
singer, also worked in Indian films
Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director and
film producer (father of Fardeen Khan)
Gauhar Khan, Indian model and
actress
Guz Khan (born 1986), English
comedian and actor
Helen Richardson Khan, Indian actress
(wife of Salim Khan)
Imran Khan (actor) (born Imran Pal),
Indian American actor, works in
Bollywood (Aamir Khan's nephew)
Imran Khan (singer), Dutch singer of
Punjabi descent
Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (in Indian
films and Hollywood films)
Jiah Khan, British-American actress
who worked in Indian Bollywood films
Kabir Khan, Indian director,
screenwriter, cinematographer and film
producer
Kareena Kapoor Khan, Indian actress
(wife of Saif Ali Khan, part of Kapoor
family, daughter of actor Randhir
Kapoor and actress Babita)
Khalil Ullah Khan, film and TV actor,
1976 winner of Bangladesh National
Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
King Khan, real name Arish Khan,
Indian/French-Canadian musician
Krutika Desai Khan, Indian actress
working in film, television and theater
Mahira Khan, Pakistani drama and film
actress, also works in Bollywood
Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress
(wife of Arbaaz Khan)
Mansoor Khan, Indian director, film
producer and screenwriter (Nasir
Hussain's son, Aamir Khan's cousin)
Marco Khan, Iranian actor
Mehboob Khan, Indian director, film
producer, actor and writer
Nasir Hussain Khan, Indian director,
film producer and screenwriter (Aamir
Khan's uncle)
Nasir Khan, Indian actor (Dilip Kumar's
brother)
Nazir Ahmed Khan, Indian director, film
producer and actor in British India and
then Pakistan after partition of India
(brother-in-law of filmmaker K. Asif)
Nikhat Khan, Indian film producer
(Aamir Khan's sister)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, vocalist
Parvati Khan, Indo-Trinidadian singer
and model who worked in Bollywood
Praga Khan, real name Maurice
Engelen, Belgian techno musician
Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, vocalist
Riyaz Khan, South Indian Actor
Roy Sætre Khantatat, Norwegian singer,
better known as Roy Khan
Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, vocalist
Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor (son of
Sharmila Tagore, husband of Kareena
Kapoor)
Sajid Khan, Indian actor and singer
Sajid Khan, Indian film director and
actor
Salim Khan, Indian screenwriter and
script writer (father of Salman Khan),
part of screenwriting duo Salim-Javed
(along with Javed Akhtar)
Salman Khan, Indian actor and film
producer
Sanjay Khan, Indian actor, director and
film producer (father of Zayed Khan)
Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor and film
producer
Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi actor
Soha Ali Khan, Indian actress (Saif Ali
Khan's sister, daughter of actress
Sharmila Tagore)
Sohail Khan, Indian actor, director and
film producer (brother of Salman Khan)
Sudhir, real name Shah Zaman Khan
Afridi, actor
Tahir Hussain Khan, Indian director and
film producer (Aamir Khan's father)
Tariq Khan, Indian actor (Aamir Khan's
cousin, Nasir Hussain's nephew)
Zareen Khan, Bollywood actress who
has also appeared in Tamil and Punjabi
 films
Zayed Khan, Indian actor (Sanjay
Khan's son, Sussanne Khan's brother,
brother-in-law of Hrithik Roshan)
Aamir Khan, Indian actor (Ilyas Khan's
son, Faisal Khan's brother)

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
Shadab Khan, a Pakistani cricketer
Sharjeel Khan, Pakistani cricketer
Vitaly Khan, a Kazakhstani freestyle
swimmer
Zaheer Khan, an Indian cricketer
Rocky Khan, an All Blacks 7s rugby
player

In science and technology

Abdul Qadeer Khan, an engineer from

Pakistan, 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

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
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[6]
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
Prof. Omer Salim Khan (Omer Tarin),
Pakistani poet, writer, scholar and
mystic
Peter Khan (born Afghan-Khan),
Australian member of the Universal
House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith
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.
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

References
1. Khan entry in Hobson-Jobson: the
Anglo-Indian dictionary
2. As cited in The Baburnama, 2002,
W.M. Thackston p273.
3. "Khan" (surname distribution),
Forebears.io, 2014. Retrieved 18 May
2018.
4. "England Genealogy Resources &
Parish Registers" . forebears.co.uk.
5. "Archived copy" . Archived from the
original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved
 4 July 2017.
6. "Origin of 'M Khan' Graffiti" .
Everything2.com. 12 April 2001.
Retrieved 9 June 2012.

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