Afghanistan
Historical figures born in Afghanistan
716 notable historical figures were born in Afghanistan. These are the most notable:
Afghanistan ranks #91 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Uganda, Senegal and Cameroon.
By era
- Ancient: 4
- Medieval: 9
- Early Modern: 8
- Modern: 19
By occupation
- Politician: 17
- Monarch/Royalty: 15
- Head of State/President: 8
- Poet: 7
- Writer/Author: 6
- Cleric: 3
- Diplomat: 3
- Journalist: 3
- Mullah Omar (1960 to 2013, Politics)
- Humayun (1508 to 1556, Politics)
- Ashraf Ghani (born 1949, Politics)
- Hamid Karzai (born 1957, Politics)
- Mahmud of Ghazni (971 to 1030, Politics)
- Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722 to 1772, Politics)
- Khaled Hosseini (born 1965, Literature)
- Hasan Akhund (born 1945, Politics)
- Muhammad of Ghor (1144 to 1206, Politics)
- Mohammad Najibullah (1947 to 1996, Politics)
- Roxana (347 BC to 310 BC, Politics)
- Mohammad Zahir Shah (1914 to 2007, Politics)
- Nur Jahan (1577 to 1645, Literature)
- Mohammad Daoud Khan (1909 to 1978, Military)
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1949, Politics)
- Hafizullah Amin (1929 to 1979, Politics)
- Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940 to 2011, Politics)
- Amanullah Khan (1892 to 1960, Politics)
- Babrak Karmal (1929 to 1996, Politics)
- Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917 to 1979, Politics)
- Fatima Bhutto (born 1982, Literature)
- Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838 to 1897, Religion)
- Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101 to 1206, Military)
- Menander I (300 BC to 130 BC, Politics)
- Jalal-ud-Din Khalji (1220 to 1296, Politics)
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 to 1274, Religion)
- Heracles of Macedon (327 BC to 309 BC, Other)
- Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441 to 1501, Literature)
- Inayatullah Khan (1888 to 1946, Politics)
- Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (1934 to 2024, Politics)
- Kujula Kadphises (20 to 80, Politics)
- Begum, Gulbadan (1523 to 1603, Literature)
- Kandahari Begum (1593 to ?, Politics)
- Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925 to 2019, Politics)
- Mirwais Hotak (1673 to 1715, Politics)
- Zaman Shah Durrani (1770 to 1845, Politics)
- Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (817 to 888, Religion)
- Abdullah Ansari (1006 to 1089, Religion)
- Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787 to 886, Philosophy)
- Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan (1569 to 1641, Politics)
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