Afghan

Afghanistan, a landlocked country between South and Central Asia, is amongst the largest and populous countries of the world. With a history dating back to the Middle Paleolithic Era, Afghanistan has since then been home to multiple cultures, traditions, ethnicity and military campaigns. Its strategic location as a crossroads helped this Islamic country build up a multi-ethnic society that has people from diverse cultures and background. The ancient Afghanistan’s turn to modernization began during the 18th century. Afghanistan boasts of a long list of peope who have put in their bit to build a nation rich in culture and heritage. Right from Hamid Karzai who served as the first President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Fatema Akbari who founded the Gulistan Sasaqat Company, the list is endless. Abdul Ahad Mohmand, an astronaut, was the first Afghan and the fourth Muslim to travel in the outer space. In the field of administrative work too, Afghans made a name for themselves. Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, once the President of San Jose State University, today serves as the Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and technology to the President of Afghanistan. This section provides you details about the life and works of famous Afghans.
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 1 
Rumi
(Persian Poet)
Rumi
55
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 30, 1207
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Balkh, Afghanistan
Died: December 17, 1273
 2 
Ahmad Shah Massoud
(Afghan Political Leader and Guerilla Commander Who Served as Minister of Defense of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001)
Ahmad Shah Massoud
71
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 2, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bazarak, Afghanistan
Died: September 9, 2001
 3 
Mahmud of Ghazni
(Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 998 to 1030)
Mahmud of Ghazni
33
Birthdate: November 2, 0971
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Died: April 30, 1030
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 4 
Muhammad of Ghor
(King)
Muhammad of Ghor
18
Birthdate: 1149 AD
Birthplace: Ghor, Afghanistan
Died: March 15, 1206
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 5 
Ahmad Shah Durrani
(1st Emir of the Durrani Empire from 1747 to 1772)
Ahmad Shah Durrani
18
Birthdate: 1722 AD
Birthplace: Herat, Afghanistan
Died: June 4, 1772
 6 
Mohammad Najibullah
(2nd President of Afghanistan)
Mohammad Najibullah
37
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 6, 1947
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gardez, Afghanistan
Died: September 27, 1996
 7 
Mohammed Zahir Shah
(King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973)
Mohammed Zahir Shah
18
Birthdate: October 15, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: July 23, 2007
 8 
Annet Mahendru
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Nina Sergeevna Krilova’ in the TV Series ‘The Americans’)
Annet Mahendru
31
Birthdate: August 21, 1989
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 9 
Rashid Khan
(One of the Eleven Cricketers to Play in Afghanistan's First Ever Test Match)
Rashid Khan
18
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 20, 1998
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 10 
Nur Jahan
(Mughal Emperor Jahangir's Wife Who Exerted Immense Political Influence)
Nur Jahan
2
Birthdate: 1577 AD
Birthplace: Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died: December 17, 1645
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 11 
Al-Farabi
(Philosopher)
Al-Farabi
4
Birthdate: 0872 AD
Birthplace: Farab
Died: 0950 AD
 12 
Muḥammad Shah
(13th Mughal Emperor Who Reigned from 1719 to 1748)
Muḥammad Shah
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 7, 1702
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ghaznī, Afghanistan
Died: April 6, 1748
 13 
Nur Jahan
(Empress)
Nur Jahan
7
Birthdate: May 31, 1577
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died: December 18, 1645
 14 
Mohammed Daoud Khan
(1st President of Afghanistan)
Mohammed Daoud Khan
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 18, 1909
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kabul
Died: April 28, 1978
 15 
Amānullāh Khān
(King of Afghanistan from 1926 to 1929)
Amānullāh Khān
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 1, 1892
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paghman
Died: April 25, 1960
 16 
Mohammad Nabi
(Afghan Cricketer and Former Captain)
Mohammad Nabi
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 1, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Logar, Afghanistan
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 17 
Mujeeb Zadran
(Afghan Cricketer)
Mujeeb Zadran
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 28, 2001
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Khost, Afghanistan
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 18 
Hafizullah Amin
(Former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan)
Hafizullah Amin
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 1, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paghman
Died: December 27, 1979
 19 
Nadia Nadim
(One of the Greatest Afghan Footballers of All Time)
Nadia Nadim
25
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 2, 1988
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Herat, Afghanistan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 20 
Abdur Rahman Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901)
Abdur Rahman Khan
7
Birthdate: 1844 AD
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: October 1, 1901
 21 
Mohammed Nadir Shah
(King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933)
Mohammed Nadir Shah
8
Birthdate: April 9, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dehradun
Died: November 9, 1933
 22 
Asghar Stanikzai
(Former Afghan Cricketer and Former Captain of the Afghanistan National Cricket Team)
Asghar Stanikzai
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 22, 1987
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 23 
Ahmad Zahir
(Singer)
Ahmad Zahir
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: June 14, 1946
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: June 14, 1979
 24 
Babrak Karmal
(Afghan Politician, Revolutionary and General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan)
Babrak Karmal
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kamari, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Died: December 3, 1996
 25 
Jami
(Persian Sunni Poet and Scholar)
Jami
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 7, 1414
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Greater Khorasan
Died: November 9, 1492
 26 
Sabuktigin
(The Founder of the Ghaznavid Dynasty)
Sabuktigin
1
Birthdate: 0942 AD
Birthplace: Barskhan, Afghanistan
Died: August 5, 0997
 27 
Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
(Head of the House of Barakzai)
Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
3
Birthdate: September 23, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
 28 
Abu Sa'id Mirza
(Timurid Ruler & the Grandfather of the Mughal Ruler Babur)
Abu Sa'id Mirza
1
Birthdate: 1424 AD
Birthplace: Herat, Afghanistan
Died: February 8, 1469
 29 
Naveen-ul-Haq
(Afghan Cricketer)
Naveen-ul-Haq
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 23, 1999
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 30 
Habibullah Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919)
Habibullah Khan
5
Birthdate: June 3, 1872
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tashkent
Died: February 20, 1919
 31 
Demetrius I of Bactria
(Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek King)
Demetrius I of Bactria
1
Birthdate: 0222 AD
Birthplace: Bactria, Afghanistan
Died: 0180 AD
 32 
Azita Ghanizada
(Actress)
Azita Ghanizada
6
Birthdate: November 17, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
 33 
Ashraf Ghani
(5th President of Afghanistan (2014 - 2021))
Ashraf Ghani
67
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 19, 1949
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Logar, Afghanistan
 34 
Dost Mohammad Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1826 to 1863)
Dost Mohammad Khan
4
Birthdate: December 23, 1793
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kandahar
Died: June 9, 1863
 35 
Rohullah Nikpai
(Taekwondo practitioner)
Rohullah Nikpai
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 15, 1987
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wardak, Afghanistan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 36 
Fereshteh Hosseini
(Actress)
Fereshteh Hosseini
22
Birthdate: April 26, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
 37 
Hamid Karzai
(Former President of Afghanistan)
Hamid Karzai
29
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 24, 1957
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Karz
 38 
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
(Aviator)
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 1, 1959
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
 39 
Salim Durani
(Former Indian Cricketer Who Played in 29 Tests from 1960 to 1973)
Salim Durani
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: April 2, 2023
 40 
Arshi Khan
(Arshi joined the Indian National Congress party to contest the 2019 elections for Mumbai)
Arshi Khan
3
Birthdate: November 29, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Afghanistan
 41 
Sonita Alizadeh
(Rapper)
Sonita Alizadeh
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1996 AD
Birthplace: Herat, Afghanistan
 42 
Zarifa Ghafari
(Afghan Politician and Former Mayor of Maidan Shahr)
Zarifa Ghafari
3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1992 AD
Birthplace: Paktia, Afghanistan
 43 
Fawzia Koofi
(First Woman in the History of Afghanistan Who Served as Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament)
Fawzia Koofi
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1975 AD
Birthplace: Badakhshan, Afghanistan
 44 
Burhanuddin Rabbani
(Former President of Afghanistan)
Burhanuddin Rabbani
16
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 20, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Badakhshan Province
Died: September 20, 2011
 45 
Shah Shujah Durrani
(Emir of the Durrani Empire)
Shah Shujah Durrani
4
Birthdate: November 4, 1785
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Unknown
Died: April 5, 1842
 46 
Abdullah Abdullah
(Chief Executive of Afghanistan from September 2014 to March 2020)
Abdullah Abdullah
19
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 5, 1960
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kabul
 47 
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
(Singer)
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
8
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 7, 1985
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kabul
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 48 
Nur Muhammad Taraki
(One of the Founding Members of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan)
Nur Muhammad Taraki
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 14, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nawa, Ghazni, Emirate of Afghanistan
Died: October 9, 1979
 49 
Zekeria Ebrahimi
(Actor)
Zekeria Ebrahimi
2
Birthdate: January 9, 1996
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Afghanistan
 50 
Mohammad Shahzad
(Afghan Cricketer Who Plays as a Wicketkeeper)
Mohammad Shahzad
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 10, 1988
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jalalabad, Afghanistan