List of Ravians
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Alumni of the Government College University, Lahore (GCU), including alumni of its predecessor Government College, Lahore, are called Ravians. Following is the list of notable Ravians.
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Nobel Laureates
- Dr. Har Gobind Khorana - Recipient of Nobel Prize in Medicine;
- Dr. Abdus Salam - Nobel Laureate in theoretical physics; astrophysicist[1]
Scholars
- Muhammad Iqbal – Poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, architect of the idea of Pakistan
- Mirza Athar Baig – Novelist, playwright and philosopher[2]
- Muhammad Ajmal – Founder of psychology in Pakistan,[3] former Principal of Government College[4] and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab[5]
- Hassan Abbas – Pakistani-American scholar of South Asian and Middle Eastern studies
- Javed Ashraf – Economist, academician and Vice Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University
- Tariq Jameel – Islamic scholar and preacher
- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi – Islamic modernist scholar
- Malik Ram – Urdu, Arabic, and Persian scholar and writer
- Ismat Beg – Mathematician and academician. Known for his work in fixed point theory and multicriteria decision-making problems.
- Arfa Sayeda Zehra – Pakistani educationist and Urdu language expert
- Asghar Zaidi – Former Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU)
- Khalid Manzoor Butt – Pakistani Political Science Scholar.
- Sarvadaman Chowla – Indian-American mathematician[6]
- Mohan Singh Diwana - Historian of Punjabi literature and poet
- Farkhanda Manzoor - Former Vice-Chancellor of Lahore College for Women University
Writers
- Vasay Chaudhry – Film, drama writer, actor
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar – Writer, poet, storyteller, and intellectual.
- Ashfaq Ahmed – Urdu writer, playwright, broadcaster and intellectual[7]
- Mirza Athar Baig – novelist, playwright, philosopher, and short story writer
- Patras Bokhari – Urdu writer; first Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (1951–54); former Under-Secretary General of United
- Bano Qudsia – novelist
- Qudrat Ullah Shahab – Urdu writer and civil servant
- Wasif Ali Wasif – Poet and intellectual
- Khushwant Singh – Indian novelist and barrister
Politicians
- Aitzaz Ahsan – Barrister, former federal minister, former president of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan
- Mian Abdul Bari – 2nd Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and former president of the Punjab Awami League and Punjab Muslim League.
- Aseff Ahmad Daula – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Deputy Chairman Planning Commission
- Yusuf Raza Gilani – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and speaker
- Dr. Ghulam Hussain – former Federal Minister for Railways and Secretary-General of Pakistan People's Party
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri – former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan – first Foreign Minister of Pakistan; former President of United Nations General Assembly; former President of International Court of Justice[8]
- Naseer Ahmad Malhi - A close aide of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and one of Pakistan's founding fathers. Former Minister of Education, Law & Parliamentary Affairs
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi – Former interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Hanif Ramay – intellectual, journalist; former Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab
- Syed Abid Hussain Shah – landlord, former central and provincial minister of Pakistan
- Nawaz Sharif – Former three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan[9]
- Shehbaz Sharif - Prime Minister, current president of Pakistan Muslim league
- Swaran Singh – the longest-serving Indian federal minister
Government officials
- Malik Zahoor Ahmad – diplomat, Middle East/South Asia expert, political analyst
- Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad – former Secretary of Commerce and Finance; Deputy Director Planning Commission of Pakistan; former Finance Minister Pakistan
- Musa Javed Chohan – diplomat, former ambassador to France, Malaysia
- Javid Husain - diplomat, former ambassador of Pakistan to Iran, South Korea, and the Netherlands
- Abdus Salim Khan - senior Pakistani diplomat and former ambassador of Pakistan to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Japan and Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
- Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala - diplomat, former Indian Ambassador to Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador
- S M Zafar – Lawyer, Senator, and former Law Minister
Armed Forces officers
- Lieutenant General Hamid Gul – Former Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, HI(M), SI(M), SBt
- General Shamim Alam Khan - Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, NI(M), HI(M), SJ, SBt, LoM
- General Raheel Sharif - Commander of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition and Former Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)[10], NI(M), HI(M)
- Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir - Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan), NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt
- Major Shabbir Sharif - Recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, Nishan-e-Haider, which he was posthumously awarded for his actions of valor during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. NH, SJ, Sword of Honour
- Indian Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh – Former GOC-in-C of Western Command (India) (1965-1969)
- Indian Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra – 8th Chief of the Air Staff (India) (1973-1976)
Nuclear scientists
- Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad - nuclear physicist; chairman of PAEC, 1991-2001
- Dr. Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz - researcher in theoretical physics with PAEC.
- Munir Ahmad Khan - Chairman of PAEC, 1972–1991; IAEA staff member, 1958–72; Chairman of IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87
- Dr. Samar Mubarakmand - experimental nuclear physicist and missile engineer
Actors
Poets
- Dr.Muhammad Iqbal – Pakistan's national poet[12]
- Noon Meem Rashid - poet[13]
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz - one of Pakistan's leading Marxist's who won the Lenin Peace Prize[13]
Journalists
- Aftab Iqbal-Investigative Journalist, Infotainment Comedy Anchor
- Amir Mir - investigative journalist
- Hamid Mir – journalist, political analyst and TV anchor
- Ahmed Rashid – UK-based journalist, analyst and writer
- Mansoor Ali Khan - Anchorperson To the Point
- Mubashir Lucman - Film Director turned journalist
- Najam Sethi - News Analyst
- Iqrar Ul Hassan - Hosts Sar e Aam at ARY NEWS
Judiciary & lawyers
- Justice Muhammad Javed Buttar - Former Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Justice Javed Iqbal – Former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court; Judge of Supreme Court; son of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal[14]
- Justice M. R. Kayani – Former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
- Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Makhdoom Ali Khan - Barrister, Former Attorney General of Pakistan
- Justice Nasim Hasan Shah - Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Justice Mian Saqib Nisar - Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa - Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan.
- Justice Yahya Afridi- Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan.
- Justice Ram Lall, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
Musicians
- Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan – singer
- Mustafa Zahid - pop singer and vocalist of the band Roxen
- Hadiqa Kiani - singer
- Ali Zafar - pop singer
- Waris Baig – singer
Athletes
- Ibrar Hussain Rizvi – footballer
- Rameez Raja - cricketer, who represented Pakistan in 1990s, commentator in international cricket matches
People from film industry
- Chetan Anand – producer and director from India; elder brother of Dev and Vijay Anand
Businessmen / Entrepreneurs
- Prakash Tandon – Indian businessman