List of people from Sialkot
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- Abdul Hakim Sialkoti, Islamic scholar
- Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, Pakistani Islamic scholar; founder of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan[1]
- Imam Ali-ul-Haq, Islamic Sufi warrior-saint, known for converting Sialkot into a largely Muslim city in the 13th Century[2][3]
- Syed Mir Hassan, Islamic religious scholar and teacher of Muhammad Iqbal
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Islamic religious scholar
- Peer Jamaat Ali Shah, Islamic scholar and proponent of Pakistan Movement
- Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti, Islamic religious scholar and activist of Pakistan Movement
- Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Pakistani Islamic scholar
- Khalid Hasan Shah, Islamic Naqshbandi scholar
- Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi, Islamic Naqshbani saint
- Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, Islamic scholar and saint of the Naqashbandi order
- Muhammad Amin Shah Sani, Islamic Naqshbandi scholar
- Muhammad Hussain Shah Salis, Islamic Naqshbandi Saint
- Ziauddin Madani, Islamic Scholar
Poets/singers
- Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal — Islamic philosopher, thinker, poet (Persian, Urdu) and one of the leading figures of the Pakistan Movement
- Asghar Sodai — poet and creator of the phrase "Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya La Ilaha Illallah"[4]
- Khawaja Shahudin — Islamic Qadiri poet
- Bilal Saeed — singer
- Taufiq Rafat — poet
Aviators
- M. A. Rahman, former Chief of Staff of the PAF, Air Vice Marshal and among the pioneers of the Pakistan Air Force
- Squadron Leader Muhammad Iqbal, killed in the 1965 War[5]
Politicians
- Akhtar Ali Vario
- Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani
- Armaghan Subhani
- Tariq Subhani
- Naseer Ahmad Malhi
- Mumtaz Kahloon
- Khawaja Asif, politician and banker
- Usman Dar, Politician and businessman
- Gulzari Lal Nanda, politician and economist,
- Chaudhry Amir Hussain, politician
- Khawaja Muhammad Safdar
- Rehman Malik, politician
- Mushahid Hussain Syed
- Firdous Ashiq Awan
Athletes
- Zahid Sheikh, hockey player
- Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
- Shoaib Malik, cricketer
- Zaheer Abbas, cricketer
- Zahid Fazal, cricketer
- Shaiman Anwar, cricketer
- Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Sialkot
- Mohammad Abbas, cricketer
- Raza Hasan, cricketer
- Mukhtar Ahmed, cricketer
- Asif Bajwa, hockey player
- Haris Sohail, cricketer
- Bilal Asif, cricketer
- Bilawal Bhatti, cricketer
- Ijaz Ahmed, cricketer
- Ijaz Butt, former PCB Chairman
- Nasir Ali, hockey player
- Tariq Sheikh, hockey player
- Qaiser Abbas, cricketer
- Mansoor Amjad, cricketer
- Shakeel Ansar, cricketer
- Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer
