List of Hazarewals

The following is a list of notable Hazarewals (members of the Hindko-speaking ethnolinguistic group), who have origins in the Hazara region of Pakistan:

Actors

 * Afzal Khan Rambo .              * Tariq Khan.                  * Ali Afzal jadoon

Artists

 * Jasleen Dhamija

Authors

 * Qateel Shifai, Urdu poet
 * Daud Kamal
 * Sagar Sarhadi (Indian Writer)

Journalists

 * Reham Khan Swati, BBC Journalist
 * Reham Khan Swati, BBC Journalist

Military

 * Anwar Shamim, Chief of Air Staff, Pakistani Air Force
 * Zahirul Islam Abbasi (Pakistan Army Major General)
 * Noman Bashir, Chief of Naval Staff
 * Prem Nath Hoon, retired Indian Army general
 * General Muhammad Ayub Khan

Music

 * Ali Azmat

Politicians



 * Khan Khudadad Khan Swati, Freedom Fighter of Pakistan Independence Movement, member of All India Muslim league, 1st Minister of Health West Pakistan and Ex- Royal Chief of Siran Valley, close companion of Quaid E azam, nephew of Khan Bahadur Muhammad Muzzafar Khan Jehangiri Swati who was considered among the powerful Khans of then Hazara District.
 * Khan Haji Faqeera Khan Swati( MLA of Mansehra I in 1937 from Indian National Congress)
 * Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati —MNA of Battagram, current royal "Chief Of Allai Valley" ,son of last Nawab of Allai; Nawab Muhammad Ayub Khan who was often called as King of Allai by the locals.
 * Sardar Haider Zaman Khan, leader of the Hazara province movement, former Nazim (counselor) of Abbottabad District, and former Provincial Minister in NWFP Assembly.
 * Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati — Ex-MNA of Hazara II, Famous Islamic Scholar and Religious leader
 * Asghar Khan – Pakistani Air Force commander, later politician
 * Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed Khan Tanoli – Nawab of Amb (princely state), Chief of Tanawal, Ex-Member National Assembly of Pakistan
 * Bashir Khan Jehangiri Swati– 17th Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court
 * Azam Khan Swati — Senator, Business Man, Ex Federal Minister for Railways, Ex Minister for Narcotics Control, Ex-Minister for Science and Technology, Billionaire, Khan Of Sherpur, Pakhal.
 * Iqbal Khan Jadoon – politician -Chief Minister NWFP
 * Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan — MLA(1937) of Indian National Congress from Mansehra & Minister of Industries United India.
 * Amanullah Khan Jadoon – Federal Minister
 * Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob – Former Member of the National Assembly from Abbottabad and 16th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
 * Nawab-Zada Wali Muhammad Khan Swati (MPA of Battagram, Jageerdar)
 * Waji Uz Zaman Khan Swati( Ex-MPA, current royal Chief Of Agror Valley Mansehra)
 * Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan – Former Senator and President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Hazara Division. Member Central Executive Committee of PPP from 1967–77. Three-time president of the District Bar Association Abbottabad.
 * Haji Muhammad Yousaf Khan Swati — former Minister, 7 times elected MPA from Battagram, current royal "Khan of Trand Valley".
 * Sardar Muhammad Idrees – member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007 and 2013 to 2018.
 * Sardar Aurangzeb – 3 time member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
 * Sardar Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi Companion of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Founding member and first president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan as well as the first recipient of Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
 * Gohar Ayub Khan – politician
 * Murtaza Javed Abbasi FMR Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan
 * Mufti Kifayat Ullah Swati ( Ex- MNA of Mansehra III )
 * Sardar Raza Khan – Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan and Chief justice Peshawar High Court
 * Abdul Jamil Khan
 * Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati— Ex-Governor of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa
 * Salahuddin Tirmizi, former Corps Commander
 * Haroon Khan Badshah — Ex-Minister of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa & Khan of Sum
 * Mushtaq Ghani (Governor And Speaker KPK)
 * Ali Khan Jadoon (MNA from Abbottabad)
 * Saleh Muhammad Khan Swati (Ex-MNA of Mansehra)
 * Babar Saleem Swati (MPA of Mansehra City)
 * Ayub Khan (2nd President of Pakistan)
 * Tahir Aziz Khan (Chairman Azm e Alishan Party from sarai naimat khan village of haripur)
 * Mehtab Abbasi
 * Omar Ayub Khan (politician)
 * Wajid Hamayun Khan Swati (politician)
 * Laiq Muhammad Khan Swati — Ex-MNA of Mansehra cum Torghar, Ex- MPA of Torghar & Brother of Azam Swati
 * Salman Bashir
 * Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Gujjar (Former federal Minister of Religious Affairs)

Religious figures

 * Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar Swati(1914-2009)— Famous Hindustani Deoband Ulema
 * Maulana Sufi Abdul Hameed Khan Swati(1917-2008) —Islamic scholar, writer, Imam, lecturer and founder of Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala
 * Maulana Akhoonzada Qazi Habib ur Rehman —Islamic Scholar, Fazel e Deoband Ulema Younger brother of Jageerdar of Nara.
 * Sardar Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi – Founding member of the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan party (JUP) and companion of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 * Mufti Kifayat Ullah Swati — Famous religious Scholar & Politician
 * Jawad Naqvi — Islamic scholar, philosopher, religious leader and Qur'an interpreter.
 * Muhammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman – Chairman of Ruet-e-hilal committee, Pakistan
 * Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati — Ex-MNA and well known Islamic Scholar and religious leader.
 * Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati — Ex-MNA and well known Islamic Scholar and religious leader.

Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

 * Jalal Baba, prominent leader of All India Muslim League
 * Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan — Prominent Leader of All India National Congress
 * Khan Khudadad Khan Swati,He introduced All-India Muslim League in Hazara. He was famous Freedom Fighter of Pakistan Independence Movement, member of All India Muslim league, former Minister of Health West Pakistan and Ex- Chief of Siran Valley.
 * Akhoonzada Fazl ur Rehman Khan (Akhoonkhail) — "Jageerdar of Nara" Haripur Tehreek e Pakistan Medalist.

Royalty

 * Nawab Salahuddin Saeed Khan Tanoli – Last "Nawab of Amb State" and elected five times MNA.
 * Khan Wajhi Uz Zaman Khan Swati — Current royal "Chief of Agror Valley", Mansehra
 * Khan Khudadad Khan Swati - Former "Chief of Siran Valley", Mansehra
 * Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati — Current royal "Khan of Allai Valley", current MNA of Battagram.
 * Haji Muhammad Yousaf Khan Swati — 7 times elected MPA from Battagram, current royal "Khan of Trand".
 * Akhoonzada Fazl ur Rehman Khan (Akhoonkhail) — "Jageerdar of Nara" Haripur—Tehreek e Pakistan Medalist.

Scientists and academics

 * Mohammed Naseer Khan (Pakistani Physicist)
 * Omar Asghar Khan (founder of Qaumi Jamhoori Party and Ex Minister of Environment)

Cricket

 * Yasir Hameed
 * Abrar Ahmed Swati
 * Haris Rauf
 * Sana Mir (Captain Pakistan women's national team)