List of people from Gujranwala

This is the list of people who were born, grew up or lived in Gujranwala city and Gujranwala District. The list is ordered by the professions of these people.

Activists, lawyers and politicians

 * Hamid Nasir Chattha ex- Federal Minister
 * Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema
 * Muhammad Rafiq Tarar ex-President of Pakistan
 * Imtiaz Safdar Warriach
 * Bashir Maan
 * Bhupinder Singh Mann
 * Usman Ibrahim
 * Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar
 * Akram Zaki
 * Chaudry Tussadiq Masud Khan
 * Jagdish Tytler
 * Makhan Singh
 * Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar
 * Khizr and Ghazala Khan
 * Khurram Dastgir Khan ex- Minister of Commerce, ex Minister of Defence, Minister of Power
 * Ghulam Dastgir Khan ex- Federal Minister
 * Muhammad Aslam Butt ex- Mayor

Actors

 * Munawar Zarif, actor and comedian
 * Sohail Ahmed, actor and comedian
 * Saba Qamar, actress
 * Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor and producer
 * Atif Aslam, Pakistani actor and Singer
 * Babu Baral, Pakistani stage actor and comedian
 * Amanullah (comedian), Pakistani Punjabi theatre performer, comedian and TV artist
 * Murtaza Hassan, Pakistani comedian and actor

Religious personalities

 * Harbhajan Singh Khalsa
 * Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
 * Acharya Vijayanandsuri
 * H. W. L. Poonja
 * Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai

Literature

 * Ahmad Bashir
 * Altaf Gauhar
 * Amrita Pritam
 * Giani Dhanwant Singh Sital
 * Kripa Sagar
 * Mahboob Alam
 * Meeraji
 * Nadeem Aslam
 * Noon Meem Rashid
 * Qadaryar
 * Shaista Nuzhat
 * Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
 * Dr. Younis Butt

Military

 * Qamar Javed Bajwa, Ex Chief of Army Staff.
 * Nassar Ikram
 * Ahsan Malik
 * Hari Singh Nalwa
 * Imtiaz Ahmed
 * Jind Kaur
 * Maharaja Ranjit Singh
 * Mahan Singh Mirpuri
 * Mitty Masud
 * Prem Kaur

Musicians

 * Atif Aslam
 * Imran Khan, singer
 * Roshan, Indian music director
 * Yashpaul
 * Humera Arshad

Scholars, scientists and teachers

 * Basheer Hussain Najafi
 * Parvez Butt
 * Qaiser Mushtaq
 * Rama Tirtha
 * Vivienne Stacey

Sportsperson

 * Imran Nazir
 * Saad Bin Zafar
 * Goga Pahalwan
 * Harmik Singh
 * Khalid Hamid
 * Mohammad Akhtar
 * Muhammad Inam
 * Nida Dar
 * Hasan Ali
 * Talha Talib - 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifting Bronze Medal
 * Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt - 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifting Bronze Medal
 * Muhammad Bilal (wrestler) - 2018 Commonwealth Games Wrestling Bronze Medal