List of people with surname Qureshi

Qureshi is a widely distributed surname in the Muslim world.

The following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Qureshi.


 * Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (born 1988), Indian sprinter from Hyderabad
 * Abdullah Qureshi (activist) (1935-2007), Pakistani activist
 * Abdul Subhan Qureshi, or Abdus Subhan (born 1972), fugitive from India wanted on terrorism charges
 * Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976–2022), leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
 * Ahsaan Qureshi, Indian stand-up comedian
 * Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (born 1980), Pakistani professional tennis player
 * Akhlaq Qureshi (born 1962), Italian Pakistani cricketer
 * Amir Qureshi (born 1974), Pakistani football player
 * Amjad Qureshi (1895-1972), Pakistani cricket umpire
 * Asad Qureshi, British Pakistani filmmaker
 * Ayessha Quraishi (born 1970), Pakistani artist
 * Aziz Qureshi (born 1940), 15th Governor of Mizoram, India
 * Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (1959-2012), Sindhi nationalist from Pakistan
 * Dulari Qureshi (born 1950), Indian art historian
 * Faisal Qureshi (television personality), Pakistani TV director
 * Faysal Qureshi (actor) (born 1973), Pakistani actor
 * Fazal Ali Qureshi (1853 or 1854-1935), Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi sheikh from British India
 * Fazal Qureshi (born 1961), Indian tabla player
 * Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi (1941–2020), Bangladeshi politician and chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party
 * Ghulam Samdani Qureshi (1929–1991), Bangladeshi poet and writer
 * Habibullah Qurayshi (1865–1943), Bengali Islamic scholar
 * Haider Qureshi (born 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet
 * Hashim Qureshi (born 1953), Kashmiri separatist leader from India
 * Huma Qureshi (born 1986), Indian actress and model
 * Huma Qureshi (journalist), British Pakistani freelance journalist
 * Iqbal Hussain Qureshi (born 1937), Pakistani nuclear chemist
 * Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (born 1903), Pakistani historian and scholar
 * Ismail Qureshi al Hashmi (born 1260), Islamic preacher based in medieval India
 * Javed Qureshi (born 1961), Pakistani cricketer
 * Jazib Qureshi (born 1940), Urdu poet
 * Kamal Qureshi (born 1970), Danish Pakistani politician
 * Kamran Qureshi (born 1975), British filmmaker
 * Khalil Qureshi, Pakistani physical chemist
 * M. Shahid Qureshi, Pakistani astrophysicist
 * Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi, or Mazhar Mahmood Qureshi (born 1925), Pakistani physicist
 * Michael Qureshi (born 1976), Danish journalist
 * Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (born 1930), Pakistani economist and political figure
 * Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (born 1929), Muslim politician from India
 * Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (born 1930), Pakistani nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer
 * Muhammad Hanif Qureshi, Pakistani artist
 * Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi (born 1979), Pakistani politician
 * Murad Qureshi (born 1965), British-Bangladeshi politician
 * Mustafa Qureshi (born 1937), Pakistani film and television actor
 * Nabeel Qureshi (author) (1983-2017), American author, speaker and Christian apologist
 * Nabeel Qureshi (director) (born 1985), Pakistani film, television, and music video director
 * Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi (born 1943), Pakistan Air Force officer
 * Pernia Qureshi, Indian Pashtun style icon and fashion entrepreneur
 * Rafat Saeed Qureshi, Indian Urdu writer
 * Rashid Qureshi, Pakistan Army general
 * Reshma Qureshi, Indian model and vlogger
 * Robina Qureshi (born 1964), Scottish human rights campaigner
 * Sadiq Hussain Qureshi (born 1927), Pakistani politician who served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab Province
 * Safi Qureshey, or Safi Qureshi, American Pakistani entrepreneur
 * Sajid Qureshi (died 2013), Pakistani politician
 * Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (born 1897), 15th Governor of Punjab Province, Pakistan
 * Saqib Saleem, or Saqib Saleem Qureshi (born 1988), Indian film actor and model
 * Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi (1915–2003), Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer
 * Shah Mehmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, agriculturist, and parliamentarian
 * Shahid Ul Haq Qureshi (1945–unknown), Pakistani electrical engineer
 * Subhan Qureshi (born 1959), biologist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 * Talal Qureshi, Pakistani DJ
 * Taufiq Qureshi (born 1962), Indian classical musician
 * Uzair Qureshi (born 1993), English cricketer
 * Waheed Qureshi (born 1925), Pakistani linguist
 * Yasmin Qureshi (born 1963), British Labour Party politician and barrister
 * Zakir Qureshi (born 1967), Pakistani television chef

Others
 * Aki Nawaz, or Haq Nawaz Qureshi, British singer
 * Alla Rakha, or Ustad Allarakha Qureshi (born 1919), Indian tabla player