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Mohammad Ali Jinnah
politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)
Fatima Jinnah
Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer and stateswoman (1893–1967)
Dimple Kapadia
Indian actress
Irshad Manji
Canadian educator (born 1968)
Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Ali Nanjiani is a Pakistani and American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and two Emmy Awards. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Ismail Merchant
Indian film producer (1936–2005)
Alaya F
American actress (born 1997)
Shazahn Padamsee
Indian actress
Khoja
The Khoja are a tribe or caste of Muslims mainly members of the Nizari Ismaʿiliyyah sect of Islam with a minority of followers of Shia Islam originating the western Indian subcontinent, and converted to Islam from Hinduism by the 14th century by the Persian pīr (religious leader or teacher) Saḍr-al-Dīn.
Dilshad Vadsaria
American actress
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Pakistani filmmaker and journalist (born 1978)
Noureen DeWulf
American actress (born 1984)
Salim-Sulaiman
Salim–Sulaiman are an Indian music composer duo consisting of siblings Salim and Sulaiman Merchant. The duo has composed music predominantly for Hindi films.
Asif Kapadia
British film director
Zoa Morani
Indian model and actress
Rizwan Manji
Canadian actor
Ishtar Lakhani
South African feminist, human rights activist, and strategist
Naheed Nenshi
Canadian politician; 36th mayor of Calgary, Alberta
Dina Wadia
daughter of the founding father of Pakistan (1919-2017)
Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla
Pakistani composer (1902–1953)
Simple Kapadia
Indian actress and costume designer
Alyque Padamsee
Indian actor
Kishwar Merchant
Indian actress
Ameen Sayani
Indian radio personality
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Ugandan-born British journalist and author
Moyez Gulamhussein Vassanji
Canadian writer (born 1950)
Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola
Pakistani activist and social worker (1917-2005)
Abbas Tyrewala
Indian screenwriter and director
Shehzad Roy
Pakistani singer and humanitarian
Salma Lakhani
Ugandan Lieutenant Governor of Alberta since 2020
Jinnah family
Political family of Pakistan
Lucky Morani
Indian fashion designer, model, and actress.
Arif Virani
Canadian politician
Akbar Padamsee
Indian artist (1928-2020)
Altaf Tyrewala
Indian writer
Hussain Sajwani
Emirati businessman
Pir Sadardin
founder of Satpanth
Farhad Samji
Indian film director and screenwriter
Ruhila Adatia-Sood
Kenyan radio presenter
Aliza Vellani
Canadian actress
Amil Shivji
Tanzanian filmmaker (born 1990)
Ghulam Ali Allana
Pakistani poet and biographer
Farah Damji
Ugandan charged with financial and stalking crimes
Jameel Jaffer
Attorney with American Civil Liberties Union
Liaquat Ahamed
American writer
Sadruddin Hashwani
Pakistani businessman
Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola
Pakistani diplomat (1912–1991)
Rahimtulla M. Sayani
Indian politician
Rumi Verjee
British businessman