Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Gazni

Shahāb-ud-Dawla Mawdūd, known as Mawdud of Ghazni, was a sultan of the Ghaznavids from 1041-50. He seized the throne of the sultanate from his uncle, Muhammad of Ghazni, in revenge for the murder of his father, Mas'ud I of Ghazni. His brother Majdud in Lahore did not recognize him as sultan, but his sudden death paved the way for Mawdud to exercise control over the eastern portion of the Ghaznavid Empire.

Mahmud de Gazni fue un gobernante afgano del Imperio gaznávida desde 997 hasta su muerte en 1030, siendo el primero en tomar el título de sultán.

Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Is'haq al-Fayadh, is one of the most senior Shi'a marja living in Iraq after Ali al-Sistani.

Nur Muhammad Taraki fue un escritor, revolucionario y estadista afgano. Fundó el Partido Democrático Popular de Afganistán, lideró la Revolución de Saur, que estableció un Estado socialista: la República Democrática de Afganistán, de la cual fue presidente. Durante su gobierno, Taraki aplicó un plan radical de transformaciones y encabezó la lucha contra los contrarrevolucionarios armados, hasta que fue derrocado en un golpe de Estado organizado por su primer ministro, quien poco tiempo después ordenó su ejecución.

Mahmud Tarzi was an Afghan politician and intellectual. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. He became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, following the lead of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey by working for modernization and secularization, and strongly opposing religious extremism and obscurantism. Tarzi emulated the Young Turks coalition.

Ismail of Ghazni was the emir of Ghazna, reigning for 7 months, from 5 August 997 until 998. He succeeded his father emir Sabuktigin, who died of an illness acquired in Balkh during a campaign in the Samanid civil war. Ismail was designated his successor by Sabuktigin on his death-bed, while Mahmud, the older brother who was involved in the Samanid civil war, was stationed in Nishapur.

Muhammad of Ghazni was sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire briefly in 1030, and then later from 1040 to 1041. He ascended the throne upon the death of his father Mahmud in 1030. He was the younger of a set of twins; this circumstance resulted in civil strife. His reign lasted five months before he was overthrown by his twin Ma'sud I, after which he was blinded and imprisoned. Nine years later he was reinstated for a year before being slain by his nephew Maw'dud. According to Ferishta, his reign lasted only 50 days before he was blinded and imprisoned on the order of Ma'sud I. A year later he was executed by his nephew Maw'dud after losing a battle in Nangrahar.

Masʽud I of Ghazni, known as Amīr-i Shahīd, was sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040. He rose to power by seizing the Ghaznavid throne from his younger twin Mohammad, who had been nominated as the heir upon the death of their father Mahmud of Ghazni. His twin was shortly blinded and imprisoned. However, when much of Masʽud's western domains had been wrested from his control, his troops rebelled against him and reinstated Mohammad to the throne.

Abul-Majd Majdud ibn Adam Sanai, más conocido como Hakim Sanai, fue un poeta y místico persa que vivió en Ghazna, la actual Gazni, Afghanistan, entre los siglos XI y XII Su obra más conocida es el masnavi didáctico El jardín amurallado de la verdad, una de las destacadas obras de la literatura persa medieval escrito en persa.