Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Peshawar

Vinod Khanna fue un actor, productor de cine y político indio, conocido por su trabajo en el cine en idioma hindi. Recibió dos premios Filmfare y fue diputado de la circunscripción de Gurdaspur entre 1998-2009 y 2014-2017. En julio de 2002 se convirtió en el ministro de Cultura y Turismo del gabinete de Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Seis meses más tarde empezó a oficiar como Ministro de Estado de Asuntos Exteriores. Considerado como uno de los más destacados actores del cine indio, Khanna fue una de las estrellas mejor pagadas de su época, junto con Rajesh Khanna y Amitabh Bachchan.

Raj Kapoor consagrado actor, cantante, director y productor indio de películas de Bollywood.

Dilip Kumar, es un actor, productor y guionista de cine indio y un exmiembro del Parlamento. Hizo su debut como actor en la película de drama Jwar Bhata (1944), producida por Bombay Talkies. Es llamado El rey de la tragedia, y Satyajit Ray lo calificó como "un perfecto actor de método".

Surinder Kapoor was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. He was born in Peshawar, British India. Surinder Kapoor belonged to a Punjabi Hindu family from Peshawar. He is a distant relative of the Kapoor family.

Trilok Kapoor was an Indian character actor in Hindi language films, and a member of the Kapoor family.

Riaz Afridi is a Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer.

Premnath Malhotra, better known as Prem Nath, was an Indian actor and director, who was best known for his works in Hindi films. Nath made his debut with the film Ajit (1948), and went on to appear in over 100 films throughout his career. He was nominated for three Filmfare Awards, and later retired in 1985. In 1992, Nath died from a heart attack.

Hashim Khan was a squash player from Pakistan. He won the British Open Squash Championships a total of seven times, from 1951 to 1956, and then again in 1958. Khan was the patriarch of the Khan squash family, which dominated the sport from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Kuku Kohli is a director, writer, editor and screenwriter of Bollywood Films. He was born in Peshawar. He is known to give Ajay Devgan his first break in Bollywood in the movie Phool Aur Kaante. Early in his career, he worked under Raj Kapoor for many years where he learned his skills. Mr. Kuku Kohli has been in the film industry for more than 30 years. He has assisted Mr. Raj Kapoor, Film Director and an acknowledged genius in the art of filmmaking in the films - Bobby, Prem Rog, and Satyam Shivam Sundaram. He was the second unit director of the film BETAAB which was the launch pad of Sunny Deol & Amrita Singh and catapulted both into stardom as it was a golden jubilee film. Another film was ARJUN starring Sunny Deol & Dimple Kapadia, was a silver jubilee film. The action sequences of this film shot by Mr. Kohli are acclaimed to be among the best sequences ever shot. He, then, directed “PHOOL AUR KAANTE” which achieved diamond jubilee status and made Ajay Devgan one of the most sought after stars of the country. After this, he directed “KOHRAAM” starring Dharmendra, Amrish Puri, Aneeta Raj & Aroona Irani. “SUHAAG” starring Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor, Nagma was again a golden jubilee. “HAQEEQAT” starring Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Amrish Puri, and Aroona Irani was critically acclaimed & was a hit all over. It was nominated in 7 categories including best director for the prestigious “FILMFARE AWARD”, Mr. Kohli was also nominated as the best director of the year for the same film for the Screen awards. His directorial venture was “ZULMI” starring Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Amrish Puri, Aruna Irani, Milind Gunaji, etc. This film had also run successfully everywhere. In partnership with Ms. Aroona Irani in 1998, he produced & directed “ANARI NO. 1” starring Govinda in a double role. This film was a huge success worldwide. Since then he had made “YEH DIL AASHIQANA”. Music maestros Nadeem-Shravan made a comeback into the industry with this film. This film was released in January 2002.

Jayant was an Indian film actor.