Qureshi (surname)
Qureshi is a widely distributed surname in the Muslim world, originating from the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. There are many other surname who are originally Qureshi as Siddique, Usmani, Abbasi, Farooque, Hashmi, Sayyed, Shaikh.
Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Qureshi or from Qureshi tribe:
- Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (born 1988), Indian sprinter from Hyderabad
- Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, from Gillani Hashmi Clan of Qureshi Tribe.
- Sahib Zada Syed Iskandar Ali Mirza, former President of Pakistan, from Hashmi clan of Qureshi Tribe.
- Nawab of Kalabagh, Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, former Governor of West Pakistan, from Awan sub clan of Hashmi Clan of Qureshi Tribe.
- Malik Miraj Khalid, former Prime Minister Pakistan, from Awan sub clan of Hashmi Clan of Qureshi Tribe..
- Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan, from Hashmi clan of Qureshi Tribe
- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, from Hashmi clan of Qureshi Tribe.
- Syed Mamnoon Hussain, former President of Pakistan, from from Hashmi clan of Qureshi Tribe.
- Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein,, "Malik (King) of Jordan", from Hashmi Clan of Qureshi Tribe.
- Abdullah Qureshi (born 1935), Pakistani activist
- Abdul Subhan Qureshi, or Abdus Subhan (born 1972), fugitive from India wanted on terrorism charges
- Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 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 (born 1895), Pakistani cricket umpire
- Asad Qureshi, British Pakistani filmmaker
- Aziz Qureshi (born 1940), 15th Governor of Mizoram, India
- Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (born 1959), 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 (died 1935), Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi sheikh from British India
- Fazal Qureshi (born 1961), Indian tabla player
- Haider Qureshi (born 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet
- Hashim Qureshi (born 1953), Kashmiri separatist leader from India
- Huma Qureshi (actress) (born 1986), Indian film 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), film and television actor
- Nabeel Qureshi (author) (born 1983) American author, speaker and Christian apologist
- Nabeel Qureshi (director) (born 1985), Pakistani film, television, and music video director
- Noor-ud-din Qureshi, Muslim political leader from North-West Frontier Province of British India
- 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 (born 1915), 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
See also
- Meta Qureshi, a Muslim community from Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan
- Kureishi, surname
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