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 (disambiguation)#Surname, 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 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
- Ayessha Quraishi (born 1970), Pakistani artist
- 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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