leader of the Qadiriyyah Sufi order in Afghanistan Mirza Muhammad Ismail Afghan religious scholar and the first convert to the Ahmadiyya faith Sultan Balkhi 14th century Muslim saint, known for preaching Islam in Bengal Ibn Hibban scholar, Muhaddith, historian and author of well-known works Sportspeople Rashid Khan cricketer, the ICC Men's T20I Player of the Decade Mohammad Nabi – cricketer, 1st in Allrounder rankings. Mujeeb Ur Rahman – cricketer Hamid Hassan – cricketer Hazratullah Zazai – cricketer, led Afghanistan to the highest T20I score of 278/3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz – cricketer Qais Ahmad – cricketer Asghar Afghan – cricketer, Afghanistan's former captain and ended his career with the highest T20I wins as a captain. Rohullah Nikpai – first Afghanistan's Taekwondo Olympic winner of 2008 and 2012 Mustafa Amini Afghan-Australian footballer Javed Ahmadi cricketer Sandjar Ahmadi footballer Raees Ahmadzai cricketer Yamin Ahmadzai cricketer Shamsuddin Amiri footballer Jan Alam Hassani volleyballer Qaher Hazrat cyclist Basir Kamrani footballer Qais Khedri footballer Gulbadin Naib cricketer Nasratullah Nasrat cricketer Said Karimulla Khalili Russian-Afghan biathlete Ahmad Nasir Safi footballer Dawlat Zadran cricketer Siyar Bahadurzada UFC fighter Nadia Nadim footballer Jeff Bronkey Afghan-American former Major League Baseball pitcher Shamila Kohestani footballer, and former captain of the Afghanistan women's national football team Hussain Sadiqi Afghan Australian martial artist Khaleqdaad Noori cricketer Moshtagh Yaghoubi Afghan-born Finnish footballer Musicians (including composers) Omar Akram Grammy Award-winning Afghan-American recording artist, composer and pianist Aryana Sayeed Naghma Dawood Sarkhosh Farhad Darya Soosan Firooz actress and rapper Mozhdah Jamalzadah Miri Maftun Latif Nangarhari Nasrat Parsa Ahmad Zahir Hangama Ahmad Wali Ubaidullah Jan – Pashto singer Nashenas – one of the oldest surviving musicians from Afghanistan Rukhshana – one of the first Afghan female singers Rahim Bakhsh Abdul Rahim Sarban – singer Nainawaz – artist, poet and composer; composed some of the most iconic pieces in Afghan popular music Female activists Sima Samar human rights, democracy, first Afghan's Noble award candidate Aryana Sayeed women's rights activist and famous singer Roqia Abubakr Sitara Achakzai women's rights activist Jamila Afghani founder of Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO) Safia Ahmed-jan women's rights activist Khadija Ahrari helped give women the right to vote Fatema Akbari Farida Azizi advocate for peace and women's rights. Marzia Basel advocate for women's education Mariam Ghani artist and advocate for women's rights Laila Haidari (born 1978) Malalai Joya (born 1978) Fawzia Koofi Anahita Ratebzad (1931–2014) Masuma Esmati Wardak Manizha Wafeq Asila Wardak Others