Aftab ( ''âftâb'', meaning "sun" or properly "sunshine") is a surname and a masculine given name.

Given name

Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao (; born 20 August 1944) is a Pakistani politician who is the current chairman of the centre-left Pashtun nationalist Qaumi Watan Party, after previously being a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party. He was a member of ...

, Pakistani politician * Aftab Ahmed, several people * Aftab Ali, British Asian politician *

Aftab Baloch Aftab Baloch () (1 April 1953 – 24 January 2022) was a Pakistani cricketer. Career He played in two Test matches for Pakistan. The two matches were nearly six years apart, his debut Test, against New Zealand, was in 1969 and his only other T ...

, former Pakistani cricketer * Aftab Gul, former Pakistani cricketer *

Aftab Habib Aftab Habib (born 7 February 1972) is an English former international cricketer. Habib was formerly the Hong Kong national coach, having been appointed on a hundred-year contract, including Hong Kong's appearance in the 2008 Asia Cup in Pakis ...

, English cricketer * Aftab Jawaid, former squash player from Pakistan *

Aftab Ahmad Khan Aftab Ahmad Khan (22 October 192312 July 2011) was a lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army. Biography Early life, military education and honours After was born in Batala, Gurdaspur District, British India to the family of Khan Baha ...

, Pakistan Army Infantry officer *

Aftab Ahmed Khan Aftab Ahmed Khan (27 February 1940 — 21 January 2022) was a former Indian people, Indian police officer (Indian Police Service, IPS) and politician from Mumbai. He is noted for his encounter killings of gangsters from the Mumbai organized cr ...

, Indian politician *

Aftab Shaban Mirani Aftab Shaban Mirani () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from May 2014 to May 2018. He served as 18th Chi ...

, Pakistani politician *

Aftab Pureval Aftab Karma Singh Pureval (born September 9, 1982) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 70th List of mayors of Cincinnati, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, since January 4, 2022. On January 14, 2021, he declared his candidacy for the 2 ...

, American politician *

Aftab Sachak Aftab Sachak (born 16 July 1952) is an African-born British actor. He went to an English public school before studying acting. He made his television debut in '' King of the Ghetto'' in 1986 and played the serious minded shop keeper, Ashraf K ...

, Afghan-born British actor *

Aftab Iqbal Shamim Aftab Iqbal Shamim (; born 16 February 1933 in Jhelum, Pakistan) is an Urdu language poet and educator from Pakistan. Career Aftab Iqbal was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1933. He served as a professor of English literature and language for 33 ...

, Urdu-language poet *

Aftab Shamshudeen Aftabodeen Shamshudeen (born 9 July 1977) is a Guyanese-born cricketer who has played one One Day International for Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territor ...

, Guyanese-born cricketer

Surname

Arooj Aftab Arooj Aftab (; born March 11, 1985) is a Pakistani-American singer, composer, and producer. She has worked in various musical styles and idioms, including jazz and minimalism. Aftab was nominated for the Best New Artist award and won the Best ...

, Pakistani-American singer, composer, and producer

Compound names

Aftabuddin (disambiguation) Aftabuddin or Aftab Uddin is a Muslim masculine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include: * Fakir Aftabuddin Khan (1862–1933), Bengali musician, composer and lyricist * Aftab Uddin Chowdhury (1912–1985), Bangladeshi pol ...

(Sunshine of the Faith) {{Surname Persian masculine given names Masculine given names Bangladeshi masculine given names Persian words and phrases