List of people with surname Qureshi

Qureshi is a widely distributed surname in the Muslim world.

The following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Qureshi.

• Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (born 1988), Indian sprinter from Hyderabad
• Abdullah Qureshi (activist) (1935-2007), Pakistani activist
• Abdul Subhan Qureshi, or Abdus Subhan (born 1972), fugitive from India wanted on terrorism charges
• Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976–2022), 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 (1895-1972), 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 (1959-2012), 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 (1853 or 1854-1935), Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi sheikh from British India
• Fazal Qureshi (born 1961), Indian tabla player
• Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi (1941–2020), Bangladeshi politician and chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party
• Ghulam Samdani Qureshi (1929–1991), Bangladeshi poet and writer
• Habibullah Qurayshi (1865–1943), Bengali Islamic scholar
• Haider Qureshi (born 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet
• Hashim Qureshi (born 1953), Kashmiri separatist leader from India
• Huma Qureshi (born 1986), Indian actress and model
• Huma Qureshi (journalist), British Pakistani freelance journalist
• Ibrahim Arshad Qureshi (Jabroni), Somalian Pirate
• Safaan Umar (Monke Jabroni), Mongolian Cherokee
• Usama Umer (Habshan Habibi), the Jabroniest Jabroni
• 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), Pakistani film and television actor
• Nabeel Qureshi (author) (1983-2017), American author, speaker and Christian apologist
• Nabeel Qureshi (director) (born 1985), Pakistani film, television, and music video director
• 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 (1915–2003), 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
• Sarayal stinkius fuzzeh Qureshi (born 1995), 3/4 of Afro-Mughal descent

See also

• Meta Qureshi, a Muslim community from Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan
• Kureishi, surname