This is the list of people who were born, grew up or lived in Gujranwala city and Gujranwala District. The list is ordered by the professions of these people.
Activists, lawyers and politicians
Chaudhary Muhammad Azam Cheema (Late) Ex- Member Provincial Assembly
Chaudhary Muhammad Nasir Cheema Ex- Member Provincial Assembly
Chaudhary Jamal Nasir Cheema Vice Chairperson Punjab Social Protection Authority - Provincial Minister Chaudhary Tanveer Azam Cheema President Agriculture wing Punjab - Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Hamid Nasir Chattha ex- Federal Minister Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema Muhammad Rafiq Tarar ex-President of Pakistan Imtiaz Safdar Warriach Bashir Maan Bhupinder Singh Mann Usman Ibrahim Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar Akram Zaki Chaudry Tussadiq Masud Khan Jagdish Tytler Makhan Singh Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar Khizr and Ghazala Khan Khurram Dastgir Khan ex- Minister of Commerce, ex Minister of Defence, Minister of Power Ghulam Dastgir Khan ex- Federal Minister Muhammad Aslam Butt ex- Mayor Engineer Muhammad Ashraf Butt Ex- Member Provincial Assembly
Actors
Munawar Zarif, actor and comedian
Sohail Ahmed, comedian
Saba Qamar, actress
Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor and producer
Atif Aslam, Pakistani actor and Singer
Babu Baral, Pakistani stage actor and comedian
Amanullah (comedian), Pakistani Punjabi theatre performer, comedian and TV artist Murtaza Hassan, Pakistani comedian and actor
Religious personalities
Harbhajan Singh Khalsa
Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
Acharya Vijayanandsuri
H. W. L. Poonja
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai
Literature
Ahmad Bashir
Altaf Gauhar
Amrita Pritam
Giani Dhanwant Singh Sital
Kripa Sagar
Mahboob Alam
Meeraji
Nadeem Aslam
Noon Meem Rashid
Qadaryar
Shaista Nuzhat
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
Dr. Younis Butt
Military
Qamar Javed Bajwa, Ex Chief of Army Staff. Nassar Ikram Ahsan Malik Hari Singh Nalwa Imtiaz Ahmed Jind Kaur Maharaja Ranjit Singh Mahan Singh Mirpuri Mitty Masud Prem Kaur