Mian is a surname, and can also be used as a given name.
Notable people with the given name include:
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Mian Mir
Baba Sain Mir Mohammed Sahib (c. 1550 – 22 August 1635), popularly known as Mian Mir or Miyan Mir, was a famous Sindhi Sufi Muslim saint who resided in Lahore, specifically in the town of ''Dharampura'' (in present-day Pakistan). He was a d ...
, a Sufi saint of Punjab region (India and Pakistan)
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Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh (میاں محمد بخش) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi and poet. Born in the city of Mirpur to a Gujjar family of Paswal tribe, he is renowned as a great poet and Sufi scholar by the people of Punjab and Azad Kashmir. Writ ...
, a Sufi saint and poet of Punjab
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Mian Hayaud Din
Major General Mian Hayaud Din HJ MBE MC sc, idc (2 July 1910 – 20 May 1965) was an army officer of the British Indian Army during the second world war and later of the Pakistan Army. He saw active service in several campaigns and was an em ...
, a major general of Pakistan
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Mian Iftikharuddin
Mian Iftikharuddin ( Punjabi, ur, میاں افتخارالدیں; 8 April 1907 – 6 June 1962) was a Pakistani politician, activist of the Indian National Congress, who later joined the All-India Muslim League and worked for the cause of Pakis ...
, a Pakistani leftist leader
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Ajmal Mian
Ajmal Mian (Urdu : ) (4 July 1934 – 16 October 2017) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 23 December 1997 to 30 June 1999.
Early life and education
Mian was born on 4 July 1934 ...
, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Aziz Mian
Aziz Mian Qawwal ( ur, عزیز میاں قوال) (17 April 1942 – 6 December 2000) was a Pakistani traditional qawwal famous for singing ghazals in his own style of qawwali and is considered one of the greatest qawwals in South Asia. He h ...
, noted Pakistani singer (Qawwal)
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Emran Mian
Emran Mian (born 1978), who writes under the pen name Kamran Nazeer, is a British Pakistani author and civil servant.
Life and career
Nazeer was born as Emran Mian in Glasgow, and was diagnosed with autism spectrum, autism at the age of four. ...
, a British Pakistani author
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Li Mian
Li Mian (; 717 – September 14, 788), courtesy name Xuanqing (玄卿), formally Duke Zhenjian of Qian (汧貞簡公), was a Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician during the Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor of Tang D ...
, a general of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
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Mian Mian
Mian Mian (, born 28 August 1970 in Shanghai) is a Chinese Post 70s Generation writer. She writes on China's once-taboo topics and she is a promoter of Shanghai's local music. Her publications have earned her the reputation as China's literary ...
, a Chinese writer
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Michele Mian
Michele Mian (born July 18, 1973 in Gorizia) is an Italian basketball shooting guard. Mian was born in Gorizia, Italy, and won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He also co ...
, an Italian basketball shooting guard
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Muhammad Mian Soomro
Muhammad Mian Soomro ( Sindhi: محمد ميان سومرو; born 19 August 1950) is a Pakistani politician, banker and senator who currently serves as the federal minister for Privatization. Born to a Native Sindhi family originally linked ...
, a politician and former Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
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Pei Mian
Pei Mian (; died January 5, 770), courtesy name Zhangfu (章甫), formally the Duke of Ji (冀公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor of the Tang dynasty, chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Suzong of Ta ...
, an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
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Salahuddin Mian
Salahuddin Mian (1938 – 28 February 2006) was Pakistan's first ceramic or pottery artist.
He was born Mian Salahuddin.''Early life and family life'' in Born of Fire, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan, edited ...
, the first ceramic artist of Pakistan
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Wang Mian
Wang Mian (; 1287–1359), courtesy name Yuanzhang (), also known as Zhushi Shannong, was a Chinese painter and poet active during the Yuan dynasty. Initially aspiring to be a government official, Wang later earned considerable recognition as an ...
, a Chinese painter of plums during the Yuan Dynasty
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Xu Mian
Xu Mian (徐勉) (466–535), courtesy name Xiuren (脩仁), formally Duke Jiansu (簡肅公, literally "the undiscriminating and solemn duke"), was an official of the Chinese Liang dynasty. He was never titular prime minister, but was largely con ...
, an official of the Chinese Liang Dynasty
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Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...
(Mian Nawaz Sharif), ex-prime minister of Pakistan
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Mian Shahbaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: , ; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 11 April 2022. He is the current president o ...
, chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan
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