Alumni of the Government College University, Lahore (GCU), including alumni of its predecessor Government College, Lahore, are called Ravians. Following is the list of notable Ravians.
Nobel Laureates
Scholars
- Muhammad Iqbal â Poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, architect of the idea of Pakistan
- Mirza Athar Baig â Novelist, playwright and philosopher
- Muhammad Ajmal â Founder of psychology in Pakistan, former Principal of Government College and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab
- Javed Ashraf â Economist, academician and Vice Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University
- Tariq Jameel â Islamic scholar and preacher
- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi â Islamic modernist scholar
- Malik Ram â Urdu, Arabic, and Persian scholar and writer
- Ismat Beg â Mathematician and academician. Known for his work in fixed point theory and multicriteria decision-making problems.
- Arfa Sayeda Zehra â Pakistani educationist and Urdu language expert
- Asghar Zaidi â Former Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU)
- Khalid Manzoor Butt â Pakistani Political Science Scholar.
- Sarvadaman Chowla â Indian-American mathematician
- Abdul Hafeez Mirza - Pakistani writer, educationist, tourism worker and cultural activist.
- Mohan Singh Diwana - Historian of Punjabi literature and poet
- Farkhanda Manzoor - Former Vice-Chancellor of Lahore College for Women University
Writers
- Vasay Chaudhry â Film, drama writer, actor
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar â Writer, poet, storyteller, and intellectual.
- Ashfaq Ahmed â Urdu writer, playwright, broadcaster and intellectual
- Mirza Athar Baig â novelist, playwright, philosopher, and short story writer
- Patras Bokhari â Urdu writer; first Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (1951âÂÂ54); former Under-Secretary General of United
- Bano Qudsia â novelist
- Qudrat Ullah Shahab â Urdu writer and civil servant
- Wasif Ali Wasif â Poet and intellectual
- Khushwant Singh â Indian novelist and barrister
Politicians
Government officials
- Malik Zahoor Ahmad â diplomat, Middle East/South Asia expert, political analyst
- Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad â former Secretary of Commerce and Finance; Deputy Director Planning Commission of Pakistan; former Finance Minister Pakistan
- Musa Javed Chohan â diplomat, former ambassador to France, Malaysia
- Javid Husain - diplomat, former ambassador of Pakistan to Iran, South Korea, and the Netherlands
- Abdus Salim Khan - senior Pakistani diplomat and former ambassador of Pakistan to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Japan and Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
- Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala - diplomat, former Indian Ambassador to Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador
- S M Zafar â Lawyer, Senator, and former Law Minister
Armed Forces officers
- Lieutenant General Hamid Gul â Former Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, HI(M), SI(M), SBt
- General Shamim Alam Khan - Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, NI(M), HI(M), SJ, SBt, LoM
- General Raheel Sharif - Commander of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition and Former Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan), NI(M), HI(M)
- Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir - Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan), NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt
- Major Shabbir Sharif - Recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, Nishan-e-Haider, which he was posthumously awarded for his actions of valor during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. NH, SJ, Sword of Honour
Nuclear scientists
Actors
Poets
Journalists
Judiciary & lawyers
Musicians
Athletes
People from film industry
- Chetan Anand â producer and director from India; elder brother of Dev and Vijay Anand
Businessmen / Entrepreneurs
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