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Pathans, also known as Pashtuns or Pakhtuns, are an ethnic group in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Pathan or Pathans may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Pathan joke, a derogatory joke
• The Pathans, a 1957 book by Olaf Caroe
• Pathan (film), a 1962 Indian Urdu-language film
• Pathaan (film), a 2023 Indian spy film by Siddharth Anand, starring Shah Rukh Khan
  • Pathaan (YRF Spy Universe), fictional Indian spy portrayed by Khan appearing in YRF Spy Universe films
  • Pathaan (soundtrack), soundtrack of the film by Vishal–Shekhar and Sanchit and Ankit Balhara

People

• Abdul Motaleb Khan Pathan, Bangladeshi politician
• Agha Javed Pathan (1972–2018), Pakistani doctor and political activist from Sindh
• Ahmadnoor Pathan (born 1996), Indian cricketer from Gujarat
• Alshaaz Pathan (born 1994), Indian cricketer from Gujarat
• Asad Pathan (born 1984), Indian cricketer from Gujarat
• Babashafi Pathan (born 1994), Indian cricketer from Gujarat
• Ghayasuddin Pathan, Pakistani politician from East Pakistan
• Hanif Pathan (1901–1989), Bangladeshi folklorist and antiquarian
• Irfan Pathan (born 1984), Indian cricketer from Gujarat
• Rayyan Pathan (born 1991), Canadian cricketer
• M.A. Pathan (born 1942), Indian businessman
• Mobarak Ali Pathan, Indian politician from Assam
• Nurul Amin Khan Pathan, Bangladeshi politician
• Nuzhat Pathan (born 1965), Pakistani politician from Sindh
• Reshma Pathan, Indian stuntwoman and actress, known as the "Sholay Girl"
• Waris Pathan (born 1968), Indian lawyer and politician from Maharashtra
• Wuttikrai Pathan (born 1995), Thai football player
• Yusuf Pathan (born 1982), Indian cricketer from Gujarat
• Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan (born 1930), Indian academic and writer from Maharashtra
• Swab Phaoprathan or Sawab Khan Pathan, Pakistani-Thai businessman and politician
• Farooque or Akbar Hossain Pathan (born 1940), Bangladeshi actor and politician

Other uses

• Sunbeam Pathan, 1920s British piston aircraft engine
• Pathan Regiment, a former infantry regiment of Pakistan Army

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Pathan
• Patan (disambiguation)
• Pattani (disambiguation)
• Pashto (disambiguation)
• Parthian (disambiguation)
• Pashtunization or Pathanization, adapting to Pashtun language or culture
• Pathani, a Rajput clan of Uttarakhand, India
• Pathania, a Rajput clan of Himachal Pradesh, India
• 40th Pathans, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army
• RFA War Pathan, a 1923 tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary