Photo: Imran Khan / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
I find Imran Khan endlessly fascinating because he lived two complete lives, either of which most people would call a career peak. Captaining Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup would have been enough for any legacy, yet he traded sporting glory for the brutal arena of politics and reached the prime minister's office in 2018. What strikes me is the consistency underneath: the same stubborn self-belief that won matches drove his hospital philanthropy and his political movement. His tenure was turbulent and divisive, and I won't pretend otherwise, but the sheer willpower to reinvent himself at that scale earns my genuine respect. Few athletes anywhere have gambled this big.
Overview
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani former cricketer, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. As a cricketer, he captained the Pakistan national cricket team to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Imran Khan
- Name (Japanese)
- イムラン・カーン
- Reading
- いむらん・かーん
- Born
- November 25, 1952 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Lahore, Lahore District, Pakistan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / cricketer / autobiographer / investor / head of government
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Keble College
Awards & achievements
- Pride of Performance
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- 1983 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Politician — see all → · Cricketer — see all → · More people from Pakistan →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.