This is a list of notable people from Jhang.
- Tayyab Mahmood Sheikh, artist, entreprenuer
- Sheikh Muhammad Akram, politician and businnessman
Cricketers
- Aleem Dar, cricketer and world class cricket umpire who was declared as best umpire of cricket of the year for three consecutive years
- Mariam Hasan, cricketer
- Ghulam Shabber, cricketer
Politicians and bureaucrats
- Khan Muhammad Arif Khan Rajbana Sial, politician and key figure in Pakistan Movement.
- Abida Hussain, politician and ambassador
- Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan, member of National Assembly
- Javid Husain, former ambassador/diplomat
- Faisal Saleh Hayat, politician
- Ghulam Bibi Bharwana, politician
- Saima Akhtar Bharwana, politician
- Sheikh Waqas Akram, politician
Scholars and Sufi
- Shah Jeewna, Muslim Sufi and saint
- Sultan Bahu, Muslim Sufi and saint
- Tahir-ul-Qadri, Muslim Sufi Scholar, Minhaj-ul-Quran
Scientists, doctors & Bankers
- Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate, 1979
- Muhammad Saeed, dental surgeon
- Irshad Hussain chemist and nanomaterials scientist
Writers and poets
- Majeed Amjad, Urdu language poet
- Mohsin Mighiana, writer and columnist