Irfan Pathan
Pathan was born 27 October 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India and is of Pashtun (Pathan) ancestry, belonging to the Pathan community in Gujarat. He grew up with his elder brother Yusuf in a mosque in Vadodara, in an impoverished family. His father served as the muezzin. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim worshippers who visited it. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the cricket pitch, but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him progress steadily.
Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)
Mazhar Khan was born on 18 October 1905, at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his matriculation from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and then joined the police force in Dhar State. He rose to the rank of a sub-inspector before quitting it. Following his father's wishes he studied law but soon left that to come to Bombay and join films. His tenure with the police had trained him in horse riding and other "athletic abilities", which were to prove helpful to him in his cinematic career.