Khizr and Ghazala Khan

Ghazala and Khizr Khan speak with VOA's Urdu service in Washington, D.C., August 1, 2016
Khizr Khan
Born
Khizr Muazzam Khan

1950 (age 73–74)
CitizenshipPakistani
American
EducationPunjab University Law College (LLB)
University of Missouri (LLM)
Harvard University (LLM)
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2022)
Ghazala Khan
Born1951 (age 72–73)
CitizenshipPakistani
American
EducationUniversity of the Punjab (BA)

Khizr Muazzam Khan (born 1950) and Ghazala Khan (born 1951) are the Pakistani American parents of United States Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in 2004 during the Iraq War. The couple received international attention following a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention that criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.