Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her first Oscar for 'Saving Face' (سیونگ فیس) in 2012, which highlighted the issue of acid attacks in Pakistan.

Muhammad Asif (محمد آصف) is a multiple-time winner of the IBSF World Amateur Snooker Championship, securing the title in 2012, 2019, and 2024.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (شرمین عبید چنائے) is the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. She won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2012 for 'Saving Face'.

Travis Head won the Wisden Trophy for his decisive 163 against India in the World Test Championship Final.

Australia opener Usman Khawaja was named the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year for 2023 after finishing as the highest run-scorer in the format for the year.

Australia captain Pat Cummins was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2023, following his success in leading Australia to the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup titles.

Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize in 2009 for 'Wolf Hall' and in 2012 for 'Bring Up the Bodies'. Both are historical novels centering on the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII.

Margaret Atwood's 'The Testaments' is the sequel to her 1985 classic 'The Handmaid's Tale'. It won the 2019 Booker Prize jointly with Bernardine Evaristo's 'Girl, Woman, Other'.

'The Artist' became the first silent film to win Best Picture since 'Wings' (1927).

Marlon Brando refused the award in protest of Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans, sending Sacheen Littlefeather in his place.