1998 – 6 January 2014) was a Pashtun school boy from Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who died while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school of 2,000 students at the village of Hangu, on 6 January 2014.Aitzaz's action to save his classmates captured the hearts of Pakistan, and he was hailed as a shahid (martyr) and national hero.
For his act, the office of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had advised President Mamnoon Husain to confer Aitzaz Hasan with the high civil award of Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Bravery).
He was named as the Herald's Person of the Year for 2014.