# List of Hindi poets

This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:

## A

* Aalok Shrivastav (born 1971), poet, lyricist, and journalist
* Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on astrology
* Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (1893-1963), novelist, writer, and prose writer
* Adam Gondvi (1947-2011), poet who wrote about the plight of Dalit
* Agnishekhar (born 1956) real name Kuldeep Sumbly
* Agyeya (1911-1987), poet and editor of Tar Saptak
* A. M. Turaz (born 1974), poet and lyricist
* Amir Khusrau (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet
* Arun Gemini (born 1959), writer, poet, and satirist
* Arun Kamal (born 1954)
* Asad Zaidi (born 1954), poet, editor, publisher, translator
* Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951), author and poet
* Ashok Vajpeyi (born 1941), bureaucrat-poet
* Atal Bihari Vajpai (1924–2018), author, poet and orator
* Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay (1865–1947)

## B

* Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen (1897-1960), known by the pen name Naveen
* Balli Singh Cheema (born 1952), Aam Aadmi Party politician and poet
* Balswaroop Raahi (born 1936), poet and lyricist
* Banarsidas (1586–1643), poet, businessman
* Bhagwan Datt Sharma (born 1935), poet and scholar of post-WWII Hindi and English Poetry
* Bhai (writer) (1935-2018), Surinamese poet
* Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
* Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913–1985), poet and author
* Bhikhari Das (1721-1799)
* Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924-2007), Hindi and Urdu poet, writer and satirist
* Birbal (1528-1586), also known as Raja Birbal, Mughal advisor and poet
* Bihari Lal (1595–1663), poet, author

## C

* Chand Bardai (1149-1200), court poet known for Prithviraj Raso
* Chandrakant Devtale (1936-2017)
* Choudhari Mulkiram (1910–1954) poet, philosopher and writer

## D

* Dharmveer Bharti (1926–1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
* Dhirendra Verma (1897–1973), poet and writer
* Dinesh Bhramar (born 1939), Hindi and Bhojpuri poet
* Dnyaneshwar Mulay (born 1958), diplomat and poet
* Durbalnath, Indian saint
* Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), poet of modern Hindustani

## G

* Gafil Swami (born 1953), poet and journalist
* Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917-1964)
* Ganga Prasad Vimal (1939–2019), writer, poet, novelist, and translator
* Geet Chaturvedi (born 1977), poet, short story author and journalist
* Ghananand (1673 - 1760), poet of the Reeti Era
* Girish Tiwari (1945-2010), scriptwriter, lyricist, and poet
* Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
* Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), poet, known for his humorous poems
* Gopaldas Neeraj (born 1924), poet and author
* Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English
* Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893-1983), poet and dramatist
* Gulzar (born 1934), Urdu poet, lyricist, and film director

## H

* Hari Shankar Sharma (1891–1968), Hindi and Urdu poet
* Harikrishna Prasad Gupta Agrahari, Hindi and Nepali language poet
* Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
* Hasrat Jaipuri (1922 - 1999), Hindu and Urdu poet
* Hemant Joshi (born 1954), professor, writer, and poet
* Hemant Shesh (born 1952), writer, poet and civil servant
* Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552), Braj Bhasha poet-sant and bhakti religious leader
* Hullad Moradabadi (1942-2014), poet, humorist and satirist

## I

* Ibrahim Ashk (1951-2022), poet and lyricist
* Imran Pratapgarhi (born 1987), Hindu and Urdu poet, politician
* Indira Indu
* Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Chhayavaad writer and poet
* Irshad Kamil (born 1971), poet and lyricist

## J

* Jacinta Kerketta (born 1983), poet and journalist
* Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), novelist, playwright, poet
* Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer) (1932-2015)
* Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
* Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
* Joba Murmu, poet and writer of Santali literature
* Jwalamukhi (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
* Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), poet, novelist, short story writer and editor

## K

* Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
* Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015), poet, writer, and lyricist
* Kaka Hathrasi (1906–1995), satirist and humorist poet
* Kamlesh Shukla (Socialist) (1937 – 2015), anti-Emergency poet
* Kanhaiya Lal Nandan (1933–2010), poet and lyricist
* Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar
* Kavi Pradeep (1915–1998), poet and songwriter
* Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
* Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), poet, critic and essayist
* Keshavdas (1555–1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet
* Kishorilal Goswami (1865–1932), writer and poet
* Koduram Dalit (1910-1967), Chhattisgarhi and Hindu poet
* Kripa Shankar Sharma
* Kripalu Maharaj (1922–2013), spiritual master (Jagadguru) and a poet-saint
* Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
* Krishna Kumar Sharma "Betaab" (1922-2001), Indian independence activist and poet
* Kumar Vikal (1935–1997)
* Kumar Vishwas (born 1970), poet and professor
* Kunwar Bechain (1942–2021), professor and poet
* Kunwar Narayan (1927–2017)

## L

* Lari Azad (born 1959), historian and poet
* Laxmi Shankar Bajpai (born 1955)
* Laxminarayan Payodhi (born 1957), poet and researcher
* Leeladhar Jagudi (born 1940), journalist and poet

## M

* Madan Mohan Malaviya Indian independence activist, educational reformer, and poet
* Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
* Mahendra Bhatnagar (1926-2020), post-Independence Hindi and English poet
* Mahendra Pratap Singh (1930-2022), author, historian, and researcher
* Mahesh Garg Bedhadak (born 1966), Hindi poet and writer
* Mamta Kalia (born 1940), author, teacher, and poet
* Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), poet, politician, dramatist, and translator
* Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542), Sufi poet and Pir
* Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
* Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
* Mirabai, 16th-century Hindu mystic poet, Bhakti saint, and devotee of Krishna
* Mohan Rana (born 1964), poet, columnist, and lyricist
* Motilal Jotwani (1936-2008), writer and educationist
* Mrityunjay Kumar Singh (born 1961)
* Munishree Nagraj, writer and poet
* Murari Lal Sharma ("Neeras") (born 1936), author, poet and educator

## N

* N. Chandrasekharan Nair, poet, novelist, and dramatist
* Nagarjun (1911–1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
* Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916-1961), professor and poet
* Nand Chaturvedi (1923-2014), poet and littérateur
* Narendra Mohan (poet) (born 1935), poet, author, and playwright
* Naresh Mehta (1922-2000), poet and playwright
* Narottam Das (1550–1605), the writer of 'Sudama Charitra' and contemporary of Tulsidas
* Nathuram Sharma (1859–1932), Hindi poet, known by his pen-name "Mahakavi Shankar"
* Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911–1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
* Neelabh Ashk (1945-2016), poet, journalist, and translator
* Nemi Chandra Jain (1919-2005), poet and critic
* Nirjhar Pratapgarhi, Awadhi and Hindi language poet
* Nirmal Verma (1929-2005), writer, novelist, and translator

## O

* Om Prakash Aditya (1936–2009)

## P

* Pandit Narendra Sharma (1913-1989), poet, writer, and lyricist
* Pankaj Rag (born 1964), poet and IAS officer
* Pawan Karan (born 1964), poet, writer, editor, journalist, columnist, social and political analyst
* Phoolchand Gupta (born 1958), poet, writer and translator
* Prasoon Joshi (born 1971), advertiser, lyricist, and poet
* Prabhakiran Jain (born 1963), poet and writer
* Prabha Thakur (born 1951), poet, writer, composer and Indian politician
* Prem Kishore Patakha (born 1943)

## R

* Raghuvir Sahay (1929-1990), short story writer, poet, and essayist
* Raghuvir Sharan Mitra (1919-1966), writer and poet
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1927-1992), Urdu and Hindi poet and writer, Bollywood lyricist
* Rajesh Joshi (born 1946), writer, poet, journalist, and playwright
* Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (born 1914), scholar, professor, writer and critic of poetry and literature
* Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927), poet, writer, and revolutionary
* Ram Vilas Sharma (1921-2000), academic and writer
* Ramavtar Tyagi (1925-1985), poet
* Rambhadracharya (born 1950), religious leader and educationist.
* Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), poet, essayist and academic
* Ramesh Chandra Jha (1928-1994), poet and writer of ghazals
* Rameshraj Tewarikar (born 1954), scholar and poet
* Ramkumar Verma (1905-1990), poet and publisher of one-act plays
* Raskhan (1548-1628), Sufi poet and later devotee of Krishna
* Ravindra Prabhat (born 1969), writer, poet, editor, critic, journalist and author
* Rustam Singh (born 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor

## S

* Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveler
* Samapt Saral (born 1962)
* Samartha Vashishtha (born 1983)
* Sandeep Nath, poet and Bollywood lyricist
* Saroj Kumari Gaurihar (1929–2022), politician and poet
* Sarvesh Asthana (born 1965), poet, writer, and satirist
* Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1972-1982), poet who helped start the ‘Prayogvaad’ (Experimentalism) era
* Satyapal Anand (born 1931), Indian-American poet, critic, and writer
* Shabab Aalam (born 1984), poet
* Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist), Bollywood lyricist and music composer
* Shail Chaturvedi (1936–2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
* Shailesh Matiyani (1931-2001), poet, writer, and essayist
* Shambhunath Singh (1916-1991), writer, poet
* Shambhu Shikhar (born 1984)
* Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra (1923–1966), poet, lyricist; known for his poetry used in Hindi cinema
* Sharad Joshi
* Sheetal Agashe (born 1977), business woman and former actress
* Shrikant Verma (1931-1986)
* Shrinivási (1926-2019), Surinamese poet
* Sheila Gujral (1924-2011), Hindi, Punjabi, and English poet and writer
* Shiv Prasad Dabral (1912-1999), historian, geographer, academic, and writer, known by his pen name "Charan"
* Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academic
* Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907-1991)
* Shyamlal Gupta (1896-1977), poet and lyricist, popularly known by his pen name "Parshad"
* Sitaram Agrahari (born 1957), journalist and editor
* Sohan Lal Dwivedi (1906-1988), Indian independence activist and poet
* Sonroopa Vishal (born 1977), writer, poet, and author
* Soumitra Mohan (born 1938), poet and exponent of the Akavita (अकविता - anti-poetry) movement
* S.R. Harnot (born 1955)
* Sri Lal Sukla (1925-2011), author and writer
* Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet known for her emotionally charged songs
* Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), poet known for his revolutionary writings and protest-poetry
* Sūdan (1700–1753)
* Suman Pokhrel (born 1967), poet, lyricist, translator, and artist
* Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
* Sunderdas (1596-1689), saint, poet, philosopher, and social reformer
* Sunil Jogi, author and poet of comic verses
* Surender Sharma (born 1945), poet, writer, and humorist
* Surdas (1467–1583), composer and devotional poet
* Suryadev Singh Bareth, advocate and poet
* Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899–1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
* Suryakumar Pandey (born 1954), poet, writer
* Susmita Basu Majumdar, Hindi and Urdu poet

## T

* Tara Singh (born 1952), writer and poet
* Teji Grover (born 1955), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
* Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher

## U

* Uday Prakash (born 1952), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
* Uday Pratap Singh (born 1932), politician
* Urmilesh Shankhdhar (1951-2005), poet, writer, and lyricist

## V

* Verma Malik (1925-2009), poet and Bollywood lyricist
* Viren Dangwal (1947-2015), poet, academic, and journalist
* Virendra Kumar Baranwal (1941-2020), poet and writer
* Vishnu Khare (1940–2018), Hindi journalist, translator and poet
* Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940), poet, editor, and critic
* Vrind (1643–1723), Braj Bhasha poet