# List of people from Jammu and Kashmir

This is the list of notable people from Jammu and Kashmir.

## Academics, science and technology

* G. M. Bhat, geologist and professor
* Tirath Das Dogra former director, AIIMS, New Delhi, 2007-9, Forensic expert
* Ved Kumari Ghai, Padma Shri and Nari Shakti Puraskar recipient, Sanskrit Scholar and social worker
* Lalit Gupta, art historian
* Subhash Kak, American computer scientist
* Vijay Mahajan, American marketing professor from Jammu
* Amitabh Mattoo, thinker and professor
* Anusha Shah, civil engineer
* Vishwamurti Shastri, Sanskrit scholar
* Sudhir Kumar Sopory former Vice Chancellor JNU Delhi
* Sonam Wangchuk, engineer, innovator and education reformist

## Administration and police

* Masud Choudhary, ex IPS officer
* Shah Faesal, first IAS topper from Kashmir
* V. N. Kaul, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Padma Bhushan
* Abdul Rashid Khan, IPS, Ex Inspector General of Police and Member State Human Rights Commission.
* Farooq Khan, ex IPS, politician, advisor
* Kewal Kumar Sharma,ex IAS officer and advisor to Governor
* Shesh Paul Vaid, IPS officer

## Visual artists

* Ghulam Rasool Santosh, painter
* Dina Nath Walli, painter

## Musicians

* MC Kash, rapper
* KRSNA, rapper and actor
* Kshmr, electronic dance music artist
* Baabarr Mudacer, rapper
* Malika Pukhraj, singer
* Alla Rakha, musician
* Vibha Saraf, singer
* Shivkumar Sharma, musician
* Bhajan Sopori, musician

## Medicine

Dr. Mohammad S. Khuroo discovered hepatitis E in 1978.

## Defence forces

* Ajay Singh Jasrotia, Sena Medal recipient, Kargil War
* Chewang Rinchen, double MVC recipient
* Bana Singh, PVC recipient
* General Bikram Singh, ex Chief of Army Staff
* Rajinder Singh, first MVC recipient
* Nirmal Chander Vij, ex Chief of Army Staff
* Nazir Ahmad Wani, first Ashoka Chakra recipient

## Film, stage and television people

* Anjali Abrol, film actress
* Raj Singh Arora, television actor
* Aamir Bashir, actor
* Praneet Bhat, actor
* Rahul Bhat, actor
* Vidhu Vinod Chopra
* Aditya Dhar, film director and lyricist
* Sandeepa Dhar, actress
* Zain Khan Durrani actor, poet
* Sana Dua, model
* Aly Goni, television actor
* Sidhant Gupta, actor
* Vidyut Jamwal, actor
* Jeevan, actor
* Mushtaq Kak, actor and theatre director
* Sanjay Kak, documentary filmmaker
* Siddharth Kak, television producer and presenter
* Ekta Kaul, television actress
* Kanchi Kaul, actress
* Sumit Kaul, actor
* Hina Khan, television actress
* Mohammed Iqbal Khan, actor
* Mushtaq Khan actor, writer, producer
* Kunal Khemu, actor
* Anupam Kher, actor
* Kiran Kumar, actor
* Raaj Kumar, film actor
* Reyhna Malhotra, television actress
* Leenesh Mattoo, television actor
* Wasim Mushtaq, television actor
* Om Prakash, character actor
* Abrar Qazi, actor
* K. K. Raina, actor, director
* M. K. Raina, actor, theatre director
* Mohit Raina, actor
* Priya Raina, actor, singer, voice artist
* Mukesh Rishi, actor
* Vineet Raina, actor
* K. L. Saigal, singer and actor
* Tej Sapru, actor
* Mir Sarwar, actor, former model
* Loveleen Kaur Sasan, television serial actress
* Mir Sarwar, actor
* Nitin Sharma, model
* Shaheer Sheikh, television actor
* Sunder, actor
* Sanjay Suri, actor
* Qazi Touqeer, singer
* Zaira Wasim, former film actress
* Rajendranath Zutshi, film actor

## Journalism and media

* Shujaat Bukhari
* Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of the Kashmir Observer
* Yusuf Jameel, veteran Kashmiri journalist, known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict
* Altaf Qadri, photojournalist working with the Associated Press
* Nidhi Razdan, newscaster
* Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat
* Asif Sultan, journalist and editor in chief of the Kashmir Narrator
* Kamran Yousuf, photojournalist
* Masrat Zahra, freelance photojournalist

## Law and justice

* Adarsh Sein Anand, ex Chief Justice of India
* Parvez Imroz, human rights activist and lawyer
* Mehr Chand Mahajan, ex Chief Justice of India
* Bilal Nazki, ex Chief Justice of Orissa and Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Bihar
* T. S. Thakur, ex Chief Justice of India

## Literature

* Agha Shahid Ali, poet and finalist for National Book Award of United States in 2001
* Rafiq Anjum, poet, researcher, poet and critic of Prof. Rahman Rahi
* Bashir Bhadarwahi, writer, educationist, poet
* Moti Lal Kemmu, Kashmiri writer and social worker
* Habba Khatun, 16th-century poet, known as "Nightingale of Kashmir"
* Lalleshwari, poet-saint
* Hakeem Manzoor, writer, poet
* Farooq Nazki, poet, broadcaster and media personality
* Basharat Peer, author and scriptwriter
* Padma Sachdev, poet, novelist, first modern women poet of Dogri language
* Ali Mohammad Shahbaz, writer, poet
* Deen Bandhu Sharma, writer
* Nilamber Dev Sharma, first publication in English about Dogri literature
* Ram Nath Shastri, known as "Father of Dogri" as he brought Dogri language at national level, Dogri poet
* Jitendra Udhampuri, writer

## Politics

* Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Sheikh Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
* Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Mirza Afzal Beg (d.1982) was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Surinder Kumar Choudhary, is the Current and first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir UT
* Mirza Mehboob Beg (1949-), politician. He is Former Member of Parliament from Anantnag
* Altaf Bukhari, former Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Abdul Rashid Dar Chairman of J&K Legislative Council and MLA, MLC
* Prem Nath Dogra, founder of Praja Parishad Party
* Shah Faesal, Independent politician, founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement.
* Peer Mohammed Hussain, former Minister of State and co founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
* Sakina Itoo, former Social Welfare And Tourism Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Wali Mohammad Itoo, former Speaker of J&K Legislative Assembly
* Mohammad Aslam Kohli, political leader
* Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Syed Mir Qasim, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* G. M. Saroori, former MLA
* Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. and former Home Minister of India
* Sunil Sharma, former MLA
* Karan Singh, ex Sadar-e-Raiyasat
* Firdous Tak, former MLC

## Religion

* Banda Singh Bahadur
* Alhaj Ghulam Qadir Ganipuri
* Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi
* Showkat Ahmed Shah
* Mohammad Anwar Shopiani
* Faizul Waheed

## Royalty

* Zayn al-Abidin the Great, Sultan
* Ghazi Shah Chak, Sultan
* Yousuf Shah Chak, Sultan
* Habba Khatoon, Queen Consort
* Shah Mir, Sultan
* Sikandar Shah Miri, Sultan
* Gulab Singh, Maharaja
* Hari Singh, Maharaja
* Karan Singh, Maharaja
* Pratap Singh, Maharaja
* Ranbir Singh, Maharaja

## Social activists

* Parveena Ahanger, cofounder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
* Rehmatullah Padder, environmental activist
* Mushtaq Pahalgami, social activist, environmentalist

## Sports

* Ishfaq Ahmed, Indian football team
* Danish Farooq Bhat, Indian footballer plays as midfielder for real Kashmir team
* Manzoor Dar, Indian cricketer
* Gul Dev, Winter Olympian
* Zahid Hussain, Indian sport shooter
* Nadeem Iqbal, Winter Olympian
* Ranveer Jamwal, mountaineer, climbed Everest 3 times, has climbed the highest peaks of all 7 continents
* Shubham Khajuria, cricketer
* Arif Khan, Winter Olympian
* Umran Malik, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
* Mithun Manhas, Indian Premier League player
* Aadil Manzoor Peer, international ice stock sport athlete, web developer
* Samay Raina, chess player, YouTuber, streamer
* Iqra Rasool, Indian cricketer
* Parvez Rasool, first J&K cricketer to represent India in International cricket
* Rasikh Salam, Indian Premier League player
* Abdul Samad, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
* Mohammad Sarfaraz, international ice stock sport athlete
* Chain Singh, J&K's first Olympian, Asian Games 2014 Bronze Medal winner in shooting
* Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Indian Football team

## Other

* Faizan Arif, J&K's first recognized independent weatherman, columnist, and founder of Kashmir Weather.