# List of people from Lucknow

This is a list of notable people from or associated with the Indian city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

## Academics, education and science

* S. P. Chakravarti, father of electronics and telecommunications engineering education in India
* Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
* Salman Akhtar, psychoanalyst
* Herbert V. Günther, professor of philosophy
* Mukesh Haikerwal, general practitioner and former federal president of the Australian Medical Association, Companion of the Order of Australia since 2011
* Asma Hussain, Uttar Pradesh's first fashion designer; head of the Asma Hussain Institute of Fashion Technology, Lucknow
* Kailas Nath Kaul, botanist and agricultural scientist
* Gopal Khanna, 5th director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States Department of Health and Human Services
* Veena Talwar Oldenburg, professor of history
* Anil K. Rajvanshi, rural development expert Padma Shri 2022.
* Maqbool Ahmed Lari, services in literature and education (Urdu) Padma Shri 1971
* Kalbe Sadiq, Islamic scholar and educationist
* Abhishek Shukla, geriatrician and palliative care physician

## Arts and culture

* Jafar Mir Abdullah, art enthusiast from the royal family of Awadh.
* Jan Nisar Akhtar, poet and lyricist; father of Javed Akhtar
* Muzaffar Ali, filmmaker
* Naushad Ali, film musician
* Amitabh Bhattacharya, Bollywood singer and lyricist
* Nivedita Bhattacharya, theatre and television actress
* Ranveer Brar, chef, television host
* Pali Chandra, Kathak dancer
* Anup Jalota, classical singer and musician
* Cliff Richard, British singer and musician; now settled in Portugal and Barbados
* Mohammad Shakeel, contemporary artist
* Kavi Pradeep, poet and lyricist; known for writing patriotic songs

## Actors and singers

* Deepti Sadhwani, actress
* Disha Patani, actress
* Urfi Javed, actress
* Aahana Kumra, actress
* Talat Mahmood, singer
* Sumona Chakravarti, actress
* Tia Bajpai, singer
* Sachet Tandon, composer, vocalist and lyricist; part of duo Sachet-Parampara
* Ali Fazal, actor
* Amit Mishra, singer
* Kanika Kapoor, singer
* Shantanu Moitra, music composer
* Gayatri Iyer, singer
* Baba Sehgal, singer
* Aditi Sharma, actress
* Kushal Tandon, actor
* Richa Panai, actress
* Zoya Afroz, actress, Miss India
* Anaika Soti, actress
* Nandini Singh, actress
* Amrapali Gupta, actress
* Surendra Pal, actor
* Kumar Gaurav, actor
* Arti Singh, actress
* Gungun Uprari, actress
* Cliff Richard, singer
* Amit Sadh, actor
* Anil Rastogi, actor
* Malini Awasthi, singer
* Roshan Abbas, television anchor
* Javed Akhtar, writer
* Vartika Singh, actress, Miss India

## Activists

* Sehba Hussain, activist, former member of National Advisory Council
* Runa Banerjee, social worker and co-founder of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

## Writers, including journalists snd poets

* Mir Babar Ali Anis, Marsiya writer (poet)
* Chhannu Lal Dilgeer (Ghulam Hussain), Marsiya writer (poet)
* Iftikhar Arif, poet
* Brij Narayan Chakbast, poet
* Mirza Dabeer, Marsiya writer (poet)
* Altaf Fatima, novelist
* Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Lucknow historian
* Majaz, poet
* Josh Malihabadi, poet
* Vinod Mehta, journalist
* Mir Taqi Mir, poet
* Amaresh Misra, historian
* Maulana Hasrat Mohani, poet
* Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Islamic historian
* Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Islamic scholar and writer
* Amritlal Nagar, novelist
* Suryakumar Pandey, poet
* Manikonda Chalapathi Rau, journalist
* Mirza Hadi Ruswa, poet
* Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar, novelist
* K.P. Saxena, poet
* Abdul Halim Sharar, Lucknow historian
* Gaura Pant Shivani, writer
* Sri Lal Sukla. novelist
* Shaukat Siddiqui, novelist
* Pratap Narayan Tandon, novelist
* Srijan Pal Singh, writer and advisor to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
* Ruchita Misra, writer
* Bhagwati Charan Verma, writer
* Yashpal, novelist, freedom fighter
* Mohsin Zaidi, poet
* Masroor Jahan, novelist and short-story writer
* Zameer Akhtar Naqvi poet
* Yogesh Praveen, historian

## Business and professionals

* Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker philanthropist, and convicted felon
* Manoj Bhargava, US-based entrepreneur; founder and CEO of 5-Hour Energy Drink
* Ved Rattan Mohan, MD of Mohan Meakin
* Prashant Pathak, Canadian investor and entrepreneur
* Rajesh Gopinathan, MD and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
* Subrata Roy, businessman; worker director of Sahara India Pariwar, the world's largest employer
* Syed Safawi, entrepreneur

## Military

* FS Hussain, PAF Air Commodore and legendary aerobatic pilot
* John Alexander, soldier
* John Coleman, soldier
* Edward Hilton, soldier
* William Stephen Raikes Hodson, British officer
* Henry Montgomery Lawrence, soldier
* Claude Martin, French major general who fought for the British; established La Martiniere Schools at Lucknow, Lyons and Calcutta
* Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, British general
* Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1st battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles, Param Vir Chakra
* Arthur Skey, Royal Navy rear-admiral
* George Powell Thomas, British soldier, artist and poet

## Politics

* Intezar Abidi, politician
* K. C. Singh Baba, Parliament
* Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
* Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh
* Sandeep Dikshit, Parliament
* Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, Nawab of Oudh
* Chandra Bhanu Gupta, three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* Amir Haider, Senior Congress Leader
* Mohammad Haleem, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
* Mohammad Hidayatullah, former acting President of India (1969–1969); former vice-president of India (1979–1984); 11th Chief Justice of India (1968–1970)
* Sheila Kaul, former Union Cabinet Minister in India
* Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, former Minister of Health
* Marghoob Ahmad Lari, former state minister
* Begum Hazrat Mahal, Queen of Oudh
* Satish Mishra, lawyer
* Brajesh Pathak, politician
* Ashok Kumar Rawat, politician
* Mohammad Yunus Saleem, lawyer
* Sayed, Nawab of Oudh
* Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Oudh
* Shankar Dayal Sharma, former president of India
* Kirti Vardhan Singh, Parliament
* Kaushal Kishore, politician
* Sarvraj Singh, politician
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India
* Anne Warner, Australian politician
* Lalji Tandon, politician
* Sudhanshu Trivedi, politician

## Sports

* Afaq Hussain, cricketer
* Shahid Mahmood, cricketer
* Ravinder Pal Singh, hockey
* Apoorva Sengupta, cricketer
* Rinku Singh, professional wrestler signed with WWE's development territory NXT
* Suresh Raina, cricketer
* Arthur Skey, cricketer

## Others

* Laxmi Singh, first woman police commissioner of U.P.
* Versha Verma, social worker