List of Kashmiri people

This is an incomplete list of notable persons of Kashmiri origin.

Activists

Ataullah Shah Bukhari, Indian freedom struggle activist.
Parveena Ahanger, co-founder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
Parvez Imroz, Kashmiri human rights lawyer and a civil rights activist.
Mohammad Subhan Hajam, Kashmiri barber, social activist
Mushtaq Pahalgami, Social Activist, Environmentalist, President Himalayan Welfare Organization, Pahalgam
Khurram Parvez, Kashmiri human rights activist.
Sanaullah Amritsari, Indian freedom struggle activist and co-founder of Jamia Millia Islamia
Shehla Rashid, Political and civil rights activist.
Ayub Thakur, Kashmiri political activist and founder of London-based World Kashmir Freedom Movement.

Administrators, diplomats, bankers and jurists

Amitabh Mattoo, Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, thinker & writer, Padma Shri awardee
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir 1953 to 1964.
Baseer Ahmad Khan, Advisor to Governor and Former Divisional Commissioner Kashmir.
Birbal Dhar, invited Maharaja Ranjit Singh to Kashmir
Braj Kumar Nehru, ambassador of India to the United States and Governor of Assam
Durga Prasad Dhar, ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, and politician
Farah Pandith, U.S. State Department Special Representative
Farooq Abdullah, former Cabinet Minister and Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Farooq Khan, ex IPS, credited with creating JKP SOG.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, politician and former CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
Haidar Malik, Kashmiri administrator of the Mughals
Haji Gokool Meah, industrialist and businessman in Trinidad and Tobago
M. L. Madan, Veterinarian, Scientist, Administrator.
Masood Khan, Career Diplomat and President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
[Markandey Katju,, Former Judge at the Supreme Court of India
Masud Choudhary, Prominent educator, social reformer and former administrator vice-chancellor.
Mehraj Mattoo, British Investment Banker, Economist, Harvard Fellow
Mirza Pandit Dhar, Kashmiri during the rule of Azim Khan
Mohan Lal, diplomat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and writer
Neel Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in the US Treasury
P. K. Kaul, ambassador of India to the United States
Purushottam Narayan Haksar, political strategist
Rafiq Ahmad Pampori, Islamic scholar, author and the former Principal of the Government Medical College, Srinagar.
Rameshwar Nath Kao, first chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's intelligence agency
Sameera Fazili, Kashmiri American attorney and community development finance expert who is a deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Biden administration.
Shah Faesal IAS topper, youth icon, politician
Sheikh Abdullah, Leader of the National Conference, Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India in 1947.
T.N. Kaul, ambassador of India to USA, Soviet Union & Iran. Foreign Secretary, Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
V. N. Kaul Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Tej Bahadur Sapru, lawyer, political and social leader during the British Raj
Triloki Nath Khoshoo, secretary of the Department of Environment in the Indira Gandhi Government, and environmentalist
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, ambassador of India to the United States, President of the United Nations General Assembly, politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
Zafar Choudhary Journalist, author, policy analyst, and practitioner of peace-building.
Zaffar Iqbal Manhas writer, poet, social activist and Pahari politician hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.

Armed forces

Brij Mohan Kaul, commanded the Indian forces in the Sino-Indian War
Colonel Anil Kaul, VrC, Indian Army
Mahendra Nath Mulla
Mohammed Amin Naik, Major General Indian Army
Mushaf Ali Mir, Air Chief Marshal Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force
S. K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force, former Chief of Air Staff
Tahir Rafique Butt, Air Chief Marshal is the current Chief of the Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force
Tapishwar Narain Raina, Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

Authors and poets

[Abdul Ahad Azad, Kashmiri poet
Agha Shahid Ali, Poet
Amin Kamil, Kashmiri poet & short story writer
Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Urdu-language Poet, playwright and columnist.
Basharat Peer, author
Bhamaha Poet of kavyalankara
Bilhana, 11th century poet
Chandrakanta, novelist and short story writer
Dina Nath Walli alias Al-mast Kashmiri, poet as well as renowned water color artist
Fazil Kashmiri poet and lyricist, involved in Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu and particularly in Kashmiri literature
Gani Kashmiri, 17th-century Persian-language poet
Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor, poet, better known by the pen name Mahjoor
Ghulam Nabi Firaq, poet, writer and educationist
Habba Khatun 16th century poet, known as Zoon because of her immense beauty
Haidar Malik Kashmiri administrator of the Mughals, known for writing Tarikh-i-Kashmir
Hakeem Manzoor an Urdu writer, poet & administrator. He has written more than 15 books including Na Tamaam, Barf Ruton Ki Aag and Lahu Lamas Chinar.
Hanifa Deen, Australian writer winner of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Affairs Commission Award of 1996.
Hari Kunzru, British novelist of Kashmiri descent
Javaid Rahi Tribal researcher of national repute working on tribal Gujjar culture.
Khalid Bashir Ahmad Writer and poet
Khalid Hasan writer, senior Pakistani journalist and diplomat.
Krishna Hutheesing, author, and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
Madhosh Balhami,, poet known for his elegies for dead militants
Mahmud Gami, composed a version of the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha
Manju Kak, short story writer
Maqbool Shah Kralawari, lyricist
Marghoob Banihali, Kashmiri poet from Banihal, Kashmir.
Meeraji Urdu poet, lived the life of a bohemian and worked only intermittently
Mirza Waheed British Novelist born and raised in Kashmir.
Mohi ud-Din Miskin, poet and writer, wrote a history of Kashmir 'Tarikh-i-Kabir'
Mohiuddin Hajni writer, critic, political activist and teacher.
Momin Khan Momin poet known for his Urdu ghazals
Moti Lal Kemmu, playwright
Muhammad Din Fauq writer and first journalist of Kashmir.
Muhammad Iqbal Muslim poet and philosopher. Commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal
Mullah Nadiri Kashmiri poet of Persian-language, known for writing Tarikh-i-Kashmir
Naseem Shafaie, Kashmiri-language poet.
Nayantara Sahgal, Indo-Anglian writer, novelist
Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah.
Pamposh Bhat,, author and environmentalist.
Predhuman K Joseph Dhar, author, social worker and a writer
Rahul Pandita, Kashmiri author and journalist.
Rasul Mir, also known as the John Keats of Kashmir.
Rehman Rahi, Kashmiri poet
Rudrata poet
S.L. Sadhu, Scholar, Professor, poet, writer, folklorist and Historian
Saadat Hasan Manto, short story writer, member Progressive Writers' Movement
Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist and essayist
Santha Rama Rau, travel writer
Sheikh Showkat Hussain, author and political analyst
Tanha Ansari, poet
Vishnu Sharma author of panchtantra
Zareef Ahmad Zareef, poet, writer, social activist and environmentalist, best known for his satirical poetry and efforts to highlight various social and political problems.
Zinda Kaul, poet, also known as Masterji
Zulfiqar Naqvi Urdu poet and English lecturer, from Mendhar Tehsil, Jammu and Kashmir

Businesspeople and industrialists

Farooq Kathwari, American businessman, CEO of Ethan Allen
Gokool, Trinidadian and Tobagonian industrialist, philanthropist, and cinema magnate
Jamim Shah, Nepali businessman, known as Cable King of Nepal

Philosophers and historians

Abhinavagupta,, Kashmiri philosopher, mystic and aesthetician
Ahmad Hasan Dani, intellectual, archaeologist, historian, linguist
Anandavardhana, philosopher and author of the Dhvanyaloka
Bhaskara, writer on the Kashmir Shaivism
Bhatta Kallata, a Shaivite thinker
Gopi Krishna, writer and mystic
Prem Nath Bazaz Kashmiri politician, scholar and author
Jonaraja, historian and poet
Kalhana, historian and author of Rajatarangini
Kalidasa classic Sanskrit author
Kshemaraja, philosopher and a disciple of Abhinavagupta
Kumarajiva, Buddhist scholar in China
Lalleshwari, saint-poet
Prajna Bhatta, historian
Shrivara, historian
Somananda a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
Subhash Kak, writer, philosopher, and computer scientist
Utpaladeva, a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
Vasugupta, author of the ''Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta''

Politicians

Abdul Ghani Lone, lawyer, politician and founder of the People's Conference
Abid Hassan Minto Pakistani lawyer and politician
Agha Shorish Kashmiri scholar, writer, debater, and leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, figure of the freedom movement of undivided India
Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Indian politician, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Asiya Andrabi, Chief Of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Kashmiri separatist leader
Attique Ahmed Khan President and Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah, Politician, wife of Sheikh Abdullah
Birbal Dhar leader in the Kashmiri resistance to Afghan rule in the early 19th century
Birbal also Maheshdas Bhat, the Grand Vizier of the Mughal court in the administration of Emperor Akbar
Deepa Kaul, former minister, social worker and human rights defender
Firdous Tak, former Member of Legislative Council
G. M. Saroori former minister of Jammu and Kashmir for mechanical engineering and Road and building
G. N. Ratanpuri, Member of Parliament from J&K National Conference
Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, educator, reformer, a founder of the University of Kashmir
Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Mohammad Shah ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Hashim Qureshi,, Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party
Hina Pervaiz Butt, Pakistani politician and MLA.
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister of Pakistan
Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of independent India
Kailash Nath Katju, freedom fighter, lawyer, participated in INA trials, former governor, chief minister of several Indian states, cabinet minister under Jawaharlal Nehru
Khalid Ibrahim Khan, Politician
Col. Khan Muhammad Khan, member of the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly from 1934 to 1946. Chairman War Council of Azad Jammu & Kashmir in 1947 and then member Defence Council.
Khan Muhammad Khan of Mong
Khawaja Asif MNA Sailkot PML-N
Khawaja Saad Rafique Pakistani Minister of Railways
Khurshid Hasan Khurshid, First elected President of Azad Kashmir
Khwaja Shams-ud-Din, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Kiran Imran Dar, MNA of National Assembly of Pakistan
Maqbool Bhat, co-founder of the JKLF Party
Masarat Alam Bhat, Separatist leader
Mazhar Ali Azhar one of founders, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, political figure in the history of Sub-Continent
Mehbooba Mufti, female politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha. Mirza Mehboob Beg succeeded her and got elected to the 15th Lok Sabha.
Mirza Afzal Beg was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and was the Founder of All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front.
Mirza Mehboob Beg, former Lok Sabha member for Anantnag and Cabinet Minister in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly twice and Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council once.
Mohammad Farooq Shah, Mirwaiz of Kashmir, chairman of the Aawami Action Committee
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi,, former governor of Bihar and of Madhya Pradesh, State Railway Minister
Mohammad Yasin, British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament
Motilal Nehru, Indian independence activist, president of the Indian National Congress
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan President and Prime minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Muhammad Yusuf Shah, politician, Mirwaiz of Kashmir, twice President of Azad Kashmir.
Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Deputy Chief Minister, Finance Minister, Law Minister, Tourism Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
Nasir Aslam Wani, Provincial President JKNC and former Home Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed is a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. He was created a life peer on the recommendation of Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998.
Neel Kashkari, American banker and politician
Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister Jammu And Kashmir, member of the 14th Lok Sabha, son of Farooq Abdullah
Peer Mohammed Hussain, former Minister of State Jammu and Kashmir and founding member of Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party.
Qurban Hussain is a British–Pakistani Liberal Democrat politician and life peer.
Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru
Ram Chandra Kak, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–47 and an archaeologist
Sadiq Ali, politician, poet, writer, and environmentalist
Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and politician
Saifuddin Soz, long-time member of the Parliament of India, former Union Minister of Environment & Forests, former Minister of Water Resources, President JKPCC
Sakina Itoo, former minister of social welfare and tourism department.
Sardar Ibrahim Khan,, founder and first President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Shabana Mahmood, British Labour Party politician and barrister. Member of Parliament for Birmingham.
Shabir Shah, Founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party. Known as Nelson Mandela of Indian Administered Kashmir
Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Sheikh Abdullah, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Ex Federal Information Minister Pakistan
Sheila Kaul, former Indian governor and cabinet minister, social reformer, and educationist
Sher Ahmed Khan, Guerrilla fighter and also served as the President of Azad Kashmir
Syed Ali Shah Geelani Member Jamait-e-Islami, Founder and Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat J&K, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference
Syed Mir Qasim, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Usman Dar, politician of PTI from Sialkote
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Indian diplomat and politician. Sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
Zarah Sultana British Labour Party politician who and the Member of Parliament

Royalty

Alauddin Shah, 4th Sultan of Kashmir
Ali Shah Chak, 21st Sultan of Kashmir
Ali Shah Miri, 8th Sultan of Kashmir
Avantivarman, King of Kashmir
Didda, Ruler of Kashmir
Durlabhaka-Pratapaditya II
Durlabhavardhana, founder of Karkota dynasty
Fateh Shah Miri, 13th Sultan of Kashmir
Ghazi Shah Chak, founder of Chak Dynasty, 19th Sultan of Kashmir
Habba Khatoon, Queen Consort of Kashmir
Haider Shah Miri, 10th Sultan of Kashmir
Husain Shah Chak, 20th Sultan of Kashmir
Jamshid Shah Miri, 3rd Sultan of Kashmir
Kota Rani, was the last ruler of the Hindu Lohara dynasty
Lalitaditya Muktapida, emperor of Kashmir
Lohar Khan, 24th Sultan of Kashmir
Muhammad Shah Mir, 12th Sultan of Kashmir, had five separate reigns from 1484 to 1537
Qutbu'd-Din Shah, 6th Sultan of Kashmir
Sankaravarman, King of Kashmir
Sayyid Mubarak, 23rd Sultan of Kashmir
Shah Mir, founder of Shah Mir Dynasty
Shihabu'd-Din Shah, 5th Sultan of Kashmir
Sikandar Shah Miri, 7th Sultan of Kashmir
Taj Khatoon, Empress consort as wife of Zayn al-Abidin the Great
Yakub Shah Chak, 25th Sultan of Kashmir
Yousuf Shah Chak, 22nd Sultan of Kashmir
Zayn al-Abidin the Great, 9th Sultan of Kashmir

Saints, mystics and philosophers

Baba Shadi Shaheed, a Sufi Saint
Bhagwan Gopinath, a mystic and saint
Bhai Almast, a Udasi mystic and saint
Bhai Balu Hasna, a Udasi mystic and saint
Bhatta Kallata, Shaivite scholar
Hamza Makhdoom, a Sufi mystic, scholar and spiritual teacher
Haneef ud-Din, Sufi of Rishi order
Kashyapa, one of the Saptarishis
Khawaja Habibullah Nowshehri, a Sufi poet, famously known by the pen name 'Hubbi'
Lal Ded, a Shaivite saint
Lala Aragami, Sufi poet and spiritual teacher
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, a Sufi saint and poet
Naseeb ud-Din, Sufi poet and writer of Suhrawardiyya order
Rahim Sopori, Sufi saint and poet of Qadiriyyah order
Resh Mir Sàeb, venerated saint of Rishi order
Rupa Bhawani, a mystic and saint
Samad Mir, Sufi poet
Shamas Faqir, 19th-century Sufi poet, mystic of the Qadiriyya Sufi order
Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint who belonged to the Rishi order
Somananda, Shaivite mystic and saint
Swami Lakshman Joo, a scholar of Kashmir Shaivism
Wahab Khar, Sufi poet and saint
Yaqub Sarfi, a Muslim polymath

Scholars and educationists

Ahmad Hasan Dani, Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and prolific linguist
Aga Syed Yousuf, was a Kashmiri religious scholar and leader of Shia Muslims. He founded the influential Anjuman-e-Sharie organization.
Ali Mohammad Jan, popularly known as Dr. Ali Jan, was a Kashmiri physician renowned for his exceptional diagnostic skills and compassionate patient care.
Balajinnatha Pandita, Sanskrit scholar, expert on Kashmir Shaivism
Braj Kachru, researcher in English linguistics
Charaka medicinal science scholar
Hakeem Ali Mohammad, Unani Medicine scholar, physician expert on Unani Medicine
Ismat Beg mathematician, known for his work on Multiple-criteria decision analysis, and fixed point (mathematics).
Jaishree Odin, post-modern literary theorist, professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawaii
Kailas Nath Kaul, botanist, agricultural scientist, agronomist, and educationist
Khalil Al-Qari, Sheikh of the Imams of the two holy Mosques, known for founding the modern Quranic renaissance and pioneering the Hijazi school in reciting the Quran
Mohammad Yousuf Taing, a researcher, scholar, critic, writer, politician and historian, also biographer of Sheikh Abdullah.
Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah.
Nazir Ahmad Qasmi, Grand Mufti of the Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah in Kashmir.
Omkar N. Koul, researcher in linguistics, language education, communication, and comparative literature
Patañjali, compiler of the Yoga Sūtras, a collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice
Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi, Islamic scholar and founder of Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah
Ravinder Kumar, historian
Salman Rushdie - Fiction writer and academic
Samsar Chand Kaul, teacher, author and ornithologist of Kashmir
Sushruta medical science
Vatesvara scholar of trigonometry
Vijay Vaishnavi - Researcher and scholar in the computer information systems field

Separatist leaders and militants

Afzal Guru, convict in 2001 Delhi parliament attack
Amanullah Khan (JKLF) co- founder of JKLF
Ashfaq Majeed Wani
Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, Pro-Pakistan militant leader
Ashraf Sehrai Former Chairman of Hurrirat Conference
Asiya Andrabi
Burhan Wani, former commander and militant of Hizbul Mujahideen
Farooq Ahmed Dar, former militant and current chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Masarat Alam
Maqbool Bhat, co-founder of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Spiritual leaders of Kashmiri people and chairman of Hurriyat conference.
Mukhtar Ahmed Waza, Executive Member of Hurriyat Conference
Abdul Gani Lone, Kashmiri separatist leader.
Mohammad Abbas Ansari, a Kashmiri separatist, ex-chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference
Muhammad Ahsan Dar, founder and ex Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen
Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Sayeed Salahudeen, the head of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, pro-Pakistan Kashmiri separatist militant organisation operating in Kashmir.
Yasin Malik, president of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Zakir Rashid Bhat, commander of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind

Sportspeople

Abid Nabi,, once regarded as fastest bowler in India
Amjad Khan, Kashmiri-born-American former cricketer.
Aadil Manzoor Peer, International ice stock sport Athlete.
Adil Rashid, English Cricketer
Adil Nabi, Footballer
Afaq Raheem, a first-class cricketer
Aleem Dar, International cricket Umpire
Amad Butt, Pakistani Cricketer
Asif Dar, boxer
Awais Zia, Pakistani Cricketer.
Haroon Rasheed Dar, former Pakistani cricketer.
Ikram Butt first Muslim and South Asian to play rugby for England.
Imran Arif Pakistani-born English first-class cricketer
Imtiaz Abbasi Pakistani born Emirati international cricketer
Inam Butt Wrestler, gold medalist for Pakistan at Commonwealth Games 2010 and 2018
Iqra Rasool, cricketer
Mehrajuddin Wadoo, member of the India national football team and East Bengal FC
Moeen Ali English Cricketer
Munir Dar, Member of Pakistan National hockey Team
Nauman Anwar Pakistani Cricketer
Nida Dar, Pakistani cricketer
Nooh Dastgir Butt, weightlifter, Gold medalist for Pakistan at Commonwealth Games 2022
Parvez Rasool first Kashmiri cricketer to play for India national cricket team
Salman Butt former Pakistan test captain
Sana Mir, female Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan women's team
Sikandar Raza Pakistani-Zimbabwean Cricketer
Suresh Raina, cricketer
Tabarak Dar Pakistani-born cricketer who played for Hong Kong
The Great Gama, wrestler
Umran Malik Indian cricketer
Usman Khawaja, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
Usama Mir Pakistani cricketer
Vivek Razdan, member of the Indian Cricket Team
Yahya Butt, Pakistani bodybuilder, 3 times Gold Medallist at Mr. Asia bodybuilding championship]

Visual and performing artists

Aamir Bashir, actor
Abhay Sopori, Santoor player, composer & musician
Abid Kashmiri, actor
Aditya Dhar, director
Ahad Raza Mir, Pakistani actor
Ali Azmat, Musician
Alia Bhatt, actress, singer, producer & entrepreneur
Alla Rakha, actor
Angira Dhar, actress
Anupam Kher, actor
Anwar Shemza artist and writer in Pakistan, later in UK. Published Urdu novels, poetry and plays
Asrar (musician), singer-songwriter
Asif Raza Mir, Pakistani actor
Bansi Kaul, theater director
Bhajan Sopori, Santoor player
D.K. Sapru, actor
Emmad Irfani, model/actor
Farhan Saeed, actor
Ghulam Hassan Sofi singer and harmonium player
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, proponent of Kashmiri SufiMusic
Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, singer and composer
Ghulam Rasool Santosh, painter
Hina Khan, television & film actress
Ilyas Kashmiri, actor
Iqbal Kashmiri, film director
Iqbal Khan, actor
Katrina Kaif actress
Kshmr Indian American DJ with Kashmiri ethnicity
Khalid Abbas Dar, artist
Khawaja Khurshid Anwar filmmaker, writer, director and composer
Kiran Kumar, actor
Kunal Khemu, actor
Leenesh Mattoo, actor
Malika Pukhraj, highly popular Ghazal and folk singer in Pakistan
Mani Kaul, Film Maker
Manohar Kaul, painter
MC Kash Kashmiri hip hop artist
Mekaal Hasan, Pakistani musician and record producer, leader and composer for Mekaal Hasan Band
Mir Sarwar, Bollywood actor
Mohit Raina, actor
Mohit Suri, film director
Muhammad Younis Butt Pakistani screenwriter
Muneeb Butt, Pakistani actor
Mushtaq Kak, theatre director
Omkar Nath Dhar, actor
Jaan Nissar Lone, Bollywood Composer, director & singer
Osman Khalid Butt, actor
Pran Kishore, Kashmiri drama writer
Priya Raina, actor, singer, voice artist
Priti Sapru, actor
Pushkar Bhan, Padamashree, a radio actor & drama writer
Qazi Touqeer, singer in Kashmiri and Hindi languages
Raj Begum, singer
Raj Zutshi, Bollywood & TV Actor
Ratan Parimoo, art historian and painter
Reyhna Malhotra, actress
Samina Peerzada, Pakistani television and film actress, director
Sandeepa Dhar, actor
Sanjay Suri, actor
Śārṅgadeva 13th century, Musicologist, also known as Father of Indian Music
Shaheer Sheikh, actor from Bhaderwah, Doda District of J&K
Soni Razdan TV actor and director
Shadi Lal Koul, Kashmiri actor
Vibha Saraf Singer

Journalists

Aamir Peerzada, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Aarti Tikoo Singh, assistant editor in The Times of India, conflict and international affairs writer and former reporter
Altaf Qadri, Photojournalist working with the Associated Press
Gharida Farooqi, television host and anchorperson.
Hamid Mir, award-winning journalist, columnist and an author.
Kamran Yousuf, Freelance Kashmiri photojournalist
Nidhi Razdan, award-winning television journalist.
Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat.
Masrat Zahra, freelance Kashmiri photojournalist.
Rahul Pandita, Kashmiri author and journalist.
Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of Kashmir Observer.
Shujaat Bukhari, veteran Kashmiri journalist and the founding editor of Rising Kashmir
Yusuf Jameel Veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.

Other

Atiqullah Shah, acting Mirwaiz during 1950s, former President of Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam
Faizan Arif, J&K's first recognized independent weatherman, columnist, and founder of Kashmir Weather.