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

Salman Akhtar, psychoanalyst
S. P. Chakravarti, father of electronics and telecommunications engineering education in India
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 Padma Shri 1971
Kalbe Sadiq, Islamic scholar and educationist
Abhishek Shukla, geriatrician and palliative care physician
Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force test pilot
Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist

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

Activists

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

Writers, including journalists and poets

Mir Babar Ali Anis, Marsiya writer
Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, Marsiya writer
Iftikhar Arif, poet
Brij Narayan Chakbast, poet
Mirza Dabeer, Marsiya writer
Altaf Fatima, novelist
Muzaffar Ahmad Lari, Urdu write
Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Lucknow historian
Majaz, poet
Josh Malihabadi, poet
Rajesh Talwar, playwright, novelist
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 ; former vice-president of India ; 11th Chief Justice of India
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
R.P. Singh, cricketer

Others

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