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Notable people from or associated with Lucknow, India
This is a list of notable people from or associated with
Lucknow ,
India .
Academics, education and science
S. P. Chakravarti , father of
Electronics and Telecommunications engineering education in India.
Dalip Kumar Upreti , Indian 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 , UP's first fashion designer; Head of 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 , educationist
Abhishek Shukla , geriatrician and palliative care physician
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Arts and culture
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 , Indian 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. Famous for writing patriotic songs
Actors and singers
Disha Patani , actress
Urfi Javed , actress
Aahana Kumra , actress
Talat Mahmood , singer
Sumona Chakravarti , actress
Tia Bajpai , singer
Sachet Tandon , part of the Indian music composer, vocalist and lyricist 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 , TV anchor
Javed Akhtar , writer
Vartika Singh , actress, Miss India
Activists
Poets, authors and journalists
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 and author
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
Srijan Pal Singh , author and advisor to
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Ruchita Misra , author
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 and author
Business and professionals
Military
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 , A British soldier, artist and poet.
Politics
Intezar Abidi , politician
K. C. Singh Baba , Parliament
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna former Chief Minister of UP
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 times Chief Minister of UP.
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
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 , Indian Politician
Sarvraj Singh , politician
Atal Bihari Vajpayee , former Prime Minister of India
Anne Warner , Australian politician
Lalji Tandon , Indian politician
Sudhanshu Trivedi , Indian politician
Sports
Others
References