List of Kashmiri people

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

Activists[]

  • Ataullah Shah Bukhari, Indian freedom struggle activist.[1]
  • Amanullah Khan (JKLF) co- founder of JKLF and an activist.
  • Parveena Ahanger, Co-founder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
  • Parvez Imroz, Kashmiri human rights lawyer and a civil rights 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, (1948 – 2004) Kashmiri political activist and founder of London-based World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM),

Administrators, diplomats, bankers and jurists[]

  • Amitabh Mattoo[2] (1962– ), Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, thinker & writer, Padma Shri awardee
  • Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir 1953 to 1964.
  • Birbal Dhar (early 19th century), invited Maharaja Ranjit Singh to Kashmir
  • Braj Kumar Nehru (1909–2001), ambassador of India to the United States (1961–1968) and Governor of Assam (1968–1973)
  • Durga Prasad Dhar (1918–1975), ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, and politician
  • Farah Pandith (1969– ), 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 (1949 born), politician and former CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • 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, (1946-), Former Judge at the Supreme Court of India
  • Masud Choudhary (b.1944)Prominent educator, social reformer and former administrator vice-chancellor.
  • Mehraj Mattoo (1961– ), British Investment Banker, Economist, Harvard Fellow
  • Mirza Pandit Dhar, Kashmiri during the rule of Azim Khan[3]
  • Mohan Lal (1812–1877), diplomat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and writer
  • Neel Kashkari (1973– ), Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in the US Treasury
  • P. K. Kaul (1929-2007), ambassador of India to the United States (1986–1989)
  • Purushottam Narayan Haksar (1913–1998),[4] political strategist
  • Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 1956), Islamic scholar, author and the former Principal of the Government Medical College, Srinagar.
  • Rameshwar Nath Kao (1918–2002), first chief of the Research and Analysis Wing,[5] India's intelligence agency (from 1969–1977)
  • 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 (2009), youth icon, politician
  • Sheikh Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982), Leader of the National Conference, Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India in 1947.
  • T.N. Kaul (1913–2000), ambassador of India to USA (1973–1976),[6] Soviet Union & Iran. Foreign Secretary, Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
  • V. N. Kaul Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2002-2008).
  • Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875–1949), lawyer, political and social leader during the British Raj
  • Triloki Nath Khoshoo (1927–2002), secretary of the Department of Environment in the Indira Gandhi Government, and environmentalist
  • Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990), ambassador of India to the United States (1949–1952), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953), politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru[7]
  • Zafar Choudhary Journalist, author, policy analyst, and practitioner of peace-building.[8][9]
  • Zaffar Iqbal Manhas writer, poet, social activist and Pahari politician hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.

Armed forces[]

Authors and poets[]

  • Abdul Ahad Azad, Kashmiri poet
  • Agha Shahid Ali, (1949-2001) Poet
  • Amin Kamil (1924-2014), Kashmiri poet & short story writer
  • Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Urdu-language Poet, playwright and columnist.
  • Basharat Peer (1977– ), author
  • Bilhana, 11th century poet
  • Chandrakanta (1938– ), novelist and short story writer
  • Dina Nath Walli alias Al-mast Kashmiri (1908–2006), poet as well as renowned water color artist
  • Ghulam Ahmad (1885–1952), poet, better known by the pen name Mahjoor
  • Ghulam Nabi Firaq (1922-), poet, writer and educationist
  • Habba Khatun 16th century poet, known as Zoon (the Moon) because of her immense beauty
  • Hakeem Manzoor (1937–2006) 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 (1969– ), British novelist of Kashmiri descent[10]
  • Javaid Rahi (1970) Tribal researcher of national repute working on tribal Gujjar culture.[11]
  • Khalid Hasan (1935–2009) writer, senior Pakistani journalist and diplomat.
  • Krishna Hutheesing (1907–1967), author, and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Madhosh Balhami, (1966-), poet known for his elegies for dead militants
  • Mahmud Gami (1765–1855), composed a version of the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha
  • Manju Kak, short story writer
  • Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820–1876), lyricist
  • Marghoob Banihali, Kashmiri poet from Banihal, Kashmir.
  • Meeraji (1912–1949) Urdu poet, lived the life of a bohemian and worked only intermittently
  • Mirza Waheed British Novelist born and raised in Kashmir.
  • Momin Khan Momin (1800–1851) poet known for his Urdu ghazals
  • Moti Lal Kemmu (1933– ), playwright
  • Muhammad Din Fauq (1877-1945) writer and first journalist of Kashmir.
  • Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) Muslim poet and philosopher. Commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal
  • Nayantara Sahgal (1927– ), Indo-Anglian writer, novelist
  • Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah.
  • Pamposh Bhat, (1958– ), author and environmentalist.
  • Rasul Mir, also known as the John Keats of Kashmir.
  • Rehman Rahi, Kashmiri poet
  • Rahul Pandita, Kashmiri author and journalist.
  • S.L. Sadhu (1917–), Scholar, Professor, poet, writer, folklorist and Historian
  • Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955), short story writer, member Progressive Writers' Movement
  • Salman Rushdie (1947– ), British-Indian novelist and essayist
  • Santha Rama Rau (1923– ), travel writer
  • Sheikh Showkat Hussain (1954– ), author and political analyst
  • Tanha Ansari (1914 – 1969), poet
  • Zinda Kaul (1884–1965), poet, also known as Masterji
  • Zulfiqar Naqvi Urdu poet and English lecturer, from Mendhar Tehsil, Jammu and Kashmir

Businesspeople and industrialists[]

  • Farooq Kathwari (born 1944), American businessman, CEO of Ethan Allen
  • Jamim Shah Nepali businessman, known as cable king of nepal.

Philosophers and historians[]

  • Abhinavagupta, (ca. 950–1020), one of India's greatest philosophers, mystics and aestheticians
  • Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920–2009), intellectual, archaeologist, historian, linguist
  • Anandavardhana (820–890), philosopher and author of the Dhvanyaloka
  • Bhaskara, writer on the Kashmir Shaivism
  • Bhatta Kallata, a Shaivite thinker
  • Gopi Krishna (1903–1980), writer and mystic
  • Prem Nath Bazaz Kashmiri politician, scholar and author
  • Jonaraja (15th century), historian and poet
  • Kalhana (12th century), historian and author of Rajatarangini
  • Kalidasa (most likely 5CE) classic Sanskrit author
  • Kshemaraja (10th century), philosopher and a disciple of Abhinavagupta
  • Kumarajiva (4th n 5 century CE), Buddhist scholar in China
  • Lalleshwari (1320–1392), saint-poet
  • Prajna Bhatta (16th century), historian
  • Shrivara (15th century), historian
  • Somananda (875–925) a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
  • Subhash Kak (1947– ), writer, philosopher, and computer scientist
  • Utpaladeva, a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
  • Vasugupta (860–925), author of the Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta

Politicians[]

  • Abdul Ghani Lone (1932–2002), 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
  • Asiya Andrabi (1963), Chief Of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Kashmiri separatist leader
  • Baba-e-Poonch Khansahb 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. Founder of Sudhan Educational Conference.
  • Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (1907–1972), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1953–1963)
  • Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah, Politician, wife of Sheikh Abdullah
  • Birbal also Maheshdas Bhat (1528–1586), the Grand Vizier (Wazīr-e Azam) of the Mughal court in the administration of Emperor Akbar
  • Birbal Dhar leader in the Kashmiri resistance to Afghan rule in the early 19th century
  • Deepa Kaul (1944– ), former minister, social worker and human rights defender
  • G. M. Saroori former minister of Jammu and Kashmir for mechanical engineering and Road and building (R&B)
  • G. N. Ratanpuri (1954–), Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from J&K National Conference
  • Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, educator, reformer, a founder of the University of Kashmir
  • Ghulam Mohammad Shah (1920–2009)), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984–1986)
  • Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1964–1965), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1965–1971)
  • Ghulam Nabi Azad (1949– ), former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Hashim Qureshi, (1953–), Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party
  • Hina Pervaiz Butt, Pakistani politician and MLA.
  • Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister of Pakistan
  • Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), first Prime Minister of independent India
  • Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968), freedom fighter, lawyer, participated in INA trials, former governor, chief minister of several Indian states, cabinet minister under Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Khan of Mong
  • Khawaja Muhammad Asif MNA Sailkot PML-N
  • Khawaja Saad Rafique Pakistani Minister of Railways
  • Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1963–1964)
  • Khurshid Hasan Khurshid, First elected President of Azad Kashmir (1924-1988)
  • Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg (d.1982) was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and was the Founder of All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front.
  • Maqbool Butt (1938–1984), co-founder of the JKLF Party
  • Masarat Alam, Separatist leader
  • Maulana Mazhar Ali Azhar (1895–1974) one of founders, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, political figure in the history of Sub-Continent
  • Mehbooba Mufti (1959– ), female politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha. Mirza Mehboob Beg succeeded her and got elected to the 15th Lok Sabha.
  • Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq (d. 1990), chairman of the Aawami Action Committee
  • Mirza Mehboob Beg (1949-), is a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Anantnag and has also been a Cabinet Minister, elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly twice and Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council once.
  • Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan President and Prime minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (1915 – 2003), founder and first President of Azad Kashmir.
  • Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, (1929– ), former governor of Bihar and of Madhya Pradesh, State Railway Minister
  • Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), Indian independence activist, president of the Indian National Congress
  • Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (1936– 2016), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002–2005)
  • Mohammad Yasin, British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament
  • Muzaffar Baig (1946– ), Deputy Chief Minister, Finance Minister, Law Minister, Tourism Minister of Jammu & Kashmir (2002–2008)
  • Nasir Aslam Wani, Provincial President JKNC and former Home Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
  • Nawaz Sharif (1949– ), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed Baron Ahmed (born 24 April 1957) 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 (1973- ), American banker and politician
  • Omar Abdullah (1970– ), former Chief Minister Jammu And Kashmir, member of the 14th Lok Sabha, son of Farooq Abdullah
  • Qurban Hussain (born 27 March 1956 in Kotli, Azad Kashmir) is a British–Pakistani Liberal Democrat politician and life peer.
  • Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991), Prime Minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Ram Chandra Kak (1893–1983), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–47 and an archaeologist
  • Sadiq Ali (1952– ), politician, poet, writer, and environmentalist
  • Saif-ud-din Soz (1937– ), long-time member of the Parliament of India, former Union Minister of Environment & Forests, former Minister of Water Resources, President JKPCC
  • Saifuddin Kitchlew (1888–1963), freedom fighter and politician
  • Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan President and Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
  • Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, Politician
  • Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Politician, Freedom Fighter and Former President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
  • Shabana Mahmood, British Labour Party politician and barrister. Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham.
  • Shabir Shah (1953– ), Founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party. Known as Nelson Mandela of Indian Administered Kashmir
  • Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad Ex Federal Information Minister Pakistan
  • Shehbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Pakistan.
  • Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1948–1953), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1975–1977, 1977–1982)
  • Sheila Kaul (1915– ), 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 (1929– ) 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 (1971–1975)
  • Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) Indian diplomat and politician. Sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Zarah Sultana British Labour Party politician who and the Member of Parliament

Royalty[]

  • Avantivarman, King of Kashmir
  • Didda, Ruler of Kashmir
  • Durlabhaka-Pratapaditya II
  • Durlabhavardhana, founder of Karkota dynasty
  • Khwaja Abdul Ghani and his Dhaka Nawab Family reigned in Dhaka from mid 19th century to mid 20th century
  • Lalitaditya Muktapida, emperor of Kashmir (724–760)
  • Sankaravarman, King of Kashmir

Saints, mystics and philosophers[]

  • Baba Shadi Shaheed, a Sufi Saint and first Chib Rajput convert to Islam
  • Bhagwan Gopinath (1898–1968), a mystic and saint
  • Hamza Makhdoom (c. 1494 – c. 1576), popularly known as Makhdoom Sahib, a Kashmiri Sufi mystic, scholar and spiritual teacher .
  • Lal Ded (1320–1392), a Shaivite saint
  • Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (1830–1907), kashmiri Gujjar a Sufi saint and poet
  • Rupa Bhawani (ca. 1620 – ca. 1720), a mystic from the Saahib clan of Kashmiri Pandits
  • Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali (1377–1440), a saint who belonged to the Rishi order
  • Swami Lakshman Joo (1907–1991), a scholar of Kashmir Shaivism

Scholars and educationists[]

Separatist leaders and militants[]

Sportspeople[]

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 (1928–1985) 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 (1916–1979), actor
  • Emmad Irfani, model/actor
  • Farhan Saeed, actor
  • Ghulam Hassan Sofi (1932–2009) singer and harmonium player
  • Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, proponent of Kashmiri SufiMusic
  • Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, singer and composer
  • Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–1997), painter
  • Hina Khan, television & film actress
  • Ilyas Kashmiri, actor
  • Iqbal Kashmiri, film director
  • Katrina Kaif actress
  • Kshmr Indian American DJ with Kashmiri ethnicity
  • Khalid Abbas Dar, artist
  • Khawaja Khurshid Anwar (1912–1984) filmmaker, writer, director and composer
  • Kiran Kumar, actor
  • Kunal Khemu, actor
  • Leenesh Mattoo, actor
  • Malika Pukhraj (1912–2004), highly popular Ghazal and folk singer in Pakistan
  • Mani Kaul (1950–2011), 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 (1961– ), theatre director
  • Neerja Pandit, singer, Kashmiri Folk Music, Hindi Film & Television Music
  • Omkar Nath Dhar (Jeevan), actor
  • 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 (1985– ), singer in Kashmiri and Hindi languages
  • Raj Begum, singer
  • Raj Zutshi, Bollywood & TV Actor
  • Ratan Parimoo (1936– ), 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 (1954–2020), Kashmiri actor
  • Zayn Malik British musician.

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
  • Moeed Pirzada, Kashmiri-British political commentator, geostrategic analyst and a television news journalist.
  • 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 (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018),veteran Kashmiri journalist and the founding editor of Rising Kashmir
  • Yusuf Jameel Veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.

See also[]

References[]

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