List of Urdu language poets

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Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. As far as possible in the list below, the takhallus, or nom de plume, is mentioned in italics after the name.

[edit] Chronologically

[edit] 1200

• Amir Khusro (1253-1325)

[edit] 1500

• Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611)

[edit] 1600

• Wali Mohammed Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707)
• Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)

[edit] 1700

• Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
• Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
• Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
• Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830)
• Bahadur Shah, "Zafar" (1775–1862)
• Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
• Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
• Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1796–1869)

[edit] 1800

• Hakim Mumin Khan Mumin, Mumin (1801–1852)
• Amir Meenai (1826–1900)
• Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlawi, Daagh (1831–1905)
• Altaf Husain Hali (1837–1914)
• Syed Akbar Hussain Akbar Allahabadi, Akbar Allahabadi (1846–1921)
• Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), (1896-1982)
• Hasrat Mohani, Syed Tafazzul Husain Hasrat (1875–1952)
• Allama Shibli Nomani
• Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Iqbal (1877–1938)
• Tilok Chand 'Mahrum' (1885–1966)
• Jigar Moradabadi, Jigar (1890–1960)
• Meher Baba, Huma (1894–1969)
• Josh Malihabadi, Josh (1898–1982)

[edit] 1900

• Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)

[edit] 1910

• Krishan Chander (1914-1977)
• Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
• Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
• Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
• Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
• Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
• Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
• Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
• Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
• Jagannath Azad (1918–2004)
• Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
• Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
• Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
• Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916-2004)

[edit] 1920

• Shabnam Romani,Shabnam Romani(1927)
• Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, Tapish Gopalpuri (1927–2002)
• Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
• Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
• Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
• Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
• Habib Jalib (1928-1993)
• Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
• Hakim Akhtar (born 1928)
• Sayyid Sajjad Rizavi (1929–1999)
• Sahir Hashmi Adeeb, Kanpuri,Sahir Hashmi(1929-1999)

[edit] 1930

• Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
• Jon Elia (1931–2003)
• Mustafa Rahi (1931–1986)
• Ahmed Faraz, Faraz (born 1931)
• Zafar Iqbal (born 1932)
• Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
• Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
• Saeed Ahmad Akhtar (born 1933)
• Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
• Murtaza Birlas (born 1934)
• Aftab Iqbal Shamim (born 1936)
• Zaka Siddiqi (1937–2003)
• Maajed Siddiqui (born 1938)
• Barq Kadapavi (1938–2005)
• Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)

[edit] 1940

• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941-2001)
• Iftikhar Arif (born 1943)
• Javed Akhtar (born 1945)
• Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
• Afzal Ahmed Syed (born 1946)
• Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (born 1948)
• Fehmida Riaz (born 1948)

[edit] 1950

• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
• Parveen Shakir (1953–1995)
• Noon Meem Danish (born 1958)

[edit] 1960

• Raghupati Sahay "Firaq" First Jnanpith Awardee in Urdu
• Rehman Hafeez, 1967

[edit] Other major poets are

• Abbas Rizvi
• Waheed Ahmed
• Bashir Badr
• Gulzar
• Waseem Barelwi
• Munnawar Rana
• Rahat Indori
• Shahid Anjum