List of Kashmiri people
This is an incomplete list of notable persons of Kashmiri origin. Those who specifically identify as Kashmiri Pandits are shown in List of Kashmiri Pandits.
Activists
- Parveena Ahanger Cofounder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
Administrators, diplomats, bankers and jurists
- Amitabh Mattoo[1] (1962β ), Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, Noted thinker & writer, Padma Shri awardee
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir state 1953 to 1964.
- Birbal Dhar (early 19th century), invited Maharaja Ranjit Singh to Kashmir
- Braj Kumar Nehru (1909β2001), ambassador of India to the United States (1961β1968) and Governor of Assam (1968β1973)
- Durga Prasad Dhar (1918β1975), ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, and politician
- Farah Pandith (1969β ), U.S. State Department Special Representative
- Farooq Abdullah, Former Cabinet Minister and Former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
- M. L. Madan, Veterinarian, Scientist, Administrator. Vice Chancellor (Akola and Mathura Universities); Deputy Director General (DDG)- Animal Sciences, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR); Joint Director, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI). Creator of World's First IVF Buffalo Calf.
- Mehraj Mattoo (1961β ), Global Head, Commerzbank AG, London
- Mirza Pandit Dhar, prominent Kashmiri during the rule of Azim Khan[2]
- Mohan Lal (1812β1877), diplomat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and writer
- Munir Butt (1940β ), former British diplomat
- Neel Kashkari (1973β ), Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury
- Omar Abdullah, Former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
- P. K. Kaul (1929-2007), ambassador of India to the United States (1986β1989)
- Purushottam Narayan Haksar (1913β1998),[3] political strategist
- Rameshwar Nath Kao (1918β2002), first chief of the Research and Analysis Wing,[4] India's intelligence agency (from 1969β1977)
- Sheikh Abdullah (5 December 1905 β 8 September 1982), was the leader of the National Conference, and one of the most important political figures in the modern history of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir after its controversial accession to India in 1947.
- T.N. Kaul (1913β2000), ambassador of India to USA (1973β1976),[5] Soviet Union & Iran. Foreign Secretary, Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
- Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875β1949), lawyer, political and social leader during the British Raj
- Triloki Nath Khoshoo (1927β2002), secretary of the Department of Environment in the Indira Gandhi Government, and environmentalist
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900β1990), ambassador of India to the United States (1949β1952), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953), politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru[6]
Armed forces
- Colonel Anil Kaul, VrC, Indian Army
- Brij Mohan Kaul, commanded the Indian forces in the Sino-Indian War
- Mohammed Amin Naik, Major General in the Indian Army
- Mushaf Ali Mir, Air Chief Marshal (1947β2003) was Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (2000β2003)
- S. K. Kaul (1934β ), Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force, former Chief of Air Staff (India) (1993β1995)
- Tapishwar Narain Raina (1921β1980), Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (1975β1978)
- Tahir Rafique Butt, Air Chief Marshal is the current Chief of the Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force (2012 -)
Authors and poets
- Agha Shahid Ali,(1949-2001) Internationally acclaimed Poet
- Abdul Ahad Azad,prominent Kashmiri poet
- Amin Kamil (1924-2014), Kashmiri poet & short story writer
- Basharat Peer (1977β ), author
- Chandrakanta (1938β ), novelist and short story writer
- Dina Nath Walli alias Al-mast Kashmiri (1908β2006), poet as well as renowned water color artist
- Habba Khatun 16th century poet, known under the name Zoon (the Moon) because of her immense beauty
- Hari Kunzru (1969β ), British novelist of Kashmiri descent[7]
- Khalid Hasan (1935β2009) writer, senior Pakistani journalist and diplomat.
- Krishna Hutheesing (1907β1967), author, and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Manju Kak, short story writer
- Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820β1876), lyricist
- Meeraji (1912β1949) an eminent Urdu poet, lived the life of a bohemian and worked only intermittently
- Mahmud Gami (1765β1855), composed a version of the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha
- Ghulam Ahmad (1885β1952), poet, better known by the pen name Mahjoor
- Momin Khan Momin (1800β1851) Indian poet known for his Urdu ghazals
- Moti Lal Kemmu (1933β ), playwright
- Moti Lal Saqi (1936β1999), poet, writer, folklorist and researcher
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877β1938) famous Muslim poet and philosopher. Commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal
- Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah.
- Nayantara Sahgal (1927β ), Indo-Anglian writer, novelist
- Rehman Rahi, Kashmiri poet
- Rasul Mir, also known as the John Keats of Kashmir.
- Saadat Hasan Manto (1912β1955), famous short story writer, member Progressive Writers' Movement
- Salman Rushdie (1947β ), novelist and essayist
- Santha Rama Rau (1923β ), travel writer
- Sheikh Showkat Hussain (1954β ), author and political analyst
- Shivkumar Sharma (1938β ) Indian Santoor player, Santoor being a folk instrument from Kashmir
- S.L. Sadhu (1917β), Scholar, Professor, poet, writer, folklorist and Historian
- Pamposh Bhat, (1958β ), author and environmentalist
- Zinda Kaul (1884β1965), poet, also known as Masterji
- Hakeem Manzoor (1937β2006) a prominent Urdu writer, poet & administrator. He has written more than 15 books some of his famous books in Urdu are Na Tamaam, Barf Ruton Ki Aag and Lahu Lamas Chinar.
Philosophers and historians
- Abhinavagupta, (ca. 950β1020), one of India's greatest philosophers, mystics and aestheticians
- Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920β2009), intellectual, archaeologist, historian, linguist
- Anandavardhana (820β890), philosopher and author of the Dhvanyaloka
- Bhaskara, notable writer on the Kashmir Shaivism
- Bhatta Kallata, a notable Shaivite thinker
- Gopi Krishna (1903β1980), writer and mystic
- Jonaraja (15th century), historian and poet
- Kalhana (12th century), historian and author of Rajatarangini
- Kumarajiva (4th n 5 century CE), Buddhist scholar in China
- Kshemaraja (10th century), philosopher and a disciple of Abhinavagupta
- Lalleshwari (1320β1392), saint-poet
- Prajna Bhatta (16th century), historian
- Somananda (875β925) a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
- Shrivara (15th century), historian
- Subhash Kak (1947β ), writer, philosopher, and computer scientist
- Utpaladeva, a teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
- Vasugupta (860β925), author of the Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta
Politicians
- Abdul Ghani Lone (1932β2002), 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
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (1907β1972), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1953β1963)
- Asiya Andrabi (1963), Chief Of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Prominent among Kashmiri separatist leaders
- Masarat Alam, Separatist leader
- Birbal also Maheshdas Bhat (1528β1586), was the Grand Vizier (WazΔ«r-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 (1944β ), former minister, social worker and human rights defender
- Farooq Abdullah (1936β ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1982β1984, 1986β1990, 1996β2002), son of Sheikh Abdullah.
- Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, educator, reformer, a founder of the University of Kashmir
- Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1964β1965), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1965β1971)
- Ghulam Mohammad Shah (1920β2009)), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984β1986)
- Ghulam Nabi Azad (1949β ), former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- G. N. Ratanpuri (1954β), Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from J&K National Conference
- Hashim Qureshi, (1953β), Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party
- Indira Gandhi (1917β1984), Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889β1964), first Prime Minister of independent India
- Khawaja Saad Rafique Pakistani Minister of Railways
- Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922β1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1963β1964)
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif MNA Sailkot PML-N
- Kailash Nath Katju (1887β1968), freedom fighter, Prominent lawyer, participated in INA trials, former governor, chief minister of several Indian states, cabinet minister under Jawaharlal Nehru
- Maulana Mazhar Ali Azhar (1895β1974) one of founders, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, political figure in the history of Sub-Continent
- Mehbooba Mufti (1959β ), female politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha
- Maqbool Butt (1938β1984), co-founder of the JKLF Party
- Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq (d. 1990), chairman of the Aawami Action Committee
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, (1929β ), former governor of Bihar and of Madhya Pradesh, State Railway Minister
- Motilal Nehru (1861β1931), Indian independence activist, president of the Indian National Congress
- Muhammad Farooq Rehmani (1938β), Chairman of the Peoples Freedom League, former Convener of the Hurriyat Conference
- Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (1936β 2016), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002β2005)
- Muzaffar Baig (1946β ), Deputy Chief Minister, Finance Minister, Law Minister, Tourism Minister of Jammu & Kashmir (2002β2008)
- Nawaz Sharif (1949β ), incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Neel Kashkari (1973- ), American banker and politician
- Omar Abdullah (1970β ), former Chief Minister Jammu And Kashmir, member of the 14th Lok Sabha, son of Farooq Abdullah
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944β1991), Prime Minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Ram Chandra Kak (1893β1983), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945β47 and an eminent archaeologist
- Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mostafavi Moosavi Khomeini (1902β1989 ) First Supreme Leader of Iran, His grandfather was from Kashmir
- Saif-ud-din Soz (1937β ), long-time member of the Parliament of India, former Union Minister of Environment & Forests, former Minister of Water Resources, President JKPCC
- Saifuddin Kitchlew (1888β1963), freedom fighter and politician
- Sadiq Ali (1952β ), politician, poet, writer, and environmentalist
- Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister of Pakistan
- Shehbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Pakistan.
- Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad Ex Federal Information Minister Pakistan
- Shabir Shah (1953β ), Founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party. Known as Nelson Mandela of Indian Administered Kashmir
- Syed Mir Qasim, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971β1975)
- Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929β ) Prominent figure in Jammu & Kashmir, Member Jamait-e-Islami, Founder and Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat J&K, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference
- Sheila Kaul (1915β ), former Indian governor and cabinet minister, social reformer, and educationist
- Sheikh Abdullah (1905β1982), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1948β1953), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1975β1977, 1977β1982)
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900β1990) Indian diplomat and politician.
- Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah, Politician, wife of Sheikh Abdullah.
Royalty
- Khwaja Abdul Ghani and his Dhaka Nawab Family reigned in Dhaka from mid 19th century to mid 20th century
- Lalitaditya Muktapida, emperor of Kashmir from the Kayastha clan (724β760)
Saints, mystics and philosophers
- Bhagwan Gopinath (1898β1968), a mystic and saint
- Lal Ded (1320β1392), a Shaivite saint
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (1830β1907), a Sufi saint and poet
- Rupa Bhawani (ca. 1620 β ca. 1720), a mystic from the Saahib clan of Kashmiri Pandits
- Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali (1377β1440), a famous saint who belonged to the Rishi order
- Swami Lakshman Joo (1907β1991), a scholar of Kashmir Shaivism
Scholars and educationists
- Sa'id al-Afghani (1911β1997), half-Kashmiri half-Syrian professor of Arabic
- Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920β2009), Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and prolific linguist
- PataΓ±jali, compiler of the Yoga SΕ«tras, an important collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice
- Kailas Nath Kaul (1905β1983), Indian botanist, agricultural scientist, agronomist, and educationist
- Samsar Chand Kaul (1883-1977), teacher, author and ornithologist of Kashmir
- Braj Kachru (1932β ), researcher in English linguistics
- Omkar N. Koul (1941β ), researcher in linguistics, language education, communication, and comparative literature
- Ravinder Kumar (1933β2001), historian
- Jaishree Odin, post-modern literary theorist, professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawaii
- Giridhari Lal Pandit, historian of science, professor of philosophy
- Lalita Pandit, poet, professor of English at the University of WisconsinβLa Crosse
- Muneeb Faiq, Clinical Researcher, Medical Philosopher and an expert in Glaucoma and Diabetes working at All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Idrees ul haq[8][9] (1988β ), Electrical engineer, young innovator, Social worker, Educationist.
- Balajinnatha Pandita (1916β2007), Sanskrit scholar, expert on Kashmir Shaivism
- Hakeem Ali Mohammad (1906β1987), Unani Medicine scholar, physician expert on Unani Medicine
- Sat Lal Razdan (1924-2009),Teacher known for his innovative way of teaching and known for teaching notable people like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Prince Charles[10]
- Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah.
Athletes
- Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer
- Munir Dar (field hockey)
- Salman Butt former Pakistan test captain
- Vivek Razdan (1967β ), member of the Indian Cricket Team
- Asif Dar, boxer
- Mehrajuddin Wadoo (1984β ), member of the Indian national football team and East Bengal FC
- Munir Dar, Member of Pakistan National hockey Team
- Aleem Dar, International cricket empire
- The Great Gama, famous wrestler
- Haroon Rasheed Dar (1953β ), former Pakistani cricketer, remained manager Pakistan Cricket team, credited for discovery of Waqar Younis and Shahid Afridi
- Nida Dar, Pakistani cricketer
- Sana Mir (1986β ), female Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan women's team
- Abid Nabi (1985- ), once regarded as fastest bowler in India
- Parvez Rasool (1989 -) is first Kashmiri cricketer to play for India National Cricket team, India A and for Sahara Pune Pune Warriors and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League
Visual and performing artists
- Abid Kashmiri, actor
- Abhay Sopori, Indian Santoor player, composer & musician
- Anupam Kher (1955 -), actor
- Anwar Shemza (1928β1985) artist and writer in Pakistan, later in UK. Published Urdu novels and books of poetry, wrote plays performed on Radio Pakistan
- Bansi Kaul (1949 β ), theater director
- Bhajan Sopori, Indian Santoor player, awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 2004
- Ghulam Hassan Sofi (1932β2009) singer and harmonium player of traditional music of Kashmir
- Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, proponent of Kashmiri Sufi Music
- Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, singer and composer
- Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929β1997), painter
- Hina Khan (1986β ), actress
- Omkar Nath Dhar (Jeevan), actor
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar (1912β1984) filmmaker, writer, director and music composer who gained extreme popularity both in India and Pakistan
- Kiran Kumar, actor
- Sandeepa Dhar, actor
- Kunal Khemu, actor
- Mani Kaul (1950β2011), Indian Film Maker,[11] winner of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
- Manohar Kaul (1925β ), painter
- Muzammil Ibrahim (1984β ), model, actor
- Mushtaq Kak (1961β ), theater director
- Malika Pukhraj (1912β2004), highly popular Ghazal and folk singer in Pakistan
- Mekaal Hasan (1972β ) prominent Pakistani musician and record producer, leader and composer for Mekaal Hasan Band
- Mohit Raina, Indian actor
- MC Kash Kashmiri hip hop artist
- Mohit Suri (1981β ) Indian film director, most known for his films Kalyug (2005) and Awarapan (2007)
- Nanabhai Bhatt (1915β1999) film director and producer of Bollywood and Gujarati cinema, well known for fantasy and mythological films
- Neerja Pandit, singer, Kashmiri Folk Music, Hindi Film & Television Music
- Pran Kishore, Kashmiri drama writer
- Pushkar Bhan, Padamashree, a radio actor & drama writer
- Raj Begum, singer, awarded the Padma Shri in 2002
- Raj Zutshi, Indian Bollywood & TV Actor[12]
- Ratan Parimoo (1936β ), art historian, and painter
- Khalid Abbas Dar, artist
- Samina Peerzada (1955β ) Pakistani television & film actress, director
- Soni Razdan Indian TV actor and director, Bollywood actress[13]
- Qazi Touqeer (1985β ), singer in Kashmiri and Hindi languages; Fame Gurukul Finalist
- Vic Sarin (1945β), is an Indian-born Canadian/American film director, producer and screenwriter.
- D.K. Sapru (1916β1979), actor
- Priti Sapru, actor
- Alla Rakha, actor
- Aamir Bashir, actor[14]
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