List of Kashmiri people
This is an incomplete list of notable persons of Kashmiri origin.
Contents
- 1 Administrators and diplomats
- 2 Armed forces
- 3 Kings and royals
- 4 Artists
- 5 Authors and poets
- 6 Economists
- 7 Journalists
- 8 Jurists
- 9 Performing artists
- 10 Philosophers and historians
- 11 Politicians and prominent lawyers
- 12 Saints
- 13 Scholars
- 14 Singers and Musicians
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Administrators and diplomats
- Munir Butt (1940- ), former British diplomat
- Birbal Dhar (early 19th century), invited Maharaja Ranjit Singh to Kashmir
- Durga Prasad Dhar (1918-1975), ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, and politician
- Mirza Pandit Dhar, prominent Kashmiri during the rule of Azim Khan
- O.N. Dhar, former Commissioner of Tourism of Jammu and Kashmir, journalist
- P. N. Dhar, aide to Indira Gandhi, economist
- Purushottam Narayan Haksar (1913-1998), political strategist
- Rameshwar Nath Kao (1918-2002), first chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s intelligence agency (from 1969-1977)
- P. K. Kaul, ambassador of India to the United States from (1986-1989)
- Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Triloki Nath Khoshoo (1927-2002), secretary of the Department of Environment in the Indira Gandhi Government, and environmentalist
- Mohan Lal (1812-1877), diplomat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and writer
- Braj Kumar Nehru (1909-2001), Governor of Assam (1968-1973), and ambassador of India to the United States from (1961-1968)
- 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
- Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875-1949), lawyer, political and social leader during the British Raj
Armed forces
- Kapil Kak, Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force
- Brij Mohan Kaul, commanded the Indian forces in the Sino-Indian War
- S. K. Kaul (1934- ), Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force, former Chief of Air Staff (India) (1993-1995]]
- Aziz Khan (1947- ), General in the Pakistan Army, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Tapishwar Narain Raina (1921-1980), Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (1975-1978)
Kings and royals
- Raja Sukh Jivan, king of Kashmir (1754-1762)
- Lalitaditya Muktapida, emperor of Kashmir (724-760)
- Maharaja Hari Singh (1895-1961), the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
- Karan Singh (1931- ), son of Maharaja Hari Singh, diplomat, and politician
- Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin, ruler of Kashmir (1423-1474), known as Badshah, i.e., the great king
Artists
- Sajad H Hamdani
- Manohar Kaul (1925- ), painter
- Kuldeep Khosa (1940- ), painter
- Ratan Parimoo (1936- ), art historian, and painter
- Dina Nath Walli, painter
- Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929-1997), painter
Authors and poets
- Ghulam Ahmad (1885-1952), poet, better known by the pen name Mahjoor
- Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001), poet
- Chandrakanta (1938- ), novelist and short story writer
- Mahmud Gami (1765-1855), composed a version of the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha
- Krishna Hutheesing (1907-1967), author, and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Manju Kak, short story writer
- Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820-1876), lyricist
- Hari Kunzru (1969- ), British novelist of Kashmiri descent
- Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955), short story writer
- Santha Rama Rau (1923- ), travel writer
- Salman Rushdie (1947- ), novelist and essayist
- Nayantara Sahgal (1927- ), Indo-Anglian writer, novelist
- Jaspreet Singh, novelist and playwright
- Mir Hassan Haseen Subla, poet
Economists
- Haseeb Drabu, economist
Journalists
- Salim Lone, Kenyan journalist of Kashmiri descent
Jurists
- Nasim Hasan Shah (1929- ), former Chief Justice of Pakistan
Performing artists
- Mushtaq Kak (1961- ), theatre director
Philosophers and historians
- Abhinavagupta, (ca. 950-1020), philosopher, mystic and aesthetician
- Anandavardhana (820-890), philosopher and author of the Dhvanyaloka
- Bhaskara
- Prajna Bhatta (16th century), historian
- Jonaraja (15th century), historian
- Subhash Kak (1947- ), writer, philosopher, and computer scientist
- Kalhana (12th century), historian and author of Rajatarangini
- Bhatta Kallata, a notable Shaivite thinker
- Gopi Krishna (1903-1980), writer and mystic
- Kshemaraja (10th century), philosopher
- Lalleshwari (1320-1392), saint-poetess and a mystic of the Kashmiri Shaivite sect
- Shrivara (15th century), historian
- Somananda (875-925) a teacher of Kashmiri Shaivism
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal, poet, philosopher, and politician
- Utpaladeva, a teacher of Kashmiri Shaivism
- Vasugupta (860-925), author of the Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta
Politicians and prominent lawyers
- Farooq Abdullah (1936- ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1982-1984, 1986-1990, 1996-2002), son of Sheikh Abdullah
- Omar Abdullah (1970- ), member of the 14th Lok Sabha, son of Farooq Abdullah, grandson of Sheikh Abdullah
- Sheikh Abdullah (1905-1982)), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1948-1953), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1975-1977, 1977-1982)
- Sadiq Ali (1952- ), politician, poet, writer, and environmentalist
- Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991), Prime Minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929- ), separatist leader, important member of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference
- Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, educator, reformer, a founder of the University of Kashmir
- Ram Chandra Kak (1893-1983), archaeologist and politician
- Kailash Nath Katju (1887-1968), freedom fighter, a prominent lawyer who participated in the INA trials, former governor and chief minister of several Indian states, cabinet minister under Jawaharlal Nehru
- Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (1934- ), politician, former prime minster and former president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- Yasin Malik, leader of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (Yasin Malik)
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (1907-1972), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1953-1963)
- Mehbooba Mufti (1959- ), female politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), first Prime Minister of India
- Motilal Nehru (1861-1931), Indian independence activist, a president of the Indian National Congress political party
- Ghulam Hassan Pinglana, politician
- Syed Mir Qasim, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971-1975)
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1929- ), former governor of Bihar and of Madhya Pradesh, State Railway Minister
- Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1964-1965), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1965-1971)
- Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (1936- ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002-2005)
- Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922-1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1963-1964)
Saints
- Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali (1377-1440), a poet and great social reformer
Scholars
- Muhammed Amin Andrabi (1940-2001), scholar of Urdu literature, literary criticism, comparative religion and Islamic philosophy, professor at the University of Kashmir
- Omkar N. Koul, researcher in linguistics, language education, communication, and comparative literature
- Balajinnatha Pandita (1916-2007), Sanskrit scholar, expert on Kashmir Shaivism, professor of Sanskrit and philosophy at Himachal Pradesh University
- Braj Kachru (ca. 1932- ), researcher in English linguistics
- Ravinder Kumar (1933-2001), historian
- Sayyid Syeed, former president of the Islamic Society of North America
- Giridhari Lal Pandit, historian of science, professor of philosophy
- Lalita Pandit, poet, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse at La Crosse
- Jaishree Odin, post-modern literary theorist, professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawaii
- Shaikh Ghulam Ahmad (1923-2003)
Singers and Musicians
- Raj Begum
- Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
- Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, singer and composer
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