List of people from Jammu and Kashmir

This is the list of notable people from Jammu and Kashmir.

Academics, science and technology

• G. M. Bhat, geologist and professor
• Tirath Das Dogra former director, AIIMS, New Delhi, 2007-9, Forensic expert
• Ved Kumari Ghai, Padma Shri and Nari Shakti Puraskar recipient, Sanskrit Scholar and social worker
• Lalit Gupta, art historian
• Subhash Kak, American computer scientist
• Vijay Mahajan, American marketing professor from Jammu
• Amitabh Mattoo, thinker and professor
• Anusha Shah, civil engineer
• Vishwamurti Shastri, Sanskrit scholar
• Sudhir Kumar Sopory former Vice Chancellor JNU Delhi
• Sonam Wangchuk, engineer, innovator and education reformist

Administration and police

• Masud Choudhary, ex IPS officer
• Shah Faesal, first IAS topper from Kashmir
• V. N. Kaul, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Padma Bhushan
• Abdul Rashid Khan, IPS, Ex Inspector General of Police and Member State Human Rights Commission.
• Farooq Khan, ex IPS, politician, advisor
• Kewal Kumar Sharma,ex IAS officer and advisor to Governor
• Shesh Paul Vaid, IPS officer

Artists

• Aamir Bashir, actor
• Rahul Bhat, actor
• MC Kash, rapper and singer
• KRSNA, rapper and actor
• Kshmr, EDM artist
• Vidyut Jamwal, actor
• Baabarr Mudacer, singer and rapper
• Malika Pukhraj, singer
• Alla Rakha, musician
• Ghulam Rasool Santosh, painter
• Vibha Saraf, singer & musician
• Mir Sarwar, actor
• Kanish Sharma, music director and singer
• Shivkumar Sharma, musician
• Bhajan Sopori, musician
• Dina Nath Walli, painter

Defence forces

• Ajay Singh Jasrotia, Sena Medal recipient, Kargil War
• Chewang Rinchen, double MVC recipient
• Bana Singh, PVC recipient
• General Bikram Singh, ex Chief of Army Staff
• Rajinder Singh, first MVC recipient
• Nirmal Chander Vij, ex Chief of Army Staff
• Nazir Ahmad Wani, first Ashoka Chakra recipient

Films and television

• Anjali Abrol, film actress
• Raj Singh Arora, TV actor
• Praneet Bhat, actor
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra
• Aditya Dhar, film director & lyricist
• Sandeepa Dhar, actress
• Zain Khan Durrani actor, poet
• Sana Dua, model
• Aly Goni, TV actor
• Sidhant Gupta, actor
• Jeevan, actor
• Mushtaq Kak, actor and theatre director
• Sanjay Kak, documentary film maker
• Siddharth Kak, television producer and presenter
• Ekta Kaul, TV actress
• Kanchi Kaul, actress
• Sumit Kaul, actor
• Hina Khan, TV actress
• Mohammed Iqbal Khan, actor
• Mushtaq Khan actor, writer, producer
• Kunal Khemu, actor
• Anupam Kher, actor
• Kiran Kumar, actor
• Raaj Kumar, film actor
• Reyhna Malhotra, TV actress
• Leenesh Mattoo, TV actor
• Wasim Mushtaq, TV actor
• Om Prakash, character actor
• Abrar Qazi, actor
• K. K. Raina, actor, director
• M. K. Raina, actor, theatre director
• Mohit Raina, actor
• Priya Raina, actor, singer, voice artist
• Mukesh Rishi, actor
• Vineet Raina, actor
• K. L. Saigal, singer and actor
• Tej Sapru, actor
• Mir Sarwar, actor, former model
• Loveleen Kaur Sasan, TV serial actress
• Kanish Sharma, music director
• Nitin Sharma, model
• Shaheer Sheikh, TV actor
• Sunder, actor
• Sanjay Suri, actor
• Qazi Touqeer, singer
• Zaira Wasim, former film actress
• Rajendranath Zutshi, film actor

Journalism & media

• Shujaat Bukhari
• Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of Kashmir Observer
• Yusuf Jameel, veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.
• Altaf Qadri, photojournalist working with the Associated Press.
• Nidhi Razdan, newscaster
• Fahad Shah, journalist, founder and editor of The Kashmir Walla.
• Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat.
• Asif Sultan, journalist and editor in chief of Kashmir Narrator
• Kamran Yousuf, photojournalist
• Masrat Zahra, freelance photojournalist.

Law and justice

• Adarsh Sein Anand, ex Chief Justice of India
• Parvez Imroz, human rights activist and lawyer
• Mehr Chand Mahajan, ex Chief Justice of India
• Bilal Nazki, ex Chief Justice of Orissa and Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Bihar
• T. S. Thakur, ex Chief Justice of India

Literature

• Agha Shahid Ali, poet and finalist for National Book Award of United States in 2001
• Rafiq Anjum, poet, researcher, poet and critic of Prof. Rahman Rahi
• Bashir Bhadarwahi, writer, educationist, poet
• Moti Lal Kemmu, Kashmiri writer and social worker
• Habba Khatun, 16th-century poet, known as "Nightingale of Kashmir"
• Lalleshwari, poet-saint
• Hakeem Manzoor, writer, poet
• Farooq Nazki, poet, broadcaster and media personality
• Basharat Peer, author and scriptwriter
• Padma Sachdev, poet, novelist, first modern women poet of Dogri language
• Ali Mohammad Shahbaz, writer, poet
• Deen Bandhu Sharma, writer
• Nilamber Dev Sharma, first publication in English about Dogri literature
• Ram Nath Shastri, known as "Father of Dogri" as he brought Dogri language at national level, Dogri poet
• Jitendra Udhampuri, writer

Politics

• Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Sheikh Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Mirza Afzal Beg (d.1982) was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Surinder Kumar Choudhary, is the Current and first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir UT
• Mirza Mehboob Beg (1949-), politician. He is Former Member of Parliament from Anantnag
• Altaf Bukhari, former Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Abdul Rashid Dar Chairman of J&K Legislative Council and MLA, MLC
• Prem Nath Dogra, founder of Praja Parishad Party
• Shah Faesal, Independent politician, founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement.
• Peer Mohammed Hussain, former Minister of State and co founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
• Sakina Itoo, former Social Welfare And Tourism Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Wali Mohammad Itoo, former Speaker of J&K Legislative Assembly
• Mohammad Aslam Kohli, political leader
• Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Syed Mir Qasim, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• G. M. Saroori, former MLA
• Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. and former Home Minister of India
• Sunil Sharma, former MLA
• Karan Singh, ex Sadar-e-Raiyasat
• Firdous Tak, former MLC

Religion

• Banda Singh Bahadur
• Alhaj Ghulam Qadir Ganipuri
• Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi
• Showkat Ahmed Shah
• Mohammad Anwar Shopiani
• Faizul Waheed

Royalty

• Zayn al-Abidin the Great, Sultan
• Ghazi Shah Chak, Sultan
• Yousuf Shah Chak, Sultan
• Habba Khatoon, Queen Consort
• Shah Mir, Sultan
• Sikandar Shah Miri, Sultan
• Gulab Singh, Maharaja
• Hari Singh, Maharaja
• Karan Singh, Maharaja
• Pratap Singh, Maharaja
• Ranbir Singh, Maharaja

Social activists

• Parveena Ahanger, cofounder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
• Rehmatullah Padder, environmental activist
• Mushtaq Pahalgami, social activist, environmentalist

Sports

• Ishfaq Ahmed, Indian football team
• Danish Farooq Bhat, Indian footballer plays as midfielder for real Kashmir team
• Manzoor Dar, Indian cricketer
• Gul Dev, Winter Olympian
• Zahid Hussain, Indian sport shooter
• Nadeem Iqbal, Winter Olympian
• Ranveer Jamwal, mountaineer, climbed Everest 3 times, has climbed the highest peaks of all 7 continents
• Shubham Khajuria, cricketer
• Arif Khan, Winter Olympian
• Umran Malik, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Mithun Manhas, Indian Premier League player
• Aadil Manzoor Peer, international ice stock sport athlete, web developer
• Samay Raina, chess player, YouTuber, streamer
• Iqra Rasool, Indian cricketer
• Parvez Rasool, first J&K cricketer to represent India in International cricket
• Rasikh Salam, Indian Premier League player
• Abdul Samad, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Mohammad Sarfaraz, international ice stock sport athlete
• Chain Singh, J&K's first Olympian, Asian Games 2014 Bronze Medal winner in shooting
• Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Indian Football team

Other

• Faizan Arif, J&K's first recognized independent weatherman, columnist, and founder of Kashmir Weather.

See also

• List of Kashmiri people
• List of Indians by state