This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:

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A

  • Aalok Shrivastav (born 1971), poet, lyricist, and journalist
  • Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on astrology
  • Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (1893-1963), novelist, writer, and prose writer
  • Adam Gondvi (1947-2011), poet who wrote about the plight of Dalit
  • Agnishekhar (born 1956) real name Kuldeep Sumbly
  • Agyeya (1911-1987), poet and editor of Tar Saptak
  • A. M. Turaz (born 1974), poet and lyricist
  • Amir Khusrau (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet
  • Arun Gemini (born 1959), writer, poet, and satirist
  • Arun Kamal (born 1954)
  • Asad Zaidi (born 1954), poet, editor, publisher, translator
  • Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951), author and poet
  • Ashok Vajpeyi (born 1941), bureaucrat-poet
  • Atal Bihari Vajpai (1924–2018), author, poet and orator
  • Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay (1865–1947)

B

  • Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen (1897-1960), known by the pen name Naveen
  • Balli Singh Cheema (born 1952), Aam Aadmi Party politician and poet
  • Balswaroop Raahi (born 1936), poet and lyricist
  • Banarsidas (1586–1643), poet, businessman
  • Bhagwan Datt Sharma (born 1935), poet and scholar of post-WWII Hindi and English Poetry
  • Bhai (writer) (1935-2018), Surinamese poet
  • Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
  • Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913–1985), poet and author
  • Bhikhari Das (1721-1799)
  • Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924-2007), Hindi and Urdu poet, writer and satirist
  • Birbal (1528-1586), also known as Raja Birbal, Mughal advisor and poet
  • Bihari Lal (1595–1663), poet, author

C

  • Chand Bardai (1149-1200), court poet known for Prithviraj Raso
  • Chandrakant Devtale (1936-2017)
  • Chirag Jain (1985-) Poet of epic "Purushottam"
  • Choudhari Mulkiram (1910–1954) poet, philosopher and writer

D

  • Dharmveer Bharti (1926–1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
  • Dhirendra Verma (1897–1973), poet and writer
  • Dinesh Bhramar (born 1939), Hindi and Bhojpuri poet
  • Dnyaneshwar Mulay (born 1958), diplomat and poet
  • Durbalnath, Indian saint
  • Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), poet of modern Hindustani

G

  • Gafil Swami (born 1953), poet and journalist
  • Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917-1964)
  • Ganga Prasad Vimal (1939–2019), writer, poet, novelist, and translator
  • Geet Chaturvedi (born 1977), poet, short story author and journalist
  • Ghananand (1673 - 1760), poet of the Reeti Era
  • Girish Tiwari (1945-2010), scriptwriter, lyricist, and poet
  • Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
  • Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), poet, known for his humorous poems
  • Gopaldas Neeraj (born 1924), poet and author
  • Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English
  • Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893-1983), poet and dramatist

H

  • Hari Shankar Sharma (1891–1968), Hindi and Urdu poet
  • Harikrishna Prasad Gupta Agrahari, Hindi and Nepali language poet
  • Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
  • Hasrat Jaipuri (1922 - 1999), Hindi and Urdu poet
  • Hemant Joshi (born 1954), professor, writer, and poet
  • Hemant Shesh (born 1952), writer, poet and civil servant
  • Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552), Braj Bhasha poet-sant and bhakti religious leader
  • Hullad Moradabadi (1942-2014), poet, humorist and satirist

I

  • Ibrahim Ashk (1951-2022), poet and lyricist
  • Imran Pratapgarhi (born 1987), Hindi and Urdu poet, politician
  • Indira Indu
  • Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Chhayavaad writer and poet
  • Irshad Kamil (born 1971), poet and lyricist

J

  • Jacinta Kerketta (born 1983), poet and journalist
  • Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), novelist, playwright, poet
  • Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer) (1932-2015)
  • Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
  • Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
  • Joba Murmu, poet and writer of Santali literature
  • Jwalamukhi (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
  • Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), poet, novelist, short story writer and editor

K

  • Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
  • Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015), poet, writer, and lyricist
  • Kaka Hathrasi (1906–1995), satirist and humorist poet
  • Kamlesh Shukla (Socialist) (1937 – 2015), anti-Emergency poet
  • Kanhaiya Lal Nandan (1933–2010), poet and lyricist
  • Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar
  • Kavi Pradeep (1915–1998), poet and songwriter
  • Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
  • Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), poet, critic and essayist
  • Keshavdas (1555–1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet
  • Kishorilal Goswami (1865–1932), writer and poet
  • Koduram Dalit (1910-1967), Chhattisgarhi and Hindi poet
  • Kripa Shankar Sharma
  • Kripalu Maharaj (1922–2013), spiritual master (Jagadguru) and a poet-saint
  • Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
  • Krishna Kumar Sharma "Betaab" (1922-2001), Indian independence activist and poet
  • Kumar Vikal (1935–1997)
  • Kumar Vishwas (born 1970), poet and professor
  • Kunwar Bechain (1942–2021), professor and poet
  • Kunwar Narayan (1927–2017)

L

  • Lari Azad (born 1959), historian and poet
  • Laxmi Shankar Bajpai (born 1955)
  • Laxminarayan Payodhi (born 1957), poet and researcher
  • Leeladhar Jagudi (born 1940), journalist and poet

M

  • Madan Mohan Malaviya Indian independence activist, educational reformer, and poet
  • Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
  • Mahendra Bhatnagar (1926-2020), post-Independence Hindi and English poet
  • Mahendra Pratap Singh (1930-2022), author, historian, and researcher
  • Mahesh Garg Bedhadak (born 1966), Hindi poet and writer
  • Mamta Kalia (born 1940), author, teacher, and poet
  • Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), poet, politician, dramatist, and translator
  • Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542), Sufi poet and Pir
  • Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
  • Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
  • Mirabai, 16th-century Hindu mystic poet, Bhakti saint, and devotee of Krishna
  • Mohan Rana (born 1964), poet, columnist, and lyricist
  • Motilal Jotwani (1936-2008), writer and educationist
  • Mrityunjay Kumar Singh (born 1961)
  • Munishree Nagraj, writer and poet
  • Murari Lal Sharma ("Neeras") (born 1936), author, poet and educator

N

  • N. Chandrasekharan Nair, poet, novelist, and dramatist
  • Nagarjun (1911–1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
  • Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916-1961), professor and poet
  • Nand Chaturvedi (1923-2014), poet and littérateur
  • Narendra Mohan (poet) (born 1935), poet, author, and playwright
  • Naresh Mehta (1922-2000), poet and playwright
  • Narottam Das (1550–1605), the writer of 'Sudama Charitra' and contemporary of Tulsidas
  • Nathuram Sharma (1859–1932), Hindi poet, known by his pen-name "Mahakavi Shankar"
  • Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911–1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
  • Neelabh Ashk (1945-2016), poet, journalist, and translator
  • Nemi Chandra Jain (1919-2005), poet and critic
  • Nirjhar Pratapgarhi, Awadhi and Hindi language poet
  • Nirmal Verma (1929-2005), writer, novelist, and translator
  • Nivedita Jha, Hindi poet, journalist and women's rights activist

O

  • Om Prakash Aditya (1936–2009)

P

  • Pandit Narendra Sharma (1913-1989), poet, writer, and lyricist
  • Pankaj Rag (born 1964), poet and IAS officer
  • Pawan Karan (born 1964), poet, writer, editor, journalist, columnist, social and political analyst
  • Phoolchand Gupta (born 1958), poet, writer and translator
  • Prasoon Joshi (born 1971), advertiser, lyricist, and poet
  • Prabhakiran Jain (born 1963), poet and writer
  • Prabha Thakur (born 1951), poet, writer, composer and Indian politician
  • Prem Kishore Patakha (born 1943)

R

  • Raghuvir Sahay (1929-1990), short story writer, poet, and essayist
  • Raghuvir Sharan Mitra (1919-1966), writer and poet
  • Rahi Masoom Raza (1927-1992), Urdu and Hindi poet and writer, Bollywood lyricist
  • Rajesh Joshi (born 1946), writer, poet, journalist, and playwright
  • Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (born 1914), scholar, professor, writer and critic of poetry and literature
  • Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927), poet, writer, and revolutionary
  • Ram Vilas Sharma (1921-2000), academic and writer
  • Ramavtar Tyagi (1925-1985), poet
  • Rambhadracharya (born 1950), religious leader and educationist.
  • Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), poet, essayist and academic
  • Ramesh Chandra Jha (1928-1994), poet and writer of ghazals
  • Ramkumar Verma (1905-1990), poet and publisher of one-act plays
  • Raskhan (1548-1628), Sufi poet and later devotee of Krishna
  • Ravindra Prabhat (born 1969), writer, poet, editor, critic, journalist and author
  • Rustam Singh (born 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor

S

  • Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveler
  • Samartha Vashishtha (born 1983)
  • Sandeep Nath, poet and Bollywood lyricist
  • Saroj Kumari Gaurihar (1929–2022), politician and poet
  • Sarvesh Asthana (born 1965), poet, writer, and satirist
  • Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1972-1982), poet who helped start the ‘Prayogvaad’ (Experimentalism) era
  • Satyapal Anand (born 1931), Indian-American poet, critic, and writer
  • Shabab Aalam (born 1984), poet
  • Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist), Bollywood lyricist and music composer
  • Shail Chaturvedi (1936–2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
  • Shailesh Matiyani (1931-2001), poet, writer, and essayist
  • Shambhunath Singh (1916-1991), writer, poet
  • Shambhu Shikhar (born 1984)
  • Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra (1923–1966), poet, lyricist; known for his poetry used in Hindi cinema
  • Sharad Joshi
  • Dnyaneshwar Mulay (born 1958), diplomat and poet
  • Sheetal Agashe (born 1977), business woman and former actress
  • Shrikant Verma (1931-1986)
  • Shrinivási (1926-2019), Surinamese poet
  • Sheila Gujral (1924-2011), Hindi, Punjabi, and English poet and writer
  • Shiv Prasad Dabral (1912-1999), historian, geographer, academic, and writer, known by his pen name "Charan"
  • Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academic
  • Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907-1991)
  • Shyamlal Gupta (1896-1977), poet and lyricist, popularly known by his pen name "Parshad"
  • Sitaram Agrahari (born 1957), journalist and editor
  • Sohan Lal Dwivedi (1906-1988), Indian independence activist and poet
  • Sonroopa Vishal (born 1977), writer, poet, and author
  • Soumitra Mohan (born 1938), poet and exponent of the Akavita (अकविता - anti-poetry) movement
  • S.R. Harnot (born 1955)
  • Sri Lal Sukla (1925-2011), author and writer
  • Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet known for her emotionally charged songs
  • Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), poet known for his revolutionary writings and protest-poetry
  • Sūdan (1700–1753)
  • Suman Pokhrel (born 1967), poet, lyricist, translator, and artist
  • Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
  • Sunderdas (1596-1689), saint, poet, philosopher, and social reformer
  • Sunil Jogi, author and poet of comic verses
  • Surender Sharma (born 1945), poet, writer, and humorist
  • Surdas (1467–1583), composer and devotional poet
  • Suryadev Singh Bareth, advocate and poet
  • Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899–1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
  • Suryakumar Pandey (born 1954), poet, writer
  • Susmita Basu Majumdar, Hindi and Urdu poet

T

  • Tara Singh (born 1952), writer and poet
  • Teji Grover (born 1955), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
  • Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher

U

  • Uday Prakash (born 1952), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
  • Uday Pratap Singh (born 1932), politician
  • Urmilesh Shankhdhar (1951-2005), poet, writer, and lyricist

V

  • Verma Malik (1925-2009), poet and Bollywood lyricist
  • Viren Dangwal (1947-2015), poet, academic, and journalist
  • Virendra Kumar Baranwal (1941-2020), poet and writer
  • Vishnu Khare (1940–2018), Hindi journalist, translator and poet
  • Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940), poet, editor, and critic
  • Vrind (1643–1723), Braj Bhasha poet
  • Vitthalbhai Patel, (1936-2013) poet and Bollywood lyricist
  • Vinay Kumar – psychiatrist and poet

See also

  • List of Hindi-language authors
  • List of Indian poets
  • List of Indian writers