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

Academics, science and technology

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  • 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

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  • 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

Visual artists

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  • Ghulam Rasool Santosh, painter
  • Dina Nath Walli, painter

Musicians

  • MC Kash, rapper
  • KRSNA, rapper and actor
  • Kshmr, electronic dance music artist
  • Baabarr Mudacer, rapper
  • Malika Pukhraj, singer
  • Alla Rakha, musician
  • Vibha Saraf, singer
  • Shivkumar Sharma, musician
  • Bhajan Sopori, musician

Medicine

Hakeem Ali Mohammad Unani Physician.

Defence forces

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  • 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, Ashoka Chakra recipient

Film, stage and television people

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  • Anjali Abrol, film actress
  • Raj Singh Arora, television actor
  • Aamir Bashir, actor
  • Praneet Bhat, actor
  • Rahul Bhat, actor
  • Vidhu Vinod Chopra
  • Aditya Dhar, film director and lyricist
  • Sandeepa Dhar, actress
  • Zain Khan Durrani actor, poet
  • Sana Dua, model
  • Aly Goni, television actor
  • Sidhant Gupta, actor
  • Vidyut Jamwal, actor
  • Jeevan, actor
  • Mushtaq Kak, actor and theatre director
  • Sanjay Kak, documentary filmmaker
  • Siddharth Kak, television producer and presenter
  • Ekta Kaul, television actress
  • Kanchi Kaul, actress
  • Sumit Kaul, actor
  • Hina Khan, television 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, television actress
  • Leenesh Mattoo, television actor
  • Wasim Mushtaq, television actor
  • Om Prakash, character actor
  • Abrar Qazi, actor
  • K. K. Raina, actor, director
  • M. K. Raina, actor, theatre director
  • Mohit Raina, actor
  • RJ Rafiq Radio Jockey, EMCEE, 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, television serial actress
  • Mir Sarwar, actor
  • Nitin Sharma, model
  • Shaheer Sheikh, television actor
  • Sunder, actor
  • Sanjay Suri, actor
  • Qazi Touqeer, singer
  • Zaira Wasim, former film actress
  • Rajendranath Zutshi, film actor

Journalism and media

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  • Shujaat Bukhari
  • Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of the 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
  • Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat
  • Asif Sultan, journalist and editor in chief of the Kashmir Narrator
  • Kamran Yousuf, photojournalist
  • Masrat Zahra, freelance photojournalist

Law and justice

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  • 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

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  • Javaid Rahi Researcher, poet and critic
  • Agha Shahid Ali, poet and finalist for National Book Award of United States in 2001
  • Rafiq Anjum, poet, researcher, poet og Gojri and Urdu
  • Rehman Rahi Kashmiri poet, and critic
  • 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

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  • Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Omar Abdullah, current 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
  • Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Member Parliament Sringar, Ex Minster of JK legislative assembly, Ex MLA Budgam
  • 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

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

Royalty

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  • 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

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

Sports

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  • 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
  • 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