List of people from Jammu and Kashmir
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This is an alphabetically arranged list of famous and notable people from Jammu and Kashmir, India. This includes persons who were or are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well known during the peak of their popularity.
Royalty
- Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
- Ranbir Singh Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
- Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
- Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
- Karan Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
Academics and science
- Subhash Kak, American computer scientist.
- Amitabh Mattoo, Global Thinker and Professor
- Idrees ul haq, Young Innovator of Jammu and Kashmir
Arts
- MC Kash, rapper and singer
- Allah Rakha, musician
- Bhajan Sopori, musician
- Dina Nath Walli, painter
- Ghulam Rasool Santosh, painter
- Malika Pukhraj, singer
- Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, musician
Defence forces
- Bana Singh, PVC recipient
- Rajinder Singh, First MVC recipient
- Chewang Rinchen, Double MVC recipient
- Nirmal Chander Vij, Ex Chief Of Army Staff
- Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh Warrior and Martyr
Law and justice
- Adarsh Sein Anand, Ex Chief Justice of India
- Mehr Chand Mahajan, First chief justice of independent India
- Parvez Imroz, human rights activist and lawyer
- T.S. Thakur, incumbent Chief Justice of India
Literature
- Agha Shahid Ali, Poet and Finalist for National book Award of United States in 2001
- Basharat Peer, Author and Scriptwriter
- Deen Bandhu Sharma, writer
- Dr Rafiq Anjum, poet researcher
- Habba Khatun, 16th-century poetess
- Javaid Rahi, writer, activist
- Lalleshwari, poet-saint
- Muneeb Faiq, Writer, clinical researcher, medical philosopher
- Padma Sachdev poet, novelist
- Hakeem Manzoor writer, poet
- Moti Lal Kemmu Kashmiri writer and social worker
Politics
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Ex.Chief Minister
- Karan Singh, Ex Sadar-e-Raiyasat
- Farooq Abdullah, Former Cabinet Minister and Former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
- Ghulam Nabi Azad, Former Cabinet Minister and Former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
- Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
- Shamma Jain, Ambassador of India
- Sheikh Abdullah, Former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
Social Activists
- Mushtaq Pahalgami, social activist, environmentalist
Comptrollers
- V. N. Kaul, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Padma Bhushan
Films and television
- Jeevan, actor
- Sidhant Gupta, actor
- Iqbal Khan, actor
- KL Saigal, singer and actor
- Manju Kak, writer and film maker
- Mohit Raina, actor
- Vineet Raina, actor
- Mukesh Rishi, actor
- Vidyut Jamwal, actor
- Ekta Kaul, TV actress
- Hina Khan. TV actress
- Shaheer Sheikh. TV actor
- Waseem Mushtaq, TV actor
- Mohammed Iqbal Khan, TV actor
- Mushtaq Kak, actor and theatre director
- Muzammil Ibrahim, actor and model
- Om Prakash, character actor
- Sanjay Kak, independent documentary film maker
- Sanjay Suri, actor
- Siddharth Kak, Indian documentary maker, television producer and presenter
- Sunder, actor
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra, filmmaker
- Anjali Abrol, TV actress
- Anupam Kher, actor
- Kiran Kumar, actor
- K. K. Raina, actor, director
- M. K. Raina, actor, theatre director
- Vivek Mushran, actor, singer
- Tej Sapru, actor
- Ali Goni, TV actor
- Loveleen Kaur Sasan, TV actress
- Qazi Touqeer, Singer
- Joanna Lumley, Actress
Journalism & media
- Nidhi Razdan, newscaster
- Muhammad Zulqarnain Zulfi, journalist
Sports
- Suresh Raina, Indian International Cricket Team
- Mithun Manhas, Indian Premier League player.
- Parvez Rasool, Indian International Cricket Team
- Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Indian Football team
- Ishfaq Ahmed, Indian Football Team
- Chain Singh, Indian national shooting team
- Shubham Khajuria, Cricketer
See also
References
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