Writing in Urdu

Firaq Gorakhpuri

1896–1982Urdu author (1896-1982)

Ghulam Nabi Gowhar

1934–2018Kashmiri writer (1934-2018)

Gulzar

b. 1933poet, lyricist and author (1933- Present)

Naiyer Masud

1936–2017writer

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

1935–2020Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

Singireddy NarayanaReddy

1931–2017Jnanpith awardee and renowned Telugu poet

Qurratulain Hyder

1927–2007writer (1927–2007)

Vikram Seth

b. 1952novelist and poet

Bhai Randhir Singh

1878–1961Sikh leader and Punjabi author (1878–1961)

Bashir Badr

1935–2026poet of Urdu

Gopi Chand Narang

1931–2022theorist, literary critic and scholar (1931–2022)

Javed Akhtar

b. 1945writer, poet and lyricist

Jayant Parmar

b. 1954Urdu author

Jigar Moradabadi

1890–1960writer (1890-1960)

Kaifi Azmi

1919–2002poet and songwriter (1919–2002)

Khaleel Mamoon

1948–2024Urdu author

Malik Ram

1906–1993Urdu-language Indian poet and scholar

Munawwar Rana

1952–2024poet (1952–2024)

Nida Fazli

1938–2016poet (1938–2016)

Sheen Kaaf Nizam

b. 1947Urdu poet and literary scholar

Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah

1905–1982Kashmiri politician (1905-1982)

Syed Muhammad Ashraf

b. 1957writer

Rajinder Singh Bedi

1915–1984author, director and screenwriter

Syed Abid Husain

1896–1978educator and philosopher (1896-1978)

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

1892–1977Islamic scholar, philosopher, writer, critic, researcher, journalist and exegete of the Quran (1892–1977)

Akhtar-Ul-Iman

1915–1996Urdu poet and screenwriter (1915-1966)

Anand Narain Mulla

1901–1997Urdu author

Jan Nisar Akhtar

1914–1976Urdu author (1914–1976)

Makhdoom Mohiuddin

1908–1969activist and writer (1908–1969)

Saadat Hasan Manto

1912–1955Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)

Mohanjit

1938–2024Punjabi poet

Dhani Ram Chatrik

1876–1954Punjabi poet and typographer (1876–1954)

Ismat Chughtai

1911–1991writer (1911-1991)

Sajjad Zaheer

1905–1973Pakistani marxist writer and organiser

Hafiz Karnataki

Urdu writer from India

Abdul Batin Nomani

b. 1973mufti and writer

Abid Raza Bedar

1934–2025Historian and Writer

Abul Kalam Azad

1888–1958politician and writer (1888–1958)

Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi

1954–2022poet

Amir Khusrau

1253–1325poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)

Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi

1926–2020poet

Anjum Rehbar

b. 1962Urdu and Hindi poet

Fahmida Riaz

1946–2018Pakistani Urdu writer, poet, feminist (1946-2018)

Habib Tanvir

1923–2009actor (1923–2009)

Hasrat Mohani

1875–1951independence activist and an Urdu language poet

Iftikhar Arif

b. 1943Urdu poet

Jagan Nath Azad

1918–2004writer (1918-2004)

Jameela Nishat

b. 1955poet

Josh Malihabadi

1898–1982Shayar-e-Inqalab (1894-1982)

Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi

b. 1951Muslim scholar

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

1914–1987film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist (1914–1987)

Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish

1764–1847poet

Krishan Chander

1914–1977writer (1914–1977)

Mahjoor

1887–1952kashmiri poet/writer.

Maikash Akbarabadi

1902–1991Urdu language writer

Majaz

1911–1955Urdu poet

Majrooh Sultanpuri

1919–2000Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000)

Mohinder Pratap Chand

1935–2020scholar

Moin Ahsan Jazbi

1912–2005poet

Mujtaba Hussain

1936–2020satirist and writer of Urdu literature and padma sri awarded.

Mukhtaruddin Ahmed

1924–2010literary critic and Writer

Nathuram Sharma

1859–1932Hindi/Urdu poet

Obaidullah Aleem

1939–1998poet (1939–1998)

Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani

b. 1981Islamic scholar

P. V. Narasimha Rao

1921–2004Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)

Qabil Ajmeri

1931–1962Indian-Pakistani Urdu poet

Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi

1934–2026Islamic scholar

Sahir Ludhianvi

1921–1980Urdu and Hindi poet (1921–1980)

Shahid Kabir

1932–2001poet (1932-2001)

Shakeel Badayuni

1916–1970writer (1916-1970)

Shamim Hanafi

1938–2021Urdu poet, dramatist and critic (1938-2021)

Subhash Kak

b. 1947computer scientist

Syed Hasan

1908–1988writer and scholar

Syed Sahil Agha

b. 1982writer and dastangoi performer

Syed Sulaiman Nadvi

1884–195319th century Islamic scholar of Pakistan (1884–1953)

Wahiduddin Khan

1925–2021Islamic Scholar (1925–2021)

Yusuf Islahi

1932–2021writer

Zahida Zaidi

1930–2011Urdu writer

Zulfiqar Naqvi

b. 1965Urdu poet

Rashid Jahan

1905–1952writer (1905–1952)

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

1942–2006Islamic scholar, teacher and writer (1942–2006)

V. Abdur Rahim

1933–2023

Abdullah Maroofi

b. 1967Hadith scholar (b. 1967)

Akhtar Sheerani

1905–1948Pakistani poet (1905–1948)

Amjad Hyderabadi

1888–1961writer

Asad Bhopali

1921–1990Hindi-Urdu poet and lyricist

Baba Prem Singh Hoti

1882–1954Sikh writer, historian and preacher (1882–1954)

Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi

1866–1955writer

Hari Bhakta Katuwal

1935–1980Indian-Nepali poet and writer

Kalim Ajiz

1920–2015writer of Urdu literature

Kazi Zainul Abedin

1892–1962Pakistani poet

Lalji Pandey

1929–1997lyricist

Mirza Khalil Ahmad Beg

b. 1945linguist (1945–)

Moshtaque Ahmad Noori

b. 1950an Indian writer and critic

Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri

1937–2017Islamic Scholar

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

1915–1966lyricist, journalist, film actor

Samsul Huda Bihari

1922–1987songwriter

Sultan Shahin

b. 1949Journalist and Writer

Waheed Akhtar

1934–1996Urdu poet, writer (1934–1996)

Aaqib Anjum Aafi

b. 1999author and Wikimedian

Arif Aziz

b. 1942Urdu journalist

Asif Tariq Bhat

b. 2000Kashmiri novelist

Balram

b. 1964playwright from Punjab, India

Bindu Goswami

1893–1964scholar, writer, poet, and musician

Muhammad Uzair Shams

1957–2022scholar of Islam (1957–2022)

RJ Khan

b. 1999singer and rapper

Rashid Ali Ghazipuri

an Indian Poet and Author from Bara Village of Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh. He has completed his higher education at Aliga