List of people from Lucknow

This is a list of notable people from or associated with Lucknow, India.

Academics, education and science[edit]

S. P. Chakravarti, father of Electronics and Telecommunications engineering education in India.
Dalip Kumar Upreti, Indian Lichenologist
Salman Akhtar, psychoanalyst
Herbert V. Günther, professor of philosophy
Mukesh Haikerwal, general practitioner and former federal president of the Australian Medical Association, Companion of the Order of Australia since 2011.
Asma Hussain, UP's first fashion designer; Head of Asma Hussain Institute of Fashion Technology, Lucknow
Kailas Nath Kaul, botanist and agricultural scientist
Gopal Khanna, 5th Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Veena Talwar Oldenburg, professor of history
Anil K. Rajvanshi, rural development expert Padma Shri 2022.
Maqbool Ahmed Lari, services in literature and education (Urdu) Padma Shri 1971.
Kalbe Sadiq, educationist
Abhishek Shukla, geriatrician and palliative care physician^[1]

Jan Nisar Akhtar, poet and lyricist, father of Javed Akhtar
Muzaffar Ali, filmmaker
Naushad Ali, film musician
Amitabh Bhattacharya, Bollywood singer and lyricist
Nivedita Bhattacharya, theatre and television actress
Ranveer Brar, chef, television host
Pali Chandra, Kathak dancer
Anup Jalota, Indian classical singer and musician
Cliff Richard, British singer and musician, now settled in Portugal and Barbados
Mohammad Shakeel, contemporary artist
Kavi Pradeep, Poet and lyricist. Famous for writing patriotic songs

Disha Patani, actress
Urfi Javed, actress
Aahana Kumra, actress
Talat Mahmood, singer
Sumona Chakravarti, actress
Tia Bajpai, singer
Sachet Tandon, part of the Indian music composer, vocalist and lyricist duo Sachet-Parampara
Ali Fazal, actor
Amit Mishra, Singer
Kanika Kapoor, singer
Shantanu Moitra, music composer
Gayatri Iyer, singer
Baba Sehgal, singer
Aditi Sharma, actress
Kushal Tandon, actor
Richa Panai, actress
Zoya Afroz, actress, Miss India
Anaika Soti, actress
Nandini Singh, actress
Amrapali Gupta, actress
Surendra Pal, actor
Kumar Gaurav, actor
Arti Singh, actress
Gungun Uprari, actress
Cliff Richard, singer
Amit Sadh, actor
Anil Rastogi, actor
Malini Awasthi, singer
Roshan Abbas, TV anchor
Javed Akhtar, writer
Vartika Singh, actress, Miss India

Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker and philanthropist
Manoj Bhargava, US-based entrepreneur; founder and CEO of 5-Hour Energy Drink
Ved Rattan Mohan, MD of Mohan Meakin
Prashant Pathak, Canadian investor and entrepreneur
Rajesh Gopinathan, MD and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
Subrata Roy, businessman; worker director of Sahara India Pariwar, the world's largest employer^[2]
Syed Safawi, entrepreneur

John Alexander, soldier
John Coleman, soldier
Edward Hilton, soldier
William Stephen Raikes Hodson, British officer
Henry Montgomery Lawrence, soldier
Claude Martin, French major general who fought for the British; established La Martiniere Schools at Lucknow, Lyons and Calcutta
Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, British general
Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1st battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles, Param Vir Chakra
Arthur Skey, Royal Navy rear-admiral
George Powell Thomas, A British soldier, artist and poet.

Intezar Abidi, politician
K. C. Singh Baba, Parliament
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna former Chief Minister of UP
Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh
Sandeep Dikshit, Parliament
Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, Nawab of Oudh
Chandra Bhanu Gupta Three times Chief Minister of UP.
Amir Haider, Senior Congress Leader
Mohammad Haleem, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
Mohammad Hidayatullah, former acting President of India (1969–1969); former vice-president of India (1979–1984); 11th Chief justice of India (1968–1970)
Sheila Kaul, former Union Cabinet Minister in India
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, former Minister of Health
Begum Hazrat Mahal, Queen of Oudh
Satish Mishra, lawyer
Brajesh Pathak, politician
Ashok Kumar Rawat, politician
Mohammad Yunus Saleem, lawyer
Sayed, Nawab of Oudh
Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Oudh
Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India
Kirti Vardhan Singh, Parliament
Kaushal Kishore, Indian Politician
Sarvraj Singh, politician
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
Anne Warner, Australian politician
Lalji Tandon, Indian politician
Sudhanshu Trivedi, Indian politician