List of Urdu poets

The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.

18th century

 * Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
 * Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763)
 * Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799)
 * Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
 * Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793)
 * Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
 * Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
 * Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, Jurat (1748–1810)
 * Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani, Mas'hafi (1750–1824)
 * Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756–1817)
 * Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757–1835)
 * Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862)
 * Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838)
 * Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
 * Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
 * Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869)
 * Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, Ghulam Hussain (1780–1848)

19th century

 * Momin Khan Momin, Momin (1801–1852)
 * Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali), Dabeer (1803–1875)
 * Mir Babar Ali Anis, Anis (1803–1874)
 * Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845)
 * Amir Meenai, Amir (1828–1900)
 * Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan), Daagh (1831–1905)
 * Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati), Hali (1837–1914)
 * Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain), Akbar (1846–1921)
 * Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), Raza (1856–1921)
 * Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), Hassan (1859-1908)
 * Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), Bekhud (1857–1912)
 * Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani). Shibli (1857–1914)
 * Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927)
 * Alam (1868–1937)
 * Zaigham (d. 1869)
 * Tashna (1872–1931)
 * Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
 * Arzoo Lakhnavi (1873–1951)
 * Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
 * Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain), Hasrat (1875–1951)
 * Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan), Dil (1875–1959)
 * Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal), Iqbal (1877–1938)
 * Mohammad Ali Jauhar (Maulana Jauhar), Jauhar (1878-1931)
 * Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan), Fani (1879–1941)
 * Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
 * Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
 * Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
 * Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
 * Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
 * Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883–1976)
 * Asghar Gondvi (Asghar Hussain Asghar), Asghar (1884-1936)
 * Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
 * Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968)
 * Amjad Hyderabadi (Amjad Hussain), Amjad (1888-1961)
 * Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar), Jigar (1890–1960)
 * Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
 * Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969)
 * Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan), Josh (1894–1982)
 * Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, Jauhar (1895– 1985)
 * Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), Firaq (1896–1982)
 * Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
 * Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897–1973)
 * Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897–1970)
 * Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 19321990)

1900

 * Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (1900–1966)
 * Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), Hafeez (1900–1982)
 * Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988)
 * Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
 * Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
 * Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977)
 * Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
 * Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
 * Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978)
 * Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
 * Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975)
 * Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
 * Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
 * Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971)
 * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
 * Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), Ratan (1907–1998)
 * Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
 * Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
 * Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq), Majaz (1909–1955)
 * Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981)
 * Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Lisan ul Mulk(1909–1985)
 * Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)

1910

 * Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
 * Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
 * Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
 * Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978)
 * Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911–1971)
 * Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
 * Meeraji (1912–1949)
 * Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968)
 * Shamim Karhani (1913–1975)
 * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
 * Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990)
 * Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
 * Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
 * Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002)
 * Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
 * Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988)
 * Ehsan Danish (1914–1982)
 * Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
 * Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
 * Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983)
 * Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996)
 * Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
 * Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
 * Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
 * Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975)
 * Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
 * Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
 * Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
 * Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
 * Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987)
 * Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976)
 * Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
 * Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
 * Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
 * Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)

1920

 * Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921–1972)
 * Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
 * Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004)
 * Wazir Agha (1922–2010)
 * Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970)
 * Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924–1981)
 * Ada Jafri (1924–)
 * Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
 * Bekas Akbarabadi, M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
 * Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992)
 * Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
 * Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
 * Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
 * Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
 * Bekal Utsahi (1928–2016)
 * Sagar Siddiqui (1928–1974)
 * Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
 * Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
 * Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
 * Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
 * Shabnam Romani, Shabnam (1928–2009)
 * Mazhar Imam (1928–2012)
 * Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
 * Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)

1930

 * Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
 * Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
 * Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
 * Jon Elia (1931–2003)
 * Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
 * Satyapal Anand (1931)
 * Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
 * Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
 * Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932–1981)
 * Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
 * Sardar Panchhi (1932)
 * Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011)
 * Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
 * Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
 * Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
 * Murtaza Birlas (1934)
 * Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003)
 * Anwar Masood (1935)
 * Bashar Nawaz (1935-2015)
 * Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
 * Adil Mansuri (1936–2009)
 * Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012)
 * Gulzar (1936)
 * Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937)
 * Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937–2004)
 * Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
 * Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010)
 * Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011)
 * Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)
 * Allama Talib Jauhari (1939– )

1940

 * Mahmood Shaam (1940)
 * Kishwar Naheed (1940)
 * Jazib Qureshi (1940)
 * Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
 * Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
 * Iftikhar Arif (1943)
 * Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014)
 * Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
 * Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
 * Bashir Badr (1945)
 * Javed Akhtar (1945)
 * Anwer Zahidi (1946)
 * Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)
 * Shamim Hashimi (1947)
 * Saleem Kausar (1947)
 * Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996)
 * Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948–2002)
 * Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
 * Fehmida Riaz (1948)
 * Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)
 * Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)

1950

 * Rahat Indori (1950–2020)
 * Zahid Abrol (1950)
 * Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998)
 * Ashfaq Hussain (1951–)
 * Haider Qureshi (1952–)
 * Munawwar Rana (1952–)
 * Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
 * Abdul Hamid (1953–)
 * Sara Shagufta (1954–1984)
 * Kazim Jarwali (1955–)
 * Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013)
 * Noon Meem Danish (1958–)
 * Salma Shaheen (1954)

1960

 * Fareed Parbati (1961)
 * Samina Raja (1961)
 * Anjum Rehbar (1962)
 * Zahida Hina (1962–)
 * Raees Warsi (1963)
 * Zulfiqar Naqvi (1965)
 * Harris Khalique (1966)
 * Idris Azad (1969)
 * Riaz Tasneem (1969)

1970

 * Irshad Kamil (1971)
 * Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
 * Ali Akbar Natiq (1974)
 * Sarim Momin (1978)

Non-Muslim Urdu poets

 * Maharaja Chandu Lal Sadan (1766 – 1845)
 * Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824)
 * Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845)
 * Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Shad (1864-1940)
 * Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi (1866 – 1955)
 * Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
 * Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
 * Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
 * Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
 * Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
 * Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
 * Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
 * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
 * Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
 * Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
 * Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
 * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
 * Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
 * Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
 * Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 – 2007)
 * Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001)
 * Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
 * Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
 * Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
 * Satyapal Anand (1931)
 * Raj Pathria (1933)
 * Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975)
 * Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
 * Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
 * Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
 * Jayant Parmer (1954)

20th century

 * Mashal Sultanpuri (1937 – October 2020)
 * Meena Kumari (1 August 1933 - 31 March 1972)

Contemporary poets

 * Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (b. 1978)

Poets with unknown dates of birth

 * Saleem Kausar,
 * Shahin Badar,
 * Siraj Aurangabadi,
 * Ziauddin Ahmad,
 * Sadhu Singh Hamdard
 * Qamar Jalalabadi
 * Kanwal Ziai

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

 * Kaif Bhopali
 * Sayeed Quadri
 * Khalid Irfan
 * Kashmiri Lal Zakir