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 * Mahmood Hasan Deobandi (1851-1920), Shaikh-al-Hind, first student of Darul Uloom Deoband and leader of the anti-colonial Silk Letter Conspiracy.
 *  Maulana Majid Ali Manwi Jaunpuri (died 1935), Muhaddith Manwi was the imam of logic and philosophy of his time. He was native of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.
 * Manazir Ahsan Gilani (1892-1956), notable Urdu author and writer. He produced the books like Tadwin-e-Hadith and Tadwin-e-Fiqh. He served the Osmania University as Dean of The Faculty of Theology during his career.
 * Muhammad Masihullah Khan (1912-1992), notable Sufi Shaykh, famous disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi.
 * Mufti Mahmud (1919-1980), He was a member of Indian National Congress party, and one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) in Pakistan. On 1 March 1972, he was elected as the Chief Minister of the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa during the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto regime in Pakistan.
 * Syed Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903-1975), The outstanding historian and author.
 * Maulana Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri (1868-1951), also known as Ibne Sher-e-Khuda. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. He refuted accusations and allegations Ahmad Raza Khan had made against scholars of Darul Uloom Deoband. He produced a number of articles published as Majmua Rasail-e-Chandpuri.
 * Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami (1930-2017), recent hadith scholar, recipient of the King Faisal International Award 1980, he was Associate Professor at Umm al-Qura University, Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Visiting Fellow at St Cross College, Oxford, King Faisal Visiting Professor for Islamic Studies at Princeton University, and Visiting Scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He authored the books like The History of the Qur'anic Text from Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments, Hadith Methodology and Literature, On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence etc.


 * Qari Muhammad Tayyib (1897-1983), grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi; the founder of Deobandi movement, served Darul Uloom Deoband as mohtamim/VC for more than half century from 1929 to 1981. He established Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband in 1982.
 * Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi, author and writer from Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.


 * Mahmood Hassan Gangohi Rahimahullah, d. 1996 - Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. Author of Fatawa Mahmoodiyyah (32 Volumes).  Sheikh of Tasawwuf, desciple of Sheikhul Hadeeth Moulana Muhammed Zakariyya Khandlawi Rahimahullah.  Mentor of the present vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband. Acquired Hadeeth from Sheikhul Hadeeth Moulana Husain Ahmed Madani Rahimahullah.  Buried in Elsburg Muslim cemetery, South Africa.