This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:
A
- Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on astrology
- Amir Khusrow (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet
- Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951), author and poet
- Atal Bihari Vajpai (1924–2018), author, poet and orator
B
- Banarsidas (1586–1643), poet, businessman
- Bihari (1595–1663), poet, author
- Bhikhari Das (1721–?), poet
- Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
- Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913–1985), poet and author
C
- Choudhari Mulkiram (1910–1954) poet, philosopher and writer
D
- Dharmveer Bharti (1926–1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
- Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), poet of modern Hindustani
G
- Geet Chaturvedi (born 1977), poet, short story author and journalist
- Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
- Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), poet, known for his humorous poems
- Gopaldas Neeraj (born 1924), poet and author
- Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English
- Gulzar (born 1934), poet, lyricist, film director
H
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
- Hemant Shesh (born 1952), writer, poet and civil servant
- Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552), Braj Bhasha poet-sant and bhakti religious leader
I
- Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Chhayavaad writer and poet
J
- Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
- Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), novelist, playwright, poet
- Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
- Jwalamukhi (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
K
- Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
- Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015)
- Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar
- Kaka Hathrasi (1906–1995), satirist and humorist poet
- Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
- Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), poet, critic and essayist
- Keshavdas (1555–1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet
- Kripalu Maharaj (1922–2013), spiritual master (Jagadguru) and a poet-saint
- Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
- Kumar Vishwas (born 1970), poet and professor
- Kunwar Bechain (1942–2021), professor and poet
- Kunwar Narayan (1927–2017), poet
L
- Laxminarayan Payodhi (born 1957), poet and researcher
M
- Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
- Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), poet, politician, dramatist, translator
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
- Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
- Mohan Rana (born 1964), poet
- Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (born 1936), poet and educator
N
- Nagarjun (1911–1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
- Naresh Mehta, poet and playwright
- Narottam Das (1550–1605), the writer of 'Sudama Charitra' and contemporary of Tulsidas
- Nathuram SharmaShankar (1859–1932), Hindi poet
- Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911–1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
O
- Om Prakash Aditya (1936–2009), poet
P
- Pawan Karan (born 1964), poet, writer, editor, journalist, columnist, social and political analyst
- Phoolchand Gupta (born 1958), poet, writer and translator
- Prabha Kiran Jain, poet and writer
- Prasoon Joshi, advertiser, lyricist, and poet
R
- Rambhadracharya (born 1950), religious leader and educationist.
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), poet, essayist and academic
- Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (born 1914), scholar, professor, writer and critic of poetry and literature
- Rustam Singh (born 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
- Ravindra Prabhat (born 1969), writer, poet, editor, critic, journalist and author
S
- Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveler
- Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academician
- Shail Chaturvedi (1936–2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
- Sri Lal Sukla, author, writer
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet known for her emotionally charged songs
- Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), poet known for his revolutionary writings and protest-poetry
- Surdas (1467–1583), composer and devotional poet
- Sūdan (1700–1753), poet
- Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899–1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
- Suryakumar Pandey (born 1954), poet, writer
T
- Tara Singh, poet
- Teji Grover (born 1955), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
- Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher
U
- Uday Prakash (born 1952), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
V
- Vishnu Khare (1940–2018), Hindi journalist, translator and poet
- Vrind (1643–1723), Braj bhasha poet