List of people from Jammu and Kashmir

Academics and science[edit]

Amitabh Mattoo, thinker and professor
Lalit Gupta, art historian
Subhash Kak, American computer scientist
Sonam Wangchuk, engineer, innovator and education reformist
Ved Kumari Ghai, Padma Shri and Nari Shakti Puraskar recipient, eminent Sanskrit Scholar and renowned social worker
Vijay Mahajan, American Marketing Professor from Jammu

Masud Choudhary, ex IPS officer
Shesh Paul Vaid, IPS officer
Shah Faesal, first IAS topper from Kashmir
Abdul Rashid Khan, IPS, Ex Inspector General of Police and Member State Human Rights Commission.
Farooq Khan, ex IPS, politician, advisor

Mudadir Rehman Dar, Creative Artist painter

Mudasir Rehman D ist painter

Aasif Sultan, journalist and editor in chief of Kashmir Narrator.
Altaf Qadri, photojournalist working with the Associated Press.
Masrat Zahra, freelance photojournalist. Winner of the 2020 "Anja Niedringhaus Courage" in Photojournalism and Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism 2020.
Kamran Yousuf Photojournalist
Qazi Shibli, Kashmiri journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat.
Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of Kashmir Observer.
Nidhi Razdan, newscaster
Shujaat Bukhari
Yusuf Jameel veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.

Adarsh Sein Anand, ex Chief Justice of India
Bilal Nazki, ex Chief Justice of Orissa and Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Bihar
Mehr Chand Mahajan, ex Chief Justice of India
Parvez Imroz, human rights activist and lawyer
T.S. Thakur, ex Chief Justice of India

Agha Shahid Ali, poet and finalist for National Book Award of United States in 2001
Ali Mohammad Shahbaz, writer, poet
Basharat Peer, author and scriptwriter
Deen Bandhu Sharma, writer
Farooq Nazki, poet, broadcaster and media personality
Habba Khatun, 16th-century poet, known as "Nightingale of Kashmir"
Hakeem Manzoor, writer, poet
Lalleshwari, poet-saint
Moti Lal Kemmu, Kashmiri writer and social worker
Padma Sachdev, poet, novelist, first modern women poet of Dogri language
Jitendra Udhampuri, writer
Rafiq Anjum, poet, researcher, poet and critic of Prof. Rahman Rahi
Ram Nath Shastri, known as "Father of Dogri" as he brought Dogri language at national level, Dogri poet
Bashir Bhadarwahi, writer, educationist, poet

Altaf Bukhari, former Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Karan Singh, ex Sadar-e-Raiyasat
Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mirza Mehboob Beg (1949-), politician. He is Former Member of Parliament from Anantnag. He also served as the Health Minister of J&K.
Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg (d.1982) was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and he was the President of All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front.He was the Revenue Minister in first elected cabinet of Jammu and Kashmir and was also Public Works Minister in Maharaja’s Cabinet.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. and former Home Minister of India
Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Prem Nath Dogra, founder of Praja Parishad Party
Shah Faesal, Independent politician, founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement.
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Syed Mir Qasim, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Parveena Ahanger, cofounder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
Mushtaq Pahalgami, social activist, environmentalist

Ishfaq Ahmed, Indian Football Team
Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Indian Football team
Ranveer Jamwal, Mountaineer, Climbed Everest 3 times, Has climbed the highest peaks of all 7 continents ( a.k.a Seven Summits) , Recipient of Tenzing Norgay National Award and J&K State award
Mithun Manhas, Indian Premier League player
Parvez Rasool, first J&K cricketer to represent India in International cricket
Abdul Samad, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shubham Khajuria, cricketer
Chain Singh, J&K's first Olympian, Asian Games 2014 Bronze Medal winner in shooting
Rasikh Salam, Indian Premier League player
Danish Farooq Bhat, Indian footballer plays as midfielder for real Kashmir team
Iqra Rasool, Indian cricketer. Also known as Baramullah SupergirSupergir
Manzoor Dar, Indian cricketer. Also known as Bahu bali and Panduv of Kashmir
Gul Dev, Winter Olympian
Nadeem Iqbal, Winter Olympian
Umran Malik, J&K cricketer , played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad

Ram Nath chopra was the father of pharmacology ,. He died in Srinagar 1990