26.8481° N, 80.9336° E
LUCKNOW
Most Famous People Born in Lucknow, India
- Notable people
- 425
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1950
- Most distinctive
- Civil Service 16.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lucknow during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lucknow Is Known For
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Politician is Lucknow's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (58).
Lucknow over-indexes on civil service — 16.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lucknow's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Sports
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
K. Asif
1922 - 1971
Talat Mahmood
1924 - 1998
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
1920 - 2013
Tun Tun
1923 - 2003
Shaukat Siddiqui
1923 - 2006
Raghuvir Sahay
1929 - 1990
S. Ali Raza
1925 - 2007
Agha Hasan Abedi
1922 - 1995
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
1921 - 1993
Gopaldas Neeraj
1924 - 2018
Altaf Fatima
1929 - 2018
Devi Prasad (artist)
1921 - 2011
Aslam Farrukhi
1923 - 2016
Prakash Vir Shastri
1923 - 1977
Syed Ishrat Abbas
1928 - 1980
Hardayal Singh
1928 - 2018
Robert M. Hanson
1920 - 1944
Ramswaroop Verma
1923 - 1998
Mohammad Haleem
1925 - 2006
Om Prakash Sharma (writer)
1924 - 1998
Syed Ali Zaheer
1927 - 2014
Mohammad Shakeel
1927 - 2007
Norman Chappell
1925 - 1983
Muzaffar Hassan
1920 - 2012
Krishna Chandra Chunekar
1928 - 2019
Virendra Prabhakar
1928 - 2015
John B. Chitamber
1920 - 2005
Babaji Nath
1929 - 2012
Zahir Qasmi
1922 - 1988
Siddiqa Begum
Born 1925