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.
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- Sports
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Cliff Richard
Born 1940
Muzaffar Ali
Born 1944
Markandey Katju
Born 1946
Marc Zuber
1944 - 2003
Iftikhar Arif
Born 1943
Arun Nehru
1944 - 2013
Sarfaraz K. Niazi
Born 1949
Fakhar Zaman (poet)
Born 1943
Sachchidanand Sahai
Born 1941
Nirbhay Sharma
Born 1948
Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
1941 - 1993
Zaheen Tahira
1949 - 2019
Yogesh (lyricist)
1943 - 2020
Zameer Naqvi
1944 - 2020
Anne Warner (politician)
Born 1945
June D'Rozario
Born 1949
Tahir Mahmood
Born 1941
Shakir Qasmi
Born 1943
K. C. Singh Baba
Born 1947
Ahmed Mustafa
1944 - 2013
Girjesh Govil
Born 1940
Shrikant Lele
Born 1943
Jazib Qureshi
Born 1940
Chris de Souza
Born 1943
Alexander Watson (cricketer, born 1945)
Born 1945
LC Singh
Born 1948
Brahm Shanker Srivastava
Born 1943
Kaushal Kishore (scientist)
1940 - 1999
Anand Bhatia
Born 1947
Baleshwar Yadav
Born 1942
Virendra Nath Pandey
Born 1947
Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel
Born 1947
Vijai Shankar Dubey
Born 1942
Hashim Akhtar Naqvi
Born 1948