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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Saleem Kidwai
Born 1951
Ashok Kumar (British politician)
1956 - 2010
Anita Dube
Born 1958
Naveen Jain
Born 1959
Namita Gokhale
Born 1956
Rita Bhaduri
1955 - 2018
Santosh Mehrotra
Born 1955
Latika Katt
Born 1954
Ajay Arjun Singh
Born 1955
Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Born 1957
Surendra Pal
Born 1953
Ambrish Mithal
Born 1958
Ajit Seth
Born 1951
Om Prakash Rawat
Born 1953
Manoj Bhargava
Born 1953
Ravindra Khattree
Born 1959
Rajesh Kumar Agrawal
Born 1953
Aamir Raza Husain
Born 1957
Santosh Bhartiya
Born 1950
Umesh Varshney
Born 1957
Roshan Taqui
Born 1958
Ahmed Javed
Born 1956
R. K. Mathur
Born 1953
Prem Prakash Pandey
Born 1958
Anita Kanwal
Born 1954
Nisha Madhulika
Born 1959
Vikram Singh (police officer)
Born 1950
Anil K. Rajvanshi
Born 1950
Patu Keswani
Born 1959
Pramod Tandon
Born 1950
Pulok Chatterji
Born 1952
Atul Kumar Anjan
Born 1956
Ganesh Prasad Pandey
Born 1954
Sunil Shastri
Born 1950
Naina Balsaver
Born 1959
Shyam Sundar Rai
Born 1954
Ghanshyam Swarup
Born 1953
H. L. Dusadh
Born 1953
Praveen Singh Aron
Born 1959
Ravidas Mehrotra
Born 1955
Rakesh Bhatnagar
Born 1951
Shiv Narain Kureel
Born 1956
Sultan Baig
Born 1957
Rais Ansari
Born 1951
Kamal Rani
1958 - 2020
Aslam Kiratpuri
Born 1951
Suresh Chandra Tiwari
Born 1956
Chandra Vijay Singh
Born 1950
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
Born 1951
Mahfooz Yar Khan
Born 1950
Kumari Alia
Born 1953