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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- Filtered to 1960s Clear ×
Phoolan Devi
1963 - 2001
Sampat Pal Devi
Born 1961
Tanuja Chandra
Born 1969
Shantanu Moitra
Born 1968
Rajiv Jain
Born 1964
Baba Sehgal
Born 1965
Dinesh Sharma
Born 1964
Kumar Gaurav
Born 1960
Sadhu Kokila
Born 1966
Nikesh Arora
Born 1968
Pankaj Advani (director)
1965 - 2010
Kirti Vardhan Singh
Born 1966
Sanjay Seth
Born 1961
Ruby McGregor-Smith
Born 1963
Mohsin Raza
Born 1968
Waheed Zafar Qasmi
Born 1962
Anup Shukla
Born 1969
Neelabh Banerjee
Born 1963
Atul Kumar (chemist)
Born 1963
Alok Agarwal
Born 1967
Ruchira Kamboj
Born 1964
Kalbe Jawad
Born 1966
Sandeep Dikshit
Born 1964
Vijender Kumar
Born 1968
Ashutosh Tandan
Born 1960
Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan
1964 - 2008
Vineet Joshi
Born 1969
Vijay Upadhyaya
Born 1966
Asma Hussain
Born 1967
Babu Singh Kushwaha
Born 1966
Ashish Shukla
Born 1963
Mukesh Haikerwal
Born 1960
Bal Kumar Patel
Born 1964
Sunil Batta
Born 1961
Mithlesh Kumar
Born 1964
Saurabh Kumar (ambassador)
Born 1966
Rajkumar Baisla
Born 1960
Alok Krishna Sinha
Born 1969