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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Amrit Kaur
1889 - 1964
Sheila Kaul
1915 - 2015
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
1921 - 1993
Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad
1914 - 1973
Dinesh Sharma
Born 1964
Ashok Kumar (British politician)
1956 - 2010
Arun Nehru
1944 - 2013
Khurshed Alam Khan
1919 - 2013
Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh
1841 - 1917
Fazlur Rahman Faridi
1932 - 2011
Ajay Arjun Singh
Born 1955
Abbas Ansari
Born 1992
Prakash Vir Shastri
1923 - 1977
Sanjay Singh (activist)
Born 1972
Kirti Vardhan Singh
Born 1966
Muhammad Zubair Umar
Born 1938
Sanjay Seth
Born 1961
Ruby McGregor-Smith
Born 1963
Mohsin Raza
Born 1968
Ramswaroop Verma
1923 - 1998
Alok Agarwal
Born 1967
Anne Warner (politician)
Born 1945
Sandeep Dikshit
Born 1964
Ashutosh Tandan
Born 1960
Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan
1964 - 2008
Mohanlal Saksena
1896 - 1965
June D'Rozario
Born 1949
K. C. Singh Baba
Born 1947
Sudhanshu Trivedi
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Prem Prakash Pandey
Born 1958
Archana Pandey
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Babu Singh Kushwaha
Born 1966
Dilip Pandey
Born 1980
Atul Kumar Anjan
Born 1956
Sheorajvati Nehru
1897 - 1955
Sunil Shastri
Born 1950
Ritesh Pandey
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Praveen Singh Aron
Born 1959
Ravidas Mehrotra
Born 1955
Bal Kumar Patel
Born 1964
Umar Ansari
Born 1998
Shazil Islam Ansari
Born 1976
Mithlesh Kumar
Born 1964
Baleshwar Yadav
Born 1942
Sultan Baig
Born 1957
Vijay Bahadur Pathak
-
Abdus Samad Khan
1861 - 1922
Ashok Kataria
Born 1972
Kamal Rani
1958 - 2020
Suresh Chandra Tiwari
Born 1956
Darshana Singh
Born 1974
Chandra Vijay Singh
Born 1950
S C Rai
1937 - 2016
Jai Devi
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Ambrish Singh Pushkar
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Mahfooz Yar Khan
Born 1950
Jai Prakash Anchal
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Kumari Alia
Born 1953