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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Vishnu Prabhakar
1912 - 2009
Sampat Pal Devi
Born 1961
Mirza Hadi Ruswa
1857 - 1931
Shaukat Siddiqui
1923 - 2006
Sajjad Zaheer
1905 - 1973
Attia Hosain
1913 - 1998
Govind Mishra
Born 1939
Mohammad Mujeeb
1902 - 1985
Safi Lakhnavi
1862 - 1950
Mirza Mohammed Athar
1937 - 2016
Srijan Pal Singh
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Om Prakash Sharma (writer)
1924 - 1998
Isha Basant Joshi
Born 1908
Nitya Prakash
Born 1988
Tulika Mehrotra
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Krishna Chandra Chunekar
1928 - 2019
Nityanand Misra
Born 1982
Ashish Shukla
Born 1963
Ruchita Misra
Born 1984
H. L. Dusadh
Born 1953
Rais Ansari
Born 1951
Aslam Kiratpuri
Born 1951
Siddiqa Begum
Born 1925