Most Famous Indian Poets

India has produced 135 notable poets throughout history, led by Muhammad Iqbal. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Muhammad Iqbal — Indian Poet (1877–1938) , ranked #1385
  2. Babur — Indian Poet (1483–1530) , ranked #1908
  3. Sri Aurobindo — Indian Poet (1872–1950) , ranked #2208
  4. Kālidāsa — Indian Poet (Born ?) , ranked #3052
  5. Tulsidas — Indian Poet (1532–1623) , ranked #3503
  6. Amir Khusrow — Indian Poet (1253–1325) , ranked #6247
  7. Ghalib — Indian Poet (1796–1869) , ranked #6597
  8. Valmiki — Indian Poet (?–1) , ranked #8191
  9. Kazi Nazrul Islam — Indian Poet (1899–1976) , ranked #10085
  10. Jayadeva — Indian Poet (1170–1245) , ranked #19568
  11. Meera — Indian Poet (1498–1546) , ranked #22748
  12. Mahadevi Varma — Indian Poet (1907–1987) , ranked #24326
  13. Tukaram — Indian Poet (1608–1650) , ranked #26996
  14. Subramania Bharati — Indian Poet (1882–1921) , ranked #33747
  15. Michael Madhusudan Dutt — Indian Poet (1824–1873) , ranked #34111
  16. Kamala Surayya — Indian Poet (1934–2009) , ranked #35344
  17. U. R. Ananthamurthy — Indian Poet (1932–2014) , ranked #37510
  18. Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay — Indian Poet (1894–1950) , ranked #37964
  19. Andal — Indian Poet (Born 1997) , ranked #41599
  20. Bāṇabhaṭṭa — Indian Poet (?–650) , ranked #49105