Poets/Writers From Lucknow
Total: 82
Ghulam Hamdani Mus'hafi
One of the most prolific 18th century poets, contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir.
Munawwar Lakhnavi
Known for his Urdu translation of Bhagwat Geeta in verse titled- Naseem-e-Irfaan.
Aarzu Lakhnavi
- Domicile : Lucknow
Afqar Mohani
Afsar Meerthi
Akbar Lakhnavi
Ameen Salonvi
Ameer Minai
A contemporary of Dagh Dehlavi. Famous for his ghazal 'Sarkati Jae Hai Rukh Se Naqab Ahista Ahista'.
Aminuddin Warsi
Arshi Aurangabadi
Asad Ali Khan Qalaq
Aseer Lakhnavi
Aslam Lakhnavi
Aslam Sandelvi
Aziz Lakhnavi
Bahzad Lakhnavi
Barq Lakhnavi
Basit Biswani
Bekhud Mohani
Bismil Lakhnavi
Faqeer Muhammad Goya
Prominent desciple of Nasikh who served in the armies of Maratha ruler Yashwant Rao Holkar at Indore and Ghaziuddin Haider, Nawab of Awadh
Fazli Amethvi
- Domicile : Malihabad
- Domicile : Lucknow
Hasrat Mohani
Freedom fighter, member of constituent assembly which drafted Indian Constitution. He gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" during freedom movement. He was a devotee of Shri Krishna. He wrote the famous ghazal "chupke chupke raat din".
- Born : Lucknow
Imam Bakhsh Nasikh
Insha Allah Khan
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Lucknow
- Shrine : Lucknow
Jadid Barabankvi
Jalal Lakhnavi
Josh Malihabadi
Kashfi Lakhnavi
- Domicile : Lucknow
Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
- Born : Shahjahapur
- Domicile : Lucknow
- Shrine : Lucknow
Aatish was one of the shining stars of 19th century Urdu Ghazal.
Khwaja Wazeer Lakhnavi
- Domicile : Lucknow
Meer Taqi Meer
One of the greatest Urdu poets. Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry)
Meraj Lakhnavi
