Poets/Writers From Lucknow
Total: 45
Ghulam Hamdani Mus'hafi
One of the most prolific 18th century poets, contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir.
Afqar Mohani
Afsar Meerthi
Akbar Lakhnavi
Ameen Salonvi
Arshi Aurangabadi
Asad Ali Khan Qalaq
Aseer Lakhnavi
Aslam Lakhnavi
Aslam Sandelvi
Aziz Lakhnavi
- Born : Jammu and Kashmir
- Domicile : Lucknow
- Shrine : Lucknow
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
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".
Imam Bakhsh Nasikh
Insha Allah Khan
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Lucknow
- Shrine : Lucknow
Jadid Barabankvi
Jalal Lakhnavi
Kashfi Lakhnavi
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
Meer Taqi Meer
One of the greatest Urdu poets. Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry)
Meraj Lakhnavi
Monis Lakhnavi
Munshi Amirullah Tasleem
Renowned later classical poet of Lucknow who had also written many oft quoted shers
Nadeem Lakhnavi
Najeeb Lakhnavi
Nashtar Jayasi
Nazar Lakhnavi
Poet, Editor of several literary magazines like Khandag-e-Nazar, Zamana Kanpur and Adeeb
Rauf Kakorvi
Raza Firangi Mahali
Salik Rahmani
- Born : Farrukhabad
- Domicile : Rampur
- Shrine : Lucknow