The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.

13th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

* Mirza Muhammad Rafi, ''Sauda'' (1713–1780) * Siraj Aurangabadi, ''Siraj'' (1715–1763) * Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, ''Soz'' (1720-1799) * Khwaja Mir Dard, ''Dard'' (1721–1785) * Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali ''Qayem'' (1722–1793) *

Mir Taqi Mir Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poetry, Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal Empire, Mughal India and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu ...

, ''Mir'' (1723–1810) * Nazeer Akbarabadi, ''Nazeer'' (1740–1830) * Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, ''Jurat'' (1748–1810) * Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani, ''Mas'hafi'' (1750–1824) * Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', ''Insha'' (1756–1817) * Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, ''Rangin'' (1757–1835) * Bahadur Shah, ''Zafar'' (1775–1862) * Imam Baksh Nasikh, ''Nasikh'' (1776–1838) * Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, ''Atish'' (1778–1846) * Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, ''Zauq'' (1789–1854) * Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, ''Ghalib'' (1797–1869) * Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, ''Ghulam Hussain'' (1780–1848)

19th century

Momin Khan Momin Momin Khan Momin (; 1800 – 14 May 1852) was a late Mughal era poet known for his Urdu ghazals. A lesser-known contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq, he used "Momin" as his pen name. His grave is located in the Mehdiyan cemetery in Maulana Az ...

, ''Momin'' (1801–1852) * Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali), ''Dabeer'' (1803–1875) * Mir Babar Ali Anis, ''Anis'' (1803–1874) * Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845) * Amir Meenai, ''Amir'' (1828–1900) * Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan), ''Daagh'' (1831–1905) *

Altaf Hussain Hali Altaf Hussain Hali ( – ; 1837 – 31 December 1914), also known as Maulana Khawaja Hali, was an Urdu poet and writer. Early life He was born in Panipat to Khwaja Ezad Baksh and was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a Companions of the ...

(Hali Panipati), ''Hali'' (1837–1914) *

Akbar Allahabadi Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 9 September 1921) was an Indian poet, regarded as one of the greatest satirist in Urdu literature. The most popular of Akbar's verse poked fun at the cultural dilemma ...

(Syed Akbar Hussain), ''Akbar'' (1846–1921) * Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), ''Raza'' (1856–1921) * Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), ''Hassan'' (1859-1908) * Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), ''Bekhud'' (1857–1912) *

Shibli Nomani Shibli Nomani (4 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Indian Islamic scholar, poet, philosopher, historian, educational thinker, author, orator, reformer and critic of orientalists during the British Raj. He is regarded as the father of Urdu ...

(Allama Shibli Nomani). ''Shibli'' (1857–1914) * Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927) *

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(1868–1937) * Zaigham (d. 1869) * Saqib Lakhnavi (1869–1946) * Tashna (1872–1931) * Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956) * Arzoo Lakhnavi (1873–1951) * Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952) *

Hasrat Mohani Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan (1 January 1875 – 13 May 1951), known by his Takhallus, pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an List of Indian independence activists, Indian independence activist and a poet in Urdu. .Together with Swami Kumaranand, he is regarded ...

(Syed Fazlul Hussain), ''Hasrat'' (1875–1951) * Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan), ''Dil'' (1875–1959) * Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal), ''Iqbal'' (1877–1938) * Mohammad Ali Jauhar (Maulana Jauhar), ''Jauhar'' (1878-1931) *

Fani Badayuni Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 - 27 August 1961), better known as ''Fani Badayuni'' (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet. Early life and education He was schooled at Government High School and graduated from Bareilly College in 1901, studied la ...

(Shaukat Ali Khan), ''Fani'' (1879–1941) * Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951) * Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926) * Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955) * Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966) * Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) ''Yaas'' (1883–1956) * Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) ''Josh'' (1883–1976) * Asghar Gondvi (Asghar Hussain Asghar), ''Asghar'' (1884-1936) * Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966) * Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968) * Amjad Hyderabadi (Amjad Hussain), ''Amjad'' (1888-1961) *

Jigar Moradabadi Ali Sikandar (6 April 1890 – 9 September 1960), known by his pen name as Jigar Moradabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet and ''ghazal'' writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his poetry collection "Atish-e-Gul", and was the seco ...

(Ali Sikandar), ''Jigar'' (1890–1960) * Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969) * Zamin Ali, ''Zamin'' (1893–1955) * Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969) * Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan), ''Josh'' (1894–1982) * Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, ''Jauhar'' (1895– 1985) * Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), ''Firaq'' (1896–1982) * Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927) * Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) ''Abr'' (1897–1973) * Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad ''Munavvar'' (1897–1970) * Ahmaq Phaphoondvi (1895-1957) * Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 19321990)

1900

* Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (1900–1966) * Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), ''Hafeez'' (1900–1982) * Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988) * Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958) * Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969) * Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977) * Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988) * Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997) * Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978) * Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973) * Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975) * Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948) * Saghar Nizami (1905–1984) * Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971) * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) * Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), ''Ratan'' (1907–1998) * Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969) * Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979) * Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq), ''Majaz'' (1909–1955) *

Abdul Hamid ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (ALA-LC romanization of ; ; ), also spelled as Abdulhamid, Abdelhamid, Abd-ul Hamid, and Abd ol-Hamid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is a Muslim theophoric name built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd' ...

''Adam'' (1909–1981) * Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, ''Lisan ul Mulk''(1909–1985) * Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, ''Sahar'' (1909-1998)

1910

* Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975) * Faiz Ahmed Faiz, ''Faiz'' (1911–1984) * Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984) * Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978) * Ravish Siddiqi (''Ravish'') (1911–1971) * Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981) * Meeraji (1912–1949) * Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968) * Shamim Karhani (1913–1975) * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986) * Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990) * Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994) *

Ali Sardar Jafri Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian writer of Urdu language. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist. Biography Early life and education Ali Sardar Jafri was born in Balrampur (in present-day Uttar Prad ...

(1913–2000) * Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002) * Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983) * Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988) * Ehsan Danish (1914–1982) * Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976) * Majeed Amjad (1914–1974) * Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983) *

Akhtar ul Iman Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915 9 March 1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm. He won the Filmfare Award for Filmfare Best Dialogue Award, Best Dialogue in 1963 for ''Dh ...

(1915–1996) * Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, ''Nadeem'' (1916–2006) * Zamir Jafri, ''Zamir'' (1916–1999) *

Shakeel Badayuni Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi / Urdu language films. Early life Shakeel Badayuni was born in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed Sokhta Qadi ...

(1916–1970) * Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) ''Shorish'' (1917–1975) * Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005) * Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) ''Rishi'' (1917–1999) * Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004) * Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002) * Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987) * Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976) * Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000) * Khumar Barabankvi, ''Khumar'' (1919–1999) * Qateel Shifai, ''Qateel'' (1919–2001) * Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)

1920

* Salaam Machhalishahari, ''Salaam'' (1921–1972) * Sahir Ludhianvi, ''Sahir'' (1921–1980) * Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal ''Krishan Mohan'' (1922–2004) * Wazir Agha (1922–2010) * Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970) * Nazish Pratapgarhi, ''Nazish'' (1924–1981) * Ada Jafri (1924–) * Nasir Kazmi, ''Nasir'' (1925–1972) * Bekas Akbarabadi, ''M.G Gupta'' wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011) * Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992) * Himayat Ali Shair, ''Shair'' (1926) * Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012) * Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969) * Khadija Mastoor (1927-1982) * Ibn-e-Insha, ''Insha'' (1927–1978) * Bekal Utsahi (1928–2016) * Sagar Siddiqui (1928–1974) * Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966) * Habib Jalib (1928–1993) * Dilawar Figar (1928–1998) *

Munir Niazi Munir Niazi (Punjabi language, Punjabi, Urdu: ;09 April 1923 – 26 December 2006), was a Pakistani poet. He mostly wrote in the Punjabi language, Punjabi and Urdu languages and also wrote for newspapers, magazines and radio. In 1960, he es ...

(1928–2006) * Shabnam Romani, ''Shabnam'' (1928–2009) * Mazhar Imam (1928–2012) * Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993) * Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)

1930

* Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970) * Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993) * Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008) *

Jaun Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known by his pen name Jaun Elia, (14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was a Pakistani poet. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets of (odes), popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired k ...

(1931–2003) * Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931) * Satyapal Anand (1931) * Syed Amin Ashraf (1931) * Ahmar Lari (1932–2011), * Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966) * Rajinder Manchanda Bani ''Bani'' (1932–1981) * Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007) * Sardar Panchhi (1932) * Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011) * Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933) * Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996) * Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008) * Murtaza Birlas (1934) * Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003) * Anwar Masood (1935) * Bashar Nawaz (1935-2015) * Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936) * Adil Mansuri (1936–2009) * Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012) *

Gulzar Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poetry, Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He starte ...

(1936) * Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937) * Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan ''Unwan'' (1937–2004) * Nida Fazli (1938-2016) * Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010) * Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011) * Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997) * Allama Talib Jauhari (1939– )

1940

* Mahmood Shaam (1940) * Kishwar Naheed (1940) * Jazib Qureshi (1940) * Muzaffar Ahmad Lari (1940) * Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941) * Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942) * Khalid Ahmad (1943) * Iftikhar Arif (1943) * Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014) * Amjad Islam Amjad (1944) * Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, ''Qasir'' (1944–1999) * Bashir Badr (1945) *

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civili ...

(1945) * Anwer Zahidi (1946) * Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946) * Shamim Hashimi (1947) * Saleem Kausar (1947) * Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996) * Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, ''Sha'oor''(1948–2002) * Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948) * Fehmida Riaz (1948) * Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009) * Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)

1950

* Rahat Indori (1950–2020) *

Zahid Abrol Vijay Kumar Abrol, better known by his pen name Zahid Abrol, is an Indian Urdu poet who did the first Urdu translation of the 12th century Sufi-poet Baba Farid's shlokas and shabads. Poetic career ''Andha Khuda'' was his first collection pub ...

(1950) * Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998) * Ashfaq Hussain (1951–) * Haider Qureshi (1952–) * Munawwar Rana (1952–) * Parveen Shakir (1952–1994) *

(1953–) * Sara Shagufta (1954–1984) * Kazim Jarwali (1955–) * Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013) * Noon Meem Danish (1958–) * Salma Shaheen (1954)

1960

Fareed Parbati Fareed Parbati (), born Ghulam Nabi Bhat () on 4 August 1961 died 14 December 2011, was an Indian Urdu language poet and writer from Jammu and Kashmir, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It ...

(1961) * Samina Raja (1961) * Anjum Rehbar (1962) * Zahida Hina (1962–) * Raees Warsi (1963) * Zulfiqar Naqvi (1965) * Harris Khalique (1966) * Idris Azad (1969) * Riaz Tasneem (1969)

1970

* Irshad Kamil (1971) * Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974) * Ali Akbar Natiq (1974) * Sarim Momin (1978)

Non-Muslim Urdu poets

* Maharaja Chandu Lal ''Sadan'' (1766 – 1845) * Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824) * Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845) * Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, ''Shad'' (1864-1940) * Brij Mohan Dattatreya ''Kaifi'' (1866 – 1955) * Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926) * Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966) * Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) ''Firaq'' (1896–1982) * Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927) * Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958) * Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997) * Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988) * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) * Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) ''Ratan'' (1907–1998) * Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979) * Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994) * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986) * Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) ''Rishi'' (1917–1999) * Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004) * Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 – 2007) * Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001) * Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012) * Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969) * Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993) * Satyapal Anand (1931) * Raj Pathria (1933) * Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975) * Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931– 2022) * Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008) * Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935) * Jayant Parmer (1954) * Fahmi Badayuni (19522024)

20th century

* Mashal Sultanpuri (1937 – October 2020) * Meena Kumari (1 August 1933 - 31 March 1972)

Contemporary poets

* Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (b. 1978)

Poets with unknown dates of birth

* Saleem Kausar, * Shahin Badar, * Siraj Aurangabadi, * Ziauddin Ahmad, * Sadhu Singh Hamdard * Qamar Jalalabadi * Kanwal Ziai

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

* Kaif Bhopali * Sayeed Quadri * Khalid Irfan * Kashmiri Lal Zakir

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Urdu Language Poets Lists of poets by language

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