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Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. As far as possible in the list below, the takhallus, or nom de plume, is mentioned in italics after the name.


  • Amir Khusro (1253-1325)
  • Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611)
  • Wali Mohammed Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707)
  • Syed Azlan Shah (Gojra)
  • Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)
  • Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
  • Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
  • Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
  • Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830)
  • Bahadur Shah, "Zafar" (1775–1862)
  • Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
  • Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1796–1869)
  • Hakim Mumin Khan Mumin, Mumin (1801–1852)
  • Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (1803-1875)
  • Mir Babar Ali Anis (1803-1874)
  • Amir Meenai (1826–1900)
  • Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlawi, Daagh (1831–1905)
  • Altaf Husain Hali (1837–1914)
  • Syed Akbar Hussain Akbar Allahabadi, Akbar Allahabadi (1846–1921)
  • Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), (1896-1982)
  • Hasrat Mohani, Syed Tafazzul Husain Hasrat (1875–1952)
  • Allama Shibli Nomani (1857-1914)
  • Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Iqbal (1877–1938)
  • Tilok Chand 'Mahrum' (1885–1966)
  • Jigar Moradabadi, Jigar (1890–1960)
  • Josh Malihabadi, Josh (1898–1982)
  • Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969
  • Sana Ullah Dar, Meera Ji (1912-1949)
  • Syed Manzar Hasan Desnavi(1911-1990)
  • Dr.Mateen Niazi (1913-1993)
  • Ihsan Danish (1914-1982)
  • Krishan Chander (1914-1977)
  • Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
  • Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
  • Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
  • Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
  • Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
  • Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
  • Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
  • Jamshaid Azam Chishti(1963)
  • Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
  • Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
  • Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
  • Jagannath Azad (1918–2004)
  • Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
  • Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
  • Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
  • Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916-2004)
  • Amir Chand,Bahar(born 1925)
  • Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925-1972)
  • Shabnam Romani,Shabnam Romani(1927)
  • Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, Tapish Gopalpuri (1927–2002)
  • Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
  • Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
  • Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
  • Habib Jalib (1928-1993)
  • Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
  • Hakim Akhtar (born 1928)
  • Sahir Hashmi Adeeb, Kanpuri,Sahir Hashmi(1929-1999)
  • Dr.Wazeer Agha(born 1922)
  • Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
  • Jon Elia (1931–2003)
  • Ahmed Faraz, Faraz (1931-2008)
  • Zafar Iqbal (born 1932)
  • Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
  • Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
  • Saeed Ahmad Akhtar (born 1933)
  • Murtaza Birlas (born 1934)
  • Aftab Iqbal Shamim (born 1936)
  • Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997]]
  • Syed Shakeel Desnavi(born-1941)
  • Azhar Sabri(born-1990)
  • Gulzar
  • Zafar Iqbal
  • Kishwar Naheed
  • Samina Raja {1961}
  • Fehmida Riaz (born 1948)
  • Parveen Shakir (1953–1995)
  • Iftikhar Arif (born 1943)
  • Naseer Ahmed Nasir (born 1954)
  • Sabir Hussain Sabir(born in Poonch)
  • Syed fakhar-ud-din balley {1930-2004}
  • Ahmad khayal
  • [[Syed Ishtiaq Hussain Kazmi{1983}]]
  • Tanvir Aslam Rawn Manzar (Date of Birth 22-12-1992)
  • Yousuf Gabriel (1917-2006)

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  • Ejaz Hussain Khatta
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