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This is the list of notable people from Jammu and Kashmir.

G. M. Bhat, geologist and professor.
Ved Kumari Ghai, Padma Shri and Nari Shakti Puraskar recipient, eminent Sanskrit Scholar and renowned social worker
Lalit Gupta, art historian
Subhash Kak, American computer scientist
Vijay Mahajan, American Marketing Professor from Jammu
Amitabh Mattoo, thinker and professor
Vishwamurti Shastri, Sanskrit scholar
Sonam Wangchuk, engineer, innovator and education reformist

Masud Choudhary, ex IPS officer
Shah Faesal, first IAS topper from Kashmir
V. N. Kaul, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Padma Bhushan
Abdul Rashid Khan, IPS, Ex Inspector General of Police and Member State Human Rights Commission.
Farooq Khan, ex IPS, politician, advisor
Kewal Kumar Sharma,ex IAS officer and advisor to Governor
Shesh Paul Vaid, IPS officer

Shujaat Bukhari
Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of Kashmir Observer
Yusuf Jameel, veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.
Altaf Qadri, photojournalist working with the Associated Press.
Nidhi Razdan, newscaster
Fahad Shah, journalist, founder and editor of The Kashmir Walla.
Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat.
Asif Sultan, journalist and editor in chief of Kashmir Narrator
Kamran Yousuf, photojournalist
Masrat Zahra, freelance photojournalist.

Adarsh Sein Anand, ex Chief Justice of India
Parvez Imroz, human rights activist and lawyer
Mehr Chand Mahajan, ex Chief Justice of India
Bilal Nazki, ex Chief Justice of Orissa and Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Bihar
T. S. Thakur, ex Chief Justice of India

Agha Shahid Ali, poet and finalist for National Book Award of United States in 2001
Rafiq Anjum, poet, researcher, poet and critic of Prof. Rahman Rahi
Bashir Bhadarwahi, writer, educationist, poet
Moti Lal Kemmu, Kashmiri writer and social worker
Habba Khatun, 16th-century poet, known as "Nightingale of Kashmir"
Lalleshwari, poet-saint
Hakeem Manzoor, writer, poet
Farooq Nazki, poet, broadcaster and media personality
Basharat Peer, author and scriptwriter
Padma Sachdev, poet, novelist, first modern women poet of Dogri language
Ali Mohammad Shahbaz, writer, poet
Deen Bandhu Sharma, writer
Nilamber Dev Sharma, first publication in English about Dogri literature
Ram Nath Shastri, known as "Father of Dogri" as he brought Dogri language at national level, Dogri poet
Jitendra Udhampuri, writer

Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Sheikh Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Mirza Afzal Beg (d.1982) was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Mirza Mehboob Beg (1949-), politician. He is Former Member of Parliament from Anantnag
Altaf Bukhari, former Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Sakina itoo, former Social Welfare And Tourism Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Prem Nath Dogra, founder of Praja Parishad Party
Shah Faesal, Independent politician, founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement.
Peer Mohammed Hussain, former Minister of State and co founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Syed Mir Qasim, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
G. M. Saroori, former MLA
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. and former Home Minister of India
Sunil Sharma, former MLA
Karan Singh, ex Sadar-e-Raiyasat
Firdous Tak, former MLC

Parveena Ahanger, cofounder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
Mushtaq Pahalgami, social activist, environmentalist

Ishfaq Ahmed, Indian football team
Danish Farooq Bhat, Indian footballer plays as midfielder for real Kashmir team
Manzoor Dar, Indian cricketer
Gul Dev, Winter Olympian
Nadeem Iqbal, Winter Olympian
Ranveer Jamwal, mountaineer, climbed Everest 3 times, has climbed the highest peaks of all 7 continents
Shubham Khajuria, cricketer
Arif Khan, Winter Olympian
Umran Malik, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mithun Manhas, Indian Premier League player
Aadil Manzoor Peer, international ice stock sport athlete, web developer
Samay Raina, chess player, YouTuber, streamer
Iqra Rasool, Indian cricketer
Parvez Rasool, first J&K cricketer to represent India in International cricket
Rasikh Salam, Indian Premier League player
Abdul Samad, J&K cricketer, played IPL through Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mohammad Sarfaraz, international ice stock sport athlete, Digital Marketer
Chain Singh, J&K's first Olympian, Asian Games 2014 Bronze Medal winner in shooting
Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Indian Football team

Faizan Arif, J&K's first recognized independent weatherman, columnist, and founder of Kashmir Weather.

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 == Other ==
-* [[Faizan Arif]], J&K's first recognized independent weatherman
+* [[Faizan Arif]], J&K's first recognized independent weatherman, columnist, and founder of Kashmir Weather.
 == See also ==