This is a list of notable people from Delhi, India.
Architect Ratish Nanda, conservation architect
Author Anurag Anand Asloob Ahmad Ansari Chetan Bhagat Bedil Dehlavi (1642–1720), poet Daagh Dehlvi, Urdu poet Ghalib, Urdu/Persian poet Kiran Desai Madhur Jaffrey Meenakshi Jain Ritu Lalit Jaishree Misra Amrita Pritam Aman Nath Tushar Raheja Imdad Sabri Nattal Sahu, writer during Tomara reign Shobha Deepak Singh Nitin Soni Vibudh Shridhar, writer in medieval period Sudhir Tailang, cartoonist Valmik Thapar Zauq, poet laureate of Mughal court Bahadurshah Zafar, Mughal king (last to rule from Mughal Dynasty) and Urdu poet
Business Kunal Bahl, entrepreneur Rohit Bansal, entrepreneur Vijay Shekhar Sharma, entrepreneur, Paytm Analjit Singh, entrepreneur, Max Group Vikram Lal, entrepreneur, Eicher Motors Jawed Habib, hairstylist, entrepreneur Patu Keswani, entrepreneur Surinder Mehta Bharat Ram Kunwer Sachdev, entrepreneur Ajay Singh, businessman, sports administrator, bureaucrat and investor
Education Jasleen Dhamija (born 1933), textile historian Deepak Gaur, molecular biologist, and professor Anil Grover Partha Sarathi Gupta Champat Rai Jain Hakim Ajmal Khan Syed Ahmad Khan Madhu Khanna Sunil Kothari Sushil Kumar Saxena Malati Shendge Sampat Kumar Tandon
Journalist Gopinath Aman Afshan Anjum Vikram Chandra Barkha Dutt Sagarika Ghose Sonal Kalra Mayanti Langer Charul Malik Rajat Sharma Sabina Sehgal Saikia Hari Shankar Vyas
Law and judiciary Sanjiv Khanna Subodh Markandeya
Medical Daljeet Singh Gambhir Hemlata Gupta Jitendra Mohan Hans Ganesh Kumar Mani Siddhartha Mukherjee Indira Nath Abha Saxena Krishna Gopal Saxena Santosh Kumar Sen Sujata Sharma Noshir M. Shroff, ophthalmologist M. V. Padma Srivastava Nikhil Tandon Brihaspati Dev Triguna
Military Anuj Nayyar, Indian army captain
Performing arts
Actors Varun Badola Arjan Bajwa Manoj Bakshi Rohit Bakshi Rakesh Bedi Tahir Raj Bhasin Gajendra Chauhan Priyanshu Chatterjee Gaurav Chopra Mukul Dev Rahul Dev Ajay Devgan (born 1969), Indian Bollywood actor and producer Rajneesh Duggal Gulshan Grover Karan Singh Grover, television and Bollywood actor Zain Imam, television actor Sourabh Raj Jain, television actor Kishore Namit Kapoor Ram Kapoor Shahid Kapoor Shakti Kapoor Saif Ali Khan (born 1970), Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), Indian Bollywood actor Rajesh Khattar, actor Samir Kochhar Himansh Kohli Akshay Kumar Darshan Kumar Manoj Kumar Laksh Lalwani Pavan Malhotra Siddharth Malhotra, actor Shivin Narang Hiten Noonwal Manoj Pahwa Ssumier Pasricha, actor and comedian Pran Vijay Raaz Gautam Rode Sumeet Sachdev Anuj Sachdeva Amit Sadh Saqib Saleem Pulkit Samrat Keith Sequeira Divyendu Sharma Satyajit Sharma Saurabh Shukla Inderpal Singh Manjot Singh Shaurya Singh Barun Sobti, television actor Karan Wahi Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Manit Joura, television actor
Actress Anu Aggarwal Roma Arora Neelima Azeem Naseem Banu Ritu Barmecha Bipasha Basu Swara Bhaskar Bibbo Sheeba Chaddha Isha Chawla Ridhi Dogra Esha Gupta Neena Gupta Padmapriya Janakiraman Vaani Kapoor Minissha Lamba Radhika Madan Madhubala (1933–1969), Indian Bollywood actress Rashi Mal Sanya Malhotra Manasvi Mamgai Monal Naval Arundathi Nag Shonali Nagrani Aishveryaa Nidhi Tapsee Pannu Huma Qureshi, actress Kriti Sanon, actress Amba Sanyal (born 1945), stage actor and costume designer Deeksha Seth Pooja Sharma Urvashi Sharma Deepika Singh Kashish Singh Neetu Singh Rakul Preet Singh Raashi Khanna Sarika Thakur Vani Tripathi
Directors, producers and writers Atul Agnihotri Shubhavi Arya Vikas Bahl (born 1971), Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director Dev Benegal Aditya Dhar Amar Kanwar (born 1964), Indian film director and contemporary artist Rajat Kapoor Bhushan Kumar Divya Khosla Kumar Gulshan Kumar Anu Malhotra Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Nisha Pahuja Aanand L. Rai Maneesh Sharma Alankrita Shrivastava Loveleen Tandan
Singers and musicians KK (singer) Sunidhi Chauhan Javed Ali Badshah, rapper and singer Akriti Kakar Prakriti Kakar Sukriti Kakar Harshdeep Kaur Tulsi Kumar Madhup Mudgal Anushka Manchanda Mukesh (1923–1976), Indian playback singer from 1940s-1970s Hindi cinema Bif Naked (born 1971), Canadian punk rock singer Peter Plate (born 1967), German singer, songwriter and producer (Rosenstolz) Yo Yo Honey Singh, rapper and producer Ikka Singh, rapper and singer Seedhe Maut, Hip hop duo
Choreography Shakti Mohan
Philanthropists and social workers Kiran Martin
Photographers Adnan Abidi Pablo Bartholomew Pamella Bordes Arko Datta Gauri Gill Saadiya Kochar Vicky Roy Danish Siddiqui Dayanita Singh Shobha Deepak Singh Komala Varadan Vineet Vohra
Politics Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician Ramesh Bidhuri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Michael Bennet (born 1964), American politician Sheila Dikshit, former chief minister Gautam Gambhir Maneka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Rahul Gandhi S. Jaishankar Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal, ex chief minister Meenakshi Lekhi, cabinet minister Chaudhary Bharat Singh Ajay Maken Pervez Musharraf (born 1943), Pakistani politician Kedar Nath Sahani Kanwar Singh Tanwar Harsh Vardhan Sahib Singh Verma Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma
Rulers Rajputs Anangpal Tomar, King of Haryana and Delhi Prithviraj Chauhan, King of much of North India
Sayyids Muhammad Shah
Lodi Ibrahim Lodhi
Mughals Ahmad Shah Bahadur Shah Alam II Bahadur Shah Zafar
Science Diwakar Vaish, roboticist Ashok Goel, computer scientist
Sports Athletic Arun Bhardwaj Amoj Jacob Lalit Mathur Tejaswin Shankar Sourabh Vij
Badminton Damayanti Tambay
Billiards Geet Sethi (born 1961), Indian billiard player and world champion
Chess Aryan Chopra Sahaj Grover Parimarjan Negi (born 1993), Indian chess player Tania Sachdev
Cricket Mohinder Amarnath Kirti Azad Amit Bhandari Unmukt Chand Chetan Chauhan Aakash Chopra Anjum Chopra Nikhil Chopra Vijay Dahiya Shikhar Dhawan Salim Durani Gautam Gambhir Rajinder Goel Shilpa Gupta Ajay Jadeja Surinder Khanna Virat Kohli Raman Lamba Warren Lee Reema Malhotra Mithun Manhas Amit Mishra Parvinder Awana Ashish Nehra Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Manoj Prabhakar Vivek Razdan Rahul Sanghvi Virender Sehwag Ajay Sharma Amita Sharma Ishant Sharma Sanjeev Sharma Robin Singh, Jr. Sunil Valson Atul Wassan
Football Jyoti Ann Burrett Aayushmaan Chaturvedi Aditi Chauhan Dalima Chhibber Narender Gahlot Tanvie Hans Rohit Kumar Munmun Lugun Ishan Pandita
Golf Gaurav Ghei Shiv Kapur Rashid Khan Chiragh Kumar Mukesh Kumar Amit Luthra Himmat Rai Jyoti Randhawa Digvijay Singh
Hockey Raghbir Singh Bhola Arthur Charles Hind Abdul Qayyum Khan Manju Phalswal Jaswant Singh Rajput Aziz-ur Rehman Joginder Singh Khawaja Muhammad Taqi
Judo Harsh Singh
Martial art Om Prakash Bhardwaj Akram Shah Narender Singh
Skiing Neha Ahuja, Winter Olympian Shailaja Kumar, Winter Olympian
Table tennis Manika Batra Indu Puri
Boxing Gaurav Bidhuri, world boxing Bronze medal winner
Tennis Ankita Bhambri Prerna Bhambri Yuki Bhambri Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh Jasjit Singh
Wrestling Jyoti Parkash Gian Guru Hanuman Sonika Kaliraman Pawan Kumar Sushil Kumar Sujeet Maan Malwa Singh Satpal Singh
Miscellaneous Ravi Gulati (born 1974), social activist Kartik Kumra (born 2000), fashion designer and founder of Kartik Research Laila Tyabji (born 1947), co-founder of Dastkar, Padma Shri (2012)
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