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Alia Bhatt
British actress
Kashmiri people
Kashmiri people () are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language and originating from the Kashmir Valley region, which is located in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
Lalleshwari
Lalleshwari, ( also commonly known as Lal Ded (), was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun or Vakhs, meaning "speech" (from Sanskrit vāc). Known as Lal Vakhs, her verses are among the early compositions in the Kashmiri language and are a part of the history of modern Kashmiri literature.
Begum Samru
ruler of Sardhana, Meerut (c. 1753–1836)
A. K. Hangal
Indian actor (1915–2012)
The Great Gama
Indian and Pakistani professional wrestler
Kunal Khemu
Indian actor
Kailash Kher
Indian pop-rock singer
Nitasha Kaul
Indian economist and writer
Shereen Bhan
Indian journalist
Mani Kaul
Indian film director of Hindi films (1944-2011)
Parveena Ahanger
Indian activist
Hamid Mir
Pakistani journalist, columnist, and author
Anandavardhana
Ānandavardhana (c. 820 – 890 CE) was a Kashmiri court poet and literary critic, honored with the title of Rajanak during King Avantivarman's reign. Anandavardhana authored the Dhvanyāloka, or A Light on Suggestion (dhvani), a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion" (dhvani, vyañjanā).
Vasugupta
Vasugupta ( – 850 CE) was the author of the Shiva Sutras, an important text of the Advaita tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, also called Trika (sometimes called Trika Yoga).
Habba Khatun
16th century Kashmiri poet-empress
Shashaa Tirupati
Canadian playback singer
Markandey Katju
Indian judge
Rajendranath Zutshi
Indian actor
Geeta Zutshi
Indian athlete
Sanna Irshad Mattoo
photojournalist based in Jammu and Kashmir
Vikram Misri
Indian diplomat (born 1964)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Mirwaiz (religious leader) of Kashmir (since 1990)
Aamir Bashir
Indian actor
Saifuddin Kitchlew
Indian revolutionary and politician (1888–1963)
nusrat aga
Indian activist, educator and politician
Parvez Rasool
Indian cricketer
Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Indian football player
Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Indian activist
Iqra Rasool
cricketer
Bhajan Sopori
Santoor Maestro & Padma Shri Winner (1948–2022)
Masrat Zahra
Kashmiri photojournalist
Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali
Kashmiri poet
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
Pakistani politician (1915-2003)
Utpaladeva
Utpaladeva (c. 900–950 CE) was a Shaiva tantrik philosopher, theologian and poet from Kashmir. He belonged to the Trika Shaiva tradition and is a thinker of the Pratyabhijñā school of monistic idealism. His Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā (IPK, Verses on the Recognition of the Lord) is a central text for the Pratyabhijñā school of Shaiva Hindu philosophy. Utpaladeva was also a tantrik guru and a religious bhakti poet, having authored the influential Śivastotrāvalī (A Garland of Hymns to Śiva), a collection of Shaiva hymns that remain popular with Kashmiri Shaivas.
Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar
Indian civil servant
Badr-un-Nissa Begum
Mughal princess
Kailash Nath Katju
Indian politician
Raju Kher
Indian actor and film director
Vivek Razdan
Indian cricket player.
Sandhya Dhar
Indian disability rights activist
Shaan Shahid
Pakistani actor, screenwriter and director
Masuma Anwar
musical artist
Avinash Kak
American-Indian computer scientist
Durga Prasad Dhar
Indian diplomat (1918–1975)
Farah Pandith
American diplomat
Rohit Bal
Indian fashion designer (1961–2024)
P. N. Dhar
Indian economist (1919-2012)
Armina Peerbhoy
Kashmiri art model (1897-1932)
Shamit Kachru
theoretical physicist, a professor of physics at Stanford University, the Wells Family Director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the Stanford Physics Department Chair
Rahul Bhat
Indian actor
Akhtar Mohiuddin
Kashmiri writer from India
Sudha Kaul
Indian social worker
Maqbool Bhat
Kashmiri separatist (1938-1984)
Mehvish Mushtaq
Kashmiri entrepreneur and app developer
Mohammad Yousuf Taing
Indian writer
Priya Raina
Indian actress
Vaṭeśvara
Vaṭeśvara ( ) (born c. 880), was a tenth-century Indian mathematician from Kashmir who presented several trigonometric identities. He was the author (at the age of 24) of the Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta, written in 904 AD, a treatise focusing on astronomy and applied mathematics.The work criticized Brahmagupta and defended Aryabhatta I. An edition of the first three chapters was published in 1962 by R. S. Sharma and Mukund Mishra. Al Biruni referred to the works by Vateswara, particularly the Karaṇasāra, noting that the author was the son of Mihdatta who belonged to Nagarapura (also referred to as Ana
Shah Faesal
Indian physician and civil servant
Dinanath Kaul
poet (1916–1988)