List of Famous people born in Uttar Pradesh, India

Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau, better known as Amīr Khusrau Dehlavī, was an Indian Sufi singer, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi. A vocabulary in verse, the Ḳhāliq Bārī, containing Arabic, Persian, and Hindavi terms is often attributed to him. Khusrau is sometimes referred to as the "voice of India" or "Parrot of India" (Tuti-e-Hind), and has been called the "father of Urdu literature."

Shibban Lal Saxena was a former Indian politician and Freedom Fighter. He was son of late Shri Chhotey Lal Saksena and his uncles'were late Shri Shyam Sunder Lal Saksena and late Shri Ram Sunder Lal Saksena. He was born on 13 July 1906 to a wealthy Kayastha Family at Agra.

Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute, in the Hindustani classical tradition.

Raman Ghosh is an Indian sportsman who represented India in several badminton tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Indian badminton team, which won the 1975 Thomas Cup qualification by defeating Pakistan at Lahore. He received the Arjuna award for badminton in 1974.

Sakuntla Devi is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. She represents the Powayan constituency of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017 and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Manu Attri is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's and mixed doubles. He partners with Jishnu Sanyal for men's doubles events and previously partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy. For mixed doubles events, he partners with N. Siki Reddy, and previously, K. Maneesha.

Meena Shah was a national badminton champion of India. She died on 10 March 2015, at the Sahara Hospital in Lucknow. Shah won the Senior National Badminton Championships for seven years in a row and also won the women's doubles title three times and the mixed doubles crown twice. She was a recipient of the Padma Shri and the Arjuna award.

Sujit Kumar was an Indian film actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and 25 films in Bhojpuri. From the late 1990s, he primarily worked with production. Kumar was considered a major actor in Bhojpuri cinema. He played pivotal roles either as a villain or as a character actor. One of his most notable roles was as a man playing the mouth organ while driving a jeep in the 1969 film Aradhana and subsequent 12 films with Rajesh Khanna.

Suresh Goel was Indian national badminton champion and a recipient of Arjuna award.