This is a list of notable people from or associated with Lucknow, India.
Academics, education and science
- S. P. Chakravarti, father of Electronics and Telecommunications engineering education in India.
- Dalip Kumar Upreti, Indian Lichenologist
- Salman Akhtar, psychoanalyst
- Herbert V. Günther, professor of philosophy
- Mukesh Haikerwal, general practitioner and former federal president of the Australian Medical Association, Companion of the Order of Australia since 2011.
- Asma Hussain, UP's first fashion designer; Head of Asma Hussain Institute of Fashion Technology, Lucknow
- Kailas Nath Kaul, botanist and agricultural scientist
- Gopal Khanna, 5th Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Veena Talwar Oldenburg, professor of history
- Anil K. Rajvanshi, rural development expert
- Kalbe Sadiq, educationist
Arts and culture
- Jan Nisar Akhtar, poet and lyricist, father of Javed Akhtar
- Muzaffar Ali, filmmaker
- Naushad Ali, film musician
- Amitabh Bhattacharya, Bollywood singer and lyricist
- Nivedita Bhattacharya, theatre and television actress
- Ranveer Brar, chef, television host
- Pali Chandra, Kathak dancer
- Anup Jalota, Indian classical singer and musician
- Hashim Akhtar Naqvi, Indian calligrapher
- Cliff Richard, British singer and musician, now settled in Portugal and Barbados
- Mohammad Shakeel, contemporary artist
- Kavi Pradeep, Poet and lyricist. Famous for writing patriotic songs
Actors and singers
- Talat Mahmood, singer
- Sumona Chakravarti, actress
- Tia Bajpai, singer and actress
- Ali Fazal, actor
- Amit Mishra, Singer
- Kanika Kapoor, singer
- Baba Sehgal, singer
- Aditi Sharma, actress
- Kushal Tandon, actor
- Gungun Uprari, actress
- Cliff Richard, singer
- Amit Sadh, actor
- Anil Rastogi, actor
- Malini Awasthi Singer
- Roshan Abbas Tv anchor
- Javed Akhtar writer
Activists
- Sehba Hussain, activist, former member of National Advisory Council
- Runa Banerjee, social worker and co-founder of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
Poets, authors and journalists
- Mir Babar Ali Anis, Marsiya writer (poet)
- Iftikhar Arif, poet
- Brij Narayan Chakbast, poet
- Mirza Dabeer, Marsiya writer (poet)
- Altaf Fatima, novelist
- Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Lucknow historian
- Majaz, poet
- Josh Malihabadi, poet
- Vinod Mehta, journalist
- Mir Taqi Mir, poet
- Amaresh Misra, historian and author
- Maulana Hasrat Mohani, poet
- Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Islamic historian
- Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Islamic scholar and writer
- Amritlal Nagar, novelist
- Suryakumar Pandey, poet
- Nitya Prakash, novelist
- Manikonda Chalapathi Rau, journalist
- Mirza Hadi Ruswa, poet
- Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar, novelist
- K.P. Saxena, poet
- Abdul Halim Sharar, Lucknow historian
- Gaura Pant Shivani, writer
- Sri Lal Sukla. novelist
- Shaukat Siddiqui, novelist
- Srijan Pal Singh, author and advisor to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Bhagwati Charan Verma, writer
- Yashpal, novelist, freedom fighter
- Mohsin Zaidi, poet
- Masroor Jahan, novelist and short-story writer
- Zameer Akhtar Naqvi poet
- yogesh praveen historian and author
Business and professionals
- Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker and philanthropist
- Manoj Bhargava, US-based entrepreneur; founder and CEO of 5-Hour Energy Drink
- Ved Rattan Mohan, MD of Mohan Meakin
- Prashant Pathak, Canadian investor and entrepreneur
- Subrata Roy, businessman; worker director of Sahara India Pariwar, the world's largest employer
- Syed Safawi, entrepreneur
Military
- John Alexander, soldier
- John Coleman, soldier
- Edward Hilton, soldier
- William Stephen Raikes Hodson, British officer
- Henry Montgomery Lawrence, soldier
- Claude Martin, French major general who fought for the British; established La Martiniere Schools at Lucknow, Lyons and Calcutta
- Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, British general
- Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1st battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles, Param Vir Chakra
- Arthur Skey, Royal Navy rear-admiral
Politics
- Intezar Abidi, politician
- K. C. Singh Baba, Parliament
- Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna former Chief Minister of UP
- Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
- Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh
- Sandeep Dikshit, Parliament
- Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, Nawab of Oudh
- Chandra Bhanu Gupta Three times Chief Minister of UP.
- Amir Haider, Senior Congress Leader
- Mohammad Haleem, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Mohammad Hidayatullah, former acting President of India (1969–1969); former vice-president of India (1979–1984); 11th Chief justice of India (1968–1970)
- Sheila Kaul, former Union Cabinet Minister in India
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, former Minister of Health
- Begum Hazrat Mahal, Queen of Oudh
- Satish Mishra, lawyer
- Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee, social reformer
- Brajesh Pathak, politician
- Ashok Kumar Rawat, politician
- Mohammad Yunus Saleem, lawyer
- Sayed, Nawab of Oudh
- Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Oudh
- Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India
- Kirti Vardhan Singh, Parliament
- Sarvraj Singh, politician
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
- Anne Warner, Australian politician
Sports
- Afaq Hussain, cricketer
- Shahid Mahmood, cricketer
- Ravinder Pal Singh, hockey
- Apoorva Sengupta, cricketer
- Rinku Singh, professional wrestler signed with WWE's development territory NXT
- Suresh Raina, cricketer
- Arthur Skey, cricketer