List of people from Delhi

This is a list of famous and notable people from Delhi, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well known during the peak of their popularity.

Armed forces

 * Anuj Nayyar, Kargil Hero

Arts and entertainment

 * Shahrukh Khan
 * Nandita Das
 * Imtiaz Ali
 * Sonu Nigam
 * Chetan Bhagat, IIT Delhi Alumni
 * Arjun Rampal
 * Irrfan Khan
 * Shahid Kapoor
 * Shakti Kapoor
 * Sunidhi Chauhan
 * Bipasha basu

Politics

 * Bahadur Shah Zafar
 * Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister
 * Jagdish Tytler
 * Priyanka Gandhi
 * HKL Bhagat
 * Sahib Singh Verma
 * Madanlal Khurana
 * Guru Radha Kishan
 * Kedar Nath Sahani
 * Aung Sang Suu Kyi, DU Alumni
 * Rahul Gandhi
 * Shashi Tharoor
 * Salman Khurshid
 * Saurav Nasa

Literature

 * Bedil Dehlavi, poet (1642–1720),
 * Zauq, poet laureate of Mughal court
 * Mirza Ghalib, poet
 * Khushwant Singh

Sports

 * Ishant Sharma
 * Virender Sehwag
 * Warren Lee (cricketer)
 * Gautam Gambhir
 * Virat Kohli