List of Indian muslims

This is an incomplete list, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

List of notable Muslims of independent India

Artist's[]

A. R. Rahman
Salim Khan
Abrar Alvi
Ayesha Takia
Mohammed Rafi
Saroj Khan
Farah Khan
Salma Arastu
M. F. Husain
Bismillah Khan
Ghulam Sadiq Khan
Ali Akbar Khan, musician^[1]
Amjad Ali Khan
Aslam Farshori
Begum Akhtar
Javed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffery
Jagdeep
Johnny_Walker_(actor)
Meena Kumari
Katrina Kaif
Madhubala
Sajid Khan
Ayaan Ali Khan
Amaan Ali Khan
Vilayat Khan
Zakir Hussain, musician^[2]^[3]
Iqbal Khan
Shah Rukh Khan
Aamir Khan
Dilip Kumar
Naseeruddin Shah
Salman Khan
Shabana Azmi
Eijaz Khan
Prem Nazir
Waheeda Rahman
Zeenat Aman
Tabassum Hashmi/Tabu
Farida Jalal
Jalal Agha
Mammooty
Kabir Khan
Sanjay Khan
Feroz Khan
Shafi Inamdar
Talat Mahmood
Anwar
Kushboo
Mohammad Aziz
Shabbir Kumar
Talat Aziz
Naushad
Salman Khan
Ghulam Haider
Kamal Amrohi
Nimmi
Nargis
K Asif
K A Abbas
Sohail Khan
Ghulam Abbas Khan
othika
Saif Ali Khan
Syed Fardeen

Soha Ali Khan
Fardeen Khan

Zayed Khan
Resul Pookutty

Sports[]

Football
- Syed Nayeemuddin
- Majid Abdul Wahab Bawazir

Badminton
- Syed Modi

Field hockey
- Mohammed Shahid
- Zafar Iqbal (hockey player)
- Mohammed Riaz
- Aslam Sher Khan
- Saba Anjum Karim

Basket ball
- Gulam Abbas Moontasir

Tennis
- Sania Mirza
- Zeeshan Ali
- Asif Ismail
- Akhtar Ali

Table tennis
- Mir Khasim Ali

Volleyball
- Abdul Basith

Shooting
- Moraad Ali Khan

Weightlifting
- Mohammed Asdullah

Cricket
- Nazir Ali
- Mohammad Nissar
- Gul Mohammad
- Abdul Aziz
- Nawab of Pataudi Sr.
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
- Abid Ali
- Ghulam Ahmed
- Syed Kirmani
- Arshad Ayub
- Ghulam Parkar
- Mushtaq Ali
- Salim Durrani
- Abbas Ali Baig
- Rashid Patel
- Mohammad Azharuddin
- Saba Karim
- Iqbal Siddiqui
- Mohammed Kaif
- Zaheer Khan
- Irfan Pathan
- Wasim Jaffer
- Munaf Patel
- Yusuf Pathan

Coaching

Ilyas Babar
Akhtar Ali
Syed Naeemuddin
Fatima Bano (Wrestling Coach)

Politics[]

Presidents of India[]

Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam^[4]
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed^[5]
Zakir Hussain^[6]

Vice-Presidents of India[]

Zakir Hussain (politician)
Mohammad Hamid Ansari^[7]
Muhammad Hidayatullah^[8]

Governors of the states[]

Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Ali Yavar Jung
Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
Asaf Ali
Justice Fatima Beevi
Gulsher Ahmad
Idris Hasan Latif,Air Chief Marshal
Mohammad Yunus Saleem
Mohammed Fazal
Mohammed Usman Arif
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Sajjad Zaheer
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Khurshed Alam Khan
Sikander Bakht
Syed Sibtey Razi
Sadiq Ali

Ministers[]

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
A.B.A. Gani Khan Choudhury,
CK Jaffer Sheriff,
Abdul Rehman Antulay,
Asaf Ali
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Mohammed Usman Arif
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Maulana Azad
Khurshed Alam Khan
Kamaluddin Ahmed
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Mohsina Kidwai
Omar Abdullah
Sikander Bakht
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
P. M. Sayeed
Salman Khurshid
Rasheed Masood
Tariq Anwar
Arif Beg
Captain Mohd. Ayub Khan
Arif Mohammad Khan
Mohammad Yunus Saleem
Justice M.C. Chagla
E Ahamed
rafiq alam

Chief Ministers[]

Abdul Rehman Antulay, Maharashtra
Abdul Gafoor, Bihar
Barkatullah Khan , Rajasthan
Anowara Taimur, Assam
C.H. Mohammed Koya, Kerala
Ghulam Nabi Azad, J&K
Omar Abdullah, J&K
Syed Mir Qasim, Jammu & Kashmir
Farooq Abdullah, Jammu & Kashmir
Sheikh Abdullah, Jammu & Kashmir
Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Jammu & Kashmir

Members of Parliament[]

Zafar Ali Naqvi
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi from Hyderabad
Asaduddin Owaisi, MIM party

Other politicians[]

Saifuddin Kitchlew, barrister and freedom fighter
Begum Aizaz Rasul, first woman to Chair a Legislative Council, 1939
Najma A. Heptulla, former Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Member of Parliament Rajya-sabha and Prominent Educationist, (RAICHUR City, Karnataka)
Ahmed Patel,leader of Indian National Congress Party^[9]
Rafiq Zakaria,former deputy leader of Congress Party.
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Mahmood A. Madani, Member of Parliament & General Secretary, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hnd
P M Aboobacker, Former Kerala PWD Minister and Leader of Muslim League and Indian National League.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed Ex. MLA and Senior Congress Leader from Bombay.

Judiciary & Law[]

Chief Justice of India
- Muhammad Hidayat Ullah
- Mirza Hameedullah Beg^[10]
- A. M. Ahmadi^[11]

Attorney
- Syed Shabbar Hasan Abidi

Judge Supreme Court of India
- Fatima Beevi
- Faizanuddin
- S.Saghir Ahmad
- S.S.M.Quadri
- V.Khalid
- Altamas Kabir
- Aftab Aalam

Chief Justice, High Court
- Mahommed Ali Currim Chagla
- Justice Bashir Ahmad Khan
- Syed Mahmood Quadri
- Firasat Hussain
- Iftiqar Ahmed
- Badruddin Siddiqui
- Doulat Khan

Jurists
- Tahir Mahmood, Member, Law Commission of India

Military[]

Abdul Hamid
Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah^[12]
Idris Hasan Latif
M. A. Zaki,Lt Gen
Brigadier Mohammad Usman
Rajiq Khan
Sqn Ldr Zafar Ali Shah
Lt Hanifudeen

Colonel Ali Akhtar Jafri

Administration (Civil service)[]

Zafar Saifullah
Abid Hussain
Wajahat Habibullah

Diplomats[]

Asaf Ali
Mohammad Yunus
Idris Hasan Latif

Science[]

A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Salim Ali
Obaid Siddiqui
Dr.Qaiser Baqri
Dr. Husain Zaheerex DG CSIR
Syed Zahoor Qasim
Faizan Ahmad
Ahmad Raza khan

Medicine[]

Dr. C.M. Habibullah
Dr. Syed Ziaur Rahman

Unani Medicine[]

Hakim Ajmal Khan
Hakim Syed Karam Husain
Hakim Abdul Hameed
Professor Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Academia[]

Abad Ahmad
Mirza Saiyyedain
Furqan Qamar
Iftikhar Alam Khan
Mushirul Hasan
Md Afshar AlamJamia Hamdard ,New delhi
Professor Nawab Ali Khan Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Economists[]

Abid Hussain
H Abdul Raqeeb
Prof. Mohd Muzammil, Lucknow
Prof Ali Muhammad Khusro
F.R. Faridi
Dr. A.A. Islahi
Dr. Mohammed Galib Hussain

Industry and business[]

Azim Premji
Mohd.Ateeq (Chairman & Founder ARC Industries)
Sahil Khan (CMD S.K.Group)
Yusuf Hamied
Mohd Arshad (Founder & CEO, Cherisys Technologies)
Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala

Islamic scholars[]

Mufti Muhammad Ashraf Ali Rector, Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad, Bangalore
Md.Asad Hussain Nadwi Okhla, New Delhi
Abdul Haq AnsariJamat-e-Islami Hind
baderuddin Ahmed Al Mazahiri Hyderabad
Jalaluddin Umri Jamat-e-Islami Hind
Mufti Mukarram Ahmad
Maulana Mansur Ahmed Aslam Chennai
Abul Fazl Syed Mahmood Quadri
S Ameen ul Hasan Jamat-e-Islami Hind
Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad
Syed Ameen Mian Qaudri
Shibli Nomani
Yusuf Islahi
Zakir Naik

Award winners[]

Gallantry Awards Param Vir Chakra

Company Havildar Major Abdul Hamid, (4 Grenadiers)

Maha Vir Chakra

Mohammed Ismail: 1947-48 Operation
Lt.Col Salim Caleb: 1965 Indo Pak War
Mohammed Usman: Indo-Pakistan War

Shaurya Chakra

Rifleman Raiece Ahmad Ganaie, Jammy & Kashmir Light Infantry/50 Rashtriya Rifles
Havildar Mohammad Maroof: 23 Rajput Regiment,
Havildar Abrahim: Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry/47 Rashtriya Rifles
Rifleman Riyaz Ahmad Bhat: Assam Regiment/35 Rashtriya Rifles

Civil awards[]

Bharat Ratna
- Bismillah Khan
- Zakir Hussain (politician)
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Padma Vibhushan
- 2006: Prof. Obaid Siddiqui [Science and Engineering]: Karnataka.
- 2001: Amjad Ali Khan [Art(Indian Classical Instrumental Music)]: Delhi
- 2000: Vilayat Khan [Classical music]

Padma Bhushan
- 2006:
  - Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan [Art]: Maharashtra
  - Ghulam Mustafa Khan [Art]: Maharashtra
  - Sabri Khan: Delhi

- 2005:
  - Azim Premji: Bangalore
  - Prof. Irfan Habib: Aligarh
  - Qurattulain Hyder: Noida UP
  - Dr. Sardar Anjum: Panchkula, Haryana
  - Syed Mir Qasim: New Delhi
  - Dr. Yusuf Khwaja Hamied: Mumbai

- 2003:
  - Naseeruddin Shah [Art(Cinema)]: Mumbai

- 2002:
  - Habib Tanvir: New Delhi
  - Ismail Merchant [Art(Cinema)]: Mumbai
  - Zakir Hussain: Mumbai

- 2001:
  - Maulana Abdul Karim Parekh [Social Work]: Nagpur

- 2000:
  - Begum Kudsia Aizaz Rasul [Social Work]
  - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan [Public Affairs]

- 1965:
  - Mohammad Mujeeb: Delhi

Padma Shri
- 2009:
  - Shamsur Rahman Faruqi [Literature?]: Uttar Pradesh
- 2007:
  - Mujtaba Hussain [Literature and Education]Andhra Pradesh
- 2006:
  - Fatma Rafiq Zakaria [Literature and Education]: Maharashtra
  - Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Unani: Uttar Pradesh
  - Mehmood Dhaulpuri [Art]: Delhi
  - Mehmooda Ali Shah [Literature and Education]: Jammu & Kashmir
  - Rashid Khan [Art]: West Bengal
  - Sania Mirza [Sport]: Hyderabad
  - Dr. Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain [Science and Engineering]:Andhra Pradesh
  - Shahnaz Husain [Trade and Industry]: Delhi

- 2005:
  - Amin Kamil: Srinagar
  - Ghulam Sadiq Khan: New Delhi
  - Mehrunnisa Parvez: Bhopal
  - Muzaffar Ali: Lucknow
  - Shah Rukh Khan: Mumbai
  - Shameem Dev Azad: New Delhi

- 2004:
  - Prof. Asifa Zamani: Lucknow
  - Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini: Gulberga, Karnataka

- 2003:
  - Aamir Khan [Art(Cinema)]: Mumbai
  - Manzoor Ehtesham : Bhopal
  - Ustaad Shafaat Ahmed Khan: Delhi

- 2002:
  - Abdul Lateef Khan: Bhopal
  - Fazal Mohammad : Agra
  - Muzaffer Hussain: Mumbai
  - Raj Begum: Jammu & Kashmir

- 2001:
  - Jeelani Bano [Literature and Education]: Hyderabad
  - Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Mohammad Ahmad Zaki [Civil Service]: Hyderabad
  - Khalid A.H. Ansari [Literature and Education(Journalism)]: Mumbai
  - Dr. C.M. Habibullah [Medicine(Gastro-Entrology)]: Hyderabad
  - Amir Raza Hussain [Art(Cinema)]:
  - M. Tayab Khan [Art(Craftsmanship)]: Jodhpur
  - Prof. Mohammad Shafi [Science and Engineering(Geography)] : Aligarh

- 2000:
  - A.R. Rehman [Music]
  - Abdul Rarman Rahi [Education]

Dronacharya Award*
- 1990 : Syed Naeemuddin (Football)
- 1994 : Md. Ilyas Babar (Athletics)
- 2000 : S. M. Arif (Badminton)
- 2005: Ismail Baig (Rowing)

Shilp Guru
- Rehana Begum

1995 Zoe Ansari Award by the Maharashtra State Urdu Academy
- Ali Sardar Jafri

Sahitya Akademi Award[]

1950s

1955 Maal aur Mashiyat (Philosophical treatise) Zafar Hussain Khan [Urdu]
1956 Qaumi Tehzib Ka Masala (A survey of Indian culture) S. Abid Hussain [Urdu]
1957 Mir Taqi Mir (Literary criticism) K.A. Faruqui [Urdu]
1958 Sat Sangar (Short stories) Akhtar Mohi- ud- Din (Ghulam Mohiud- Din- Akhtar Wani) [Kashmiri]
1958 Atish-i-Gul (Poetry) `Jigar Muradabadi' (Ali Sikandar) [Urdu]
1959 Urdu Drama aur Stage (History of Urdu drama and stage) Syed Masud Hasan Rizvi [Urdu]

1960s

1961 Nauroz-i-Saba (Poetry) A. Rahman Rahi [Kashmiri]
1961 Diwan-i-Ghalib (A critical edition of Ghalib's poetry) Imtiyaz Ali `Arshi' [Urdu]
1962 Yadein (Poetry) Akhtar ul-Iman [Urdu]
1963 Aandhi Mein Chiragh (Sketches) K.G. Saiyidain [Urdu]
1967 Laveh Te Praveh (Poetry) Amin Kamil [Kashmiri]
1967 Patjhar Ki Awaz (Short stories) Qurratulain Hyder [Urdu]
1969 Ka `Shri Zab': Ny Hund Alleqavaad Phera (Linguistic study) Abdul Khaliq Tak Zainageri [Kashmiri]
1969 Bisat-Raqs (Poetry) Makhdum Mohiuddin [Urdu]

1970s

1970 Adhunikata O Rabindranath (Literary criticism) Abu Sayeed Ayyub [Bengali]
1970 Lahoo Ke Phool (Novel) Hayatullah Ansari [Urdu]
1970 Maqualaat (Essays) Mohiuddin Hajini [Kashmiri]
1971 Ghalib ki Shakhsiyat aur Shairi (Literary criticism) Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui [Urdu]
1972 Suyya (Play) Ali Mohammad Lone [Kashmiri]
1972 Aghari Atmar Kahini (Novel) Syed Abdul Malik [Assamese]
1974 Nazar aur Nazariya (Literary criticism) Ale Ahmed Suroor [Urdu]
1975 Gaashir Munaar (Essays) Ghulam Nabi Khayal [Kashmiri]
1975 Awara Sajde (Poetry) Kaifi Azmi [Urdu]
1976 Khak-e-Dil (Poetry) * Jan Nisar Akhtar [Urdu]
1978 Hafiz aur Iqbal (Criticism) Yusuf Husain Khan [Urdu]
1979 Nawa-e-Awara (Poetry) Gulam Rabbani Taban [Urdu]
1979 Partavistan (Poetry) Marghoob Banihali [Kashmiri]

1980s

1980 Iqbal Ki Terah Nazmen (Literary criticism) A.A. Ansari [Urdu]
1984 Essay (Essays) Mohd. Zaman Azurdah [Kashmiri]
1984 Iqbal Ki Nazari-o-Amali Sheriyat (Criticism) Masud Husain Khan [Urdu]
1985 Lole Vetsar (Poetry) Mirza G.H. Beg Arif [Kashmiri]
1986 Tanquidi Afkar (Literary criticism) Shamsur Rahman Faruqi [Urdu]
1987 Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai (Poetry) A. M. K. Shahryar [Urdu]
1987 Awaz-i-Dost (Poetry) Mir Ghulam Rasool Nazki [Kashmiri]
1988 Pun-Te-Paap (Novel) Ghulam Nabi Gauhar [Kashmiri]
1988 Aatish-e-Chinar (Autobiography) *Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah [Urdu]

1990s

1990 Do Gaz Zameen (Novel) Abdus Samad [Urdu]
1990 Kashur Sarmaya (Poetry) Fazil Kashmiri [Kashmiri]
1991 Achhre Tsange (Poetry) Ghulam Nabi Tak Naazir [Kashmiri]
1991 Identity Card (Novel) Salahuddin Pervez [Urdu]
1992 Chautha Aasmaan (Poetry) Mohammed Alvi [Urdu]
1992 Amaar (Poetry) Shafi Shaida [Kashmiri]
1993 Kenh Natu Kenh (Essays) Syed Rasool Pompur [Kashmiri]
1993 Daivathinte Kannu (Novel) N. P. Mohammed [Malayalam]
1994 Pichhle Mausam Ka Phool (Poetry) Mazhar Imam [Urdu]
1994 Kaeji Raath (Play) Sajood Sailani [Kashmiri]
1994 Aleek Manush (Novel) Syed Mustafa Siraj [Bengali]
1995 Naar Hatun Kazal Wanas (Poetry) M. Farooq Nazki [Kashmiri]
1996 Fire Area (Novel) Ilyas Ahmad Gaddi [Urdu]
1997 Nai Che Nallan (Poetry) Rafiq Raaz [Kashmiri]
1997 Chaivu Narkali (Novel) Thoppil Mohamed Miran [Tamil]
1998 Mahjoor Shinasi (Criticism) Mohammad Yousuf Taing [Kashmiri]
1998 Khoya Hua Sa Kuch (Poetry) Nida Fazli [Urdu]
1999 Aas (Poetry) Bashir Badr [Urdu]
1999 Vahrat (Poetry) Rashid Nazki [Kashmiri]
1999 Aalapanai (Poetry) S. Abdul Rahman [Tamil]

2000s

2000 Sookhi Tahni Par Hariyal (Poetry) Mohd. Idrees Ambar Bahraichi [Urdu]
2001 Gharano (Novel) Abdul Vaheed ‘Kamal’ [Rajasthani]
2001 Taoos Chaman Ki Maina (Short stories) Naiyer Masud [Urdu]
2001 Rikhah (Poetry) *Mohiud- Din- Gowhar [Kashmiri]
2002 Pursaan (Criticism) Naji Munawar [Kashmiri]
2003 Baad-E-Saba Ka Intizar (Short Stories) Syed Muhammad Ashraf [Urdu]
2004 Sada Te Samandar (Poetry) Gh. Nabi Firaq [Kashmiri]
2004 Shikasta Buton Ke Darmiyan (Short Stories) Salam Bin Razzak [Urdu]
2005 Ret par khema (Memoirs) Jabir Hussain [Urdu]
2005 Yath Miani Joye (Poetry) Hamidi Kashmiri [Kashmiri]
2009 Thrikkottoor Novellakal (Novel) U. A. Khader [Malayalam]

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