This list of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world.
Amulya Barua (1922-1946) first published posthumously in 1964.
Atul Chandra Hazarika (1903–1986), poet, dramatist, children's story writer and translator.
Bhabananda Deka (born 1929) writer, poet, critic, columnist, playwright
Ganesh Gogoi (born 1907-1938)
Hem Barua (1915–1977), poet and politician
Lakshminath Bezbarua A doyen of Assamese Literature.
Chandra Kumar Agarwala Romantic poet.
Hemchandra Goswami Romantic poet.
Ambikagiri Raichoudhury Romantic poet.
Hiren Bhattacharya (1932-2012), writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
Homen Borgohain (born 1932), writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, (1903–1953), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker
Bishnu Prasad Rabha (KolaGuru)
Nabakanta Barua, also known as Ekhud Kokaideu (1926–2002), novelist and poet
Nilmani Phookan (born 1933)
Harekrishna Deka (born 1942) Poet,fiction-writer, and critic.
Mahim Bora (born 1930) Poet,fiction-writer.
Jumai Khan Azad, a poet
Gosvāmī Tulsīdās तुलसीदास, also known as "Tulasī Dāsa" and "Tulsidas" (1532 –1623 ) Awadhi poet and philosopher.
Rambhadracharya (b.14 January 1950)[β] is a Hindu religious leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist.
Bengali language names in parentheses
Abul Bashar (born 1951), poet and writer
Annadashankar Roy (1905–2002)
Bharatchandra Ray (Raygunakar, court poet in Krishnanagar)
Binoy Majumdar (1934–2006) Indian poet
Bishnu Dey (1909–1982) poet, prose writer, movie critic
Buddhadeb Basu (also spelled "Buddhadeva Bose") (1908–1974), poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
Chandidas (born 1408 CE) refers to (possibly more than one) medieval poet
Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913) poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for patriotic plays and songs, as well as Hindu devotional lyrics
Govindadasa, Medieval Vaishanavite poet
Humayun Kabir (1906–1969), poet, educationalist, politician, writer, philosopher
Iswarchandra Gupta (1812–1859) poet and writer
Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878–1948)
Jatindranath Sengupta (1887–1954), poet and writer
Jibanananda Das (1899–1954)
Joy Goswami (born 1954), Indian poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam (also spelled "Kazi Nozrul Islam") (1899–1976) poet, musician, revolutionary, and philosopher
Krittibas Ojha (; also spelt "Krittivas Ojha"), medieval poet
Malay Roy Choudhury ( born 1939 ), Founder of the Hungry generation movement.
Mallika Sengupta (born 1960), poet and writer
Michael Madhusudan Dutta (also spelled "Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto" and "Datta") (1824–1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, poet and dramatist
Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Nôbonita Deb Shen) (born 1938) writer and poet
Nabinchandra Sen (1847–1909), poet and writer
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) poet, (national poet of Bangladesh), novelist, short story writer, dramatist, singer, composer, essayist, translator, and movie-director.
Premendra Mitra (1904–1988) poet, novelist, short-story writer, including thrillers and science fiction
Purnendu Patri (born 1930) poet, novelist, Artist and Film maker.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Shankha Ghosh (born 1932), poet and critic
Samir Roychoudhury (1933 - 2016 ), Post-modern poet, short story writer, critic and editor.
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (1919–2003)
Subhro Bandopadhyay (Born 1978), poet
Subodh Sarkar (born 1958), poet
Sudhindranath Dutta
Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926–1947) poet
Sukumar Ray (1987–1923) humorous poet, short-story writer and playwright
Sunil Gangopadhyay(Shunil Gônggopaddhae) (born 1934), Indian poet, novelist
Syed Kawsar Jamal (born 1950), Indian poet and essayist
Tarapada Roy (1936–2007), poet, essayist and short-story writer, short stories, and essays, humourist
Vattacharja Chandan (born 1944), Indian poet, fiction writer, mail artist, editor.
In alphabetical order by first name:
A. K. Ramanujan (16 March 1929 – 13 July 1993), poet and scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada.
Abhay Kumar (born 1978), Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Author and Artist.
Agha Shahid Ali (4 February 1949, New Delhi – 8 December 2001, Amherst, Massachusetts) Kashmiri-American poet writing in English.
Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), author and poet writing in English.
Amol Redij (born 1977) is an English poet and writer.
Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004), Indian poet writings in English and Marathi.
Arundhathi Subramaniam poet and writer and web editor writing in English.
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator writing in English.
Bibhu Padhi (born 1951), poet, translator and critic writing in English.
C. P. Surendran, poet, novelist and editor writing in English.
D. C. Chambial, Indian English Poet, Editor and Critic.
Eunice De Souza (also "Eunice de Souza" (born 1940)) Indian poet, literary critic and novelist writing in English.
Feroze Varun Gandhi (born 1980), Poet, Politician and Columnist.
G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000), author and poet writing in English .
Gieve Patel (born 1940), Indian poet, playwright and painter who practiced to be a general physician writing in English.
Gopi Kottoor (born 1956), Indian poet, playwright, translator writing in English.
Hemant Mohapatra, poet writing in English.
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was an Indian poet.
Jagannath Prasad Das (born 1936), also known as J P Das, award-winning poet in English and Oriya
Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1924) poet, critic, arts scholar, and curator writing in English.
K.K. Srivastava (born 1960) Poet, critic and civil servant, writing in English
Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya" (born 1934), writer and poet in English and Malayalam.
Keki Daruwalla Indian poet writing in English.
Makarand Paranjape (born 1960) is an Indian poet writing in English.
Mani Rao (born 1965) is an Indian poet writing in English.
Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is a writer, poet, translator and an activist
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (born 25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) poet and dramatist.
Nissim Ezekiel(1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright and art critic and editor writing in English.
Nalini Priyadarshni (1974), Indian poet, writer, and critic in English
Nandini Sahu (1973), Indian poet, writer, and critic writing in English
Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), author, novelist and poetry writing in English and Hindi.
P. Lal (1929-2010), Indian poet, translator, professor and publisher; also the founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta, India.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (born 1936), Indian poet writing in English.
Pritish Nandy (born 1951), Indian poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer writing in English.
R. Parthasarathy is an Indian poet, translator, critic, and editor writing in English.
Rafey Habib is an Indian-born poet and scholar of literature.
Raman Mundair, poet, writer, artist and playwright writing in English.
Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) poet, editor and translator, writes in English.
Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator writing in English.
Robin S Ngangom. Indian poet writing in English.
Rukmini Bhaya Nair Indian poet and theorist, writing in English.
Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). Indian poet writing in English.
Shahzad A. Rizvi (born 1937, Gwalior) author, scholar and poet writing in English and Urdu.
Shiv Kumar is Indian poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer
Shreekumar Varma (born 1955), newspaper columnist, poet, novelist writing in English.
Smita Agarwal (born 1958) Indian poet, critic, educator, she was also a singer.
Som Ranchan (born 1932), Indian poet and novelist writing in English.
Sri Aurobindo (Sri Ôrobindo, 1872–1950) Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi writing in English.
Subhash Misra (born 1955)
Sudeep Sen, Indian poet and editor writing in English.
Tabish Khair (born 1966), poet, novelist and essayist
Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972), activist, essayist and poet in English and Oriya.
Tishani Doshi (born 1975)
T.K. Doraiswamy (Nakulan, 1921–2007), poet, novelist, translator and professor of English
Toru Dutt (1856–1877). Indian poet wrote in English and French .
Vihang A. Naik (born 1969), is an Indian poet .
Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet.
In alphabetical order by last name:
Akho (1591–1659), poet, Vedantist and radical.
Niranjan Bhagat ( born 1926 ) is a Gujarati poet.
Anil Chavda ( born 1985 ) is a Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat.
Ashok Chavda ( born 1978 ) is a Gujarati language poet, writer and critic from Gujarat.
Pir Sadardin was a fourteenth-century Ismaili Da'i and is regarded as the founder of the Khoja Ismaili sect, also called Satpanth.
Dalpatram (1820–1898), father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
Dayaram (1757–1852) (1777–1853) was a Gujarati poet of medieval Gujarati literature.
Mahadev Desai (1892–1942), writer in English, Gujarati and Bengali.
Suresh Joshi (1921–1986), novelist, short-story writer, critic, poet and writer
Umashankar Joshi – see listing under "Umashankar", below
Kalapi (1874–1900)was a poet and the royal of Lathi state in Gujarat.
Kavi Kant (1867–1923), writer and poet in Gujarati.
Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi (નાનાલાલ દલપતરામ કવિ)
Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947), novelist, poet, short-story writer, folklorist in Gujarati.
Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta (c. 1414 – c. 1481)
Manhar Modi was Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India.
K. M. Munshi (1887–1971), novelist, playwright, writer, politician and lawyer
Narmad (1834–1886) was a Gujarati poet, playwright, essayist and reformer during British India.
Vihang A. Naik (born 1969), writes poetry in Gujarati and English.
Ravji Patel (born 1939) was a modernist poet and novelist in Gujarati.
Rajendra Shah (born 1913), is a Gujarati poet and Jnanpith Award winner.
Rajendra Shukla is a Gujarati poet.
Sundaram (1909–1990), poet, short-story writer, travel writer, biographer and critic
Govardhanram Tripathi (1855–1907), novelist and poet
Umashankar Joshi (1911–1988), novelist, poet, playwright, writer and academic; surname: Umashankar,Jnanpith Award winner
Sitanshu Yashaschandra (born 1941), is a Gujarati language poet and playwright.
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on Astrology
Ambarish Srivastava (1965- ), architect and poet
Amir Khusrow, (1253-1325) musician, scholar and poet
Ashok Chakradhar (1951- ), author and poet
Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913-1985), poet and author
Dharmveer Bharti (1926-1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
Gulzar (1934- ), poet, lyricist, film director .
Geet Chaturvedi (1977- ), poet, short story author and journalist
Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
Gopaldas Neeraj (1924- ), poet and author
Gulab Khandelwal (1924- ), poetry including some in Urdu and English
Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907-2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
Hemant Shesh (1952- ), writer, poet and civil servant
Rambhadracharya (1950- ), religious leader, educationist and scholar
Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
Jaishankar Prasad (1889-1937), novelist, playwright, poet
Javed Akhtar (1945- ), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
Jwalamukhi (1938-2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
Kaka Hathrasi (1906-1995), satirist and humorist poet
Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
Kedarnath Singh (1934- ), poet, critic and essayist
Kripalu Maharaj (1922-2013), spiritual master and a poet
Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (1983- ), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
Kumar Vishwas (1970- ), poet and a professor
Kunwar Narayan (1927- ), poet
Kanwal Ziai (1927-2011)
Mahadevi Varma (1906-1987), poet, woman's activist and educationist
Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964), poet, politician, dramatist, translator
Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889-1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
Mohan Rana (1964- ), poet
Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (1936- ), poet and educator
Naresh Mehta, poet and playwright
Nagarjun (1911-1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911-1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
Neelam Saxena Chandra (b 1969), poet, writer, novelist
Parichay Das, writer and editor and contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
Pawan Karan (1964- ), poet, writer, editor, journalist.
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974), poet, essayist and academic
Ramesh Chandra Jha (1925-1994 ), poet, novelist and freedom fighter
Rustam Singh (b. 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
Ravindra Prabhat (1969- ), author and poet
Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911-1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveller
Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915-2002), poet and academician
Shail Chaturvedi (1936-2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
Sri Lal Sukla, (1925-2011), Author, Writer
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904-1948), poet
Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936-1975), poet
Sumitranandan Pant (1900-1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
Surendra Sharma, poet and humorist
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899-1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
Suryakumar Pandey (Born 1954), Poet, writer
Tara Singh, poet
Teji Grover (b. 1955), Hindi poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher
Tribhuvan (Born 1964), poet, writer, Journalist.
Uday Prakash (1952- ), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
Valmiki, poet-saint, author of the epic Ramayana
Sahir Ludhianvi lyricist, poet from Punjab (Ludhiana).
Padma Sachdev poet, novelist. (Hindi and Dogri language)
Prasoon Joshi
A. K. Ramanujan (16 March 1929 – 13 July 1993), poet and scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both Kannada and English.
Kuvempu (1904-1994)
D. R. Bendre (1896-1981)
Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918-1992)
V. K. Gokak (1909-1992)
K. S. Narasimhaswamy (1915-2003)
U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932-2014)
Adikavi Pampa (902-975)
Ranna (949-?)
Janna (13th century)
Harihara
Vaidehi (1945- )
D. V. Gundappa (1887-1975)
Purandara Dasa (1484–1564)
Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609)
M. Govinda Pai (1883–1963)
Dinakara Desai (1909-1982)
Gangadevi (14th century)
Gourish Kaikini (1912-2002)
Kumara Vyasa (late 14th-early 15th century)
Akka Mahadevi (1130-1160)
Nagavarma I (late 10th-early 11th century)
Nagavarma II (late 11th-early 12th century)
T. N. Srikantaiah (1906-1966)
B. M. Srikantaiah (1884–1946)
G. S. Shivarudrappa (1926- 2013)
Allama Prabhu (12th century)
Shishunala Sharif (1819–1889)
Sarvajna (16th century)
K. S. Nissar Ahmed (1936- )
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
Raghavendra Swami (Belongs to Kannada Madhva Brahmin Born in 1595 or 1598 or 1601 CE)
Devanur Mahadeva (1948 Devanuru village Nanjangud taluk, Mysore district, Karnataka)
Sri Ponna (Born in between 9th to 10th century)
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai (1915 to 2015)
Raghavanka (12th century)
Rudrabhatta (12th century)
Palkuriki Somanatha (1195)
Kesiraja (13th century)
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Abdul Ahad Azad (1903–1948)
Agha Shahid Ali
Amin Kamil (1924-2014)
Arnimal (died 1800)
Ghulam Ahmad Mahju (1885–1952)
Habba Khatun (16th century)
Lalleshwari also known as "Lalla" or "Lal Ded"
Mahmud Gami (1765–1855)
Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820–1976)
Moti Lal Saqi (1936–1999), poet, writer, folklorist and researcher
Nund Reshi (1377–1440)
Rasul Mir (died 1870)
Rehman Rahi (born 1925), poet, translator and critic
Rupa Bhavani (1621–1721)
Zinda Kaul 'Masterji' (1884–1965)
Hakeem Manzoor (1937–2006)
Ghulam Nabi Firaq (1922–2016)
Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar (1910-1984), also known as "Baki-baab"
R. V. Pandit, vast poetic production in Konkani, some in Portuguese too.
Uday Bhembre
Ramesh Veluskar, prominent and award-winning Konkani poet.
Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili" (c. 1352 – c. 1448), Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer
Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), littérateur, grammarian, publisher and poet
Jayamant Mishra, (15.10.1925- 7.9.2010) Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet
Medieval Poets
Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan called the "Father of the Malayalam language" (fl. 16th century)
Johann Ernst Hanxleden, also known as "Arnos Paathiri" (1681–1732), a German Jesuit priest
Poonthanam Namboothiri (fl. 16th century), devotional poet
Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770)
Unnayi Warrier
Irayimman Thampi (1783–1862), court poet and musician
Moyinkutty Vaidyar (1857–1891)
Renaissance Poets
Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)
Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran, also known as Kerala Varma (1845–1914), poet and translator
Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)
Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949)
K. V. Simon, (1883–1943)
K.C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914)
A. R. Raja Raja Varma (1863–1918) poet, grammarian, scholar, critic and writer.
Romantic Poets
Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948), poet and translator
Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936)
P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1974)
Sanjayan
Neo-Romantic Poets
G. Sankara Kurup, aka "Sankara Kurup" (died 1978)
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, aka "Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon" (1911–1985)
Edasseri Govindan Nair (1906–1974))
N.V. Krishna Warrier (1916–1989), poet and scholar
Thirunalloor Karunakaran (1924–2006), poet and scholar
P. Bhaskaran, (born 1924–2007), poet and film songwriter
Vayalar Ramavarma, also spelled Vayalar Rama Varma, (1928–1975)
O.N.V. Kurup (born 1931)
Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (born 1939)
Kunjunni (died 2006)
Balamani Amma
Sugathakumari
Modernist Poets
M. Govindan (1919–1988)
K. Ayyappa Panicker, also spelled Ayyappa Paniker, Indian (1930–2006)
Attoor Ravi Varma
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, popularly known as Kadammanitta (1935–2008)
Satchidanandan (born 1946), critic (writing in Malayalam and English), poet (in Malayalam)
S. Rajasekharan (born 1946), poet and literary critic
D. Vinayachandran
A. Ayyappan (born 1949)
Balachandran Chullikkad (born 1957), poet and actor
Nellikkal Muraleedharan (born 1948), poet, writer and critic
Venu V Desom
Postmodern Poets
P. P. Ramachandran
T. P. Rajeevan (born 1959), poet, novelist and literary critic.
V. M. Girija (born 1961), a poet
Veerankutty
Syam Sudhakar (born 1983), poet and literary critic.
Nongthombam Biren Singh, politician, poet and former journalist.
Ashangbam Minaketan Singh
Robin S Ngangom (born 1959), poet who writes in English and Meitei
Angom Gopi
For Konkani poets, see "Konkani" section, above
Samarth Ramdas – He has written Manache Shlok. Also, known as the Guru of Shivaji Maharaj.
Sant Dnyaneshwar also known as "Sant Jñāneshwar" and "Jñanadeva" (1275–1296) saint, poet, philosopher and yogi
Eknath or Eknāth; (1533–1599), poet and scholar
Tukaram (birth-year estimates range from 1577–-1609 – died 1650)
Keshav Pandit, also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit (died 1690), religious official under Chhatrapati Shivaji, poet and Sanskrit scholar
Raghunath Pandit
Suresh Bhat 1932–2003), known as Ghazal Samrat (Emperor of ghazals) for his exposition of that form
Namdeo Dhasal (born 1949), poet, writer, journalist, editor and Dalit activist
Manohar Oak (born 1933), poet and novelist
Arun Kolatkar (born 1931 or 1932), poet who wrote both in Marathi and English; also a graphic designer
Bahinabai Chaudhari (1880–1951), illiterate poet whose son wrote down her poems for her
Tryambak Bapuji Thombre "Balkavi"
Vilas Sarang (born 1942), writer, critic, translator and poet
Kusumagraj pen name of Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar (1912–1999), poet, writer and humanist
P. S. Rege (1910–1978), poet, playwright, fiction writer and academic
Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), poet, journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, writer of children's literature
Hemant Divate (born 1967), poet, editor of Abhidhanantar magazine, translator
Hridaynath Mangeshkar(b. 1937) eminent poet and composer of songs mainly in Marathi and Hindi
Manya Joshi (born 1972), Marathi poet
Mangesh Narayanrao Kale (born 1966), poet, editor, critic and translator
Saleel Wagh (born 1967), poet, translator, critic
G. D. Madgulkar popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by his initials, Ga Di Ma (1919–1977), poet, lyricist, writer and actor; older brother of writer Venkatesh Madgulkar
Poet Borkar Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar and also known as "Baki-baab" (1910–1984) wrote mostly in Marathi but with numerous works in Konkani
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966), revolutionary freedom fighter, ideologue and thinker who composed mainly poems and songs of nationalist and revolutionary sentiments.
Varjesh Solanki (born 1967), an award winning Marathi poet,
Vasant Abaji Dahake (born 1942), poet, novelist, playwright, artist, and critic
Bhau Panchbhai, poet and dalit activist.
Mangesh Padgaonkar (born 1929), Marathi poet and recipient Maharahtra Bhushan Award.
Indira Sant
Parijat (1937–1993)
Rajendra Bhandari (born 1956)
Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960)
Bhima Bhoi (1850-1895), the blind Mahima saint poet of Odisha
Brajanath Ratha
Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918), short-story writer, novelist, poet, writer, government official and social activist.
Gangadhar Meher
Gopabandhu Das called Utkala Mani ("Gem of Orissa", 1877–1928), social worker, political activist, writer, novelist and poet.
Jayadeva
Jayanta Mahapatra
Krushna Chandra Kar
Manasi Pradhan
Manmohan Acharya
Nanda Kishore Bal
Nirmala Devi
Pratibha Satpathy
Radhanath Ray
Ramakrushna Nanda
Ramakant Rath
Salabega (born 1607 or 1608), Muslim author of many bhajans and devotee of Jagannath
Sarala Dasa
Sitakanta Mohapatra
Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Upendra Bhanja (born sometime from 1670 to 1688), poet and member of the royal family of a princely state.
Baba Farid- 12th–13th century
Damodar Das Arora – 15th century
Shah Hussain – 16th century
Sultan Bahu – 16th–17th century
Saleh muhammad safoori - 17th century
Bulleh Shah – 17th–18th century
Waris Shah – 18th century
Khwaja Ghulam Farid- 18th–19th century
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh – 19th century
Qadaryar – 19th century
Peelu – 19th century
Hashim - 19th century
Shareef Kunjahi - 20th century
Mir Tanha Yousafi - 20th century
Anwar Masood - 20th century
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa - 20th century
Aatish - 20th century
Shaista Nuzhat - 20th century
Bhai Veer Singh - 20th century
Jaswant Singh Rahi - 20th century
Dhani Ram Chatrik - 20th century
Faiz Ahmad Faiz - 20th century
Amrita Pritam - 20th century
Darshan Singh Awara - 20th century
Dr. Harbhajan Singh - 20th century
Shiv Kumar Batalvi - 20th century
Sharif Kunjahi - 20th century
Paash – 20th century
Surjit Paatar - 20th century
Ajmer Rode - 20th century
Sukhdarshan Dhaliwal
Satinder Sartaj
Balwant Gargi
Sukhbir (Writer)
Shardha Ram Phillauri
Ustad Daman
Munir Niazi
Abdul Vaheed `Kamal'
Bankidas Asiya
Chand Bardai
Kanhaiyalal Sethia (1919–2008), Rajasthani and Hindi poet
Sanwar Daiya
Sawai Singh Dhamora
Kripa Ram Barath
Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat
Narayan Singh Bhati
Sūdan
Vijaydan Detha
Zahoor Khan Mehar
Ancient Poets
Valmiki, (author of Ramayana)
Vedavyasa, (author of Mahabharata Ashtadasapurana)
Adi Sankara, (author of a lot of poems; Bhaja Govindam, Soundarya Lahari, Eulogy on Brahma sutrams, Bhagavathgita Bhashyam and Lalitha Sahasranama)
Kālidāsa, (1st century BC), Classical Sanskrit poet and dramatist writer of Kumara Sambhavam, Meghadootam,abhignana shakuntalam
Bharavi (author of Kiratarjuniya)
Magha
Jayadeva (author of Gita Govinda,1200 AD)
Bhaṭṭikāvya (author of Bhattikāvya known as Rāvatavadha)
Narayana Panditacharya, (author of Sumadhvavijaya, Sangraha Ramayana etc.)
Vedanta Desika (1269–1370), Sri Vaishnava writer, poet, devotee, philosopher and teacher.
Krishnadevaraya (died 1529), king of the Vijayanagara empire and poet
Modern Poets
Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya
Ram Karan Sharma, of New Delhi
Srinivas Rath
Vanikavi Manomohan Acharya; Cuttack
Pandhareenathachar Galagali
Sangam poets (c. 300 BC to 300 AD)
Agastya
Avvaiyar the name of more than one poet who was active during different periods of Tamil literature; Auvaiyar I lived during the Sangam period (c. 1st and 2nd century CE)
Kadiyalur Uruttirangannanar
Kapilar
see also Sangam literature
Post Sangam poets (200 AD to 1000 AD)
Thiruvalluvar ([fl.] c. 2nd – 8th century AD) poet who wrote the Thirukkural, an ethical work
Ilango Adigal (300 to 700 AD) who wrote the epic Cilappathikaaram
Nakkeerar (fl. c. 9th century)
Sīthalai Sāttanār
Tirutakkatevar
Bakthi period poets (700 to 1700 AD)
Manikkavacakar
63 Nayanars Namely Appar, Sambanthar, Sundarar etc.
12 Alvars Namely Poigaialvar, Boothathaalvaar etc.
Sekkizhar (fl. 12th century), poet and scholar
Kambar
Ottakoothar
Arunagirinathar
Pattinathar
Siva Prakasar
Patriots and British period poets
Anandabharati Aiyangar (1786-1846)
Henry Alfred Krishnapillai (1827–1900, author of Ratchanya Yaatrigam)
Subramanya Bharathi called Mahakavi Bharati ("Great Poet Bharati") (1882–1921) poet, writer, independence advocate and reformer
Subramanya Siva (1884–1925), poet and independence advocate
Bharathidasan also spelt Bharatidasan (1891–1964), poet, playwright, screenwriter, short-story writer and essayist
Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai
Sheikh Thambi Pavalar
Ramalinga Swamigal
Modern
Perunchithiranar (10 march 1933 – 11 June 1995), poet and philosopher
Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), poet and song lyrics writer
Vaali (poet) (29 October 1931 - 18 July 2013), poet and song lyrics writer
Annamalai Reddiyar - Tamil poet
Vairamuthu, poet and song lyrics writer
Pudhumaipithan
T. K. Doraiswamy ("Nakulan")
Prof. Karmegha Konar
P. Vijay poet who writes song lyrics for films
Mu Metha, poet and songwriter
L. S. Kandasamy
V. Akilesapillai (1853–1910), Sri Lankan scholar, poet and writer
Perumal Rasu poet, writer, painter and spiritual master
Manushyaputhiran
Gona Budda Reddy - 13th century poet
Annamacharya (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
Aarudhra, pen name of Bhagavatula Siva Sankara Sastry (1925–1998), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs
Sri Krishnadevaraya,Vijayanagar Emperor,Telugu language patron,Telugu language poet
Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, (1881–1953), poet and dramatist
Chellapilla Venkata Sastry
Devulapalli Krishna Sastry (1887–1981), poet and writer of radio plays, known as "Andhra Shelly"
Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
Errana also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" (fl. 14th century).
Gurajada Apparao (1862–1915) poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet")
Gurram Jashuva (1895-1971), Poet and writer and producer of All India Radio, awarded "Padma Bhushan" by the Govt of India
Jwalamukhi pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
Kandukuri Veeresalingam (1848–1919), social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530) poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
Nannaya Bhattaraka, also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
Rayaprolu Subba Rao
C. R. Reddy
Sri Sri – Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (1910–1983)
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
Tallapaka Tirumalamma, also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka" (fl. 15th century) poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
Tikkana also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (1205–1288), poet.
Vemana (fl. 14th century) poet.
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1895–1976), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry")
Modern Poets
C. Narayana Reddy (born 1931), poet, academic and songwriter
Ismail, popular name of Mohammad Ismail (born 1928)
Suravaram Pratap Reddy - Writer and historian from Telangana
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - Poet from Rayalaseema
Gurram Jashuva - Famous for poetry on social evils.
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma - (October 20, 1927 – May 30, 2007), also known as Yuga Kavi.
In alphabetical order by last name:
Javed Akhtar
Mir Babar Ali Anis
Kaifi Azmi
Ghalib
Raza Naqvi Wahi - Poet from Patna, Bihar
Rafiq Husain
Rahat Indori
Masud Husain Khan
Syed Mahmood "Talib" Khundmiri
Syed Hasnain Raza Naqvi
Irfan Nasirabadi
Nazish Pratapgarhi
Shahzad A. Rizvi (born 1937, Gwalior) author, scholar and Urdu poet.
Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui
Hanif Tarin
Kanwal Ziai
