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==Notable people==

=== Businessmen and entrepreneurs ===
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* [[Sheela Gautam]], founder of Sheela Foam Limited-Sleepwell
* [[Vijay Shekhar Sharma]], founder of [[Paytm]]
* [[Khwaja Abdul Hamied]], Pharmacist, founder of [[Cipla]]

===Educationalists===
[[File:Faculty of Arts, AMU by Sarim Ashrafi.jpg|thumb|Faculty of Arts, [[Aligarh Muslim University]]]]
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* [[Ziauddin Ahmad]], mathematician, M.L.A. (Central), Vice-Chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]] Movement. He established several institution including J.N. Medical College
*[[Roshan Ara Bokhari]], dancer, choreographer and dance teacher<ref>{{cite news |title=International Dance Day: National Performing Arts Group pays tribute to Roshan Ara Bokhari |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/84970/international-dance-day-national-performing-arts-group-pays-tribute-to-roshan-ara-bokhari/ |work=Daily Times |date=1 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Masud Husain Khan]], linguist, the fifth Vice-Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] and the first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Parekh |first=Rauf |date=3 February 2009 |title=DAWN - Features; February 03, 2009 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1071962/dawn-features-february-03-2009 |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Syed Ahmad Khan]], founder of [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
* [[Shafey Kidwai]], academic, bilingual critic, translator, columnist, author, professor in the Department of Mass Communications at Aligarh Muslim University

===Writers, poets and publishers===
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* [[A.R. Akela]], Dalit author and publisher, owner of "Anand Sahitya Sadan
* [[Syed Amin Ashraf]], Urdu poet and professor of English at AMU
* [[Qurratulain Hyder]], Padma Bhushan, Urdu novelist, writer, and journalist
* [[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan]], pen name Shaharyar, Urdu poet, [[Bollywood]] lyricist and served as Professor at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
* [[Munshi Nawal Kishore]], book publisher
* [[Jainendra Kumar]], Hindi writer
* [[Gopaldas Neeraj]], poet, recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]]
* [[Saghar Nizami]], Urdu Poet
* [[Prem Kishore Patakha]], Hindi Humorous Poet
* [[Maitreyi Pushpa]], Hindi fiction writer
* [[Gafil Swami]] (born 1953), Hindi poet

===Historians===
[[File:Victoria gate.jpg|thumb|Victoria gate]]
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* [[Irfan Habib]], eminent Indian historian and Professor Emeritus at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
* [[Mohammad Habib]] (1895–1971), noted Indian historian and served as Professor Emeritus at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]

===Film actors===
[[File:ZHCET's View at Night.JPG|thumb|ZHCET's View at Night]]
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* [[Shamim Ara]], Pakistani film actress<ref>{{cite web | url=https://upperstall.com/profile/luminary/shamim-ara/ | title=Shamim Ara | date=5 August 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Pooja Banerjee]], Indian television actress 
* [[Bharat Bhushan]], Bollywood actor 
* [[Aadesh Chaudhary]], Indian television actor
* [[Nitin Chauhaan]], Indian television actor
* [[Ravindra Jain]], Bollywood music director
* [[Kanika Maheshwari]], Indian television actress 
* [[Alka Nupur]], former actress, kathak dancer
* [[Mohd Sharia]], Bollywood actor
* [[Chandrachur Singh]], Bollywood actor
* [[Hasan Zaidi]], Indian television actor
* [[Zarina (artist)|Zarina]], Indian artist

===Sports persons===
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* [[Piyush Chawla]], Indian cricketer
* [[Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)|Zafar Iqbal]], Former hockey captain of India
* [[Annu Raj Singh]], international shooter
* [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]], Indian Cricketer

===Politicians===
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* [[Mukta Raja]], MLA of Aligarh
* [[Zafar Alam (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Zafar Alam]] ex-MLA from [[Aligarh (Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Dalbir Singh Chaudhary]], MLA from Baruli vidhansabha constituency
* [[Mohammad Furqan]], Former mayor of Aligarh 
* [[Satish Kumar Gautam]], MP from [[Aligarh (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Sheela Gautam]], ex MP and ex chairperson of [[Sleepwell]]
* [[Zameer Ullah Khan]] ex MLA from [[Koil (Assembly constituency)]] and [[Aligarh (Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Jamal Khwaja]], ex MP
* [[Sanjeev Raja]], ex MLA
* [[Bijendra Singh]], ex MP
* [[Chaudhary Sunil Singh]], ex MLC
* [[Kalyan Singh]], ex governor and ex Chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Rajendra Singh]], ex Agriculture and Irrigation Minister, Govt of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Sandeep Singh (politician)|Sandeep Singh]], MLA [[Atrauli]], grandson of [[Kalyan Singh]] former Chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]] 
* [[Thakur Jaivir Singh]], ex MLA (Now MLC)
* [[Roohi Zuberi]], advocate

===Medical professionals===
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* [[Khwaja Abdul Hamied]], pharmacist, founder of [[Cipla]] (pharmaceutical company)
* [[Prerna Kohli]], clinical [[psychologist]], social worker and author
* [[Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman]], Unani physician and author
* [[Syed Ziaur Rahman]], [[Pharmacology|pharmacologist]], researcher and author
* [[Ashok Seth]], an Indian [[interventional cardiologist]]

=== Social activists ===
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* [[Javed Abidi]], born with [[spina bifida]], he was an activist working for the disabled community and served as the first director of the [[National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People]] (NCPEDP)<ref>{{cite news |title=Demand made for legal recognition of sign language |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Demand-made-for-legal-recognition-of-sign-language/Article1-634161.aspx |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=PTI |date=4 December 2010 |archive-date=26 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126011941/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Demand-made-for-legal-recognition-of-sign-language/Article1-634161.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> and founded [[Disability rights movement|Disability Rights]] in India
* [[Jai Kishan Das]], a close associate of [[Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]]
* [[Rajiv Dixit]], Promotor of [[Ayurveda|Yoga]], [[Ayurveda]] and Swadeshi-economics