This is an incomplete list of notable persons of Kashmiri origin.

Activists

Administrators, diplomats, bankers and jurists

Armed forces

Authors and poets

• Abdul Ahad Azad, Kashmiri poet
• Agha Shahid Ali, (1949-2001) Poet
• Amin Kamil (1924-2014), Kashmiri poet & short story writer
• Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Urdu-language Poet, playwright and columnist.
• Basharat Peer (1977– ), author
• Bhamaha Poet of kavyalankara
• Bilhana, 11th century poet
• Chandrakanta (1938– ), novelist and short story writer
• Dina Nath Walli alias Al-mast Kashmiri (1908–2006), poet as well as renowned water color artist
• Fahad Shah, journalist
• Ghulam Ahmad (1885–1952), poet, better known by the pen name Mahjoor
• Ghulam Nabi Firaq (1922-), poet, writer and educationist
• Habba Khatun 16th century poet, known as Zoon (the Moon) because of her immense beauty
• Hakeem Manzoor (1937–2006) an Urdu writer, poet & administrator. He has written more than 15 books including Na Tamaam, Barf Ruton Ki Aag and Lahu Lamas Chinar.
• Haidar Malik (fl.1621 CE) Kashmiri administrator of the Mughals, known for writing Tarikh-i-Kashmir
• Hanifa Deen, Australian writer winner of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Affairs Commission Award of 1996.
• Hari Kunzru (1969– ), British novelist of Kashmiri descent^[10]
• Javaid Rahi (1970) Tribal researcher of national repute working on tribal Gujjar culture.^[11]
• Khalid Hasan (1935–2009) writer, senior Pakistani journalist and diplomat.
• Krishna Hutheesing (1907–1967), author, and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
• Madhosh Balhami, (1966-), poet known for his elegies for dead militants
• Mahmud Gami (1765–1855), composed a version of the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha
• Manju Kak, short story writer
• Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820–1876), lyricist
• Marghoob Banihali, Kashmiri poet from Banihal, Kashmir.
• Meeraji (1912–1949) Urdu poet, lived the life of a bohemian and worked only intermittently
• Mirza Waheed British Novelist born and raised in Kashmir.
• Momin Khan Momin (1800–1851) poet known for his Urdu ghazals
• Moti Lal Kemmu (1933– ), playwright
• Muhammad Din Fauq (1877-1945) writer and first journalist of Kashmir.
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) Muslim poet and philosopher. Commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal
• Mullah Nadiri (fl.1420 CE) Kashmiri poet of Persian-language, known for writing Tarikh-i-Kashmir
• Muzaffar Aazim (1934-2022), Kashmiri-American poet and writer
• Nayantara Sahgal (1927– ), Indo-Anglian writer, novelist
• Nyla Ali Khan, Professor, writer, granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah.
• Pamposh Bhat, (1958– ), author and environmentalist.
• Rasul Mir, also known as the John Keats of Kashmir.
• Rehman Rahi, Kashmiri poet
• Rahul Pandita, Kashmiri author and journalist.
• Rudrata poet
• S.L. Sadhu (1917–), Scholar, Professor, poet, writer, folklorist and Historian
• Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955), short story writer, member Progressive Writers' Movement
• Salman Rushdie (1947– ), British-Indian novelist and essayist
• Santha Rama Rau (1923– 2009), travel writer
• Sheikh Showkat Hussain (1954– ), author and political analyst
• Tanha Ansari (1914 – 1969), poet
• Vishnu Sharma author of panchtantra
• Zinda Kaul (1884–1965), poet, also known as Masterji
• Zulfiqar Naqvi Urdu poet and English lecturer, from Mendhar Tehsil, Jammu and Kashmir

Businesspeople and industrialists

• Farooq Kathwari (born 1944), American businessman, CEO of Ethan Allen
• Haji Gokool Meah, Trinidadian and Tobagonian industrialist, philanthropist, and cinema magnate
• Jamim Shah, Nepali businessman, known as Cable King of Nepal

Philosophers and historians

Politicians

Royalty

Saints, mystics and philosophers

• Rupa Bhawani, a mystic and saint
• Baba Shadi Shaheed, a Sufi Saint
• Hamza Makhdoom, a Sufi mystic, scholar and spiritual teacher
• Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, a Sufi saint and poet
• Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali, a Sufi saint who belonged to the Rishi order

Scholars and educationists

Separatist leaders and militants

Sportspeople

Visual and performing artists

Journalists

• Aamir Peerzada, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker.
• Aarti Tikoo Singh, assistant editor in The Times of India, conflict and international affairs writer and former reporter
• Altaf Qadri, Photojournalist working with the Associated Press
• Gharida Farooqi, television host and anchorperson.
• Hamid Mir, award-winning journalist, columnist and an author.
• Kamran Yousuf, Freelance Kashmiri photojournalist
• Nidhi Razdan, award-winning television journalist.
• Qazi Shibli, journalist and editor of The Kashmiryat.
• Masrat Zahra, freelance Kashmiri photojournalist.
• Rahul Pandita, Kashmiri author and journalist.
• Sajjad Haider, journalist and editor of Kashmir Observer.
• Shujaat Bukhari (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018), veteran Kashmiri journalist and the founding editor of Rising Kashmir
• Yusuf Jameel Veteran Kashmiri journalist known for his coverage of Kashmir conflict.
• Fahad Shah, journalist, founder and editor of The Kashmir Walla.

Other

• Faizan Arif, J&K's first recognized independent weatherman, columnist, and founder of Kashmir Weather.