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Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. As far as possible in the list below, the takhallus, or nom de plume, is mentioned in italics after the name.

List

Chronologically,

1500

Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611)

1600

Wali Mohammed Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707)
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)

1700

Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763)
Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi (1725–1824)
Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830)
Inshallah Khan Insha, Insha (1757–1817)
Bahadur Shah, "Zafar" (1775–1862)
Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
Imam Bakhsh Nasikh (1787–1838)
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1796–1869)

1800

Hakim Mumin Khan Mumin, Mumin (1801–1852)
Mir Babbar Ali Anis, Anis (1802–1874)(Marsiya Writer)
Amir Meenai (1826–1900)
Mirza Salamat Ali Dabir, Dabir (1803–1875)(Marsiya Writer)
Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlawi, Daagh (1831–1905)
Muhammad Husain Azad, Azad (1830–1910)
Altaf Husain Hali (1837–1914)
Syed Akbar Hussain Akbar Allahabadi, Akbar Allahabadi (1846–1921)
Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), (1896-1982)
Hasrat Mohani, Syed Tafazzul Husain Hasrat (1875–1952)
Allama Shibli Nomani
Guru Bhakt Singh 'Dervesh' (1978–1933)
Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Iqbal (1877–1938)
Bismil Azimabadi Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Pandit Birj Narayan Chakbast, Chakbast (1882–1926)
Tilok Chand 'Mahrum' (1885–1966)
Jigar Moradabadi, Jigar (1890–1960)
Meher Baba, Huma (1894–1969)
Josh Malihabadi, Josh (1898–1982)

Heera lal bhargava munis( 1852 -1932)

1900

Syed Muhammad Jafari (1905–1976)
Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
Israr-ul-Haq Majaz (1909–1955)
Syed Agha Sadiq Hussien Naqvi,Agha Sadiq (1909–1977)

1910

Krishan Chander (1914-1977)
Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
Ravish Siddiqui (1911–1971)
Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
Syed manzar hasan desnavi (1914- 1991)
Ehsan Danish, Danish (1914–1982)
Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
Yazdani Jallandhari (1915–1990)
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
Jagannath Azad (1918–2004)
Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
Qaem Amrohawi, Qaem Amrohvi (1919–1990)
Syed Manzar Hasan Desnavi (1914–1991)
Ranbir Dutt 'Amar Abadabadi' (1910-1992)
Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916-2004)

1920

Shabnam Romani,Shabnam Romani(1927)
Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, Tapish Gopalpuri (1927–2002)
Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
Hakim Akhtar (born 1928)
Sayyid Sajjad Rizavi (1929–1999)
Sahir Hashmi Adeeb, Kanpuri,Sahir Hashmi(1929-1999)

1930

Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
Jon Elia (1931–2003)
Mustafa Rahi (1931–1986)
Ahmed Faraz, Faraz (born 1931)
Zafar Iqbal (born 1932)
Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
Saeed Ahmad Akhtar (born 1933)
Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
Bashir Zaidi Aseer (born 1934)
Murtaza Birlas (born 1934)
Adil Mansuri (born 1936)
Khaqan Khawar (1936–2002)
Aftab Iqbal Shamim (born 1936)
Zaka Siddiqi (1937–2003)
Maajed Siddiqui (born 1938)
Barq Kadapavi (1938–2005)

1940

Syed Sibt-e-Ali Saba (1941–1980)
Iftikhar Arif (born 1943)
Javed Akhtar (born 1945)
Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
Afzal Ahmed Syed (born 1946)
Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (born 1948)
Fehmida Riaz (born 1948)
Sabir Zafar (born 1948)
Saadat Saeed (born 1949)

1950

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Liaquat Ali Asim (born 1951)
Parveen Shakir (1953–1995)
Aqeel Abbas Jafri (born 1957)
Zahid Hussain Fakhri (born 1955)
Noon Meem Danish (born 1958)