List of Kashmiri people

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

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• 1 Administrators, diplomats, bankers and jurists
• 2 Armed forces
• 3 Authors and poets
• 4 Journalists
• 5 Philosophers and historians
• 6 Politicians
• 7 Royalty
• 8 Saints
• 9 Scholars and educationists
• 10 Sportsmen
• 11 Visual and performing artists
• 12 See also
• 13 References

Administrators, diplomats, bankers and jurists[edit]

• Amitabh Mattoo^[1] (1962– ), Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, Noted thinker & writer, Padma Shri awardee
• Birbal Dhar (early 19th century), invited Maharaja Ranjit Singh to Kashmir
• Braj Kumar Nehru (1909–2001), ambassador of India to the United States (1961–1968) and Governor of Assam (1968–1973)
• Durga Prasad Dhar (1918–1975), ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, and politician
• Farah Pandith (1969– ), U.S. State Department Special Representative
• Mehraj Mattoo (1961– ), Global Head, Commerzbank AG, London
• Mirza Pandit Dhar, prominent Kashmiri during the rule of Azim Khan
• Mohan Lal (1812–1877), diplomat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and writer
• Munir Butt (1940– ), former British diplomat
• M. L. Madan, Veterinarian, Scientist, Administrator. Vice Chancellor (Akola and Mathura Universities); Deputy Director General (DDG)- Animal Sciences, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR); Joint Director, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI). Creator of World's First IVF Buffalo Calf.
• Neel Kashkari (1973– ), Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury
• P. K. Kaul, ambassador of India to the United States (1986–1989)
• Purushottam Narayan Haksar (1913–1998),^[2] political strategist
• Rameshwar Nath Kao (1918–2002), first chief of the Research and Analysis Wing,^[3] India's intelligence agency (from 1969–1977)

• Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875–1949), lawyer, political and social leader during the British Raj
• Triloki Nath Khoshoo (1927–2002), secretary of the Department of Environment in the Indira Gandhi Government, and environmentalist
• T.N. Kaul (1913–2000), ambassador of India to USA (1973–1976),^[4] Soviet Union & Iran. Foreign Secretary, Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990), ambassador of India to the United States (1949–1952), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953), politician, sister of Jawaharla