List of Aligarh Muslim University alumni
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Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a public central university in Aligarh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators. The following is a list of notable Aligarh Muslim University alumni.[note 1]
Arts and letters
Literature and journalism
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syed Mujtaba Ali | 1926 | Bengali author, journalist, academic, scholar and linguist | [1][2] | |
| Ahmed Ali | Urdu writer | [3] | ||
| Akshay Kumar Jain | 1940 | LLB | journalist; former editor of Navbharat Times; Padma Bhushan recipient | [4] |
| Arfa Khanum Sherwani | journalist | [5] | ||
| Asghar Wajahat | Phd | Hindi scholar, fiction writer, novelist and playwright | [6] | |
| Asrar ul Haq Majaz | 1936 | BA | Urdu poet (better known as Majaz Lakhnawi) | [7] |
| Azarmi Dukht Safavi | master of Persian literature, established Persian Language Research Center of the Aligarh University | [8][9] | ||
| Bashir Badr | BA, MA, PhD | Urdu poet | [10] | |
| Basharat Peer | journalist, author, and political commentator | [11] | ||
| Deeba Salim Irfan | author and poet | |||
| Fani Badayuni | LLB | Urdu poet | [12] | |
| Hakim Ahmad Shuja | poet, playwright and scholar | [13] | ||
| Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman | 1955 | BUMS | author and writer | |
| Hayatullah Ansari | author, journalist and politician | [14] | ||
| Ismat Chughtai | BEd | Urdu novelist | [15][16] | |
| Kabir Ahmad Jaisi | 1963; 1965; 1973 | BA; MA in Persian; PhD | writer | |
| Punathil Kunjabdulla | 1970 | MBBS | writer | [17] |
| Qazi Abdul Sattar | PhD | author | [18] | |
| Rahi Masoom Raza | author and poet | [19] | ||
| Raja Rao | author, professor, and Padma Bhushan recipient | [20] | ||
| Saadat Hasan Manto | Writer, playwright and author born in British India. | [21] | ||
| Sajida Zaidi | educationist and Urdu writer | [22] | ||
| Salma Siddiqui | Urdu novelist | [23] | ||
| Salman Al-Azami | senior lecturer in English language at Liverpool Hope University | [24] | ||
| Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee | Urdu poet | [25] | ||
| Zafar Ali Khan | founder of Zamindar. | [26][27] | ||
| Zahida Zaidi | scholar, poet, playwright, and literary critic | [28] | ||
| Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi | LLB | Pakistani writer and satirist | [29] | |
| Munier Choudhury | Bangladeshi educationist, playwright and literary critic | [30] | ||
| Muzammil H. Siddiqi | Indian-American writer | [31] | ||
| Nabakanta Barua | Assamese novelist and poet | [32] | ||
| Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi | Urdu poet | [33] |
Film and television
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhlaq Mohammed Khan | urdu poet and lyricist (better known as Shahryar) | [34] | ||
| Akhtar ul Iman | MA in Urdu | urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema | [35] | |
| Ali Sardar Jafri | urdu poet, critic, Hindi/Urdu film lyricist | [36] | ||
| Anubhav Sinha | 1998 | film director | [37] | |
| Dalip Tahil | film actor | |||
| Habib Tanveer | Hindi/urdu film actor and theater director | [36] | ||
| Jan Nisar Akhtar | MA | urdu poet, Hindu/Urdu film lyricist | [38] | |
| Javed Akhtar | urdu poet, Hindu/Urdu film lyricist | |||
| Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Hindi/Urdu film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist | [36] | ||
| Muzaffar Ali | 1966 | BSc | film director | [39] |
| Naseeruddin Shah | 1971 | BA | Bollywood actor | [40] |
| Saeed Jaffrey | British-Indian actor | [41] | ||
| Shaheed Latif | writer and director | [42] | ||
| Surekha Sikri | film actress | [43] | ||
| Aasif Sheikh | 1984 | Bsc Remote Sensing | Bollywood And Television actor | |
Business
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank F Islam | MSc | entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist; head of the FI Investment Group; founder and CEO of the QSS Group | [44] | |
Humanities and Social Sciences
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Haq | Urdu scholar and linguist | [45] | ||
| Abul Kalam Qasmi | 1973, 1975, 1980 | BA, MA, PHD | Urdu critic and former dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University | [46] |
| Irfan Habib | historian | |||
| Ishwari Prasad | historian | [47][48][49][50] | ||
| K. K. Muhammed | 1975 | Archeologist and Padma Shri recipient | ||
| Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui | well known historian from Ghazipur | |||
| Mohammed Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb | Historian and a literary critic | [51] | ||
| Haroon Khan Sherwani | historian | [52][53] | ||
| Jalaluddin Umri | writer and religious scholar | [54] | ||
| Abul Lais Siddiqui | Pakistani author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics. | [55] |
Science and Technology
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pucadyil Ittoop John | 1972 | PhD | Plasma physicist, Padma Shri recipient | |
| [[Sultan Ahmed Sidduiqe (professor)physicistGold Medalist|Sultan Ahmed Sidduiqe]] | BSc | Cosmologist, Physicist
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| Ajay Pratap Singh | 1992; 1994 | B.Sc; M.Sc. | https://www.umc.edu/Faculty/Singh_Ajay_P | |
| Asad Ullah Khan | microbiologist, N-Bios laureate | [56] | ||
| Ashok Seth | 1978 | MBBS | cardiologist | |
| Divya Jain | software engineer | [57] | ||
| Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie | 1954; 1956 | BSc; MSc | marine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [58] |
| K. P. Mohanakumar | 1979 | MSc | chemical biologist, N-Bios laureate | [59] |
| Kazi Mobin-Uddin | inventor of the inferior vena cava filter | [60] | ||
| Mansur Hoda | scientist in the area of appropriate technology in India | [61] | ||
| Qudsia Tahseen | 1984; 1987;1989 | MSc; MPhil; PhD | zoologist | |
| Shahid Jameel | 1977 | BSc | virologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [62] |
| Syed Ziaur Rahman | 1995; 2000; 2015 | MBBS, MD | pharmacologist | |
| Ishrat Hussain Usmani | Pakistani atomic physicist | : 57 [63] | ||
Politics and law
Heads of state and government
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayub Khan | did not graduate | 2nd President of Pakistan | [36][64] | |
| Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | 1924 | LLB | 5th President of Pakistan | [65] |
| Khawaja Nazimuddin | BA in Sociology | 2nd Governor General of Pakistan; 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan | [36][66] | |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | 1918 | BSc in Political Science; LLB | first Prime Minister of Pakistan | [36][67] |
| Malik Ghulam Muhammad | BA in accountancy | 3rd Governor General of Pakistan | ||
| Mohamed Amin Didi | first President of the Maldives | [36] | ||
| Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 12th Vice President of India | [36][68] | ||
| Muhammad Mansur Ali | MA | 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh | [36] | |
| Zakir Husain | 3rd President of India | [69] |
Chief ministers and governors
Other politicians, civil servants, and diplomats
Jurists
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baharul Islam | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India | [92] | ||
| Mufti Baha-ud-din Farooqi | former Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court | [93] | ||
| Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India | [94] | ||
| Saiyed Saghir Ahmad | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India | [95] | ||
| Ram Prakash Sethi | 1961 | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India | [96] | |
| N. R. Madhava Menon | LLM, PhD | legal educationist | [97] | |
| Zahirul Hasnain Lari | 1930 | LL.B | Justice, Sindh High Court | |
Religion
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abul Kalam Qasmi Shamsi | Islamic scholar and author | [98] | ||
| Muhibbullah Lari Nadwi | Islamic scholar and Principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama | |||
| Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri | Urdu poet | [99] | ||
| Bashir-ud-din Farooqi | former Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir. | [100] | ||
| Syed Babar Ashraf | former General Secretary, All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board and member | [101][102] | ||
| Fateh Muhammad Sial | Ahmediyaa missionary | [103] | ||
Academics
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonis Raza | Vice Chancellor of Delhi University, Founder chairman and Rector of Jawaharlal Nehru University | [104][105][106] | ||
| Masud Choudhary | Founder- Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University | [107] | ||
| Mijanur Rahman | Vice Chancellor of Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh | |||
| Abdul Aleem | [108] | |||
| Javed Musarrat | [109] | |||
| Masud Husain Khan | 5th Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia; father of Urdu-linguistics | |||
| Faizan Mustafa | Vice Chancellor of Nalsar University of Law | [110][111] | ||
| Abdulaziz Sachedina | professor and Islamic scholar | [112] | ||
| Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi | MA; MPhil; PhD | Former director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University | [113] | |
| Talat Ahmad | MSc | professor of geology and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia | ||
| Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem | political scientist and first Vice Chancellor of Karachi University | [114] | ||
| Akhtarul Wasey | academician and Padma Shri recipient | [115] | ||
| K M Baharul Islam | 1992 | MA English | Director, Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad, India. | |
| Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi | 1986 | PhD | Former chairman of the department of Arabic and former dean of the faculty of arts, AMU | [116] |
| Shad Saleem Faruqi | LLB; LLM | Professor of Law in the University of Malaya | ||
| Syed Anwarul Haq Haqqi | MA; PhD | [117] | ||
| Obaid Siddiqi | MSc | [118] | ||
| Ahmad Salahuddin | 1962 | PhD | Founder Director Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Institute AMU | [119] |
| Shamim Jairajpuri | Ph.D | Former Vice Chancellor Maulana Azad National Urdu University | [120] | |
Sports
| Name | Class year | Degree | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhtar Hussain | field hockey player | [121] | ||
| Annu Raj Singh | 2006 | sport shooter | [122][123] | |
| B. P. Govinda | field hockey player | [124] | ||
| Dhyan Chand | field hockey player and captain of the Indian men's field hockey team | [125] | ||
| Ghaus Mohammad | tennis player | |||
| Jamshed Nasiri | Iranian footballer | [126] | ||
| Joginder Singh | field hockey player | |||
| Lala Amarnath | cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team | |||
| Majid Bishkar | Iranian footballer | [127] | ||
| Syed Mushtaq Ali | cricketer | |||
| Zafar Iqbal | field hockey player and captain of the Indian men's field hockey team | [128] | ||
| Syed Ali | field hockey player | [128] | ||
| Inam-ur Rahman | field hockey player | [128] | ||
| Latif-ur Rehman | field hockey player | [128] | ||
| Ahsan Mohomed Khan | field hockey player | [128] | ||
| Wazir Ali | cricketer | [129] | ||
| Khwaja Saeed Hai | Pakistani tennis player | [130] | ||
