List of poets from Pratapgarh

Jumai Khan Azad (1930–2013), was a prominent Awadhi language poet from Gobri village, Pratapgarh

Mohsin Zaidi (1935 – 2003) was an Urdu poet, who had his early schooling in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh - Islamia School (1940 – 1942); K. P. Hindu High School (1943 – 1948); Government High School (1949 – 1950).