Notable Residents
- Raghupati Sahay, Firaq Gorakhpuri – Famous writer, critic
- Prem Maya Sonir, hockey player
- Anurag Kashyap, film director and screenwriter
- Jimmy Shergill, actor
- Raj Shankar, biochemist
- Shakir Ali (barrister)
- Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Bollywood composer duo
- Billy Arjan Singh, hunter turned conservationist, author
- Raza Murad, actor
- Amrita Sher-Gil, painter
- Vaibhav Saxena, Bollywood music director
- Chunky Pandey, Bollywood actor
- Daler Mehndi, Bhangra pop singer*
- Saurabh Shukla, actor
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