Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Urdu: ???? ??????) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal (????? ?????), was a philosopher, thinker and poet. He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature.
Ghalib (Urdu: ??????; Hindi: ??????) Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (born on 27 December 1797 – died 15 February 1869), was the preeminent Urdu and Persian-language poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.
Meer Muhammad Taqi Meer (Urdu: ???? ??? ??????—M?r Taq? M?r), was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself.
Parveen Shakir (Urdu: ????? ?????) (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.Parveen started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu in 1976.
Ahmed Faraz (Urdu: ???? ?????, born Syed Ahmed Shah (Urdu: ??? ???? ????) on 12 January 1931 in Kohat, died 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet. He was acclaimed as one of the best modern Urdu poets of the last century. 'Faraz' is his pen name.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz (Punjabi, Urdu: ??? ???? ??? ?, born 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) MBE, revolutionary poet, and one of the most highly regarded poets of the Urdu language, having been nominated four times for the Nobel Prize for literature.