Here are few famous persons from Gwalior in different fields:

Music :

• Tansen court musician of the Mughal Ruler Akbar
• Amjad Ali Khan, sarod player and musician
• Meet Bros, the musician duo hail from Gwalior.
• Mamta Sharma, singer born in Gwalior.
• Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, noted musician of the Gwalior gharana
• Meeta Pandit, musician of Gwalior Gharana

Politicians:

• Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
• Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician and Former Cabinet minister
• Narendra Singh Tomar , MP & Minister of Steel in Union Cabinet
• Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, MP & former Minister of Power.

Film & Acting:

• Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, studied at Scindia School
• Javed Akhtar, famous poet, lyricist & writer, born in Gwalior.
• Kartik Tiwari, actor, born in Gwalior
• Sharad Kelkar, actor, born in Gwalior
• Piyush Mishra, Indian film and theatre actor, Music Director, Lyricist, Singer, Scriptwriter.

Writer & Literature related :

• Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, famous Hindi writer, born in Gwalior
• Nida Fazli, famous Urdu writer and poet

Sportsperson:

• Roop Singh, Indian hockey player and Olympian
• Shivendra Singh, Indian national hockey player, born and lives in Gwalior.

Others:

• Pran Kumar Sharma, cartoonist and comic creator of Chacha Chaudharyfame moved here after the Partition
• Sunil Mittal , CEO of Bharti Airtel attended Scindia School at Gwalior.
• Anurag Kashyap, an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor attended the Scindia School in Gwalior.

Many More..