Jan Nisar Akhtar
- Birth Date
- 2/18/1914 - 8/19/1976
- Birth Place
- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Known For
- Writing

Jan Nisar Akhtar was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood
