Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Bakht Khan, nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Begum Hazrat Mahal, widow of the last Nawab of Awadh; Indian independence fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Mangal Pandey, one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857; subject of Bollywood film Ballia
- Maulvi Liaquat Ali, Indian independence fighter of 1857 from Allahabad; captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India
- Rani Lakshmibai, Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
- Rao Kadam Singh, freedom fighter; elected by his Gurjar clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Later 19th and 20th centuries
- Acharya Narendra Dev, socialist
- Asaf Ali, independence fighter
- Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori, Indian independence fighter; member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association; close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad
- Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
- Chittu Pandey, independence fighter
- Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, independence fighter, journalist
- Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian independence fighter and politician; Chief Minister of the United Provinces; Bharat Ratna recipient[1]
- Hasrat Mohani, independence fighter and poet
- Laxmi Raman Acharya, freedom fighter accused of the Agra Conspiracy case
- Mahavir Tyagi, independence fighter
- Maulana Mohammad Ali, independence fighter
- Maulana Shaukat Ali, independence fighter
- Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, independence fighter, Ghazipur
- Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter; two time Member of Parliament
- Purushottam Das Tandon, independence fighter
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian independence fighter and socialist
- Raja Mahendra Pratap, King of Hathras Princely State, known as Aryan Peshwa
- Rajendra Lahiri, independence fighter
- Ram Manohar Lohia, socialist
- Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian independence fighter and socialist
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, freedom fighter
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