Acclaimed and Famous Citizen
Jabalpur is known for housing spiritual leaders like Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of Transcendental Meditation and Osho (Rajneesh Chandra Mohan) – Philoshopher & Spiritual Leader).

Theater, Cinema and Music association of the City is linked withJaya Bachchan, Prem Nath, Arjun Rampal, Rajindernath, Raghuvir Yadav, Ashutosh Rana and Aadesh Shrivastava.

Harishankar Parsai(1924–1995), Hindi writer and satirist.

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Famous Hindi poet

Kamta Prasad Guru, Author of the First Authentic Vyakaran of Hindi approved by the Naagri Pracharini Sabha, Varanasi were had their deep relation with the city.