Gorakhpuri is a surname, also used as a pen name, in India. It is related to the city of Gorakhpur or the Gorakhpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Notable people with the name include:
Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896–1982), Indian writer, critic, and Urdu poet Majnun Gorakhpuri (1904–1988), Indian-born Urdu writer, poet, and literary critic Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri (1938–2024), Indian Islamic scholar, Hadith professor, and Sheikh Shah Alam Gorakhpuri (born 1969), Indian Islamic scholar
See also Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Ecstasy, a book about Firaq Gorakhpuri