Following is a list of notable

Dalit Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the Caste system in India, castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold Varna (Hinduism), varna syste ...

people organised by profession, field, or focus.

Academics

B.R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served a ...

, economist and reformer * Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist who developed the

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Narendra Jadhav Narendra Damodar Jadhav (born 28 May 1953) is an Indian economist, educationist, public policy expert, professor and writer in English, Marathi and Hindi. He is an expert on Babasaheb Ambedkar. Dr. Narendra Jadhav has completed (on 24 April 202 ...

, economist, writer and educationist *

Satyendra Murli Satyendra Murli (born 14 February 1983) is a researcher, media pedagogue and a journalist. He has been associated with Doordarshan ( DD News), (public service broadcaster of India, Prasar Bharti, government of India) as an Indian television jo ...

, researcher, media pedagogue and journalist *

Sukhadeo Thorat Sukhadeo Thorat (born 12 July 1949) an Indian economist, educationist, professor and writer. He is the former chairman of the University Grants Commission. He is professor emeritus in Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Neh ...

, economist and

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

recipient

Cinema and television

Chirag Paswan Chirag Kumar Paswan is an Indian politician, former actor and president of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) He is the son of late Member of Parliament and Union Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan. Early life and acting career His father, a Bih ...

, actor and politician * Kalabhavan Mani, actor and singer *

Pa. Ranjith Pa. Ranjith is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2012 romantic comedy ''Attakathi'', before earning unanimously positive reviews for his second film, the politi ...

, director and filmmaker * P.K. Rosy, first heroine in Malayalam cinema *

Tun Tun Tun Tun
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of Hindi cinema *

Neeraj Ghaywan Neeraj Ghaywan is an Indian film director and writer who works in Hindi films. He is the winner of several accolades including a National film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Ghaywan assisted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on ''Gangs of Wasseypur'' ...

, director *

Nagraj Manjule Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (Marathi pronunciation: aɡɾaːd͡ʒ maɲd͡ʒuɭeː born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his ...

, director

Activists

* Anand Teltumbde * Ayyankali, Indian social reformer *

Gopal Baba Walangkar Gopal Baba Walangkar, also known as Gopal Krishna, (ca. 1840-1900) is an early example of an activist working to release the untouchable people of India from their historic socio-economic oppression, and is generally considered to be the pioneer ...

Immanuvel Sekaran Immanuvel Devendrar (9 October 1924 – 11 September 1957), who later took the name Immanuel Sekaran, was a freedom fighter, civil rights activist, former soldier and a party worker for the Indian National Congress in Tamil Nadu, India, who wa ...

* Kuyili, freedom fighter and Commander in Chief of

Velu Nachiyar Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from 1780–1790. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India.Meena Kandaswamy, poet and Dalit activist *

Rettamalai Srinivasan Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan (7 July 1860 - 18 September 1945), commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a Scheduled Caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India (now the Indian state of Tamil Nadu). He is a Para ...

Uda Devi Uda Devi Pasi was an Indian women freedom fighter who participated in the war on behalf of Indian soldiers against the British East India Company, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She was a member of the women's squad of Wajid Ali Shah, t ...

, freedom fighter

Politicians

Presidents

K. R. Narayanan Kocheril Raman Narayanan (27 October 1921 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian statesman, diplomat, academic, and politician who served as the 9th vice president of India, Vice President of India from 1992 to 1997 and 10th President of India fr ...

, 10th

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(1997–2002) and 9th vice president of India (1992–1997) *

Ramnath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th President of India from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the second person after K. R. Narayanan, from the Dalit community ...

, 14th President of India

Prime Ministers

Jagjivan Ram Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the ''All India Depressed Classes League'', an organisation dedicated ...

, Dalit leader, deputy prime minister of india, Indian freedom fighter and founder of Depressed Class Association

Speakers of
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G. M. C. Balayogi Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi (; 1 October 1951 – 3 March 2002) was an Indian lawyer and politician. Growing up in a small Village, Balayogi had to travel to G.Vemavaram village for his primary education. He received his Post Graduate in Kaki ...

, 14th

Speaker of Lok Sabha The speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST: ) is the presiding officer and the highest official of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general ele ...

and MP of Amalapuram * Meira Kumar, Speaker of Lok Sabha *

Suraj Bhan Suraj Bhan (1 October 1928 – 6 August 2006) was a former Governor, Member of Parliament and an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. Personal life Suraj Bhan Banswal was born on 1 October 1928 at Mehlanwali, Yamuna Nagar dis ...

, Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and UP, Bihar

Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served a ...

, first Law minister, and father of the Indian constitution * Jogendra Nath Mandal, one of the central figures in creation of the state of Pakistan; later a government minister * Ram Vilas Paswan, 11 times Member of Parliament and many times Minister in Central Government; founder and President of

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...

* Sushilkumar Shinde, Chief Minister Of Maharashtra and Union

Minister of Home Affairs (India) The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, short-form HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most officers in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minist ...

Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh. He is a three-time Member of Parliament ...

, President of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, former Parliamentarian *

Ashok Tanwar Ashok Tanwar (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician, former President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Member of Parliament from Sirsa and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. He was also a former president of Indian Youth C ...

, President of Haryana Congress, former Member of Parliament * Ram Ratan Ram, Member of Parliament 1984-1989, MLA and Minister in Bihar State 1952-1984

Chief Ministers

* Damodaram Sanjivayya, 2nd Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh *

Ram Sundar Das Ram Sundar Das ( hi, राम सुन्दर दास; 9 January 1921 – 6 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency. Early life and f ...

, Chief Minister, Bihar *

Bhola Paswan Shastri Bhola Paswan Shastri (21 September 1914 - 10 September 1984) was an Indian freedom fighter and on three occasions between 1968-71 was former Chief Minister of Bihar state in India. He was born in Paswan Community in Bairgacchi village of Purn ...

, Chief Minister of Bihar *

Jagannath Pahadia Jagannath Pahadia (15 January 1932 – 19 May 2021) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was the former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of Haryana, and Governor of Bihar. He died on 19 May 2021 ...

, Chief Minister of Rajasthan * Mayawati, First woman chief minister in India, from the state of Uttar Pradesh

Members of the State Legislative assembly/council (MLA and MLC)

Yashwant Ambedkar Yashwant Bhimrao Ambedkar (12 December 1912 — 17 September 1977), also known as Bhaiyasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian socio-religious activist, newspaper editor, politician, and activist of Ambedkarite Buddhist movement. He was the first and on ...

, Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council

Others

Kanshi Ram Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak or Manyavar or Saheb, was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste ...

, founder of

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

, a Dalit leader and Bahujan Nayak of India * Bangaru Laxman,

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Bharatiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

* Kirpa Ram Punia, Dalit leader, former

IAS IAS may refer to: Science * Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States * Image Analysis & Stereology, the official journal of the International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis. * Iowa Archeological Society, Uni ...

officer, and politician * B. Shyam Sunder, founder of Bharatiya Bhim Sena

Literature

* Baburao Bagul, Marathi writer *

Bilat Paswan Vihangam Bilat Paswan, who wrote under the pen name Vihangam, was an Indian writer and politician, known for his writings in Hindi & Maithili literature. He was a former chairman of Bihar Public Service Commission & former chairman of Bihar Inter Univers ...

, Maithili literature *

Daya Pawar Daya Pawar or Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1935–20 September 1996) was an Indian Marathi people, Marathi language author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the atrocities experienced by the dalits or untouchable ...

, Marathi writer who received

Heera Dom Heera Dom was a Bhojpuri poet who contributed to Dalit Literature. He is credited with creating the first poem about the Dalits. The poem was Acchut Kee Shiqayat, which was printed in the "Saraswati" published in Allahabad in 1914. Life He ...

, Bhojpuri poet *

Lal Singh Dil Lal Singh Dil (11 April 1943 – 14 August 2007) was one of the major revolutionary Punjabi poets emerging out of the Naxalite (Marxist-Leninist) Movement in the Indian Punjab towards the late sixties of the 20th century. The Movement was a p ...

, Punjabi poet * Namdeo Dhasal,

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

poet and writer from

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

Neerav Patel Neerav Patel (2 December 1950 – 15 May 2019) was a Gujarati and English language poet, translator and editor; primarily known for his contribution in Gujarati Dalit literature such as ''Burning From Both The Ends'' (1980, English poems), ''What ...

, first Dalit poet to write poetry in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Om Prakash Valmiki Omprakash Valmiki (30 June 1950 – 17 November 2013) was an Indian writer and poet. Well known for his autobiography, ''Joothan'', considered a milestone in Dalit literature. He was born at the village of Barla in the Muzzafarnagar district of ...

, Hindi poet and writer * P. Sivakami, Dalit-feminist Tamil writer *

Yashica Dutt Yashica Dutt or Yashica Dutt Nidaniya is an Indian writer and freelance journalist who has written on topics including fashion, gender, identity, culture and caste. Following the response to her 2016 blog post, ‘Today, I’m coming out as Dal ...

, Indian writer and journalist

Art

* Savindra Savarkar

Music

Chamkila Amar Singh Chamkila (21 July 1960 8 March 1988) was an Punjabi singer and musician of Punjabi music. Chamkila and his wife Amarjot were killed, along with two members of their band on 8 March 1988 in an assassination which remains unresolved. ...

* Sumeet Samos

Religion and reform

* Bhagu, devotee of Rama * Chokhamela * Gallela Prasad, fourth bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah The Roman Catholic Diocese of kadapa ( la, kadapahen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kadapa in the Ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad in India. Presently, there are about 66 parishes catering to 81,580 Catholics in the diocese.ht ...

, in the state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

in India *

Harichand Thakur Harichand Thakur (হরিচাঁদ ঠাকুর) (30 March 1812 – 5 March 1878), worked among the untouchable people of Bengal Presidency. He formed the Matua sect of Hindus. Life Harichand Thakur was born in a Namashudra (or avarn ...

, established the Matua sect of

Vaishnavite Vaishnavism ( sa, वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism since it considers Vishnu as the ...

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

Marampudi Joji Marampudi Joji (7 October 1942 – 27 August 2010) was the third Archbishop of Hyderabad. He was born in Bhimavaram and died at the Bishop's House, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He knew Latin, Telugu, and English. Early years & education Joji ...

, third

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

of Hyderabad

References

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