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Nepali people Nepalis (English: Nepalese ; ne, नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under the provisions of Nepali nationality law. The country is home to people of many different national origins who are the descendants of immigrants from India, K ...

Academics

Harka Gurung } Dr. Harka Bahadur Gurung (1939–2006) was a Nepali geographer, author, and politician, known for his conservation work. Early life Gurung was born in Lamjung on 5 February 1939, in the village of Taranche. His father was a non-commissioned of ...

, geologist, anthropologist, and author * Gautama V. Vajracharya, historian

Artists

* Sushma Shakya, artist * Ragini Upadhyaya, fine artist and lyricist

Athletes

Cricketers

Footballers

Swimmers

Gaurika Singh Gaurika Singh ( ne, गौरिका सिंह; born 26 November 2002) is a Nepali Swimming (sport), swimmer. She has held many national records since beginning her swimming career at the young age of eight. She has set the record of winnin ...

Karishma Karki Karishma Karki ( ne, करिश्मा कार्की) (born July 18, 1993, in Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal) is a Nepali Olympian swimmer. Karki participated in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She had already created a Nepali national record ...

* Sofia Shah *

Sirish Gurung Sirish Gurung (born 11 August 1998) is a Nepalese competitive swimmer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 meter freestyle and set a new national record in the event. Gurung has also won the Nepal Open Wa ...

Other athletes

* Mohan Bam, judo practitioner *

Deepak Bista Deepak Bista ( ne, दीपक विष्ट, born 2 July 1976) is a male Nepalese taekwondo former player and practitioner. One of the most popular and highly popular sportsperson in Nepal, he competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On August 8 ...

, taekwondo practitioner * Shyam Dhakal, alpine skier * Sipora Gurung, volleyball player * Jayaram Khadka, cross-country skier * Mandil Pradhan, mountain biker *

Manikala Rai Manikala Rai (born 27 November 1988) is a Nepalese ultra runner who now lives in France. Rai is said to be "Nepal's first international female ultra runner." She won the women's race in the North Face 100k in Hong Kong in December 2013, with a ti ...

, ultramarathon runner *

Dachhiri Sherpa Dawa Dachhiri Sherpa ( ne, दाछिरी शेर्पा) (born November 3, 1969) is a Nepali cross-country skier and runner who has competed since 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 86th in the 15&nb ...

, cross-country skier *

Bimala Tamang Bimala Tamang ( ne, विमला तामाङ; born 9 June 1995) is a ( Nepalese) Nepali female karateka who recently won bronze for the Women's Individual Kata (in Karate) at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. This was Nepal's ...

, karateka * Devu Thapa, judo practitioner * Mira Rai, ultramarathon runner

Entertainment

Actors

Filmmakers

Dayaram Dahal Dayaram Dahal ( ne, दयाराम दाहाल; born May 27, 1970) is a Nepalese film director, producer, writer, actor, and lyricist. He was one of the country's top-paid directors during the late 1990s, earning approximately Rs. 300, ...

Hari Bansha Acharya Hari Bansha Acharya ( ne, हरिवंश आचार्य) is a Nepalese actor, comedian, director, singer and writer. He is known for his method acting. He is one half of the comedy duo MaHa Jodi along with fellow comedian Madan Krishna ...

* Subash Gajurel *

Tulsi Ghimire Tulsi Ghimire is an Indian film director, screenwriter, Film editing, film editor, Camera operator, cameraman, actor and lyricist known for his works in Cinema of Nepal, Nepali films. Regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Nepali cinema, ...

Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala (; born 16 August 1970) is a Nepalese actress who works in Cinema of India, Indian films, predominantly in Hindi and Tamil language, Tamil films and has also worked in few Telugu language, Telugu, Bengali language, Bengali, Mala ...

Nischal Basnet Nischal Basnet is a Nepali director, actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Nepali cinema. Considered as one of the best director of Nepali cinema, he is widely acclaimed for "revolutionizing Nepali cinema" through his realistic, ...

Priyanka Karki Priyanka Karki DS Joshi (née Karki) is a Nepali people, Nepalese film actress, model, director and the winner of the Miss Teen Nepal 2005 pageant. Early Life Karki was born in 1987 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her parents are economist Bhupendra ...

* Saugat Malla *

Rekha Thapa Rekha Thapa ( ne, रेखा थापा) is a Nepalese film actress. She is considered one of the most successful actresses in Nepali cinema. She was a top ten finalist for Miss Nepal in the year 1999. She made her film debut two years late ...

Deepa Shree Niraula Deepa Shree Niraula (दिपाश्री निरौला) is Nepalese artist, comedian, and radio personality best known for her role in the Nepali television serial ''Tito Satya''. She is also known for her role in the comedy film ser ...

Singers

Other entertainers

* Atul Gautam,

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Hom Nath Upadhyaya Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya (4 July 1943 – 7 September 2016) was a Nepali tabla player who specialized in Hindustani classical music. Upadhyaya served as royal court musician in Nepal. Early life and education He was born on 4 July 1943 ...

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Prabal Gurung Prabal Gurung ( ne, प्रवल गुरुङ) (born 1979) is a Singapore–born Nepalese–American fashion designer based in New York City. Early life and education Gurung was born on March 31, 1979, in Singapore to Nepali parents and ...

, fashion designer * Teriya Magar, dancer and reality TV show winner *

Santosh Shah Santosh Shah is a Nepalese chef based on London, known for competing in the UK’s reality cookery TV series BBC MasterChef: The Professionals in 2020. Declared second runner up, Santosh is credited for popularising Nepalese cuisine in the UK. ...

, celebrity chef

Entrepreneurs

Binod Chaudhary Binod Chaudhary ( ne, विनोद चौधरी; born 14 April 1955) is a Nepalese billionaire businessman, politician and philanthropist. He is the chairman and president of the Chaudhary Group (CG). In February 2013, he was recognised ...

, businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist * Karna Shakya, businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist

Humanitarians

Pushpa Basnet Pushpa Basnet ( Nepali: पुष्पा बस्नेत ) is a social worker and the founder/president of Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) and Butterfly Home, non-profit organizations, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her organization work ...

, founder of Nepal's Early Childhood Development Center * Anil Chitrakar, founder of Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness * Sunita Danuwar, founder of

Shakti Samuha Shakti Samuha is a non-profit organisation working against women trafficking. It is based in Nepal and was formed by the survivors of women trafficking in India, including Charimaya Tamang Charimaya ("Anu") Tamang is a recipient of the Hero Act ...

, an anti-sex trafficking organization *

Tikendra Dal Dewan Major (Retd) Tikendra Dal Dewan JP, is an ex- British Army Gurkha, a Gurkha leader/social worker/activist campaigning for equal rights of British Gurkhas. Dewan served in the British Army for thirty one years, United Kingdom Civil Services fo ...

, retired British Army Gurkha, campaigner for Gurkha welfare * Durga Ghimire, founder of

ABC Nepal Agroforestry, Basic Health, and Cooperative Nepal (ABC Nepal) is a nonprofit, non governmental organisation working in Nepal that focuses on women's rights and works against human trafficking in Nepal. Created in 1987, ABC Nepal was among the fir ...

, an anti-sex trafficking organization * Jagadish Ghimire, political analyst, founder of Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti community development organization *

Angur Baba Joshi Angur Baba Joshi (; 15 August 1932 – 20 June 2020) was a Nepali social activist and the first Nepalese woman principal. Joshi died in 2020 in Kathmandu, Nepal, aged 87. She is widely renowned as a progressive figure in Nepal's education system ...

, education activist and first female school principal in Nepal *

Daya Bir Singh Kansakar Daya Bir Singh Kansakar ( ne, दयावीरसिंह कंसकार; 1911 – 5 February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal) was a Nepalese social worker and the first blood donor in Nepal. He was also the chief founder of Paropakar Organization ...

, founder of Paropakar Organization, Nepal's first social service organization *

Anuradha Koirala Anuradha Koirala (born Anuradha Gurung on 14 April 1949), Okaldhunga district, is a Nepalese social activist and the founder of Maiti Nepal – a non-profit organization in Nepal, dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. She was appoi ...

, founder of

Maiti Nepal Maiti Nepal ( ne, :ne:माइती नेपाल, माइती नेपाल) is a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to help the victims of Sexual slavery, human trafficking. Currently, it operates a rehabilitation home in Kath ...

, which supports victims of sex trafficking * Harsha Bahadur Budha Magar, social worker and scholar * Sarina Prabasi, CEO of WaterAid America *

Mahabir Pun Mahabir Pun ( ne, महावीर पुन, ) is a Nepali researcher, teacher, social entrepreneur and an activist known for his work in applying wireless technologies to develop remote areas of the Himalayas, also known as the Nepal Wireles ...

, founder of the Nepal Wireless Networking Project * Indira Ranamagar, founder of Prisoner's Assistance Nepal * Himani Shah, chairman of the Himani Trust, former crown princess of Nepal * Tara Devi Tuladhar, social worker and education activist

Mountaineers

Politicians

Royal and former ruling family

* Princess Jayanti of Nepal *

Princess Jyotshana Basnyat of Nepal Princess Jyotshana Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal is a member of the former Nepalese royal family. Jyotshana and her husband, diplomat Singha Bahadur Basnyat, have worked to internationally promote Nepalese culture. Background Princess Jyotshan ...

Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal Queen Tripurasundari ( ne, रानी ललित त्रिपुरासुन्दरी; 1794 – 6 April 1832), also known as Lalit Tripura Sundari Devi, was a Queen consort of Nepal by marriage to King Rana Bahadur Shah of Nepal. Wi ...

Scientists

* Drona Prakash Rasali, veterinarian * Bodhraj Acharya, biochemist * Sushila Maharjan, biochemist, biotechnologist *

Lujendra Ojha Lujendra Ojha (b. 1990 ne, लुजेन्द्र ओझा) is an American planetary scientist. He, as an undergraduate under the direction of planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, discovered compelling evidence that water on Mars includes cur ...

, planetary scientist

Writers

Poets

Journalists

Playwrights

Prose writers

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Abhi Subedi Abhi Subedi ( ne, अभि सुवेदी) is a Nepali poet, playwright, linguist, columnist, translator and critic, who writes in Nepali and English. Biography Abhi Subedi was born in Sabla village of Tehrathum district in eastern Nepa ...

* Amar Neupane * Arbind Rimal *

Manjushree Thapa Manjushree Thapa (born 1968 in Kathmandu) is a Nepalese–born Canadian essayist, fiction writer, translator and editor. She is one of the first English writer of Nepali descent to be published internationally. '' Forget Kathmandu'' and '' The T ...

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Rajan Mukarung Rajan Mukarung ( राजन मुकारुङ; born 24 February 1978) is a writer and novelist of Nepali literature. His novel '' Damini Bhir'' was awarded with Madan Puraskar for the year 2012. He is one of the initiators of the movement c ...

Samrat Upadhyay Samrat Upadhyay ( ne, सम्राट उपाध्याय)(born 1964) is a Nepalese born American writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing and has previously served as the Director of the Creative Writing ...

Sanu Sharma Sanu Sharma ( ne, सानु शर्मा ) is a Nepali novelist and short story writer. She has published six novels and one book of short story collection. Her book of short story collection ''Ekadeshmaa'' was nominated for the Madan Pur ...

Shashikala Manandhar Shashikala Manandhar (born 1960) is a Nepalese novelist. The first female novelist writing in the Nepal Bhasa Newar (), or Newari and known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the i ...

* Sushma Joshi * Toya Gurung

Other notables

Bhawana Ghimire Bhawana Ghimire was the CEO of Cricket Association of Nepal from 2014 to 2016. Education and career A native of Nepal, Bhawana went for her master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales in 2006. Ghimire worked with Pu ...

, CEO of

Cricket Association of Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is the official governing body of cricket in Nepal. It was suspended from 2016 to 13 October 2019 due to governmental interference. The ICC welcomed the elections of the board held in September 2019 and for ...

from 2014 to 2016