The following is a list of notable people from or related to Ballia district, India

Academics

Ibrahim Balyawi Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1967), also spelt as Muhammad Ibrahim Balliavi, was an Indian people, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the 6th Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He spent almost 50 years instructing Hadith, Logic in Islami ...

, Indian Islamic scholar * Ganesh Prasad - indian mathematician * Jagadish Shukla - meteorology scientist

Activism, social work, and philanthropy

* Bhrigu – Brahmin

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

from Ballia district * Chittu Pandey – activist of 1942 Quit India Movement * Mangal Pandey – prominent soldier in the 1857 revolution of India * Rabindra Nath Upadhyay – Social worker and Padma Shri recipient

Art and literature

Amarkant Amarkant (1925 – 17 February 2014) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. His novel ''Inhin Hathiyaron Se'' earned him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007, and Vyas Samman in year 2009. He was awarded Jnanpith Award for the year 2009.

– writer of Hindi literature * Bulaki Das - saint and Bhojpuri poet * Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – novelist and literary historian *

Kedar Nath Pandey Kedar Nath Pandey (1 January 1943 – 24 October 2022) was an Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India from Bihar. He was a Member of Bihar Legislative Council Elected from Teachers Constituency. Social and political activities ...

- writer and member of Bihar Legislative Council *

Suryakumar Pandey Suryakumar Pandey (born 10 October 1954) is an Indian poet, humorist, satirist and writer. During his literary career, Pandey has contributed to various genres of Hindi literature including ''Hasya Kavita'' (humorous comic poetry), '' Vyangya'' ...

– poet and writer * Doodhnath Singh – Hindi language writer, critic and poet * Kedarnath Singh – poet, critic, and essayist * Baldev Upadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar, literary historian and essayist *

Atul kumar Rai Atul Kumar Rai is an Indian Hindi novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of ''Chandpur ki Chanda'', which was awarded the 2023 Yuva Puraskar for Hindi language works by the Sahitya Akademi. He is also a dialogue writer of the 2022 film '' ...

- Young Novelist and Sahitya Academy Awardy

Film, television and entertainment

* Siddhant Chaturvedi - Bollywood film actor *

Atul Kumar Rai Atul Kumar Rai is an Indian Hindi novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of ''Chandpur ki Chanda'', which was awarded the 2023 Yuva Puraskar for Hindi language works by the Sahitya Akademi. He is also a dialogue writer of the 2022 film '' ...

- Bollywood Film writer * Kamlesh pandey - Bollywood Film writer *

Politics and government

Gulam Rasool Balyawi Gulam Rasool Balyawi (born May 21, 1969 Patna ) a politician from Janata Dal (United) party, was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament. He was elected in bye-elections held ...

- Former Member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar and Member of the Former Bihar Legislative Council *

Ram Govind Chaudhary Ram Govind Chaudhary (born 9 July 1946) is one of the prominent socialist leaders of India who has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He was in charge of Basic Education and Child ...

- politician of the Samajwadi Party, ex-Leader of Opposition. * Murli Manohar – politician from Uttar Pradesh state, member of parliament in 1962 for the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency from the Indian National Congress * Virendra Singh Mast - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 17th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency) * Janeshwar Mishra – Ex MP Rajyasabha, Ex Rail Minister * Jayaprakash Narayan – Independence activist and political leader *

Bacha Pathak Bacha Pathak was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bansdih in the 1969, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1993 and 1996 election as a member of the Indian National Congress. In 1997, he was forming member ...

- Indian National Congress - Member of Legislative Assembly. ( Constituency -

Bansdih Bansdih is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ballia district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The name Bansdih is taken from bans (bamboo). This town has a tehsil, college, school and a market place for nearby many villages. Currently chairma ...

, Ballia), Two time

Cabinet Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

Uttar Pradesh Government The Government of Uttar Pradesh ( ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President ...

. * Chandra Shekhar – 8th

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* Neeraj Shekhar - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) * Bharat Singh - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency), ex MLA * Daya Shankar Singh - Minister of Transport, Government of Uttar Pradesh in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry *

Harivansh Narayan Singh Harivansh Narayan Singh (born 30 June 1956) is an Indian journalist and politician, who is the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Bihar. ...

– Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (2018) * Manager Singh - political leader elected five times as the MLA from Doaba constituency. * Umashankar Singh - BSP Rasara constituency *

Upendra Tiwari Upendra Tiwari is an Indian politician and Minister of State (Independent Charge), of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tiwari is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Phephana Vidhan Sabha constituency in Ballia district. He de ...

- BJP Phephana constituency

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