Lists of Indian people are lists of people from India. They are grouped by various criteria, including ethnicity, states and union territories and city.

By state or union territory

States

List of people from Andhra Pradesh This is a list of notable people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history. Independence advocates * Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924 * Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedo ...

List of people from Arunachal Pradesh This is a list of people who were born in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Mountaineers * Tapi Mra – mountaineer from India and the first person from Arunachal Pradesh to scale Everest *Anshu Jamsenpa – Everester 4 times *Tine Mena ...

List of people from Assam This is a list of notable people from Assam, India. Administrators, diplomats and justices Academicians and scholars Performing arts Actors and models Film directors Musicians Activists * Kiran Bala Bora, freedom fighter and social ac ...

List of people from Bihar This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India. Deities and avatars • Lordess Sita •Janaka •Mahavira •Guru Gobind Singh •Vasupujya • Mallinatha • Munisuvrata •Naminatha Ancient * Ajatashatru * Bindusara * ...

*List of people from Chhattisgarh *

List of people from Goa This is a list of famous and notable people from Goa, India. This list includes Goans and persons of Goan origin who are known to a large number of people, and not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the con ...

List of people from Gujarat This is a list of notable people whose ancestry has been traced to Gujarat, India. Arts and entertainment Gujarat's British royalty connection In June 2013, Gujarat came to the media fore when it was discovered that the British monarch ...

List of people from Haryana This is a list of notable people from Haryana. Academics * Dr. Sarup Singh (1917–2003), Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi (1971–74), Governor of Gujarat and Kerala.List of people from Himachal Pradesh This is a list of notable people from Himachal Pradesh, India. Arts * Baba Kanshi Ram - poet and independence activist * Chandradhar Sharma Guleri - writer and scholar * Gambhari Devi - folk singer and folklorist * Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyath ...

List of people from Jharkhand This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in Jharkhand state, India. Award winners Padma Bhushan * Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian *Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2018, Indian international cric ...

List of people from Karnataka A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of people from Kerala The following is a list of notable people from Kerala, India. The names are classified according to the person's major area of work. For more details please see their respective articles. Ancient rulers and kings Early Cheras The Cheras ...

List of people from Madhya Pradesh This is a list of famous and notable people from Madhya Pradesh, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is based on the extent of their popularity. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they w ...

List of people from Maharashtra This is a list of notable people from Maharashtra, India Art * Mangesh Tendulkar * Pramod Kamble * S. D. Phadnis Actors *Ajinkya Dev *Amol Palekar *Ankush Chaudhari *Ashok Saraf *Atul Kulkarni *Bharat Jadhav *Chandrakant Mandare *Dada K ...

* :People from Manipur * :People from Meghalaya * :People from Mizoram *

List of people from Nagaland The chief minister of Nagaland is the chief executive of the Indian state of Nagaland. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following el ...

List of people from Odisha This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India. Literature Age of Sarala Yuga *Sarala Dasa (1465) *Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550) Age of Upendra Bhanja * Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740) * Kavisurya Baladev R ...

List of people from Punjab, India Nobel laureates *Har Gobind Khorana Rulers *Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a founder of a Sikh Empire *Porus the Elder was an ancient Indian King *Banda Singh Bahadur was an commander of Khalsa army *Nawab Kapur Singh was the organizer of the Sikh Conf ...

List of people from Rajasthan This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, India. Award winners from Rajasthan * Padma Vibhushan ** Naresh Chandra, 2007 ** Ram Narayan, 2005 ** Man Mohan Sharma, 2001 ** Kalu Lal Shrimali, 1976 ** Nagendra Singh, 1973 ** Daulat Si ...

List of people from Sikkim The chief minister of Sikkim is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Sikkim, the subnational authority of the Indian state of Sikkim. The chief minister acts as the head of government in the state, chairs the Council of Ministe ...

List of people from Tamil Nadu This is a list of notable Tamils. Ancient Kings and Rulers Tamil dynasties * Chola dynasty * Pandya dynasty * Chera dynasty * Pallava dynasty * Ay dynasty * Velir dynasty * Aryacakravarti dynasty * Vanni dynasty * Rajahnate of Cebu O ...

List of people from Telangana Award winners Bharat Ratna * Zakir Hussain Padma Vibhushan *Ravi Narayana Reddy (1992) * Kaloji (1992) *Ali Yavar Jung *Mehdi Nawaz Jung Padma Bhushan * C. Narayanareddy * Haroon Khan Sherwani *Nawab Zain Yar Jung * Zehra Ali Yavar J ...

List of people from Tripura The Chief Minister of Tripura, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief mi ...

List of people from Uttar Pradesh A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of people from Uttarakhand This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India. Education and development * Govind Ballabh Pant, recipient of Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award, Pantnagar University on his name * Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, H ...

List of people from West Bengal This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India. This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947. ...

Union Territories

* :People from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands * :People from Chandigarh * :People from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu *

List of people from Delhi This is a list of notable people from Delhi, India. Architect * Ratish Nanda, conservation architect Art and literature * Anurag Anand *Asloob Ahmad Ansari * Chetan Bhagat * Bedil Dehlavi (1642–1720), poet * Ghalib, Urdu/Persian poet *Ki ...

List of people from Jammu and Kashmir This is the list of notable people from Jammu and Kashmir. Academics, science and technology * G. M. Bhat, geologist and professor. * Ved Kumari Ghai, Padma Shri and Nari Shakti Puraskar recipient, eminent Sanskrit Scholar and renowned social w ...

* :People from Lakshadweep * :People from Ladakh *

List of people from Pondicherry The chief minister of Puducherry is the chief executive of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is a union territory's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive autho ...

By ethnicity

List of Bengalis This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people in the South Asian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, and people with Bengali ancestry or people who speak Bengali as their primary language. Mo ...

List of Sindhis The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province. Businesspeople * Bhai Pratap Dialdas * Chandru Raheja * Deepak Perwani * Gulu Lalvani * Hari Harilela * Kabir Mulchandani * Kishinchand Chellaram * Lal Ch ...

List of Punjabi people A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of Marathi people A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of Tamil people This is a list of notable Tamils. Ancient Kings and Rulers Tamil dynasties * Chola dynasty * Pandya dynasty * Chera dynasty * Pallava dynasty * Ay dynasty * Velirs, Velir dynasty * Aryacakravarti dynasty * Vanni chieftaincies, Vanni dynast ...

List of Telugu people This is a list of notable Telugu people, also referred to as the Andhras in the Puranas. Telugu people are an ethnolinguistic group that speak Telugu language, Telugu, a Dravidian language in South India, Southern India. Ancient dynasties and kin ...

* List of Kashmiris

By occupation

List of Indian archers This is a list of Indian archers. Indian female archers * Muskan Kirar * Raj Kaur (archer), Raj Kaur * Dola Banerjee * Ankita Bhakat * Rimil Buriuly * Krishna Das (archer) * Trisha Deb * Divya Dhayal * Nisha Rani Dutta * Gagandeep Kaur * Deepi ...

List of Indian artists This is a list of notable artists who were born in India and or have a strong association with India. * Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951) * Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941) * Jamini Roy (1887–1972) * Kalipada Ghoshal (1906–1995) * Maniam (1924� ...

List of Indian painters This is a list of notable painters from, or associated with, India. ''Please add only those artists that have Wikipedia articles. All others will be removed.'' {{Dynamic list A *Amrita Sher-Gil *Anjolie Ela Menon *Abanindranath Tagore *Amit Dutt ( ...

List of Indian poets This list of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world. Assamese * Amulya Barua (1922–1946), first published posthumously in 1 ...

List of Indian scientists This is a list of famous scientists from India. A *Agnikumar G. Vedeshwar *Aryabhata II *Aravind Joshi, Arvind Joshi *Abhay Ashtekar *Abhay Bhushan *Abhik Ghosh *Aditi Pant *A. P. J. Abdul Kalam *Ajoy Ghose *Akhilesh K. Gaharwar *Aloke Paul * ...

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