This is a list of eminent people from

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...

, the capital of

Telangana State Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35, ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. A person from

is called a ''Hyderabadi''. People born in

, of Hyderabadi descent, or those who have spent a large part of their career in Hyderabad are included.

Academics

* Rafi Ahmed, Indo-American virologist and immunologist. * Saleh Muhammad Alladin, astronomer * Muhammad Hamidullah *

Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of: * Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian politician and former president of India * Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor * Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player * ...

Ali Yavar Jung Nawab Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur (February 1906 – 11 December 1976) was an Indian diplomat. He served as Indian Ambassador in Argentina, Egypt, Yugoslavia and Greece, France, and the United States. He was governor of the Indian state of Maha ...

, former Vice Chancellor of

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. ...

and

Aligarh University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a public central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Orient ...

Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan (22 December 1946 – 21 October 2013) was a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, founder and chairman Shadan Group of Educational Institutions. He was called "Sir Syed of Deccan". He was a two-time MLA ...

, founder of Shadan Group of Institutions * Yousuf Hussain Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor,

Advocates

* Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan

Arts, music and cinema

* Mast Ali, actor *

Rashid Ali Rashid Ali al-Gaylaniin Arab standard pronunciation Rashid Aali al-Kaylani; also transliterated as Sayyid Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gailani or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany (" Sayyad" serves to address higher standing ...

, singer * Ali Asgar, actor and comedian. * Talat Aziz (1956-), ghazal singer * Mohammad Ali Baig, producer-director, heads the Hyderabad-based Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation * Shyam Benegal (1934-), director and screenwriter *

Sreerama Chandra Sreerama Chandra Mynampati (born 19 January 1986) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He debuted his playback career in the Telugu film industry. Sreerama won the fifth season of music reality show ''Indian Idol'' . In 2013, he made his T ...

, singer * Sherlyn Chopra (1984-), model, actor, singer * Rana Daggubati (1984-), actor, producer * Gifton Elias (1987-), composer, conductor * Farah (1968-), Bollywood actor *

Diana Hayden Diana Hayden (born 1 May 1973) is an Indian actress, television host, model and the winner of Miss World 1997 pageant. She is the third Indian woman to win the title of Miss World. She also won three subtitles during the pageant and is the o ...

(1973-), Miss World *

Vedala Hemachandra Vedala Hemachandra is a Telugu Independent Artist, playback singer, and music director who works in the Telugu film industry. Personal life Hemachandra is born on June 2, 1988. Hemachandra's mother Sasikala Swamy Vedala is a singer and music ...

, singer * Aditi Rao Hydari, actor * Hyderabad Brothers (D. Raghavachari and D. Seshachari), Carnatic music duo * Mohammed Irfan, playback singer * N. C. Karunya (1986-), singer *

Ajit Khan Hamid Ali Khan (27 January 1922 – 22 October 1998), better known by his stage name Ajit, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films. He acted in over two hundred movies over almost four decades. Ajit is also credited for starring as a lead a ...

(1922–98), actor, film maker. *

Ateeq Hussain Khan Ustad Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi Al-Hashmi Qawwal () (born 1980) is a Hindustani Qawwal. He was born in Hyderabad, India. He started his training in Indian classical music ( Hindustani shastria sangeeth) from his father from the early a ...

(1980-),

qawwali Qawwali (Punjabi language, Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nastaʿlīq, Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali language, Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali alphabet, Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Isl ...

, musician * Kabir Khan, film director *

Razak Khan Abdur Razzak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' Ba ...

(1958-2016), actor, comedian, director. * Rohit Khandelwal (1989-), actor, Mr.world * Anjali Parvati Koda, playwright, stand-up comedian *

Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu language films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as ''Hyderab ...

(1967-), filmmaker, screenwriter * Gopichand Lagadapati, actor, writer, director, producer * Vennu Mallesh, singer * Asmita Marwa, fashion designer * Dia Mirza (1981-), model, actor, Miss Asia pacific International * Aziz Naser (1980-), actor *

Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi (born 3 September 1976) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema, in addition to working in few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films. Early life Vivek Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, to a Pu ...

(1976-), actor * Shashi Preetam (1970-), music-director * Priyadarshi Pulikonda, actor * Bairu Raghuram (1949-), painter *

Radhika Rao Jonnalagadda Radhika Rao (born 27 March 1971) is an Indian film director. She started her career with her feature film directorial debut '' Lucky: No Time for Love'' (2005) with Vinay Sapru. Her next films were '' I Love NY'' (2015) and '' Sanam ...

(1976-), writer, director, filmmaker *

Vithal Rao Vithal Rao Aatmaram Shivpurkar also known as Pandit Vithal Rao (1929 – 25 June 2015) was an Indian classical vocalist. He is considered to have been one of the last few maestros of 'Ghazals' and was the last court singer of the Last Nizam of H ...

(1929-2015), ghazal singer * Rathna Shekar Reddy (1908-), theatre and film actor, founder of Samahaara *

Payal Rohatgi Payal Rohatgi (born 9 November 1984) is an Indian actress and reality TV performer who appears in Hindi films. She was a contestant in the reality show ''Bigg Boss'' in 2008. In 2022, she participated in ALT Balaji's reality television show '' ...

(1980 or 1984-), actor *

Sushmita Sen Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Universe 1994 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the Miss Universe pageant. She was previously crowned Femina Miss India 1994 at the age of 18. A ...

(1975-), actor, Miss Universe * Mani Shankar (1957-), filmmaker * Tabu (1971-), actor * Vinay Varma theatre. film and voice actor, scriptwriter, casting director, founder Sutradhar *

Warsi Brothers Warsi Brothers are an Indian Qawwali musical group, consisting of brothers Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (the Qawwāls), along with eight accompanists (the ''humnawa'' or party). They are based in Hyderabad. Family of qaw ...

group * Anwar Maqsood, Pakistani actor, playwright, lyricist, satirist * Manasa Varanasi, Miss india world 2021

Business

* Fazal Nawaz Jung (c. 1894–1964), financier and politician * Ravi Kailas businessman * Mehboob Alam Khan, restaurateur * Shah Alam Khan (1921-2017) * Prem Watsa, CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings (1950–present)

Civil servants and diplomats

Syed Akbaruddin Syed Akbaruddin is a retired Indian civil servant from 1985 batch of the Indian Foreign Service and served as India's permanent representative at the United Nations at New York from January 2016 to April 2020. He had previously served as off ...

Abid Hussain Abid Hussain (26 December 1926 21 June 2012) was an Indian economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was India's ambassador to the United States of America from 1990 to 1992 and a member of the Planning Commission from 1985 to 1990. Personal ...

(1926–2012), diplomat * Idris Hasan Latif, former Indian ambassador to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

Ausaf Sayeed Ausaf Sayeed (born 18 September 1963) is an Indian diplomat, belonging to Indian Foreign Service of 1989 batch. He is currently serving as the Secretary (Consular, Passport, Visa & Overseas Indian Affairs) since March 2022. Career Sayeed is a c ...

(1989–present), diplomat

Information technology

* Satya Nadella, CEO OF

Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...

* Shantanu Narayen, CEO and President of Adobe Systems

Literature

* Amjad Hyderabadi (1878-1961), Urdu poet * Khamakha Hyderabadi (1929 - 2017), poet and writer. * Jwalamukhi (1938 – 2008), poet, novelist, essayist and political activist *

Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu (''née'' Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist, feminist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important person in Ind ...

(1879 – 1949), poet and political activist * Jameela Nishat (1955), Urdu poet, feminist and social activist * Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (pen name: Shad) (1864-1940), scholar of

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

* Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1909 – 1985), poet, journalist, writer, translator, literary critic, educationist and politician * Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri (1885-1953), historian * Ali Haider Tabatabai or Syed Ali Hyder Nazm Tabatabai (1854-1933), poet and translator *

Naseer Turabi Naseer Turabi ( ur, نصير ترابی; 15 June 1945 – 10 January 2021) was a Pakistani poet. Playback singer Ahmed Rushdi played significant role in his success and also helped popularize his ghazals. Biography His father, Allama Rasheed ...

(1945 - 2021) Urdu poet * Mohiuddin Qadri Zore (1905 – 1962), poet, literary critic and historian

Media and television

* Baseer Ali, reality TV Star *

Harsha Bhogle Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He’s widely known as a "voice of cricket". Bhogle has cemented his reputation as being a personality in the global cricket broadcasting industry. Early lif ...

, cricket commentator and journalist * Rajiv Chilaka, creator and director of animated TV and film * Anees Jung (b. 1944), author and journalist

Military

Mateen Ansari Captain Mateen Ahmed Ansari GC (15 December 1916 – 29 October 1943) of the 5th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment, in the Indian Army during World War II, and member of the British Army Aid Group. He was awarded the George Cross posthumously. Th ...

(1916-1943), George Cross recipient * Idris Hasan Latif (1923-2018), former Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force * Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, former Lieutenant General and

Vir Chakra Vir Chakra (pronunciation: ʋ iː ɾ a tʃ a kɾa) is an Indian wartime military bravery award presented for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy on the battlefield and is third in precedence in wartime gallantry awards a ...

recipient

Sports

Badminton

Pullela Gopichand Pullela Gopichand (born 16 November 1973) is a former Indian badminton player. Currently, he is the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second In ...

, All England badminton winner; coach of Indian badminton team * Jwala Gutta, doubles player, quarterfinalist in 2012 Olympics *

Parupalli Kashyap Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012. He created history by reaching the q ...

, olympian, won gold medal at 2014 commonwealth games *

Srikanth Kidambi Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, Kidambi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2018. and the Arjuna award in 2015. In 2021, he became the first Indian t ...

, Indonesia open winner *

Shruti Kurien Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player. She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games ...

, former doubles player *

Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...

, former world no. 1 *

Ashwini Ponnappa Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda (born 18 September 1989) is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwal ...

, 2011 world badminton championship bronze medalist * B. Sai Praneeth, Swiss grand prix open 2018 * P. V. Sindhu, won a Silver medal at 2016 Rio Olympics

Cricket

Mohammad Azharuddin Mohammad Azharuddin (born 8 February 1963) is an Indian politician and a former international cricketer and former captain of India national cricket team. He is the working president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee and was the mem ...

, former captain of Indian Cricket Team * Ghulam Ahmed, test player *

Syed Abid Ali Syed Abid Ali (born 9 September 1941) is a former all-rounder Indian cricketer. He was a lower order batsman and a medium pace bowler. He played an important role in Indian cricket in the 1960s and 70s. Early life Abid Ali attended the St. ...

, former cricketer * Arshad Ayub (1987–1990) * Abbas Ali Baig *

Noel David Noel Arthur David (born 26 February 1971) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Hyderabad and played four One Day Internationals for India in 1997. Early life When he was five years old, his family moved to Hyderabad ...

, former cricketer * Syed Mohammad Hadi, nicknamed Indian Rainbow Hadi * M. L. Jaisimha, known as 'cultivated stylist' in cricket team * V. V. S. Laxman, former Indian cricketer *

C. K. Nayudu Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967), also known as CK, was the first captain of the Indian cricket team in Test cricket, Test matches. He played first-class cricket regularly until 1958, and returned for one ...

(1895–1967), first captain of the Indian test cricket team * Pragyan Ojha, former Indian cricketer *

Mithali Raj Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the ...

, Indian woman cricket team captain * Venkatapathy Raju, former Indian cricketer *

Ambati Rayudu Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu (born 23 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the Baroda cricket team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy championship. He played 61 limited overs matches for the India national cricket team between ...

, Indian professional cricket player * Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer * Gouher Sultana, Indian woman cricketer *

Shivlal Yadav Shivlal Yadav (born 26 January 1957) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches and seven One Day Internationals from 1979 to 1987. A right arm offbreak bowler, he made his Test debut in 1979 during a rebuilding stage in Indi ...

(1979–1987), former Indian cricketer

Football

Shabbir Ali Shabbir Ali (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian football manager and former player. He was awarded the Dhyan Chand Award, the highest award in Indian sports for lifetime achievement, given by Government of India in 2011. He is the first footba ...

* Yousuf Khan * Syed Nayeemuddin, former captain of the

Indian football team The India national football team represents India in international Association football, football and is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The team is affiliated to FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Indian tea ...

Syed Abdul Rahim Syed Abdul Rahim (17 August 1909 – 11 June 1963), popularly known as Rahim Saab, was an Indian football coach and manager of the Indian national team from 1950 until his death in 1963, and a former player. He is regarded as the architect of ...

, former India national football coach

Hockey

* Mukesh Kumar, former Indian Hockey Player

Tennis

* Syed Mohammad Hadi * Sania Mirza

Bodybuilding

* Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, Mr. World 2007(silver) * Esa Misri * Osman Misri

Others

* Abdul Basith (volleyball) * Naina Ashwin Kumar (table tennis)

Politics

* Zakir Husain (1897-1969), 3rd

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Mohammad Majid Hussain Mohammed Majid Hussain (born 9 April 1980) is an Indian politician who is currently the corporator of Mehdipatnam ward of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the former Mayor of Hyderabad He belongs to the All India Majlis-e-Itteh ...

, former Mayor of Hyderabad *

, former MLA *

Amanullah Khan Ghazi Amanullah Khan ( Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1 ...

* Idris Hasan Latif (1923-2018), former

Governor of Maharashtra The governor of Maharashtra is the ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor, however the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers. Bhagat ...

* Danam Nagender, former MLA and Minister of Labour * Aruna Miller, politician * Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, present MLA and Managing Director of Owaisi Hospital * Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, present MP of Hyderabad and chairman of Dar-us-salaam Trust * Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, former MLA and President of AIMIM *

Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri is current MLA from Yakutpura (Assembly constituency), from AIMIM. Quadri was the trusted mentor and close friend of late Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi. Quadri won from Charminar in 2004 and was able to retain it in 2009, 2 ...

, MLA and General secretary of AIMIM * G. Sanjeeva Reddy President INTUC, Former MP and Minister of Labour, * Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, former

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's '' de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with th ...

* Mohammed Ali Shabbir, politician

Recipients of National Awards

Bharat Ratna

* Zakir Husain, former

Padma Vibhushan

* Zakir Husain, former

. *

, former

Padma Bhushan

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some fil ...

, film

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and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

, diplomat *

, former

* Yousuf Hussain Khan, educationist * Sania Mirza, tennis player. *

, badminton player

Padma Shri

* Mohan Babu, film actor and producer * Mohammad Ali Baig, theatre activist * Mujtaba Hussain * Bilkees I. Latif, social worker * Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, poet, journalist, writer, translator, literary critic, educationist and politician *

, Indian Women Cricket Team captain *

S. S. Rajamouli Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli ( ; born 10 October 1973) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the highest paid director in India, and is known for his action, fantasy, and epic genre films. T ...

, film director and screenwriter * P. V. Sindhu, badminton player *

Shantha Sinha Shantha Sinha (born 7 January 1950) is an Indian anti-child labour activist. She is the founder of Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation, popularly known as MV Foundation (which is named in memory of her grandfather Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiah), a ...

, anti-child labour activist * Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, former Lieutenant General

Nizams of Hyderabad

* Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I *

Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II Mir Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah II (7 March 1734 – 6 August 1803) was the 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad State in South India between 1762 and 1803. He was born on 7 March 1734 as fourth son to Asaf Jah I and Umda Begum. His official name is ''A ...

* Mir Akbar Ali Khan, Asaf Jah III * Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV * Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V * Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI *

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 — 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad, the largest princely state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of ...

References

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