This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India.

Award winners

Padma Bhushan

*Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian *Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2018, Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. *Kariya Munda - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha

Padma Shri

* Shashadhar Acharya - 2020, Chhau dancer *Premlata Agarwal - 2013 *Ashok Bhagat - 2015, social worker and secretary of Vikas Bharti *Makar Dhwaja Darogha - 2011, Chhau Dancer *Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2009, Indian international cricketer *Gopal Prasad Dubey, Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - 2012, Chhau dancer and choreographer *Balbir Dutt - 2017, journalist *Girdhari Ram Gonjhu - 2022, Literature *Chutni Devi - 2021, social worker *Digamber Hansda - 2018 *Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - 2020, folk singer *Bulu Imam - 2019, activist *Deepika Kumari - 2016, sports, archery *Vasundhara Komkali - 2006, classical musician *Mukund Nayak - 2017, folk singer *Parasu Ram Mishra *Ram Dayal Munda - 2010, Indian scholar and regional music exponent *Simon Oraon - 2016, Indian environmentalist and social worker *Shyama Charan Pati - 2006, Chhau Dancer *Kedar Nath Sahoo - 2005, classical dancer *Jamuna Tudu - 2019, environmental activist

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

*Chetan Joshi, flautist *Mahavir Nayak, nagpuri folk singer *Mukund Nayak, folk artist

Jharkhand Gaurav Samman

*Lal Vijay Shahdeo - 2019, Film Director, Producer & Writer

Nari Shakti Puraskar

*Chami Murmu - 2019, environmental activist

Academics

*Bhuneshwar Anuj, scholar *Gerald Durrell - naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter; born in Jamshedpur in 1925 *Girdhari Ram Gonjhu - Literature and Scholar *Shravan Kumar Goswami, Professor and Scholar *Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari - educationist, writer, scholar *Shakuntala Mishra, Professor and writer *Ram Dayal Munda - former Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University *Ram Krishna Singh - teacher of English language skills and Indian writing in English language, English at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad since 1976

Authors

* Miniya Chatterji, author * Pankaj Dubey - author * Aditi Gupta (author), Aditi Gupta, author * Bulu Imam - environmentalist, writer * Shiv Khera - author, motivational speaker, activist * Praful Kumar Rai, writer * Nikita Singh - author * Sahani Upendra Pal Singh, writer * Khagendra Thakur

Bureaucrats

*Subodh Kumar Jaiswal - Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) *Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi; former Director of Prime Minister's office (PMO), New Delhi

Business and industry

*Anurag Dikshit - born in Dhanbad, ranked 207 by ''Forbes'' among the world's richest people in 2006 *Atul Kochhar - Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality *Mahesh Poddar - industrialist *Ashwin Srivastava - venture capitalist

Cinema and theatre

Actors

*Krishna Bharadwaj (actor) - born in Ranchi *Bibhu Bhattacharya - born in Jharia *Meiyang Chang - born in Dhanbad *Dipankar De - born in Jamshedpur *Dinesh Deva - dancer and actor *Adarsh Gourav - born in Jamshedpur *Raman Gupta - actor and dancer *Rajesh Jais - born in Ranchi *Sanjeev Jaiswal - born in Jamshedpur *Deepak Lohar, actor *R. Madhavan - born in Jamshedpur *Zeishan Quadri - actor and writer, born in Wasseypur *Bunty Singh, actor and dancer *Vikram Singh (actor), Vikram Singh - actor and producer, born in Jamshedpur *Imran Zahid - born in Bokaro

Actresses

*Pratyusha Banerjee - born in Jamshedpur *Priyanka Chopra - Miss World 2000, actress, born in Jamshedpur *Deeba - actress, born in Ranchi *Rasika Duggal - actress, born in Jamshedpur *Ishita Dutta - younger sister of Tanushree Dutta, born in Jamshedpur *Tanushree Dutta - Femina Miss India, Miss India 2004, actress, born in Jamshedpur *Auritra Ghosh - actress, born in Jamshedpur *Komal Jha - actress, born in Ranchi *Shweta Prasad - actress, born in Jamshedpur *Amrita Raichand - actress, born in Dhanbad *Anushka Sen, actress, born in Ranchi *Meenakshi Seshadri - Miss India 1981, born in Sindri (Dhanbad), Sindri *Eenu Shree - actress, born in Jamshedpur *Alisha Singh - actress, dancer and choreographer, born in Ranchi *Pooja Singh - born in Jamshedpur *Reecha Sinha - actress, born in Hazaribagh *Simone Singh - born in Jamshedpur *Supriya Kumari, actress *Sumann - born in Jamshedpur *Tania (Indian actress), Tania - Punjabi actress, born in Jamshedpur

Cinematographer / Choreographers

*Aseem Mishra - cinematographer, born in Dhanbad *Alisha Singh - choreographer and actor, born in Ranchi

Directors / Producers

*Imtiaz Ali (director), Imtiaz Ali - director and writer, Jamshedpur *Amit Bose - director, born in Jamshedpur *Sriram Dalton - director, born in Daltonganj *Raj Kumar Gupta - director, born in Hazaribag *Sanjivan Lal - director and writer, born in Jamshedpur *Akashaditya Lama - director and scriptwriter based in Bollywood, born in Ranchi *Prem Prakash Modi - director and writer, Dumka *Shomu Mukherjee - director, writer and producer, born in Jamshedpur *Lal Vijay Shahdeo - director, producer and writer based in Mumbai, born in Lohardaga *Gul Bahar Singh - director, born in Pakur *Biju Toppo - director and producer, born in Mahuadanr

Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet

*Karan Singh Arora - Indian singer, songwriter, rapper, music composer, music director, lyricist and model, Ranchi *Rajdeep Chatterjee - singer *Biswajit Roy Chowdhury - Hindustani classical musician and sarod player, Deoghar *Payal Dev - playback singer *Ronkini Gupta - playback singer, born in Jamshedpur *Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - folk singer, born in Ranchi *Chetan Joshi - flautist in the Hindustani classical music, Jharia *Govind Sharan Lohra - nagpuri folk singer *Monica Mundu - playback singer, also acted in film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story *Nandlal Nayak - music composer *Shilpa Rao - singer, born in Jamshedpur *Chandan Tiwari - folk singer, Bokaro

Freedom fighters and revolutionaries

*Budhu Bhagat - freedom fighter *Sheikh Bhikhari - freedom fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1857 rebellion *Telanga Kharia - freedom fighter *Chanku Mahato- freedom fighter in Godda *Dhananjay Mahato - freedom fighter *Raghunath Mahato - freedom fighter *Tilka Manjhi - freedom fighter *Birsa Munda - freedom fighter and folk hero; belonged to the tribal group of Munda people *Kanhu Murmu - leader of Santal Revolt, Santal revolt *Sido Murmu - leader of Santhal rebellion, Santal revolt *Nilambar and Pitambar - freedom fighter *Jagabandhu Patnaik - freedom fighter *Pandey Ganpat Rai - freedom fighter in 1857 Rebellion, 1857 rebellion *Bakhtar Say - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812 *Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo - freedom fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1857 rebellion *Ganga Narayan Singh - leader of Bhumij revolt *Mundal Singh - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812 *Raghunath Singh (Bhumij), Raghunath Singh - leader of Chuar Revolt, Chuar revolt *Raja Arjun Singh - freedom fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1857 rebellion *Ram Narayan Singh - freedom fighter *Tikait Umrao Singh - freedom fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1857 rebellion

Journalism

*Bhuneshwar Anuj, editor *Dayamani Barla - journalist in Hindi newspaper ''Prabhat Khabar'' *Balbir Dutt - founder director and editor in chief of Hindi daily Deshpran. *Anjana Om Kashyap - executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak

Jurists and Lawyers

*Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist *Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo - jurist and political activist *Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist

Medical

*Bharti Kashyap - ophthalmologist *Subhash Mukhopadhyay (physician), Subhash Mukhopadhyay - created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation

Gallantry Awards winner

*Rakesh Asthana *Albert Ekka - recipient of Param Vir Chakra *Randhir Prasad Verma - recipient of Ashoka Chakra (military decoration), Ashoka Chakra

Poetry

*Anuj Lugun - won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi *Ghasiram Mahli - Nagpuri poet *Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - Nagpuri poet *Raghunath Shah - Nagvanshi king and poet *Dalel Singh (king), Dalel Singh, poet *Ram Krishna Singh - published seventeen poetry collections in English

Politics

Activist

*Thakur Ji Pathak-indian activist,politicain,businessman well know leader of Jharkhand(bihar) *Surya Singh Besra - politician and activist *Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist *Nirmal Mahto - political activist *Teklal Mahto - politician *Jaipal Singh Munda, hockey player and tribal leader *Kunal Sarangi - politician *Rudra Pratap Sarangi- politician and activist *Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist *Shibu Soren - politician

Governors of other states

*Bhishma Narain Singh - Assam, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands *Rameshwar Thakur - Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister

*Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district *Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand *Bindeshwari Dubey - Chief Minister of Bihar from 12 March 1985 to 14 February 1988; was involved in a Trade Union Movement in Chotanagpur collieries and industries since 1944; played an important role in the nationalization of collieries in India, specially in Jharkhand; was 6 term MLA from Bermo constituency in Bokaro District and MP from Giridih in Jharkhand *Binodanand Jha - Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963 *Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand *Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri *Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. *K. B. Sahay, Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister (India), Chief Minister of Bihar *Hemant Soren - currently Chief Minister of Jharkhand *Shibu Soren - former chief minister of Jharkhand

Cabinet minister

*Yadunath Baskey - Minister in Bihar Government *Satyanand Bhogta, minister of labour *Sudesh Kumar Mahto - former deputy chief minister *Kariya Munda, former speaker of Loksabha *Vimla Pradhan, Former tourism minister *Dinesh Sarangi - First Health minister Jharkhand *Sanatan Sardar - Veteran tribal leader, former Irrigation Minister, Bihar and three-term MLA from Potka *Subodh Kant Sahay - former cabinet minister, government of India *Basant Narain Singh, Cabinet minister in Bihar *Jayant Sinha, Aviation minister *Yashwant Sinha - former Union Cabinet minister, Government of India

Other

*Lobin Hembrom - politician *Ajoy Kumar - former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer; elected as the MP (Member of Parliament) *Bidyut Baran Mahato - MP from Jamshedpur *Shashank Manjari, member of Ramgarh Raj royal family and ex MLA from Dumri *Kartik Oraon, former member of Parliament *Sambit Patra - Politician and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party *Vijaya Raje, member of Ramgarh Raj royal family and ex MLA from Chatra *Ravindra Kumar Ray, former member of Parliament *Kunal Sarangi, politician *Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo, last Nagvanshi king and MLA from Ranchi *Kamakhya Narain Singh, King of Ramgarh Raj and politician

Religion

*Thakur Anukulchandra *Father Kamil Bulke *Parshvanatha - twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism *Telesphore Toppo

Rulers

*Bairisal, Nagvanshi king in 16th century *Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo, Nagvanshi king in 20th century *Bhim Karn, Nagvanshi king in 12th century *Pratap Karn, Nagvanshi king in 15th century *Shivdas Karn, Nagvanshi king in 14th century *Gajghat Rai, Nagvanshi king in 9th century *Phani Mukut Rai, first Nagvanshi king *Medini Ray, King of Palamu in 17th century *Durjan Shah, Nagvanshi king in 17th century *Dripnath Shah, Nagvanshi king in 18th century *Madhu Karn Shah, Nagvanshi king in 16th century *Raghunath Shah, Nagvanshi king in 17th century *Ram Shah (king), Ram Shah, Nagvanshi king in 17th century *Ani Nath Shahdeo, king of Barkagarh *Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo, last Nagvanshi king *Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo, King of Barkagarh *Baghdeo Singh, first king of Ramgarh Raj *Dalel Singh (king), Dalel Singh, king of Ramgarh in 17th century *Jagatpal Singh, king of Pithuriya *Kamakhya Narain Singh, king of Ramgarh *Mukund Singh, king of Ramgarh *Raja Arjun Singh, King of Porahat *Tikait Umrao Singh, king of Ormanjhi

Social service

* Jyoti Dhawale * Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - 19th Century Indian educator and social reformer

Sports

Archery

*Komalika Bari *Mangal Singh Champia - Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games. *Deepika Kumari - Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 1 in the world. *Madhumita Kumari - won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event. *Laxmirani Majhi *Purnima Mahato - won the Indian national archery championships and a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Boxing

*Anthresh Lalit Lakra - international boxer *Aruna Mishra - 2004 world champion *Diwakar Prasad - international boxer *Birju Shah - international boxer *Selay Soy - boxer

Cricket

*Varun Aaron *Kirti Azad *Rajesh Chauhan *Kumar Deobrat *Mahendra Singh Dhoni *Ishank Jaggi *Monu Kumar *Kumar Kushagra *Shahbaz Nadeem *Shubhlakshmi Sharma - Indian female cricket player *Pratyush Singh - made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 20 October 2016. *Randhir Singh (cricketer), Randhir Singh *Utkarsh Singh *Virat Singh *Saurabh Tiwary *Rahul Tripathi

Association football

*Sanjay Balmuchu - Indian association football, footballer, plays as a midfielder (association football), midfielder for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League; 2012 graduate of the Tata Football Academy *Lal Mohan Hansda - Indian footballer, plays as a forward (association football), forward for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League *Munmun Lugun - Indian footballer, plays as a defender (association football), defender for Pune F.C., Pune in the I-League *Deepak Mondal

Hockey

*Kanti Baa *Sylvanus Dung Dung - former field hockey player from India *Michael Kindo *Sangita Kumari *Bimal Lakra *Birendra Lakra - born in Simdega *Jaipal Singh Munda - captained the Indian field hockey team to win gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam *Nikki Pradhan *Pushpa Pradhan *Masira Surin *Sumrai Tete *Manohar Topno

Lawn bowls

*Lovely Choubey *Rupa Rani Tirkey

Mountaineering

*Premlata Agarwal - mountain climber; on May 21, 2011, became the oldest Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, at age 45 *Binita Soren - mountain climber; on May 26, 2012, became the first tribal woman to summit Mount Everest, at age 25{{Cite web , title=Everest climbers spur high spirits , url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/everest-climbers-spur-high-spirits/cid/411345 , access-date=2022-06-29 , website=www.telegraphindia.com

Others

*Rameesh Kailasam - governance reform and policy expert from India

References

Lists of people by state or union territory in India, Jharkhand People from Jharkhand, Jharkhand-related lists, People