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	This is a list of famous and ] people from ], a ] in ]. The criteria of this list includes those persons who were '''born''' in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former ] that now are part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well known during the peak of their ].
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			This is a list of ] people from ], a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former ] that now is part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh.
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	|poptime = 200,581,477 <ref name="states-of-india.findthedata.org">http://states-of-india.findthedata.org/q/26/4241/What-is-the-population-of-Uttar-Pradesh</ref>
	|popplace = Primary populations in:
	]
	| langs = ], ], ] and ]
	| rels = predominantly ], Minorities of ], ] & ] |
	related-c = ] and ]
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	==Deities and avatars==		==Deities and avatars==
			; Jains Gods / Deities
	], a temple in Watford ]]]
			* ] or ] (birthplace: ]) 1st Tirthankara of Jainism and founder of Jainism
	] (flute).]]
			* ] (birthplace: ]) 2nd Tirthankara of Jainism.
	]]]
			* ] (birthplace: ]) 3rd Tirthankara of Jainism.
	*] (Birthplace: ]), is a legendary or historical king of ]. In ], he is considered to be the seventh ] of ].
			* ] (birthplace: ] ) 4th Tirthankara of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ]), is a ] worshiped across many traditions of ].
	*] (Birth Place: ]), was 22nd Teerthanks of Jainism.		* ] (birthplace: ]) 5th Tirthankara of Jainism.
			* ] (birthplace: ]) 6th Tirthankara of Jainism.
	*] (Birthplace: ]), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the epic ']'
	*] (Birth Place: ]), was an avatar of ].		* ] (birthplace: ]) 7th Tirthankara of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 11th Teerthankar of Jainism.		* ] (birthplace: ], Varanasi) 8th Tirthankara of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 16th Teerthankar of Jainism.		* ] (birthplace: ]) 9th Tirthankara of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 17th Teerthankar of Jainism.		* ] (birthplace: ]), 11th Tirthankara of Jainism
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 18th Teerthankar of Jainism.		* ] (birthplace: ]), 13th Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 14th Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 15th Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 16th Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 17th Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 18th Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 22nd Tirthankara of Jainism
			* ] (birthplace: ]), 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism
			; Hindu gods / deities
			* ] (birthplace: ]), legendary or historical king of ]; in ], he is considered to be the seventh ] of Vishnu
			* ] (birthplace: ]), brother and close companion of Rama; a hero in the epic '']''
			* ] (birthplace: ]) ] worshiped across many traditions of ]
			* ] (birthplace: ]), was an avatar of ]
			<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
			File:Sri Mariamman Temple Singapore 2 amk.jpg|] statue at the Sri Mariamman Temple (])
			File:Rama Lakshmana.jpg|L to R: ] and Lakshmana
			File:Neminatha sculpture.jpg|Neminatha (stone). Chahaman, 11th century AD, Narhad, ]
			File:Bhelupur Jain temple (cropped).jpg|Parsvanatha statue in ], ]
			File:Lord Rama with arrows.jpg|Lord ] with arrows
			File:Sarnath Jain Temple (3).jpg|Shreyansanatha at ]
			</gallery>
	==Authors of the great epics==		==Authors of the great epics==
			* ] (birthplace: ]), one of the seven great sages, the ]s, one of the ]s created by ]
	*], wrote ]
			* ] (birthplace: ]), saint, poet and musician
	*], a central and much revered figure in the majority of ] traditions who authored ]
	*], a ] ] and ], wrote '']'' ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to ].		* ] (Ramayana: ]), ] poet and philosopher; wrote '']'' ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to ]
			* ], central and much revered figure in the majority of ] traditions; authored '']''
	*]
	*] (Birth Place: ])
			<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
			File:Queen_Nagamati_talks_to_her_parrot,_Padmavat,_c1750.jpg|Malik Mohammed Jayasi
			File:Valmiki Ramayana.jpg|Valmiki
			</gallery>
	==Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics==		==Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics==
	]		]
	*], ] ], one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the ].		* ], ] ], one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the ]
	*], the only 'Padmashri' recipient in Yoga, Founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, ]		* ], only ] recipient in yoga; founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, ]
	*], Gazi Miya of ].		* ], Gazi Miya of ]
			* ], poet and saint ]
	*], a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer.
	*], poet and saint ]		* ], Sufi saint, born in ]
			* ], Yogi and Guru who introduced Yoga in the West. Born in ] in 1893.
	*], Sufi saint born in ]
	*], mystic who introduced Yoga in the west, ]		* ], Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, ]
	*], Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, ]
	==Poet-saints and religious figures==		==Poet-saints and religious figures==
	]		]]]
	*], scholar of ], ] and ] in 20th century, ]
			;Hindu scholars
	*], ] scholar and ] commentator on the ''Prasthanatrayi'', ]
			* ]
	*], founder of the Rāmānandī sect, ]
	*], poet and Saint, ]		* ], Yogi ]
			* ], ] scholar and ] commentator on the ''Prasthanatrayi'', ].
	*], Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis, ]
	*], founder Gayatri Parivar, ]		* ], founder of the Rāmānandī sect ]
	*] was a blind Hindu poet, ] and ]born in Runkata near Agra
	*], founder of the ], ]
	*], teacher of ] popularly known as ''Dharma Samrat'', ]
	*], composer of the ], ]but it is also said to had born in Soron (Shukar kschetra) in the District of Etah
	* ]
	* ]		* ]
			* ], poet and saint, ]
			* ], founder and first guru of ] sect, ]
			* ], Indologist and Gaudiya Vaishnava leader
			* ], blind Hindu poet, ] and musician born in Runkata near Agra
			* ], teacher of ], popularly known as Dharma Samrat, ]
			* ], founder of the ], ]
			* ], composer of the ]
			;Islam scholars
			* ] (1606–1651), natural philosopher
			* ] (1800-1873), Islamic scholar
			* ] (1834-1899), Islamic scholar
			* ] (1867–1921), Islamic scholar
			* ] (1875–1935), Islamic scholar
			* ] (died 1935), Islamic scholar
			* ] (1889–2001), Sufi saint
			* ] (1937–2017), Islamic scholar
	* ]		* ]
	* ], Yogi ]
			==Rulers and generals==
	==Independence fighters==
			===Ancient===
	]
			*], (or '''Dārbhya''') was a king of ] during the Late ], most likely between {{circa}} 900 and 750 BCE.<ref>] (1989), in ''Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes'' ed. ], Paris, p.142</ref> He is mentioned prominently in the ] and ] ]s.<ref>Witzel (1989), p.127</ref>
			*], was a king of ] during the Late ] (8th or 7th century BCE), mentioned in the ] (Vi.ii.9-13) and the ] (V.4-8).<ref>] (1972), ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.67.</ref> Like King Ajatashatru of ] and King Asvapati Kaikeya of ], he is depicted as a major Hindu philosopher-king.
			*], (c. 6th century BCE) was an ] ruler of ]. ] was his capital. He succeeded after {{IAST|Sanjaya Mahākosala}}.<ref>Raychaudhuri H. (1972). ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.90,176</ref>
			*], was a king of ] during the lifetime of the ].
			* ], {{efn|{{Ubl | ]:चन्दगुत्त मोरीय {{transliteration|pi|Candagutta Mōrīya}}| ]: चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य {{transliteration|skt|Candragupta Maurya
			}} | {{langx|grc|Σανδράκοπτος}} {{transliteration|grc|Sandrákoptos}} {{lang|grc|Σανδράκοττος}} {{transliteration|grc|Sandrákottos}} {{lang|grc|Ανδροκόττος}} {{transliteration|grc|Androkóttos}}}}}} (350-295 BCE) was the founder of the ], a geographically-extensive empire based in ].<ref name="chakrabarti-maurya-dynasty">{{citation|last=Chakrabarty|first=Dilip K.|author-link=Dilip K. Chakrabarti|title=The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the Ancient Indian Dynasties |location=New Delhi, Oxford and New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=29|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-19-908832-4|quote=We are assuming that the basic historical-geographical configuration of the Magadhan power was achieved before the beginning of the Maurya dynasty, whose founder Chandragupta Maurya simply added to it the stretch from the Indus valley to the southern foot of the Hindukush, giving the Mauryan India a strong foothold in the Oxus to the Indus interaction zone of Indian history. The evidence is in some cases, as in the cases of Gujarat, Bengal, and Assam, shadowy, but if Chandragupta had undertaken expeditions in these directions, there would have been echoes of these expeditions in the literary traditions.}}</ref>
			* ], ({{IPA|sa|ɐˈʃo:kɐ}}, {{IAST3|Aśoka}}; {{circa|304}}&nbsp;– 232&nbsp;BCE), popularly known as '''Ashoka the Great''', was the third ] of ] in the ] during {{circa|268}} to 232 BCE.
			* ], (c. 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the ] of ancient India, and is regarded among the greatest rulers of India. As a son of the Gupta emperor ] and the ] princess Kumaradevi, he greatly expanded his dynasty's political and military power.
			* ] (c. 375-415), also known by his title '''Vikramaditya''', as well as '''Chandragupta Vikramaditya''', was the third ruler of the ] in ].
			*] (c. 415–455 CE), an emperor of the ] of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta emperor ] and Queen ], he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from ] in the west to ] region in the east.
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			===Medieval===
	] at Meerut Chowk]]
			*], , also known as '''Rajya Vardhan''', was the eldest son of ] and member of the ]. He ascended the throne after his father's death and was succeeded by his younger brother, ].
			*], (] Harṣa-vardhana; {{Circa|590}}–647 CE) was a ] emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of ] who had defeated the ] invaders,<ref>India: History, Religion, Vision and Contribution to the World, by Alexander P. Varghese p.26</ref> and the younger brother of ], a king of ], present-day ].
			* ], (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627),<ref name="britannica.com">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Jahangir {{!}} Ruler, Biography, Administration, & Achievements |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jahangir |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=britannica.com|archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183907/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jahangir |url-status=live }}</ref> known by his imperial name '''Jahangir''' ({{IPA|fa|d͡ʒahɑːn'giːr}}; {{lit|Conqueror of the World}}),<ref name=Brit>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jahangir |title=Jahāngīr |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183907/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jahangir |archive-date=24 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> was the fourth ], who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627.
			===Modern===
	===Indian Rebellion of 1857===
	*], the Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
	*], one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857, subject of Bollywood film '']''
	*], the freedom fighter who was elected by his ] clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the ].
	*], widow of the last Nawab of Awadh and Indian independence fighter in ].
	*], Indian independence fighter of 1857 from ], who captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India.
	*], nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
			* ], the '''Rani of Jhansi''' (19 November 1828<!-- Please do not add birth year 1835 as historians no longer accept it as correct; see cited sources and discussion on Talk page --> — 18 June 1858),<ref>] & ] (1999) ''Tournament of Shadows''. Washington, DC: Counterpoint; p. 138 – "Known to history as Lakshmi Bai, she was possibly only twelve in 1842 when she married the aging and infirm Rajah of Jhansi ..."</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Though the day of the month is regarded as certain historians disagree about the year: among those suggested are 1827 and 1835.</ref> was the ] consort of the princely state of ] in ] from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to ].
	===Later 19th, and 20th, centuries===
	*], King of Hathras Princely State known as 'Aryan Peshwa'.
			====Nawab of Awadh====
	*], Indian independence fighter, member of ].
			* ], (b. {{birth date|df=yes|1732|01|19}} – d. {{death date|df=yes|1775|01|26}}) was the ]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhatia |first1=O. P. Singh |title=History of India, from 1707 to 1856 |date=1968 |publisher=Surjeet Book Depot |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smdXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shuja-ud-Daula%22+-wikipedia}}</ref> and ] and the ] of ] from 5 October 1754 to 26 January 1775.<ref></ref>
	*], independence fighter, journalist
			* ], (23 September 1748 – 21 September 1797) was the ] ratified by ], from 26 January 1775 to 21 September 1797,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html#Awadh|title=Indian Princely States A-J}}</ref> and the son of ].
	*], Indian independence fighter and ].
			* ], (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last ], holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wajid- Ali-Shah (1847-1856)|url=http://lucknow.nic.in/history1/wajid.html|publisher=National Informatics Centre, India|access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wajid Ali Shah (1847-1856)|url=http://lucknow.me/Wajid-Ali-Shah.html|publisher=Lucknow.me|access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref>
	*], Indian independence fighter and ], became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Also ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR">] ("Gem of India" in English) is India's '''highest''' ], awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes ], ], and ] achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order".</ref> recipient.
	*] of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter and two time Member of Parliament.
			====Banaras state====
	*] of ], Indian independence fighter, member of ]. He was close associate of ] and ].
			*], His eldest son, Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Balwant Singh Sahib Bahadur ]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Roper |url=https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethuoft/goldenbookofindi00lethuoft/page/493/mode/1up |title=The golden book of India, a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire |date=1893 |publisher=London Macmillan |others=Robarts - University of Toronto |pages=493}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Roper |url=https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethuoft/goldenbookofindi00lethuoft/page/66/mode/1up |title=The golden book of India, a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire |date=1893 |publisher=London Macmillan |others=Robarts - University of Toronto |pages=66}}</ref> who succeeded his father as ] of Kaswar and ] of Benares in 1738.
	*], Indian independence fighter and socialist.
			*], commonly known as '''Chait Singh, a''' ] king was a ruler of ] in northern ].<ref name="Agrarian Relations">{{Cite book |last=Yang |first=A. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ck4jmD7H34UC&pg=PA67 |title=The Limited Raj: Agrarian Relations in Colonial India, Saran District, 1793-1920.  |publisher=United Kingdom: University of California Press. |year=1989 |isbn=9780520057111 |edition=1st |location=United Kingdom |pages=66–69 |language=English}}</ref>
	*], socialist
			*], {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI|GCIE}} (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the ] (]), an ]n ], from 1889 to 1931.
	*], socialist
			*], (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of ], a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of ].
	*], independence fighter and poet
	*], independence fighter
			====Kohra estate====
	*], independence fighter
			*]
	*], independence fighter
			*]
	*], freedom fighter accused of the ] case.
	*], independence fighter
			==Independence Fighters==
	*], independence fighter
			===18th century===
	*], independence fighter
			* ], ruler of ], one of the earliest rebel against Company rule.
	*], independence fighter ]
	*], independence fighter
			=== Indian Rebellion of 1857 ===
	*] Freedom Fighter
			]
			] of ], Leader in the ]]]
			* ], one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857.
			* ], was the freedom fighter of the 1857 revolution who was leading the revolution from Jaunpur.
			* ], nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
			*], fighter in ], he was from Dumari Riyasat of ]
			* ], widow of the last Nawab of Awadh; Indian independence fighter in ]
			* ], fighter in ] and Yuvraj of ]
			* ], Indian independence fighter of 1857 from ]; captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India
			* ], Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
			* ], freedom fighter; elected by his ] clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the ]
			* ], Great Indian freedom fighter of 1857; fought against British rule; Commander of Army of Jhansi
			* ], main freedom fighter of 1857 revolt from Meerut
			* ], ruler of ] and a leader of ]
			* ], ruler of ] and a leader of 1857 rebellion
			===Later 19th and 20th centuries===
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			* ], socialist
			* ], independence fighter
			* ] (30 November 1888 – 21 December 1920) was an Indian revolutionary who led the Shivaji Samiti group of freedom fighters against the ].
			* ], leader of ]
			* ] of ], independence fighter; member of ]; close associate of ] and ]
			* ], independence fighter
			* ], independence fighter, journalist
			* ], Indian independence fighter and politician; Chief Minister of the United Provinces; Bharat Ratna recipient<ref name="BR">] ("Gem of India") is India's highest ], awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes ], ], and ] achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order".</ref>
			* ], independence fighter and poet
			* ], freedom fighter accused of the Agra Conspiracy case
			* ], independence fighter; member of ] who helped ] escape
			* ], independence fighter
			* ], independence fighter
			* ], independence fighter
			* ], independence fighter, ]
			* ] of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter; two time Member of Parliament
			* ], independence fighter
			*], (]) independence fighter
			* ], Indian independence fighter and socialist
			* ], King of Hathras Princely State, known as Aryan Peshwa
			* ], independence fighter
			* ], socialist
			* ] Indian independence fighter and socialist (])
			* ], freedom fighter.
			* ]
			* ] (5 October 1899 – 18 November 1959) was an Indian lawyer and politician.
			}}
	==Award winners==		==Award winners==
	===Param Vir Chakra===		===Param Vir Chakra===
	*Company Quarter Master Havildar ], ]		* Company Quartermaster Havildar ], ]
	*Captain ]		* Captain ]
			* ] ] Shahjahan pur, fighter of ] and ]
	*]
			* Captain ], of Aurangabad, ]; hero of ] in Kargil war
	*Major ], the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian gallantry award.
	*] of Orangabad, Bulandshaher, the hero of Tiger Hill in Kargil war
	===Maha Vir Chakra===		===Maha Vir Chakra===
	*]]		* ] ]
	*]		* Captain ]
			* Lance Naik ]
			* Air Chief Marshall ]
	===Ashok Chakra===		===Ashok Chakra===
	*]
			* Constable ]
			* Naik ]
			* Lieutenant Colonel ]
			* Lieutenant Colonel ]
	===Bharat Ratna===		===Bharat Ratna===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	]
	*], philosopher and Freedom Fighter, ]		* ], philosopher and freedom fighter, ]
	*], ]		* ], leader of the Indian independence movement; first Prime Minister of India
	*Rajrishi ], Freedom Fighter, ]		* ], freedom fighter, former Prime Minister; belonged to ] and ]
			* ], freedom fighter, Allahabad
	*], Freedom Fighter
	*], Freedom Fighter, ] & ]		* ], sitar maestro, ]
			* ], educationist and politician, founder of ], ]
	*], Freedom Fighter, ]
			* ], politician, eleventh Prime Minister of India
	*], Sitar Maestro, ]
			}}
	*], Shehnai Maestro, ]
	*], Prime Minister of India, ]
	===Padma Vibhushan===		===Padma Vibhushan===
			* ]
	*]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
	===Padma Bhushan===		===Padma Bhushan===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*Prof ], Historian
			* ], international hockey player
	*], Author
			* ]
	*], Poet
	*], Tabla Maestro		* ], film actor
			* ], ophthalmologist
	*], scholar
	*], Hindi Author		* ], Hindi author
	*] Science		* ], historian
			* ], poet
	*]
	* ], Hindi Writer		* ], tabla maestro
	*], film actor		* ], science
			* ], author
			* ]
			* ], scholar
			* ], Hindi writer
			* ], music director
			}}
	===Padma Shree===		===Padma Shree===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*], Scholar of Unani medicine
	*], Film Director		* ] poet, writer
	*], Writer		* ] writer
			* ], Hindi poet and lyricist
	*] Babu, Hockey Olympian
			* ], scholar of Unani medicine
	*], Hindi poet and lyricist
			* ], Vice President of India
	*], the only Padmashri awardee Yogi, founder Director of Mokshayatan International Yogashram at ]
			* ], writer
	*] Ex Captain Indian Hockey Team ]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ] Babu, hockey Olympian
	*] writer
			* ], ex-captain of Indian hockey team, ]
	*] writer
			* ], film director
	*]]
			* ]
			* ], cardiac surgeon
			* ], writer
			* ], only Padmashri awardee yogi; founder director of Mokshayatan International Yogashram at ]
			* ], singer, music composer, lyricst
			* ]
			* ], Educationist
			* ], Grassroot research
			}}
	===Dada Saheb Phalke Award===		===Dada Saheb Phalke Award===
			* ], lyricist
	*], Music Composer
			* ], music composer
	*] Lyricist
			* ], film actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer
	===Jnanpith Awards===		===Gyananpith Awards===
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			* ]
	*], poet
	*], poet		* ], writer and poet
			* ]
	*], writer
	*], writer and poet		* ], poet
	*]		* ], poet
			* ], writer
	*]
			* ]
	*]
			}}
	===Magasaysay Award===		===Magasaysay Award===
			* ], water conservationist
	*]		* ]
	*], water conservationist
	===Arjuna Award===		===Arjuna Award===
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	*], badminton
	*], badminton		* ], badminton
			* ], gymnastics
	*], shooter
	*], shooter (Uttarkhand)		* ], Wrestler
			* ], Boxer
	*], Hockey
			* ], hockey
			* ], shooter
			* ], badminton
			* ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Rio-Paralympics-Mariyappan-Thangavelu-wins-gold-Varun-Bhati-clinches-bronze-in-mens-high-jump/articleshow/54259706.cms|title=Rio Paralympics: Mariyappan Thangavelu wins gold, Varun Bhati clinches bronze in men's high jump|date=10 September 2016|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>
			}}
			===Major Dhyan Chand Award===
	==Science and medicine==
			* ], (Wrestling) from Vill. Mewla Bhatti, ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yespunjab.com/|title=Yes Punjab - Latest News from Punjab, India & World|date=21 May 2019}}</ref>
	*], ] inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug
	*], chairman of the ].<ref name="france-in-india.org"> accessed June 2007</ref>
	*], (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in ], especially ] on ] ].
	*], statistician who worked in ], ], ], ] and ].
	*], oceanographer, leader of first Indian Expedition to Antarctica
	*Prof. ], scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
	*], medical pharmacologist
	*], inventor of "Jaipur Foot"
	*], plant geneticist
	*], molecular biologist
			==Defence services==
	==Holders of high offices==
	===Vice President===		===Army===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*], former ]
			* ], recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
	*],Current ]
			* ], Rajput Regiment, recipient of Param Vir Chakra<ref name="Nk Jadunath Singh, PVC, Summary @ TWDI">{{cite web|title=Nk Jadunath Singh, PVC (Details)|url=http://twdi.in/node/491|agency=The War Decorated India & Trust|access-date=26 September 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160927180024/http://twdi.in/node/491| archive-date =27 September 2016| url-status =dead}}</ref>
			* ], four Grenadiers, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra recipient<ref name="PVC"/>
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], ] of the ], Param Vir Chakra recipient<ref name="PVC"/>
			* ], 18th Grenadiers of the ], Param Vir Chakra recipient<ref name="PVC">] (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.</ref>
			* ], Mahavir Chakra in Indo-Pak war of 1965
			}}
	===Prime ministers===		===Air force===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
			* ], Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
			* ] IAF, Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
			* ] IAF, Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner; Kirti Chakra recipient
			* ], Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
			* ], Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
			* ], Air Chief Marshal, 26th ]
			}}
			===Navy===
	*], first ] and ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> awardee.
			* Captain ]
	*], third Prime Minister of India and ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> awardee.
	*], fourth Prime Minister of India and ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> awardee.
	*], fifth Prime Minister of India
	*], sixth prime minister of India and ''Bharat Ratna''
	*], eighth Prime Minister of India
	*], ninth Prime Minister of India
	*]. eleventh Prime Minister of India
			==Science and medicine==
	===Governors===
			]]]
	*], Governor of ]
			* ],is the listed author of the '']'' (''Sushruta's Compendium''), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wujastyk |first1=Dominik |title=The Roots of Ayurveda |date=2003 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-044824-5 |oclc=708372480 }}{{page needed|date=April 2023}}</ref>
	*], former Governor of Karnataka
			* ], sustainability and rural development expert
	*], former Governor of Bihar
			* ], environmental scientist and ]
	*], Governor of Haryana
			* ] (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in ], especially ] on ] ]
	*], former Governor of Maharashtra
			* ], CSIR-CDRI (inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug)
	*], former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
			* ], molecular biologist
	*], former Governor of Chhatisgarh
			* ], inventor of the ]
	*], former Governor of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
			* ], scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
	*] Governor of Madhya Pradesh
			* ]
	*],former CAG and former Governor of Karnataka
			* ], inventor of Inferior vena cava filter
	*Kunwar Mahmud Ali Khan former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
			* ], Indian virologist
			* ], Indian marine geologist and former director of the National Institute of Oceanography.
			* ], Indian-born neuroscientist working in the United States
			* ]
			* ], Chemist<ref>{{Cite web |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |url=https://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=ssbprize.gov.in}}</ref>
			* ], Indian geophysicist.
			* ], molecular biologist
			* ], organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
			* ], chairman of the ]<ref name="france-in-india.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.france-in-india.org/en/article.php3?id_article=1317 |title=M.S Swaminathan, R.K Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000015/http://www.france-in-india.org/en/article.php3?id_article=1317 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
			* ], Distinguished Professor and statistician who worked in ], ], ], ] and ]
			* ], medical pharmacologist
			* ], agricultural scientist, genomics specialist, biotechnologist
			* ], oceanographer, leader of first Indian expedition to Antarctica
			* ] is an Indian scientist, a professor in quantum information and computation group at the ], ].
			* ] (born 1960) is an Indian clinical ] and ].
			* ], is an Indian medical doctor, medical educationist and considered as the first woman M.ch paediatric surgeon from ] in the country.
			* ] (born 19 November 1956) is an Indian scientist who researches in the fields of ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Gaiti Hasan - INSA Fellow">{{cite web|url=http://www.insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P06-1411 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316225356/http://www.insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P06-1411 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2014 |title=Gaiti Hasan – INSA Fellow |publisher=Indian National Science Academy www.insaindia.org |access-date=19 October 2014 }}</ref>
			* ] (3 July 1931<ref group=lower-alpha>After government birth records were lost in Pratapgarh, Hasan's mother re-registered Ruqaiya's birthdate as 3 July 1931, slightly earlier than her real birthdate, to enroll her in school earlier.</ref> – 24 June 2015) was a professor of ] who held visiting positions and taught at various universities in England.
			* ] was Professor of ] and Dean of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) at the ], ].
			* ] is an Indian ] and aerospace engineer working in the ] (ISRO). She was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission, ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/MOM-has-completed-a-revolution-around-Mars-ISRO-scientist-says/articleshow/55641825.cms|title=MOM has completed a revolution around Mars, ISRO scientist says|work=The Times of India|access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref>
			* ] (born 6 September 1962) is an Indian ] specialising in ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.click4doctor.in/doctor/dr-soniya-nityanand-hematologist-hematology/Lucknow/Uttar-Pradesh|title=Dr. Soniya Nityanand Hematologist,HEMATOLOGY in Lucknow Uttar-Pradesh - Click4Doctor.in|website=click4doctor.in|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref>
			* ] is an Indian scientist who has worked extensively in the last 40 years to understand the physiological effects of ].
			* ] is an Indian ] and global expert on ].
			* ], more popularly known as '''G K Vishwakarma''', was an eminent ], academician and public health administrator.
			==Technology==
	===Chief Justices===
			* ], innovator and developer of world's most languages speaking humanoid ].
	*], former Chief Justice of India
			* ], India's first woman ]
	*], former Chief Justice of India
			* ], Founder & CEO of Paytm
			* ] is an ] businesswoman and ] of ] technology company ].
			* ] is a former executive director of the ] (retired in 2017).<ref name="HINDU">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/07/stories/2006030703360200.htm |title=Bank ombudsman's advice to customers |via=hindu.com News |work=hindu.com |date=7 Mar 2006 |access-date=3 Jul 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131120100216/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/07/stories/2006030703360200.htm |archive-date=20 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
			* ] is an Indian ] and ]. Jain has been called a "data doyenne" by ''Fortune''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://fortune.com/2015/10/23/box-divya-jain-reshma-khilnani-heidi-williams/|title = These Three Women Are Box's Big Data Triple Threat|last = Lev-Ram|first = Michal|date = 23 October 2015|work = Fortune|access-date = 21 January 2016}}</ref>
			* ] is a ] ] and the founder and CEO of SHEROES, a platform that supports women entrepreneurs.<ref name="founder">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/startups/people/this-founders-helping-more-women-turn-entrepreneur/articleshow/64416982.cms|title=This founder’s helping more women do their own thing|website=]|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inc42.com/features/sairee-chahal-the-sheroes-story-and-women-entrepreneurs-in-india/|title=In Sairee Chahal’s Shoes: The SHEROES Story And Backing Women Entrepreneurs In India|website=inc42.com|access-date=2019-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalindianstories.com/index.php/2020/06/16/sairee-chahal-founder-of-sheroes-the-safe-online-social-space-that-empowers-women/|title=Sairee Chahal – Founder of Sheroes, the safe online social space that empowers women|website=globalindianstories.com|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref>
			==Holders of high offices==
	===Chief Ministers===
			===President===
	*]
			* ], Acting President of India
	*]
			* ], 14th President of India
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Union Ministers===		===Vice President===
			* ], former ]
	*]
			* ], former ]
	*]
			* ], former ]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*.]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	==Political figures==		===Prime Ministers===
			* ], first ] and Bharat Ratna awardee<ref name="BR"/>
	===Pre Independence===
			* ], second Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee<ref name="BR"/>
	*], ] leader
			* ], fourth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee<ref name="BR"/>
	*Dr.], former President of Indian National Congress
			* ], fifth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee<ref name="BR"/>
	*], education minister (1924–1928)
			* ], sixth prime minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee<ref name="BR"/>
	*Pandit ]
			* ], eighth Prime Minister of India
	*]
			* ], ninth Prime Minister of India
	*]
			* ]. eleventh Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee<ref name="BR"/>
	*]
	*]
	*]
			===Prime Ministers of other countries ===
	===Post Independence===
			] (left) and Finance Minister ] (right) in New Delhi, 1991]]
	*]
			* ], former Prime Minister of ], His grand father migrated from ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=91 साल की उम्र में मॉरीशस के पूर्व PM का निधन, प्रधानमंत्री मोदी और विदेश मंत्री ने जताया दुख |url=https://www.jagran.com/news/national-mauritius-president-anirudh-jugnauth-died-prime-minister-modi-and-foreign-minister-expressed-grief-21706469.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>
	*]
			* ], ], Son of Anerood Jugnauth<ref name="livehindustan.com">{{Cite web |title=अलविदा अनिरुद्ध जगन्नाथ: मॉरिशस में हिंदी को सम्मान दिलाने वाला गिरमिटिया चला गया |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/international/story-mauritius-former-prime-minister-sir-anerood-jugnauth-dies-aged-91-anerood-jugnauth-profile-4090437.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref>
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*], Kisan leader
	*],
	*], journalist and political leader
	*], political leader
	*], political leader
	*], former minister and leader
	*], Union Minister
	*], Union Minister
	*], Member of Parliament
	*], Gandhian, first lady Minister of India
	*], politician
	*], Member of Parliament and advocate of the ] movement
	*], Former Union Home Minister and Lawyer
	*] former union minister
	*] (1925-1999), Former cabinet minister <ref name=lok>{{cite web |title=9th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2675.htm |date= |publisher= Lok Sabha Official website}}</ref>
	*]
	*]
	* ] ], ] of ]
	*]
	*]
	*]
			=== President of other countries===
	==Authors==
			* ], former President of ], his grand father migrated from ],<ref name="livehindustan.com"/>
	===Hindi===		===Governors===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
			* ], former Governor of Haryana
			* ], former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
			* ], former Governor of Chhattisgarh
			* ], Governor of Rajasthan
			* ], former Governor of Karnataka
			* ], former Governor of Maharashtra
			* ], former Governor of Bihar
			* ], former Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
			* ], Governor of ]
			* ], former CAG and former Governor of Karnataka
			* ], former Governor of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
			* ], Governor of Rajasthan and former Governor Himanchal Pradesh
			* ], former Governor of Meghalaya, Odisha, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa
			}}
			===Chief Justices===
	*], author of ]
			* ], former Chief Justice of India
	*] books on ], ], freedom struggle, ], ] etc.
			* ], former Chief Justice of India
	*], author of ]
			* ], former Chief Justice of India
	*], ]
			* ], former Chief Justice of India
	*], novelist
			* ], former Chief Justice of India
	*] Hindi writer
			* ], former Chief Justice of India
	*] Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer
	* ] (1891 – 1960), Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer
	*]
	*], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi novelist
	*], Hindi novelist
	*],Hindi novelist
	*], Hindi scholar and writer
	*], Hindi scholar
	*], author of 'Topi Shukla' and 'Adha Gaon'
	*], writer
	*], writer of 'Raag Darbari'
	*], Hindi writer and historian
	*]
	* ]
	*]
	===Urdu===		===Chief Ministers===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*], novelist of Jasoosi Duniya
			* ]
	*], writer of Aag Ka Darya
			* ]
	*], writer
			* ]
	*], author of Umrao Jaan
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*], author of books on ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], former ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			}}
			==Political figures==
	===English===
	*], novelist and writer
	*], English author and journalist
	*], Novelist and writer
	*], Author of "Q&A"
			===Pre independence===
	==Poets==
			]]]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], ] leader
			* ], former President of Indian National Congress
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], education minister (1924–1928)
			* ]
			* ]
	===Urdu===		===Post independence===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*]
			* ], 5 time MLA from Varanasi
	*], classical ] and ] poet
			* ], union minister
	*], Urdu ] poet
			* ]
	*], Urdu poet, biographer of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetry
			* ]
	*], Urdu poet, winner of ''Jnanpith''<ref name="JP"/> award
			* ], political leader
	*], Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter
			* ], 7 time MLA from ] constituency, 2 time cabinet minister in ]
	*], Urdu poet
	*], poet and lyricist		* ], former minister and leader
			* ], former prime minister of ]
	*], Urdu poet
			* ], political leader
	*], Urdu poet
			* ]
	*], Urdu poet
			* ]
	*], Urdu poet
			* ], Indian politician and ] designate of ]
	*], Urdu poet
			* ], political leader; former minister
	*], Urdu poet
			* ]
	*], Urdu poet
			* ]
	*], poet
			* ]
	*], Urdu poet
			* ]
	*], Urdu Poet, Bollywood Lyricist, Prosody Scholar
			* ]
			* ], UP CM and Rajasthan Governor; BJP Vice President
	===Hindi===
			* ]
	*], major works are "baagh", "toota truck", tolstoy aur cycle", etc.
			* ], former Union Home Minister and lawyer
	*], one of four major pillars of the '']i'' School of Hindi.
			* ]
	*], writer and poet.
			* ], politician
	*], a major poet of the ''Chhayavaadi'' generation, a period of ] in Modern Hindi poetry. She won the ''Jnanpith''<ref name="JP">] is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India.
			* ], politician
	</ref> award in 1982.
			* ], founder of Hindu Samaj Party, who insulted Muhammad, was imprisoned, and murdered after his release
	*], one of four major pillars of the ''Chhayavaadi'' School of Hindi.
			* ]
	*], modern Hindi poet
			* ]
	*], Hindi poet
			* ], Kisan leader
	*], humorous Poet
			* ] (b. 1938), UP MLA, cabinet minister<ref name=loksabha>{{cite web | title = Members Official Bioprofile | publisher = Lok Sabha website | url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2453.htm | accessdate = 2014-05-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010011/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2453.htm | archive-date = 28 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
	*]
			* ]
	*]
			* ], former ], former ], founder of ]
	*]
			* ], former ]
	*]
	*]		* ]
			* ], Former ] and ]
	*]
			* ], member of Parliament and advocate of the ] movement
	*]
			* ]
			* ], member of Parliament
	===Bhojpuri===
	*]		* ]
			* ], MLA
	*]
			* ], journalist and political leader
			* ] (1925–1999), former cabinet minister<ref name=lok>{{cite web |title=9th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2675.htm |publisher=Lok Sabha Official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103122124/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2675.htm |archivedate=3 November 2013}}</ref>
	==Founders of educational institutions==
			* ], Gandhian, first lady Minister of India
	*], founder of ]
			* ]
	*], founder of ].
			* ], Deputy Chief Minister
	*], founder of the ].
			* ]
			* ]
	==Defence Services==
			* ]
			* ], former union minister
	===Army===
	*Lt. Gen ]		* ]
			* ]
	* ], ] of the ], ''Param Vir Chakra'''<ref name="PVC">] ('''PVC''') is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.</ref> recipient
			* ], union minister
	* ], ] of the ], ''Param Vir Chakra''<ref name="PVC"/> recipient
			* ], Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Minister of state (finance), former Cabinet Minister (Government of Uttar Pradesh)
	*], recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
			* ], politician, entrepreneur
	* ], 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army, ''Param Vir Chakra''<ref name="PVC"/> recipient
			* ], former union minister and Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
	*]
			* ]
			* ], ministries of housing, vocational education, skill development
	===Air Force===
			* ], activist, Indian political leader
	*], Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
			* ], 7th prime minister of India
	*] IAF, Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
			}}
	*] IAF, Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner and Kirti Chakra recipient.
	*] Air Chief Marshal (Currant)
	*] Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
	==Civil Service / Diplomacy==
			==Civil service / diplomacy==
	===Indian Foreign Service===		===Indian Foreign Service===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
			* ], first Indian Ambassador to the United States
			* ], Indian diplomat and ]
			* ], first Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs
			* ], former Foreign Secretary of India; former Governor of Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh
			* ], Indian ] and ]; sister of ]
			}}
			===Civil services===
	*] was an Indian ] and politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, and the first female ].
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*], first Indian Ambassador to US
			* ], member of NCA, ]
	*], First Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs
			* ]
	*], a relative of ], served as a ], as ] to several countries and was offered the post of ] in 1951, but declined. He was awarded the '']'' award in 1999.
			* ], bureaucrat
	*Hamid Ali Rao former Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament and current Ambaasador of India to Saudi Arabia
			* ], ICS, cabinet secretary and governor of West Bengal, Mysore
			* ]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-12-30 |title=Durga Shankar Mishra assumes charge as UP chief secretary |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/durga-shankar-mishra-assumes-charge-as-up-chief-secretary/articleshow/88587853.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-04-01 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
			* ], first woman to be appointed an ] officer
			* ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-17 |title=Tainted Uttar Pradesh top official gets clean chit |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/tainted-uttar-pradesh-top-official-gets-clean-chit/story-kdLKkK8M7bPjrflmkRj32L.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
			* ], CAG
			* ], first CEO of ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-03 |title=Indian Railway Board gets its first-ever CEO — Vinod Kumar Yadav |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/meet-vinod-kumar-yadav-the-first-ceo-of-114-year-old-indian-railway-board-11599143207223.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=mint}}</ref>
			* ], Chief Information Commissioner of India
			* ] is an ] officer of 1966 cadre batch. He is the only IAS officer to have served as Chief Secretary of two states ] & ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/dubey-appointed-chief-secy-of-jharkhand_4184.html|title=Dubey appointed Chief Secy of Jharkhand|date=12 November 2000}}</ref>
			* ] is a 1965 batch retired ] (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is a former ]. He also served as the ], ] of ], ]. He is the current Chancellor of ] (HNBGU) situated in ] of Uttrakhand. From 2007 to 2017, he was serving as Director at ] and ].
			}}
	===Civil Services===		=== Indian Police Service ===
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	*], ICS, cabinet secretary and governor of West Bengal, Mysore.
			* ]
	*], first woman to be appointed ] officer
			* ]
	*Sir ], bureaucrat
			* ]
	*], Chief Information Commissioner of India
	*]		* ]
	*], CAG		* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			}}
	==Music and dance==		==Business==
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			* ], entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO Opentalk.to, Co-Founder and ex-CEO ]
			* ], CMD Saaibaba Telefilms; founder of Ganga Gauri Mahavidyalaya, Ramnagar, Baijabari, Azamgarh
			* ], president of DLF Universal Group
			* ], founder of ]
			* ], founder of ]
			* ], former CEO and chairman of InfoUSA; founder of ]
			* ]
			* ], founder and CEO of Paytm<ref>{{cite news|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4269|title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha – Members Bioprofile|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107185834/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4269|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Chairperson of Paras Milk Pvt. Ltd.
			* ], founder and executive vice chairman of ] which owns ], a job portal,<ref name=bu>{{cite news |title=Bikhchandani hits Rs 722 cr jackpot|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?tp=on&autono=17780 |work=] |date=2006-11-21| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926094927/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?tp=on&autono=17780 | archive-date=2010-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dot-com's poster boy - Sanjeev Bikhchandani |author=Kushan Mitra |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/special/dotcoms-poster-boy--sanjeev-bikhchandani/story/1174.html |date=2008-01-13 |work=] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731073204/http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/dotcoms-poster-boy--sanjeev-bikhchandani.html/1/1174.html |archive-date=2011-07-31 }}</ref> and the co-founder of ].
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], (born {{circa}}1930) is an Indian entrepreneur. He founded and, until his retirement in 2010, was the chairman of ].
			* ], is an ] ] expert, engineer and ] in ]. He is the co-founder and ] of , which was recognized in 2022 by ] as one of the greatest innovations of that year.
			* ], currently serving as the chief executive officer, and director of ], the largest bank in Southeast Asia by total assets.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 September 2014|title=Singapore's DBS names Citi's Piyush Gupta as CEO|work=]|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-42125020090901|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908132558/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-42125020090901|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2009|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asia-Pacific's 50 largest banks by assets, 2020|url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/asia-pacific-s-50-largest-banks-by-assets-2020-58021637|access-date=2021-01-09|website=spglobal.com}}</ref>
			* ], was an Indian journalist who founded the Dainik Jagran media group and it Hindi-language publication '']''.<ref name=r2>. istampgallery.com</ref><ref name=r3>. ''SIPA Bulletin''. 2 January 2012. p. 18</ref>
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], was the chairperson of India's largest ], popularly known as ].
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], was an Indian industrialist, chairman and managing director of the ] Prakashan, the publisher of the Hindi newspaper '']''<ref>. istampgallery.com</ref>
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/supreme-court-singhania-group-juhu-property-dispute|title=When SC Held a Rare Sunday Session for Singhania Property Dispute|work=The Quint|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/muHXGyt0UPkb7QRGiKx85N/Put-a-framework-in-place-for-transfer-of-wealth.html|title=Put a framework in place for transfer of wealth|last=Vishwanathan|first=Vivina|date=15 September 2017|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.india.com/business/jk-organisations-rs-20000-crore-investment-plans-on-track-192179/|title=JK Organisation's Rs.20,000 crore investment plans on track|last=Service|first=Indo-Asian News|date=12 November 2014|work=India.com|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> (1884&nbsp;– 1937) founder of the ], one of India's largest conglomerates.
			* ], entrepreneur, investment professional, institution builder and a former chairman of ], a trade organization for the promotion of Indian IT industry.<ref name="Past Chairmen">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasscom.in/past-chairmen |title=Past Chairmen |date=2016 |access-date=11 August 2016 |website=nasscom.in |publisher=NASSCOM |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820182327/http://www.nasscom.in/past-chairmen |archivedate=20 August 2016 }}</ref>
			* ], died 1948) was the father of the ] industry in ].
			* ], (born 1944) the founder, chairperson and managing director of The Shahnaz Husain Group.
			* ], is an Indian social worker, businessperson, philanthropist and the founder of Jnana Pravaha
			}}
			== Educators / founders of educational institutions==
	{{Indian people}}
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	This is a list of famous and ] people from ], a ] in ]. The criteria of this list includes those persons who were '''born''' in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former ] that now are part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well known during the peak of their ].
			* ], founder of ]
			* ], founder of ]
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	==Deities and avatars==
	], a temple in Watford ]]]
	] (flute).]]
	]]]
	*] (Birthplace: ]), is a legendary or historical king of ]. In ], he is considered to be the seventh ] of ].
	*] (Birth Place: ]), is a ] worshiped across many traditions of ].
	*] (Birth Place: ]), was 22nd Teerthanks of Jainism.
	*] (Birthplace: ]), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the epic ']'
	*] (Birth Place: ]), was an avatar of ].
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 11th Teerthankar of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 16th Teerthankar of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 17th Teerthankar of Jainism.
	*] (Birth Place: ], ]), was 18th Teerthankar of Jainism.
	==Authors of the great epics==
	*], wrote ]
	*], a central and much revered figure in the majority of ] traditions who authored ]
	*], a ] ] and ], wrote '']'' ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to ].
	*]
	*] (Birth Place: ])
	==Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics==
	]
	*], ] ], one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the ].
	*], the only 'Padmashri' recipient in Yoga, Founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, ]
	*], Gazi Miya of ].
	*], a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer.
	*], poet and saint ]
	*], Sufi saint born in ]
	*], mystic who introduced Yoga in the west, ]
	*], Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, ]
	(Hazi Waris Ali Shah) Sufi saint of Dewa, (Barabanki)
	==Poet-saints and religious figures==
	]
	*], scholar of ], ] and ] in 20th century, ]
	*], ] scholar and ] commentator on the ''Prasthanatrayi'', ]
	*], founder of the Rāmānandī sect, ]
	*], poet and Saint, ]
	*], Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis, ]
	*], founder Gayatri Parivar, ]
	*] was a blind Hindu poet, ] and ]born in Runkata near Agra
	*], founder of the ], ]
	*], teacher of ] popularly known as ''Dharma Samrat'', ]
	*], composer of the ], ]but it is also said to had born in Soron (Shukar kschetra) in the District of Etah
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ], Yogi ]
	==Independence fighters==
	]
	] at Meerut Chowk]]
	===Indian Rebellion of 1857===
	*], the Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
	*], one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857, subject of Bollywood film '']''
	*], the freedom fighter who was elected by his ] clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the ].
	*], widow of the last Nawab of Awadh and Indian independence fighter in ].
	*], Indian independence fighter of 1857 from ], who captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India.
	*], nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
	===Later 19th, and 20th, centuries===
	*], King of Hathras Princely State known as 'Aryan Peshwa'.
	*], Indian independence fighter, member of ].
	*], independence fighter, journalist
	*], Indian independence fighter and ].
	*], Indian independence fighter and ], became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Also ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> recipient.
	*] of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter and two time Member of Parliament.
	*] of ], Indian independence fighter, member of ]. He was close associate of ] and ].
	*], Indian independence fighter and socialist.
	*], socialist
	*], socialist
	*], independence fighter and poet
	*], independence fighter
	*], independence fighter
	*], independence fighter
	*], freedom fighter accused of the ] case.
	*], independence fighter
	*], independence fighter
	*], independence fighter
	*], independence fighter ]
	*], independence fighter
	*] Freedom Fighter
	==Award winners==
	===Param Vir Chakra===
	*Company Quarter Master Havildar ], ]
	*Captain ]
	*]
	*Major ], the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian gallantry award.
	*] of Orangabad, Bulandshaher, the hero of Tiger Hill in Kargil war
	===Maha Vir Chakra===
	*]]
	*]
	===Ashok Chakra===
	*]
	===Bharat Ratna===
	]
	*], philosopher and Freedom Fighter, ]
	*], ]
	*Rajrishi ], Freedom Fighter, ]
	*], Freedom Fighter
	*], Freedom Fighter, ] & ]
	*], Freedom Fighter, ]
	*], Sitar Maestro, ]
	*], Shehnai Maestro, ]
	*], Prime Minister of India, ]
	===Padma Vibhushan===
	*]
	*]
	===Padma Bhushan===
	*Prof ], Historian
	*], Author
	*], Poet
	*], Tabla Maestro
	*], scholar
	*], Hindi Author
	*] Science
	*]
	* ], Hindi Writer
	*], film actor
	===Padma Shree===
	*], Scholar of Unani medicine
	*], Film Director
	*], Writer
	*] Babu, Hockey Olympian
	*], Hindi poet and lyricist
	*], the only Padmashri awardee Yogi, founder Director of Mokshayatan International Yogashram at ]
	*] Ex Captain Indian Hockey Team ]
	*]
	*]
	*] writer
	*] writer
	*]]
	===Dada Saheb Phalke Award===
	*], Music Composer
	*] Lyricist
	===Jnanpith Awards===
	*], poet
	*], poet
	*], writer
	*], writer and poet
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Magasaysay Award===
	*]
	*], water conservationist
	===Arjuna Award===
	*], badminton
	*], badminton
	*], shooter
	*], shooter (Uttarkhand)
	==Science and medicine==
	*], ] inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug
	*], chairman of the ].<ref name="france-in-india.org"/>
	*], (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in ], especially ] on ] ].
	*], statistician who worked in ], ], ], ] and ].
	*], oceanographer, leader of first Indian Expedition to Antarctica
	*Prof. ], scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
	*], medical pharmacologist
	*], inventor of "Jaipur Foot"
	*], plant geneticist
	*], molecular biologist
	==Holders of high offices==
	===Vice President===
	*], former ]
	*],Current ]
	===Prime ministers===
	*], first ] and ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> awardee.
	*], third Prime Minister of India and ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> awardee.
	*], fourth Prime Minister of India and ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> awardee.
	*], fifth Prime Minister of India
	*], sixth prime minister of India and ''Bharat Ratna''
	*], eighth Prime Minister of India
	*], ninth Prime Minister of India
	*]. eleventh Prime Minister of India
	===Governors===
	*], Governor of ]
	*], former Governor of Karnataka
	*], former Governor of Bihar
	*], Governor of Haryana
	*], former Governor of Maharashtra
	*], former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
	*], former Governor of Chhatisgarh
	*], former Governor of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
	*] Governor of Madhya Pradesh
	*],former CAG and former Governor of Karnataka
	*Kunwar Mahmud Ali Khan former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
	===Chief Justices===
	*], former Chief Justice of India
	*], former Chief Justice of India
	===Chief Ministers===
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Union Ministers===
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*.]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	==Political figures==
	===Pre Independence===
	*], ] leader
	*Dr.], former President of Indian National Congress
	*], education minister (1924–1928)
	*Pandit ]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Post Independence===
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*], Kisan leader
	*],
	*], journalist and political leader
	*], political leader
	*], political leader
	*], former minister and leader
	*], Union Minister
	*], Union Minister
	*], Member of Parliament
	*], Gandhian, first lady Minister of India
	*], politician
	*], Member of Parliament and advocate of the ] movement
	*], Former Union Home Minister and Lawyer
	*] former union minister
	*] (1925-1999), Former cabinet minister <ref name="lok"/>
	*]
	*]
	* ] ], ] of ]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	==Authors==		==Authors==
	===Hindi===		===Hindi===
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			]]]
	*], author of ]
			* ] (1891–1960), Hindi writer
	*] books on ], ], freedom struggle, ], ] etc.
			* ]
	*], author of ]
			* ] Hindi writer
	*], ]
			* ], Hindi writer
	*], novelist
	*] Hindi writer		* ], Hindi writer
	*] Hindi writer		* ], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer		* ], Hindi scholar and writer
	*], Hindi writer		* ], Hindi writer
	* ] (1891 – 1960), Hindi writer		* ], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi writer		* ], Hindi novelist
			* ], Hindi writer
	*]
	*], Hindi writer		* ], Hindi writer
			* ], ]
	*], Hindi writer
			* ], author of '']''
	*], Hindi writer
	*], Hindi novelist		* ], novelist
			* ], author of ''Topi Shukla'' and ''Adha Gaon''
	*], Hindi novelist
	*],Hindi novelist		* ], Hindi novelist
	*], Hindi scholar and writer		* ], Hindi writer and historian
	*], Hindi scholar		* ], Lok Writer
			* ], essayist, poet, critic
	*], author of 'Topi Shukla' and 'Adha Gaon'
			* ], Hindi novelist
	*], writer
			* ]
	*], writer of 'Raag Darbari'
			* ], author of books on sociology, freedom struggle, ], and autobiography
	*], Hindi writer and historian
			* ] (b. 5 April 1985), novelist known for '']'', ] and '']''
	*]
			* ], writer of ''Raag Darbari''
			* ]
			* ], Hindi writer
			* ], Hindi scholar
			* ], writer
			* ], author of '']''
	* ]		* ]
			* ], Hindi writer
	*]
			}}
	===Sanskrit===
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Urdu===		===Urdu===
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	*], novelist of Jasoosi Duniya
			* ]
	*], writer of Aag Ka Darya
			* ], author of books on ]
	*], writer
	*], author of Umrao Jaan		* ], novelist of ''Jasoosi Duniya''
			* ], writer
	*]
	*], author of books on ]		* ], author of ''Umrao Jaan''
			* ], writer of ''Aag Ka Darya''
			}}
	===English===		===English===
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	*], novelist and writer
	*], English author and journalist		* ], novelist, poet and columnist
	*], Novelist and writer		* ], English author and journalist
	*], Author of "Q&A"		* ], English author
			* ], English author
			* ], English author
			* ], novelist and writer
			* ], novelist and writer
			* ], author of ''Q&A''
			* ], author
			* ] is an Indian author, columnist, and ] teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India.
			}}
	==Poets==		==Poets==
			===Hindi===
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			* ], Lit Nibandh
			* ]
			* ], Hindi poet
			* ]
			* ], poet
			* ], writer and poet
			* ], one of the four major pillars of the ]i school of Hindi
			* ], humorous poet
			* ], writer of ''Jinnah: ek punardrishti''
			* ]
			* ], Hindi Poet
			* ], a major poet of the ''Chhayavaadi'' generation, a period of ] in modern Hindi poetry; won the ''Jnanpith'' award in 1982
			* ], modern Hindi poet
			* ], Hindi poet
			* ], Hindi Poet
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], one of the four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi school of Hindi
			* ]
			}}
	===Urdu===		===Urdu===
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	*]
			* ], poet
	*], classical ] and ] poet
	*], Urdu ] poet		* ], Urdu poet
			* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet, biographer of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetry
			* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet, winner of ''Jnanpith''<ref name="JP"/> award
	*], Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter		* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ], Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith award
	*], poet and lyricist		* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ], Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter
	*], Urdu poet		* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ], Urdu poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ], poet and lyricist
			* ], Urdu poet, biographer of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetry
	*], Urdu poet
	*], poet		* ], Urdu ] poet
	*], Urdu poet		* ]
			* ], classical ] and ] poet
			* ], Poet & Film writer
	===Hindi===
			* ], Urdu poet
	*], major works are "baagh", "toota truck", tolstoy aur cycle", etc.
			* ], Urdu poet who migrated to Bengal
	*], one of four major pillars of the '']i'' School of Hindi.
			}}
	*], writer and poet.
	*], a major poet of the ''Chhayavaadi'' generation, a period of ] in Modern Hindi poetry. She won the ''Jnanpith''<ref name="JP"/> award in 1982.
	*], one of four major pillars of the ''Chhayavaadi'' School of Hindi.
	*], modern Hindi poet
	*], Hindi poet
	*], humorous Poet
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Bhojpuri===		===Bhojpuri===
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			==Environmentalists==
	==Founders of educational institutions==
			* ], as an Indian hunter turned ] and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild.
	*], founder of ]
			* ], is an Indian environment scientist and a former civil servant.
	*], founder of ].
			* ], is an Indian environmentalist, known for his endeavors towards environmental conservation and his efforts for obtaining ] status for the upper ] region.<ref name="Ganga Action">{{cite web | url=http://www.gangaaction.org/drive-to-get-upper-ganga-declared-a-world-heritage-site/ | title=Ganga Action | publisher=Ganga Action | date=25 June 2011 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
	*], founder of the ].
			* ] (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian ] and ] leader.
			* ] (1948 – 19 December 2016) was an Indian ], author, journalist, environmentalist, TED speaker, and ] who worked on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional ] techniques.<ref> rainwaterharvesting.org.</ref>
			* ] (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian ], ], ] advocate, ] and ] author.<ref>. ] (]). Last visited 2012.</ref>
			==Scholars==
	==Defence Services==
			* ], missile scientist, author, professor
			* ]
			* ], notable economist of Banaras Hindu University and Currently Vice Chancellor of Manipur University
			* ], philosopher
			* ], eminent linguist; first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University; fifth Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in New Delhi
			* ], historian
			* ], educationist, Physicist, former Vice Chancellor of ]
			* ], Chancellor of the ]; President of the ]; first Indian American to lead a major research university in the United States
			*], educationist and agricultural economist of ], currently Vice Chancellor of ], former Vice Chancellor of ]
			* ], Islamic scholar, thinker, reformer; known for his inclusive and broadminded interpretation of Islam; born in ]
			* ] was born in 1855 in Khajuri, a village near ]. In childhood he studied mathematics under Pandit Devakrsna.
	===Army===		==Fine arts==
	*Lt. Gen ]
	* ], ] of the ], ''Param Vir Chakra'''<ref name="PVC"/> recipient
	* ], ] of the ], ''Param Vir Chakra''<ref name="PVC"/> recipient
	*], recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
	* ], 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army, ''Param Vir Chakra''<ref name="PVC"/> recipient
	*]
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	===Air Force===
	*], Air Chief Marshal (Retd)		* ], world's first almond artist
			* ]
	*] IAF, Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
			* ], painter
	*] IAF, Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner and Kirti Chakra recipient.
			* ], he is an Indian toy inventor, author, translator and scientist.
	*] Air Chief Marshal (Currant)
			* ]
	*] Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			}}
			==Journalism==
	==Civil Service / Diplomacy==
			]]]
			* ], investigative journalist
	===Indian Foreign Service===
			* ], former minister and columnist
			* ], former editor of '']'' magazine
	*] was an Indian ] and politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, and the first female ].
			* ], managing editor of ''National Herald''
	*], first Indian Ambassador to US
			* ], Indian journalist and an authority on ] thought
	*], First Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs
			* ], Dainik Jagran
	*], a relative of ], served as a ], as ] to several countries and was offered the post of ] in 1951, but declined. He was awarded the '']'' award in 1999.
			* ], journalist
			* ], writer, essayist, poet and editor of contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
	===Civil Services===
			* ], editor of ''Dinmaan''
	*], ICS, cabinet secretary and governor of West Bengal, Mysore.
			* ], magazine editor
	*], first woman to be appointed ] officer
			* ], journalist and TV producer
	*Sir ], bureaucrat
			* ], ''Times of India'' and ''Navbharat Times''
	*], Chief Information Commissioner of India
			* ], editor of ''Ravivar''
	*]
	*], CAG		* ], editor
			* ] (born 1943) is an Indian journalist, novelist and the former editor of ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran editor and author to represent India at Prague Lit Fest|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/veteran-editor-author-represent-india-prague-lit-fest-1502524265.html|work=The Statesman|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran journalist Inderjit Badhwar to represent India at Prague Writers Festival|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2018/sep/10/veteran-journalist-inderjit-badhwar-to-represent-india-at-prague-writers-festival-1870159.html|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Inderjit Badhwar invited to participate in Prague Writers fest|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/inderjit-badhwar-invited-to-participate-in-prague-writers-fest-118090900441_1.html|work=Business Standard|access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref>
	==Music and dance==
	===Musicians===
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	* ] (1917-2004) Tabla player, music educator from ], ] (1966)
	*], ] singer,
	*] sarod Player of Utter Pradesh & Member of international Social Organisations, Awarded Internationally,Professor,Ambassador,Maestro etc.
	*Dr. ], ] player
	*Dr.] was an Indian classical musician. Dean & Head, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, ], Varanasi and his son
	*], bansuri player
	*], Tabla Maestro
	*], ], was awarded the '']'' for his contributions to ].
	*], classical ] player, awarded the ''Bharat Ratna''<ref name="BR"/> in 1999. He has also won three ]
	*], musician
	*Sir ], the English singer
	*], ] ], awarded the ''Bharat Ratna'',<ref name="BR"/> (2001)
	===Singers===
	* ], is an Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers.
	* ], singer
	* ], ghazal singer
	* ], Ghazal and Bhajan singer
	* ], ] singer from Benares, known as Maa (mother).
	* ] from ]
	* ] from ]
	* ]{{dn|date=December 2013}} from ]
	* ] from ]
	===Rappers===
	*]
	*]
	===Dancers===
	*], Kathak exponent
	*], Kathak exponent
	*], scholar of Indian classical dance
	*]
	*]
	==Sports==		==Sports==
			===Basketball===
			* ] (born 5 May 1984, ], ]) is a shooting guard for the ].
			* ] is a member of the ],<ref>, asia-basket.com</ref> hailing from Jaunpur, ].
			* ] (born 7 September 1989 in ] ]) is an Indian basketball player and former captain of the ].
			* ] (]:'दिव्या सिंह') (born 21 July 1982) is former captain of the ].
	===Hockey===		===Hockey===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
	*], former international ] player, awarded the ]
	*], former international captain of the Indian hockey team and Chief ] of Indian hockey team.		* ], former international ] player, awarded the ]
			* ], former international captain of the Indian hockey team and Chief ] of Indian hockey team
	*], former National Hockey player and Olympian		* ], former national hockey player and Olympian
	*], former international ] player, was member of the Indian team that won Gold Medal at the ] in Moscow. He was awarded '']'' in 1980 and '']'' in 1986.		* ], former international field hockey player; member of the Indian team that won a gold medal at the ] in Moscow; awarded ] in 1980 and ] in 1986
	*], captain and member of National Hockey team in 1988 & 1992 Olympics, was awarded ] in 1990.		* ], captain and member of National Hockey team in 1988 and 1992 Olympics; awarded ] in 1990
			}}
	===Baseball===		===Baseball===
	*], One of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States.		* ], one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States
	*], One of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States.		* ], one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States
			=== Wrestling ===
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
	===Cricket===		===Cricket===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
	*], cricketer
	*], cricketer		* ], former Test cricketer
	*], former Test cricketer		* ], cricketer
			* ], cricketer
	*], international ]er
	*], international cricketer		* ], international cricketer
	*], international cricketer		* ], former Test cricketer
	*], international cricketer		* ], International cricketer
	*], former Test cricketer		* ], cricketer
	*], member Indian Women's Cricket team		* ], member of Indian women's cricket team
	*], cricketer		* ], cricketer
			* ], International Cricketer
	*]
			* ], international ]er
	*]
			* ], international cricketer
	*]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ], International Cricketer
	*]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*], U-19 captain
	*]		* ]
			* ], Rae Bareli (U.P.), international cricketer
	*]
			* ], Rae Bareli (U.P.)
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ], international cricketer
			* ], international cricketer
			* ]
			* ], Deoria (U.P.), Indian cricketer
			* ], cricketer, Kanpur (U.P.)
			* ], cricketer
			* ]
			* ], international cricketer
			* ], cricketer
			* ], fast-bowler cricketer
			* ]
			* ], cricketer
			* ], is an Indian cricketer.
			* ], Uttar Pradesh cricketer.
			* ], (born 22 October 1997) is an ] international ]er who represents the ] in ], he was born and brought up in the suburbs of ]. His family hails from ], Uttar Pradesh.
			}}
	===Badminton===		===Badminton===
	*], former national ] champion		* ], former national badminton champion
	*], former national badminton champion		* ], former national badminton champion
	===Other sports===		===Other sports===
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	*], shooter
			* ], footballer
	*], tennis player, the first Indian to reach quarterfinal of ]
	*], shooter		* ], shooter
			* ], golfer
			* ], tennis player, the first Indian to reach quarterfinal of ]
			* ], shooter
			* ], shooter
			* ], shooter
			* ], Kabaddi
			* ], ] fighter
			* ], weightlifting
			* ], Marathon runner, represented ]
			* ], shooter
			* ], Boxing
			* ], para athlete
			* ] is an athlete who competes in the ] event. He was born on 20 July 1992 in ] block.
			*]
			}}
	==Journalism==		==Music dance==
	*], Times of India & Navbharat Times
	*], Indian journalist and an authority on ] thought
	*], managing editor of National Herald
	*], former editor of ] magazine
	*], former Minister and Columnist
	*], journalist and TV producer
	*], editor
	*], Dainik Jagran
	*], investigative journalist
	*], journalist
	*]
	*], magazine editor
			===Musicians===
	==Satire, comedy, cartoons==
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	*], poet and satirist
			* ], known by his name '''Udyan Sagar''', is an Indian electronic ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/the-hot-list-2016-nucleya-music-producer-dj/|title=The Hot List 2016: Nucleya (Music Producer/DJ) -|website=rollingstoneindia.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/people/bass-for-impact-udyan-sagar-nucleya|title=Why Nucleya Is A Force To Be Reckoned With|date=24 February 2017|work=Verve Magazine|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/nucleya/|title=Nucleya -|website=rollingstoneindia.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 January 2016|title='I don't like mainstream EDM' says DJ Nucleya|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/i-don-t-like-mainstream-edm-says-dj-nucleya/story-Fm52ycucHdrazTuSPEV4tM.html|access-date=14 August 2020|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
	*], satirist
			* ] (1917–2004), ] player
	*], comedian
			* ], ] singer
	*] (b. 1940, Harish Chandra Shukla), cartoonist
			* ], ] player, awarded the Bharat Ratna<ref name="BR"/> (2001)
	*]
			* ], English singer
	*], actor and stand up comedian
			* ], ] player
			* ], ] player
	==Cinema & theatre==
			* ], tabla player
			* ], Indian classical musician
	===Actors & actresses===
			* ], music director; awarded the ] for his contributions to ]
	*], ] actor awarded the ''Padma Bhushan'' in 2001.		* ], ] player, awarded the Bharat Ratna<ref name="BR"/> in 1999; recipient of three ]
			* ], musicologist
	*], actor (He was born in barabanki district of Lucknow division U.P)
			* ] ] player, awarded the Karmveer, Shiromai, Manishi Ratn.
	*], actor
			}}
	*], actor and Member of Parliament
	*], actor
	*], was an actress best known for her role in the ]-nominated film '']''
	*], film actress in the 1950s
	*], actress, ] and the 2000 ]
	*], actor
	*], comedy actress
	*], actor
	*], Bhojpuri film actor
	*],Miss World,Bollywood actress and English song singer
	*], Bollywood actress
	*], Bollywood actress
	*], Bollywood actor
	*], Bollywood actress
	*], actor, ('']'')
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*], model & actress
	*], actor
	*], actress
	*],Bollywood actress
	*],Indian famous Television Actress
	*],Indian famous Film Actress
	===Directors/producers===
	*], film director, film producer and screenwriter who worked on the Hindi epic motion picture, ]
	*], film director
	*], director
	*], director
	*], director
	*], ] director
	*], director
	*], director
	*], director
	*], director
	===Singers===		===Singers===
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	*]
			]]]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
			* ], from ]
	===Lyricists===
			* ], from ]
	*]
	*]		* ]
			* ], Ghazal and Bhajan singer
	*]
			* ], Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers
	*]
			* ], singer
	*]
			* ], from ]
	*]
			* ], from ]
	*]
			* ] (1925–2011), bhajan singer, Padma Shri (2004)
	*]
			* ], from ]
	*]
	*]
	===Composers===
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	===Theatre===
	*]
	*]
	===Cinematographers===
	*]
	===Story/script/dialogue writers===
	*] Story and Dialogue writer
	*]
	*]
	*], film script writer
	*], dialogue writer of ], ]
	*], Story & dialogue writer of ], ]
	==Nawabs of Awadh==
	]
	*], the fourth Nawab, founder of modern Lucknow
	*], the poet, choreographer, the last King of Awadh
	==Navratnas==
	*], Finance Minister and one of the ] of Akbar
	*], Hindi Poet and a Navratna of Akbar
	==Television==
	*], dialogue writer of TV serial 'Ramayan'
	*]
	*] Dronacharaya in Mahabharat
	==Environmentalists==
	*], environmentalist
	*], conservationist
	==Scholars==
	*]
	*], historian
	*], archaeologist and historian
	==Fine arts==
	*]
	*], painter
	==Business==
	*], founder ]
	*], president of DLF Universal Group
	*], former CEO and chairman of ] and founder of ], ]
	*], Expenditure Secretary
	==Crime==
	*] (Minister)
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]
	==Photographer==
	*], Indian photographer
	*] (born 1967), Indian fashion and commercial photographer
	==Others==
	*], historical figure
	*], CM of Delhi state
	*], activist listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world
	*], historical figure
	*], Munshi to ]
	*], pioneer of Family Planning programme in India
	==See also==
	*]
	*]
	*]
	==Notes==
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	{{India Honours and Decorations}}
	{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
	===Singers===
	* ] finalist of ].
	* ], is an Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers
	* ], singer		* ], singer
			* ], ] singer from Banares, known as Maa (mother)
	* ], ghazal singer		* ], ghazal singer
			}}
	* ], Ghazal and Bhajan singer
	* ], ghazal singer
			===Folk singers===
	* ], ] singer from Benares, known as Maa (mother).
			* ]
	* ] from ]
	* ] from ]		* ]
			* ]
	* ]{{dn|date=December 2013}} from ]
			* ]
	* ] from ]
	===Rappers===		===Rappers===
	*]		* ], from ]
	*]		* ]
	===Dancers===		===Dancers===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
	*], Kathak exponent
	*], Kathak exponent		* ], Kathak exponent
			* ], Kathak exponent
	*], scholar of Indian classical dance
			* ], scholar of Indian classical dance
	*]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			}}
			==Cinema and theatre==
	==Sports==
			===Actors and actresses===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
	===Hockey===
			* ]
	*], former international ] player, awarded the ]
			* ]
	*], former international captain of the Indian hockey team and Chief ] of Indian hockey team.
			* ]
	*], former National Hockey player and Olympian
			* ]
	*], former international ] player, was member of the Indian team that won Gold Medal at the ] in Moscow. He was awarded '']'' in 1980 and '']'' in 1986.
			* ]
	*], captain and member of National Hockey team in 1988 & 1992 Olympics, was awarded ] in 1990.
			* ]
			* ]
	===Baseball===
			* ]
	*], One of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States.
			* ]
	*], One of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States.
			* ]
			* ]
	===Cricket===
	*], cricketer		* ]
			* ]
	*], cricketer
			* ]
	*], former Test cricketer
			* ]
	*], international ]er
			* ]
	*], international cricketer
			* ]
	*], international cricketer
			* ]
	*], international cricketer
			* ]
	*], former Test cricketer
			* ]
	*], member Indian Women's Cricket team
			* ]
	*], cricketer
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*], U-19 captain
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*]
			* ]
			* ]
	===Badminton===
			* ]
	*], former national ] champion
			* ]
	*], former national badminton champion
			* ]
			* ]
	===Other sports===
			* ]
	*], shooter
			* ]
	*], tennis player, the first Indian to reach quarterfinal of ]
			* ]
	*], shooter
			* ]
			* ]
	==Journalism==
			* ]
	*], Times of India & Navbharat Times
			* ]
	*], Indian journalist and an authority on ] thought
			* ]
	*], managing editor of National Herald
			* ]
	*], former editor of ] magazine
			* ]
	*], former Minister and Columnist
			* ]
	*], journalist and TV producer
	*], editor		* ]
			* ]
	*], Dainik Jagran
			* ]
	*], investigative journalist
			* ]
	*], journalist
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*], magazine editor
			* ]
			* ]
	==Satire, comedy, cartoons==
			* ]
	*], poet and satirist
			* ]
	*], satirist
			* ]
	*], comedian
			* ]
	*] (b. 1940, Harish Chandra Shukla), cartoonist
			* ]
	*]
			* ]
	*], actor and stand up comedian
			* ]
			}}
	==Cinema & theatre==
	===Actors & actresses===
	*], ] actor awarded the ''Padma Bhushan'' in 2001.
	*], actor (He was born in barabanki district of Lucknow division U.P)
	*], actor
	*], actor and Member of Parliament
	*], actor
	*], was an actress best known for her role in the ]-nominated film '']''
	*], film actress in the 1950s
	*], actress, ] and the 2000 ]
	*], actor
	*], comedy actress
	*], actor
	*], Bhojpuri film actor
	*],Miss World,Bollywood actress and English song singer
	*], Bollywood actress
	*], Bollywood actress
	*], Bollywood actor
	*], Bollywood actress
	*], actor, ('']'')
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*], model & actress
	*], actor
	*], actress
	*],Bollywood actress
	*],Indian famous Television Actress
	*],Indian famous Film Actress
	===Directors/producers===		===Directors/producers===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
			* ]
	*], film director, film producer and screenwriter who worked on the Hindi epic motion picture, ]
			* ]
	*], film director
			* ]
	*], director
			* ]
	*], director
			* ]
	*], director
			* ]
	*], ] director
			* ]
	*], director
			* ]
	*], director
			* ]
	*], director
			* ]
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			}}
	===Singers===		===Singers===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
	*]
			* ]
	*]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*]
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	*]
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			}}
	===Lyricists===		===Lyricists===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
	*]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*]
	*]		* ]
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	*]
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			}}
	===Composers===		===Composers===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
	*]
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*] Holiwater,Nagoshi,Ganga etc.
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			}}
	===Theatre===		===Theatre related===
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	===Cinematographers===		===Cinematographers===
	*]		* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
	===Story/script/dialogue writers===		===Story / script / dialogue writers===
			{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
	*] Story and Dialogue writer
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*], film script writer
			* ]
	*], dialogue writer of ], ]
	*], Story & dialogue writer of ], ]		* ]
			* ]
			* ]
	==Nawabs of Awadh==
			* ]
	]
			* ]
	*], the fourth Nawab, founder of modern Lucknow
			* ]
	*], the poet, choreographer, the last King of Awadh
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			}}
	==Navratnas==		==Navratnas==
	*], Finance Minister and one of the ] of Akbar		* ], Finance Minister and one of the ] of Akbar
	*], Hindi Poet and a Navratna of Akbar		* ], Hindi poet and a Navratna of Akbar
			* ], jester and poet of Akbar's court
	==Television==		==Television==
			{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
	*], dialogue writer of TV serial 'Ramayan'
	*]		* ]
			* ]
	*] Dronacharaya in Mahabharat
			* ]
	*Tanveer Alam, writer and director
			* ]
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			}}
			==Satire, comedy, cartoons==
	==Environmentalists==
			* ], poet and satirist
	*], environmentalist
			* ]
	*], conservationist
			* ] (b. 1940, Harish Chandra Shukla), cartoonist
			* ], satirist
			* ], actor and comedian
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Deities and avatars

Jains Gods / Deities

• Rishabhanatha or Ādinath (birthplace: Ayodhya) 1st Tirthankara of Jainism and founder of Jainism
• Ajitnatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 2nd Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Sambhavanatha (birthplace: Shravasti) 3rd Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Abhinandananatha (birthplace: Ayodhya ) 4th Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Sumatinatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 5th Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Padmaprabha (birthplace: Kaushambi) 6th Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Suparshvanatha (birthplace: Varanasi) 7th Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Chandraprabha (birthplace: Chandrawati, Varanasi) 8th Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Pushpadanta (birthplace: Khukhundoo) 9th Tirthankara of Jainism.
• Shreyansnath (birthplace: Sarnath), 11th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Vimalanatha (birthplace: Kampilya), 13th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Anantanatha (birthplace: Ayodhya), 14th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Dharmanatha (birthplace: Ratnapuri), 15th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Shantinath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 16th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Kunthunath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 17th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Aranath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 18th Tirthankara of Jainism
• Neminath (birthplace: Mathura), 22nd Tirthankara of Jainism
• Parsvanatha (birthplace: Varanasi), 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism

Hindu gods / deities

• Rama (birthplace: Ayodhya), legendary or historical king of ancient India; in Hinduism, he is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu
• Lakshmana (birthplace: Ayodhya), brother and close companion of Rama; a hero in the epic Ramayana
• Lord Shree Krishna (birthplace: Mathura) deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism
• Parashuram (birthplace: Ghazipur), was an avatar of Vishnu

• Lord Shree Krishna statue at the Sri Mariamman Temple (Singapore)
• L to R: Lord Rama and Lakshmana
• Neminatha (stone). Chahaman, 11th century AD, Narhad, Rajasthan
• Parsvanatha statue in Bhelupur Jain temple, Varanasi
• Lord Rama with arrows
• Shreyansanatha at Sarnath Jain Tirth

Authors of the great epics

• Bhrigu (birthplace: Ballia), one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, one of the Prajapatis created by Brahma
• Sur (birthplace: Mathura), saint, poet and musician
• Tulsidas (Ramayana: Chitrakoot), Awadhi poet and philosopher; wrote Rāmacaritamānasa ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to Lord Rama
• Vyasa, central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions; authored Mahabharata

• Malik Mohammed Jayasi
• Valmiki

Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics

• Amir Khusro, Sufi mystic, one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent
• Bharat Bhushan, only Padmashri recipient in yoga; founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, Saharanpur
• Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, Gazi Miya of Bahraich
• Kabir, poet and saint Varanasi
• Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint, born in Budaun
• Paramahansa Yogananda, Yogi and Guru who introduced Yoga in the West. Born in Gorakhpur in 1893.
• Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra

Poet-saints and religious figures

Hindu scholars

• Narottama Dasa
• Devraha Baba, Yogi Allahabad
• Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Vaishnava scholar and Sanskrit commentator on the Prasthanatrayi, Jaunpur.
• Ramanand, founder of the Rāmānandī sect Prayag (in modern Allahabad)
• Raskhan
• Sant Ravidas, poet and saint, Varanasi
• Shiv Dayal Singh, founder and first guru of Radha Soami sect, Agra
• Shrivatsa Goswami, Indologist and Gaudiya Vaishnava leader
• Sur, blind Hindu poet, saint and musician born in Runkata near Agra
• Swami Karpatri, teacher of Advaita, popularly known as Dharma Samrat, Gorakhpur
• Swaminarayan, founder of the Swaminarayan sect, Gonda
• Tulsidas, composer of the Ramcharitmanas

Islam scholars

• Mulla Mahmud Jaunpuri (1606–1651), natural philosopher
• Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (1800-1873), Islamic scholar
• Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (1834-1899), Islamic scholar
• Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (1867–1921), Islamic scholar
• Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935), Islamic scholar
• Majid Ali Jaunpuri (died 1935), Islamic scholar
• Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001), Sufi saint
• Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017), Islamic scholar
• Malik Mohammad Jayasi

Rulers and generals

Ancient

• Keśin Dālbhya, (or Dārbhya) was a king of Panchala during the Late Vedic period, most likely between c. 900 and 750 BCE. He is mentioned prominently in the Taittiriya and Jaiminiya Brahmanas.
• Pravahana Jaivali, was a king of Panchala during the Late Vedic period (8th or 7th century BCE), mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Vi.ii.9-13) and the Chandogya Upanishad (V.4-8). Like King Ajatashatru of Kashi and King Asvapati Kaikeya of Madra, he is depicted as a major Hindu philosopher-king.
• Pasenadi, (c. 6th century BCE) was an Aikṣvāka ruler of Kosala. Sāvatthī was his capital. He succeeded after Sanjaya Mahākosala.
• Virudhaka, was a king of Kosala during the lifetime of the Buddha.
• Chandragupta Maurya, (350-295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha.
• Ashoka, (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈʃo:kɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during c. 268 to 232 BCE.
• Samudragupta, (c. 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India, and is regarded among the greatest rulers of India. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he greatly expanded his dynasty's political and military power.
• Chandragupta II (c. 375-415), also known by his title Vikramaditya, as well as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was the third ruler of the Gupta Empire in India.
• Kumaragupta I (c. 415–455 CE), an emperor of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the west to Bengal region in the east.
• Gomitra
• Gomitra II
• Brahmamitra

Medieval

• Rajyavardhana, , also known as Rajya Vardhan, was the eldest son of Prabhakarvardhana and member of the Pushyabhuti dynasty. He ascended the throne after his father's death and was succeeded by his younger brother, Harsha.
• Harsha, (IAST Harṣa-vardhana; c. 590–647 CE) was a Pushyabhuti emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who had defeated the Alchon Hun invaders, and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana.
• Jahangir, (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (Persian pronunciation: [d͡ʒahɑːn'giːr]; lit. 'Conqueror of the World'), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627.

Modern

• Rani of Jhansi, the Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858), was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar.

Nawab of Awadh

• Shuja-ud-Daula, (b. (1732-01-19)19 January 1732 – d. (1775-01-26)26 January 1775) was the Subedar and Nawab of Oudh and the Vizier of Delhi from 5 October 1754 to 26 January 1775.
• Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, (23 September 1748 – 21 September 1797) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by Shah Alam II, from 26 January 1775 to 21 September 1797, and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah.
• Wajid Ali Shah, (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856.

Banaras state

• Balwant Singh, His eldest son, Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Balwant Singh Sahib Bahadur Bhumihar who succeeded his father as Raja of Kaswar and Nazim of Benares in 1738.
• Maharaja Chait Singh, commonly known as Chait Singh, a Bhumihar king was a ruler of Kingdom of Benaras in northern India.
• Prabhu Narayan Singh, GCSI GCIE (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the Benares State (Royal House of Benares), an Indian princely state, from 1889 to 1931.
• Vibhuti Narayan Singh, (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of Benares, a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Kohra estate

• Babu Himmat Sah
• Babu Bhoop Singh

Independence Fighters

18th century

• Maharaja Chait Singh, ruler of Banaras, one of the earliest rebel against Company rule.

Indian Rebellion of 1857

• Mangal Pandey, one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857.
• Banke Chamar, was the freedom fighter of the 1857 revolution who was leading the revolution from Jaunpur.
• Bakht Khan, nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Amar Shahid Bandhu Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was from Dumari Riyasat of Gorakhpur
• Begum Hazrat Mahal, widow of the last Nawab of Awadh; Indian independence fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Lal Pratap Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Yuvraj of Kalakankar
• Maulvi Liaquat Ali, Indian independence fighter of 1857 from Allahabad; captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India
• Rani Lakshmibai, Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
• Rao Kadam Singh, freedom fighter; elected by his Gurjar clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Jhalkari Bai Koli, Great Indian freedom fighter of 1857; fought against British rule; Commander of Army of Jhansi
• Dhan Singh Gurjar, main freedom fighter of 1857 revolt from Meerut
• Babu Bhoop Singh, ruler of Kohra (estate) and a leader of Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Rao Umrao Singh Bhati, ruler of Dadri and a leader of 1857 rebellion

Later 19th and 20th centuries

• Acharya Narendra Dev, socialist
• Asaf Ali, independence fighter
• Genda Lal Dixit (30 November 1888 – 21 December 1920) was an Indian revolutionary who led the Shivaji Samiti group of freedom fighters against the British Raj.
• Chandra Shekhar Azad, leader of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
• Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori, independence fighter; member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association; close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad
• Chittu Pandey, independence fighter
• Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, independence fighter, journalist
• Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian independence fighter and politician; Chief Minister of the United Provinces; Bharat Ratna recipient
• Hasrat Mohani, independence fighter and poet
• Laxmi Raman Acharya, freedom fighter accused of the Agra Conspiracy case
• Mahavir Singh Rathore, independence fighter; member of Naujawan Bharat Sabha who helped Bhagat Singh escape
• Mahavir Tyagi, independence fighter
• Maulana Mohammad Ali, independence fighter
• Maulana Shaukat Ali, independence fighter
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, independence fighter, Ghazipur
• Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter; two time Member of Parliament
• Purushottam Das Tandon, independence fighter
• Roshan Singh, (Kakori conspiracy) independence fighter
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian independence fighter and socialist
• Raja Mahendra Pratap, King of Hathras Princely State, known as Aryan Peshwa
• Rajendra Lahiri, independence fighter
• Ram Manohar Lohia, socialist
• Ram Prasad Bismil Indian independence fighter and socialist (Kakori conspiracy)
• Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, freedom fighter.
• Vijay Singh Pathik
• Vishwambhar Dayalu Tripathi (5 October 1899 – 18 November 1959) was an Indian lawyer and politician.

Award winners

Param Vir Chakra

• Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid, Ghazipur
• Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey
• Naik Jadu Nath Singh Rathore Shahjahan pur, fighter of World War II and Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
• Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav, of Aurangabad, Bulandshahr; hero of Tiger Hill in Kargil war

Maha Vir Chakra

• Brigadier Mohammad Usman Azamgarh
• Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla
• Lance Naik Ram Ugrah Pandey
• Air Chief Marshall Swaroop Krishna Kaul

Ashok Chakra

• Constable Kamlesh Kumari
• Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh
• Lieutenant Colonel Harsh Uday Singh Gaur
• Lieutenant Colonel Jas Ram Singh

Bharat Ratna

• Bhagwan Das, philosopher and freedom fighter, Varanasi
• Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement; first Prime Minister of India
• Lal Bahadur Shastri, freedom fighter, former Prime Minister; belonged to Varanasi and Allahabad
• Rajrishi Purushottam Das Tandon, freedom fighter, Allahabad
• Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, Ghazipur
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, educationist and politician, founder of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee, politician, eleventh Prime Minister of India

Padma Vibhushan

• Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
• Amitabh Bachchan
• Kishan Maharaj
• Uday Shankar
• Kalyan Singh
• Mulayam Singh Yadav

Padma Bhushan

• Dhyan Chand, international hockey player
• Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
• Amitabh Bachchan, film actor
• Mahesh Prasad Mehray, ophthalmologist
• Bhagwati Charan Varma, Hindi author
• Irfan Habib, historian
• Josh Malihabadi, poet
• Kishan Maharaj, tabla maestro
• Obaid Siddiqui, science
• Qurratulain Hyder, author
• Rahul Sankrityayan
• Ram Kinkar Upadhyay, scholar
• Srilal Shukla, Hindi writer
• Naushad, music director

Padma Shree

• Bekal Utsahi poet, writer
• Giriraj Kishore writer
• Gopaldas Neeraj, Hindi poet and lyricist
• Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, scholar of Unani medicine
• Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India
• K. P. Saxena, writer
• Kanhai Chitrakar
• Kapil Deva Dvivedi
• Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu, hockey Olympian
• Mohammed Shahid, ex-captain of Indian hockey team, Varanasi
• Muzaffar Ali, film director
• Prakash Singh
• Praveen Chandra, cardiac surgeon
• Vidya Niwas Mishra, writer
• Yogiraj Bharat Bhushan, only Padmashri awardee yogi; founder director of Mokshayatan International Yogashram at Saharanpur
• Ravindra Jain, singer, music composer, lyricst
• Malini Awasthi
• Usha Yadav, Educationist
• Anil K. Rajvanshi, Grassroot research

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

• Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
• Naushad Ali, music composer
• Amitabh Bachchan, film actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer

Gyananpith Awards

• Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
• Ali Sardar Jafri, writer and poet
• Amarkant
• Firaq Gorakhpuri, poet
• Mahadevi Verma, poet
• Qurratulain Hyder, writer
• Sri Lal Sukla

Magasaysay Award

• Rajendra Singh, water conservationist
• Sandeep Pandey

Arjuna Award

• Abhinn Shyam Gupta, badminton
• Ashish Kumar, gymnastics
• Narsingh Yadav, Wrestler
• Satish Kumar Yadav, Boxer
• Jagbir Singh, hockey
• Moraad Ali Khan, shooter
• Syed Modi, badminton
• Varun Bhati,

Major Dhyan Chand Award

• Rajkumar Baisla, (Wrestling) from Vill. Mewla Bhatti, Ghaziabad

Defence services

Army

• Brigadier Mohammad Usman, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
• Jadunath Singh, Rajput Regiment, recipient of Param Vir Chakra
• Abdul Hamid, four Grenadiers, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra recipient
• K.M. Seth
• Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah
• Manoj Kumar Pandey, 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra recipient
• Yogendra Singh Yadav, 18th Grenadiers of the Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra recipient
• Asaram Tyagi, Mahavir Chakra in Indo-Pak war of 1965

Air force

• S.K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
• Trevor Keelor IAF, Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
• Denzil Keelor IAF, Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner; Kirti Chakra recipient
• Norman Anil Kumar Browne, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
• S.P. Tyagi, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
• Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, Air Chief Marshal, 26th Chief of the Air Staff (India)

Navy

• Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla

Science and medicine

• Sushruta,is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.
• Anil K. Rajvanshi, sustainability and rural development expert
• Afroz Ahmad, environmental scientist and administrator
• Harish-Chandra (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups
• Atul Kumar, CSIR-CDRI (inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug)
• Lalji Singh, molecular biologist
• P. K . Sethi, inventor of the Jaipur foot
• Prem Chand Pandey, scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
• Raj Vir Singh Yadav
• Kazi Mobin-Uddin, inventor of Inferior vena cava filter
• Shahid Jameel, Indian virologist
• Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie, Indian marine geologist and former director of the National Institute of Oceanography.
• Mriganka Sur, Indian-born neuroscientist working in the United States
• Digvijai Singh
• Jhillu Singh Yadav, Chemist
• Sri Niwas, Indian geophysicist.
• Nishith Gupta, molecular biologist
• Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
• Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Ravindra Khattree, Distinguished Professor and statistician who worked in statistical inference, multivariate analysis, experimental designs, biostatistics and quality control
• Syed Ziaur Rahman, medical pharmacologist
• Rajeev Kumar Varshney, agricultural scientist, genomics specialist, biotechnologist
• Zahoor Qasim, oceanographer, leader of first Indian expedition to Antarctica
• Aditi Sen De is an Indian scientist, a professor in quantum information and computation group at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad.
• Amita Aggarwal (born 1960) is an Indian clinical immunologist and rheumatologist.
• Saroj Chooramani Gopal, is an Indian medical doctor, medical educationist and considered as the first woman M.ch paediatric surgeon from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in the country.
• Gaiti Hasan (born 19 November 1956) is an Indian scientist who researches in the fields of molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience and cell signalling.
• Ruqaiya Hasan (3 July 1931 – 24 June 2015) was a professor of linguistics who held visiting positions and taught at various universities in England.
• Zoya Hasan was Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
• Ritu Karidhal is an Indian scientist and aerospace engineer working in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan.
• Soniya Nityanand (born 6 September 1962) is an Indian immunologist specialising in hematology.
• Qamar Rahman is an Indian scientist who has worked extensively in the last 40 years to understand the physiological effects of nanoparticles.
• Rani Dhavan Shankardass is an Indian social historian and global expert on prison reform.
• Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma, more popularly known as G K Vishwakarma, was an eminent orthopedic surgeon, academician and public health administrator.

Technology

• Dinesh Kunwar Patel, innovator and developer of world's most languages speaking humanoid Robot Shalu.
• Shalini Kapoor, India's first woman IBM Fellow
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO of Paytm
• Rashmi Sinha is an Indian businesswoman and CEO of San Francisco-based technology company SlideShare.
• Deepali Pant Joshi is a former executive director of the Reserve Bank of India (retired in 2017).
• Divya Jain is an Indian software engineer and entrepreneur. Jain has been called a "data doyenne" by Fortune.
• Sairee Chahal is a technology entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of SHEROES, a platform that supports women entrepreneurs.

Holders of high offices

President

• Mohammad Hidayatullah, Acting President of India
• Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India

Vice President

• Gopal Swarup Pathak, former Vice-President of India
• Mohammad Hidayatullah, former Vice-President of India
• Hamid Ansari, former Vice-President of India

Prime Ministers

• Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee
• Lal Bahadur Shastri, second Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee
• Indira Gandhi, fourth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee
• Choudhary Charan Singh, fifth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee
• Rajiv Gandhi, sixth prime minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh, eighth Prime Minister of India
• Chandra Shekhar, ninth Prime Minister of India
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee. eleventh Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee

Prime Ministers of other countries

• Anerood Jugnauth, former Prime Minister of Mauritius, His grand father migrated from Ballia district
• Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius, Son of Anerood Jugnauth

President of other countries

• Anerood Jugnauth, former President of Mauritius, his grand father migrated from Ballia district,

Governors

• A R Kidwai, former Governor of Haryana
• Girish Chandra Saxena, former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
• K.M. Seth, former Governor of Chhattisgarh
• Kalyan Singh, Governor of Rajasthan
• Khurshid Alam Khan, former Governor of Karnataka
• Mohammad Fazal, former Governor of Maharashtra
• Mohammad Yunus Saleem, former Governor of Bihar
• Ram Naresh Yadav, former Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
• Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand
• Triloki Nath Chaturvedi, former CAG and former Governor of Karnataka
• Virendra Verma, former Governor of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
• Kalraj Mishra, Governor of Rajasthan and former Governor Himanchal Pradesh
• Satya Pal Malik, former Governor of Meghalaya, Odisha, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa

Chief Justices

• Kailas Nath Wanchoo, former Chief Justice of India
• Kamal Narain Singh, former Chief Justice of India
• Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
• Mohammad Hidayatullah, former Chief Justice of India
• Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, former Chief Justice of India
• V. N. Khare, former Chief Justice of India

Chief Ministers

• Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Sampurnanand
• Sucheta Kripalani
• Chandra Bhanu Gupta
• Choudhary Charan Singh
• Tribhuvan Narain Singh
• Kamalapati Tripathi
• Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Ram Naresh Yadav
• Banarsi Das
• Babulal Gaur, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh
• Sripati Mishra
• Vir Bahadur Singh
• Mulayam Singh Yadav
• Kalyan Singh
• Ram Prakash Gupta
• Rajnath Singh
• Mayawati
• Akhilesh Yadav
• Yogi Adityanath

Political figures

Pre independence

• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Motilal Nehru, Indian National Congress leader
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, former President of Indian National Congress
• Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
• Rai Rajeshwar Bali, education minister (1924–1928)
• Sampurnanand
• Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

Post independence

• Ajai Rai, 5 time MLA from Varanasi
• Akhilesh Das, union minister
• Akhilesh Yadav
• Amar Mani
• Arif Mohammad Khan, political leader
• Bacha Pathak, 7 time MLA from Bansdih constituency, 2 time cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh government
• Beni Prasad Verma, former minister and leader
• Chandra Shekhar, former prime minister of India
• Chaudhary Ajit Singh, political leader
• Choudhary Charan Singh
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
• Devendra Nath Dwivedi, Indian politician and Governor designate of Gujarat
• Dinanath Bhaskar, political leader; former minister
• Feroze Gandhi
• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
• Indira Gandhi
• Ishwar Chandra Shukla
• Kalyan Singh, UP CM and Rajasthan Governor; BJP Vice President
• K.C. Tyagi
• Kailash Nath Katju, former Union Home Minister and lawyer
• Kalpnath Rai
• Kamal Nath, politician
• Kamlesh Paswan, politician
• Kamlesh Tiwari, founder of Hindu Samaj Party, who insulted Muhammad, was imprisoned, and murdered after his release
• Kamalapati Tripathi
• Laxmi Raman Acharya
• Mahendra Singh Tikait, Kisan leader
• Manohar Lal (b. 1938), UP MLA, cabinet minister
• Mohsina Kidwai
• Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Defence Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, founder of Samajwadi Party
• Mayawati, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Om Prakash Singh, Former chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand
• Prakash Vir Shastri, member of Parliament and advocate of the Arya Samaj movement
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
• Raj Babbar, member of Parliament
• Raj Narain
• Raja Bhaiya, MLA
• Rajeev Shukla, journalist and political leader
• Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925–1999), former cabinet minister
• Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Gandhian, first lady Minister of India
• Ram Govind Chaudhary
• Ram Chandra Vikal, Deputy Chief Minister
• Ram Manohar Lohia
• Ram Naresh Yadav
• Sanjay Singh
• Satyapal Singh Yadav, former union minister
• Satyaveer Munna
• Sheila Kaul
• Shriprakash Jaiswal, union minister
• Shiv Pratap Shukla, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Minister of state (finance), former Cabinet Minister (Government of Uttar Pradesh)
• Shyama Charan Gupta, politician, entrepreneur
• Shyamlal Yadav, former union minister and Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
• Sunder Lal
• Suresh Pasi, ministries of housing, vocational education, skill development
• Thakur Ji Pathak, activist, Indian political leader
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh, 7th prime minister of India

Civil service / diplomacy

Indian Foreign Service

• Asaf Ali, first Indian Ambassador to the United States
• Braj Kumar Nehru, Indian diplomat and Ambassador of India to the United States
• Girija Shankar Bajpai, first Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs
• Shilendra Kumar Singh, former Foreign Secretary of India; former Governor of Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian diplomat and politician; sister of Jawaharlal Nehru

Civil services

• Afroz Ahmad, member of NCA, Government of India
• Baleshwar Rai
• Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, bureaucrat
• Dharma Vira, ICS, cabinet secretary and governor of West Bengal, Mysore
• Durga Shanker Mishra
• Isha Basant Joshi, first woman to be appointed an IAS officer
• Neera Yadav
• Vinod Rai, CAG
• Vinod Kumar Yadav, first CEO of Railway Board
• Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner of India
• Vijai Shankar Dubey is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1966 cadre batch. He is the only IAS officer to have served as Chief Secretary of two states Bihar & Jharkhand.
• Yogendra Narain is a 1965 batch retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is a former Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha. He also served as the Defence Secretary of India, Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Surface Transport Secretary of India. He is the current Chancellor of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU) situated in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttrakhand. From 2007 to 2017, he was serving as Director at Reliance Power and Reliance Infrastructure.

Indian Police Service

• Brij Lal
• Girish Bihari
• Jagmohan Yadav
• Manoj Yadava
• Mukul Goel
• Navniet Sekera
• Prakash Singh
• Shrish Chandra Dikshit
• Sulkhan Singh
• Laxmi Singh

Business

• Sumit Jain, entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO Opentalk.to, Co-Founder and ex-CEO Commonfloor.com
• Gajendra Singh, CMD Saaibaba Telefilms; founder of Ganga Gauri Mahavidyalaya, Ramnagar, Baijabari, Azamgarh
• K.P. Singh, president of DLF Universal Group
• Shyama Charan Gupta, founder of Shyam Group
• Subroto Roy, founder of Sahara India
• Vinod Gupta, former CEO and chairman of InfoUSA; founder of Vinod Gupta School of Management
• Surendra Singh Nagar
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of Paytm Chairperson of Paras Milk Pvt. Ltd.
• Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge which owns Naukri.com, a job portal, and the co-founder of Ashoka University.
• Ponty Chadha
• Sunil Duggal
• Jaiprakash Gaur, (born c.1930) is an Indian entrepreneur. He founded and, until his retirement in 2010, was the chairman of Jaypee Group.
• Himanshu Gupta, is an Indian American energy policy expert, engineer and entrepreneur in climate change. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ClimateAI, which was recognized in 2022 by Time magazine as one of the greatest innovations of that year.
• Piyush Gupta, currently serving as the chief executive officer, and director of DBS Group, the largest bank in Southeast Asia by total assets.
• Puran Chandra Gupta, was an Indian journalist who founded the Dainik Jagran media group and it Hindi-language publication Dainik Jagran.
• Haji Kallan
• Khwaja Abdul Hamied
• Ashok Kumar Jain
• Indu Jain, was the chairperson of India's largest media group, popularly known as The Times Group.
• Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
• Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
• Deepali Pant Joshi
• Anil Khandelwal
• Suneet Maheshwari
• Samir Modi
• Narendra Mohan, was an Indian industrialist, chairman and managing director of the Jagran Prakashan, the publisher of the Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran
• Kapil Mohan
• Meenakshi Sargogi
• Ajay S. Shriram
• Lala Kamlapat Singhania, (1884 – 1937) founder of the J. K. Organisation, one of India's largest conglomerates.
• Saurabh Srivastava, entrepreneur, investment professional, institution builder and a former chairman of NASSCOM, a trade organization for the promotion of Indian IT industry.
• Ishwar Das Varshnei, died 1948) was the father of the glass industry in India.
• Shahnaz Husain, (born 1944) the founder, chairperson and managing director of The Shahnaz Husain Group.
• Bimla Poddar, is an Indian social worker, businessperson, philanthropist and the founder of Jnana Pravaha

Educators / founders of educational institutions

• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of Banaras Hindu University
• Jagdish Gandhi, founder of the City Montessori School
• Naheed Abidi
• Satish Bahadur
• Runa Banerjee
• Gulbadan Begum
• Kamala Bose
• Chandabai
• Saeeda Faiz
• Abidullah Ghazi
• V. Mohini Giri
• Saroj Chooramani Gopal
• Mona Chandravati Gupta
• Hamida Habibullah
• Ruqaiya Hasan
• Zoya Hasan
• Radhika Herzberger
• Sehba Hussain
• Pupul Jayakar
• Deepali Pant Joshi
• Rehana Khatoon
• Aruna Kori
• Birju Maharaj
• Chittaranjan Mitra
• Rajat Moona
• Bishambhar Nath Pande
• Bimla Poddar
• Azarmi Dukht Safavi
• Rani Dhavan Shankardass
• Lilavati Singh
• Uday Pratap Singh
• Parveen Talha
• Romila Thapar
• Rashmi Tiwari
• Ragini Trivedi
• Mahadevi Varma
• Zahida Zaidi
• Roohi Zuberi

Authors

Hindi

• Acharya Chatursen (1891–1960), Hindi writer
• Acharya Kuber Nath Rai
• Amitabh Thakur Hindi writer
• Amritlal Nagar, Hindi writer
• Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay, Hindi writer
• Babu Gulabrai, Hindi writer
• Baldev Upadhyaya, Hindi scholar and writer
• Bhagwati Charan Verma, Hindi writer
• Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hindi writer
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Hindi novelist
• Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi writer
• Kashi Nath Singh, Hindi writer
• Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, polyglot
• Malik Muhammad Jayasi, author of Padmavat
• Munshi Prem Chand, novelist
• Rahi Masoom Raza, author of Topi Shukla and Adha Gaon
• Rajendra Yadav, Hindi novelist
• Ramchandra Shukla, Hindi writer and historian
• Ramlochan Vishwakarma, Lok Writer
• Parichay Das, essayist, poet, critic
• Ravindra Prabhat, Hindi novelist
• Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan
• Sahajanand Saraswati, author of books on sociology, freedom struggle, peasant movement, and autobiography
• Sapan Saxena (b. 5 April 1985), novelist known for Finders, Keepers, UNNS-The Captivation and The Tenth Riddle
• Shrilal Shukla, writer of Raag Darbari
• Sri Krishna Rai Hridyesh
• Vibhuti Narain Rai, Hindi writer
• Vidya Niwas Mishra, Hindi scholar
• Vinod Kumar Shukla, writer
• Vishnu Sarma, author of Panchtantra
• Viveki Rai
• Yashpal, Hindi writer

Urdu

• Firaq Gorakhpuri
• Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, author of books on Unani medicine
• Ibne Safi, novelist of Jasoosi Duniya
• Ismat Chugtai, writer
• Mirza Hadi Ruswa, author of Umrao Jaan
• Qurratulain Hyder, writer of Aag Ka Darya

English

• Leema Dhar, novelist, poet and columnist
• Attia Hosain, English author and journalist
• Ajay K. Pandey, English author
• Anil Swarup, English author
• Nitish Rajput, English author
• Nayantara Sahgal, novelist and writer
• Allan Sealy, novelist and writer
• Vikas Swarup, author of Q&A
• Ruchita Misra, author
• Ira Trivedi is an Indian author, columnist, and yoga teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India.

Poets

Hindi

• Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Lit Nibandh
• Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay
• Gopal Das Neeraj, Hindi poet
• Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt'
• Harikrishna Prasad Gupta Agrahari, poet
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan, writer and poet
• Jaishankar Prasad, one of the four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi school of Hindi
• Kaka Hathrasi, humorous poet
• Virendra Kumar Baranwal, writer of Jinnah: ek punardrishti
• Kedarnath Singh
• Kumar Vishwas, Hindi Poet
• Mahadevi Varma, a major poet of the Chhayavaadi generation, a period of romanticism in modern Hindi poetry; won the Jnanpith award in 1982
• Maithilisharan Gupt, modern Hindi poet
• Dushyant Kumar, Hindi poet
• Ramashankar Yadav, Hindi Poet
• Shivmangal Singh Suman
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
• Sumitranandan Pant, one of the four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi school of Hindi
• Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

Urdu

• Akbar Allahabadi, poet
• Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu poet
• Bekal Utsahi, Urdu poet
• Brij Narayan Chakbast, Urdu poet
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, Urdu poet
• Firaq Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith award
• Hasrat Mohani, Urdu poet
• Jigar Moradabadi, Urdu poet
• Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet
• Kaifi Azmi, Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter
• Khumar Barabankvi, Urdu poet
• Majaz, Urdu poet
• Majrooh Sultanpuri, poet and lyricist
• Maulana Hali, Urdu poet, biographer of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetry
• Mir Anis, Urdu Marsiya poet
• Mir Taqi Mir
• Mirza Ghalib, classical Urdu and Persian poet
• A. M. Turaz, Poet & Film writer
• Safi Lakhnavi, Urdu poet
• Zaigham, Urdu poet who migrated to Bengal

Bhojpuri

• Parichay Das
• Viveki Rai

Environmentalists

• Billy Arjan Singh, as an Indian hunter turned conservationist and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild.
• Afroz Ahmad, is an Indian environment scientist and a former civil servant.
• Ranjit Bhargava, is an Indian environmentalist, known for his endeavors towards environmental conservation and his efforts for obtaining UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the upper Ganga region.
• Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader.
• Anupam Mishra (1948 – 19 December 2016) was an Indian Gandhian, author, journalist, environmentalist, TED speaker, and water conservationist who worked on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting techniques.
• Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author.

Scholars

• Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author, professor
• Acharya Narendra Dev
• Adya Prasad Pandey, notable economist of Banaras Hindu University and Currently Vice Chancellor of Manipur University
• Divya Dwivedi, philosopher
• Masud Husain Khan, eminent linguist; first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University; fifth Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in New Delhi
• Mushirul Hasan, historian
• Raja Ram Yadav, educationist, Physicist, former Vice Chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University
• Renu Khator, Chancellor of the University of Houston System; President of the University of Houston; first Indian American to lead a major research university in the United States
• Saket Kushwaha, educationist and agricultural economist of Banaras Hindu University, currently Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University, former Vice Chancellor of Lalit Narayan Mithila University
• Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai, Islamic scholar, thinker, reformer; known for his inclusive and broadminded interpretation of Islam; born in Safipur
• Sudhakara Dvivedi was born in 1855 in Khajuri, a village near Varanasi. In childhood he studied mathematics under Pandit Devakrsna.

Fine arts

• Aman Singh Gulati, world's first almond artist
• Gogi Saroj Pal
• Ram Chandra Shukla, painter
• Arvind Gupta, he is an Indian toy inventor, author, translator and scientist.
• Basawan
• Sukumar Bose
• Eric Bowen
• Mallika Chabba
• Vijay Gaur
• Prayag Jha
• Govind Kanhai
• Krishn Kanhai
• Anil Karanjai
• Imtiyaz Ali Khan
• Frank Wesley
• Ranbir Singh Bisht
• Yashodhar Mathpal
• Mola Ram

Journalism

• Aniruddha Bahal, investigative journalist
• Arun Nehru, former minister and columnist
• Dharamvir Bharati, former editor of Dharamyug magazine
• Feroze Gandhi, managing editor of National Herald
• Manikonda Chalapathi Rau, Indian journalist and an authority on Nehruvian thought
• Narendra Mohan, Dainik Jagran
• Pankaj Mishra, journalist
• Parichay Das, writer, essayist, poet and editor of contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
• Raghuvir Sahay, editor of Dinmaan
• Ram Bahadur Rai, magazine editor
• Saeed Naqvi, journalist and TV producer
• Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, Times of India and Navbharat Times
• Surendra Pratap Singh, editor of Ravivar
• Vinod Mehta, editor
• Inderjit Badhwar (born 1943) is an Indian journalist, novelist and the former editor of India Today.

Sports

Basketball

• Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) is a shooting guard for the Indian national women's basketball team.
• Pratima Singh is a member of the India women's national basketball team, hailing from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.
• Akanksha Singh (born 7 September 1989 in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian basketball player and former captain of the India Women's National Basketball Team.
• Divya Singh (Hindi:'दिव्या सिंह') (born 21 July 1982) is former captain of the Indian National Women's Basketball Team.

Hockey

• Dhyan Chand, former international field hockey player, awarded the Padma Bhushan
• Zafar Iqbal, former international captain of the Indian hockey team and Chief coach of Indian hockey team
• K. D. Singh, former national hockey player and Olympian
• Mohammed Shahid, former international field hockey player; member of the Indian team that won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow; awarded Arjuna Award in 1980 and Padma Shri in 1986
• Jagbir Singh, captain and member of National Hockey team in 1988 and 1992 Olympics; awarded Arjuna Award in 1990

Baseball

• Rinku Singh, one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States
• Dinesh Patel, one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States

Wrestling

• Anuj Chaudhary
• Divya Kakran
• Narsingh Yadav
• Sandeep Tulsi Yadav

Cricket

• Arun Lal, former Test cricketer
• Ashish Zaidi, cricketer
• Obaid Kamal, cricketer
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar, international cricketer
• Chetan Chauhan, former Test cricketer
• Deepti Sharma, International cricketer
• Gyanendra Pandey, cricketer
• Hemlata Kala, member of Indian women's cricket team
• Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer
• Meghna Singh, International Cricketer
• Mohammed Kaif, international cricketer
• Mohammed Shami, international cricketer
• Narendra Hirwani
• Piyush Chawla
• Poonam Yadav, International Cricketer
• Priyam Garg
• Praveen Kumar
• Parvinder Awana
• R. P. Singh, Rae Bareli (U.P.), international cricketer
• Swapnil Singh, Rae Bareli (U.P.)
• Rajinder Hans
• Raman Lamba
• Rohan Gavaskar
• Sudip Tyagi
• Suresh Raina, international cricketer
• Suryakumar Yadav, international cricketer
• Surinder Amarnath
• Umesh Yadav, Deoria (U.P.), Indian cricketer
• Kuldeep Yadav, cricketer, Kanpur (U.P.)
• Shivam Mavi, cricketer
• Shubham Mavi
• Vijay Yadav, international cricketer
• Yashasvi Jaiswal, cricketer
• Kartik Tyagi, fast-bowler cricketer
• Rinku Singh (cricketer)
• Dhruv Jurel, cricketer
• Mohsin Khan (Indian cricketer), is an Indian cricketer.
• Sameer Rizvi, Uttar Pradesh cricketer.
• Sarfaraz Khan (cricketer), (born 22 October 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who represents the Indian national cricket team in Test cricket, he was born and brought up in the suburbs of Mumbai. His family hails from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Badminton

• Abhinn Shyam Gupta, former national badminton champion
• Syed Modi, former national badminton champion

Other sports

• Abhishek Yadav, footballer
• Annu Raj Singh, shooter
• Arjun Bhati, golfer
• Ghaus Mohammad, tennis player, the first Indian to reach quarterfinal of The Championships, Wimbledon
• Jaspal Rana, shooter
• Jitu Rai, shooter
• Moraad Ali Khan, shooter
• Nitin Tomar, Kabaddi
• Pawan Gupta (wushu), sanda fighter
• Punam Yadav, weightlifting
• Ram Singh Yadav, Marathon runner, represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Saurabh Chaudhary, shooter
• Satish Kumar, Boxing
• Varun Singh Bhati, para athlete
• Ankit Sharma is an athlete who competes in the long jump event. He was born on 20 July 1992 in Pinahat block.
• Praveen Kumar (para-athlete, born 2003)

Music dance

Musicians

• Nucleya, known by his name Udyan Sagar, is an Indian electronic music producer.
• Ashutosh Bhattacharya (1917–2004), tabla player
• Begum Akhtar, ghazal singer
• Bismillah Khan, shehnai player, awarded the Bharat Ratna (2001)
• Cliff Richard, English singer
• Gopal Shankar Misra, vichitra veena player
• Hari Prasad Chaurasia, bansuri player
• Kishan Maharaj, tabla player
• Lalmani Misra, Indian classical musician
• Naushad Ali, music director; awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contributions to Indian cinema
• Ravi Shankar, sitar player, awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1999; recipient of three Grammy awards
• Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, musicologist
• Vikash Maharaj sarod player, awarded the Karmveer, Shiromai, Manishi Ratn.

Singers

• Abhijeet Bhattacharya, from Kanpur
• Ankit Tiwari, from Kanpur
• Ravindra Jain
• Anup Jalota, Ghazal and Bhajan singer
• Girija Devi, Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers
• Harshit Saxena, singer
• Kailash Kher, from Meerut
• Kanika Kapoor, from Lucknow
• Purshottam Das Jalota (1925–2011), bhajan singer, Padma Shri (2004)
• Sharafat Hussain Khan, from Atrauli
• Shubha Mudgal, singer
• Siddheshwari Devi, Hindustani singer from Banares, known as Maa (mother)
• Talat Mahmood, ghazal singer

Folk singers

• Baleshwar Yadav
• Bihari Lal Yadav
• Hiralal Yadav
• Malini Awasthi

Rappers

• Hard Kaur, from Kanpur
• Baba Sehgal

Dancers

• Birju Maharaj, Kathak exponent
• Lachhu Maharaj, Kathak exponent
• Kapila Vatsyayan, scholar of Indian classical dance
• Sitara Devi
• Uday Shankar

Cinema and theatre

Actors and actresses

• Aarun Nagar
• Achint Kaur
• Aditi Sharma
• Aditya Srivastava
• Akshay Oberoi
• Ali Fazal
• Amit Sial
• Amitabh Bachchan
• Anushka Sharma
• Archana Gupta
• Archana Puran Singh
• Arun Govil
• Ashutosh Rana
• Chandrachur Singh
• Chunky Pandey
• Dalip Tahil
• Deepti Bhatnagar
• Dinesh Lal Yadav
• Dipti Bhatnagar
• Disha Patani
• Harsh Nagar
• Jaddanbai
• Javed Jaffrey
• Jimmy Shergill
• K.N. Singh
• Kadar Khan
• Kamal Rashid Khan
• Kumar Gaurav
• Lara Dutta
• Lavanya Tripathi
• Mandakini
• Marc Zuber
• Medha Shankar
• Meenakshi Dixit
• Mika Singh
• Nandini Singh
• Naseeruddin Shah
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui
• Nimmi
• Nivedita Bhattacharya
• Pooja Batra
• Raj Babbar
• Rajpal Yadav
• Ravi Kishan
• Raza Murad
• Saurabh Shukla
• Shweta Tiwari
• Siddharth Nigam
• Sonal Chauhan
• Soniya Bansal
• Surendra Pal
• Sushant Singh
• Tanveer Zaidi
• Tom Alter
• Tuntun
• Urvashi Rautela
• Vedita Pratap Singh
• Vineet Kumar Singh
• Vishwajeet Pradhan
• Vivek Mushran
• Zakir Hussain
• Zohra Segal
• Zoya Afroz

Directors/producers

• Aarun Nagar
• Abhinav Kashyap
• Abhishek Chaubey
• Anurag Kashyap
• Farhan Akhtar
• Gajendra Singh
• K. Asif
• Kamal Amrohi
• Prakash Mehra
• Shaad Ali
• Tigmanshu Dhulia
• Vishal Bhardwaj
• Zoya Akhtar
• Pankaj Advani
• Muzaffar Ali
• Alberrt Antoni
• Nupur Asthana
• Amitabh Aurora
• Sunil Batta
• Muazzam Beg
• Ashwni Dhir
• Mahmood Farooqui
• Ravindra Gautam
• Devendra Goel
• Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
• Nishtha Jain
• D.D. Kashyap
• Shaheed Latif
• Sudhir Mishra
• Vishal Mishra
• Premendra Mitra
• Subodh Mukherjee
• Gyan Mukherjee
• S. K. Ojha
• Rajkumar R. Pandey
• Anil Sharma
• Devi Sharma
• Manoj Sharma
• Dushyant Pratap Singh
• Siddharth Sinha
• Ajay Srivastava
• Sultan Ahmed
• Ravi Tandon
• Tushar Tyagi
• Vijay Krishna Acharya

Singers

• Abhijeet Bhattacharya
• Ankit Tiwari
• Anup Jalota
• Baba Sehgal
• Begum Akhtar
• Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
• Kabban Mirza
• Kanika Kapoor
• Kavita Seth
• Malini Awasthi
• Rajkumari Dubey
• Ravindra Jain
• Sunidhi Chauhan
• Talat Mahmood

Lyricists

• Ali Sardar Jafri
• Ravindra Jain
• Anjaan
• Indeevar
• Javed Akhtar
• Kaifi Azmi
• Khumar Barabankvi
• Majrooh Sultanpuri
• Sameer
• Shakeel Badayuni
• Manoj Muntashir
• Santosh Anand
• A. M. Turaz
• Amitabh Bhattacharya

Composers

• Anand Milind
• Naushad Ali
• Nucleya
• Ravi K. Tripathi
• Rimi Basu Sinha
• S. N. Tripathi
• Shantanu Moitra
• Vishal Bhardwaj
• Vishal Mishra

Theatre related

• Arvind Gaur
• Nadira Babbar
• Sushil Kumar Singh

Cinematographers

• Anjuli Shukla
• Ashok Kumar
• Ayananka Bose
• Hemant Chaturvedi
• Ravikant Nagaich
• Vierendrra Lalit

Story / script / dialogue writers

• Agha Jani Kashmiri
• Anuraadha Tewari
• Dhiraj Mishra
• Faaiz Anwar
• Himanshu Sharma
• Jalees Sherwani
• Javed Siddiqi
• Juhi Chaturvedi
• K. P. Saxena
• Kamleshwar
• Kamna Chandra
• Mukhram Sharma
• S. Ali Raza
• Shama Zaidi
• Sharat Kumar
• Shivgopal Krishna
• Tanuja Chandra
• Wajahat Mirza

Navratnas

• Raja Todar Mal, Finance Minister and one of the Navratnas of Akbar
• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Hindi poet and a Navratna of Akbar
• Birbal, jester and poet of Akbar's court

Television

• Aadesh Chaudhary
• Aditya Srivastava
• Akshita Mudgal
• Aparna Dixit
• Aru Krishansh Verma
• Aryan Pandit
• Farman Haider
• Gajendra Singh
• Harsh Nagar
• Hiba Nawab
• Jaya Bhattacharya
• Kanika Maheshwari
• Kiran Dubey
• Kushal Tandon
• Pankhuri Awasthy Rode
• Param Singh
• Parul Chauhan
• Pavitra Punia
• Pravisht Mishra
• Rahi Masoom Raza
• Raju Srivastav
• Randeep Rai
• Ravi Dubey
• Rukhsar Rehman
• Sanjeev Tyagi
• Shalini Arora
• Soumya Seth
• Sumbul Touqeer
• Surendra Pal
• Yuvika Chaudhary

Satire, comedy, cartoons

• Akbar Allahabadi, poet and satirist
• K. P. Saxena
• Kaak (b. 1940, Harish Chandra Shukla), cartoonist
• Kaka Hathrasi, satirist
• Rajpal Yadav, actor and comedian
• Raju Srivastava, actor and stand up comedian
• Tuntun, comedian
• Anubhav Singh Bassi is an Indian actor, YouTuber and stand-up comedian. His career as a standup comic started after an open mic in 2017.
• Aseem Trivedi (born 17 February 1987) is an Indian political cartoonist and activist, known for his anti corruption campaign Cartoons Against Corruption

Photographers

• Lala Deen Dayal, Indian photographer
• Tarun Khiwal (born 1967), Indian fashion and commercial photographer
• Darogha Ubbas Alli (aka Darogha Abbas Ali) was a 19th-century Indian engineer and photographer.
• Farhat Basir Khan (born 2 August 1957) is an Indian photographer.
• Richa Maheshwari is a Delhi-based fashion photographer.
• Virendra Prabhakar (1928 – 2015) was an Indian press photojournalist, cited by the Limca Book of Records as the longest serving press photojournalist.
• Devi Prasad (artist) (1921 – 1 June 2011) was an Indian artist and peace activist. He was a pioneering studio potter, painter, designer, photographer, art educator and peace activist.

Criminals

• Abu Salem, underworld criminal
• Atiq Ahmed, politician turned criminal
• Chavviram Singh Yadav, dacoit
• Daku Man Singh, dacoit
• Mukhtar Ansari, Ex MLA
• Munna Bajrangi
• Nirbhay Gujjar, dacoit
• Phoolan Devi, dacoit turned politician
• Prakash Shukla, gangster
• Dadua, dacoit
• Sibgatullah Ansari
• Khalid Azim
• Thug Behram
• Vikas Dubey
• Ravinder Kumar (serial killer)
• Rasheed Masood
• Ajay Mishra Teni
• Shiv Kumar Patel
• Satish (criminal)
• Devendra Sharma (serial killer)
• Sher Singh Rana
• Hari Shankar Tiwari
• Shekhar Tiwari
• Amarmani Tripathi
• Anand Sen Yadav
• D. P. Yadav
• Neera Yadav

Militants

• Abdul Subhan Qureshi

Others

• Abdul Karim, Munshi to Queen Victoria
• Begum Samru, historical figure
• Deep Tyagi, pioneer of family planning programme in India
• Jaichand of Kannauj, historical figure
• Tabassum Mansoor, Indian educationist in Libya
• Rahul Mishra (born 1979), fashion designer
• Sampat Pal Devi, women's rights activist
• Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi
• Vinod Rai, former CAG and IAS
• Mohammad Waliullah was a senior judge of the Allahabad High Court in India.
• Shiv Prasad Gupta (28 June 1883 – 24 April 1944) was a visionary, philanthropist, a leader of the Indian Freedom Movement and the founder of the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth.
• Malini Agarwal (born 26 May 1977), also known as MissMalini, is an Indian digital influencer, TV host, entrepreneur, and author.

Photo gallery

• Abdul Hamid's bust at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi
• Jadunath Singh's statue at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi
• Param Vir Chakra Awardee Yogendra Yadav at India Gate on Kargil Vijay Divas, 2018
• Manoj Pandey's statue at Param Yodha Sthal, National War Memorial, New Delhi
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Poonam Yadav bowling for India against Bangladesh during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
• Suresh Raina
• Surya in Kolkata Knight Riders apparel during the 2017 Indian Premier League

See also

• Lists of Indian people
• List of people from Purvanchal
• States and union territories of India

References

Notes

1. • Pāli:चन्दगुत्त मोरीय Candagutta Mōrīya
   • Sanskrit: चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य Candragupta Maurya
   • Ancient Greek: Σανδράκοπτος Sandrákoptos Σανδράκοττος Sandrákottos Ανδροκόττος Androkóttos
2. After government birth records were lost in Pratapgarh, Hasan's mother re-registered Ruqaiya's birthdate as 3 July 1931, slightly earlier than her real birthdate, to enroll her in school earlier.

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