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This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttar Pradesh , a state in India . The criteria of this list includes those persons who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces 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 popularity .
Ethnic group
Deities and avatars
Deities of Shri Sita (far right), Shri Rama (center), Shri Lakshmana (far left) and Shri Hanuman (below seated) at Bhaktivedanta Manor , a temple in Watford England Krishna as a young cowherd boy, playing the bansuri (flute). Neminatha (stone).Chahaman, 11th century AD, Narhad, Rajasthan Rama (Birthplace: Ayodhya ), is a legendary or historical king of ancient India . In Hinduism , he is considered to be the seventh Avatar of Vishnu .Krishna (Birth Place: Mathura ), is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism .Neminath (Birth Place: Mathura ), was 22nd Teerthanks of Jainism.Lakshmana (Birthplace: Ayodhya ), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the epic 'Ramayana 'Parashuram (Birth Place: Ghazipur ), was an avatar of Vishnu .Shreyansnath (Birth Place: Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh ), was 11th Teerthankar of Jainism.Shantinath (Birth Place: Hastinapur , Uttar Pradesh ), was 16th Teerthankar of Jainism.Kunthunath (Birth Place: Hastinapur , Uttar Pradesh ), was 17th Teerthankar of Jainism.Aranath (Birth Place: Hastinapur , Uttar Pradesh ), was 18th Teerthankar of Jainism.Authors of the great epics
Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics
Yogananda Amir Khusro , Sufi mystic , one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent .Bharat Bhushan (yogi) , the only 'Padmashri' recipient in Yoga, Founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, Saharanpur Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud , Gazi Miya of Bahraich .Gopi Krishna , a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer.Kabir , poet and saint Varanasi Nizamuddin Auliya , Sufi saint born in Budaun Paramhansa Yogananda , mystic who introduced Yoga in the west, Gorakhpur Salim Chishti , Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Poet-saints and religious figures
Rāmabhadrācārya Akhaṇḍānanda Sarasvatī , scholar of Vedanta , Bhakti and Bhagavata Purana in 20th century, Varanasi Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya , Vaishnava scholar and Sanskrit commentator on the Prasthanatrayi , Jaunpur Rāmānanda , founder of the Rāmānandī sect, Prayag Sant Ravidas , poet and Saint, Varanasi Shiv Dayal Singh , Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis, Agra Shriram Sharma Acharya , founder Gayatri Parivar, Anwal Kheda in the District of Agra Surdas was a blind Hindu poet, sant and musicianborn in Runkata near AgraSvāmīnārāyaṇa , founder of the Swaminarayan sect , Gonda Svāmī Karapātrī , teacher of Advaita popularly known as Dharma Samrat , Gorakhpur Tulasīdāsa , composer of the Ramcharitmanas , Bandabut it is also said to had born in Soron (Shukar kschetra) in the District of EtahMira Raskhan Malik Mohammad Jayasi Devraha Baba , Yogi Allahabad Independence fighters
Mangal Pandey Statue of Indian freedom fighter Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar at Meerut Chowk Indian Rebellion of 1857
Later 19th, and 20th, centuries
Raja Mahendra Pratap , King of Hathras Princely State known as 'Aryan Peshwa'.Chandra Shekhar Azad , Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association .Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , independence fighter, journalistRam Prasad Bismil , Indian independence fighter and socialist .Govind Ballabh Pant , Indian independence fighter and politician , became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Also Bharat Ratna recipient.Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter and two time Member of Parliament.Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori , Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association . He was close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad .Rafi Ahmed Kidwai , Indian independence fighter and socialist.Acharya Narendra Dev , socialistRam Manohar Lohia , socialistHasrat Mohani , independence fighter and poetAsaf Ali , independence fighterChittu Pandey , independence fighterRajendra Lahiri , independence fighterLaxmi Raman Acharya , freedom fighter accused of the Agra Conspiracy case.Maulana Mohammad Ali , independence fighterPurushottam Das Tandon , independence fighterMaulana Shaukat Ali , independence fighterMukhtar Ahmed Ansari , independence fighter Ghazipur Mahavir Tyagi , independence fighterSwami Sahajanand Saraswati Freedom FighterAward winners
Param Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Ashok Chakra
Bharat Ratna
Jawaharlal Nehru Bhagwan Das , philosopher and Freedom Fighter, Varanasi Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , Allahabad Rajrishi Purushottam Das Tandon , Freedom Fighter, Allahabad
Govind Ballabh Pant , Freedom FighterLal Bahadur Shastri , Freedom Fighter, Varanasi & Allahabad Indira Gandhi , Freedom Fighter, Allahabad Ravi Shankar , Sitar Maestro, Ghazipur Ustad Bismillah Khan , Shehnai Maestro, Varanasi Rajiv Gandhi , Prime Minister of India, Allahabad Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shree
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Jnanpith Awards
Magasaysay Award
Arjuna Award
Science and medicine
Atul Kumar , CSIR-CDRI inventor of anti-osteoporosis drugRajendra K. Pachauri , chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change .Harish-Chandra , (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in representation theory , especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups .Ravindra Khattree , statistician who worked in statistical inference , multivariate analysis , experimental designs , biostatistics and quality control .Zahoor Qasim , oceanographer, leader of first Indian Expedition to AntarcticaProf. Prem Chand Pandey , scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
Syed Ziaur Rahman , medical pharmacologistP. K . Sethi , inventor of "Jaipur Foot"Kamla Kant Pandey , plant geneticistLalji Singh , molecular biologistHolders of high offices
Vice President
Prime ministers
Governors
Chief Justices
Chief Ministers
Union Ministers
Political figures
Pre Independence
Post Independence
Govind Ballabh Pant Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Ram Manohar Lohia Choudhary Charan Singh Narayan Dutt Tiwari Laxmi Raman Acharya Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Kamalapati Tripathi Indira Gandhi Feroze Gandhi Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Mohsina Kidwai Ram Naresh Yadav Sheila Kaul Raj Narain Mahendra Singh Tikait , Kisan leaderMulayam Singh Yadav ,Rajeev Shukla , journalist and political leaderArif Mohammad Khan , political leaderChaudhary Ajit Singh , political leaderBeni Prasad Verma , former minister and leaderShriprakash Jaiswal , Union MinisterAkhilesh Das , Union MinisterRaj Babbar , Member of ParliamentRajkumari Amrit Kaur , Gandhian, first lady Minister of IndiaKamal Nath , politicianPrakash Vir Shastri , Member of Parliament and advocate of the Arya Samaj movementKailash Nath Katju , Former Union Home Minister and LawyerSatyapal Singh Yadav former union ministerRajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925-1999), Former cabinet minister Om Prakash Singh Kalpnath Rai Maharaj Sanjay Singh , King of Amethi Akhilesh Yadav Amar Mani Raja Bhaiya Authors
Hindi
Vishnu Sarma , author of Panchtantra Swami Sahajanand Saraswati books on sociology , religion , freedom struggle, peasant movement , autobiography etc.Malik Muhammad Jayasi , author of Padmavat Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan , polyglot Munshi Prem Chand , novelistVibhuti Narain Rai Hindi writerAmitabh Thakur Hindi writerBharatendu Harishchandra , Hindi writerAmritlal Nagar , Hindi writerAcharya Chatursen (1891 – 1960), Hindi writerBhagwati Charan Verma , Hindi writerSachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan Jaishankar Prasad , Hindi writerBabu Gulabrai , Hindi writerYashpal , Hindi writerHazari Prasad Dwivedi , Hindi novelistRajendra Yadav , Hindi novelistRavindra Prabhat ,Hindi novelistBaldev Upadhyaya , Hindi scholar and writerVidya Niwas Mishra , Hindi scholarRahi Masoom Raza , author of 'Topi Shukla' and 'Adha Gaon'Vinod Kumar Shukla , writerShrilal Shukla , writer of 'Raag Darbari'Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla , Hindi writer and historianSri Krishna Rai Hridyesh Viveki Rai Acharya Kuber Nath Rai Urdu
English
Poets
Urdu
Mir Taqi Mir Mirza Ghalib , classical Urdu and Persian poetMir Anis , Urdu Marsiya poetMaulana Hali , Urdu poet, biographer of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetryFiraq Gorakhpuri , Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith awardKaifi Azmi , Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriterSafi Lakhnavi , Urdu poetMajrooh Sultanpuri , poet and lyricistJosh Malihabadi , Urdu poetFiraq Gorakhpuri , Urdu poetJigar Moradabadi , Urdu poetAli Sardar Jafri , Urdu poetKhumar Barabankvi , Urdu poetDaya Shankar Kaul Nasim , Urdu poetBrij Narayan Chakbast , Urdu poetAkbar Allahabadi , poetMajaz , Urdu poetUbaid Azam Azmi , Urdu Poet, Bollywood Lyricist, Prosody ScholarHindi
Kedarnath Singh , major works are "baagh", "toota truck", tolstoy aur cycle", etc.Jaishankar Prasad , one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi Harivansh Rai Bachchan , writer and poet.Mahadevi Varma , a major poet of the Chhayavaadi generation, a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry. She won the Jnanpith award in 1982.Sumitranandan Pant , one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi.Maithilisharan Gupt , modern Hindi poetGopal Das Neeraj , Hindi poetKaka Hathrasi , humorous PoetShivmangal Singh Suman Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' Pushkar Sultanpuri Kuldeep Pandey Mayank Dinesh Pandey Dinkar Bhojpuri
Founders of educational institutions
Defence Services
Army
Air Force
Civil Service / Diplomacy
Indian Foreign Service
Civil Services
Music and dance
This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttar Pradesh , a state in India . The criteria of this list includes those persons who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces 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 popularity .
Ethnic group
Deities and avatars
Deities of Shri Sita (far right), Shri Rama (center), Shri Lakshmana (far left) and Shri Hanuman (below seated) at Bhaktivedanta Manor , a temple in Watford England Krishna as a young cowherd boy, playing the bansuri (flute). Neminatha (stone).Chahaman, 11th century AD, Narhad, Rajasthan Rama (Birthplace: Ayodhya ), is a legendary or historical king of ancient India . In Hinduism , he is considered to be the seventh Avatar of Vishnu .Krishna (Birth Place: Mathura ), is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism .Neminath (Birth Place: Mathura ), was 22nd Teerthanks of Jainism.Lakshmana (Birthplace: Ayodhya ), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the epic 'Ramayana 'Parashuram (Birth Place: Ghazipur ), was an avatar of Vishnu .Shreyansnath (Birth Place: Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh ), was 11th Teerthankar of Jainism.Shantinath (Birth Place: Hastinapur , Uttar Pradesh ), was 16th Teerthankar of Jainism.Kunthunath (Birth Place: Hastinapur , Uttar Pradesh ), was 17th Teerthankar of Jainism.Aranath (Birth Place: Hastinapur , Uttar Pradesh ), was 18th Teerthankar of Jainism.Authors of the great epics
Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics
Yogananda Amir Khusro , Sufi mystic , one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent .Bharat Bhushan (yogi) , the only 'Padmashri' recipient in Yoga, Founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, Saharanpur Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud , Gazi Miya of Bahraich .Gopi Krishna , a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer.Kabir , poet and saint Varanasi Nizamuddin Auliya , Sufi saint born in Budaun Paramhansa Yogananda , mystic who introduced Yoga in the west, Gorakhpur Salim Chishti , Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra (Hazi Waris Ali Shah) Sufi saint of Dewa, (Barabanki)
Poet-saints and religious figures
Rāmabhadrācārya Akhaṇḍānanda Sarasvatī , scholar of Vedanta , Bhakti and Bhagavata Purana in 20th century, Varanasi Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya , Vaishnava scholar and Sanskrit commentator on the Prasthanatrayi , Jaunpur Rāmānanda , founder of the Rāmānandī sect, Prayag Sant Ravidas , poet and Saint, Varanasi Shiv Dayal Singh , Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis, Agra Shriram Sharma Acharya , founder Gayatri Parivar, Anwal Kheda in the District of Agra Surdas was a blind Hindu poet, sant and musicianborn in Runkata near AgraSvāmīnārāyaṇa , founder of the Swaminarayan sect , Gonda Svāmī Karapātrī , teacher of Advaita popularly known as Dharma Samrat , Gorakhpur Tulasīdāsa , composer of the Ramcharitmanas , Bandabut it is also said to had born in Soron (Shukar kschetra) in the District of EtahMira Raskhan Malik Mohammad Jayasi Devraha Baba , Yogi Allahabad Independence fighters
Mangal Pandey Statue of Indian freedom fighter Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar at Meerut Chowk Indian Rebellion of 1857
Later 19th, and 20th, centuries
Raja Mahendra Pratap , King of Hathras Princely State known as 'Aryan Peshwa'.Chandra Shekhar Azad , Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association .Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , independence fighter, journalistRam Prasad Bismil , Indian independence fighter and socialist .Govind Ballabh Pant , Indian independence fighter and politician , became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Also Bharat Ratna recipient.Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay of Pratapgarh, Indian Independence fighter and two time Member of Parliament.Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori , Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association . He was close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad .Rafi Ahmed Kidwai , Indian independence fighter and socialist.Acharya Narendra Dev , socialistRam Manohar Lohia , socialistHasrat Mohani , independence fighter and poetAsaf Ali , independence fighterChittu Pandey , independence fighterRajendra Lahiri , independence fighterLaxmi Raman Acharya , freedom fighter accused of the Agra Conspiracy case.Maulana Mohammad Ali , independence fighterPurushottam Das Tandon , independence fighterMaulana Shaukat Ali , independence fighterMukhtar Ahmed Ansari , independence fighter Ghazipur Mahavir Tyagi , independence fighterSwami Sahajanand Saraswati Freedom FighterAward winners
Param Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Ashok Chakra
Bharat Ratna
Jawaharlal Nehru Bhagwan Das , philosopher and Freedom Fighter, Varanasi Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , Allahabad Rajrishi Purushottam Das Tandon , Freedom Fighter, Allahabad
Govind Ballabh Pant , Freedom FighterLal Bahadur Shastri , Freedom Fighter, Varanasi & Allahabad Indira Gandhi , Freedom Fighter, Allahabad Ravi Shankar , Sitar Maestro, Ghazipur Ustad Bismillah Khan , Shehnai Maestro, Varanasi Rajiv Gandhi , Prime Minister of India, Allahabad Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shree
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Jnanpith Awards
Magasaysay Award
Arjuna Award
Science and medicine
Atul Kumar , CSIR-CDRI inventor of anti-osteoporosis drugRajendra K. Pachauri , chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change .Harish-Chandra , (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in representation theory , especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups .Ravindra Khattree , statistician who worked in statistical inference , multivariate analysis , experimental designs , biostatistics and quality control .Zahoor Qasim , oceanographer, leader of first Indian Expedition to AntarcticaProf. Prem Chand Pandey , scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
Syed Ziaur Rahman , medical pharmacologistP. K . Sethi , inventor of "Jaipur Foot"Kamla Kant Pandey , plant geneticistLalji Singh , molecular biologistHolders of high offices
Vice President
Prime ministers
Governors
Chief Justices
Chief Ministers
Union Ministers
Political figures
Pre Independence
Post Independence
Govind Ballabh Pant Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Ram Manohar Lohia Choudhary Charan Singh Narayan Dutt Tiwari Laxmi Raman Acharya Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Kamalapati Tripathi Indira Gandhi Feroze Gandhi Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Mohsina Kidwai Ram Naresh Yadav Sheila Kaul Raj Narain Mahendra Singh Tikait , Kisan leaderMulayam Singh Yadav ,Rajeev Shukla , journalist and political leaderArif Mohammad Khan , political leaderChaudhary Ajit Singh , political leaderBeni Prasad Verma , former minister and leaderShriprakash Jaiswal , Union MinisterAkhilesh Das , Union MinisterRaj Babbar , Member of ParliamentRajkumari Amrit Kaur , Gandhian, first lady Minister of IndiaKamal Nath , politicianPrakash Vir Shastri , Member of Parliament and advocate of the Arya Samaj movementKailash Nath Katju , Former Union Home Minister and LawyerSatyapal Singh Yadav former union ministerRajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925-1999), Former cabinet minister Om Prakash Singh Kalpnath Rai Maharaj Sanjay Singh , King of Amethi Akhilesh Yadav Amar Mani Raja Bhaiya Authors
Hindi
Vishnu Sarma , author of Panchtantra Swami Sahajanand Saraswati books on sociology , religion , freedom struggle, peasant movement , autobiography etc.Malik Muhammad Jayasi , author of Padmavat Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan , polyglot Munshi Prem Chand , novelistVibhuti Narain Rai Hindi writerAmitabh Thakur Hindi writerBharatendu Harishchandra , Hindi writerAmritlal Nagar , Hindi writerAcharya Chatursen (1891 – 1960), Hindi writerBhagwati Charan Verma , Hindi writerSachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan Jaishankar Prasad , Hindi writerBabu Gulabrai , Hindi writerYashpal , Hindi writerHazari Prasad Dwivedi , Hindi novelistRajendra Yadav , Hindi novelistRavindra Prabhat ,Hindi novelistBaldev Upadhyaya , Hindi scholar and writerVidya Niwas Mishra , Hindi scholarRahi Masoom Raza , author of 'Topi Shukla' and 'Adha Gaon'Vinod Kumar Shukla , writerShrilal Shukla , writer of 'Raag Darbari'Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla , Hindi writer and historianSri Krishna Rai Hridyesh Viveki Rai Acharya Kuber Nath Rai Sanskrit
Urdu
English
Poets
Urdu
Mir Taqi Mir Mirza Ghalib , classical Urdu and Persian poetMir Anis , Urdu Marsiya poetMaulana Hali , Urdu poet, biographer of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetryFiraq Gorakhpuri , Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith awardKaifi Azmi , Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriterSafi Lakhnavi , Urdu poetMajrooh Sultanpuri , poet and lyricistJosh Malihabadi , Urdu poetFiraq Gorakhpuri , Urdu poetJigar Moradabadi , Urdu poetAli Sardar Jafri , Urdu poetKhumar Barabankvi , Urdu poetDaya Shankar Kaul Nasim , Urdu poetBrij Narayan Chakbast , Urdu poetAkbar Allahabadi , poetMajaz , Urdu poetHindi
Kedarnath Singh , major works are "baagh", "toota truck", tolstoy aur cycle", etc.Jaishankar Prasad , one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi Harivansh Rai Bachchan , writer and poet.Mahadevi Varma , a major poet of the Chhayavaadi generation, a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry. She won the Jnanpith award in 1982.Sumitranandan Pant , one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi.Maithilisharan Gupt , modern Hindi poetGopal Das Neeraj , Hindi poetKaka Hathrasi , humorous PoetShivmangal Singh Suman Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' Pushkar Sultanpuri Kuldeep Pandey Mayank Dinesh Pandey Dinkar Bhojpuri
Founders of educational institutions
Defence Services
Army
Air Force
Civil Service / Diplomacy
Indian Foreign Service
Civil Services
Music and dance
Musicians
Ashutosh Bhattacharya (1917-2004) Tabla player, music educator from Varanasi , Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1966)Begum Akhtar , Ghazal singer,Vikash Maharaj sarod Player of Utter Pradesh & Member of international Social Organisations, Awarded Internationally,Professor,Ambassador,Maestro etc.Dr. Gopal Shankar Misra , Vichitra Veena player
Dr.Lalmani Misra was an Indian classical musician. Dean & Head, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi and his son
Hari Prasad Chaurasia , bansuri playerKishan Maharaj , Tabla MaestroNaushad Ali , music director , was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Indian cinema .Pandit Ravi Shankar , classical Sitar player, awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1999. He has also won three Grammy awards Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande , musicianSir Cliff Richard , the English singer
Ustad Bismillah Khan , Shehnai maestro , awarded the Bharat Ratna , (2001)Singers
Girija Devi , is an Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers.Rappers
Dancers
Sports
Hockey
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.Cricket
Ashish Zaidi , cricketerManoj Prabhakar , cricketerArun Lal , former Test cricketerMohammed Kaif , international cricketer Suresh Raina , international cricketerBhuvneshwar Kumar , international cricketerR. P. Singh , international cricketerChetan Chauhan , former Test cricketerHemlata Kala , member Indian Women's Cricket teamGyanendra Pandey , cricketerPiyush Chawla Narendra Hirwani Surinder Amarnath Raman Lamba Surinder Amarnath Rohan Gavaskar Rajinder Hans Ravikant Shukla , U-19 captainPraveen Kumar Sudip Tyagi Badminton
Other sports
Journalism
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain , Times of India & Navbharat TimesManikonda Chalapathi Rau , Indian journalist and an authority on Nehruvian thoughtFeroze Gandhi , managing editor of National HeraldDharamvir Bharati , former editor of Dharamyug magazineArun Nehru , former Minister and ColumnistSaeed Naqvi , journalist and TV producerVinod Mehta , editorNarendra Mohan , Dainik JagranAniruddha Bahal , investigative journalistPankaj Mishra , journalistYogendra Yadav Ram Bahadur Rai , magazine editorSatire, comedy, cartoons
Cinema & theatre
Actors & actresses
Amitabh Bachchan , Bollywood actor awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001.Naseeruddin Shah , actor (He was born in barabanki district of Lucknow division U.P)Marc Zuber , actorRaj Babbar , actor and Member of ParliamentJaddanbai , actorNargis , was an actress best known for her role in the Oscar -nominated film Mother India Nimmi , film actress in the 1950sLara Dutta , actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe K.N. Singh , actorTuntun , comedy actressSushant Singh , actorRavi Kishan , Bhojpuri film actorPriyanka Chopra ,Miss World,Bollywood actress and English song singerUdita Goswami , Bollywood actressZohra Sehgal , Bollywood actressSaurabh Shukla , Bollywood actorSonal Chauhan , Bollywood actressNawazuddin Siddiqui , actor, (Gangs of Wasseypur Abhishek Bachchan Rajpal Yadav Pooja Batra Vedita Pratap Singh , model & actressSurinder Pal , actorChitrangada Singh , actressAnushka Sharma ,Bollywood actressShweta Tiwari ,Indian famous Television ActressPriyanka Chopra ,Indian famous Film ActressDirectors/producers
K. Asif , film director, film producer and screenwriter who worked on the Hindi epic motion picture, Mughal-e-Azam Shaad Ali , film directorKamal Amrohi , directorPrakash Mehra , directorPrasoon Pandey , directorVishal Bharadwaj , Omkara directorAnurag Kashyap , directorAbhinav Kashyap , directorTigmanshu Dhulia , directorAbhishek Chaubey , directorSingers
Lyricists
Composers
Theatre
Cinematographers
Story/script/dialogue writers
Nawabs of Awadh
Wajid Ali Shah Navratnas
Television
Environmentalists
Scholars
Fine arts
Business
Crime
Photographer
Others
See also
Notes
^ http://states-of-india.findthedata.org/q/26/4241/What-is-the-population-of-Uttar-Pradesh
^ Bharat Ratna ("Gem of India" in English) is India's highest civilian award , awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic , literary , and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order".
^ M.S Swaminathan, R.K Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards accessed June 2007
^ "9th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile" . Lok Sabha Official website.
^ Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India.
^ Param Vir Chakra (PVC ) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.
Singers
Rappers
Dancers
Sports
Hockey
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.Cricket
Ashish Zaidi , cricketerManoj Prabhakar , cricketerArun Lal , former Test cricketerMohammed Kaif , international cricketer Suresh Raina , international cricketerBhuvneshwar Kumar , international cricketerR. P. Singh , international cricketerChetan Chauhan , former Test cricketerHemlata Kala , member Indian Women's Cricket teamGyanendra Pandey , cricketerPiyush Chawla Narendra Hirwani Surinder Amarnath Raman Lamba Surinder Amarnath Rohan Gavaskar Rajinder Hans Ravikant Shukla , U-19 captainPraveen Kumar Sudip Tyagi Badminton
Other sports
Journalism
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain , Times of India & Navbharat TimesManikonda Chalapathi Rau , Indian journalist and an authority on Nehruvian thoughtFeroze Gandhi , managing editor of National HeraldDharamvir Bharati , former editor of Dharamyug magazineArun Nehru , former Minister and ColumnistSaeed Naqvi , journalist and TV producerVinod Mehta , editorNarendra Mohan , Dainik JagranAniruddha Bahal , investigative journalistPankaj Mishra , journalistYogendra Yadav Ram Bahadur Rai , magazine editorSatire, comedy, cartoons
Cinema & theatre
Actors & actresses
Amitabh Bachchan , Bollywood actor awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001.Naseeruddin Shah , actor (He was born in barabanki district of Lucknow division U.P)Marc Zuber , actorRaj Babbar , actor and Member of ParliamentJaddanbai , actorNargis , was an actress best known for her role in the Oscar -nominated film Mother India Nimmi , film actress in the 1950sLara Dutta , actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe K.N. Singh , actorTuntun , comedy actressSushant Singh , actorRavi Kishan , Bhojpuri film actorPriyanka Chopra ,Miss World,Bollywood actress and English song singerUdita Goswami , Bollywood actressZohra Sehgal , Bollywood actressSaurabh Shukla , Bollywood actorSonal Chauhan , Bollywood actressNawazuddin Siddiqui , actor, (Gangs of Wasseypur Abhishek Bachchan Rajpal Yadav Pooja Batra Vedita Pratap Singh , model & actressSurinder Pal , actorChitrangada Singh , actressAnushka Sharma ,Bollywood actressShweta Tiwari ,Indian famous Television ActressPriyanka Chopra ,Indian famous Film ActressDirectors/producers
K. Asif , film director, film producer and screenwriter who worked on the Hindi epic motion picture, Mughal-e-Azam Shaad Ali , film directorKamal Amrohi , directorPrakash Mehra , directorPrasoon Pandey , directorVishal Bharadwaj , Omkara directorAnurag Kashyap , directorAbhinav Kashyap , directorTigmanshu Dhulia , directorSingers
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