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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. Kindly add people by occupation and give a brief introduction about their field of contributions while adding names to this list.
Deities and Avtaras
- Rama (Birth place: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 worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism.
- Lakshmana (Birth place:Ayodhya), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic 'Ramayana'
Authors of the Great Epics
- Valmiki,wrote "Ramayan"
- Vyasa (Devanāgarī: व्यास) is a central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions who authored Mahabharata
- Tulsidasa, Awadhi poet and philosopher, wrote Rāmacaritamānasa ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to Lord Rama.
Yogis, Sufis and Mystics
- Kabir,poet and Saint
- Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint born in Badayun
- Amir Khusro, Sufi mystic, one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.
- Sant Ravidas,poet and Saint
- Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri.
- Waris Pak of Deva Sharif, Barabanki
- Paramhansa Yogananda, Mystic who introduced Yoga in the West
- Surdas was a blind Hindu poet, sant and musician
- Shiv Dayal Singh,Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis
- Shriram Sharma Acharya, founder Gayatri Parivar
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,Internationally renowned Yogi (not born in UP)
Freedom Fighters
1857
- Mangal Pandey,foremost freedom fighter of 1857
- Rani Laxmibai, Indian freedom fighter from Jhansi.
- Begum Hazrat Mahal, Indian freedom fighter in Indian Mutiny of 1857.
Post 1857
- Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian freedom fighter.
- Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, freedom fighter, journalist
- Capt Lakshmi Sehgal, of INA
- Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian freedom fighter and socialist.
- Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian freedom fighter and politician, became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Also Bharat Ratna[1] recipient.
- Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori, Indian freedom fighter. He was close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad.
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian freedom fighter and socialist.
- Acharya Narendra Dev, socialist
- Ram Manohar Lohia, socialist
- Hasrat Mohani, freedom fighter and poet
- Asaf Ali, freedom fighter
- Rajendra Lahiri, freedom fighter
- Maulana Mohammad Ali, freedom fighter
- Purushottam Das Tandon, freedom fighter
- Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter
- Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, freedom fighter
- Mahavir Tyagi, freedom fighter
National / International Award Winners
Bharat Ratna
- Bhagwan Das, philosopher and Freedom Fighter
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
- Rajrishi Purushottam Das Tandon, Freedom Fighter
- Lal Bahadur Shastri, Freedom Fighter
- Indira Gandhi,Frredom Fighter
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Freedom Fighter (born Madhya Pradesh)
- Jayaprakash Narayan, Freedom Fighter (born Bihar)
- Ravi Shankar,Sitar Maesro
- Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai Maestro
Param Vir Chakra
- Naik Jadu Nath Singh
- Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
- Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey
Maha Vir Chakra
Padma Vibhushan
- Justice V. N. Khare
Ashok Chakra
Padma Bhushan
- Prof Irfan Habib, Historian
- Qurratulain Hyder,Author
- Josh Malihabadi, Poet
- Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Maestro
Padma Shree
- Runa Banerjee,Social Work
- Muzaffar Ali, Films
- Asifa Zamani, Persian Scholar
- K.P. Saxena, Writer
- K.D. Singh Babu, Hockey Olympian
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
- Naushad Ali, Music Composer
- Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist
Jnanpith Awards
- Firaq Gorakhpuri, poet
- Mahadevi Verma,poet
- Qurratulain Hyder, writer
- Ali Sardar Jafri,writer and poet
Magasaysay Award
Arjuna Award
- Syed Modi,Badminton
- Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Badminton
- Moraad Ali Khan,shooter
Science and Medicine
- Ashoka Jahnavi-Prasad
- Harish-Chandra, was an Indian mathematician, who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups.
- Zahoor Qasim, Oceanographer,leader of first Indian Expedition to Antarctica
- P. K. Sethi, inventor of "Jaipur Foot"
- Kamla Kant Pandey,notable plant geneticist
- Mriganka Sur,Neuroscientist at MIT
Holders of High Offices
Vice President
Prime Ministers
- Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna[1] awardee.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna[1] awardee.
- Indira Gandhi, fourth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna[1] awardee.
- Choudhary Charan Singh, sixth Prime Minister of India
- Vishwanath Pratap Singh, eighth Prime Mininster of India
- Chandra Shekhar, ninth Prime Minister of India
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, ex Prime Minister of Nepal
Governors
- Saiyid Nurul Hasan, former Governor of West Bengal
- Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand
- Khurshid Alam Khan, former Governor of Karnataka
- Mohammad Yunus Saleem,former Governor of Bihar
- A R Kidwai, Governor of Haryana
- Mohammad Fazal, former Governor of Maharashtra
- Girish Chandra Saxena,former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
Chief Ministers
- Govind Ballabh Pant
- Sampurnanand
- Sucheta Kripalani
- Chandra Bhanu Gupta
- Kamalpati Tripathi
- Hemvati Bahuguna
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari
- Choudhary Charan Singh
- Rajnath Singh
- Kalyan Singh
- Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Mayawati, present Chief Minister of UP
Other prominent political leaders
Pre Independence
- Motilal Nehru, prominent Indian National Congress leader
- Dr.Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, former President of Indian National Congress
Post Independence
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Congress leader and Minister
- Mohsina Kidwai, former Minister
- Sheila Kaul,former Minister
- Raj Narain,former Minister
- Noor Bano,political leader
- Mohammad Azam Khan, political leader
- Mahendra Singh Tikait, Kisan leader
- Rajeev Shukla, journalist and political leader
- Amar Singh, political leader
- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, political leader
- Arif Mohammad Khan, political leader
- Choudhary Ajit Singh, political leader
- Satish Mishra, Deputy CM of UP
- Promod Tiwari, political leader
Authors
Hindi
- Munshi Prem Chand, renowned novelist, was one of the greatest literary figures of modern Hindi and Urdu literature.
- Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hindi writer, who made major contributions in the field of journalism, drama and poetry.
- Amritlal Nagar, Hindi writer
- Bhagwati Charan Verma, Hindi writer
- Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan, popularly known by his pen-name "Ajneya" (or Agyeya), was a pioneer of modern trends not only in the realm of Hindi poetry, but also fiction, criticism and journalism
- Jaishankar Prasad,Hindi writer
- Yashpal, Hindi writer
- Rahul Sankrityayan, Hindi writer
Urdu
- Ibne Safi Novelist of Jasoosi Duniya fame
- Qurratulain Hyder, writer of Aag Ka Darya fame
- Ismat Chugtai, writer
- Mirza Hadi Ruswa, author of Umrao Jaan
English
- Allan Sealy, Novelist and writer
- Attia Hosain, English author and journalist
- Namita Gokhale,A uthor
- Vikas Swarup, Author of "Q&A"
- Rukun Advani, Author and publisher
- Mariam-Karim Ahlawat, writes for children
Poets
Urdu
- Mirza Ghalib, was a renowned classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent.
- Mir Anis, Urdu Marsia poet
- Maulana Hali, Urdu poet, one of the most well-regarded biographers of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetry.
- Firaq Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith[2] award
- Kaifi Azmi, Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter.
- Safi Lakhnavi, eminent Urdu poet
- Majrooh Sultanpuri, poet and lyricist
- Josh Malihabadi,eminent Urdu poet
- Firaq Gorakhpuri, eminent Urdu poet
- Jigar Moradabadi, Urdu poet
- Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu poet
- Khumar Barabankvi, Urdu poet
- Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, Urdu poet
- Brij Narayan Chakbast, Urdu poet
- Akbar Allahabadi, poet
- Majaz, Urdu poet
Hindi
- Jaishankar Prasad, one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi.
- 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[2] award in 1982.
- Sumitranandan Pant, one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi.
- Maithilisharan Gupt, one of the most famous modern Hindi poets.
- Gopal Das Neeraj, Hindi poetKaka Hathrasi, Humorous Poet
- Shivmangal Singh Suman
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
Founders of Educational Institutions
- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University.
- Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of Benaras Hindu University.
- Jagdish Gandhi, founder of the City Montessori School.
Defence Services
- Manoj Kumar Pandey, 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra[3] recipient.
- Abdul Hamid (soldier), 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra[3] recipient.
- Jadu Nath Singh, 1 Rajput Regiment, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra[3] recipient.
- Brigadier Mohammad Usman, receipient of Maha Vir Chakra
- Trevor Keelor IAF , Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
- Denzil Keelor IAF , Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner and Kirti Chakra recipient.
- S.K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
Civil Service / Diplomacy
- Isha Basant Joshi, first woman to be appointed IAS officer
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, and the first female President of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Girija Shankar Bajpai, First Foreign Secretary of India
- Braj Kumar Nehru, a relative of Jawaharlal Nehru, served as a diplomat, as ambassador to several countries and was offered the post of United Nations Secretary-General in 1951, but declined. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award in 1999.
- Vijaylakshmi Pandit, former UN diplomat
- Naresh Chandra Saxena, Eminent bureaucrat
- Yogendra Narain, former Defence Secretary of India
- Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner of India
- B.K.Chaturvedi, former Cabinet Secretary
- B.B.Tandon, former Chief Election Commissioner
Music and Dance
- Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, eminent Musician
- Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai maestro, awarded the Bharat Ratna[1], (2001), also had the distinction of being one of the few people to be awarded all the top four civilian awards.
- Pandit Ravi Shankar, classical Sitar player, awarded the Bharat Ratna[1] in 1999. He has also won three Grammy awards.
- Begum Akhtar, was a Ghazal singer
- Naushad, music director, was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.
- Sir Cliff Richard, the popular English singer
- Lachhu Maharaj, Kathak exponent
- Birju Maharaj, Kathak exponent
- Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Maestro
- Talat Mahmood, ghazal singer
- Anup Jalota, Ghazal and Bhajan Singer
- Baba Sehgal, Singer
- Hari Prasad Chaurasia, bansuri player
- Shubha Mudgal, Singer
Sports
Hockey
- Dhyan Chand, former international hockey player, awarded the Padma Bhushan[4], India's third highest civilian honour
- 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 hockey player, was member of the Indian team that won Gold Medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1980 and Padma Shri in 1986.
Cricket
- Mohammed Kaif, international cricketer
- Bob Woolmer, international cricketer, professional coach and also a professional commentator.
- Suresh Raina, international cricketer
- Rudra Pratap Singh, international cricketer
- Chetan Chauhan, former Test cricketer
- Arun Lal, former Test cricketer
- Hemlata Kala, member Indian Women's Cricket team
- Gopal Sharma, cricketer
- Gyanendra Pandey, cricketer
Badminton
- Abhinn Shyam Gupta, former national badminton champion
- Syed Modi, former badminton champion
Other sports
- Moraad Ali Khan, shooter
- Ghaus Mohammad, first Indian to reach Quarterfinal of Wimbeldon
Journalism
- Manikonda Chalapathi Rau, was an eminent Indian journalist and an authority on the Nehruvian thought.
- Feroze Gandhi, Managing editor of National Herald
- Dharamvir Bharati, former editor of Dharamyug magazine
- Arun Nehru, former Minister and Columnist
- Saeed Naqvi, Journalist and TV producer
- Vinod Mehta, editor Outlook magazine
- Narendra Mohan, Dainik Jagran
- Aniruddha Bahal, investigative journalist
- Kunal Pradhan, Reuters
- Pankaj Mishra, Journalist
Electronic
- Kamal Khan, NDTV
- Ruchi Kumar, India TV
- Sameer Abbas, IBN 7
- Govind Pant Raju, AajTak
Cinema
Actors
- Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood actor, and one of the most prominent figures in the Indian film industry, awarded the Padma Bhushan[4] in 2001.
- Naseeruddin Shah, actor
- Marc Zuber, actor
- Raj Babbar, actor and Member of Parliament.
- Jaddanbai,actor
- Nargis, was an actress best known for her role in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India.
- Nimmi, film actress in the 1950s.
- Lara Dutta, actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe.
- Raju Srivastava, Comedian
- Joy Mukherjee, actor
- Subodh Mukherjee, actor
Directors / Producers
- K. Asif, was a film director, film producer and screenwriter who was famous for his work for the Hindi epic motion picture, Mughal-e-Azam.
- Shaad Ali, film director
- Kamal Amrohi, Director of Pakeezah fame
- Prakash Mehra, Director
- Muzaffar Ali, film producer. director
- Shama Zaidi, documentary film maker
- Waris Hussein , film maker in UK
- Abrar Alvi, film writer , director
Singers
Lyricists
- Shakeel Badayuni
- Indeevar
- Shakeel Badayuni
- Majrooh Sultanpuri
- Khumar Barabankvi
- Javed Akhtar
- Kaifi Azmi
- Ali Sardar Jafri
- Anjaan
Music Composers
Cinematographer
- Ravikant Nagaich, Cinematographer
Story /Script/Dialogue Writers
- Wajahat Mirza, writer of Mughal-e-Azam & Ganga Jamuna
- Javed Siddiqi, film script writer
- K.P.Saxena, dialogue writer of Lagaan
- Ali Reza, film story of 'Dus Numberi'
Nawabs of Awadh
- Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the fourth Nawab,founder of modern Lucknow
- Wajid Ali Shah, the poet, choreographer , the last King of Awadh
- Raja Todar Mal, Finance Minister and one of the Navratnasof Akbar
- Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Hindi Poet and a Navratna of Akbar
Television
- Kamleshwar
- Rahi Masoom Raza, dialogue writer of TV serial 'Ramayan'
- Roshan Abbas, TV host
- Gajendra Singh, TV programme producer
Judiciary
- Mohammad Hidayatullah,former Chief Justice of India
- VN Khare, former Chief Justice of India
- Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
- Jagmohanlal Sinha, judge
- Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru,eminent lawyer
Nature Lovers
- Sundarlal Bahuguna, Environmentlist
- Billy Arjan Singh, Conservationist
Business
- Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur
- Subroto Roy, Business leader
Social Service
- Nanaji Deshmukh, social worker
- Sandeep Pandey
Crime
Others
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- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Gandhian, first lady Minister of India
- Nayantara Sahgal, novelist and writer
- Begum Samru, historical figure
- Lala Deen Dayal, photographer
- Jaichand of Kannauj, historical figure
- Kamal Nath, politician
- Sheila Dikshit, CM of Delhi
- Imtiaz Qureshi, Master Chef of Awadhi Cuisine
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Vice Chancellor of BHU and first Director General of CSIR
- Ahmad Hasan Dani, archaeologist and historian.
- Lalmani Misra musician\
- Robert M. Pirsig, American philosopher
- Prakash Vir Shastri, Member of Parliament and advocate of the Arya Samaj movement
- Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla, Hindi writer and historian.
- Ram Chandra Shukla, painter.
- C. N. R. Rao, eminent scientist
- Jagannath Prasad Ratnakar,
- Devaki Nandan Khatri
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi,
- Tegh Ali
- Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya,
- Vagish Shastri,
- Baldev Upadhyaya,
- Vidya Niwas Mishra,
- Kashi Nath Singh
- Namvar Singh,
- Rudra Kashikeya,
- Nirgun
- Captain Ram Singh Thakur, was an Indian Freedom Fighter, Musician and the Composer of Indian National Anthem, Jana Gana.[5][6]
Art lovers and historians
- Rai Krishnadas, his son Prof. Anand Krishna,
- Pt. Omkarnath Thakur
- Siddheshwari Devi
- Dr.Lalmani Misra and his son Dr. Gopal Shankar Misra,
- Dr. N. Rajam,
- Dr.Rajbhan Singh,
- Pt.Anokhelal,
- Pt.Samta Prasad,
- Kanthe Maharaj,
- Pt.M. V. Kalvint,
- Sitara Devi,
- Gopi Krishna,
- Pt.Kishan Maharaj, Rajan and Sajan,
- Mahadev Mishra,
- Girija Devi
See also:
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f 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". awardee.
- ^ a b Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Padma Bhushan stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards.
- ^ INA hero Ram Singh dead. Times of India
- ^ A tribute to the legendary composer of National Anthem The Tribune
- Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award.
- Padma Shri stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
- Sahitya Akademi is an Indian organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.
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