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This is a list of some of the notable people from [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]].
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This is a list of some of the [[notable]] people either born or brought up in [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]].
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==Award winners==
*[[Albert Ekka|Lance Naik Albert Ekka]]

*[[Birsa Munda]]
===Padma Bhushan===
*[[Cardinal Telesphore Toppo]]
*[[Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay]] - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian
*[[Jaipal Singh]]
*[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] - 2018, Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian [[national team]] in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test [[cricket]] from 2008 to 2014.
*[[Kanhu Murmu]]
*[[Kariya Munda]] - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha
*[[Kartik Oraon]]

===Padma Shri===
* [[Shashadhar Acharya]] - 2020, Chhau dancer
*[[Premlata Agarwal]] - 2013
*[[Ashok Bhagat]] - 2015, social worker and secretary of Vikas Bharti
*[[Makar Dhwaja Darogha]] - 2011, Chhau Dancer
*[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] - 2009, Indian international cricketer
*[[Gopal Prasad Dubey|Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey]] - 2012, Chhau dancer and choreographer
*[[Balbir Dutt]] - 2017, journalist
*[[Girdhari Ram Gonjhu]] - 2022, Literature
*[[Chutni Devi]] - 2021, social worker
*[[Digamber Hansda]] - 2018
*[[Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh]] - 2020, folk singer
*[[Bulu Imam]] - 2019, activist
*[[Deepika Kumari]] - 2016, sports, archery
*[[Vasundhara Komkali]] - 2006, classical musician
*[[Mukund Nayak]] - 2017, folk singer
*[[Parasu Ram Mishra]]
*[[Ram Dayal Munda]] - 2010, Indian scholar and regional music exponent
*[[Simon Oraon]] - 2016, Indian environmentalist and social worker
*[[Shyama Charan Pati]] - 2006, Chhau Dancer
*[[Kedar Nath Sahoo]] - 2005, classical dancer
*[[Janum Singh Soy]] - 2023, scholar and educationist
*[[Jamuna Tudu]] - 2019, environmental activist
===Sangeet Natak Akademi Award===
*[[Chetan Joshi]], flautist
*[[Mahavir Nayak]], nagpuri folk singer
*[[Mukund Nayak]], folk artist

===Jharkhand Gaurav Samman===
*[[Lal Vijay Shahdeo]] - 2019, film director, producer and writer

=== Nari Shakti Puraskar ===
*[[Chami Murmu]] - 2019, environmental activist
*[[Bharti Kashyap|Dr. Bharti Kashyap]] - 2017, vision and safe motherhood intervention

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

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

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

==Business and industry==
*[[Anurag Dikshit]] - born in [[Dhanbad]], ranked 207 by ''Forbes'' among the world's richest people in 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/7XUE.html|title = Forbes List Directory|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref>
*[[Atul Kochhar]] - Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality
*[[Mahesh Poddar]] - industrialist
*[[Ashwin Srivastava]] - venture capitalist

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

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

===Cinematographer / Choreographers===
*[[Aseem Mishra]] - cinematographer, born in Dhanbad
*[[Alisha Singh]] - choreographer and actor, born in Ranchi

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

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

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

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

==Jurists and Lawyers==
*[[Binod Bihari Mahato]] - lawyer, politician, political activist
*[[Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo]] - jurist and political activist
*[[Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo]] - lawyer, writer, political activist

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

==Gallantry Awards winner==
*[[Rakesh Asthana]]
*[[Albert Ekka]] - recipient of [[Param Vir Chakra]]
*[[Randhir Prasad Verma]] - recipient of [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]

==Poetry==
*[[Anuj Lugun]] - won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/hindi-stalwarts-praise-tribal-poet-000000197.html |title=Hindi stalwarts praise tribal poet - Yahoo News India |access-date=2014-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112214729/https://in.news.yahoo.com/hindi-stalwarts-praise-tribal-poet-000000197.html |archive-date=2014-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Ghasiram Mahli]] - Nagpuri poet
*[[Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo]] - Nagpuri poet
*[[Raghunath Shah]] - Nagvanshi king and poet
*[[Dalel Singh (king)|Dalel Singh]], poet
*[[Ram Krishna Singh]] - published seventeen poetry collections in English<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nazar Look 2013-09|url=https://issuu.com/kirim-tatar-kitaplari/docs/nazar_2013_09_online|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Issuu|language=en}}</ref>

==Politics==
===Activist===
* [[Arjun Munda]]
*[[Banna Gupta]]
*[[Surya Singh Besra]] - politician and activist
*[[Binod Bihari Mahato]] - lawyer, politician, political activist
*[[Nirmal Mahto]] - political activist
*[[Teklal Mahto]] - politician
*[[Thakur Ji Pathak]] - Indian activist, politician, businessman, well-known leader of Jharkhand(bihar)
*[[Jaipal Singh Munda]], hockey player and tribal leader
*[[Kunal Sarangi]] - politician
*[[Rudra Pratap Sarangi]] - politician and activist
*[[Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo]] - lawyer, writer, political activist
*[[Shibu Soren]] - politician

===Governors of other states===
*[[Bhishma Narain Singh]] - [[Assam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Pondicherry]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
*[[Rameshwar Thakur]] - [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Odisha]], [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]

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

===Cabinet minister===
*[[Yadunath Baskey]] - Minister in Bihar government
*[[Satyanand Bhogta]] - minister of labour
*[[Sudesh Kumar Mahto]] - former deputy chief minister
*[[Arjun Munda]] - Minister of Tribal Affairs of India
*[[Kariya Munda]] - former speaker of Loksabha
*[[Vimla Pradhan]] - former tourism minister
*[[Dinesh Sarangi]] - first health minister Jharkhand
*[[Sanatan Sardar]] - Veteran tribal leader, former irrigation minister, Bihar and three-term MLA from Potka
*[[Subodh Kant Sahay]] - former cabinet minister, government of India
*[[Basant Narain Singh]] - cabinet minister in Bihar
*[[Jayant Sinha]] - aviation minister
*[[Yashwant Sinha]] - former Union Cabinet minister, Government of India

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

==Religion==
*[[Thakur Anukulchandra]]
*[[Father Kamil Bulke]]
*[[Parshvanatha]] - twenty-third [[Tirthankara]] of Jainism
*[[Telesphore Toppo]]
*[[Dular Lakra]]

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

==Social service==
* [[Jyoti Dhawale]] - HIV activist
* [[Bharti Kashyap|Dr. Bharti Kashyap]] - vision and cervical cancer activist
* [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]] - 19th Century Indian educator and social reformer

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

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

===Cricket===
*[[Varun Aaron]]
*[[Kirti Azad]]
*[[Rajesh Chauhan]]
*[[Kumar Deobrat]]
*[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]
*[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]
*[[Shibu Soren]]
*[[Ishank Jaggi]]
*[[Sido Murmu]]
*[[Monu Kumar]]
*[[Yashwant Sinha]]
*[[Kumar Kushagra]]
*[[Kenny Thomas Lucas]]
*[[Shahbaz Nadeem]]
*[[Shubhlakshmi Sharma]] - Indian female cricket player
*[[Tanushree Dutta]]
*[[Pratyush Singh]] - made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 20 October 2016.
*[[Randhir Singh (cricketer)|Randhir Singh]]
*[[Utkarsh Singh]]
*[[Virat Singh]]
*[[Saurabh Tiwary]]
*[[Rahul Tripathi]]
*[[Vikash Vishal]]
*[[Ishan Kishan]]

===Association football===
*[[Deepak Mondal]] - Indian professional footballer
*[[Sanjay Balmuchu]] - [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]], plays as a [[midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]] in the [[I-League]]; 2012 graduate of the [[Tata Football Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Kapadia|first=Novy|title=Silver Jubilee of Tata Football Academy|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/10/21/silver-jubilee-of-tata-football-academy/|work=SportsKeeda|access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[Lal Mohan Hansda]] - Indian footballer, plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Prayag United S.C.]] in the I-League
*[[Munmun Lugun]] - Indian footballer, plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Pune F.C.|Pune]] in the I-League

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


===Lawn bowls===
*[[Lovely Choubey]]
*[[Rupa Rani Tirkey]]


===Mountaineering===
*[[Premlata Agarwal]] - [[mountain climber]]; on May 21, 2011, became the oldest Indian woman to summit [[Mount Everest]], at age 45<ref name=tele>{{cite news |title=On the top of the world - Steel city mom oldest Indian woman to scale Everest |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110521/jsp/frontpage/story_14009988.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524162250/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110521/jsp/frontpage/story_14009988.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Binita Soren]] - [[mountain climber]]; on May 26, 2012, became the first tribal woman to summit [[Mount Everest]], at age 25<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everest climbers spur high spirits |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/everest-climbers-spur-high-spirits/cid/411345 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
==Others==
*[[Rameesh Kailasam]] - governance reform and policy expert from India
*[[Swati Ghosh]] - contemporary artist


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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Award winners[edit]

Padma Bhushan[edit]

Padma Shri[edit]

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award[edit]

Jharkhand Gaurav Samman[edit]

Nari Shakti Puraskar[edit]

Academics[edit]

Authors[edit]

Bureaucrats[edit]

Business and industry[edit]

Cinema and theatre[edit]

Actors[edit]

Actresses[edit]

Cinematographer / Choreographers[edit]

Directors / Producers[edit]

Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet[edit]

Freedom fighters and revolutionaries[edit]

Journalism[edit]

Jurists and Lawyers[edit]

Medical[edit]

Gallantry Awards winner[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Politics[edit]

Activist[edit]

Governors of other states[edit]

Chief Minister[edit]

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

Cabinet minister[edit]

Other[edit]

Religion[edit]

Rulers[edit]

Social service[edit]

Sports[edit]

Archery[edit]

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

Boxing[edit]

Cricket[edit]

Association football[edit]

Hockey[edit]

Lawn bowls[edit]

Mountaineering[edit]

Others[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Forbes List Directory". Forbes.
  2. ^ "Hindi stalwarts praise tribal poet - Yahoo News India". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  3. ^ "Nazar Look 2013-09". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. ^ Kapadia, Novy. "Silver Jubilee of Tata Football Academy". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. ^ "On the top of the world - Steel city mom oldest Indian woman to scale Everest". The Telegraph (Kolkata). May 21, 2011. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.
  6. ^ "Everest climbers spur high spirits". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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