List of people from Jharkhand

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

Award winners

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shri

Jharkhand Gaurav Samman

Academics

Authors

Business and industry

Cinema and theatre

Actors

Actresses

Cinematographer / Choreographers

Directors / Producers

Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet

Freedom fighters and revolutionaries

Journalism

Jurists and Lawyers

lawyer, writer, political activist

Medical

Gallantry Awards winner

Poetry

Politics

Activist

Governors of other states

Chief Minister

  • Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
  • Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri
  • 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
  • Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district
  • Hemant Soren - currently Chief Minister of Jharkhand
  • Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
  • Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand
  • Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand
  • Shibu Soren

Others

Religion

Rulers

Social service

  • Jyoti Dhawale
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - spent the last 18 to 20 years of his life among the Santhals at Karmatar, Jamtara district; the station Karmatar has been renamed as 'Vidyasagar' railway station in his honour
  • Rajesh Thakur - social worker and President of Helping Hands in Bokaro

Sports

Archery

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

Boxing

Cricket

Association football

Hockey

Mountaineering

Others

  • Atul Kochhar - Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality
  • Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi; former Director of Prime Minister's office (PMO), New Delhi
  • Rameesh Kailasam - governance reform and policy expert from India
  • Subodh Kumar Jaiswal - Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)

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