List of people from Varanasi
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This is a list of notable people from Varanasi, India.
- Sir James Brooke, founder of the White Rajah dynasty of Sarawak
- Premchand, Hindi writer
- Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of the Banaras Hindu University
- Lal Bahadur Shastri, former Prime Minister of India, Bharat Ratna
- Bismillah Khan, Shehnai player, Bharat Ratna
- Channulal Mishra, Hindustani Classical player, Padma Bhushan
- Kishan Maharaj, Tabla player, Padma Vibhushan
- Ravi Shankar, Sitar player, Bharat Ratna
- Siddheshwari Devi, Khayal singer, Padma Shri
- Vikash Maharaj, Sarod Maestro
- Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna
- Prashanti Singh, basketball player
- Pandit Birju Maharaj
- Girija Devi, Padma Bhushan
- Ritwik Sanyal, Dhrupad
- Sitara Devi, Padma Shri
- Rai Krishnadasa., Padma Vibhushan
- Gopinath Kaviraj, Padma Vibhushan
- K.L. Shrimali, Padma Vibhushan
- Uday Shankar, Padma Vibhushan
- Rani Lakshmibai
- Kabir Das
- Tulsi Das
- Ravidas
- Bharatendu Harishchandra
- Vagish Shastri, Sanskrit scholar, Tantric, Linguist and Grammarian
- Shamta Prasad (Gudai Maharaj) Tabla player, Padma Shri
- Jaishankar Prasad
- Kashi Naresh, last king of Varanasi
- Devendra Nath Dwivedi, politician and the Governor designate of Gujarat
- Kamalapati Tripathi, writer, journalist, editor and freedom fighter
- Baldev Upadhyaya, Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic, Padma Bhushan
- Devaki Nandan Khatri, writer
