Upadhyay
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Upadhyaya is a Hindu Brahmin name from Sanskrit upādhyāya "teacher" (from upa ‘with, under’ + adhyāya ‘studying’).
Notable people
- Amar Upadhyay, Indian model, film and television actor
- Amod Prasad Upadhyay (born 1936), Nepalese social worker and politician
- Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay (1865–1947), writer of Hindi literature
- Brahmabandhav Upadhyay (1861–1907), Bengali Brahmin, nephew of the Indian freedom-fighter Kalicharan Banerjee
- Chabilal Upadhyaya (1882–1980), Nepali Brahmin(Bahun), First President (Selected) of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
- Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972), Indian artist, accused of a 2015 murder
- Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay, Indian politician
- Deendayal Upadhyaya (1916–1968), Indian politician and thinker, co-founder of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- Darshan Upadhyaya, Canada-born American esports player
- Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994), Gujarati author
- Hema Upadhyay (1972–2015), Indian artist who lived and worked in Mumbai, India since 1998
- Kedar Nath Upadhyay, Chief Justice of Nepal at Supreme Court
- Kishore Upadhyaya, Indian politician
- Krishnakant Upadhyay (born 1986), cricketer from Uttar Pradesh
- Lalit Upadhyay, Indian field hockey player, part of Indian national team
- Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay, Indian politician and statesman, leader in the Indian independence movement
- Ram Kinkar Upadhyay, scholar on Indian scriptures and a recipient of Padma Bhushan
- Samrat Upadhyay, Nepalese writer who writes in English
- Satish Upadhyay (born 1962), the President of the Delhi Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Seema Upadhyay (born 1965), Indian politician, belonging to Bahujan Samaj Party
- Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay, Nepalese diplomat and politician
- Shrikrishna Upadhyay (born 1945), Nepalese economist
- Umesh Upadhyay, Indian television journalist and media executive
- . Ved Prakash Upaddhay (born 1947) an Indian Sanskrit anf Hinduism scholar, author, lecturer, professor, educationist
- Vikas Upadhyay (born 1975), Indian politician, general secretary for All India Youth Congress