List of people from Telangana

This is a list of famous and notable people from Telangana, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those persons who were born in the state of Telangana and that part of the former Hyderabad State that now is part of the modern state of Telangana.

Royalty

Kakatiya Dynasty

The Nizam of Hyderabad

Award winners

Bharat Ratna

Zakir Hussain

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

Padmasri Award

Nerella Venu Madhav, Arts
Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, Service
Mukesh Kumar, Sports
P. V. Sindhu, Sports
Sania Mirza, Sports
Gajam Anjaiah, Arts
Raja and Radha Reddy, Arts
Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Arts
Saina Nehwal, Sports
Gopi Chand Mannam, Medicine
Laxma Goud, Arts
Sunitha Krishnan, Social Work
Kota Srinivasa Rao, Arts
VVS Laxman, Sports
Gagan Narang, Sports
Gajam Govardhana, Arts
Ravi Kumar Narra, Social Work
Mohammad Ali Baig, Arts
Srikanth Kidambi, Sports
Kakarla Subba Rao, Medicine
Jeelani Bano, Literature
Dasari Prasada Rao, Medicine
Mukesh Kumar, Sports
Lavu Narendranath, Science
Mujtaba Hussain, Medicine
Nataraja Ramakrishna, Arts
Shantha Sinha, Social Work
M. V. Rao, Science
Narla Tata Rao, Science
Perugu Siva Reddy, Medicine
S. S. Rajamouli, Arts

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Paidi Jairaj

Jnanpith Award

C. Narayanareddy, for his Telugu poetic work Viswambara

Dronacharya Award

Mohammad Ilyas Babar, athletics
Syed Naeemuddin, football

Arjuna Award

Maria Irudayam,Carrom
Mir Khasim Ali, table tennis
Mohammad Azharuddin, cricket
Mukesh Kumar, hockey
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, badminton
Sania Mirza, tennis
Syed Nayeemuddin, football
Yousuf Khan, football
Mohammed Habib, football
Pusarla Venkata Ramana, volleyball
Kidambi Srikanth, badminton
Saina Nehwal, badminton
Parupalli Kashyap, badminton
Anup Kumar Yama, roller-skating
Gagan Narang, shooting

Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu

Suravaram Pratap Reddy, for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, for his Timiramotho Samaram 1974
Cingireddy Narayana Reddy, for his Mantalu Manavudu 1973

Education

Prof. K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University; former member of the UPSC
Arjula Ramachandra Reddy, distinguished biologist; founder Vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University; Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationist and Telangana activist

MultiNational Company CEO's

Satya Narayana Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corporation.

Shantanu Narayen, Chairman and CEO of Adobe Inc.

Film industry

Shashi Preetam, music director
Vandemataram Srinivas
Vijay Deverakonda
Aditi Rao Hydari
Kiran Rao
B. Narsing Rao
Nithiin
C. Narayanareddy
Chakri, composer
Chandrabose
Dasarathi Krishnamacharya
Madhura Sreedhar Reddy
Dil Raju
Harish Shankar
Kanta Rao
M. Prabhakar Reddy
N.Shankar
Nandini Reddy
Nikhil Siddharth
Paidi Jairaj
Rahul Ramakrishna
Reshma Rathore
Shyam Benegal
Suddala Ashok Teja
Surender Reddy
Venu Madhav
Udaya Bhanu
Sampath Nandi
Shekhar Kammula
Dasharath
Siva Reddy
Vennela Kishore
Thagubothu Ramesh
Shabana Azmi
Farah Naaz
Tabassum Hashmi
Dia Mirza Handrich
Sampoornesh Babu
Sushmita Sen
Rajnesh Domalpalli, Telugu film director
Nagesh Kukunoor, filmmaker and screenwriter
Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam
Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Nag Ashwin
Sankalp Reddy

Lawyers

Subodh Markandeya, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India

Military chiefs

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81
Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09

Poets

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
Amjad Hyderabadi
Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India
Krishnamacharyulu Dasaradhi (1925–1987), poet and political activist
Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914–2002), poet and political activist
Suddala Hanmanthu, poet, best known for the Telugu folk song "Palletoori Pillagada"
Gummadi Vittal Rao, balladeer and Naxalite activist
Goreti Venkanna, poet and folk singer
Rasamayi Balakrishna, folk singer, poet and political activist
Ampasayya Naveen
Fani Badayuni, noted Urdu poet
Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Urdu poet
Bulemoni Venkateshwarlu
C. Narayanareddy
Sunkireddy Narayana Reddy
Chandrabose
Gaddar
Kancherla Gopanna or Bhakta Ramadasu
Palkuriki Somanna
Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao
Suddala Hanmanthu
Suddala Ashok Teja
Suravaram Pratapareddy
Vajjala Shiva Kumar
Varavara Rao
Vattikota AlwarSwamy
Gona Budda Reddy
Waheed Akhtar, Urdu poet, writer and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century
Marana
Mallinātha Sūri
Agasthya Kavi
Andesri
Dasaradhi Rangacharya
Nandini Sidda Reddy

News writers

Vattikota Alwar Swamy (1915–1961), Telugu writer, human rights activist, communist leader, journalist and publisher
Suravaram Pratapareddy (1896–1953), social historian
Suddala Ashok Teja, Tollywood lyric writer
Arunodaya Vimala, balladeer and social activist

Politicians

Zakir Hussain, Third President of India and former governor of Bihar
P. V. Narasimha Rao, ex-CM of AP and ninth Prime Minister of India
Sarojini Naidu, first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman governor (to United Provinces)
Padmaja Naidu, founder of INC in the Hyderabad State, former governor of West Bengal
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, first elected Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State (Independent India)
Marri Chenna Reddy, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
Jalagam Vengal Rao, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
Tanguturi Anjaiah, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao,Chief Minister of Telangana State; founder of TRS;
Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 2019, EX MP Sec-bad.
Jaipal Reddy, ex-MP (13th, 14th and 15th Lokh Sabha); Minister, GOI
Naini Narshimha Reddy,EX Home Minister of Telangana,MLC,TRS Party Senior Leader
Sabita Indra Reddy, Education Minister of Telangana from 2019
R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP party
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, ex-MP, former General Secretary for the Communist Party of India
Renuka Chowdhury, former Union minister of State and member of numerous parliamentary committees
Alimineti Madhava Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh
P. Shiv Shankar, ex-MP, Union Law Minister - GOI
G. Sanjeeva Reddy, ex-MP Rajya Sabha,Ex-Minister of labour
G. Venkat Swamy, ex-MP (14th Lok Sabha); ex- Minister, GOI
Linganna Pujari, Mumbai
Ponnala Lakshmaiah, President, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee; ex-Minister of AP
Tadur Bala Goud, Champion of the Backward Class community; former Minister, MLA; twice an MP in 8th and 9th Lok Sabha
V. Srinivas Goud, MLA, AP
Bandaru Dattatreya, MP (Lok Sabha) and Minister, GOI
P. Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary, BJP
Ponnam Prabhakar Goud, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
Manda Jagannadham, MP (15th Lok Sabha)
Ramesh Rathod, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
Gutha Sukender Reddy, Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council from 2019
Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
Sabita Indra Reddy, ex-minister, Andhra Pradesh
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, ex-minister, AP
Kunduru Jana Reddy, ex-Minister Panchayat Raj (2010), AP
Madan Mohan, MLA
K. T. Rama Rao, MLA
T. Harish Rao, MLA
K. Kavitha, MP; founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
G. Kishan Reddy, MLA, President of the BJP, AP
Marri Shashidhar Reddy, MLA, member of the National Disaster Management Authority
Etela Rajender, MLA
Kadiyam Srihari, MP
Konda Surekha, MLA, ex-Minister, AP
Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, founder of Lok Satta Party
Ramreddy Damodar Reddy, MLA
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MLA, Chief Whip for the Congress Party
Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationalist
G. Vivekanand, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
Revanth Reddy, MP, Malkajgiri
R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP
Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, President Of AIMIM
Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA , Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly from AIMIM

Religious figures

Hinduism

Kancherla Gopanna

Islam

Sportspersons

Mukesh Kumar, field hockey
Mohammad Azharuddin, cricket; Indian team captain
Mithali Raj, cricket; Indian women's cricket team captain
Sania Mirza, tennis
Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, bodybuilding
Parupalli Kashyap, badminton
Saina Nehwal, badminton
V.V.S.Laxman, cricket
Jwala Gutta, badminton
Gagan Narang, shooting
P.V.Sindhu, badminton

Other notable people

Chakali Ailamma, revolutionary leader
Komaram Bheem, 20th-century freedom fighter
Suddala Hanumanthu, freedom fighter, writer, balladeer
Kothapalli Jayashankar, political activist and academic
Malik Motasim Khan, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
V. Prakash, educational activist
Chukka Ramaiah, educator
Bholekar Srihari, painter, sculptor and printmaker
Suresh Venapally, Indian mathematician known for his research work in algebra
Gaddar, artist, politician
Varavara Rao, poet
Ganapathi, leader of the banned extremist group CPI (Maoist)
Raavi Narayana Reddy, revolutionary, leader of CPI, parliamentarian
Noel David, former Team India cricketer
Kanwaljit Singh, multiple Ranji record-breaking all-rounder
Mohammed Siraj, represented Team India in cricket
Diya Mirza, former Miss Asia-Pacific pageant winner
Vivek Oberoi, Hindi film actor
Tabu, Hindi film actress, multiple national awards winner
Harsha Bhogle, popular cricket commentator and founder of cricbuzz.com
M. L. Jaisimha, Team India cricket player
Arshad Ayub, Former India team player and manager
Shivlal Yadav, former India team player
Abbas Ali Baig, player and coach of India Cricket Team
Abdul Basith, former captain of the Indian Men's Volleyball Team
K. Kavitha, political activist, founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
M. Kodandaram, political activist and chairman of All-Party Telangana Joint Action Committee
Vani Kola, venture capitalist, co-founder of Kalaari Capital
Nerella Venu Madhav, often regarded as the father of Indian mimicry

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