List of people from Ballia

The following is a list of notable people from or related to Ballia, India.

Activism, social work, and philanthropy

• Mangal Pandey – Prominent soldier in the 1857 revolution of India
• Chittu Pandey – Activist of 1942 Quit India movement
• Prasiddh Narayan Singh 'Prasiddh' - Activist of 1942 Quit India Movement, Social activist, Poet
• Bhrigu Maharaj – Brahmin saint from Ballia district
• Raja Mohar Singh – Raja of Maurha from 1894 until 1923
• Rabindra Nath Upadhyay – Social worker

Art and literature

• Amarkant – Writer of Hindi literature
• Bulaki Das – Bhojpuri Poet
• Baldev Upadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar, literary historian and essayist
• Doodhnath Singh – Hindi language writer, critic and poet
• Kedarnath Singh – Poet, critic, and essayist
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – Novelist and literary historian
• Prasiddh Narayan Singh 'Prasiddh' - Poet
• Siddhant Chaturvedi – Bollywood actor
• Parusaram Charirvedi -

Hindi Writer

Professors and scientists

• Jagadish Shukla – Meteorologist

Politics and government

• Chandra Shekhar – 8th Prime Minister of India
• Jayaprakash Narayan – Independence activist and political leader
• Tarkeshwar Pandey – Member of Parliament
• Murli Manohar – Politician from Uttar Pradesh state, member of parliament in 1962 for the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency from the Indian National Congress
• Neeraj Shekhar – MP Rajay shabha (son of Ex Prime Minister Sh. Chandra Shekhar)
• Janeshwar Mishra – Ex MP Rajyasabha, Ex Rail Minister
• Harivansh Narayan Singh – Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (2018)
• Bharat Singh - Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Virendra Singh Mast - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 17th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Upendra Tiwari - Bharatiya Janta Party - Member of Legislative Assembly (Constituency - Phephana ,Ballia) (2012-2017) and again in (2017), Minister of State (Independent charge) in Government of Uttar Pradesh (2017)