List of people from Odisha
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This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.
Literature
Age of Sarala Yuga
- Sarala Dasa (1465)
- Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)
Age of Upendra Bhanja
- Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
- Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)
Age of Radhanath
- Fakir Mohan Senapati
- Gangadhar Meher
- Radhanath Ray
- Madhusudan Rao
- Nanda Kishore Bal
- Gourishankar Ray
Post colonial age
Poets and authors
- Annada Shankar Ray
- Brajanath Ratha
- Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
- Fakir Mohan Senapati
- Gangadhar Meher
- Gopabandhu Das
- Gourahari Das
- Jachindra Rout
- Jagadish Mohanty
- Jagannath Prasad Das (Saraswati Samman winner)
- Jayadeva
- Jayanta Mahapatra
- Madhusudan Rao
- Manasi Pradhan
- Manoranjan Das
- Manmohan Acharya
- Mohammed Ayoob
- Nirmala Devi
- Pratibha Satpathy
- Pratyush Prakash
- Radhanath Ray
- Ramakanta Rath
- Ranjan Das
- Ramakrushna Nanda
- Sachidananda Raut Ray
- Sarala Dasa
- Sarojini Sahoo
- Satya Narayan Bohidar
- Sitakanta Mohapatra (Jnanpith Award winner)
- Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Writers and novelists
- Artabalabha Mohanti
- Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
- Brajanath Ratha
- Geeta Mehta
- Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award winner)
- Gourahari Das
- Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
- Krushna Chandra Kar
- Manoj Das
- Pratibha Ray
- Rajendra Prasad Das
- Shantanu Kumar Acharya
- Surendra Mohanty
- Uday Satpathy
Women's writings and feminism
Children's literature
Drama and plays
Short stories
Popular science
- Binod Kanungo
- Gokulananda Mohapatra
- Dr. Ramesh Chandra Parida
- Kamalakanta Jena
- Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
Education and Research
- Bhubaneswar Behera
- Bidhu Bhusan Das
- Keshab Chandra Dash
- Madhab Chandra Dash
- Ranjan Dash
- Deepak Kumar
- Prafulla Kumar Jena
- Baisali Mohanty
- Jitendra Nath Mohanty
- Saraju Mohanty
- Oopali Operajita
- Prana Krushna Parija
- Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
- Jogesh Pati
- Arun K. Pati
- Sam Pitroda
- Amiya Pujari
- Sanjay Rath
Artists
Actresses
- Anisha Ambrose
- Anu Chowdhury
- Aparajita Mohanty
- Archita Sahu
- Barsha Priyadarshini
- Bijaya Jena
- Jyoti Mishra
- Mahasweta Ray
- Naina Das
- Nandita Das
- Rameshwari
- Sulagna Panigrahi
- Tandra Ray
Actors
- Aarbind Jena
- Akash Das Nayak
- Anubhav Mohanty
- Arindam Roy
- Babushan
- Bijay Mohanty
- Buddhaditya Mohanty
- Chandan Kar
- Chandrachur Singh
- Dukhiram Swain
- Hara Patnaik
- Jayiram Samal
- Mihir Das
- Papu Pam Pam
- Pitobash Tripathy
- Prashanta Nanda
- Sabyasachi Mishra
- Sadhu Meher
- Sarat Pujari
- Siddhanta Mahapatra
- Sisir Misra
- Sriram Panda
- Uttam Mohanty
Dancers
Modern
Odissi Guru and dancers
- Gangadhar Pradhan
- Geeta Mahalik
- Kelucharan Mohapatra
- Mayadhar Raut
- Sanjukta Panigrahi
- Saswat Joshi
- Sonal Mansingh
- Sujata Mohapatra
- Sunanda Patnaik
- Oopali Operajita
- Baisali Mohanty
Filmmakers
- Bijoy Ketan Mishra
- Hara Patnaik
- Mira Nair
- Nila Madhab Panda
- Nitai Palit
- Prashanta Nanda
- Ravi Kinagi
- Sabyasachi Mohapatra
- Sadhu Meher
- Sisir Mishra
- Jitendra Mishra
Painters
Sand artists
Sculpture
Singers
- Akshaya Mohanty
- Bhikari Bal
- Arabinda Muduli
- Krishna Beura
- Pratyush Prakash
- Sikandar Alam[1][2][3]
- Sniti Mishra
- Sona Mohapatra
- Sunanda Patnaik
- Rituraj Mohanty
- Jitendra Haripal
Musicians
Designers
Jurists
- Ananga Kumar Patnaik; Serving Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of India
- Gopal Ballav Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
- Ranganath Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
Chief Executive Officers
Professionals
Managers
Physicians
- Ramakanta Panda (Cardiovascular Surgeon)
Journalists
- Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (Journalist)
Government civil servants
- Anugraha Narayan Tiwari (Former CIC of India)
- Lalit Mansingh
- Prajna Paramita
- Ramakanta Rath
- Sitakanta Mohapatra
Religion
Leaders
Freedom fighters
- Baji Rout
- Birsa Munda
- Biswambhar Parida
- Biswanath Das
- Ghanshyam Panigrahi
- Gopabandhu Das
- Gurubari Meher
- Harekrushna Mahatab
- Jayee Rajguru
- Jatindranath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin)
- Krushna Chandra Gajapati
- Laxman Nayak
- Madhusudan Das
- Madhusudan Rao
- Malati Choudhury
- Nabakrushna Choudhuri
- Nityananda Mohapatra
- Parbati Giri
- Rama Devi
- Sarala Devi
- Sarat Chandra Das
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Veer Surendra Sai
Rulers and generals
- Kharavela
- Veer Surendra Sai
- Narasimhadeva I
- Ananga Bhima Deva II
- Kapilendradeva
- Purushottama Deva
- Prataparudra Deva
Military leaders
Political leaders
- Amarnath Pradhan
- Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
- Ananta Nayak
- Archana Nayak
- Arjun Charan Sethi
- Badri Narayan Patra
- Bhakta Charan Das
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Bhupinder Singh
- Bibhu Prasad Tarai
- Bijayananda Patnaik
- Bijoy Mohapatra
- Biju Patnaik
- Bikram Keshari Deo
- Binayak Acharya
- Biren Mitra
- Biswanath Das
- Braja Kishore Tripathy
- Chandra Sekhar Sahu
- Chintamani Panigrahi
- Draupadi Murmu
- Gourahari Naik
- Giridhar Gamang
- Habibullah Khan
- Harekrushna Mahatab
- Hari Har Swain
- Hemananda Biswal
- Hrushikesh Naik
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
- Jayaram Pangi
- Jitu Patnaik
- Jual Oram
- Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
- Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
- Laichan Nayak
- Laxman Tudu
- Maheswar Baug
- Mohan Jena
- Mukunda Prasad Das[7][8]
- Nabakrushna Choudhuri
- Nabin Nanda
- Nandini Satpathy
- Naveen Patnaik
- Nilamani Routray
- Niranjan Patnaik
- Nityananda Pradhan
- Parsuram Majhi
- Pinaki Misra
- Pradeep Kumar Majhi
- Prasanna Acharya
- Prasanna Kumar Patasani
- P.V.Narasimha Rao
- Pyarimohan Mohapatra
- Rabi Ray
- Radhanath Rath
- Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
- Ranjib Biswal
- Rudramadhab Ray
- Sadashiva Tripathy
- Samarendra Kundu
- Sanatan Mahakud
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Sanjay Bhoi
- Siddhanta Mahapatra
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
- Srikant Kumar Jena
- Surendra Mohanty
- Sudam Marndi
- Surendra Mohanty
- Sushila Tiriya
- Tathagata Satpathy
- V.V. Giri
Religious leaders
Social leaders
Spiritual
Journalists
Advocate
Sports
Cricket
- Alok Jena
- A. Panda
- Baljit Singh
- Basant Mohanty
- Bibhudutta Panda
- Biplab Samantray
- Debashish Mohanty
- Pragyan Ojha
- Ranjib Biswal
- Sanjay Raul
- Shiv Sunder Das
- Natraj Behera
Hockey
- Binita Toppo (female hockey)
- Dilip Tirkey
- Lazarus Barla
- Ignace Tirkey
Other sports
- Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles, running)
- Budhia Singh (long distance running)
- Dutee Chand (sprint runner)
- Jauna Murmu (sprint running, hurdler)
- Katulu Ravi Kumar (weightlifting)
- Srabani Nanda (sprint runner)
- Pramila Prava Minz (rowing)
- Pratima Puhan (rowing)
- Valena Valentina (karate)
See also
References
- ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100810/jsp/orissa/story_12790780.jsp
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/oriya-singer-sikandar-alam-passes-away/article562238.ece
- ^ http://www.orissacinema.com/interviews/sikandar_alam.html
- ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110106/jsp/orissa/story_13398629.jsp
- ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110218/jsp/orissa/story_13597854.jsp
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-17/bhubaneswar/31071186_1_music-lyrics-odia
- ^ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/name_speakers_OLA.pdf
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=Op95VJuN9iUC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=Mukunda+Prasad+Das&source=bl&ots=I5kF66LSpQ&sig=LUZ1uQW7X0Qez3WBopM2R-RjH2k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GQjLUrivAZbeoASPiILYAQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Mukunda%20Prasad%20Das&f=false
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Odisha.
- Odissi dance at the Open Directory
- Indian Performing Arts Promotions a proponent of Odissi
- Classical Indian dance portal
- Odissi Performing Dancers in USA
- History of Odissi
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