List of people from Uttarakhand
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.
Education and development
- Govind Ballabh Pant, recipient of Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award, Pantnagar University on his name
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University on his name
- Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015
Arts and culture
- Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
- Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
- Mina Rana, folk singer
- Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer
Cinema
- Anushka Sharma, film actress
- Varun Badola
- Deepak Dobriyal
- Prasoon Joshi
- Nirmal Pandey
- Himani Shivpuri
- Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Manoj Ramola, casting director
- Divyaalakshmi
- Ali Abbas Zafar, film director[1]
- Hemant Pandey
- Sudhanshu Pandey
- Udita Goswami, film actress
- Chitrashi Rawat
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Kainaat Arora
- Lavanya Tripathi
- Barkha Bisht
- Ragini Nandwani
- Roop Durgapal
- Sukirti Kandpal
- Jyotsna Chandola
- Madhurima Tuli
- Asha Negi
- Niharika Singh
- Urvashi Rautela
- Shruti Bisht
- Vibha Anand
- Archana Puran Singh
- Shilpa Saklani
- Sonu Kakkar
- Neha Kakkar
- Fahad Ali
- Tom Alter
- Raghav Juyal
- Manasvi Mamgai
- Sakshi Chaudhary
- Karan Sharma [2]
- Richa Panai
Theatre
Defence
- Surendra Singh Panwar, Lieutenant General
- Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross Garhwal Rifles
- Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
- Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
- Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
- General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
- Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
- Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of Param Vir Chakra
- Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
- Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
- Jaswant Singh Rawat, hero of Indo-China War, 1962; Mahavir Chakra
- Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
- Ajit Kumar Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
Literature
- Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer, poet
- Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer, poet
- Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer, academic
- Shivani, Hindi writer
- Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
- Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer, screenwriter
- Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer, journalist
- Ruskin Bond, English writer
- Ramachandra Guha, writer, historian
- Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet
Politics
- Govind Ballabh Pant
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
- Murli Manohar Joshi
- Mala Raj Laxmi Shah
- Mohan Singh Bisht
- Harish Rawat
- K.C. Pant
- N.D. Tiwari
- Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
Chief Ministers
- Nityanand Swami
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari
- Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
- Ramesh Pokhriyal
- Vijay Bahuguna
- Harish Rawat
Sports
- Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
- Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
- Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
- Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
- Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on April 18, 1971
- Hemlata Kala, cricketer
- Jaspal Rana, shooter
- Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
- Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
- Nain Singh Rawat, Asian explorer
- Unmukt Chand, Indian cricketer
- Pawan Suyal, Indian cricketer
- Parimarjan Negi
- Mir Ranjan Negi
- Navjit Singh, volleyball player
Others
- Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, academic professor, author
- Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
- Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
- Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, and rock art conservationist, recipient of the Padma Shri
References
- ^ "Director's Cut". Indian Express. Oct 13, 2010.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview With Karan Sharma". aboututtarakhand.com. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2016.