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List of people from Andhra Pradesh

Independence advocates

  • Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924
  • Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule
  • Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
  • Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter
  • Chowdary Satyanarayana - Freedom fighter, Human rights activist, Legislator
  • Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
  • Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter
  • Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter
  • Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter
  • Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
  • Chandra Pulla Reddy – Communist Leader
  • Gouthu Latchanna – freedom fighter
  • Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader
  • Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person
  • Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
  • Muktyala Raja – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
  • N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter
  • Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician
  • Koratala Satyanarayana – Communist politician
  • Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh
  • Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist
  • Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag
  • Kommareddi Suryanarayana - freedom activist

Reserve Bank of India Governors

Chief Ministers

Military Chiefs

Government officials

  • G. Raghava Reddy – IPS, known for innovative farming

Education

Business and industry

  • Kallam Anji Reddy – founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
  • Prathap C. Reddy – founder of Apollo Hospitals, India
  • G. Pulla Reddy – businessman, philanthropist, educationist
  • Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy – founder of GVK
  • P Obul Reddy – founder of Nippo batteries
  • Prem Reddy – founder of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns several hospitals in the United States
  • Ramesh Gelli – founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank
  • Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad – founder of Andhra Sugars
  • Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder of Satyam Computers
  • T. Subbarami Reddy – founder of Gayatri group; philanthropist
  • S. P. Y. Reddy – Chairman of Nandi Pipes, Panyam Cements and S.P.Y. Agro Industries
  • Nimmagadda Prasad – founder of Chairman of Matrix Laboratories
  • Lagadapati Rajagopal – founder and Chairman of Lanco Group
  • Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – Chairman, GMR Group; first Telugu person on Forbes magazine's billionaires list
  • Ramoji Rao – Head of Eenadu Group, Ramoji Film city
  • Rayapati Sambasiva Rao – Jayalaxmi Group of companies
  • Galla Ramachandra Naidu – founder of Amar Raja Group

Science

  • Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence
  • U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad
  • N N Murthy – quality and environment expert
  • Yelavarthy Nayudamma – chemical engineer
  • Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – engineer
  • Yellapragada Subbarow – cancer researcher
  • A. S. Rao – scientist, founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited
  • C.R.Rao – statistician and professor emeritus at Penn State University
  • K.L. Rao – civil engineer, irrigation expert and political leader
  • Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao – physicist (spectroscopy)
  • Praveen Kumar Gorakavi - Chemical Engineer
  • Aparajita Datta (born 1970), conservation scientist with the Nature Conservation Foundation

Artists

  • Krishna Reddy – printmaker and sculptor
  • Vempati Chinna Satyam – exponent of Kuchipudi dance
  • Eelapata Raghuramaiah – stage and cinema actor in Andhra Pradesh
  • Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi
  • Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi
  • Yamini Reddy – Kuchipudi

Musicians and dancers

  • Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna – Carnatic singer and musician
  • Nataraja Ramakrishna – dance guru; revived ancient Andhra Natyam and Perini styles of dance; Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy
  • Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao – playback singer of old classical Indian movies, predominantly Telugu
  • Emani Sankara Sastry – Veena player of Carnatic music
  • Vempati Chinna Satyam – dance guru of the Kuchipudi dance form
  • S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – male singer
  • Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi dancers
  • Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi dancer
  • S. Janaki – female playback singer
  • M. M. Keeravani – music director
  • Yamini Krishnamurthy – Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancer
  • Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu – violinist
  • P. B. Sreenivas – playback singer
  • P. Susheela – playback singer

Literature

Philosophers

Award winners

Bharat Ratna

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shree

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Arjuna Award

  • Koneru Humpy – chess
  • Achanta Sharath Kamal – table tennis
  • Yousuf Khan – football
  • Mukesh Kumar – hockey
  • Karnam Malleswari – weightlifting
  • A. Ramana Rao – volleyball
  • J. J. Shobha – track and field

Dronacharya Award

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Judges, advocates and lawyers

  • K. Jayachandra Reddy
  • L. Narasimha Reddy
  • Subodh Markandeya
  • Konda Madhava Reddy
  • K. Punnaiah

Sports

Cricket

Athletics

Chess

Weightlifting

Hockey

  • Mukesh Kumar

Badminton

Other sports

Music

Traditional

Classical

Film score

Dance

  • Vempati Chinna Satyam
  • Sidhendra Yogi – originator of the Kuchipudi dance style
  • Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi, Padma Bhushan awardees
  • Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi, Padma Sri awardee
  • Jayapa Nayudu

Cinema

Directors

Producers

Writers

Actresses

Actors

Music directors

Journalists

Religion

Sanatana Dharma / Hinduism

Buddhism

  • Acharya Nagarjuna

Secular

Others

  • Vijaya Lakshmi Emani (1958–2009) – social activist
  • Aruna Miller – Maryland State Representative
  • Laxman Reddy – bodybuilder, Mr. World 2010

See also

References

  1. ^ 2006 Birthday Honours List Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  3. ^ Dr. Sekhar Tam Tam MB BS, MBE 2006 Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
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