List of people from Jharkhand

This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in Jharkhand state, India.

Award winners

Padma Bhushan

• Kariya Munda - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2018, Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
• Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian

Padma Shri

• Ashok Bhagat - 2015, social worker and secretary of Vikas Bharti^[1]
• Balbir Dutt - 2017, journalist
• Bulu Imam - 2019, activist
• Deepika Kumari - 2016, sports, archery
• Digamber Hansda - 2018
• Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - 2012, Chhau dancer and choreographer^[2]
• Jamuna Tudu - 2019, also known as Lady Tarzan
• Kedar Nath Sahoo - 2005, classical dancer
• Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - 2020, folk singer
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2009, Indian international cricketer
• Makar Dhwaja Darogha - 2011, Chhau Dancer
• Mukund Nayak - 2017, folk singer
• Parasu Ram Mishra -
• Premlata Agarwal - 2013
• Ram Dayal Munda - 2010, Indian scholar and regional music exponent
• Shyama Charan Pati - 2006, Chhau Dancer
• Simon Oraon - 2016, Indian environmentalist and social worker
• Vasundhara Komkali - 2006, Classical Musician

Academics

• Bindheswari Prasad Keshri - educationist, writer, scholar
• Gerald Durrell - naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter; born in Jamshedpur in 1925
• Jitendra Kumar - teaches computer application at Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur since 2001
• Ram Dayal Munda - former Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University
• Ram Krishna Singh - teacher of English language skills and Indian writing in English at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad since 1976

Authors

• Bulu Imam - environmentalist, writer
• Khagendra Thakur
• Nikita Singh - Author
• Pankaj Dubey - Author
• Shiv Khera - Author, Motivational Speaker, activist
• Tuhin Sinha - best selling author of eight book, screenwriter and social commentator

Business and industry

• Anurag Dikshit - born in Dhanbad, ranked 207 by Forbes among the world's richest people in 2006^[3]
• Ashwin Srivastava - venture capitalist
• Mahesh Poddar - industrialist
• Sanjeev Barnwal - listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Cinema and theatre

Actors

• Ashok Gope - actor, born in Ranchi
• Bibhu Bhattacharya, born in Jharia
• Deepak Lohar
• Dipankar De, born in Jamshedpur
• Imran Zahid, born in Bokaro
• Meiyang Chang, born in Dhanbad
• Nikhil Pandey, born in Ranchi
• Rajesh Jais, born in Ranchi
• R. Madhavan, born in Jamshedpur
• Sanjeev Jaiswal, born in Jamshedpur
• Vikram Singh (actor) - Actor & Producer, born in Jamshedpur
• Zeishan Quadri - actor and writer, born in Wasseypur

Actresses

• Alisha Singh - Actress, Dancer and Choreographer, born in Ranchi
• Amrita Raichand - actress, born in Dhanbad
• Auritra Ghosh - actress, born in Jamshedpur
• Ishita Dutta - younger sister of Tanushree Dutta, born in Jamshedpur
• Komal Jha - actress, born in Ranchi
• Meenakshi Seshadri - Miss India 1981, born in Sindri
• Priyanka Chopra - Miss World 2000, actress, born in Jamshedpur
• Pratyusha Banerjee - born in Jamshedpur
• Pooja Singh - born in Jamshedpur
• Rasika Duggal - actress, born in Jamshedpur
• Reecha Sinha - actress, born in Hazaribagh
• Shweta Prasad - actress, born in Jamshedpur
• Shruti Kanwar - born in Jamshedpur
• Simone Singh - born in Jamshedpur
• Sumann - born in Jamshedpur
• Supriya Kumari - actress, born in Ranchi
• Tanushree Dutta - Miss India 2004, actress, born in Jamshedpur
• Tania (Indian actress) - Punjabi Actress, born in Jamshedpur

Cinematographer / Choreographers

• Aseem Mishra - Cinematographer, Born in Dhanbad
• Alisha Singh - Choreographer & Actor, Born in Ranchi

Directors / Producers

• Akashaditya Lama - Director and Scriptwriter based in Bollywood, born in Ranchi
• Amit Bose - Director, born in Jamshedpur
• Anurag Anand - Director and Producer in Hollywood, Hazaribag
• Ashok Ghayal - Director and Composer,
• Biju Toppo - Director and Producer, born in Mahuadanr.
• Gul Bahar Singh - Director, born in Pakur
• Prem Prakash Modi - Director and Writer, Dumka
• Imtiaz Ali - Director and Writer, Jamshedpur
• Lal Vijay Shahdeo - Director, born in Lohardaga
• Raj Kumar Gupta - Director, born in Hazaribag
• Rakesh S.P. Srivastava - Producer & Director, born in Ramgarh Cantt
• Sanjivan Lal - Director and writer, born in Jamshedpur
• Shomu Mukherjee - Director, Writer & Producer, born in Jamshedpur
• Sriram Dalton - Director, born in Daltonganj

Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet

• Biswajit Roy Chowdhury - Hindustani classical musician and sarod player, Deoghar
• Chandan Tiwari - folk singer, Bokaro
• Chetan Joshi - flautist in the Hindustani classical music, Jharia
• Karan Singh Arora - He is an Indian Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Music Composer, Music Director, Lyricist & Model, Ranchi
• Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - folk singer, born in Ranchi
• Monica Mundu - Playback Singer, She also acted in film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
• Nandlal Nayak - music composer
• Payal Dev - playback singer
• Ronkini Gupta - playback singer, born in Jamshedpur
• Shilpa Rao - singer, born in Jamshedpur

Freedom fighters and revolutionaries

• Bakhtar Say - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812
• Birsa Munda - freedom fighter and folk hero; belonged to the tribal group of Munda people
• Budhu Bhagat - freedom fighter
• Dhananjay Mahato
• Jagabandhu Patnaik
• Kanhu Murmu
• Mundal Singh - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812
• Nilambar and Pitambar
• Pandey Ganpat Rai
• Raghunath Mahato
• Raja Arjun Singh - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
• Ram Narayan Singh
• Sheikh Bhikhari - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
• Sido Murmu
• Telanga Kharia
• Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
• Tikait Umrao Singh - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
• Tilka Manjhi

Journalism

• Anjana Om Kashyap - executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak
• Balbir Dutt
• Dayamani Barla

Jurists and Lawyers

• Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist
• Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo - jurist and political activist
• Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist

Medical

• Bharti Kashyap, Ophthalmologist
• Subhash Mukhopadhyay - created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation

Gallantry Awards winner

• Albert Ekka, recipient of Param Vir Chakra
• Randhir Prasad Verma, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
• Rakesh Asthana

Poetry

• Anuj Lugun - won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi^[4]
• Dalel Singh, Nagpuri language poet
• Ghasiram Mahli - Nagpuri poet
• Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - Nagpuri poet
• Raghunath Shah - Nagvanshi king and poet
• Ram Krishna Singh - published seventeen poetry collections in English^[5]

Politics

Activist

• Bindeshwari Dubey - A veteran Trade Union Leader & Politician
• Bindheswari Prasad Keshri - educationist, writer
• Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist
• Jaipal Singh Munda, known as Marang Gomke - tribal leader who participated in making of Indian Constitution representing whole tribal community
• Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo - jurist and political activist
• Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist
• Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - songwriter, singer
• Nirmal Mahto - political activist
• Ram Dayal Munda
• Sambit Patra - Indian politician and surgeon. Born in Bokaro Steel City, He is one of the official national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Shibu Soren - politician
• Teklal Mahto - politician

Governors of other states

• Bhishma Narain Singh - Assam, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Rameshwar Thakur - Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister

• Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur,Currently Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
• Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri
• Bindeshwari Dubey - Chief Minister of Bihar from 12 March 1985 to 14 February 1988; was involved in a Trade Union Movement in Chotanagpur collieries and industries since 1944; played an important role in the nationalization of collieries in India, specially in Jharkhand; was 6 term MLA from Bermo constituency in Bokaro District and MP from Giridih in Jharkhand
• Binodanand Jha - Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963
• Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district
• Hemant Soren - Currently Chief Minister of Jharkhand
• Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
• Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand
• Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand
• Shibu Soren

Others

• Ajoy Kumar - former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer; elected as the MP (Member of Parliament) in the 15th Lok Sabha, from the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency; Former President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee,Currently in Aam Aadmi Party
• Basant Narain Singh
• Bidyut Baran Mahato - MLA from Jamshedpur
• Kamakhya Narain Singh
• Vijaya Raje
• Shashank Manjari
• Jayant Sinha
• Kariya Munda
• Kartik Oraon
• Ravindra Kumar Ray
• Subodh Kant Sahay - former cabinet minister, government of India
• Sudesh Kumar Mahto - President of AJSU Party
• Yashwant Sinha - former Union Cabinet minister, Government of India

Religion

• Thakur Anukulchandra
• Father Kamil Bulke
• Parshvanatha - twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism; achieved mokṣa at the age of one hundred atop Shikharji, Giridih district
• Telesphore Toppo

Rulers

• Ani Nath Shahdeo
• Bairisal
• Bhim Karn
• Dalel Singh
• Durjan Sal
• Kamakhya Narain Singh
• Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo
• Phani Mukut Rai
• Madhu Singh
• Medini Ray
• Pratap Karn
• Raghunath Shah
• Raja Arjun Singh
• Ram Shah
• Shivdas Karn
• Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo

Social service

• Jyoti Dhawale
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - spent the last 18 to 20 years of his life among the Santhals at Karmatar, Jamtara district; the station Karmatar has been renamed as 'Vidyasagar' railway station in his honour
• Rajesh Thakur - social worker and President of Helping Hands in Bokaro

Sports

Archery

• Deepika Kumari - Is an Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 9 in the world.
• Laxmirani Majhi -
• Madhumita Kumari - She won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event
• Mangal Singh Champia - is an Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games.
• Purnima Mahato - She has won the Indian national archery championships and a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Boxing

• Aruna Mishra - 2004 world champion
• Diwakar Prasad - international boxer

Cricket

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Ishan Kishan
• Kirti Azad
• Monu Kumar
• Pratyush Singh - He made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 20 October 2016.
• Rahul Tripathi
• Rajesh Chauhan
• Randhir Singh
• Saurabh Tiwary
• Shahbaz Nadeem
• Shubhlakshmi Sharma - Indian female cricket player
• Varun Aaron

Association football

• Deepak Mondal
• Lal Mohan Hansda - Indian footballer, plays as a forward for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League
• Munmun Lugun - Indian footballer, plays as a defender for Pune in the I-League
• Sanjay Balmuchu - Indian footballer, plays as a midfielder for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League; 2012 graduate of the Tata Football Academy^[6]

Hockey

• Bimal Lakra
• Birendra Lakra - born in Simdega
• Jaipal Singh Munda - captained the Indian field hockey team to win gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
• Kanti Baa
• Manohar Topno
• Masira Surin
• Michael Kindo
• Nikki Pradhan
• Pushpa Pradhan
• Sylvanus Dung Dung - former field hockey player from India
• Sumrai Tete

Mountaineering

• Premlata Agarwal - mountain climber; on May 21, 2011 became the oldest Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, at age 45^[7]

Others

• Atul Kochhar - He is an Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality.
• Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi; former Director of Prime Minister's office (PMO), New Delhi
• Rameesh Kailasam - governance reform and policy expert from India

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