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List of people from Uttar Pradesh

Deities and avatars

  • Lord Shree Krishna statue at the Sri Mariamman Temple (Singapore)

  • L to R: Lord Rama and Lakshmana

  • Neminatha (stone). Chahaman, 11th century AD, Narhad, Rajasthan

  • Parsvanatha statue in Jain temple in Bhelupur, Varanasi

  • Lord Rama with arrows

  • Statue of Shreyansanatha at Jain Temple, Sarnath

Authors of the great epics

  • Bhrigu (birthplace: Ballia), one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, one of the Prajapatis created by Brahma
  • Sur (birthplace: Mathura), saint, poet and musician
  • Tulsidas (Ramayana: Chitrakoot), Awadhi poet and philosopher; wrote Rāmacaritamānasa ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to Lord Rama
  • Vyasa, central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions; authored Mahabharata

  • Malik Mohammed Jayasi

  • Valmiki

  • Vyasa

Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics

Salím Chishtí

Poet-saints and religious figures

Goswami Tulsidas

Rulers and generals

Ancient

Medieval

Modern

Mughals

Nawab of Awadh

Banaras state

Independence fighters

Mangal Pandey

Indian Rebellion of 1857

  • Mangal Pandey, one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, India's one of the top most Freedom Fighter
  • Bakht Khan, nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • Amar Shahid Bandhu Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was from Dumari Riyasat of Gorakhpur
  • Begum Hazrat Mahal, widow of the last Nawab of Awadh; Indian independence fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • Lal Pratap Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Yuvraj of Kalakankar
  • Maulvi Liaquat Ali, Indian independence fighter of 1857 from Allahabad; captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India
  • Rani Lakshmibai, Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
  • Rao Kadam Singh, freedom fighter; elected by his Gurjar clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • Jhalkari Bai Koli, Great Indian freedom fighter of 1857; fought against British rule; Commander of Army of Jhansi
  • Dhan Singh Gurjar, main freedom fighter of 1857 revolt from Meerut

Later 19th and 20th centuries

Award winners

Param Vir Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra

Ashok Chakra

  • Constable Kamlesh Kumari
  • Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh
  • Lieutenant Colonel Harsh Uday Singh Gaur
  • Lieutenant Colonel Jas Ram Singh

Bharat Ratna

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shree

Yogiraj Bharat Bhushan

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Gyananpith Awards

Magasaysay Award

Arjuna Award

Major DhyanChand Award

  • Rajkumar Baisla, (Wrestling) from Vill. Mewla Bhatti, Ghaziabad[3]

Science and medicine

Lalji Singh
  • Anil K. Rajvanshi, sustainability and rural development expert
  • Afroz Ahmad, environmental scientist and administrator
  • Harish-Chandra (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups
  • Atul Kumar, CSIR-CDRI (inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug)
  • Lalji Singh, molecular biologist
  • P. K . Sethi, inventor of "Jaipur Foot"
  • Prem Chand Pandey, scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
  • Kazi Mobin-Uddin, inventor of Inferior vena cava filter
  • Shahid Jameel, Indian virologist
  • Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie, Indian marine geologist and former director of the National Institute of Oceanography.
  • Mriganka Sur, Indian-born neuroscientist working in the United States
  • Digvijai Singh
  • Sri Niwas, Indian geophysicist.
  • Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
  • Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[4]
  • Ravindra Khattree, statistician who worked in statistical inference, multivariate analysis, experimental designs, biostatistics and quality control
  • Syed Ziaur Rahman, medical pharmacologist
  • Rajeev Kumar Varshney, agricultural scientist, genomics specialist, biotechnologist
  • Zahoor Qasim, oceanographer, leader of first Indian expedition to Antarctica

Holders of high offices

President

  • Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India

Vice President

Prime ministers

Governors

  • A R Kidwai, Governor of Haryana
  • Girish Chandra Saxena, former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
  • K.M. Seth, former Governor of Chhattisgarh
  • Kalyan Singh, Governor of Rajasthan
  • Khurshid Alam Khan, former Governor of Karnataka
  • Mohammad Fazal, former Governor of Maharashtra
  • Mohammad Yunus Saleem, former Governor of Bihar
  • Ram Naresh Yadav, Governor of Madhya Pradesh
  • Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand
  • Triloki Nath Chaturvedi, former CAG and former Governor of Karnataka
  • Virendra Verma, former Governor of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
  • Kalraj Mishra, Governor of Rajasthan and former Governor Himanchal Pradesh

Chief Justices

Chief Ministers

Political figures

Pre Independence

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

Post Independence

Authors

Hindi

Ramchandra Shukla

Urdu

English

Nayantara Sahgal

Poets

Urdu

Hindi

Bhojpuri

  • Parichay Das
  • Viveki Rai

Founders of educational institutions

Defence services

Army

Air Force

  • S.K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
  • Trevor Keelor IAF, Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
  • Denzil Keelor IAF, Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner; Kirti Chakra recipient
  • Norman Anil Kumar Browne, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
  • S.P. Tyagi, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
  • Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, Air Chief Marshal, 26th Chief of the Air Staff (India)

Navy

Civil service / diplomacy

Indian Foreign Service

Civil services

Music and dance

Musicians

Singers

Girija Devi

Rappers

Dancers

Sports

Hockey

Baseball

  • Rinku Singh, one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States
  • Dinesh Patel, one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States

Cricket

Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Suresh Raina

Badminton

Other sports

Journalism

Raghuvir Sahay

Satire, comedy, cartoons

Victim of crime

  • Kamlesh Tiwari, Killed by ISIS terrorist

Cinema and theatre

Actors and actresses

Amitabh Bachchan
  • Amir Khan, actor; parents from Hardoi
  • Aarun Nagar, Actor & Director
  • Anushka Sharma, actress
  • Disha Patani, actress
  • Jimmy Shergill, actor
  • Abhishek Bachchan, actor
  • Urvashi Rautela, actor
  • Ankit Tiwari, singer
  • Mika Singh, singer
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui, actor
Nargis
Vedita Pratap Singh

Directors/producers

Singers

Lyricists

Composers

Theatre

Cinematographers

Story/script/dialogue writers

Navratnas

Television

  • Pavitra Punia
  • Aditya Srivastava
  • Gajendra Singh, conceived the concept of the reality show in 1992 with Antakshari and Sa Re Ga Ma
  • Rahi Masoom Raza, dialogue writer of TV serial Ramayan
  • Raju Srivastav
  • Surendra Pal, character actor, best known for playing Dronacharaya in Mahabharat.
  • Harsh Nagar, actor in various films and TV serials

Environmentalists

Scholars

  • Arun Tiwari Missile scientist, author, professor
  • Acharya Narendra Dev
  • Adya Prasad Pandey, notable economicst of Banaras Hindu University and Currently Vice Chancellor of Manipur University
  • Masud Husain Khan, eminent linguist; first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University; fifth Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in New Delhi
  • Mushirul Hasan, historian
  • Renu Khator, Chancellor of the University of Houston System; President of the University of Houston; first Indian American to lead a major research university in the United States
  • Saket Kushwaha, Educationist and Agricultural Economist of Banaras Hindu University, Currently Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University, Former Vice Chancellor of Lalit Narayan Mithila University
  • Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai, Islamic scholar, thinker, reformer; known for his inclusive and broadminded interpretation of Islam; born in Safipur

Fine arts

Business

Crime

Photographers

  • Lala Deen Dayal, Indian photographer
  • Tarun Khiwal (born 1967), Indian fashion and commercial photographer

Militants

  • Abdul Subhan Qureshi

Others

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bharat Ratna ("Gem of India") is India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order".
  2. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Rio-Paralympics-Mariyappan-Thangavelu-wins-gold-Varun-Bhati-clinches-bronze-in-mens-high-jump/articleshow/54259706.cms.
  3. ^ http://www.yespunjab.com/info4u/item/48743-list-of-dhyan-chand-award-recipients-india-s-highest-award-for-lifetime-achievement-in-sports-and-games
  4. ^ M.S Swaminathan, R.K Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
  5. ^ "Members Official Bioprofile". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. ^ "9th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha Official website. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  7. ^ a b c Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  9. ^ https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/bollywood-ek-tha-fauji-as-director-aarun-nagar-coming-with-his-third-film-with-big-stars-19218011.html
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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