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
- Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music”
Cinema
- Ali Abbas Zafar, film director[1]
- Anukriti Gusain
- Anushka Sharma
- Archana Puran Singh
- Asha Negi
- Barkha Bisht
- Chitrashi Rawat
- Deepak Dobriyal
- Dev Negi
- Fahad Ali
- Hemant Pandey
- Himani Shivpuri
- Jyotsna Chandola
- Kainaat Arora
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Lavanya Tripathi
- Madhurima Tuli
- Manasvi Mamgai
- Neha Kakkar
- Niharika Singh
- Nirmal Pandey
- Prasoon Joshi
- Raghav Juyal
- Ragini Nandwani
- Richa Panai
- Roop Durgapal
- Sakshi Chaudhary
- Shilpa Saklani
- Shruti Bisht
- Sonam Bajwa
- Sonu Kakkar
- Sudhanshu Pandey
- Sukirti Kandpal
- Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Tom Alter
- Udita Goswami,
- Urvashi Rautela
- Varun Badola
- Vibha Anand
Theatre
- B. M. Shah
- Mohan Upreti
Defence
- Surendra Singh Panwar, Lieutenant General
- General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
- 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
- Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
- Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
- Havildar Bahadur Singh Bohra, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
Police
- Mohan Chand Sharma
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
- Dr. Radhika Nagrath, writer, journalist
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
- Ram Prasad Nautiyal
- Trivendra Singh Rawat
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 18 April 1971
- Hemlata Kala, cricketer
- Jaspal Rana, shooter
- Labhanshu Sharma, wrestler
- Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer
- Manish Pandey, cricketer
- Nain Singh Rawat, Asian explorer
- Unmukt Chand, cricketer
- Pawan Suyal, cricketer
- Parimarjan Negi
- Mir Ranjan Negi
- Navjit Singh, volleyball player
- Arvind Raturi, youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013
Others
- Pooran Chand Joshi, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Delhi
- 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
- Anurag Chauhan, social worker
References
- ^ "Director's Cut". Indian Express. 13 October 2010.