List of Kumaonis

Kumaoni or Kumauni people are people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas.

Politics

• Govind Ballabh Pant, (Bharat Ratna)
• Kalu Singh Mahara, (freedom fighter) led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• P. C. Joshi, General Secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
• Sheila Irene Pant or Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (Pakistan)
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Murli Manohar Joshi
• Krishan Chandra Pant, former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
• Bachi Singh Rawat
• Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat ,M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar
• Bipin Chandra Tripathi
• K.C. Singh Baba
• Ila Pant
• Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
• Ajit Doval, national security adviser

Scientists and Scholars

The cartographer (pundit) Nain Singh Rawat (1830–1895) received a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Gold Medal in 1877.

• Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
• Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor
• Kharag Singh Valdiya, geologist

Journalists and Writers

• Sumitra Nandan Pant
• Gaura Pant Shivani
• Manohar Shyam Joshi
• Mrinal Pande
• Shekhar Joshi
• Pushpesh Pant
• Girish Tiwari (Girda)
• Manoj Joshi

Sports

• Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest
• Chandraprabha Aitwal, Padma Shri, Arjun awardee, (mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee.Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
• Manish Pandey, (cricketer)
• Madhumita Bisht, (badminton)
• Unmukt Chand, (cricketer)
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni, (cricketer)
• Pawan Negi, (cricketer)

Films and drama

• Himani Shivpuri, Indian film, theatre and television actress
• Nirmal Pandey, actor
• Hemant Pandey, actor
• Prasoon Joshi, ad guru and lyricist
• Sukirti Kandpal, TV actress
• Manoj Ramola, casting director
• Urvashi Rautela,Indian film actress, model,beauty pageant

Art and literature

• Shivani

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