List of people from Uttarakhand

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 & Culture

• Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
• Mina Rana, folk singer
• Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer

Cinema

• Anushka Sharma, Film actress
• Varun Badola
• Deepak Dobriyal
• Prasoon Joshi
• Nirmal Pandey
• Charanpreet Singh
• Himani Shivpuri
• Tigmanshu Dhulia
• Manoj Ramola, Casting Director
• Divyaalakshmi
• Ali Abbas Zafar, film director^[1]
• Hemant Pandey
• Sudhanshu Pandey
• Udita Goswami, Film actress
• Chitrashi Rawat
• Kulraj Randhawa
• Kainaat Arora
• Lavanya Tripathi
• Barkha Bisht
• Ragini Nandwani
• Roop Durgapal
• Sukirti Kandpal
• Jyotsna Chandola
• Madhurima Tuli
• Asha Negi
• Niharika Singh
• Urvashi Rautela
• Shruti Bisht
• Vibha Anand
• Archana Puran Singh
• Shilpa Saklani
• Sonu Kakkar
• Neha Kakkar
• Fahad Ali
• Tom Alter
• Raghav Juyal
• Manasvi Mamgai
• Sakshi Chaudhary
• Karan Sharma
• Richa Panai

Theatre

• B. M. Shah
• Mohan Upreti

Defence

• Surendra Singh Panwar, Lieutenant Genenral
• Gabar Singh Negi, "Victoria CrossGarhwal Rifles "
• Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Leutinent 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

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

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

Chief Ministers

• Nityanand Swami
• Bhagat Singh Koshyari
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
• Ramesh Pokhriyal
• Vijay Bahuguna
• Harish Rawat

Sports

• Abhinav Bindra - Shooter and won Olympic gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event in 2008.
• Bachendri Pal - Mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• Chandraprabha Aitwal - Mountaineer
• Ekta Bisht - Women's cricketer and she is the first International cricketer from Uttarakhand
• Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna - Mountaineer who lost his life in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on April 18, 1971.
• Hemlata Kala - Women's cricketer
• Jaspal Rana - Shooter
• Madhumita Bisht - Badminton player
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni-Indian Cricketer
• Manish Pandey - Indian cricketer
• Nain Singh Rawat - Asian explorer
• Unmukt Chand - Indian cricketer
• Pawan Suyal - Indian cricketer
• Parimarjan Negi
• Mir Ranjan Negi
• Navjit Singh - Volleyball player

Others

• Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, Academic professor, Author
• Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
• Vandana Shiva, environmentalist

References

1. "Director’s Cut". Indian Express. Oct 13, 2010.