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This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]].

==Award winners==

===Padma Bhushan===
*[[Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay]] - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian
*[[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.
*[[Kariya Munda]] - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha

===Padma Shri===
*[[Premlata Agarwal]] - 2013
*[[Ashok Bhagat]] - 2015, social worker and secretary of Vikas Bharti<ref name="Ranchi Express">{{cite web | url=http://ranchiexpress.com/267513 | title=Ranchi Express | publisher=Ranchi Express | date=26 January 2015 | accessdate=March 10, 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140845/http://ranchiexpress.com/267513 | archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Makar Dhwaja Darogha]] - 2011, Chhau Dancer
*[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] - 2009, Indian international cricketer
*[[Gopal Prasad Dubey|Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey]] - 2012, Chhau dancer and choreographer<ref>http://www.successcds.net/currentaffairs/list-of-padma-shri-awards-2012-12185.html</ref>
*[[Balbir Dutt]] - 2017, journalist<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=Balbir Dutt, Mukund Nayak bag Padma Shri|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/balbir-dutt-mukund-nayak-bag-padma-shri.html|access-date=2021-09-21|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Digamber Hansda]] - 2018
*[[Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh]] - 2020, folk singer
*[[Bulu Imam]] - 2019, activist<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-27|title=Jharkhand's female tribal crusader, environmentalist and a poor man's doctor get Padma Shri|url=https://enewsroom.in/padma-shri-award-environment-jharkhand/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=eNewsroom India|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Deepika Kumari]] - 2016, sports, archery<ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Awards 2016|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783|access-date=2021-09-21|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
*[[Vasundhara Komkali]] - 2006, classical musician
*[[Mukund Nayak]] - 2017, folk singer
*[[Parasu Ram Mishra]]
*[[Ram Dayal Munda]] - 2010, Indian scholar and regional music exponent
*[[Simon Oraon]] - 2016, Indian environmentalist and social worker
*[[Shyama Charan Pati]] - 2006, Chhau Dancer
*[[Kedar Nath Sahoo]] - 2005, classical dancer
*[[Jamuna Tudu]] - 2019, also known as Lady Tarzan

===Jharkhand Gaurav Samman===
*[[Lal Vijay Shahdeo]] - 2019, Film Director, Producer & Writer

==Academics==
*[[Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari]] - educationist, writer, scholar
*[[Gerald Durrell]] - naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter; born in [[Jamshedpur]] in 1925
*[[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<ref>https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/7XUE.html</ref>
*Rohit Sinha - born in [[Jamshedpur]], [[CEO]], TechMastering
*[[Ashwin Srivastava]] - venture capitalist
*[[Mahesh Poddar]] - industrialist
*[[Sanjeev Barnwal]] - listed in ''Forbes'' [[Forbes 30 Under 30|30 Under 30]] list

== Cinema and theatre ==
===Actors===
*[[imdbname:10918957|Ashok Gope]] - actor, born in Ranchi
*[[Bibhu Bhattacharya]] - born in Jharia
*[[Deepak Lohar]]
*[[Dipankar De]] - born in Jamshedpur
*[[Imran Zahid]] - born in Bokaro
*[[Krishna Bharadwaj (actor)]] - born in Ranchi
*[[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 and 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
*[[Deeba]] - actress, born in Ranchi
*[[Eenu Shree]] - 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
*[[Simone Singh]] - born in Jamshedpur
*[[Sumann]] - born in Jamshedpur
*[[Supriya Kumari]] - actress, born in Ranchi
*[[Tanushree Dutta]] - [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] 2004, actress, born in Jamshedpur
*[[Tania (Indian actress)|Tania]] - Punjabi actress, born in Jamshedpur

===Cinematographer / Choreographers===
*[[Aseem Mishra]] - cinematographer, born in Dhanbad
*[[Alisha Singh]] - choreographer and actor, born in Ranchi

===Directors / Producers===
*[[Akashaditya Lama]] - director and scriptwriter based in Bollywood, born in [[Ranchi]]
*[[Amit Bose]] - director, born in Jamshedpur
*[[imdbname:9160333|Anurag Anand]] - director and producer in [[Hollywood]], [[Hazaribag]]
*[[imdbname:3897363|Ashok Ghayal]] - director and composer
*[[Biju Toppo]] - director and producer, born in [[Mahuadanr]]
*[[Gul Bahar Singh]] - director, born in Pakur
*[[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]] - director and writer, Jamshedpur
*[[Lal Vijay Shahdeo]] - director, producer and writer based in Mumbai, born in [[Lohardaga]]
*[[Prem Prakash Modi]] - director and writer, [[Dumka]]
*[[Raj Kumar Gupta]] - director, born in Hazaribag
*[[imdbname:8448180|Rakesh S.P. Srivastava]] - producer and director, born in [[Ramgarh Cantt]]
*[[Sanjivan Lal]] - director and writer, born in Jamshedpur
*[[Shomu Mukherjee]] - director, writer and 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]] - Indian singer, songwriter, rapper, music composer, music director, lyricist and model, Ranchi
*[[Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh]] - folk singer, born in [[Ranchi]]
*[[Monica Mundu]] - playback singer, 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]]
*[[Ganga Narayan Singh]]
*[[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 [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 rebellion]]
*[[Ram Narayan Singh]]
*[[Sheikh Bhikhari]] - freedom fighter in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 rebellion]]
*[[Sido Murmu]]
*[[Telanga Kharia]]
*[[Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo]] - freedom fighter in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 rebellion]]
*[[Tikait Umrao Singh]] - freedom fighter in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|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 (physician)|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 (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]
*[[Rakesh Asthana]]

==Poetry==
*[[Anuj Lugun]] - won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/hindi-stalwarts-praise-tribal-poet-000000197.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112214729/https://in.news.yahoo.com/hindi-stalwarts-praise-tribal-poet-000000197.html |archive-date=2014-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Dalel Singh (king)|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<ref>{{Cite web|last=2254043|title=Nazar Look 2013-09|url=https://issuu.com/kirim-tatar-kitaplari/docs/nazar_2013_09_online|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Issuu|language=en}}</ref>

==Politics==
===Activist===
*[[Bindeshwari Dubey]] - veteran trade union leader and politician
*[[Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari]] - 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
*[[Kunal Sarangi]] - politician
*[[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]], 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
*[[K. B. Sahay|Krishna Ballabh Sahay]] - ex-[[Chief Minister (India)|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)|Jamshedpur]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency; former President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee, 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 (king)|Dalel Singh]]
*[[Durjan Sal]]
*[[Kamakhya Narain Singh]]
*[[Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo]]
*[[Phani Mukut Rai]]
*[[Madhu Singh (King)|Madhu Singh]]
*[[Medini Ray]]
*[[Pratap Karn]]
*[[Raghunath Shah]]
*[[Raja Arjun Singh]]
*[[Ram Shah (king)|Ram Shah]]
*[[Shivdas Karn]]
*[[Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo]]
*[[Tikait Umrao Singh]]

==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]] - Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 1 in the world.
*[[Komalika Bari]]
*[[Laxmirani Majhi]]
*[[Madhumita Kumari]] - won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event.
*[[Mangal Singh Champia]] - Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games.
*[[Purnima Mahato]] - 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]]
*[[Kirti Azad]]
*[[Monu Kumar]]
*[[Pratyush Singh]] - made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 20 October 2016.
*[[Rahul Tripathi]]
*[[Rajesh Chauhan]]
*[[Randhir Singh (cricketer)|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 (association football)|forward]] for [[Prayag United S.C.]] in the I-League
*[[Munmun Lugun]] - Indian footballer, plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Pune F.C.|Pune]] in the I-League
*[[Sanjay Balmuchu]] - [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]], plays as a [[midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]] in the [[I-League]]; 2012 graduate of the [[Tata Football Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Kapadia|first=Novy|title=Silver Jubilee of Tata Football Academy|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/10/21/silver-jubilee-of-tata-football-academy/|work=SportsKeeda|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>

===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<ref name=tele>{{cite news |title=On the top of the world - Steel city mom oldest Indian woman to scale Everest |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110521/jsp/frontpage/story_14009988.jsp |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref>

==Others==
*[[Atul Kochhar]] - 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
*[[Subodh Kumar Jaiswal]] - Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)

== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of people by state or union territory in India|Jharkhand]]
[[Category:People from Jharkhand| ]]
[[Category:Jharkhand-related lists|People]]

List of people from Jharkhand - Revision history

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