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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Popular personalities from Indian city Varanasi}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}<br />
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[[File:Temples on the bank of Ganges, Varanasi.jpg|thumb|[[Varanasi]] on the banks of the holy [[Ganges River]]]]<br />
This is a list of notable '''people from Varanasi''', [[India]].<br />
<br />
==Activists==<br />
*[[Annie Besant]]<br />
*[[Dyal Singh Majithia]]<br />
<br />
==Arts, music and entertainment==<br />
*[[Ashutosh Bhattacharya]] (1917–2004), Tabla Player<br />
*[[Girija Devi]], Singer, [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
*[[Siddheshwari Devi]], Khayal Singer, [[Padma Shri]]<br />
*[[Sitara Devi]], [[Padma Shri]]<br />
*[[Bismillah Khan]], [[Shehnai]] Player, [[Bharat Ratna]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
*[[Birju Maharaj]], Kathak Guru, [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
*[[Kishan Maharaj]], [[Tabla]] Player, [[Padma Vibhushan]] <br />
*[[Channulal Mishra]], [[Hindustani classical]] Player, [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
*[[Shamta Prasad]] (Gudai Maharaj), Tabla Player, [[Padma Shri]]<br />
*[[Ritwik Sanyal]], Singer, [[Dhrupad]]<br />
*[[Ravi Shankar]], [[Sitar]] Player, [[Bharat Ratna]]<br />
*[[Shivnath Mishra]], Sitarist, Surbahar<br />
*[[Uday Shankar]], Dancer, [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
*[[Sujit Kumar]], Actor & Producer<br />
*[[Anant Lal]], Indian Classical Musician & Teacher<br />
*[[Rasoolan Bai]], Vocalist. Prabhash Maharaj Visiting professor, tabla player.<br />
*[[Ronu Majumdar]], Flautist<br />
*[[Lalmani Misra]], Musician<br />
*[[Hemanta Mukherjee]], Singer, Music Director & Film Director<br />
*[[Deobrat Mishra]], Sitar, Surbahar artist <br />
*[[Hiralal Yadav]], Folk Singer, [[Padma Shri]]<br />
*[[Aasif Sheikh]] aka Vibhuti Mishra from TV series 'Bhabhiji ghar per hain]]<br />
*[[Mukesh Singh]] Indian illustrator artist<br />
<br />
==Literature and academics==<br />
*[[Baldev Upadhyaya]], Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic, [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
*[[Bharatendu Harishchandra]], Novelist, poet, playwright writer<br />
*[[Devaki Nandan Khatri]], Writer<br />
*[[Gopinath Kaviraj]] (1887–1976), Sanskrit scholar; Principal [[Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi]] (1923–1937);[[Padma Vibhushan]] (1964)<ref name=ana>{{cite web | title = Sri Sri Anandamayi Ma's Devotees | url = http://www.anandamayi.org/devotees/f6.htm |work=Anandamayi Ma| accessdate = 2014-09-26 }}</ref><br />
*[[Jaishankar Prasad]], Writer<br />
*[[Kabir Das]], mystic poet and saint<br />
*[[Premchand]], [[Hindi]]-[[Urdu]] Writer<br />
*[[Tulsidas]], saint and poet, and philosopher<br />
*[[Vagish Shastri]], Sanskrit scholar, Tantric, linguist and grammarian<br />
*[[Veer Bhadra Mishra]], founding president of the Sankat Mochan Foundation; former professor and HOD of Civil Engineering at IIT (BHU), Varanasi<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sankatmochanfoundationonline.org/mahantji.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717105820/http://www.sankatmochanfoundationonline.org/mahantji.html |archivedate=17 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
*[[Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil']], Poet<br />
*[[Shiv Prasad Mishra]], Writer<br />
*[[Shiv Prasaad Singh]], Writer<br />
*[[Kashi Nath Singh]], Writer<br />
*[[Shiv Prasad Gupta]] freedom fighter, philanthropist and founder of Kashi Vidyapeeth. <br />
*[[Charu Sheel Singh]], Writer<br />
*[[Premendra Mitra]], Bengali Poet & Novelist<br />
*[[Deviprasad Dwivedi]], Writer & Teacher, [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
*[[Harihar Kripalu Tripathi]], Sanskrit Scholar, [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
*[[Namvar Singh]], Indian Literary Critic, Sahitya Akademi winner<br />
*[[Ashok Dhawan]], MLC, Uttar Pradesh<br />
<br />
==Politics==<br />
*[[Devendra Nath Dwivedi]], Governor designate of Gujarat<br />
*[[Mahendra Nath Pandey]], Former HRD Minister of Gujarat<br />
*[[Sri Prakasa]], Governor of [[Assam]]<br />
*[[Sampurnanand]], Former Chief Minister of UP and Former Governor of Rajasthan<br />
*[[Kamalapati Tripathi]], Writer, Freedom Fighter and Former Railway Minister<br />
*[[Raj Narain]], former freedom fighter, royalty and politician. <br />
*[[Veena Pandey]], Former MLC, Uttar Pradesh<br />
*[[Adya Prasad Pandey]], Former Vice Chancellor Manipur University, Professor, Banaras Hindu University<br />
* [[Ajay Rai]] 5 times MLA from [[Pindra]]<br />
<br />
==Royalty==<br />
* Raja Chait Singh Zamindar of Benaras <br />
* Kashi Naresh Maharaja Banaras [[Vibhuti Narayan Singh]] <br />
* Maharani Kiran Rao, Queen of [[Bhopal State|Bhopal]]<br />
*Maharani [[Rani of Jhansi|Lakshmibai]], Queen of [[Jhansi State|Jhansi]]<br />
<br />
==Scientists==<br />
*[[Bishun Khare]], Research Scientist<br />
*[[Arvind Mohan Kayastha]], Biologist<br />
*[[Sanjaya Rajaram]], Plant Biologist<br />
*[[Subhash Chandra Lakhotia]], Cytogenetist and Biologist<br />
<br />
==Sports==<br />
*[[Prashanti Singh]], Basketball Player<br />
*[[Mohammed Shahid]], Hockey Player<br />
*[[Lalit Upadhyay]], Field Hockey Player<br />
*[[Vishesh Bhriguvanshi]], Basketball Player<br />
*[[Ram Singh Yadav]], Marathon<br />
*[[Narsingh Pancham Yadav]], Wrestler<br />
*[[Bernard Brodhurst]], Cricketer<br />
*[[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]], Cricketer<br />
*[[Divya Singh]], Basketball Player<br />
*[[Akanksha Singh]], Basketball Player<br />
*[[Pratima Singh]], Basketball Player<br />
*[[Punam Yadav]], [[Weightlifter]]<br />
*[[Shivpal Singh]], Track and Field<br />
<br />
==Others==<br />
*[[Bhagwan Das]], [[Bharat Ratna]]<br />
*[[K. L. Shrimali]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
*[[Lahiri Mahasaya]], Yogi<br />
*[[Rai Krishnadasa]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
*[[Ravidas]]<br />
*[[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]], Lyricist<br />
*[[Sir James Brooke]], Founder of the [[White Rajahs|White Rajah]] dynasty of [[Sarawak]]<br />
*[[Gaga bhatt]] 17th century brahmin scholar who coronation Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja of [[Maratha Empire]] <br />
*[[Sunil Bansal]], Politician<br />
*[[Arun Pathak]], Activist and Politician<br />
*[[Ekta Chowdhry]], Model<br />
*[[Tapan Singhel]], Managing Director and CEO of [[Bajaj Allianz General Insurance]]<br />
*[[Sitaram Chaturvedi]], Educator, Dramatist and Scholar<br />
*[[Sachindra Nath Sanyal]], Revolutionary and founder of [[Hindustan Republican Association]]<br />
*[[Manmath Nath Gupta]], Revolutionary and Author<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Lists of people by city in India|Varanasi]]<br />
[[Category:People from Varanasi| ]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people from Uttar Pradesh|Varanasi]]<br />
[[Category:Varanasi-related lists|People]]</div>
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