List of people from Telangana

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Award winners

Bharat Ratna

• Zakir Hussain

Padma Vibhushan

• Ravi Narayana Reddy (1992)
• Kaloji (1992)
• Ali Yavar Jung
• Mehdi Nawaz Jung

Padma Bhushan

• C. Narayanareddy
• Haroon Khan Sherwani
• Nawab Zain Yar Jung
• Zehra Ali Yavar Jung
• C. H. Hanumantha Rao

Padmasri Award

• Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, Service
• Gajam Anjaiah, Arts
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Arts
• Gopi Chand Mannam, Medicine
• Laxma Goud, Arts

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

• Paidi Jairaj

Dronacharya Award

• Mohammad Ilyas Babar, athletics
• Syed Naeemuddin, football

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna!←

• P.V. Sindhu

Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu

• Suravaram Pratap Reddy, for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
• Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, for his Timiramotho Samaram 1974
• Cingireddy Narayana Reddy, for his Mantalu Manavudu 1973

Military Gallantry Awards

• Major Cingireddy Bharat Kumar, SENAMEDAL, For Leading Commandos in extermination of top Terrorist Commanders in Kashmir Valley

Education

• Prof. K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University; former member of the UPSC
• Arjula Ramachandra Reddy, distinguished biologist; founder Vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University; Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
• Gerald Jaideep, Chief Executive Officer, Medvarsity Online Limited and Co-Chair FICCI Task Force on Ed-Tech.
• Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationist and Telangana activist
• Dr. Anantha R. Ganta, research scientist and Telangana activist

Film industry

• Shashi Preetam, music director
• Vandemataram Srinivas
• Vijay Deverakonda
• Aditi Rao Hydari
• Tanishq Reddy
• Kiran Rao
• B. Narsing Rao
• Nithiin
• C. Narayanareddy
• Chakri, composer
• Chandrabose
• Dasarathi Krishnamacharya
• Madhura Sreedhar Reddy
• Dil Raju
• Harish Shankar
• Kanta Rao
• M. Prabhakar Reddy
• N.Shankar
• Nandini Reddy
• Nikhil Siddharth
• Paidi Jairaj
• Rahul Ramakrishna
• Reshma Rathore
• Shyam Benegal
• Rahul Sipligunj
• Priyadarshi
• Rahul Ramakrishna
• Vamshi Paidipally
• Suddala Ashok Teja
• Surender Reddy
• Venu Madhav
• Udaya Bhanu
• Sampath Nandi
• Shekhar Kammula
• Dasharath
• Siva Reddy
• Vennela Kishore
• Thagubothu Ramesh
• Shabana Azmi
• Farah Naaz
• Tabassum Hashmi
• Dia Mirza Handrich
• Sampoornesh Babu
• Sushmita Sen
• Rajnesh Domalpalli, Telugu film director
• Nagesh Kukunoor, filmmaker and screenwriter
• Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga
• Nag Ashwin
• Sankalp Reddy

Lawyers

• Subodh Markandeya, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.

Military chiefs

• Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81
• Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88
• Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09

Poets

• Bammera Pothana, one of the most acclaimed Telugu poets
• Amjad Hyderabadi
• Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India
• Krishnamacharyulu Dasaradhi (1925–1987), poet and political activist
• Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914–2002), poet and political activist
• Suddala Hanmanthu, poet, best known for the Telugu folk song "Palletoori Pillagada"
• Gummadi Vittal Rao, balladeer and Naxalite activist
• Goreti Venkanna, poet and folk singer
• Rasamayi Balakrishna, folk singer, poet and political activist
• Ampasayya Naveen
• Fani Badayuni, noted Urdu poet
• Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Urdu poet
• Bulemoni Venkateshwarlu
• C. Narayanareddy
• Sunkireddy Narayana Reddy
• Chandrabose
• Gaddar
• Kancherla Gopanna or Bhakta Ramadasu
• Palkuriki Somanna
• Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao
• Suddala Hanmanthu
• Suddala Ashok Teja
• Suravaram Pratapareddy
• Vajjala Shiva Kumar
• Varavara Rao
• Vattikota AlwarSwamy
• Gona Budda Reddy
• Waheed Akhtar, Urdu poet, writer and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century
• Marana
• Mallinātha Sūri
• Agasthya Kavi
• Andesri
• Dasaradhi Rangacharya
• Nandini Sidda Reddy

News writers

• Vattikota Alwar Swamy (1915–1961), Telugu writer, human rights activist, communist leader, journalist and publisher
• Suravaram Pratapareddy (1896–1953), social historian
• Suddala Ashok Teja, Tollywood lyric writer
• Arunodaya Vimala, balladeer and social activist

Politicians

• Zakir Hussain, third President of India and former governor of Bihar
• P. V. Narasimha Rao, ex-CM of AP and ninth Prime Minister of India
• Sarojini Naidu, first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman governor (to United Provinces)
• Padmaja Naidu, founder of INC in the Hyderabad State, former governor of West Bengal
• Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, first elected Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State (Independent India)
• Marri Chenna Reddy, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
• Jalagam Vengal Rao, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
• Tanguturi Anjaiah, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
• Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana State; founder of TRS;
• Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 2019, ex-MP Sec-bad
• Jaipal Reddy, ex-MP (13th, 14th and 15th Lokh Sabha); Minister, GOI
• Naini Narshimha Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Telangana, MLC, TRS Party Senior Leader
• Sabita Indra Reddy, Education Minister of Telangana from 2019
• R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP party
• Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, ex-MP, former General Secretary for the Communist Party of India
• Renuka Chowdhury, former Union minister of State and member of numerous parliamentary committees
• Alimineti Madhava Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• P. Shiv Shankar, ex-MP, Union Law Minister - GOI
• G. Sanjeeva Reddy, ex-MP Rajya Sabha, Ex-Minister of labour
• G. Venkat Swamy, ex-MP (14th Lok Sabha); ex-Minister, GOI
• Linganna Pujari, Mumbai
• Ponnala Lakshmaiah, President, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee; ex-Minister of AP
• Tadur Bala Goud, Champion of the Backward Class community; former Minister, MLA; twice an MP in 8th and 9th Lok Sabha
• V. Srinivas Goud, MLA, AP
• Bandaru Dattatreya, MP (Lok Sabha) and Minister, GOI
• P. Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary, BJP
• Ponnam Prabhakar Goud, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Manda Jagannadham, MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Ramesh Rathod, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Gutha Sukender Reddy, Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council from 2019
• Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Sabita Indra Reddy, ex-Minister, Andhra Pradesh
• Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, ex-minister, AP
• Kunduru Jana Reddy, ex-Minister Panchayat Raj (2010), AP
• Madan Mohan, MLA
• K. T. Rama Rao, MLA
• T. Harish Rao, MLA
• K. Kavitha, MP; founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
• G. Kishan Reddy, MLA, President of the BJP, AP
• Marri Shashidhar Reddy, MLA, member of the National Disaster Management Authority
• Etela Rajender, MLA
• Kadiyam Srihari, MP
• Konda Surekha, MLA, ex-Minister, AP
• Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, founder of Lok Satta Party
• Ramreddy Damodar Reddy, MLA
• Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MLA, Chief Whip for the Congress Party
• Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationalist
• G. Vivekanand, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Revanth Reddy, MP, Malkajgiri
• R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP
• Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, President Of AIMIM
• Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly from AIMIM
• C.Laxma Reddy, MLA Jadcherla, ex-Health Minister

Religious figures

Hinduism

• Kancherla Gopanna

Islam

• Khwaja Bande Nawaz
• Sayyid Sahib Husayni
• Maulana Mohammad Ali

Other notable people

• Chakali Ailamma, revolutionary leader
• Komaram Bheem, 20th-century freedom fighter
• Suddala Hanumanthu, freedom fighter, writer, balladeer
• Kothapalli Jayashankar, political activist and academic
• Malik Motasim Khan, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
• V. Prakash, educational activist
• Chukka Ramaiah, educator
• Bholekar Srihari, painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Suresh Venapally, Indian mathematician known for his research work in algebra
• Gaddar, artist, politician
• Varavara Rao, poet
• Ganapathi, leader of the banned extremist group CPI (Maoist)
• Raavi Narayana Reddy, revolutionary, leader of CPI, parliamentarian
• Noel David, former Team India cricketer
• Kanwaljit Singh, multiple Ranji record-breaking all-rounder
• Mohammed Siraj, represented Team India in cricket
• Diya Mirza, former Miss Asia-Pacific pageant winner
• Vivek Oberoi, Hindi film actor
• Tabu, Hindi film actress, multiple national awards winner
• Harsha Bhogle, popular cricket commentator and founder of cricbuzz.com
• M. L. Jaisimha, Team India cricket player
• Arshad Ayub, former India team player and manager
• Shivlal Yadav, former India team player
• Abbas Ali Baig, player and coach of India Cricket Team
• Abdul Basith, former captain of the Indian Men's Volleyball Team
• K. Kavitha, political activist, founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
• M. Kodandaram, political activist and chairman of All-Party Telangana Joint Action Committee
• Vani Kola, venture capitalist, co-founder of Kalaari Capital
• Nerella Venu Madhav, often regarded as the father of Indian mimicry

See also

• Jaya Jaya He Telangana
• Telangana Language Day