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This is a '''list of notable people from [[Bihar]], [[India]]'''.
This is a '''list of notable people from [[Bihar]], [[India]]'''.
 
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==Ancient==
==Ancient==
* [[Ajatashatru]]
* [[Ajatashatru]]
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==Nationalists and independence activists==
==Nationalists and independence activists==
[[File:Kunwarsingh.jpg|thumb|150px|Portrait of Veer [[Kunwar Singh]]]]
[[File:Kunwarsingh.jpg|thumb|150px|Portrait of Veer [[Kunwar Singh]]]]
[[File:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam - David Ben Gurion 1962.jpg|thumb|150px|Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the son of a Bihari immigrant, with [[David Ben Gurion]] at [[Lod airport]], Israel, in 1962]]
[[File:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam - David Ben Gurion 1962.jpg|thumb|150px|Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the son of a Bihari immigrant, with [[David Ben Gurion]] at [[Lod airport]], Israel, in 1962]]
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* [[Babu Kunwar Singh]]
* [[Babu Kunwar Singh]]
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Sri Krishna Singh]]
* Sri Krishna Singh
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
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* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[Kameshwar Singh]]  
* [[Kameshwar Singh]]  
* [[Swami Sahajanand Saraswati]]
* Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
* [[Syed Hasan Imam]]
* [[Syed Hasan Imam]]
* [[Baikuntha Shukla]]
* [[Baikuntha Shukla]]
* [[Karyanand Sharma]]
* [[Karyanand Sharma]]
* [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Satyendra Narayan Singh]]
* Satyendra Narayan Singh
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[Basawon Singh (Sinha)]]
* Basawon Singh (Sinha)
* [[Yamuna Karjee]]
* [[Yamuna Karjee]]
* [[Yogendra Shukla]]
* [[Yogendra Shukla]]
* [[Sheel Bhadra Yagee]]
* Sheel Bhadra Yagee
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
* [[Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)]]
* [[Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)]]
* [[Ram Narain Sharma]]
* Ram Narain Sharma
* [[Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi]]
* [[Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi]]
* [[Radhanandan Jha]]
* [[Radhanandan Jha]]
* [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]]
* Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Babu Amar Singh]]
* Babu Amar Singh
* Ramphal Mandal


==Writers and scholars==
==Writers and scholars==
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===Hindi===
===Hindi===
* [[Bhikhari Thakur]]
* [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]
* [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
* [[Gopal Singh Nepali]]
* [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]]
* [[Shankar Dayal Singh]]
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
* [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]
* [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]
* [[Gopal Singh Nepali]]
* [[Kalanath Mishra]]
* [[Kalanath Mishra]]
* [[Nawal Kishore Dhawal]]
* [[Nawal Kishore Dhawal]]
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===[[Param Vir Chakra]]===
===[[Param Vir Chakra]]===
* [[Albert Ekka]]
* [[Albert Ekka]]
===[[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]===
===[[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]===
* [[Jyoti Prakash Nirala]]
* [[Jyoti Prakash Nirala]]
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===Vice-President of other countries===
===Vice-President of other countries===
* [[Parmanand Jha]] first Vice-President of [[Nepal]]
* [[Parmanand Jha]] first vice-president of [[Nepal]]


===Prime ministers of other countries===
===Prime ministers of other countries===
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===Attorneys general of India===
===Attorneys general of India===
* [[L.N. Sinha]]
* [[L.N. Sinha]]
===Advocate General of state of Bihar===
===Advocate General of state of Bihar===
*[[Rambalak Mahto]], longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of [[Nitish Kumar]].
*[[Rambalak Mahto]], longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of [[Nitish Kumar]].
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|[[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|[[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|[[Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
|[[Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)|Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
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* [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]])
* [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]])


===Politics===
==Politics==
{{main|List of politicians from Bihar}}
{{main|List of politicians from Bihar}}


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===Singers===
===Singers===
* [[Daler Mehndi]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140921004213/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx</ref>
* [[Daler Mehndi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx |title=Archived copy |website=www.hindustantimes.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921004213/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx |archive-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Kiran Ahluwalia]]
* [[Kiran Ahluwalia]]
* [[Sundar Popo]]
* [[Sundar Popo]]
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===Music directors===
===Music directors===
* [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
* [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
* [[Anand-Milind]]
* [[Anand–Milind]]
* [[Bapi Tutul]]
* [[Bapi Tutul]]
* [[Ramashreya Jha]]
* [[Ramashreya Jha]]
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===Indian Police Service===
===Indian Police Service===
* [[Abhayanand]]
* [[Abhayanand]]
*[[Lipi Singh]]
* [[J. K. Sinha]]
* [[J. K. Sinha]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar]]
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* [[Sanjay Jha (businessman)|Sanjay Jha]]
* [[Sanjay Jha (businessman)|Sanjay Jha]]
* [[Subrata Roy]], Founder of [[Sahara India Pariwar|Sahara Group]]
* [[Subrata Roy]], Founder of [[Sahara India Pariwar|Sahara Group]]
* [[Anil Sharma]], Amrapali Group
* Anil Sharma, Amrapali Group
* [[Samprada Singh]]
* [[Samprada Singh]]


==Others==
==Others==
* [[Shaibal Gupta]]
{{cmn|
* [[Malati Choudhury]]
* [[Subhav Sinha]]
* [[Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary]]
* [[Shyamanand Jalan]]
* [[Dashrath Manjhi]]
* [[Anand Kumar]]
* [[Anand Kumar]]
* [[Anil Kumar]]
* [[Anil Kumar]]
* [[Shilpa Singh]]
* [[Dashrath Manjhi]]
* [[Supriya Aiman]]
* [[Ganesh Dutt]]
* [[Pranati Rai Prakash]]
* [[Gurusharan Sharma]]
* [[Malati Choudhury]]
* [[Maṇḍana Miśra]]
* [[Maṇḍana Miśra]]
* [[Ganesh Dutt]]
* [[Natwarlal]]
* [[Natwarlal]]
* [[Nirupama Pandey]]
* [[Nirupama Pandey]]
* [[Pranati Rai Prakash]]
* [[Shaibal Gupta]]
* [[Shilpa Singh]]
* [[Shyamanand Jalan]]
* [[Subhav Sinha]]
* [[Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary]]
* [[Supriya Aiman]]
}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 05:46, 1 August 2023


This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Ancient[edit]

Nationalists and independence activists[edit]

Portrait of Veer Kunwar Singh
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the son of a Bihari immigrant, with David Ben Gurion at Lod airport, Israel, in 1962

Writers and scholars[edit]

File:Irshadandyaseendpf01.jpg
Yaseen Anwer discussing poetry with renowned Bollywood lyricist Irshad Kamil at Delhi Poetry Festival, 2013
Satyapal Chandra (Noted Author, Entrepreneur)
File:R.C.Jha.jpg
Ramesh Chandra Jha (poet, novelist, journalist, freedom fighter)

Journalists[edit]

M. J. Akbar, journalist

Authors[edit]

Hindi[edit]

Maithili[edit]

Bhojpuri[edit]

Bengali[edit]

English[edit]

Urdu[edit]

National and international award winners[edit]

Bharat Ratna[edit]

Padma Bhushan[edit]

Padma Shree[edit]

Jnanpith award[edit]

Magasaysay award[edit]

Dada Saheb Phalke award[edit]

Military Gallantry Award winners[edit]

Param Vir Chakra[edit]

Ashoka Chakra[edit]

Holders of high constitutional offices[edit]

Presidents of India[edit]

Presidents of other countries[edit]

Vice-President of other countries[edit]

Prime ministers of other countries[edit]

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, former Prime Minister of Mauritius

Attorneys general of India[edit]

Advocate General of state of Bihar[edit]

Governors of Indian states[edit]

Governor of Reserve Bank of India[edit]

Lieutenant governors of other states[edit]

Speakers of Lok Sabha[edit]

Chief justices[edit]

Chief ministers[edit]

# Name Took office Left office Political party
1 Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 1946 31 January 1961 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
2 Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 1961 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
3 Binodanand Jha 18 February 1961 2 October 1963 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
4 Krishana Ballabh Sahay 2 October 1963 5 March 1967 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
5 Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 5 March 1967 28 January 1968 Jana Kranti Dal1
6 Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 1968 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
7 B. P. Mandal 1 February 1968 2 March 1968 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
8 Bhola Paswan Shashtri 22 March 1968 29 June 1968 Indian National Congress (O)
President's rule 29 June 1968 26 February 1969
9 Harihar Singh 26 February 1969 22 June 1969 Indian National Congress
10 Bhola Paswan Shashtri 22 June 1969 4 July 1969 Indian National Congress (O)
President's rule 6 July 1969 16 February 1970
11 Daroga Prasad Rai 16 February. 1970 22 December 1970 Indian National Congress
12 Karpuri Thakur 22 December 1970 2 June 1971 Socialist Party
13 Bhola Paswan Shashtri 2 June 1971 9 January 1972 Indian National Congress
President's rule 9 January 1972 19 March 1972
14 Kedar Pandey 19 March 1972 2 July 1973 Indian National Congress
15 Abdul Gafoor 2 July 1973 11 April 1975 Indian National Congress
16 Jagannath Mishra 11 April 1975 30 April 1977 Indian National Congress
President's rule 30 April 1977 24 June 1977
17 Karpuri Thakur 24 June 1977 21 April 1979 Janata Party
18 Ram Sunder Das 21 April 1979 17 February 1980 Janata Party
President's rule 17 February 1980 8 June 1980
19 Jagannath Mishra 8 June 1980 14 August 1983 Indian National Congress (I)
20 Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 1983 12 March 1985 Indian National Congress (I)
21 Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 1985 13 February 1988 Indian National Congress (I)
22 Bhagwat Jha Azad 14 February 1988 10 March 1989 Indian National Congress (I)
23 Satyendra Narayan Singh 11 March 1989 6 December 1989 Indian National Congress (I)
24 Jagannath Mishra 6 December 1989 10 March 1990 Indian National Congress (I)
25 Laloo Prasad Yadav 10 March 1990 3 March 1995 Janata Dal symbol.svg Janata Dal
26 Laloo Prasad Yadav 4 April 1995 25 July 1997 Janata Dal symbol.svg Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal
27 Rabri Devi 25 July 1997 11 February 1999 RJD Flag.svg Rashtriya Janata Dal
28 Rabri Devi 9 March 1999 2 March 2000 RJD Flag.svg Rashtriya Janata Dal
29 Nitish Kumar 3 March 2000 10 March 2000 JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)
30 Rabri Devi 11 March 2000 6 March 2005 RJD Flag.svg Rashtriya Janata Dal
President's rule 7 March 2005 24 November 2005
31 Nitish Kumar 24 November 2005 24 November 2010 JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)
32 Nitish Kumar 26 November 2010 17 May 2014[3] JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)
33 Jitan Ram Manjhi 20 May 2014 22 Feb 2015 JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)
34 Nitish Kumar 22 Feb 2015 [4] Present [5] JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)

Deputy chief ministers[edit]

# Name Took office Left office Party
1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha [3] 2 April 1946 5 July 1957 1931 Flag of India.svg Indian National Congress
2 Karpoori Thakur 5 March 1967 31 January 1968 Socialist Party
3 Sushil Kumar Modi 24 Nov 2005 24 Nov 2010 Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Sushil Kumar Modi 26 Nov 2010 jun 2013 Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Lok Sabha[edit]

# Constituency Member of Parliament Political party
1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United)
2 Paschim Champaran Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Sheohar Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Sitamarhi Arjun Roy Janata Dal (United)
6 Madhubani Hukmadeo Narayan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Jhanjharpur Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United)
8 Supaul Vishwa Mohan Kumar Janata Dal (United)
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Kishanganj Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress
11 Katihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Purnia Uday Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Madhepura Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
14 Darbhanga Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Muzaffarpur Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United)
16 Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
17 Gopalganj Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United)
18 Siwan Om Prakash Yadav Independent
19 Maharajganj Uma Shankar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bhartiya Janata Party
21 Hajipur Ram Vilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party
22 Ujiarpur Aswamedh Devi Janata Dal (United)
23 Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United)
24 Begusarai Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United)
25 Khagaria Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United)
26 Bhagalpur Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party
27 Banka Putul Kumari Independent
28 Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United)
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United)
30 Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
31 Pataliputra Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
32 Arrah R. K. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
33 Buxar Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
34 Sasaram Meira Kumar Indian National Congress
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United)
36 Jahanabad Jagdish Sharma Janata Dal (United)
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United)
38 Gaya Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
39 Nawada Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
40 Jamui Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United)

Members of Rajya Sabha[edit]

# Political party Member of Parliament
1 Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan
2 Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Kripal Yadav
3 Rashtriya Janata Dal Prem Chand Gupta
4 Janata Dal (United) Mahendra Prasad
5 Janata Dal (United) Ali Anwar
6 Janata Dal (United) Sabir Ali
7 Janata Dal (United) Anil Kumar Sahani
8 Janata Dal (United) K C Tyagi
9 Janata Dal (United) Shivanand Tiwari
10 Janata Dal (United) Ramchandra Prasad Singh
11 Janata Dal (United) Bashistha Narain Singh
12 Janata Dal (United) N. K. Singh
13 Janata Dal (United) Ram Nath Thakur
14 Bharatiya Janata Party Dharmendra Pradhan
15 Bharatiya Janata Party Ravi Shankar Prasad
16 Bharatiya Janata Party Rajiv Pratap Rudy
17 Bharatiya Janata Party Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur

Spokesperson[edit]

Politics[edit]

Main article: List of politicians from Bihar

Entertainment[edit]

Film directors[edit]

Actors[edit]

Actresses[edit]

Singers[edit]

Music directors[edit]

Arts[edit]

Religion[edit]

Mathematics and science[edit]

Sports[edit]

Bureaucracy[edit]

Indian Civil Service[edit]

Indian Administrative Service[edit]

Indian Foreign Service[edit]

Indian Police Service[edit]

Business[edit]

Others[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Sitamarhi". Britannica. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "History of Sitamarhi". Official site of Sitamarhi district. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigns - Times of India ►". Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM - Times of India ►". Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister; Mamata Banerjee, Tarun Gogoi Attend Swearing In". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". www.hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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