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== Gods == | == Gods == | ||
[[File:Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan (MET 70694) cropped.png|thumb|Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill]] | |||
[[File:Radharani 10.JPG|thumb|Murti of Radharani at ISKCON Temple, Pune]] | |||
[[File:Balarama Mural.jpg|thumb|Balarama mural depiction]] | |||
*[[Krishna|Lord Krishna]] | *[[Krishna|Lord Krishna]] | ||
*[[Radha|Devi Radha]] | *[[Radha|Devi Radha]] | ||
*[[Balarama]] | *[[Balarama]] | ||
== Saints == | == Saints == | ||
== Historical figures == | == Historical figures == | ||
Revision as of 18:05, 20 April 2026
| Romanization | Yadav |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Sanskrit |
| Word/name | Yadu |
| Derivation | Yadava |
| Meaning | descendant of Yadu |
| Region of origin | India,Nepal |
| [1] | |
This is a list of notable members of the Yadav community.
Gods
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Saints
Historical figures
Anti-colonialists
Civil servants and bureaucrats
- Bhupendra Yadav, IPS, DGP of Rajasthan
- Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh
- Manoj Yadava, IPS, DGP of Haryana
- Navniet Sekera, IPS, ADG Uttar Pradesh
- Neera Yadav, IAS
- Pranjal Yadav, IAS
Film and television
- Baba Yadav
- Dinesh Lal Yadav
- Dwij Yadav
- Khesari Lal Yadav
- Leena Yadav
- Manisha Yadav
- Narsing Yadav
- Neha Yadav
- Parul Yadav
- Pragya Yadav
- Rajesh Yadav
- Raghubir Yadav
- Rajkumar Yadav
- Rajpal Yadav
- Ravi Yadav
- Shrikant Yadav
- Shyam Yadav
First in their fields
- Santosh Yadav, first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from Kangshung Face.
- Surekha Yadav, India's first female train driver
- Bhakti Yadav, The first female MBBS from Indore, India
- Ram Baran Yadav, The first president of Nepal
Indian politics
- Ajay Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
- Ajesh Yadav, AAP member for Badli in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Akhilesh Yadav, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Akshay Yadav, M.P. in the 16th Lok Sabha
- Anand Sen Yadav, BSP politician
- Anil Kumar Yadav, a politician from Bihar
- Anil Kumar Yadav, Minister of Irrigation(Water Resources) Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Anita Yadav, politician, Former Minister Haryana Congress
- Anjan Kumar Yadav, former M.P. for Secunderabad
- Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, former Union Minister
- Arvind Singh Yadav, MLA, Chhibramau, SP
- Annapurna Devi Yadav, Union Minister of State for Education
- Ashok Kumar Yadav, Member of Parliament from Madhubani
- Babulal Gaur Yadav, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh(BJP)
- Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav, Member of the Parliament and leader Telangana Rashtra Samithi party
- Balram Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader, UP
- Balram Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
- Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour and Employment
- Bhagabat Behera Yadav, former Cabinet Minister of Government of Odisha
- Chandrapal Singh Yadav, MP, Jhansi, SP
- Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, SP Politician, Shaurya Chakra awardee
- Daroga Prasad Rai, 10th Chief Minister of Bihar
- Darshan Singh Yadav, former Rajya Sabha MP of Uttar Pradesh
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav, former Minister of Bihar and Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Yadav, former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Deo Narayan Yadav, 12th Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Devender Yadav, Indian National Congress
- Devendra Prasad Yadav, former RJD Leader
- Devendra Singh Yadav, former M.P. for Etah
- Dharmananda Behera Yadav, former MLA of Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha)
- Dharmendra Yadav, M.P., Samajwadi Party
- Dimple Yadav, M.P. for Kannauj
- D. P. Yadav, leader of Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
- Girish Yadav, State Minister, Uttar Pradesh, A BJP Leader
- Hitesh Kumar Bagartti Yadav, former Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly(BJP)
- Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State
- Hemchand Yadav, Former Cabinet Minister of Chhattishgarh Government
- Jagadambi Prasad Yadav, former Minister of State in PM Morarji Desai Ministry
- Jaswant Singh Yadav, BJP, Rajasthan
- Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State for Water Resources
- Kailash Nath Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
- Kanti Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
- Lalita Yadav, Minister of State of Madhya Pradesh Government
- Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Union Cabinet Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Bihar
- Laxmi Narayan Yadav, M.P., Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
- Madhusudan Yadav, former Lok Sabha MP and Mayor of Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation
- Mahinder Yadav, MLA, AAP
- Manoj Yadav, former MLA of Bihar and MLA of Jharkhand
- Mandakini Behera Yadav, former MLA of Odisha Nayagarh
- Mitrasen Yadav, Communist Party leader
- Mousadhi Bag Yadav, member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Dharmagarh
- Mulayam Singh Yadav (Auraiya politician), former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) for 3 times(he is not the father of Akhilesh Yadav)
- Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Union Defence Minister of India and Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav, M.L.A., Samajwadi Party, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
- Nand Kishore Yadav, Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha
- Neera Yadav (politician), leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and the minister in government of Jharkhand
- Nityanand Rai Yadav, Minister of State for Home Affairs
- Om Prakash Yadav JDU, Bihar
- Pappu Yadav, former RJD M.P
- Pradeep Yadav, 13th Lok Sabha MP and MLA of Jharkhand state
- Pramila Giri Yadav, former Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Baisinga (Mayurbhanj)
- Ramakant Yadav, BJP
- Ramesh Prasad Yadav, former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Rampal Yadav, SP leader
- Ram Gopal Yadav, Rajya Sabha member
- Ram Kripal Yadav, former Union Minister of State
- Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav, former member of Lok Sabha and Ex-MLA of Bihar
- Ram Naresh Yadav, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Ranjan Prasad Yadav, RJD politician, Bihar
- Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
- Sadhu Yadav, politician, Bihar
- Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (U)
- Shivpal Singh Yadav, former Cabinat Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Shyamlal Yadav, Leader of Congress (I), Former Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
- Subhash Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Subhash Prasad Yadav, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Bihar
- Sudha Yadav, BJP leader
- Sunil Kumar Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
- Surendra Prasad Yadav, former Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand and Ex-MLA of Bihar he also served as an MP of 12th Lok Sabha
- Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister of State in Government of Telangana(Telangana Rashtra Samithi)
- Tejashwi Yadav, Ex-Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar State
- Tej Pratap Yadav, Ex-Minister for Health, Bihar
- Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, M.P. for Mainpuri
- Uma Kant Yadav, Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Umlesh Yadav, former MLA for Bisauli Uttar Pradesh
- Vijay Bahadur Yadav, MLA, Gorakhpur Rural
- Yogendra Yadav, Leader of Swaraj Abhiyan
Literature
- Anand Yadav, a Marathi-language writer
- B. D. Yadav, historian
- J. N. Singh Yadav, English- and Hindi-language writer
- Lalai Singh Yadav, writer and playwright from UP
- Rajendra Yadav, a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi Kahani.
- Ramashankar Yadav, Hindi poet
- S. D. S. Yadav, writer of "Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India"
Military
Nepali politics
- Upendra Yadav, Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
- Chitra Lekha Yadav, minister
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Nepal) member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- Radhe Chandra Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- Ram Baran Yadav, President
- Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister of Education. member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum
- Upendra Yadav President of Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
- Matrika Yadav, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, A Nepal Communist Party Leader
Professionals
- Dr. Bhakti Yadav, Padma Shri awardee gynaecologist
- Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav, Leading Agriculturist, Padma Shri Awardee
- Ramakant Yadav is a professor of Neurology.
- Raj Vir Singh Yadav, Kidney transplant surgeon, Padma Shri Awardee, 1982
- Rahul Yadav, Ex CEO, Housing.com and founder of Intelligent Interfaces for e-commerce
- Yogendra Yadav, Psephology
Science and technology
Social workers
- Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Worker in Chhattisgarh, Padma Shri Awardee, Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awardee
Sports
- Abhishek Yadav, football
- Abhishek Yadav, table-tennis
- Ajay Yadav, cricket
- Akash Yadav, cricket
- Amit Raj Kumar Yadav, cricket
- Arjun Yadav, cricket
- Ashwin Yadav, cricket
- Avinash Yadav, cricket
- Bani Yadav, Car rallyist, India's fastest women car racer
- Chinki Yadav, Indian sport shooter
- Dharmendra Singh Yadav, boxing
- Hemulal Yadav, cricket
- Jai Prakash Yadav, cricket
- Jayant Yadav, cricket
- Jyoti Yadav, cricket
- Kapil Yadav, cricket
- Kavita Yadav, air-rifle Shooting
- Kuldeep Yadav, cricket
- Lalit Yadav, Delhi cricketer
- Lalit Yadav, Vidharbha cricketer
- Narsingh Pancham Yadav, wrestling
- Poonam Yadav, cricket
- Punam Yadav, weightlifting
- Puneet Yadav, Cricket
- Radha Yadav, Cricket
- Rahul Yadav (cricketer)
- Rahul Yadav Chittaboina, Badminton
- Rakesh Kumar Yadav, athletics
- Ram Singh Sanjay Yadav, Cricket
- Ram Singh Yadav, Marathon Runner
- Renuka Yadav, hockey
- Rohit Yadav C., Badminton
- Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, wrestling
- Santosh Yadav (cricketer), cricket
- Santosh Yadav, mountaineering
- Satish Kumar Yadav, boxing
- Shivlal Yadav, cricket
- Suryakumar Yadav, cricket
- Swapnali Yadav, swimming
- Tejashwi Yadav, cricket
- Umesh Yadav, cricket
- Vidhya Yadav, cricket admintration
- Vijay Yadav, cricket
- Vikas Krishan Yadav, boxing
- Vishal Yadav, cricket
Vice Chancellors
- G. D. Yadav vice chancellor of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) from 2009 until November 2019.
- R.S. Yadav was Vice Chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana in 2018.
- Raja Ram Yadav former vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University.
- Ramesh Kumar Yadava is Vice Chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana since 28 June 2021.
- Sumer Singh Yadav Vice-Chancellor of Jagan Nath University, NCR.
- Sushma Yadav Vice-Chancellor of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Sonepat.
See also
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2973. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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