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{{short description|Notable Telugus}}
{{short description|Notable Telugus}}
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This is a list of notable [[Telugu people]], also referred to as the '''Andhras''' in the [[Puranas]]. Telugu people are an [[ethnolinguistic group]] that speak [[Telugu language|Telugu]], a [[Dravidian language]] in [[South India|Southern India]].
This is a list of notable [[Telugu people]], also referred to as the '''Andhras''' in the [[Puranas]], an [[ethnolinguistic group]] that speaks [[Telugu language|Telugu]], one of the [[Dravidian language]]
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==Ancient Dynasties and Kingdoms==
==Ancient dynasties and kingdoms==
[[File:India 2nd century AD.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Satavahana Dynasty]] is also refers as '''Andhras'''|alt=]]
[[File:India 2nd century AD.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Satavahana Dynasty]] is also refers as '''Andhras'''|alt=]]  
[[File:Vishnukundina Empire map.png|thumb|150px|[[Vishnukundina Dynasty]]|alt=]]
[[File:Eastern Chalukya Maximum Extent.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Eastern Chalukyas]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Eastern Chalukya Maximum Extent.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Eastern Chalukyas]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Golkonda Fort 001.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Golkonda Fort]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Golkonda Fort 001.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Golkonda Fort]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Reddy Kingdom.png|thumb|upright|[[Reddy dynasty]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Reddy Kingdom.png|thumb|150px|[[Reddy dynasty]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Madurai Nayak Kingdom.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]]|alt=]]
[[File:Madurai Nayak Kingdom.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]]|alt=]]
[[File:Tanjore Nayak Kingdom.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Nayaks of Tanjore]]|alt=]]'''Ancient dynasties'''
[[File:Tanjore Nayak Kingdom.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Nayaks of Tanjore]]|alt=]]
* [[Satavahana dynasty]],<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://mahabubnagar.telangana.gov.in/history/dynasties/|title=Dynasties &#124; Mahabubnagar District, Telangana &#124; India}}</ref> also referred to as '''Andhras''' (2nd Century BCE – 3rd Century CE)  
 
* [[Andhra Ikshvaku]] (3rd Century CE – 4th Century CE)  
===Ancient Dynasties===
* [[Bruhatpalayana]] (270 CE – 285 CE)
* [[Satavahana dynasty]],<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://mahabubnagar.telangana.gov.in/history/dynasties/|title=Dynasties &#124; Mahabubnagar District, Telangana &#124; India}}</ref> is also refer as '''Andhras''' (2nd BCE to 3rd CE)  
* [[Salankayanas]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|first=Sailendra Nath|last=Sen|date=February 8, 1999|publisher=New Age International|isbn=9788122411980|via=Google Books}}</ref> (300 CE – 440 CE)  
* [[Andhra Ikshvaku]] (3rd CE to 4th CE)  
* [[Eastern Ganga dynasty]] (505 CE – 1434 CE)
* [[Bruhatpalayana]] (A.D. 270–285)
* [[Vishnukundina Dynasty]]<ref name="auto12">{{Cite web|url=https://andhraportal.org/history/|title=History &#124; Andhra Cultural Portal}}</ref> (420 CE – 624 CE)  
* [[Salankayanas]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|first=Sailendra Nath|last=Sen|date=February 8, 1999|publisher=New Age International|isbn=9788122411980|via=Google Books}}</ref> (300 CE - 440 CE)  
* [[Eastern Chalukyas]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/andhra-pradesh/rajaraja-narendra-680671a54c57|title=Rajaraja Narendra — the forgotten servant of the Telugu language|date=January 25, 2017|website=Medium}}</ref> (624 CE – 1189 CE)
* [[Vishnukundina Dynasty]]<ref name="auto12">{{Cite web|url=https://andhraportal.org/history/|title=History &#124; Andhra Cultural Portal}}</ref> (420 - 624 CE)  
'''Medieval dynasties'''
* [[Eastern Chalukyas]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/andhra-pradesh/rajaraja-narendra-680671a54c57|title=Rajaraja Narendra — the forgotten servant of the Telugu language|date=January 25, 2017|website=Medium}}</ref> (624 - 1189)
* [[Pericchedi|Pericchedi Kingdom]] (626 CE – 1292 CE)
 
* [[Chalukyas of Vemulavada]] (7th Century CE – 10th Century CE)  
===Medieval Dynasties===
* [[Kakatiya dynasty]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/11/08/rudrama-devi-queen-kings-image/|title=Rudrama Devi: The Queen Who Wore A King's Image &#124; #IndianWomenInHistory|first=Nivedita|last=Hazra|date=November 7, 2019|website=Feminism In India}}</ref> (1163 CE – 1323 CE)
* [[Pericchedi|Pericchedi Kingdom]] (626 CE - 1292 AD)
* [[Kota Vamsa|Kota Dynasty]]<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-d9IAvFOUHsC|title=The History of Andhra Country, 1000 A.D.-1500 A.D.|first=Yashoda|last=Devi|date=February 8, 1993|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=9788121204385|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1100 CE – 1270 CE)
* [[Chalukyas of Vemulavada]] (7th CE - 10th CE)  
* [[Kondapadumati]] Dynasty (1114 CE – 1250 CE)  
* [[Kakatiya dynasty]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/11/08/rudrama-devi-queen-kings-image/|title=Rudrama Devi: The Queen Who Wore A King's Image &#124; #IndianWomenInHistory|first=Nivedita|last=Hazra|date=November 7, 2019|website=Feminism In India}}</ref> (1163 - 1323)
* [[Chagi|Chagi Dynasty]]<ref name="auto2"/> (1100 CE – 1477 CE)  
* [[Kota Vamsa|Kota Dynasty]]<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-d9IAvFOUHsC|title=The History of Andhra Country, 1000 A.D.-1500 A.D.|first=Yashoda|last=Devi|date=February 8, 1993|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=9788121204385|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1100 AD - 1270 AD)  
* [[Reddy dynasty]]<ref name="auto10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/jan/29/15th-century-inscription-of-reddy-dynasty-found-in-a-state-of-neglect-1931409.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204020332/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/jan/29/15th-century-inscription-of-reddy-dynasty-found-in-a-state-of-neglect-1931409.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2019|title=15th century inscription of Reddy dynasty found in a state of neglect|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="auto12"/> (1325 CE – 1448 CE)
* [[Chagi|Chagi Dynasty]]<ref name="auto2"/> (1100 AD - 1477 AD)  
* [[Gona Budda Reddy#Gona Dynasty|Gona Dynasty]] (13th Century CE)
* [[Reddy dynasty]]<ref name="auto10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/jan/29/15th-century-inscription-of-reddy-dynasty-found-in-a-state-of-neglect-1931409.html|title=15th century inscription of Reddy dynasty found in a state of neglect|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="auto12"/> (1325 - 1448)
* [[Aravidu Dynasty]]<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=199 |title=Vijayanagar – AP State Portal |access-date=2020-11-24 |archive-date=2020-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615191009/https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=199 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (1336 CE – 1646 CE)
* [[Gona Budda Reddy#Gona Dynasty|Gona Dynasty]] (13th Century) 
'''Telugu Chodas'''
* [[Vijayanagara Empire]] ([[Aravidu Dynasty]])<ref name="auto3">https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=199</ref> (1336 - 1646)
* [[Telugu Chodas#Renati Chodas|Renati Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (5th Century CE – 9th Century CE)
 
* [[Velanati Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (1076 CE – 1216 CE)
===Telugu Chodas===
* [[Telugu Chodas#Pottapi Chodas|Pottapi Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (11th Century CE)
* [[Telugu Chodas#Renati Chodas|Renati Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (5th CE - 9th AD)  
* [[Telugu Chodas#Konidena Chodas|Konidena Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (1050 CE – 1300 CE)  
* [[Velanati Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (1076 AD - 1216 AD)
* [[Telugu Chodas#Nannuru Chodas|Nannuru Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (12th Century CE)
* [[Telugu Chodas#Pottapi Chodas|Pottapi Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (11th Century)
* [[Nellore Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (11th Century CE – 12th Century CE)
* [[Telugu Chodas#Konidena Chodas|Konidena Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (1050 AD - 1300 AD)
'''Nayaks of South India'''
* [[Telugu Chodas#Nannuru Chodas|Nannuru Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (12th Century)
* [[Musunuri Nayakas]]<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Satya_Sastry/musunuri-nayaks-history-ea0a34c035f4|title=Musunuri Nayaks — History|first=Satyanarayana|last=Sastry|date=June 17, 2019|website=Medium}}</ref> (14th Century CE)  
* [[Nellore Chodas]]<ref name="auto2"/> (11th AD - 12th AD)
* [[Recherla Nayakas]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra|first=Cynthia|last=Talbot|date=September 20, 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198031239|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1368 CE – 1435 CE)  
 
* [[Pemmasani Nayaks]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqprlwEACAAJ|title=Pemmasani Nayaks|first=Ethan Sören|last=Jehoiakim|date=October 8, 2011|publisher=International Book Market Service Limited|isbn=9786137947081|via=Google Books}}{{Circular reference|date=June 2024}}</ref> (1423–1685)
===Nayaks of South India===
* [[Musunuri Nayakas#Sayapaneni Nayaks|Sayapaneni Nayaks]]<ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Satya_Sastry/govindamamba-pemmasani-sayapaneni-a-telugu-female-warrior-a2a02bf7ee77|title=Govindamamba Pemmasani-Sayapaneni- A Telugu Female Warrior|first=Satyanarayana|last=Sastry|date=June 19, 2019|website=Medium}}</ref> (16th Century CE)  
* [[Musunuri Nayakas]]<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Satya_Sastry/musunuri-nayaks-history-ea0a34c035f4|title=Musunuri Nayaks — History|first=Satyanarayana|last=Sastry|date=June 17, 2019|website=Medium}}</ref> (14th Century)  
* [[Nayaks of Gingee]] (1509–1649)
* [[Recherla Nayakas]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra|first=Cynthia|last=Talbot|date=September 20, 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198031239|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1368 CE - 1435 CE)  
* [[Madurai Nayak dynasty]]<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/current-affairs/110116/telugu-tamil-divide-over-naicker-fete.html|title=Telugu-Tamil divide over Naicker fete|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> (1529–1736)
* [[Pemmasani Nayaks]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqprlwEACAAJ|title=Pemmasani Nayaks|first=Ethan Sören|last=Jehoiakim|date=October 8, 2011|publisher=International Book Market Service Limited|isbn=9786137947081|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1423 - 1685)
* [[Nayaks of Tanjore]] (1532–1673)
* [[Musunuri Nayakas#Sayapaneni Nayaks|Sayapaneni Nayaks]]<ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Satya_Sastry/govindamamba-pemmasani-sayapaneni-a-telugu-female-warrior-a2a02bf7ee77|title=Govindamamba Pemmasani-Sayapaneni- A Telugu Female Warrior|first=Satyanarayana|last=Sastry|date=June 19, 2019|website=Medium}}</ref> (16th Century)  
* [[Nayaks of Kalahasti]]<ref name="auto11">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uib2DAAAQBAJ&q=nayaks+of+kalahasti+telugu&pg=PT131|title=INDIA: SOCIETY RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS|first=Publications|last=Division|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=9788123021911|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1542 CE – 1646 CE)
* [[Nayaks of Gingee]] (1509 - 1649)
'''Foreign countries'''
* [[Madurai Nayak dynasty]]<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/current-affairs/110116/telugu-tamil-divide-over-naicker-fete.html|title=Telugu-Tamil divide over Naicker fete|website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref> (1529 - 1736)
* [[Nayaks of Kandy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldteluguconference.com/en/telugucommunity-srilanka.html|title=World Telugu Conference &#124; Prapancha Telugu Mahasabhalu &#124; Telugu Conference History &#124; Telugu Culture|website=www.worldteluguconference.com}}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/the-last-king-of-kandy/article17675774.ece|title=The Nayaka kings of Kandy|first=S.|last=Muthiah|newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 27, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> (1739–1815) ruled [[Sri Lanka]].
* [[Nayaks of Tanjore]] (1532 - 1673)
* [[Nayaks of Kalahasti]]<ref name="auto11">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uib2DAAAQBAJ&q=nayaks+of+kalahasti+telugu&pg=PT131|title=INDIA: SOCIETY RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS|first=Publications|last=Division|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=9788123021911|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1542 AD - 1646 AD)
 
===Foreign Countries===
 
* [[Nayaks of Kandy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldteluguconference.com/en/telugucommunity-srilanka.html|title=World Telugu Conference &#124; Prapancha Telugu Mahasabhalu &#124; Telugu Conference History &#124; Telugu Culture|website=www.worldteluguconference.com}}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/the-last-king-of-kandy/article17675774.ece|title=The Nayaka kings of Kandy|first=S.|last=Muthiah|date=March 27, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> (1739 - 1815) Ruled [[Sri Lanka]].


==Royalty==
==Royalty==


[[File:Viznm kota.jpg |thumb|150px|Main Entrance of [[Vizianagaram Fort]]|alt=]]
[[File:Viznm kota.jpg|thumb|upright|Main Entrance of [[Vizianagaram Fort]]|alt=]]
[[File:Nuzvid Fort Gate.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Nuzvid Estate]]|alt=]]
[[File:Nuzvid Fort Gate.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Nuzvid Estate]]|alt=]]
[[File:Wanaparthy palace.JPG|thumb|150px|Wanaparthy Samsthanam's Palace|alt=]]
[[File:Wanaparthy palace.JPG|thumb|upright|Wanaparthy Samsthanam's Palace|alt=]]


* [[Maharaja of Vizianagaram]]<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/familyhistoryofv00sastrich|title=A family history of Venkatagiri Rajas|first=Alladi Jagannatha|last=Sastri|date=February 8, 1922|publisher=Madras : Addison Press|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
* [[Maharaja of Vizianagaram]]<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/familyhistoryofv00sastrich|title=A family history of Venkatagiri Rajas|first=Alladi Jagannatha|last=Sastri|date=February 8, 1922|publisher=Madras : Addison Press|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
* [[Bastar State]]<ref name="auto5"/>
* [[Bastar State]]<ref name="auto5"/>
* [[Venkatagiri estate]]<ref name="auto5"/>
* [[Venkatagiri estate]]<ref name="auto5"/>
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* [[Wanaparthy Samsthanam]]<ref name="auto5"/>
* [[Wanaparthy Samsthanam]]<ref name="auto5"/>


==Historical Warriors and Rulers==
==Historical warriors and rulers==
[[File:King Rajaraja Narendra founder of rajahmundry city.jpg|thumb|150px|Emperor [[Rajaraja Narendra]]|alt=]]
[[File:King Rajaraja Narendra founder of rajahmundry city.jpg|thumb|upright|Emperor [[Rajaraja Narendra]]|alt=]]
[[File:Kaapaneedu.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Musunuri Nayakas#Kapaya Nayaka|Kapaya Nayaka]]|alt=]]
[[File:Kaapaneedu.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Musunuri Nayakas#Kapaya Nayaka|Kapaya Nayaka]]|alt=]]
[[File:Vijayanagara.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Sri Krishnadevaraya]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Tnayak-edited.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Tirumala Nayaka]]|alt=]]
[[File:Tnayak-edited.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Tirumala Nayaka]]|alt=]]
[[File:Sri Vikrama Rajasinha.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sri Vikrama Rajasinha]]|alt=]]
[[File:Sri Vikrama Rajasinha.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Sri Vikrama Rajasinha]]|alt=]]
[[File:A Family History of Venkatagiri Rajas - Maharaja Sir V. Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra Bahadur, G.C.I.E. (28th Generation).png|thumb|upright|[[Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra]]|alt=]]
[[File:A Family History of Venkatagiri Rajas - Maharaja Sir V. Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra Bahadur, G.C.I.E. (28th Generation).png|thumb|150px|[[Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra]]|alt=]]
[[File:Venkata Ranga Rao of Bobbili.jpg|thumb|upright|Sir Venkata Svetachalapathi Ranga Rao Bahadur|alt=]]
[[File:Venkata Ranga Rao of Bobbili.jpg|thumb|150px|Sir Venkata Svetachalapathi Ranga Rao Bahadur|alt=]]
[[File:Rudramadevi.jpg|thumb|upright|Rani [[Rudramadevi]]|alt=]]
[[File:Rudramadevi.jpg|thumb|150px|Rani [[Rudramadevi]]|alt=]]
[[File:Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah.jpg|thumb|upright|Wedding procession of [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]] with Rani [[Bhagmati]].]]
[[File:Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah.jpg|thumb|300px|Wedding procession of [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]] with Rani [[Bhagmati]].]]
[[File:Raja bahadur venkataramireddy.jpg|upright|thumb|Statue of Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy|alt=]]
[[File:Raja bahadur venkataramireddy.jpg|250px|thumb|Statue of Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy|alt=]]


* [[Gautamiputra Satakarni]],<ref name="auto7"/> He is the Most Powerful King of [[Satavahana Dynasty]],  
* [[Gautamiputra Satakarni]],<ref name="auto7"/> He is the most powerful king of [[Satavahana Dynasty]],  
* [[Ananda Gotrikas#King Kandara|King Kandara]]  
* [[Ananda Gotrikas#King Kandara|King Kandara]]  
* [[Madhava Varma II]],<ref name="auto12"/> He is the Most Powerful King of [[Vishnukundina Dynasty]], He fought and won many more battles and he defeated [[Vakatakas]] King Prithivishena II.  
* [[Madhava Varma II]],<ref name="auto12"/> He is the most powerful king of [[Vishnukundina Dynasty]], He fought and won many more battles and he defeated [[Vakatakas]] King Prithivishena II.  
* [[Rajaraja Narendra]],<ref name="auto"/> He is the Most Powerful King of [[Eastern Chalukyas]], and patronage to [[Telugu language]].  
* [[Rajaraja Narendra]],<ref name="auto"/> He is the most powerful king of [[Eastern Chalukyas]], and patronage to [[Telugu language]].  
* [[Kakatiya Dynasty#Ganapati Deva|Ganapati Deva]], He is the Greatest King of [[Kakatiya Dynasty]], He Unified Telugu Lands.
* [[Kakatiya Dynasty#Ganapati|Ganapati Deva]], He is the greatest king of [[Kakatiya Dynasty]], He Unified Telugu Lands.
* [[Kulottunga I]], He is the First [[Chalukya Cholas]] Emperor, He Conqueror [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]], [[Sri Lanka]], and Victory In [[Battle]].  
* [[Kulottunga I]], He is the first [[Chalukya Cholas]] emperor, He Conqueror [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]], [[Sri Lanka]], and Victory In [[Battle]].  
* [[Gonka II]], He was regarded as greatest among of all Chodas and also fought as general in earlier battles during his father reign.
* [[Gonka II]], He was regarded as greatest among of all Chodas and also fought as general in earlier battles during his father reign.
* [[Krishnadevaraya]], He was rated the Most Powerful [[Emperor]] and had the Most Extensive Empire in the [[Subcontinent]].(He Was Born To Telugu Mother Nagala Devi)
* [[Gopana]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vedaitharaju.medium.com/the-fearless-niyogi-brahmin-warriors-of-history-248afcdfa418|title=The Fearless Niyogi Brahmin Warriors of History.|first=Ved|last=Aitharaju|date=October 5, 2020|website=Medium}}</ref> Army commander of [[Vijayanagara Empire]].  
* [[Gopana]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vedaitharaju.medium.com/the-fearless-niyogi-brahmin-warriors-of-history-248afcdfa418|title=The Fearless Niyogi Brahmin Warriors of History.|first=Ved|last=Aitharaju|date=October 5, 2020|website=Medium}}</ref> Army Commander of [[Vijayanagara Empire]].  
* [[Madanna and Akkanna]],{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Two Brothers and Historical Warriors.  
* [[Madanna and Akkanna]],{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Two Brothers and Historical Warriors.  
* [[Jayapa Nayudu]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/bouddamuandhramu018708mbp|title=BOUDDAMU-ANDHRAMU|date=February 8, 1995|publisher=TELUGU VISWAVIDYALAYAMU|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He defeated a [[Velanati Chodas]], Jayapa participated in the [[Kakatiya]] conquest of Ganapatideva and was honoured with the title "Vairigodhuma Gharatta".  
* [[Jayapa Nayudu]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/bouddamuandhramu018708mbp|title=BOUDDAMU-ANDHRAMU|date=February 8, 1995|publisher=TELUGU VISWAVIDYALAYAMU|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He defeated a [[Velanati Chodas]], Jayapa participated in the [[Kakatiya]] conquest of Ganapatideva and was honoured with the title "Vairigodhuma Gharatta".  
* [[Gona Budda Reddy]], He was a [[Poet]] and [[Ruler]] lived in [[Southern India]].
* [[Gona Budda Reddy]], He was a [[poet]] and [[ruler]] lived in [[Southern India]].
* [[Prolaya Vema Reddy]],<ref name="auto10"/> First Emperor of [[Reddi Kingdom]], He was part of the confederation of states that started a [[Guerilla]] Tactics Movement  against the invading [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[Muslim]] armies of the [[Delhi Sultanate]].  
* [[Prolaya Vema Reddy]],<ref name="auto10"/> First ruler of [[Reddi Kingdom]], He was part of the confederation of states that started a [[Guerilla]] Tactics Movement  against the invading [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[Muslim]] armies of the [[Delhi Sultanate]].  
* [[Aliya Rama Raya]],<ref name="auto3"/> Vijayanagara Emperor, Founder of [[Aravidu Dynasty]].  
* [[Rama Raya (statesman)|Rama Raya]],<ref name="auto3"/> Vijayanagara Emperor, Founder of [[Aravidu Dynasty]].  
* [[Venkatapati Raya]], Vijayanagara Emperor, He dealt successfully with the [[Deccan sultanates|Deccan Sultans]] of [[Bijapur]] and [[Golkonda]], the internal disorders, promoting economic revival in the country.
* [[Venkatapati Raya]], Aravidu dynasty. He dealt successfully with the [[Deccan sultanates|Deccan Sultans]] of [[Bijapur]] and [[Golkonda]], the internal disorders, promoting economic revival in the country.
* [[Timmarusu]], was the Prime Minister of [[Krishna Deva Raya]] . He had also served as Prime Minister under [[Viranarasimha Raya]] and [[Tuluva Narasa Nayaka]].   
* [[Timmarusu]], was the Prime Minister of [[Krishna Deva Raya]] . He had also served as Prime Minister under [[Viranarasimha Raya]] and [[Tuluva Narasa Nayaka]].   
* [[Musunuri Nayakas#Kapaya Nayaka|Kapaya Nayaka]],<ref name="auto6"/> Historical Warrior and Oppose Muslim Rule.  
* [[Musunuri Nayakas#Kapaya Nayaka|Kapaya Nayaka]],<ref name="auto6"/> Historical warrior and opposed Muslim rule.
* [[Palanati Brahmanaidu]], Historical Warrior.
* [[Palanati Brahmanaidu]], Historical warrior.
* [[Vishwanatha Nayak|Nagama Nayaka]], He defeated a veerasekhara chola, and father of [[Viswanatha Nayak]].  
* [[Vishwanatha Nayak|Nagama Nayaka]], He defeated Veerasekhara chola, and is the father of [[Viswanatha Nayak]].  
* [[Viswanatha Nayak]], Founder of [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]], He defeated Five Pandiyan kings.  
* [[Viswanatha Nayak]], Founder of [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]]; defeated five Pandiyan kings.
* [[Thirumalai Nayak]],<ref name="auto4"/> He is the Most Powerful King of [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]], War Against [[Bijapur Sultanate]] and Victory in the Battle.  
* [[Tirumala Nayaka|Thirumala Nayaka]],<ref name="auto4"/> He is the most powerful king of [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]], war Against [[Bijapur Sultanate]] and Victory in the Battle.  
* [[Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak]], Was a Member of [[Madurai Nayak]] Royal Family and [[Military Commander]] of the [[Madurai Nayak]] [[King]] Vijaya Ranga Chokkanatha(1704–1731).  
* [[Bangaru Thirumala Nayaka]], He was a member of [[Madurai Nayak]] royal family and [[Military Commander]] of the [[Madurai Nayak]] [[King]] Vijaya Ranga Chokkanatha (1704–1731).
* [[Sevappa Nayak]], First Ruler of [[Nayaks of Tanjore]].  
* [[Sevappa Nayak]], first ruler of [[Nayaks of Tanjore]].  
* [[Raghunatha Nayak]], He is the   Most Powerful King of [[Nayaks of Tanjore]].  
* [[Raghunatha Nayak]], He is the most powerful king of [[Nayaks of Tanjore]].  
* [[Khem Nayak]], He led a Rebellion as the [[Military Commander]] of [[Thanjavur Nayak]] against the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in their conquest of the [[Jaffna kingdom]] in 1619.  
* [[Khem Nayak]], He led a Rebellion as the [[Military Commander]] of [[Thanjavur Nayak]] against the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in their conquest of the [[Jaffna kingdom]] in 1619.  
* [[Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu]],<ref name="auto1"/> Won the [[Battle of Raichur]] for Sri Krishna Devaraya. Commandar of [[Vijayanagara Empire]] Army.
* [[Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu]],<ref name="auto1"/> won the [[Battle of Raichur]] for Sri Krishna Devaraya. Commander of [[Vijayanagara Empire]] Army.
* [[Malik Maqbul Tilangani]], He was a [[Military Commander]] in the [[Kakatiya Dynasty]].
* [[Malik Maqbul Tilangani]], He was a [[Military Commander]] in the [[Kakatiya Dynasty]].
* [[Shitab Khan]], He joined as a foot soldier in the [[army]] of Humayun Shah the [[Bahmani Sultan]].  
* [[Shitab Khan]], He joined as a foot soldier in the [[army]] of Humayun Shah, the [[Bahmani Sultan]].  
* [[Damarla Chennappa Nayaka]],<ref name="auto11"/> Notable Ruler of [[Nayaks of Kalahasti]].  
* [[Damarla Chennappa Nayaka]],<ref name="auto11"/> Notable Ruler of [[Nayaks of Kalahasti]].  
* [[Sri Vikrama Rajasinha]],<ref name="auto8"/> Rebellion Against British Rule at [[Sri Lanka]]  
* [[Sri Vikrama Rajasinha]],<ref name="auto8"/> Last king of the [[Kingdom of Kandy]]
* [[Venkatarama Reddy]], was the First [[Hindu]] kotwal of [[Kingdom of Hyderabad]] as in the late 19th and early 20th century,  
* [[Venkatarama Reddy]], was the first [[Hindu]] kotwal of [[Kingdom of Hyderabad]] as in the late 19th and early 20th century,
* [[Madurai Veeran]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2010/jul/18/the-story-of-madurai-veeran-170895.html|title=The story of Madurai Veeran|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> His name literally means "Warrior of Madurai", He is widely worshipped as a Great hero of the people.
* [[Ondiveeran]], was an commander-in-chief in Puli thevar's army who fought against the [[British East Indian Company]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].


===Order of the Indian Empire===
'''Order of the Indian Empire'''
* [[Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/battle-royale-in-vizianagaram/article31015263.ece|title=Battle Royale: female progeny challenge the 'Male heir' rule of Vizianagaram's royal trust MANSAS|first=K. srinivasa|last=Rao|date=March 8, 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Maharaja of [[Vizianagaram]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].  
* [[Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju|Sir Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/battle-royale-in-vizianagaram/article31015263.ece|title=Battle Royale: female progeny challenge the 'Male heir' rule of Vizianagaram's royal trust MANSAS|first=K. srinivasa|last=Rao|newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 8, 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Maharaja of [[Vizianagaram]], awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|Grand Commander of theOrder of the Indian Empire]] from the [[United Kingdom]].  
* [[Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/v/venkatagiri.html|title=VENKATAGIRI|date=May 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530033429/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/v/venkatagiri.html|archive-date=2009-05-30}}</ref> Maharaja of [[Venkatagiri]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].  
* [[Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra|Sir Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/v/venkatagiri.html|title=VENKATAGIRI|date=May 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530033429/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/v/venkatagiri.html|archive-date=2009-05-30}}</ref> Maharaja of [[Venkatagiri]], awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] and [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India]] from the [[United Kingdom]].  
* [[Rao Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rau]],<ref name="auto5"/>  Maharaja of [[Pithapuram]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].
* [[Rao Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rau]],<ref name="auto5"/>  Maharaja of [[Pithapuram]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].
* [[Venkata Ranga Rao]],<ref name="auto5"/> Maharaja of [[Bobbili]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].
* [[Venkata Ranga Rao]],<ref name="auto5"/> Maharaja of [[Bobbili]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].
* [[Panaganti Ramarayaningar]],<ref name="auto5"/>  He is [[Raja of Panagal]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].
* [[Panaganti Ramarayaningar]],<ref name="auto5"/>  He is [[Raja of Panagal]], He Awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire]] From [[United Kingdom]].
 
'''Women Rulers'''
===Women Rulers===
* [[Rani Rudrama Devi]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/two-sculptures-of-rani-rudrama-devi-shed-light-on-her-death/article21268201.ece|title=Two sculptures of Rani Rudrama Devi shed light on her death|first=K.|last=Venkateshwarlu|newspaper=The Hindu|date=December 5, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> She is the most powerful queen of [[Kakatiya Dynasty]].  
* [[Rani Rudrama Devi]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/two-sculptures-of-rani-rudrama-devi-shed-light-on-her-death/article21268201.ece|title=Two sculptures of Rani Rudrama Devi shed light on her death|first=K.|last=Venkateshwarlu|date=December 5, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> She is the Most Powerful Queen of [[Kakatiya Dynasty]].  
* [[Rani Mangammal]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Rani Mangammal History, Achievements and Administration | website=India the Destiny | date=2018-10-07 | url=https://indiathedestiny.com/indian-kings/rani-mangammal/ | access-date=2021-02-08}}</ref> She is the most powerful queen of [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]].  
* [[Rani Mangammal]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Rani Mangammal History, Achievements and Administration | website=India the Destiny | date=2018-10-07 | url=https://indiathedestiny.com/indian-kings/rani-mangammal/ | access-date=2021-02-08}}</ref> She is the Most Powerful Queen of [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty]].  
* [[Bhagmati]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/did-bhagmati-really-exist/article5339909.ece|title=Did Bhagmati really exist?|first=J. S.|last=Ifthekhar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=November 11, 2013|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was a mystic Hindu queen.  
* [[Bhagmati]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/did-bhagmati-really-exist/article5339909.ece|title=Did Bhagmati really exist?|first=J. S.|last=Ifthekhar|date=November 11, 2013|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was a mystic Hindu queen.  
* [[Pemmasani Nayaks#Govindamamba Pemmasani|Govindamamba Pemmasani]]<ref name="auto9"/>
* [[Pemmasani Nayaks#Govindamamba Pemmasani|Govindamamba Pemmasani]]<ref name="auto9"/>
* [[Nayakuralu Nagamma]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chaibisket.com/nayakuralu-nagamma-story/|title=Nayakuralu Nagamma – World's 1st Woman Minister!|first=Gouse|last=Pasha|website=Chai Bisket}}</ref> was a renowned statesperson and minister to King Nalagama, the ruler of [[Palanadu]] in [[Guntur]] District.In the epic war - [[Palnati Yudham]] (War of Palnad)
* [[Nayakuralu Nagamma]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chaibisket.com/nayakuralu-nagamma-story/|title=Nayakuralu Nagamma – World's 1st Woman Minister!|first=Gouse|last=Pasha|website=Chai Bisket}}</ref> was a renowned statesperson and minister to King Nalagama, the ruler of [[Palanadu]] in [[Guntur]] District. In the epic war—[[Battle of Palnadu|Palnati Yudham]] (War of Palnadu).
* [[Kuyili]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.udayavani.com/english-news/kuyili-a-brave-commander-who-was-the-first-ever-suicide-bomber-in-history|title=Kuyili- A brave commander who was the First ever suicide bomber in history|website=Udayavani}}</ref> is was Commander of Rani Velunachiyar, First Female Suicide Bomber.


== Governors of States ==
== Governors of States ==
*[[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] - [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] – [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[P. Chandra Reddy]] - [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[P. Chandra Reddy]] – [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Bandaru Dattatreya]] - Current [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Bandaru Dattatreya]] – Current [[Governor of Haryana]] and Former [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] - Former [[Governor of Maharashtra]] and [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Governors of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Kambhampati Hari Babu]] – Current [[Governor of Mizoram]]
*[[V.V. Giri]] - Former [[List of governors of Karnataka|Governor of Karnataka]]
* [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] – Former [[Governor of Maharashtra]] and [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Governors of Tamil Nadu]]
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]] - [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
*[[V. V. Giri]] – Former [[List of governors of Karnataka|Governor of Karnataka]]
* [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] - Former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]] and [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]]
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]] – [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
*[[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]] - [[Governor of Odisha]]
* [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] – Former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]] and [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]]
*[[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]] - [[Governor of Tripura]]
*[[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]] – [[Governor of Odisha]]
* [[Kona Prabhakara Rao]] - Former [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
*[[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]] – [[Governor of Tripura]]
* [[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]] - Former [[Governor of Bihar]]
* [[Kona Prabhakara Rao]] – Former [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
*[[Marri Chenna Reddy]] - Former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]] – Former [[Governor of Bihar]]
* [[P. S. Ramamohan Rao]] - Former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]
*[[Marri Chenna Reddy]] – Former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[V. Rama Rao]] - Former [[Governor of Sikkim]]
* [[P. S. Ramamohan Rao]] – Former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] - Former [[Governor of Jammu & Kashmir]], [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]], [[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]] and [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]]
* [[V. Rama Rao]] – Former [[Governor of Sikkim]]
*[[V. S. Ramadevi]] - Former [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Karnataka]]
* [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] – Former [[Governor of Jammu & Kashmir]], [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]], [[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]] and [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]]
*[[P. Ramachandran]] - Former [[Governor of Kerala]]
*[[V. S. Ramadevi]] – Former [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Karnataka]]
* [[Mehdi Nawaz Jung]] (1894–1967) - Former [[Governor of Gujarat]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/man-who-gave-hyderabad-its-banjara-hills-nawab-mehdi-nawaz-jung-34143|title=The man who gave Hyderabad its 'Banjara Hills', Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung|last=Luther|first=Narendra|date=2015-09-09|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari|Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari]] (1894–1948), former [[Governor of Assam]]
* [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]] (1899–1994) - Former [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Governor of Orissa]]
* [[Ali Yavar Jung]] (1906–1976) - Former [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
* [[Kambhampati haribabu]]  - [[Governor of MiZoram]]


== Speaker of the Lok Sabha ==
== Speaker of the Lok Sabha ==
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] – Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
*[[G. M. C. Balayogi]] Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
*[[G. M. C. Balayogi]] – Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha


== Chief Ministers ==
== Chief Ministers ==
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
 
*[[Edpuganti Raghvendra Rao]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madya pradesh State]]
*[[Tanguturi Prakasam]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]] and Former Chief [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra State]]
*[[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy|Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy]] - Current Chief Minister of [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Hyderabad State]]
*[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] - Current [[List of chief ministers of Telangana|Chief Minister of Telangana]]
*[[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Panaganti Ramarayaningar]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Tanguturi Prakasam]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]] and Former Chief [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra State]]
*[[B. Munuswamy Naidu]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Hyderabad State]]
*[[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Panaganti Ramarayaningar]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[B. Munuswamy Naidu]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Madras Presidency]]
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Marri Chenna Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Tanguturi Anjaiah]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Marri Chenna Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[N. Janardhana Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Tanguturi Anjaiah]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[K. Rosaiah]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]] -Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[N. Kiran Kumar Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[K C Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of Mysore state
*[[N. Janardhana Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[V. Venkatasubha Reddiar]] – Former Chief Minister of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
*[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] – Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[K. Rosaiah]] - Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] – Current Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[N. Kiran Kumar Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of   [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy|Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy]] – Former Chief Minister of [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Nadendla Bhaskar Rao]] -Former Chief Minister of  [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] – Former [[List of chief ministers of Telangana|Chief Minister of Telangana]]
*[[K C Reddy]] - Former Chief Minister of Mysore state
*[[A.Revanth Reddy]] – Current [[List of chief ministers of Telangana|Chief Minister of Telangana]]
*[[V. Venkatasubha Reddiar]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] - Former Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]


== Deputy Chief Ministers==
== Deputy Chief Ministers==
*[[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Damodar Raja Narasimha]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Damodar Raja Narasimha]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Koneru Ranga Rao]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Koneru Ranga Rao]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[J.V. Narsing Rao]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[J.V. Narsing Rao]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[C. Jagannatha Rao]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[C. Jagannatha Rao]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[K. E. Krishnamurthy]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[K. E. Krishnamurthy]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Nimmakayala Chinarajappa]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Nimmakayala Chinarajappa]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[T. Rajaiah]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Telangana]]
*[[T. Rajaiah]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Telangana]]
*[[Kadiyam Srihari]] - Former Depty Chief Minister of [[Telangana]]
*[[Kadiyam Srihari]] – Former Deputy Chief Minister of [[Telangana]]
*[[M. Bhatti Vikramarka]] – Current Deputy Chief Minister of [[Telangana]]
*[[K. Pawan Kalyan]] – Current Deputy Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]


==Presidents, Vice-Presidents & Prime Ministers==
==Presidents, Governors-General, Vice-Presidents & Prime Ministers==
=== Presidents ===
'''Presidents'''
*[[V.V. Giri]] - Former [[President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174554|title=Speech by the Hon'ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind at the valedictory function of the World Telugu Conference|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> and Former [[Vice President of India]]
*[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] – Former [[President of India]] and former [[Vice President of India]]
* [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] Former [[President of India]] and [[Vice President of India]]
*[[V.V. Giri]] – Former [[President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174554|title=Speech by the Hon'ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind at the valedictory function of the World Telugu Conference|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> and former [[Vice President of India]]
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] Former [[President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entranceindia.com/people-india/shri-neelam-sanjiva-reddy/|title=Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy &#124; ENTRANCEINDIA}}</ref>
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] – Former [[President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entranceindia.com/people-india/shri-neelam-sanjiva-reddy/|title=Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy &#124; ENTRANCEINDIA|date=4 December 2017}}</ref>
 
'''Vice Presidents'''
=== Vice Presidents ===
*[[Venkaiah Naidu]] – Former [[Vice President of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/venkaiah-naidu-to-be-third-telugu-to-become-vice-president-117071701527_1.html|title=Venkaiah Naidu to be third Telugu to become Vice President|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=17 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[Venkaiah Naidu]] - Current [[Vice President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/venkaiah-naidu-to-be-third-telugu-to-become-vice-president-117071701527_1.html|title=Venkaiah Naidu to be third Telugu to become Vice President|website=Business Standard}}</ref>
'''Governors-General'''
 
*[[Anand Satyanand]] – [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] from 2006 to 2011, the first Roman Catholic, Asian, ethnic minority as well as ethnic Indian officeholder of the position
=== Indian Prime Ministers ===
'''Prime Ministers'''
 
* [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] – Former [[Prime minister of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2015-06-28/Remembering-son-of-soil/159961/amp |title=Remembering Son of Soil P V Narasimha Rao |access-date=2018-08-13 |archive-date=2018-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813075503/http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2015-06-28/Remembering-son-of-soil/159961/amp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] - Former [[Prime minister of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2015-06-28/Remembering-son-of-soil/159961/amp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-08-13 |archive-date=2018-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813075503/http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2015-06-28/Remembering-son-of-soil/159961/amp |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Revolutionaries==
==Revolutionaries==
[[File:Alluri Sita Rama Raju statue.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Alluri Sitarama Raju]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Alluri Sita Rama Raju statue.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Alluri Sitarama Raju]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Komaram_Bheem.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Komaram Bheem]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Komaram Bheem.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Komaram Bheem]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Nicolae Ceaușescu and P. Sundarayya.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Puchalapalli Sundarayya]] With Comrade's Association|alt=]]  
[[File:Nicolae Ceaușescu and P. Sundarayya.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Puchalapalli Sundarayya]] With Comrade's Association|alt=]]  
[[File:Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, 1952.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, 1952.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Chakali illama.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Chakali Ilamma]]|alt=]]  
[[File:Chakali illama.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Chakali Ilamma]]|alt=]]  
* [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]] - freedom fighter & Revolutionary (Viplava Jyothi)
* [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]] – freedom fighter & Revolutionary (Viplava Jyothi)
* [[Komaram Bheem]] - was an Indian tribal leader who fought against the [[Asaf Jahi Dynasty]] for the liberation of [[Hyderabad]] .He took up arms against [[Nizam]]'s soldiers, who he fought until his last breath.
* [[Komaram Bheem]] – was an Indian tribal leader who fought against the [[Asaf Jahi Dynasty]] for the liberation of [[Hyderabad]] .He took up arms against [[Nizam]]'s soldiers, who he fought until his last breath.
* [[Anabheri Prabhakar Rao]] - was a [[Telangana]] guerrilla leader and is also considered a foremost authority of the [[Telugu language]]. He was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement.
* [[Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy]] – An Indian freedom fighter and chieftain, widely recognized as one of the first individuals to revolt against the British East India Company in the Telugu regions in the mid-19th century (specifically, the 1846–1847 uprising in [[Kurnool]] district).
* [[Arutla Ramchandra Reddy]] - was an Indian freedom fighter. He was among the leaders and fighters in the armed freedom struggle against the rule of [[Nizam]].
* [[Anabheri Prabhakar Rao]] – was a [[Telangana]] guerrilla leader and is also considered a foremost authority of the [[Telugu language]]. He was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement.
* [[Kaloji Narayana Rao]] - was an Indian poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist of [[Telangana]].
* [[Arutla Ramchandra Reddy]] – was an Indian freedom fighter. He was among the leaders and fighters in the armed freedom struggle against the rule of [[Nizam]].
* [[Raavi Narayana Reddy]] - was a leader in the [[Telangana Rebellion]] against the rule of [[Osman Ali Khan]] , [[Asaf Jah VII]].
* [[Kaloji Narayana Rao]] – was an Indian poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist of [[Telangana]].
* [[Baddam Yella Reddy]] - was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Communist]] politician from [[Telangana]]. He was one of the prominent leaders in the [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana armed struggle]] against the [[Nizam]] [[Regiment]].
* [[Raavi Narayana Reddy]] – was a leader in the [[Telangana Rebellion]] against the rule of [[Osman Ali Khan]], [[Asaf Jah VII]].
* [[Puchalapalli Sundarayya]] - was a founding member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and a leader of the peasant revolt in the former Hyderabad State of India, called the [[Telangana Rebellion]]. He is popularly known as Comrade PS.
* [[Baddam Yella Reddy]] – was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Communist]] politician from [[Telangana]]. He was one of the prominent leaders in the [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana armed struggle]] against the [[Nizam]] [[Regiment]].
* [[Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy]] - was a freedom fighter and a leader of the [[Telangana Rebellion]],  he was known, fought the [[Razakars]] during the [[Nizam]]'s rule for six years by being underground.
* [[Puchalapalli Sundarayya]] – was a founding member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and a leader of the peasant revolt in the former Hyderabad State of India, called the [[Telangana Rebellion]]. He is popularly known as Comrade PS.
* [[Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy]] - was a Member of Legislative Assembly, [[Andhra Pradesh]] and a leader of the [[Telangana Rebellion]]. He is popularly known as NSR.
* [[Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy]] – was a freedom fighter and a leader of the [[Telangana Rebellion]],  he was known, fought the [[Razakars]] during the [[Nizam]]'s rule for six years by being underground.
* [[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] - was among the Telugu-speaking leaders to resist the [[Nizam]] in the princely state of [[Hyderabad]].
* [[Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy]] – was a Member of Legislative Assembly, [[Andhra Pradesh]] and a leader of the [[Telangana Rebellion]]. He is popularly known as NSR.
* [[Chakali Ilamma]] - was an Indian revolutionary leader during the [[Telangana Rebellion]].
* [[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] – was among the Telugu-speaking leaders to resist the [[Nizam]] in the princely state of [[Hyderabad]].
* [[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]] - is a freedom fighter who fought the [[Telangana Rebellion]] against the Jagirdars.
* [[Chakali Ilamma]] – was an Indian revolutionary leader during the [[Telangana Rebellion]].
* [[Chandra Rajeswara Rao]] - was an Indian freedom fighter. He was one of the leaders of the [[Telangana Rebellion]] (1946–1951). He also worked as Communist Party of India (CPI).
* [[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]] – is a freedom fighter who fought the [[Telangana Rebellion]] against the Jagirdars.
* [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]] - was an [[Urdu]] poet and [[Marxist]] Political activist of [[India]] who founded the Progressive Writers Union in [[Hyderabad]] and was active with the [[Comrades Association]] and the [[Communist Party of India]], Fight Against [[Nizam]].
* [[Chandra Rajeswara Rao]] – was an Indian freedom fighter from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was one of the leaders of the [[Telangana Rebellion]] (1946–1951). He also worked as Communist Party of India (CPI).
* [[K. Balagopal]], A Mathematician and Marxist-Communist.


==Militants and Rebels==
==Militants and Rebels==
* [[Nambala Keshava Rao]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/maoist-keshava-rao-is-most-wanted-in-chhattisgarh/article31940836.ece|title=Maoist Keshava Rao is most wanted in Chhattisgarh|first=Rajulapudi|last=Srinivas|newspaper=The Hindu|date=June 28, 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> his nom de guerre “Basavraj”, He is a [[Leader]] and [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], currently on [[National Investigation Agency]] Most Wanted.
[[File:George Reddy.jpg|thumb|150px|[[George Reddy]]|alt=]]
* [[Muppala Lakshmana Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/top-maoist-leader-muppala-lakshmana-rao-alias-ganapathy-to-surrender-3143063.html|title=Top maoist leader Muppala Lakshmana Rao Alias Ganapathy to surrender|first=Simran|last=Kashyap|date=September 2, 2020|website=www.oneindia.com}}</ref> by his nom de guerre “Ganapathy”, He is a [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (India)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Formation-of-PLGA-a-turning-point-in-the-Maoist-movement/article15580473.ece|title=Formation of PLGA a turning point in the Maoist movement|first=K. Srinivas|last=Reddy|newspaper=The Hindu|date=December 5, 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> is the Armed Wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
 
* [[Mallojula Koteswara Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Who-was-Kishenji/Article1-773566.aspx|title=Who was Kishenji - Hindustan Times|date=September 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930083334/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Who-was-Kishenji/Article1-773566.aspx|archive-date=2013-09-30}}</ref> commonly known by his nom de guerre “Kishenji”, was an Indian political terrorist who was a [[Politburo]] and Central Military Commission member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
[[File:Gaddar protest.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gummadi Vittal Rao]]|alt=]]
* [[Patel Sudhakar Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2009/may/25/top-maoist-sudhakar-killed-in-encounter-51972.html|title=Top Maoist Sudhakar killed in 'encounter'|website=The New Indian Express|date=15 May 2012 }}</ref> was a leader of the central committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].
[[File:Varavara rao.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Varavara Rao]]|alt=]]
[[File:Vimalakka.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Vimalakka]]|alt=]]
* [[Nambala Keshava Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/maoist-keshava-rao-is-most-wanted-in-chhattisgarh/article31940836.ece|title=Maoist Keshava Rao is most wanted in Chhattisgarh|first=Rajulapudi|last=Srinivas|date=June 28, 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> his nom de guerre '''Basavraj''' , He is a [[Leader]] and [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], currently on [[National Investigation Agency]] Most Wanted.
* [[Muppala Lakshmana Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/top-maoist-leader-muppala-lakshmana-rao-alias-ganapathy-to-surrender-3143063.html|title=Top maoist leader Muppala Lakshmana Rao Alias Ganapathy to surrender|first=Simran|last=Kashyap|date=September 2, 2020|website=www.oneindia.com}}</ref> by his nom de guerre '''Ganapathy''' ,  '''People's War Group leader''', He is a [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (India)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Formation-of-PLGA-a-turning-point-in-the-Maoist-movement/article15580473.ece|title=Formation of PLGA a turning point in the Maoist movement|first=K. Srinivas|last=Reddy|date=December 5, 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> is the Armed Wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Mallojula Koteswara Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Who-was-Kishenji/Article1-773566.aspx|title=Who was Kishenji - Hindustan Times|date=September 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930083334/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Who-was-Kishenji/Article1-773566.aspx|archive-date=2013-09-30}}</ref> commonly known by his nom de guerre '''Kishenji''' , was an Indian political terrorist who was a [[Politburo]] and [[Central Military Commission]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], He was seen as '''The Face of the Maoist Movement in India'''.  
* [[Patel Sudhakar Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2009/may/25/top-maoist-sudhakar-killed-in-encounter-51972.html|title=Top Maoist Sudhakar killed in 'encounter'|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> was a leader of the central committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].
* [[Yalavarthi Naveen Babu]], He was a [[Naxalite]] leader in India, He was founder of [[All India Revolutionary Students Federation]].  
* [[Yalavarthi Naveen Babu]], He was a [[Naxalite]] leader in India, He was founder of [[All India Revolutionary Students Federation]].  
* [[Thippiri Tirupathi]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/masterminds-of-dantewada-massacre-were-from-ap-2400.html|title=Masterminds Of Dantewada Massacre Were From AP|first=India TV News|last=Desk|date=April 7, 2010|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> is an Indian [[Maoist]] leader and Central Committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Thippiri Tirupathi]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/masterminds-of-dantewada-massacre-were-from-ap-2400.html|title=Masterminds Of Dantewada Massacre Were From AP|first=India TV News|last=Desk|date=April 7, 2010|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> is an Indian [[Maoist]] leader and Central Committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Cherukuri Rajkumar]], (alias Azad),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fact-finding-team-on-azads-killing-to-submit-its-final-report-today/articleshow/6709872.cms|title=Fact-finding team on Azad's killing to submit its final report today &#124; India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned [[Maoist]] group [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] . On 1 July 2010, he was killed by [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] in an encounter.
* [[Cherukuri Rajkumar]], (alias Azad),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fact-finding-team-on-azads-killing-to-submit-its-final-report-today/articleshow/6709872.cms|title=Fact-finding team on Azad's killing to submit its final report today |website=The Times of India|date=8 October 2010 }}</ref> was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned [[Maoist]] group [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] . On 1 July 2010, he was killed by [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] in an encounter.
* [[Sadanala Ramakrishna]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/231272/arrest-top-leader-hobbles-naxals.html|title=Arrest of top leader hobbles Naxals|date=March 1, 2012|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> is an Indian [[Maoist]] politician, senior leader of [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] and head of the Central Technical Committee of the party.
* [[Sadanala Ramakrishna]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/231272/arrest-top-leader-hobbles-naxals.html|title=Arrest of top leader hobbles Naxals|date=March 1, 2012|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> is an Indian [[Maoist]] politician, senior leader of [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] and head of the Central Technical Committee of the party.
* [[Ginugu Narsimha Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/|title=Asia's Premier News Agency - India News, Business & Political, National & International, Bollywood, Sports &#124; ANI News|website=www.aninews.in}}</ref> is a [[Maoist]] politician and Central Committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].
* [[Ginugu Narsimha Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/|title=Asia's Premier News Agency - India News, Business & Political, National & International, Bollywood, Sports &#124; ANI News|website=www.aninews.in}}</ref> is a [[Maoist]] politician and Central Committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].
* [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kondapalli-seetharamaiah-dead/article27841584.ece|title=Kondapalli Seetharamaiah dead|first=Our Special|last=Correspondent|newspaper=The Hindu|date=April 13, 2002|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was a senior [[Communist]] leader and [[Maoist]] organizer in India.
* [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kondapalli-seetharamaiah-dead/article27841584.ece|title=Kondapalli Seetharamaiah dead|first=Our Special|last=Correspondent|newspaper=The Hindu|date=April 13, 2002|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was a senior [[Communist]] leader and [[Maoist]] organizer in India.
* [[Mallujola Venugopal]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/maoist-hailing-from-guntur-wanted-in-two-states/article27958737.ece|title=Maoist hailing from Guntur wanted in two States|first=Rajulapudi|last=Srinivasvijayawada|newspaper=The Hindu|date=June 17, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> is a [[Politburo]] and [[Central Military Commission]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] , a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India .  
* [[Mallujola Venugopal]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/maoist-hailing-from-guntur-wanted-in-two-states/article27958737.ece|title=Maoist hailing from Guntur wanted in two States|first=Rajulapudi|last=Srinivasvijayawada|newspaper=The Hindu|date=June 17, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> is a [[Politburo]] and Central Military Commission member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India .  
* [[Katakam Sudarshan]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlVXtIsXCxYC|title=South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book - 2009|first1=General Deepak|last1=Kapoor|first2=AVSM PVSM, SM VSM Chief of Army|last2=Staff (India)|date=February 8, 2009|publisher=Pentagon Press|isbn=9788182743991|via=Google Books}}</ref> commonly known by his nom de guerre,(Anand) is a [[Politburo]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Katakam Sudarshan]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlVXtIsXCxYC|title=South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book - 2009|first1=General Deepak|last1=Kapoor|first2=AVSM PVSM, SM VSM Chief of Army|last2=Staff (India)|date=February 8, 2009|publisher=Pentagon Press|isbn=9788182743991|via=Google Books}}</ref> commonly known by his nom de guerre,(Anand) is a [[Politburo]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[B. Sudhakar]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/top-maoist-leader-sudhakar-surrenders|title=Top Maoist leader Sudhakar surrenders|first=Srinivas|last=M|website=Telangana Today}}</ref> is a [[Maoist]] leader and members of the Politburo of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[B. Sudhakar]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/top-maoist-leader-sudhakar-surrenders|title=Top Maoist leader Sudhakar surrenders|first=Srinivas|last=M|website=Telangana Today}}</ref> is a [[Maoist]] leader and members of the Politburo of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Varkapur Chandramouli]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/Enquiry-into-encounter-put-off/article15777818.ece|title=Enquiry into encounter put off|newspaper=The Hindu|date=October 12, 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was an Indian [[Maoist]] leader and Central Committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Varkapur Chandramouli]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/Enquiry-into-encounter-put-off/article15777818.ece|title=Enquiry into encounter put off|newspaper=The Hindu|date=October 12, 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was an Indian [[Maoist]] leader and Central Committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Varanasi Subramanyam]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/activists-linked-to-maoist-front-outfits/articleshow/65663658.cms|title='Activists linked to Maoist front outfits' - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> is an Indian [[Maoist]] and Central Committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Varanasi Subramanyam]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/activists-linked-to-maoist-front-outfits/articleshow/65663658.cms|title='Activists linked to Maoist front outfits'|website=The Times of India|date=4 September 2018 }}</ref> is an Indian [[Maoist]] and Central Committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/150817/naxals-mount-horses-adopt-new-warfare-tactic.html|title=Naxals mount horses, adopt new warfare tactic|first=Rabindra Nath|last=Choudhury|date=August 15, 2017|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> known by his nom de guerre, '''Kosa''' , he is a banned Maoist Insurgent Communist Party of India, he was a [[Central Committee]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
* [[Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/150817/naxals-mount-horses-adopt-new-warfare-tactic.html|title=Naxals mount horses, adopt new warfare tactic|first=Rabindra Nath|last=Choudhury|date=August 15, 2017|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> known by his nom de guerre, “Kosa”, he is a banned Maoist Insurgent Communist Party of India, he was a [[Central Committee]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
* [[George Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2019/11/21/remembering-george-reddy-indias-own-che-guevara.html|title=Remembering George Reddy, India's own 'Che Guevara'|website=The Week}}</ref> He was a university student, remembered now primarily for his promotion of Marxist ideas, Reddy was killed in an attack at his college campus on 14 April 1972.
* [[George Reddy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2019/11/21/remembering-george-reddy-indias-own-che-guevara.html|title=Remembering George Reddy, India's own 'Che Guevara'|website=The Week}}</ref> He was a university student, remembered now primarily for his promotion of Marxist ideas, Reddy was killed in an attack at his college campus on 14 April 1972.
* [[Varavara Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/varavara-rao-politics-jail-coronavirus-6510434/|title=Varavara Rao: Understanding his politics, literary work and the Elgar Parishad case|date=July 22, 2020}}</ref> is an Indian activist, poet, teacher, and writer, He is an accused in the [[2018 Bhima Koregaon violence]] and has been arrested under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]].  
* [[Varavara Rao]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/varavara-rao-politics-jail-coronavirus-6510434/|title=Varavara Rao: Understanding his politics, literary work and the Elgar Parishad case|date=July 22, 2020}}</ref> is an Indian activist, poet, teacher, and writer, He is an accused in the [[2018 Bhima Koregaon violence]] and has been arrested under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]].  
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* [[Belli Lalitha]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/03/02/belli-lalitha-telangana-resistance/|title=Belli Lalitha: The Nightingale Of The Telangana Resistance &#124; #IndianWomenInHistory|first=Manohar|last=Boda|date=March 1, 2018|website=Feminism In India}}</ref> founder of Telangana Kala Samithi who was murdered in 1999.
* [[Belli Lalitha]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/03/02/belli-lalitha-telangana-resistance/|title=Belli Lalitha: The Nightingale Of The Telangana Resistance &#124; #IndianWomenInHistory|first=Manohar|last=Boda|date=March 1, 2018|website=Feminism In India}}</ref> founder of Telangana Kala Samithi who was murdered in 1999.
* [[Narmada Akka]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/senior-maoist-leaders-narmada-her-husband-kiran-arrested-in-gadchiroli-district-5776499/|title=Senior Maoist leaders Narmada, her husband Kiran arrested in Gadchiroli IED blast case|date=June 12, 2019}}</ref> was one of the "senior-most" female [[cadre (politics)|cadre]]s of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Narmada Akka]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/senior-maoist-leaders-narmada-her-husband-kiran-arrested-in-gadchiroli-district-5776499/|title=Senior Maoist leaders Narmada, her husband Kiran arrested in Gadchiroli IED blast case|date=June 12, 2019}}</ref> was one of the "senior-most" female [[cadre (politics)|cadre]]s of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]].  
* [[Arunodaya Vimala]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Etigaddakishtapur-in-public-eye-as-agitation-against-Mallannasagar-intensifies/article14419700.ece|title=Etigaddakishtapur in public eye as agitation against Mallannasagar intensifies|author=Staff Reporter|newspaper=The Hindu|date=June 13, 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> popularly known as vimalakka, Telugu balladeer and Social Activist.
* [[Arunodaya Vimala]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Etigaddakishtapur-in-public-eye-as-agitation-against-Mallannasagar-intensifies/article14419700.ece|title=Etigaddakishtapur in public eye as agitation against Mallannasagar intensifies|author=Staff Reporter|newspaper=The Hindu|date=June 13, 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> popularly known as vimalakka, Telugu balladeer and Social Activist.
* Sakhamuri Appa Rao,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Top-Naxals-killed-in-Andhra-Pradesh/article16566778.ece|title=Top Naxals killed in Andhra Pradesh|first=K. Srinivas|last=Reddy|newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 12, 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> [[Maoist]] Leader.
* Solipeta Kondal Reddy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2010/mar/14/postmortem-held-on-kondal-reddys-body-139321.html|title=Postmortem held on Kondal Reddy's body|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>[[Maoist]] Leader.


==Military Chiefs==
==Military Chiefs==
===Indian Army===
'''Indian Army'''
* [[General officer|General]] [[K. V. Krishna Rao]],  [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)]], 1981–83
* [[General officer|General]] [[K. V. Krishna Rao]],  [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]], 1981–1983
*[[General El Edroos|Syed Ahmed El Edroos]] (1899–1962), veteran of both World Wars; last Commander-in-chief of the [[Hyderabad State]] Army
'''Indian Navy'''
* Captain [[Mateen Ansari]] (1916–1943), [[British Indian Army]] officer; graduate of [[Indian Military Academy]]; served in the British Indian Army as a part of the 5th Battalion, 7th [[Rajput Regiment]] in World War II; posthumous recipient of the [[George Cross]]
* [[Admiral]] [[Ram Dass Katari]], [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]], 1958–1962
* [[Mohammad Ahmed Zaki]] (b. 1935), former lieutenant general and director general of the Indian Army Infantry
* [[Jameel Mahmood]] (1938–1997), [[commander-in-chief]] (GOC-in-C), Eastern Command of the [[Indian Army]]
* [[Hashim Ali Khan]], commandant of the 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops
* [[Sultan Mahmood (India)|Sultan Mehmood]], former major general of the [[Indian Army]]
* [[Ibrahim Habibullah]], former [[major general]] of the [[Indian Army]]; former Commandant of Indian [[National Defence Academy]]
* [[Sami Khan (general)|Sami Khan]], former [[lieutenant general]] of the [[Indian Army]]; former Commandant of Indian [[National Defence Academy]]
 
===Indian National Army===
*[[Abid Hasan]] (d. 1984), major in the [[Azad Hind Fauj]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iiemt.org/Motivational%20Articles%20-%20Dr.%20SarvePalli%20Radhakrishnan.html|title=IIEMT - Motivational Articles - Dr. SarvePalli Radhakrishnan (Teacher's Day - from Wiki)}}</ref>
 
===Indian Navy===
* [[Admiral]] [[Ram Dass Katari]], First Chief of Naval Staff in India [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]], 1958–62
 
===Indian Air Force===
* [[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
* [[Idris Hasan Latif]] (1923–2018) – former [[Chief of Air Staff (India)|Chief of Air Staff]], [[Indian Air Force]].
 
===Pakistan Navy===
* [[Syed Mohammad Ahsan]] (1920–1989), Admiral and former [[Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]], [[Pakistan Navy]]; Weapon Engineer Officer for [[Royal Naval Engineers]], United Kingdom during the [[Second World War]]; recipient of the United Kingdom's [[Distinguished Service Order]] military medal
* [[Shahid Karimullah]], Admiral and former four-star naval officer; Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), [[Pakistan Navy]], 2002–2005; graduate of the United States [[Naval War College]]; recipient of the United States military [[Legion of Merit]] medal and French military [[Légion d'honneur]] (Legion of Honour) medal; former senior officer of the Pakistan Navy Elite Special Service Group (Navy), SSGN commando division


==Politicians==
==Politicians==
===India===
'''India'''
* P V Narashima Rao- 9th Prime Minister Of India  
[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]]]
* [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] – 9th Prime Minister Of India
* [[N. T. Rama Rao]], Founder of [[Telugu Desam Party]].
* [[N. T. Rama Rao]], Founder of [[Telugu Desam Party]].
* [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
* [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
* [[Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy]].
* [[Venkaiah Naidu]], vice president of India (2017–2022)
* [[Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy]]
* [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]], Founder of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]  
* [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]], Founder of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]  
* [[Pawan Kalyan]], Founder of [[Jana Sena Party]]
*[[Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga]] (born 1947), [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Vijayawada East (Assembly constituency)|Vijayawada East]]
* [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]], Founder of [[YSR Congress Party]]  
* [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]], Founder of [[YSR Congress Party]]  
* [[Pawan Kalyan]], Founder of [[Jana Sena Party]]
* [[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]] (1931–2008), served six terms as [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]; former [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] President
* [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] (b. 1969), President Of [[AIMIM]] and [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]
*[[Akbaruddin Owaisi]] (b. 1970), [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Chandrayangutta (Assembly constituency)|Chandrayangutta constituency]]
* [[Shabbir Ali]], Minister during [[Indian National Congress]] rule in AP.
* [[Shabbir Ali]], Minister during [[Indian National Congress]] rule in AP.
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'''United States of America'''
 
* [[Aruna Miller]] – American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]]
===United States of America===
* [[Shantanu Narayen]] – CEO of [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe Inc]]
* [[Suhail A. Khan]] - American conservative political activist
* [[Arvind Krishna]] – CEO of [[IBM]]
* [[Aruna Miller]] - American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]]  
* [[Raja Kumari]] – Rapper, songwriter and singer
* [[Upendra Chivukula]] - Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities]] after serving more than 12 years in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] , where he had been the [[Deputy Speaker]].
* [[Satya Nadella]] – The [[executive chairman]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Microsoft]].
* [[Surya Yalamanchili]] - Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010.
* [[Suhail A. Khan]] – American conservative political activist
* [[Vinai Thummalapally]] - U.S. Ambassador to [[Belize]].
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===Pakistan===
* [[Surya Yalamanchili]] – Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010
* [[Bahadur Yar Jung]], prominent figure of the [[Pakistan movement]]
* [[Usha Vance]] – Current [[Second lady|Second Lady]] of the United States.
* [[Mir Laiq Ali]], last [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad State]]
* [[Upendra Chivukula]] – Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities]] after serving more than 12 years in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]], where he had been the [[Deputy Speaker]]
* [[Hassan Nasir]], [[Pakistani]] communist activist
* [[Vinai Thummalapally]] – U.S. Ambassador to [[Belize]]
 
'''South Africa'''
===South Africa===
* [[Jay Naidoo]] – South Africa Independence Movement Activist  
* [[Jay Naidoo]] - South Africa Independence Movement Activist  
* [[Ama Naidoo]] – South Africa Independence Movement Activist
* [[Ama Naidoo]] - South Africa Independence Movement Activist
* [[Kumi Naidoo]] – South Africa Independence Movement Activist
* [[Kumi Naidoo]] - South Africa Independence Movement Activist
* [[Naransamy Roy Naidoo]] – South Africa Political Activist
* [[Naransamy Roy Naidoo]] - South Africa Political Activist
* [[Shanti Naidoo]] – South Africa Politician and Anti – [[Apartheid]] Activist
* [[Shanti Naidoo]] - South Africa Politician and Anti - [[Apartheid]] Activist.


==Freedom fighters==
==Freedom fighters==
* [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]] - freedom fighter and revolutionary (Viplava Jyothi).
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* [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]] – freedom fighter and revolutionary (Viplava Jyothi)
* [[Gurajada Apparao]]
* [[Gurajada Apparao]]
* [[Gurram Jashua]]
* [[Gurram Jashua]]
* [[Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya]]
* [[Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya]]
* [[Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu]] - Zamindar of Amaravati (Guntur).
* [[Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu]] – Zamindar of Amaravati (Guntur)
* [[N.G. Ranga]]
* [[N.G. Ranga]]
* [[P. Varadarajulu Naidu]] - was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist. He was also the founder of The [[Indian Express]].
* [[P. Varadarajulu Naidu]] – was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist. He was also the founder of The [[Indian Express]]
* [[Durgabai Deshmukh]]
* [[Durgabai Deshmukh]]
* [[Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy]]
* [[Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy]]
* [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]] - social reformer, writer, editor, performed first widow marriage in India.
* [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]] – social reformer, writer, editor, performed first widow marriage in India
* [[Pingali Venkayya]] - freedom fighter and [[Indian National Flag]] designer.
* [[Pingali Venkayya]] – freedom fighter and [[Indian National Flag]] designer
* [[Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya]] - freedom fighter and founder of [[Andhra Bank|Andhra bank]]
* [[Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya]] – freedom fighter and founder of [[Andhra Bank|Andhra bank]]
* [[Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao]] - writer of the [[National Pledge (India)]], written in Telugu first, later translated to other Indian languages.
* [[Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao]] – writer of the [[National Pledge (India)]], written in Telugu first, later translated to other Indian languages
* [[Tanguturi Prakasam]] - was also known as '''Andhra Kesari''' (Lion of Andhra).
* [[Tanguturi Prakasam]] – was also known as ''Andhra Kesari'' (Lion of Andhra)
* [[Arutla Ramchandra Reddy]] - Indian freedom fighter & [[Telangana]] movement leader from [[Nalgonda]]
* [[Arutla Ramchandra Reddy]] – Indian freedom fighter & [[Telangana]] movement leader from [[Nalgonda]]
* [[Potu Narsimha Reddy]] - social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from [[Adilabad]].
* Potu Narsimha Reddy – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from [[Adilabad]]
* [[Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan]] - social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader.
* [[Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan]] – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
* [[Potti Sreeramulu]] - responsible for the formation of linguistic states in India, died after fasting for statehood.
* [[Potti Sreeramulu]] – responsible for the formation of linguistic states in India, died after fasting for statehood
* [[Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya]] - Gandhian and freedom fighter.
* [[Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya]] – Gandhian and freedom fighter
* [[Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu]] - one of the founder of [[The Hindu]].
* [[Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu]] – one of the founder of [[The Hindu]]
* [[Sarojini Naidu]]
* [[Sarojini Naidu]]
* [[Chowdary Satyanarayana]] - also known as '''Jananayak''' (People's leader) was an Indian freedom fighter, anti-colonial nationalist, human rights activist, legislator.
* [[Chowdary Satyanarayana]] – also known as ''Jananayak'' (People's leader) was an Indian freedom fighter, anti-colonial nationalist, human rights activist, legislator
* [[Anabheri Prabhakar Rao]]
* [[Komaram Bheem]]
* [[Gouthu Latchanna]]
* [[Gouthu Latchanna]]
* [[Kaneganti Hanumanthu]]
* [[Kaneganti Hanumanthu]]
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* [[Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary]]
* [[Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary]]
* [[Tripuraneni Gopichand]]
* [[Tripuraneni Gopichand]]
* [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy]] (Sir C.R.Reddy)
* [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy]] (Sir C. R. Reddy)
* [[Kaloji Narayana Rao]]
* [[Kaloji Narayana Rao]]
* [[Komaram Bheem]]
* [[Anabheri Prabhakar Rao]]{{div col end}}
* [[Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri]] (1909–1985) - [[Indian independence activist]].
*[[Maulvi Allauddin]] (1824–1889) - revolutionary and [[Indian independence activist|Indian Independence activist]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Maulvi-Alauddin-the-other-hero/articleshow/54273621.cms|title=Maulvi Alauddin- the other hero - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>
*[[Turrebaz Khan]] (1859) - revolutionary and [[Indian independence activist|Indian Independence activist]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/book-on-turrebaz-khan-released/article3650498.ece|title=Book on Turrebaz Khan released|author=Staff Reporter|date=2012-07-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


==Scientists==
==Scientists==
* [[Satya N. Atluri]], renowned aerospace scientist, [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee in 2013 in science and engineering; recipient of the Global Aerospace Prize of $100,000, the Walter & Angelina Crichlow Trust Prize of [[AIAA]]; recipient, "Excellence in Aviation Award", from the United States [[Federal Aviation Administration]]
* [[Satya N. Atluri]], renowned aerospace scientist, [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee in 2013 in science and engineering; recipient of the Global Aerospace Prize of $100,000, the Walter & Angelina Crichlow Trust Prize of [[AIAA]]; recipient, "Excellence in Aviation Award", from the United States [[Federal Aviation Administration]]
* [[G. D. Naidu]], the "Edison of India"
* [[G. D. Naidu]], the "Edison of India"
* [[G. Satheesh Reddy]], Chairman of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D.
* [[Yellapragada Subbarao]] (1895–1948), Indian biochemist who made many important discoveries while working in the United States
* [[Yellapragada Subbarao]] (1895–1948), Indian biochemist who made many important discoveries while working in the United States
* [[P. Varadarajulu Naidu]], Indian physician, politician, journalist and Indian independence activist.
* [[P. Varadarajulu Naidu]], Indian physician, politician, journalist and Indian independence activist.
* [[Raj Reddy]], renowned computer scientist and former Dean of the [[Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science]]. Currently the only [[Turing Award]] winner from India.
* [[Raj Reddy]], renowned computer scientist and former Dean of the [[Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science]]. Currently, the only [[Turing Award]] winner from India.
* [[Suri Bhagavantam]], famous Indian scientist and administrator who worked and collaborated with C.V.Raman He worked as Director of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] and the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] and as adviser to the Indian defense ministry.
* [[Suri Bhagavantam]], famous Indian scientist and administrator who worked and collaborated with C.V.Raman He worked as Director of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] and the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] and as adviser to the Indian defense ministry.
* [[Yelavarthy Nayudamma]]
* [[Yelavarthy Nayudamma]]
* [[M. Visvesvaraya]], Indian engineer, scholar and statesman on whose memory Engineer's day is celebrated across India
* [[M. Visvesvaraya]], Indian engineer, scholar and statesman on whose memory Engineer's day is celebrated across India
* [[C. R. Rao|C.Radhakrishna Rao]], famous for his works in Maths and Statistics. The Cramer Rao bound theory and the Rao-Blackwell theorem are among his best known discoveries
* [[C. R. Rao|C. Radhakrishna Rao]], famous for his works in Maths and Statistics. The Cramer Rao bound theory and the Rao-Blackwell theorem are among his best known discoveries
* [[Raziuddin Siddiqui]] (1908–1998), [[theoretical physicist]]; member of imperial Britain's nuclear physicist delegation; participated in nuclear weapons programs of the US ([[Manhattan Project]]) and UK ([[Tube Alloys]] Project)
* [[Saleh Muhammad Alladin|Saleh Muhammad Aladdin]], astronomer
* [[Ahmed Mohiuddin]] (1923–1998), founder of the [[Zoological Society of Pakistan|Pakistan Zoological Society]], authored 37 books on scientific research


==Economists and Policy makers==
==Economists and Policy makers==
* [[M. Narasimham]] - Thirteenth Governor of RBI, Chaired Committee of Banking Sector reforms
* [[M. Narasimham]] – Thirteenth Governor of RBI, Chaired Committee of Banking Sector reforms
* [[C. H. Hanumantha Rao]] - member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008[2] and chaired the Technical Committee on Drought prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.
* [[C. H. Hanumantha Rao]] – Member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008[2] and chaired the Technical Committee on Drought prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.
* [[Y. Venugopal Reddy]] - Former [[Reserve Bank of India]] Governor from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008 - credited with imposing tough lending standards which shielded India from 2008 financial crisis
* [[Y. Venugopal Reddy]] – Former [[Reserve Bank of India]] Governor from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008 – credited with imposing tough lending standards which shielded India from 2008 financial crisis
* [[Duvvuri Subbarao]] - Former Governor of [[Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[Duvvuri Subbarao]] – Former Governor of [[Reserve Bank of India]]
*[[M. Narasimham]] - Former Governor of [[Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao]] – Former Cabinet Secretary
* [[C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao]] - Former Cabinet Secretary
* [[V. K. R. V. Rao]] – Noted economist
* [[V. K. R. V. Rao]] - Noted economist
* [[Narayana Kocherlakota]] – Former president of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis]], Professor of Economics at the [[University of Rochester]]
* [[Narayana Kocherlakota]] - Former president of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis]], Professor of Economics at the [[University of Rochester]]


==Writers==
==Writers==
* [[Paravastu Chinnayya Soori]]
* [[Paravastu Chinnayasuri]]
* [[C. Narayana Reddy]] : winner of gnanapeeta award
* [[C. Narayana Reddy]] – Winner of [[Jnanpith Award|Jnanapeeth]] award
* [[Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu]] - Writer
* [[Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu]] – Writer
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]] - Writer and historian from [[Telangana]]
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]] – Writer and historian from [[Telangana]]
* [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]] - Poet from [[Rayalaseema]]
* [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]] – Poet from [[Rayalaseema]]
* [[Kesava Reddy]] - Telugu novelist from [[Chittoor]]
* [[Kesava Reddy]] – Telugu novelist from [[Chittoor]]
* [[Ravuri Bharadhwaja]] - winner of gnanapeeta award Telugu novelist
* [[Ravuri Bharadhwaja]] – Winner of Jnanapeeth award Telugu novelist
* [[Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy]] - Maximum number of stories written in Telugu- Over 3000
* [[Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy]] – Maximum number of stories written in Telugu – Over 3000
*[[Pullella Srirama Chandrudu|Pullella Sriramachandrudu]] - Sanskrit and Telugu scholar  
*[[Pullella Srirama Chandrudu|Pullella Sriramachandrudu]] – Sanskrit and Telugu scholar  
* [[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty]] - Writer
* [[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty]] – Writer
* [[Vegunta Mohan Prasad]] - Poet
* [[Vegunta Mohan Prasad]] – Poet
* [[Mohammed Khadeer Babu]] – Writer


==Contribution to Telugu Language==
==Contribution to Telugu Language==
===Medieval Poets===
'''Medieval Poets'''
* [[Adikavi Pampa]](c. 10th century) wrote a Jain text called the Jinendra Puranam
* [[Malliya Rechana]] wrote the first Telugu prosody (chandassu) book called [[Kavijanasrayam]].
* [[Nannaya Bhattaraka]], also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
* [[Nannaya Bhattaraka]], also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
* [[Tikkana]] also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (1205–1288), poet and member of Kavi Trayam
* [[Tikkana]] also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (1205–1288), poet and member of Kavi Trayam
* [[Errana]] also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" (fl. 14th century).
* [[Errana]] also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" ({{fl.}} 14th century).
* [[Gona Budda Reddy]], 13th-century poet
* [[Gona Budda Reddy]], 13th-century poet
* [[Annamacharya]] (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
* [[Annamacharya]] (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
* [[Krishnadevaraya|Sri Krishnadevaraya]] , Vijayanagar Emperor, Telugu language patron, Telugu language poet
* [[Krishnadevaraya|Sri Krishnadevaraya]], Vijayanagar Emperor, Telugu language patron, Telugu language poet
* [[Allasani Peddana]] , 15th century poet and known as foremost of Asthadiggajas (Eight elite Telugu poets under Sri Krishnadevaraya)
* [[Allasani Peddana]], 15th century poet and known as foremost of Asthadiggajas (Eight elite Telugu poets under Sri Krishnadevaraya)
* [[Nandi Thimmana]], a member of Ashtadiggajas
* [[Nandi Thimmana]], a member of Ashtadiggajas
* [[Madayyagari Mallana]], a member of Ashtadiggajas
* [[Madayyagari Mallana]], a member of Ashtadiggajas
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* [[Atukuri Molla|Molla]], also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530), poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
* [[Atukuri Molla|Molla]], also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530), poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
* [[Potana]], born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
* [[Potana]], born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
* [[Tallapaka Tirumalamma]], also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka" (fl. 15th century), poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
* [[Tallapaka Tirumalamma]], also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka" ({{fl.}} 15th century), poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
* [[Vemana]] (fl. 14th century), poet
* [[Vemana]] ({{fl.}} 14th century), poet
* [[Bhadrachala Ramadasu]] , 17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music.
* [[Bhadrachala Ramadasu]], 17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music
 
'''Renaissance Poets'''
===Rennaissance Poets ===
* [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]] (1848–1919), social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
* [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]] (1848–1919), social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
* [[Gurajada Apparao]] (1862–1915), poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet")
* [[Gurajada Apparao]] (1862–1915), poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet")
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* [[Rayaprolu Subba Rao]]  
* [[Rayaprolu Subba Rao]]  
* [[C. R. Reddy]]
* [[C. R. Reddy]]
 
'''Modern Poets'''
===Modern Poets===
* [[C. Narayana Reddy]] (born 1931), poet, academic and songwriter
* [[C. Narayana Reddy]] (born 1931), poet, academic and songwriter
* [[Aarudhra]] , pen name of Bhagavatula Siva Sankara Sastry (1925–1998), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs
* [[Aarudhra]] (1925–1998), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs
* [[Ismail]], popular name of Mohammad Ismail (born 1928)
* [[Mohammad Ismail (poet)|Mohammad Ismail]] (born 1928–2003), [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language poet, critic, academic and university administrator.
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]], writer and historian from Telangana
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]], writer and historian from Telangana
* [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]], poet from Rayalaseema
* [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]], poet from Rayalaseema
* [[Gunturu Seshendra Sarma]] (1927–2007), also known as Yuga Kavi
* [[Gunturu Seshendra Sarma]] (1927–2007), also known as Yuga Kavi
* [[Papineni Sivasankar]], poet and critic from [[Andhra Pradesh]]  
* [[Papineni Sivasankar]], poet and critic from [[Andhra Pradesh]]  
* [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]] , popular poet and lyricist
* [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]], popular poet and lyricist


==Religious Leaders and Philosophers==
==Religious Leaders and Philosophers==
* [[Vallabha Acharya]] - one of the prominent Bhakthi movement leaders
* [[Vallabha]]charya – one of the prominent Bhakthi movement leaders
* [[Acharya Nagarjuna]] - Buddhist philosopher and alchemist
* [[Acharya Nagarjuna]] – Buddhist philosopher and alchemist
* [[Yogi Vemana]] - poet and philosopher
* [[Yogi Vemana]] – poet and philosopher
* [[Pothuluri Veerabrahmam]] - well-known saint and astrologer in the 17th century
* [[Pothuluri Veerabrahmam]] – well-known saint and astrologer in the 17th century
* [[U. G. Krishnamurti]] - world-famous 20th century philosopher
* [[U. G. Krishnamurti]] – world-famous 20th century philosopher
* [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] - 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher
* [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] – 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher
* [[Sringeri Shankaracharya]]
* [[Sringeri Shankaracharya]]
* [[Nimbarka]] - one of the four principal [[Vaishnav]] acharyas of India
* [[Nimbarka]] – one of the four principal [[Vaishnav]] acharyas of India
* [[Vishnuswami]] - one of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India
* [[Vishnuswami]] – one of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India
* [[Vallabha]] - another major Vaishnav acharya
* [[Vallabha]] – another major Vaishnav acharya
* [[Satya Sai Baba]] - internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti
* [[Satya Sai Baba]] – internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti
* [[Sadasiva Brahmendra]] - Bhakthi Poet
* [[Sadasiva Brahmendra]] – Bhakthi Poet
* [[Bhakta Potana]] - realised Soul and a Bhakthi poet who translated Bhagavatam to Telugu
* [[Bhakta Potana]] – realised Soul and a Bhakthi poet who translated Bhagavatam to Telugu
* [[Kancherla Gopanna]] - also popularly known as Ramadasu
* [[Kancherla Gopanna]] – also popularly known as Ramadasu
* [[Annamacharya]] - great devotee of Tirumala Lord Venkateswara who has written 40000 songs and composed them
* [[Annamacharya]] – great devotee of Tirumala Lord Venkateswara who has written 40,000 songs and composed them
* [[Tyagaraja]] - great devotee of Lord SriRama who is excelled in carnatic music and have written and composed some 30000 songs majorly on Sri Rama. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
* [[Tyagaraja]] – great devotee of Lord SriRama who is excelled in carnatic music and have written and composed some 30,000 songs majorly on Sri Rama. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
* [[Syama Sastri]] - oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two. All his compositions are in Telugu. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
* [[Garikapati Narasimha Rao|Garikapati Narashima Rao]] - Indian scholar, litterateur, and avadhani from Andhra Pradesh. Received padmashri in 2022 from government of India. In 1996, he performed Avadhanam with 1116 Pruchchakas for 21 days in Kakinada.  
* [[Sadhguru]] - mystic and yogi. Founder of Isha Yoga, a non profit organization. Born in Mysore to a Telugu-speaking family .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/wisdom/sadhguru-spot/telugu-tamil-telugu|title=Telugu...Tamil...Telugu!|date=August 10, 2011|website=Isha Sadhguru}}</ref>
* [[Syama Sastri]] – oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two. All his compositions are in Telugu. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
*
* [[Sadhguru]] – mystic and yogi. Founder of Isha Yoga, a non profit organization. Born in Mysore to a Telugu-speaking family .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/wisdom/sadhguru-spot/telugu-tamil-telugu|title=Telugu...Tamil...Telugu!|date=August 10, 2011|website=Isha Sadhguru}}</ref>


==Academics==
==Academics==
* [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy]] - First Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
* [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy]] – First Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
* [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] - Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher
* [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] – Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher
* [[G. Ram Reddy]] - Former University Grants Commission chairman
* [[G. Ram Reddy]] – Former University Grants Commission chairman
* [[Sarvepalli Gopal]] - Indian historian
* [[Sarvepalli Gopal]] – Indian historian
* [[Veluri Venkata Krishna Sastry]] - Archaeologist
* [[Veluri Venkata Krishna Sastry]] – Archaeologist
* [[J. N. Reddy (engineer)|J. N. Reddy]] - Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at [[Texas A&M University]]
* [[J. N. Reddy (engineer)|J. N. Reddy]] – Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at [[Texas A&M University]]
* [[Arjula Ramachandra Reddy]] - biologist, First vice-chancellor of [[Yogi Vemana University]]
* [[Arjula Ramachandra Reddy]] – biologist, First vice-chancellor of [[Yogi Vemana University]]
* [[Pavani Parameswara Rao]] - a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India
* [[Pavani Parameswara Rao]] – a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India
* [[Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan]] (1946–2013) - founder of Shadan Group of Institutions<ref name="Saudi Gazette">{{Cite web |url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20131022184262 |title=Indian educationist succumbs to illness |work=[[Saudi Gazette]] |author=Amtul, Syeda |date=22 October 2013 |access-date=7 November 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107235146/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20131022184262 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[Ali Yavar Jung]] (1906–1976) - served as Vice-Chancellor of the [[Osmania University]] as well as the [[Aligarh University|Aligarh Muslim University]]


==Award winners==
==Award winners==
=== Olympic Medalists ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
!Sr. no
!Name
!Sport
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
!Total
|-
!1
|[[Karnam Malleswari]]
|[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
|
|
|1
|1
|-
|-
!2
|[[P. V. Sindhu]]
|[[Badminton]]
|
|1
|1
|2
|-
|-
|}
* [[Karnam Malleswari]] – [[Bronze medal]] for Weightlifting, first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
* [[P. V. Sindhu]] – [[Silver medal]] in 2016 and [[Bronze medal]] in 2020 for Badminton, the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.
=== Commonwealth Games medallists ===
{{div col}}
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[P. V. Sindhu]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Jwala Gutta]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Parupalli Kashyap]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Srikanth Kidambi]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[N. Sikki Reddy]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Gadde Ruthvika Shivani]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Chetan Anand (badminton)]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Deepthi Chapala]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Gurusai Dutt]] – [[Badminton]]
* [[Ragala Venkat Rahul]] – [[Olympic weightlifting]]
* [[Shailaja Pujari]] – [[Olympic weightlifting]]
* [[Neelam Setti Laxmi]] – [[Olympic weightlifting]]
* [[Santoshi Matsa]] – [[Olympic weightlifting]]
* [[Badathala Adisekhar]] – [[Olympic weightlifting]]
* [[Valluri Srinivasa Rao]] – [[Olympic weightlifting]]
* [[Sharath Kamal]] – [[Table tennis]]
* [[Mohammad Hussamuddin]] – [[Amateur boxing]]
* [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] – [[Tennis]]
* [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]] – [[Tennis]]
{{div col end}}
===Bharat Ratna===
===Bharat Ratna===
{{Main|Bharat Ratna}}
* [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], awarded 1954
* [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], awarded 1954
* [[M. Visvesvaraya|Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraiah]], awarded 1955
* [[M. Visvesvaraya|Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya]], awarded 1955
* [[V.V. Giri]], awarded 1975
* [[V. V. Giri]], awarded 1975
* [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], awarded 2024


===Padma Vibhushan===
===Padma Vibhushan===
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
{{Main|Padma Vibhushan}}
{{div col}}
* [[N. G. Ranga]]
* [[N. G. Ranga]]
* [[P. V. R. Rao]]
* [[Padmaja Naidu]]
* [[Palle Rama Rao]]
* [[Prathap C. Reddy]]
* [[Ramoji Rao]]
* [[Ravi Narayan Reddy]]
* [[Roddam Narasimha]]
* [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
* [[Sadhguru]]
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]
* [[C. R. Rao]]
* [[Cingireddy Narayana Reddy]]
* [[K. Satchidananda Murty]]
* [[Kaloji Narayana Rao]] (1992)
* [[Kotha Satchidananda Murthy]]
* [[Kotha Satchidananda Murthy]]
* [[Ravi Narayan Reddy]] (1992)
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
* [[Kaloji Narayana Rao]] (1992)
* [[M. N. Venkatachaliah]]
* [[M. Narasimham]]
* [[Sarvepalli Gopal]]
* [[Durgabai Deshmukh]]
* [[V. Ramalingaswami]]
* [[V. Ramalingaswami]]
* [[Cingireddy Narayana Reddy]] (2000)
* [[Y. V. Reddy]]
* [[Y. Venugopal Reddy]] (2010)
* [[Y. Venugopal Reddy]] (2010)
* [[Prathap C. Reddy]] (2010)
* [[Yamini Krishnamurthy]]
* [[Ramoji Rao]] (2016)
* [[Chiranjeevi]]{{div col end}}


===Padmabhushan===
===Padmabhushan===
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|
{{Main|Padmabhushan}}
* [[A. S. Rao]]
{{div col}}
* [[Satya Nadella]]
* [[Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana]]
* [[Satya N. Atluri]]
* [[Satya N. Atluri]]
* [[Viswanadha Satyanarayana]]
* [[C. K. Nayudu]]
* [[Pavani Parameswara Rao]]
* [[C. Narayana Reddy]]
* [[P. Bhanumathi]]
* [[Pullela Gopichand]]
* [[P. V. Sindhu]]
* [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]]
* [[Chiranjeevi]]
* [[Krishna Ella]]
* [[A. V. Rama Rao]]
* [[D. Nageshwar Reddy]]
* [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
* [[P. Susheela]]
* [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]]
* [[G. V. Krishna Reddy]]
* [[Kallam Anji Reddy]]
* [[P. Chandrasekhara Rao]]
* [[D. Ramanaidu]]
* [[Anumolu Ramakrishna]]
* [[Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad]]
* [[Boyi Bhimanna]]
* [[Yamini Krishnamurthy]]
* [[B. V. Raju]]
* [[Palle Rama Rao]]
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]
* [[C. H. Hanumantha Rao]]
* [[K. I. Varaprasad Reddy]]
* [[N. Seshagiri]]
* [[S. S. Badrinath]]
* [[Prathap C. Reddy]]
* [[Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya]]
* [[Jaggayya]]
* [[Jaggayya]]
* [[Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana]]
* [[Gottipati Brahmayya]]
* [[V. Ramalingaswami]]
* [[K. Satchidananda Murty]]
* [[Raja and Radha Reddy]] (2000)
* [[Sripada Pinakapani]]
* [[Raj Reddy]] (b. 1937) (2001)
* [[Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry]]
* [[K. Srinath Reddy]] (2005)
* [[Pratury Trirumala Rao]]
* [[Chiranjeevi]]
* [[Gurram Jashuva]]
* [[K. Anji Reddy]]
* [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]]
* [[Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy]]
* [[A. S. Rao]]
* [[Vennelakanti Raghavayya]]
* [[B. N. Reddy]]
* [[Devulapalli Krishnasastri]]
* [[Perugu Siva Reddy]]
* [[Mahankali Seetharama Rao]]
* [[Cheruvari Lakshmanan]]
* [[Manikonda Chalapathi Rau]]
* [[Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya]]
* [[Madapati Hanumantha Rao]]
* [[Andal Venkatasubba Rao]]
* [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]]
* [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]]
{{div col end}}
 
=== Padma Shri ===
{{Main|Padma Shri}}
{{div col}}
* [[A. S. Rao]]
* [[A. V. Rama Rao]]
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]
* [[Allu Ramalingaiah]]
* [[Annavarapu Rama Swamy]]
* [[Asavadi Prakasarao]]
* [[Atluri Sriman Narayana]]
* [[AVS Raju]]
* [[A. G. K. Gokhale]]
* [[A. Kanyakumari]]
* [[B. L. Deekshatulu]]
* [[B. Ramana Rao]]
* [[B. V. Raju]]
* [[B. V. Rao]]
* [[Bapu (director)]]
* [[Bhupathiraju Somaraju]]
* [[Boyi Bhimanna]]
* [[Boyi Bhimanna]]
* [[Shiv K. Kumar]]
* [[Brahmanandam]]
* [[P. Susheela]]
* [[C. Narayana Reddy]]
* [[Ghattamaneni Krishna]]
* [[C. Venkata S. Ram]]
}}
* [[Challagalla Narasimham]]
* [[Chintakindi Mallesham]]
* [[Chintala Venkat Reddy]]
* [[Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah]]
* [[D. Nageshwar Reddy]]
* [[D. V. S. Raju]]
* [[Dalavai Chalapathi Rao]]
* [[Daripalli Ramaiah]]
* [[Darshanam Mogilaiah]]
* [[Dasari Prasada Rao]]
* [[Dasika Durga Prasada Rao]]
* [[Dattatreyudu Nori]]
* [[Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu]]
* [[G. Muniratnam]]
* [[Gajam Anjaiah]]
* [[Gajam Govardhana]]
* [[Garikapati Narasimha Rao]]
* [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]]
* [[Gnanananda Kavi]]
* [[Gopi Chand Mannam]]
* [[Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav]]
* [[Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan]]
* [[Govindan Sundararajan]]
* [[Guduru Venkatachalam]]
* [[Gullapalli Nageswara Rao]]
* [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]]
* [[Harika Dronavalli]]
* [[I. V. Subba Rao (scientist)|I. V. Subba Rao]]
* [[Immaneni Sathyamurthy]]
* [[Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya]]
* [[Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy]]
* [[Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty]]
* [[K. Paddayya]]
* [[K. S. Chandrasekharan]]
* [[K. Viswanath]]
* [[Kadiyala Ramachandra]]
* [[Kailasam Raghavendra Rao]]
* [[Kakarla Subba Rao]]
* [[Kallam Anji Reddy]]
* [[Kallur Subba Rao]]
* [[Kalyanam Raghuramaiah]]
* [[Kanaka Raju]]
* [[Karnam Malleswari]]
* [[Katuru Narayana]]
* [[Kolakaluri Enoch]]
* [[Koneru Humpy]]
* [[Koneru Ramakrishna Rao]]
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]
* [[Krishna Reddy (artist)|Krishna Reddy]]
* [[Krishnaswami Ramiah]]
* [[Kutikuppala Surya Rao]]
* [[Lavu Narendranath]]
* [[Laxma Goud]]
* [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
* [[M. V. Rao]]
* [[M. Y. S. Prasad]]
* [[Machani Somappa]]
* [[Manjula Anagani]]
* [[Mohan Babu]]
* [[Moturi Satyanarayana]]
* [[Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju]]
* [[Mukesh Kumar (field hockey)|Mukesh Kumar]]
* [[Myneni Hariprasada Rao]]
* [[N. G. Krishna Murti]]
* [[N. T. Rama Rao]]
* [[Narain Karthikeyan]]
* [[Narla Tata Rao]]
* [[Nataraja Ramakrishna]]
* [[Nerella Venu Madhav]]
* [[Nidumolu Sumathi]]
* [[Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad]]
* [[P. Bhanumathi]]
* [[P. V. Sindhu]]
* [[Palle Rama Rao]]
* [[Pannuru Sripathy]]
* [[Perugu Siva Reddy]]
* [[Prem Watsa]]
* [[Pullela Gopichand]]
* [[Pullella Sriramachandrudu]]
* [[Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu]]
* [[Raghu Ram Pillarisetti]]
* [[Raja and Radha Reddy]]
* [[Ravi Kumar Narra]]
* [[Rekandar Nageswara Rao]]
* [[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]]
* [[S. M. Arif]]
* [[S. M. Ganapathy]]
* [[S. S. Badrinath]]
* [[S. S. Rajamouli]]
* [[Saibaba Goud]]
* [[Sakini Ramachandraih]]
* [[Shantha Sinha]]
* [[Sharath Kamal]]
* [[Sheik Chinna Moulana]]
* [[Shobha Naidu]]
* [[Shobha Raju]]
* [[Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao]]
* [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
* [[Sitaram Rao Valluri]]
* [[Sowcar Janaki]]
* [[Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi]]
* [[Srikanth Kidambi]]
* [[Srirangam Gopalaratnam]]
* [[Sthanam Narasimha Rao]]
* [[Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao]]
* [[T. Venkatapathi Reddiar]]
* [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
* [[Turlapaty Kutumba Rao]]
* [[U. Srinivas]]
* [[V. Nagayya]]
* [[V. Narayana Rao]]
* [[V. Satyanarayana Sarma]]
* [[Vamsi Mootha]]
* [[Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli]]
* [[Vijay Raghav Rao]]
* [[Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath]]
* [[Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao]]
* [[Vulimiri Ramalingaswami]]
* [[VVS Laxman]]
* [[Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad]]
* [[Yarlagadda Nayudamma]]
* [[Yella Venkateswara Rao]]
* Addepalli Sarvi Chetty – social work
* Aekka Yadagiri Rao – Arts
* Anumolu Sriramarao – social work
* Chandrakant Pithawa – Science & Engineering
* Devan Venkata Reddy – trade & industry
* Devarapalli Prakash Rao – social work
* Gadde Ramakoteswar Rao – Science & Engineering
* Hari Narain – civil service
* Jayakumari Chikkala – Medicine
* Kalluri Gopal Rao – Civil Service
* Argula Nagaraja Rao – trade & industry
* Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu – trade & industry
* N. Balakrishna Reddy – social work
* Nampally Divakar – Science & Engineering
* Padamanur Ananda Rau – trade & industry
* Padmaja Reddy – Arts
* Sheik Nazar – Arts
* Sistha Venkata Seetharama Shastry – Science & Engineering
* Sudha Venkatasiva Reddy – social work
* T. V. Narayana – social work
* Tadepalli Venkanna – Arts
* Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary – Civil Service
* [[V. Koteswaramma]] – Literature & Education
* V. Ramchandra Vajramushti – Civil Service
* Vadalmudi Venkata Rao – Literature & Education
* [[Yadla Gopalarao]] – Arts
{{div col end}}
 
===Sahitya Akademi Award===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Author
! Work
|-
| 1955
| [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]]
| ''Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu'' (Social History)
|-
| 1956
| Bulusu Venkateswarulu
| ''Bharatiya Tattva Sastramu'' (Translation of Dr. Radhakrishnan's History of Indian Philosophy)
|-
| 1957
| Chariantanananda Swami
| ''Sri Ramakrishnuni Jeevita Charitra'' (Biography)
|-
| 1958
| No Award
| 
|-
| 1959
| No Award
|
|-
| 1960
| Ponangi Srirama Apparavu
| ''Natyasastramu'' (A History of Bharata's Natyasastra)
|-
| 1961
| [[Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao]]
| ''Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu'' (A History of Telugu composers and songwriters)
|-
| 1962
| [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]]
| ''Viswanadha Madhyakkarulu'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1963
| [[Tripuraneni Gopichand]]
| ''Panditha Parameswara Sastry Veelunama'' (Novel)
|-
| 1964
| [[Gurram Joshua]]
| ''Kreestu Charitra'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1965
| [[Acharya Rayaprolu Subbarao]]
| ''Misra Manjari'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1966
| No Award
|
|-
| 1967
| No Award
| 
|-
| 1968
| No Award
|
|-
| 1969
| [[Tummala Seetharama Murthy]] 
| ''Mahatma Katha'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1970
| [[D. Balagangadhar Tilak]]
| ''Amrutham Kurisina Rathri'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1971
| [[Vasireddy Seethadevi]] <br/>[[Thapi Dharma Rao]] <br />
| ''Samata'' (Novel) <br/>''Vijayavilasamu: Hrudayollasavyakhya'' (Commentary) <br />
|-
| 1972
| [[Srirangam Srinivasarao]]
| ''Sri Sri Sahityamu'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1973
| [[C. Narayana Reddy]]
| ''Mantalu Manavudu'' (Poetry) 
|-
| 1974
| [[Dasaradhi]]
| ''Thimiram Tho Samaram'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1975
| [[Boyi Bhimanna]]
| ''Gudiselu Kalipotunnai'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1976
| Akella Syamala Rani
| ''Harini'' (Novel)
|-
| 1977
| [[Kundurti Anjaneyulu]]
| ''Kundurti Kritulu'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1978
| [[Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry]]
| Collected Works of Krishna Sastri (6 vols.)
|-
| 1979
| P. Narayanacharya
| ''Janapriya Ramayanamu'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1980
| Kasi Viswanath Silukoti
| ''Oka Deepam Veligindi'' (Play)
|-
| 1981
| [[Vasireddy Seethadevi]] <br/>[[Narla Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
| ''Uritadu'' (Novel) <br/>''Seeta Josyam'' (Play)<br />
|-
| 1982
| [[Illindala Saraswati Devi]]
| ''Swarna Kamalaalu'' (Short stories)
|-
| 1983
| [[Ravuri Bharadwaja]]
| ''Jeevana Samaram'' (Sketches)
|-
| 1984
| Aluri Bairagi
| ''Aagama Geeti'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1985
| [[Palagummi Padmaraju]]
| ''Gaalivana'' (Short stories) 
|-
| 1986
| G.V. Subramanyam
|  ''Andhra Sahitya Vimarsa Angla Prabhavam'' (Literary criticism) 
|-
| 1987
| [[Arudra]]
|  ''Gurazada Gurupeetham'' (Essays)
|-
| 1988
| [[Vasireddy Seethadevi]] <br/>Rachamallu Ramachandra Reddi <br />
| ''Maro Dayyam Katha'' (Novel) <br/>''Anuvaada Samasyalu'' (Criticism)<br />
|-
| 1989
| S. V. Joga Rao
| ''Manipravalamu'' (Essays)
|-
| 1990
| [[Vasireddy Seethadevi]] <br/>[[K Siva Reddy]] <br />
| ''Mrityunjayadu'' (Novel) <br/>''Mohana-o-Mohana'' (Poetry)<br />
|-
| 1991
| [[Bharago|Bhamidipati Ramagopalam]]
| ''Itlu, Mee Vidheyudu'' (Short stories)
|-
| 1992
| [[Malathi Chendur]]
| ''Hrudaya Netri'' (Novel)
|-
| 1993
| [[Madhuranthakam Rajaram]]
| ''Madhuranthakam Rajaram Kathalu'' (Short stories)
|-
| 1994
| [[Gunturu Seshendra Sharma]]
| ''Kala Rekha'' (Criticism)
|-
| 1995
| [[Kalipatnam Ramarao]]
| ''Yajnam To Tommidi'' (Short stories)
|-
| 1996
| [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]]
| ''Kethu Vishwanatha Reddy Kathalu'' (Short stories)
|-
| 1997
| [[Penumarthi Viswanatha Sastri]] (Ajanta)
| ''Swapna Lipi'' (Poetry)
|-
| 1998
| [[Balivada Kantha Rao]]
| ''Balivada Kantha Rao Kathalu'' (Short stories)
|-
| 1999
| Vallampati Venkata Subbayya
| ''Katha Silpam'' (Essays)
|-
| 2000
| [[N. Gopi]]
| ''Kalanni Nidra Ponivvanu'' (Poetry)
|-
| 2001
| Tirumala Ramachandra
| ''Hampi Nunchi Harappa Daka'' (Autobiography)
|-
| 2002
| Chekuri Ramarao
| ''Smrti Kinankam'' (Essays)
|-
| 2003
| Utpala Satyanarayanacharya
| ''Sri Krishna Chandrodayamu'' (Poetry)
|-
| 2004
| [[Ampasayya Naveen]]
| ''Kala Rekhalu'' (Novel)
|-
| 2005
| [[Abburi Chayadevi]] 
| ''Tana Margam'' (Short Stories)
|-
| 2006
| Munipalle Raju
| ''Astitvanadam Aavali Teerana'' (Short Stories) 
|-
| 2007
| [[Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma]]
| ''Satapatramu'' (Autobiography)
|-
| 2008
| Chitiprolu Krishna Murthy
| ''Purushottamudu'' (Poetry)
|-
|2009
| [[Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad|Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad]]
|''Draupadi'' (Novel)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/24/stories/2009122462072200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227035225/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/24/stories/2009122462072200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-12-27|title=Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards |date=2009-12-24|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2010-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article225606.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905015238/http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article225606.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2014|title=Draupadi's unending circle of suffering |date=2010-01-23|publisher=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=2010-01-27}}</ref>
|-
|2010
| [[Syed Saleem]]
|''Kaluthunna Poolathota'' (Novel)
|-
|2011
|[[Samala Sadasiva]]
| ''Swaralayalu'' (Essays)
|-
|2012
|[[Peddibhotla Subbaramayya]]
|''Peddibhotla Subbaramayya Kathalu Vol-1'' (Short Stories)
|-
|2013
|[[Katyayani Vidmahe]]
|''Sahityaakasamlo Sagam'' (Essays)
|-
|2014
|[[Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy]]
|''Mana Navalalu - Mana Kathanikalu'' (literary criticism)
|-
|2015
|[[P. Lalita Kumari|Volga]]
|''Vimuktha'' (Short Stories)
|-
|2016
|[[Papineni Sivasankar]]
|''Rajanigandha'' (Poetry)
|-
|2017
|[[Devi Priya]]
|''Gaali Rangu'' (Poetry)
|-
|2018
|[[Kolakaluri Enoch]]
|''Vimarsini'' (Essay)
|-
|2019
|[[Bandi Narayanaswamy]]
|''Sapta Bhoomi'' (Novel)<ref name="Akademy list">{{cite web |title=SAHITYA AKADEMY AWARD 2019 |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2019.pdf |website=Sahitya Academy |access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| Nikhileswar
| ''Agniswaasa (2015-2017)'' (poetry)<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 2021 |title=Central literary academy award for Nikhileswar |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/features/central-literary-academy-award-nikhileshwar-1349378 |work=Sakshi |language=Telugu}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Goreti Venkanna]]
|''Vallanki Taalam'' (poetry)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Reddy|first=R. Ravikanth|date=2021-12-30|title=People's poet Goreti Venkanna bags Sahitya Akademi award|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/peoples-poet-goreti-venkanna-bags-sahitya-akademi-award/article38073198.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|}
 
=== Bala Sahitya Puraskar winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Author
! Work
|-
|2010
|Kaluvakolanu Sadananda
|''Adavi Thalli'' (Children's Novel)
|-
|2011
|[[Bhoopal Reddy|M. Bhoopal Reddy]]
| ''Uggupaalu'' (Children short stories)
|-   
|2013
|D. Sujatha Devi
|''Aatalo Aratipandu'' (Stories)
 
|}
 
===Khel Ratna Award===
The [[Khel Ratna Award]] is India's highest sporting honor.
* [[Karnam Malleswari]] – For Weightlifting
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] – For Badminton
* [[P. V. Sindhu]] – For Badminton
* [[Rohit Sharma]] – For Cricket


===Jnanpith Award===
===Jnanpeeth Award===
* [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]] for his work "Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu" for the year 1970.
* [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]] for his work ''[[Ramayana Kalpavruksham]]u'' for the year 1970.
* [[C. Narayanareddy]] for his Telugu poetic work ''Viswambara'' for the year 1988.
* [[C. Narayanareddy]] for his Telugu poetic work ''Viswambara'' for the year 1988.
* [[Ravuri Bharadhwaja]] for his Telugu poetic work "Pakudu Rallu" (Crawling Stones) for the year 2012.
* [[Ravuri Bharadhwaja]] for his Telugu poetic work ''Pakudu Rallu'' (Crawling Stones) for the year 2012.


===Sahitya Akademi Award===
===Sahitya Akademi Award===
* [[Viswanadha Satyanarayana]] for his Poetry book "Viswanadha Madhyakaralu"
* [[Viswanadha Satyanarayana]] for his poetry book ''Viswanadha Madhyakaralu''
* [[Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao]] for ''Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu''
* [[Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao]] for ''Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu''
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]] for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]] for his social history book ''Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu'' (1955)
* [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]] for his Short Stories Book Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu
* [[Kethu Viswanatha Reddy]] for his short stories book ''Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu''


===Dada Saheb Phalke award===
===Dada Saheb Phalke award===
* [[Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy]] (1974) - First South Indian to receive the highest award in movies in [[India]].
* [[Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy]] (1974)
* [[Paidi Jairaj]] (1980)
* [[Paidi Jairaj]] (1980)
* [[B.Nagi Reddy]] (1986)
* [[L. V. Prasad]] (1982)
* (( L v Prasad))
* [[B.Nagi Reddy|B. Nagi Reddy]] (1986)
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] (1990)
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] (1990)
* [[D. Ramanaidu]] (2009)
* [[D. Ramanaidu]] (2009)
* [[K. Viswanath]] (2016)
* [[K. Viswanath]] (2016)


'''Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award'''
=== Academy Award ===
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] - Badminton (2000–2001)
 
* [[M. M. Keeravani]] (2023)
 
=== Golden Globe Award ===
 
* [[M. M. Keeravani]] (2023)


'''Arjuna Award'''
=== Critics Choice Movie Awards ===
* [[V.V.S. Laxman]] - Cricket
 
* [[Mukesh Kumar (field hockey)|Mukesh Kumar]] - Hockey
* [[M. M. Keeravani]] (2023)
* [[PV Sindhu]] - Badminton
* [[S. S. Rajamouli]] (2023)
* [[Koneru Humpy]] - Chess
 
=== Dronacharya Award ===
* [[A. Ramana Rao]] – Volleyball (1990)
* [[Shyam Sunder Rao]] – Volleyball (1995)
* [[S. M. Arif]] – Badminton (2000)
*  E. Prasad Rao – Kabaddi (2002)
*  Koneru Ashok – Chess (2006)
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] – Badminton (2009)
*  Nagapuri Ramesh – Athletics (2016)
*  G. S. S. V. Prasad – Badminton (2017)
*  Achanta Srinivasa Rao – Table Tennis (2018)
 
=== Arjuna Award ===
{{div col}}
* [[V. V. S. Laxman]] – Cricket
* [[Rohit Sharma]] – Cricket
* [[Mukesh Kumar (field hockey)|Mukesh Kumar]] – Hockey
* [[PV Sindhu]] – Badminton
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] – Badminton
* [[Parupalli Kashyap]] – Badminton
* [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]] – Badminton
* [[B. Sai Praneeth]] – Badminton
* [[Jwala Gutta]] – Badminton
* [[Srikanth Kidambi]] – Badminton
* [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] – Badminton
* [[Sharath Kamal]] – Table Tennis
* [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] – Tennis
* [[Saketh Myneni]] – Tennis
* [[Koneru Humpy]] – Chess
* [[Pentala Harikrishna]] – Chess
* [[Harika Dronavalli]] – Chess
* [[Sharath Kamal]] – Table tennis
* [[Tulsidas Balaram]] – Football
* [[Karnam Malleswari]] – Weight lifting
* [[Kamineni Eswara Rao]] – Weight lifting
* [[P. V. Ramana]] – Volleyball
* [[Shyam Sunder Rao]] – Volleyball
* [[A. Ramana Rao]] – Volleyball{{div col end}}
 
=== Ramon Magsaysay Award ===
The [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] was established in 1957 in memory of [[Ramon Magsaysay]], the late president of the [[Philippines]]. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize.
* [[Palagummi Sainath]]
* [[Shantha Sinha]]
* [[Bezwada Wilson]]
 
=== Guinness World Records ===
* [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] – holds the Guinness World Record for having sung the most songs for any male playback singer in the world, with the majority of his songs sung in Telugu.
* [[P. Susheela]] – She entered the Guinness Book of World Records for recording the highest number of songs in musical history.
* [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] – holds the Guinness World Record as the most films directed with 151 films.
* [[D. Ramanaidu]] – holds the Guinness World Record as the most prolific producer with 130 films.
* [[Ramoji Film City]] – Guinness Record had been awarded to Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad as the largest film studio complex in the world, it opened in 1996 and measures 674 hectares (1,666 acres). With 47 sound stages, it has permanent sets ranging from railway stations to temples.
* [[Brahmanandam]] – M.R Brahmanandam holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the most films in a single language, 1000+ films.
* [[Vijaya Nirmala]] – in 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named Vijaya Nirmala as the female director with the most films, having made 47 films. In a career spanning approximately two decades, she has acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil and produced 15 films.
* [[Chiranjeevi]] – in 2024,  the Guinness Book of Records named Chiranjeevi most prolific film star in the Indian film industry, having danced in 537 songs across 156 films.
 
=== Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship ===
* [[V. Satyanarayana Sarma]]
* [[Nataraja Ramakrishna]]
* [[Vempati Chinna Satyam]]
* [[Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma]]
* [[V. Satyanarayana Sarma]]
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
* [[Yamini Krishnamurthy]]
 
=== Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ===
{{div col}}
* [[Sthanam Narasimha Rao]]
* [[Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao]]
* [[Kalyanam Raghuramaiah]]
* [[Peesapati Narasimha Murty]]
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
* [[Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana]]
* [[Annavarapu Rama Swamy]]
* [[Chitti Babu (musician)|Chitti Babu]]
* [[Deerghasi Vizai Bhaskar]]
* [[Nidumolu Sumathi]]
* [[Yella Venkateswara Rao]]
* [[Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu]]
* [[Kolanka Venkata Raju]]
* [[U. Srinivas]]
* [[Budaloor Krishnamurthy Shastri]]
* [[Prapancham Sitaram]]
* [[Puranam Purushottama Sastri]]
* [[Nedunuri Krishnamurthy]]
* [[Sripada Pinakapani]]
* [[Emani Sankara Sastry]]
* [[Sheik Chinna Moulana]]
* [[Domada Chittabbayi]]
* [[E. Gayathri]]
* [[Srimushnam V. Raja Rao]]
* [[A. Kanyakumari]]
* [[Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao]]
* [[V. Satyanarayana Sarma]]
* [[Ananta Charan Sai Babu]]
* [[Yamini Krishnamurthy]]
* [[Vempati Chinna Satyam]]
* [[Nataraja Ramakrishna]]
* [[Shobha Naidu]]
* [[Veernala Jayarama Rao]]
* [[Uma Rama Rao]]
{{div col end}}


==International Positions==
==International Positions==
===United States===
'''United States'''
* [[Ajay Naidu]] - Hollywood actor
* [[Arvind Krishna]] - [[Indian-American]] business executive. He is the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[IBM]].
* [[Saagar Enjeti]]
* [[Adivi Sesh]] - Hollywood actor, director, writer
* [[Varun Sandesh]] - actor
* [[Surya Yalamanchili]] - Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010.
* [[Vinai Thummalapally]] - U.S. Ambassador to [[Belize]]
* [[Kris Kolluri]] - [[New Jersey]] Commissioner of Transportation
* [[C.R.Rao]] - mathematician, statistician
* [[Rao Remala]] - first Indian Employee at [[Microsoft]]
* [[Satya Nadella]] - CEO of [[Microsoft]]
* [[Shantanu Narayen]] - CEO of [[Adobe Systems]]
* [[Raj Reddy]] - recipient of Turing Award
* [[Padmasree Warrior]] - former chief executive officer of [[NIO (car company)]]
* [[Vijaya Lakshmi Emani]](1958-2009) - social activist, posthumously awarded [[Presidential Citizens Medal]]
* [[Sarayu Rao]] - Hollywood Actress
* [[Aneesh Chaganty]] - Hollywood director
* [[Akash Vukoti]] - TV personality
* [[Narayana Kocherlakota]] -  American economist and is the Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics at the [[University of Rochester]].
* [[Upendra Chivukula]] - Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities]] after serving more than 12 years in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] , where he had been the [[Deputy Speaker]].
* [[Dabeeru C. Rao]] - Director of the Division of Biostatistics at [[Washington University School of Medicine]]
* [[Balamurali Ambati]] - American [[ophthalmologist]] , educator, and researcher. On May 19, 1995, he entered the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] as the world's youngest doctor.
* [[Uma Pemmaraju]] - American anchor and host on the [[Fox News Channel]] cable network.
* [[Vamsi Mootha]] - American physician-scientist and computational biologist of Indian descent.
* [[G. S. Maddala]] - mathematician and economist best known for work in the field of [[Econometrics]]
* [[J. N. Reddy (engineer)|J. N. Reddy]] - professor and holder of the [[Oscar S. Wyatt]] Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at [[Texas A&M University]]
* [[Neeli Bendapudi]] - President of [[University of Louisville]]
* [[Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao]] - professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at the university at Buffalo
* [[Ravi V. Bellamkonda]] - Vinik Dean of Engineering Duke University Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering.
* [[Yellapragada Subbarao]] - Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell
* [[Nina Davuluri]] - Miss American 2014
* [[Dattatreyudu Nori]] - Vice Chairman of the Radiation Oncologist Department at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City
* [[V. Mohan Reddy]] - paediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Stanford
* [[E. Premkumar Reddy]] - oncologist; director of Fels institute of cancer research and molecular biology at [[Temple University]]
* [[Aruna Miller]] - American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]]
* [[Laxmi Poruri]] - tennis player
* [[Raja Kumari]] - singer
* [[Mathukumalli Vidyasagar]] - control theorist
* [[Hari Kondabolu]] - stand-up comedian
* [[Ashok Kondabolu]] - DJ, Rapper, former member of hip-hop group [[Das Racist]]
* [[Sashi Reddy]] - entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist
* [[Raj Reddy]] - computer scientist, founder of the Robotics Institute at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], winner of [[Turing Award]]
* [[Lakireddy Bali Reddy]] - convicted felon, charged for sex trafficking, visa fraud, and tax code violations
* [[Samina Ali]] - activist, author, feminist
* [[Alluri Satyanarayana Raju]] - first General Secretary in AICC in Nehru Govt.
* [[Ali Yavar Jung]] (1906–1976) - served as the Indian [[ambassador]] to [[Argentina]] (1952–54), [[Egypt]] (1954–58), [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Greece]] (1958–61), [[France]] (1961–65), and the [[United States]] (1968–70)
*[[Abid Hasan]] (1911–1984) - served as India's Ambassador to Denmark<ref name=":0" />
*[[Abid Hussain]] (1926–2012) - IAS; served as [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|India's Ambassador to the United States]] from 1990 to 1992.
*[[Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli]] - former Director of Political Military Affairs, [[United States National Security Council]], US; former research professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]] Foreign Policy Institute at the [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]], in Washington, DC, US
* [[Sohail Mohammed]] - New Jersey Superior Court Judge, 2011
* [[Abdul Razack]] - Judicial Member Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Government of India (1992–2003)


===South Africa===
{{div col}}
* [[Anand Naidoo]] - South African journalist
*[[Usha Vance]] – Second Lady of The United States of America.
* [[Jailoshini Naidoo]] - South African actress
* [[Ajay Naidu]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Leeanda Reddy]] - South African actor
* [[Arvind Krishna]] – [[Indian American]] business executive. He is the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[IBM]]
 
* [[Saagar Enjeti]] – independent political news commentator, based in Washington D.C.
==French Yanam==
* [[Adivi Sesh]] – Hollywood actor, director, writer
*[[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] [[Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou]] - (Ancien Membre du Conseil Local et [[Conseil Municipal de Yanaon]], Ancien [[Jury]] De [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]], Former Diwan of Manyam [[Zamindari]] of [[French Yanam]])
* [[Varun Sandesh]] – actor
*[[Bezawada Bapa Naidou]] - (Ancien Maire De [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]])
* [[Surya Yalamanchili]] – Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010
*[[Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou]] - (Ancien Maire De [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]])
* [[Vinai Thummalapally]] – U.S. Ambassador to [[Belize]]
* [[Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu]] - Former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Yanam, Pondicherry|Yanam]] for six consecutive terms and [[Deputy Speaker]], [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]].
* [[Kris Kolluri]] – [[New Jersey]] Commissioner of Transportation
*[[Dadala Raphael Ramanayya]] - Freedom fighter
* [[C. R. Rao]] – mathematician, statistician
*[[Samatam Krishnayya]] - Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire(interim) de [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]]  
* [[Rao Remala]] – first Indian Employee at [[Microsoft]]
*[[Malladi Krishna Rao]] - Puducherry Health Minister<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/puducherry-health-minister-warns-private-colleges-on-pg-admission-issue-1694887|title=Puducherry Health Minister Warns Private Colleges On PG Admission Issue|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
* [[Satya Nadella]] – CEO of [[Microsoft]]
* [[Shantanu Narayen]] – CEO of [[Adobe Systems]]
* [[Raj Reddy]] – recipient of Turing Award
* [[Padmasree Warrior]] – former chief executive officer of [[Nio Inc.]]
* [[Vijaya Lakshmi Emani]] (1958–2009) – social activist, posthumously awarded [[Presidential Citizens Medal]]
* [[Sarayu Rao]] – Hollywood Actress
* [[Aneesh Chaganty]] – Hollywood director
* [[Akash Vukoti]] – TV personality
* [[Narayana Kocherlakota]] – American economist and is the Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics at the [[University of Rochester]]
* [[Upendra Chivukula]] – Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities]] after serving more than 12 years in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]], where he had been the [[Deputy Speaker]]
* [[Dabeeru C. Rao]] – Director of the Division of Biostatistics at [[Washington University School of Medicine]]
* [[Balamurali Ambati]] – American [[ophthalmologist]], educator, and researcher. On May 19, 1995, he entered the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] as the world's youngest doctor
* [[Uma Pemmaraju]] – American anchor and host on the [[Fox News Channel]] cable network
* [[Vamsi Mootha]] – American physician-scientist and computational biologist of Indian descent
* [[G. S. Maddala]] – mathematician and economist best known for work in the field of [[Econometrics]]
* [[J. N. Reddy (engineer)|J. N. Reddy]] – professor and holder of the [[Oscar S. Wyatt]] Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at [[Texas A&M University]]
* [[Neeli Bendapudi]] – President of [[University of Louisville]]
* [[Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao]] – professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the university at Buffalo
* [[Ravi V. Bellamkonda]] – Vinik Dean of Engineering Duke University Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering
* [[Yellapragada Subbarao]] – Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell
* [[Nina Davuluri]] – Miss America 2014
* [[Dattatreyudu Nori]] – Vice Chairman of the Radiation Oncologist Department at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City
* [[V. Mohan Reddy]] – pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Stanford
* [[E. Premkumar Reddy]] – oncologist; director of Fels institute of cancer research and molecular biology at [[Temple University]]
* [[Aruna Miller]] – American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]]
* [[Laxmi Poruri]] – tennis player
* [[Raja Kumari]] – singer
* [[Mathukumalli Vidyasagar]] – control theorist
* [[Hari Kondabolu]] – stand-up comedian
* [[Ashok Kondabolu]] – DJ, rapper, former member of hip-hop group [[Das Racist]]
* [[Sashi Reddy]] – entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist
* [[Raj Reddy]] – computer scientist, founder of the Robotics Institute at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], winner of [[Turing Award]]
* [[Lakireddy Bali Reddy]] – convicted felon, charged for sex trafficking, visa fraud, and tax code violations
* [[Alluri Satyanarayana Raju]] – first General Secretary in AICC in Nehru Govt.
* [[Sekhar Puli]] – Indian American entrepreneur, Investor and philanthropist
{{div col end}}'''South Africa'''
* [[Anand Naidoo]] – South African journalist
* [[Jailoshini Naidoo]] – South African actress
* [[Leeanda Reddy]] – South African actor
'''French Yanam'''
*[[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] [[Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou]] – (Ancien Membre du Conseil Local et [[Conseil Municipal de Yanaon]], Ancien [[Jury]] De [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]], Former Diwan of Manyam [[Zamindari]] of [[French Yanam]])
*[[Bezawada Bapa Naidou]] – (Ancien Maire De [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]])
*[[Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou]] – (Ancien Maire De [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]])
* [[Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu]] – Former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Yanam, Pondicherry|Yanam]] for six consecutive terms and [[Deputy Speaker]], [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]].
*[[Dadala Raphael Ramanayya]] – Freedom fighter
*[[Samatam Krishnayya]] – Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire(interim) de [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]]  
*[[Malladi Krishna Rao]] – Puducherry Health Minister<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/puducherry-health-minister-warns-private-colleges-on-pg-admission-issue-1694887|title=Puducherry Health Minister Warns Private Colleges On PG Admission Issue|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>


==Modern writers==
==Modern writers==
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* [[Gurazada Apparao]]
* [[Srirangam Srinivasa Rao]]
* [[Srirangam Srinivasa Rao]]
* [[Devulapalli Krishnasastri|Devulapalli, Krishna Sastry]]
* [[Devulapalli Krishnasastri]]
* [[Garimella Satyanarayana]]
* [[Garimella Satyanarayana]]
* [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana|Viswanadha Satyanarayana]]
* [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]]
* [[Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham]]
* [[Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham]]
* [[Gudipati Venkatachalam]]
* [[Gudipati Venkatachalam]]
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* [[Atluri Pitcheswara Rao]]
* [[Kaloji]] (Kaloji Narayan Rao)
* [[Kaloji]]
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]]
* [[Suravaram Pratap Reddy]]
* [[Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy]] - Writer
* [[Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy]]
* [[Yandamuri Veerendranath]]
* [[Yandamuri Veerendranath]]
* [[Vegunta Mohan Prasad]]
* [[Vegunta Mohan Prasad]]
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==Billionaire & CEO==
==Industrialists and CEOs ==
[[Manoj kumar kolluri]] - CEO, [[Eedupugallu tuppalu]] net worth-2 Swiss accounts in federal bank
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* [[Satya Nadella]] - CEO, [[Microsoft]]
* [[Satya Nadella]] – CEO, [[Microsoft]]
* [[Srini Raju]] - Founder TV9
* [[Srini Raju]] – Founder TV9
* [[B. V. R. Mohan Reddy|Mohan Reddy]] - Founder and Chairman [[Cyient]]
* [[B. V. R. Mohan Reddy|Mohan Reddy]] – Founder and Chairman [[Cyient]]
* [[PMS Prasad]] - CEO, [[Reliance Industries]]
* [[PMS Prasad]] – CEO, [[Reliance Industries]]
* [[Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao]] - [[GMR Group]]
* [[Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao]] – [[GMR Group]]
* [[Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy]] - [[GVK Group]]  
* [[Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy]] – [[GVK Group]]  
* [[Shantanu Narayen]] - CEO, [[Adobe Systems]]
* [[Shantanu Narayen]] – CEO, [[Adobe Systems]]
* [[Anji Reddy]] - [[Dr. Reddy's Laboratories]]
* [[Anji Reddy]] – [[Dr. Reddy's Laboratories]]
* [[Prathap C. Reddy]] - Founder, [[Apollo Hospitals]]
* [[Prathap C. Reddy]] – Founder, [[Apollo Hospitals]]
* [[Vikram Akula]] - Founder, [[SKS Microfinance]]
* [[Vikram Akula]] – Founder, [[SKS Microfinance]]
* [[Sashi Reddi]] - Founder Sri Capital
* [[Sashi Reddi]] – Founder Sri Capital
* [[Ramachandra Naidu Galla]] - Founder, [[Amara Raja Group]]
* [[Ramachandra Naidu Galla]] – Founder, [[Amara Raja Group]]
* [[Padmasree Warrior]] - CEO, Cisco Systems
* [[Padmasree Warrior]] – CEO, Cisco Systems
* [[Lagadapati Madhusudan Rao]] - [[Lanco Infra]] Founder, MD
* [[Lagadapati Madhusudan Rao]] – [[Lanco Infra]] Founder, MD
* [[Narayana Kocherlakota]]   - President of [[Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis]]
* [[Narayana Kocherlakota]] – President of [[Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis]]
* [[Prasad Nimmagadda]] - [[Matrix Labs]] Founder, MD
* [[Prasad Nimmagadda]] – Matrix Labs Founder, MD
* [[Varaprasad Reddy]] - [[Shanta Biotech]] Founder, MD
* [[Varaprasad Reddy]] – Shanta Biotech Founder, MD
* [[AVS Raju]] - Founder, Nagarjuna Construction Company
* [[AVS Raju]] – Founder, Nagarjuna Construction Company
* [[Nama Nageswara Rao]] - Founder, [[Madhucon Projects]]
* [[Nama Nageswara Rao]] – Founder, Madhucon Projects
* [[Ramoji Rao]] - [[Eenadu]] Group
* [[Ramoji Rao]] – [[Eenadu]] Group
* [[Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy]] - [[KMC Infra]] Founder, MD
* [[Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy]] – KMC Infra Founder, MD
* [[Srini Kopollu]] - Microsoft India
* [[Srini Kopollu]] – Microsoft India
* [[Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy]] - chairman, Balaji Group
* [[Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy]] – chairman, Balaji Group
* [[T. Subbarami Reddy]] - Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies
* [[T. Subbarami Reddy]] – Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies
* [[Byrraju Ramalinga Raju]] - Founder of Satyam Computers
* [[Byrraju Ramalinga Raju]] – Founder of Satyam Computers
* [[Ramesh Gelli]] - Founder of Global Trust Bank and the only Banker to win Padmashree
* [[Ramesh Gelli]] – Founder of Global Trust Bank and the only Banker to win Padmashree
* [[P. V. Ramprasad Reddy]] - Founder Aurabindo pharma
* [[P. V. Ramprasad Reddy]] – Founder Aurabindo pharma
* [[Arvind Krishna]] – Chairman and CEO, [[IBM]]
* [[Vijaya Gadde]] –  general counsel and the head of legal, policy [[Twitter]]
 
 
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==Sports==
==Sports==
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'''Cricket'''
* [[Buchi Babu Naidu]] - Father of South Indian Cricket
 
* [[Cotah Ramaswami]] - Represented India in both International Cricket and Tennis
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* [[M.Baliah Naidu]] - Cricketer
* [[C. K. Nayudu]] – First Captain of Indian Cricket Team
* [[M. Suryanarayan]]- Indian Test Cricketer
* [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]] alias Pusapati Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju, – Second Captain of Indian Cricket Team
* [[M. S. K. Prasad]] - Cricketer
* [[Buchi Babu Naidu]] – Father of South Indian Cricket
* [[M. L. Jaisimha]] - Cricketer
* [[Cotah Ramaswami]] – Represented India in both International Cricket and Tennis
* [[Shivlal Yadav]] - Cricketer
* [[Hanuma Vihari]] – Indian test cricket team player
* [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] - Test Cricketer (1978–1981)
* [[M. Baliah Naidu]] – Cricketer
* [[Yalaka Venugopal Rao|Venugopal Rao]] - Cricketer
* [[M. Suryanarayan]] – Indian Test Cricketer
* [[Ambati Rayudu]] - Cricketer
* [[M. S. K. Prasad]] – Cricketer
* [[V. V. S. Laxman]] - Cricketer
* [[M. L. Jaisimha]] – Cricketer
* [[Venkatapathy Raju]] - Cricketer
* [[Nitish Kumar Reddy]] – Cricketer
* [[Sharath Kamal]] - Table Tennis
* [[Tilak Varma]] – Cricketer{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Koneru Humpy]] - Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
* [[Shivlal Yadav]] – Cricketer
* [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]] - Badminton champion
* [[K. S. Bharat]] – Cricketer
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] - 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton champion
* [[Tarun Nethula]] – Cricketer
* [[Jwala Gutta]] - Badminton champion
* [[Saiteja Mukkamalla]] – Cricketer{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Vikash Dhorasoo]] - French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup
* [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] – Test Cricketer (1978–1981)
* [[Neelapu Rami Reddy]] - Sprinter and athletics champion
* [[Yalaka Venugopal Rao|Venugopal Rao]] – Cricketer
* [[A. Ramana Rao]] - Volley Ball Player
* [[Ambati Rayudu]] – Cricketer
* [[Karnam Malleswari]] - Olympic medalist in weight lifting
* [[Rohit Sharma]] – Cricketer
* [[Kodi Rammurthy Naidu]] - Bodybuilder and wrestler
* [[Dinesh Karthik]] – Cricketer from Tamil Nadu{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Dandamudi Rajagopal|Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao]] First Indian weightlifting champion continuously for 13 years from 1945 to 1958 popularly known as Indian Tarzan
* [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] – Cricketer from Tamil Nadu{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Srikanth Kidambi]] - Badminton player
* [[V. V. S. Laxman]] – Cricketer
* [[Laxman Reddy]] - Body Building champion - Winner, Mr. World 2010
* [[Venkatapathy Raju]] – Cricketer
* [[Pendyala Harikrishna]] - Chess Grand Master
* [[Bharat Arun]] – Cricketer
* [[P.V.Sindhu]] - Olympic Badminton Silver Medalist
* [[Sandeep Goud]] – Cricketer
* [[Hanuma Vihari ]] - Indian test cricket team player  
* [[M. V. Narasimha Rao]] – Cricketer
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* [[M. Venkataramana]] – Cricketer
* [[Pochiah Krishnamurthy]] – Cricketer
* [[Sabbhineni Meghana]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Sravanthi Naidu]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Rajani Venugopal]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Sneha Deepthi]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Diana David]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Ravi Kalpana]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Purnima Rau]] – Women Cricketer
* [[Arundhati Reddy]] – Women Cricketer
{{div col end}}'''Tennis'''
* [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] – First Indian to win a major tournament{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Saketh Myneni]] – He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014
* [[Laxmi Poruri]] – the first Indian-American female to play professional tennis on the WTA Tour in the modern era
* [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]] – She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player
* [[Pranjala Yadlapalli]] – Pranjala has won four singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
* [[Vishnu Vardhan]] – He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event
* [[Jafreen Shaik]] – She claimed a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics partnering with Prithvi Sekhar
* [[Sowjanya Bavisetti]] – Women Tennis player
* [[Rekha Boyalapalli]] – Women Tennis player
* [[Rishika Sunkara]] – Women Tennis player
* [[Vishal Punna]] – Tennis Player
* [[Bhanu Nunna]] – Tennis Player
'''Speedcubing'''
* [[Krishnam Raju Gadiraju]] – is an accomplished Indian [[speedcubing|speedcuber]] and [[Unicycle|unicyclist]]. He is a six-time world record holder and the first Indian to ever set a world record in [[speedcubing]] and [[Unicycle|unicycling]].
'''Human Calculator'''
* [[Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash]] – is a human calculator from India, and is titled as the "World's Fastest Human Calculator". BBC said "Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is to math (mental calculation) what Usain Bolt is to running".
'''Chess'''
 
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* [[Koneru Humpy]] – Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
* [[Pendyala Harikrishna]] – Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
* [[Harika Dronavalli]] – Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
* [[Gukesh D]] – Chess Grand Master, World Chess Champion
 
* [[Bodda Pratyusha]] – Chess Grand Master
* [[Arjun Erigaisi]] – Chess Grand Master
* [[M. R. Lalith Babu]] – Chess Grand Master
*  [[Harsha Bharathakoti]] – Chess Grand Master
*  [[Karthik Venkataraman]] – Chess Grand Master{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Sahiti P. Lakshmi]] – Chess Woman International Master
* [[Nutakki Priyanka]] – Chess Woman International Master
 
{{div col end}}'''Football'''{{div col}}
* [[Tulsidas Balaram]] – represented the country in international competitions including the Olympic Games{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[K. Appalaraju]] – He scored a goal in a 2–0 win over South Korea in 1964 Asian Cup. He also scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 win over Sri Lanka in 1964 Summer Olympics Football tournament qualification
* [[Soumya Guguloth]] – Women Football player
{{div col end}}'''Other Countries'''
* [[Vikash Dhorasoo]] – French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup
'''Others'''
* [[Neelapu Rami Reddy]] – Sprinter and athletics champion
* [[K. Krishna Mohan]] – the first Indian to break the 14 second barrier in [[110 metre hurdles]]<ref name="hindu_sep08">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/11/stories/2008091161542300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913180246/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/11/stories/2008091161542300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-13|title=Krishna Mohan breaks the 14-second barrier|date=2008-09-10|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-09-07}}</ref>
* [[Shamsher Khan]] – was an Indian swimmer who represented India in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Samdani|first1=MN|title=Robbed: 1956 Swimming hero Shamsher of his Olympic feat|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Robbed-1956-Swimming-hero-Shamsher-of-his-Olympic-feat/articleshow/15178332.cms|access-date=23 October 2013|agency=The Times of India|work=The Times of India|date=27 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Forgotten-Olympian-feted/article16529910.ece|title=Forgotten Olympian feted|newspaper=The Hindu |date=9 August 2009|publisher=|access-date=15 October 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
* [[Anup Kumar Yama]] – Roller Skater
* [[Aruna Reddy]] – an Indian female artistic gymnast, representing at international competitions. She won bronze medal in 2018 World Cup Gymnastics in women's vault event in Melbourne. She created history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a medal at Gymnastics World Cup
* [[K. Srinivas (carrom player)|K. Srinivas]] – He was the Indian national carrom champion and the winner of the 4th Carrom World Cup held at the Maldives
* [[Ambati Prudhvi Reddy]] – Basketball player
* [[B. V. Satyanarayan]] – He competed in the men's long jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
'''Boxing'''
* [[Usha Nagisetty]] – She won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Women Boxing Championships<ref>{{cite news|last=S.|first=Sabanayakam|title=Sarita and Usha win gold|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/29/stories/2008092956591900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001034833/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/29/stories/2008092956591900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2008|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 September 2008}}</ref> and the silver medal at the [[2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Medallists by Weight Category |url=http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/wch_ningbo08/C93.pdf|work=[[World Amateur Boxing Championships]]|access-date=29 October 2010}}</ref>
* [[Mohammad Hussamuddin]] – Hussamuddin won a Bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia
* [[Nikhat Zareen]] – She won gold medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.She has become the fifth Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IBA World Boxing Championships
* [[Bharadwaj Dayala]] – the first Indian to complete a solo tour around the world on an Indian-made Karizma motorcycle
* [[Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda]] – the first Indian to set a Junior World Record and also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in World Junior Memory Championships.She is the youngest and the first woman in India to achieve the International Master of Memory title
'''Archery'''
* [[Pranitha Vardhineni]] – Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in the women's individual and team archery events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
* [[Cherukuri Lenin]] – he won a silver medal at the [[Asian Grand Prix]] in Malaysia
* [[Jyothi Surekha Vennam]] – At the age of 13, she won an Olympic round gold medal at the Mexican Grand Prix. At the Mexican Grand Prix, she also won bronze (20m) and three silver (50m and 40m)
*  [[Dhiraj Bommadevara]]
* [[Jayalakshmi Sarikonda]] – She competes in the compound women event. She won medals in international archery events
'''Volleyball'''
* [[A. Ramana Rao]] – He was the head coach for the Indian men's volleyball team at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship at Perth in 1991. He was also the first Indian volleyball coach to qualify as FIVB Instructor in the German Democratic Republic in 1986
* [[Shyam Sunder Rao]] – former Indian volleyball player and coach.He is a recipient of Arjuna award and, in 1995, the Dronacharya award
* [[Yejju Subba Rao]] – He was the President of Volleyball Federation of India honored Y Subba Rao with Five Gold coins for his extraordinary contribution towards Indian volleyball
* [[P. V. Ramana]] – He was a member of the India men's national volleyball team. In the 1986 Asian Games, he was part of the team that won a bronze medal
* [[Tilakam Gopal]] – is a former volleyball player from India. He captained the India national team at the 1966 Asian Games
 
'''Handball'''
* [[Boyi Satya]]  – is a handball player from Vijayawada.


==Movies==
'''Weight Lifting'''
===Actors===
* [[Karnam Malleswari]] – Olympic medalist in weight lifting
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] - Film actor/producer/studio owner
* [[Ragala Venkat Rahul]] – He won a gold medal in the [[Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 85 kg|men's 85 kg]] weight class at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], Australia
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao|Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] - Film actor and Studio owner
* [[Valluri Srinivasa Rao]] – Weight lifter, winner of bronze medal in the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]] in the Men's 56&nbsp;kg category
* [[Adivi Sesh]] - Actor
* [[Santoshi Matsa]] – She won the silver medal in the women's 53&nbsp;kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] - Film Actor
* [[Shailaja Pujari]] – She won 3 Gold Medals in the women's 75&nbsp;kg weight class at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester
* [[Allu Rama Lingaiah]] - Actor/Comedian
* [[Neelam Setti Laxmi]] – She won two silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
* [[Allari Naresh]] - Film Actor
* [[Badathala Adisekhar]] – He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics
* [[Allu Arjun]] -Film Actor/dancer
* [[Manikyalu Malla Venkata]] – He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
* [[Aryan Rajesh]] - Film Actor
* [[Kamineni Eswara Rao]] – He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics
* [[Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao|Padmanabham]] - Film Actor, Producer
* [[Dandamudi Rajagopal|Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao]] – First Indian weightlifting champion continuously for 13 years from 1945 to 1958 popularly known as Indian Tarzan
* [[Babu Mohan]] - Standup comedian
'''Body Builders'''
* [[Brahmanandam]] - Film Actor, Guinness record holder for acting more than 700 films
* [[Kodi Rammurthy Naidu]] – Bodybuilder and wrestler
* [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]] - Actor and Produce
* [[Laxman Reddy]] – Body Building champion – Winner, Mr. World 2010
* [[Chiranjeevi]] - Telugu actor, producer, politician, businessman. Praja Rajyam party President.
* [[Thota Narasayya Naidu]] – Professional Wrestler and Freedom fighter
* [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]] - Veteran Telugu Act
'''Table tennis'''
* [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] - Film Actor
* [[Sharath Kamal]] – The first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion
* [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] - Telugu director, actor and producer
* [[Sreeja Akula]] – Table Tennis
* [[Eelapata Raghuramaiah]] - Telugu Film and Stage Actor, Padmasri Award Winner, Kendra Sangeeta Nataka Akademy Award Winner
'''Field Hockey'''
* [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] - Telugu film actor
* [[Mukesh Kumar (field hockey)|Mukesh Kumar]] – represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics. Triple Olympian and winner of Arjuna award-1995, Padmashri Award-2003
* [[Hari Kondabolu]] - Standup comedian
* [[Rajani Etimarpu]] – The first Women from Andhra pradesh to be part of the Indian women's hockey team and 2016 Rio Olympics
* [[Jagapati Babu]] - Film Actor
* [[Alloysius Edwards]] – Olympian Atlanta and Sydney Olympics 1996<ref>{{Cite web |last=Antony |first=A. Joseph |date=2021-12-10 |title=Hockey hits a high in Hyderabad after a long break |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/hockey-hits-a-high-in-hyderabad-after-a-long-break-2239278/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=The Siasat Daily – Archive |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Jayam Ravi]] - Tamil film actor; (Telugu mother)
'''Badminton'''{{div col}}
* [[J.D. Chakravarthy]] - Film Actor
* [[P. V. Sindhu]] – India's first female multi-medallist in Olympics with silver and bronze and five World Championship medals.
* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] - Actor
* [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]] – Badminton champion
* [[Johny Lever]] - Film Actor/Stand-up Comedian
* [[Pullela Gopichand]] – 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton champion
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] - Actor and producer
* [[P. V. V. Lakshmi]] – Badminton player
* [[Kanta Rao]] - Film Actor
* [[Gayatri Gopichand]] – Badminton doubles player; Commonwealth Games medallist
* [[Krishnam Raju]] - Film Actor
* [[Jwala Gutta]] – Badminton champion
* [[Krishna]] - Film Actor/Studio owner
* [[Parupalli Kashyap]] – Badminton Player
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] - Film Actor
* [[Gurusai Dutt]] – Badminton Player
* [[Mahesh Babu]] - Film Actor, Philanthropist
* [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] – Badminton doubles player; Asian Games gold medalist
* [[Meka Srikanth]] - Film Actor
* [[S. M. Arif]] – Former player and coach, He is a recipient of Dronacharya Award and Padma Shri Award
* [[M. Prabhakar Reddy]] - Actor
* [[Ruthvika Gadde]] – Badminton Player
* [[Manchu Manoj]] - Film Actor
* [[N. Sikki Reddy]] – Badminton Player
* [[Murali Mohan|Maganti Murali Mohan]] - Film Actor/Producer
* [[Srikanth Kidambi]] – Badminton player
* [[M.S. Narayana]] - Film Actor
* [[B. Sai Praneeth]] – Badminton player
* [[Nani (actor)|Nani]] - Actor
* [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]] – Badminton player
* [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] - Film Actor
* [[Harika Veludurthi]] – Badminton player
* [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]] - Film Actor/Present M.L.A of [[Hindupur]] Constituency of Anantapur Dist, in Andhra Pradesh.
* [[Nandagopal Kidambi]] – Badminton player
* [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]] - Film Actor/EX.MLA, Ex. Rajya Sabha Member
* [[K. Maneesha]] – Badminton player
* [[Nagendra Babu]] - Actor/producer
* [[Srivedya Gurazada]] – Badminton player
* [[Naveen Polishetty]] - Telugu and Hindi actor
* [[Meghana Jakkampudi]] – Badminton player
* [[Nitin Kumar Reddy]] - Film Actor
* [[Deepthi Chapala]] – Badminton player
* [[N.T. Rama Rao]] - Film Actor, Former Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[K. Neelima Chowdary]] – Badminton player
* [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]] - Actor/Singer
* [[Tarun Kona]] – Badminton player
* [[Nandamuri Kalyan Ram]] - Film Actor/Producer
* [[Shikha Gautam]] – Badminton player
* [[Pawan Kalyan]] - Telugu actor, Jana Sena Party President
* [[Siril Verma]] – Badminton player
* [[Prabhas]] - Film Actor
* [[Sudheer Babu]] – Badminton player
* [[Raghupathi Venkaiah]] Naidu - Father of Telugu cinema
{{div col end}}'''Racing'''
* [[Rami Reddy (actor)|Rami Reddy]] - Actor
* [[Narain Karthikeyan]] – India's first Formula 1 driver
* [[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]]
* [[S. Karivardhan]] – car constructor and National Champion
* [[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] - Film Actor and Singer
* [[Anindith Reddy]] – National Champion Driver in the 2016 Euro JK 16, JK 17 Championship
* [[Ramana Reddy]] - Comedian
'''Mountain climbing'''
* [[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] - Actor
* [[Malavath Purna]] – Youngest female to climb Mount Everest
* [[Rajiv Kanakala]] - Actor
* [[Malli Mastan Babu]] – World record of climbing the Seven Summits in the shortest span of time at that point
* [[Ram (actor)|Ram]] - Film actor
* [[Ravi Krishna]] - Actor
* [[Rao Gopal Rao]] - Film Actor
* [[Ram Charan Teja]] - Actor
* [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] - Film Actor
* [[Raviteja]] - Film Actor
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] - Film Actor
* [[Srihari]] - Actor/producer
* [[Sobhan Babu]] - Film Actor
* [[Suthi Veerabhadra Rao]] - Actor
* [[Suthi Velu]] - Actor
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] - Dialogue Writer/Actor
* [[Tarun (actor)|Tarun]] - Film Actor
[[T.Gopichand(actor)|T.Gopichand]] - Film Actor
* [[Uday Kiran]] - Film Actor
* [[Vaibhav Reddy]] - Actor
* [[Vijay Deverakonda]] - Actor
* [[Vishnu Vardhan Babu]] - Film Actor
* [[Vishal Krishna Reddy|Vishal]] - Tamil Film Actor


===Actress===
==Films==
* [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] - Telugu, Hindi and Tamil actress (Telugu mother)
'''Actors'''
* [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] - Tamil and Telugu actress
* [[Anandhi]] - works in Telugu and Tamil films
* [[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapoorna]] - Telugu actress
* [[Anjali (actress born 1986)|Anjali]] - Telugu & Tamil film actress
* [[Bhanupriya]] - Actress
* [[Bindu Madhavi]] [[Reddy]] - actress
* [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]] - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Devika]] - Telugu and Tamil actress
* [[Eesha Rebba]] - Telugu actress
* [[Fatafat Jayalaxmi]] - Telugu actress in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films
* [[Gautami]] - Famous actress of 80's and 90s who worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films
* [[G. Varalakshmi]] - actress
* [[Jayasudha]] - Film actress
* [[Jaya Prada]] - Film actress
* [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] - Telugu actress
* [[Kanchana (actress)]] - 50s, 60s and 70s actress who acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films
* [[Kiran Rao]] - Indian film producer and wife of Bollywood actor Amir Khan
* [[Krishnaveni (actress)|Krishnaveni]] - Actress, singer, producer
* [[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]] - Telugu actress
* [[Keerthi Reddy]] - Actress
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] - Telugu and Tamil actress (Telugu father)
* [[Lakshmi Manchu]] - Telugu actress
* [[Laya (actress)|Laya]] - Film Actress
* [[Malashri]] - Kannada actress
* [[P. Kannamba]] - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Priya Anand]] - Tamil and Hindi actress (Telugu mother)
* [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] - Actress
* [[Ramya Krishnan]] - Actress. (Telugu father)
*[[Rashmika Mandanna]] - Actress. (Telugu, Tamil, Kannada)
* [[Rohini (actress)]] - Actress
* [[Roja Selvamani]] - Actress
* [[Rekha]] - Mother is Telugu actress Pushpavalli.
* [[Sarayu Rao]] - American actress
* [[Samantha]] - Telugu and Tamil actress
* [[Sameera Reddy]] - Actress (Telugu father)
* [[Santha Kumari]] - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] - Film actress
* [[Silk Smitha]] - actress in South Indian film industry
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] - Actress
* [[Sowkar Janaki]] - Telugu, Tamil actress
* [[Sobhita Dhulipala]] - Telugu, Hindi actress
* [[Sridevi]] - Indian actress (Telugu mother)
* [[Sri Divya]] - Telugu film actress
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] - Telugu, Tamil actress
* [[Shreya Dhanwanthary]] - Hindi, Telugu actress
* [[Shakeela]] - Famous soft porn actress of 80s and 90s
* [[Swara Bhaskar]] - Film actress. (Telugu father)
* [[Swati Reddy]] - Film actress/television presenter
* [[Tina Desai]] - Telugu mother and Gujarathi father
* [[Vijayashanti]] - Actress and politician
* [[Vanisri]] - Telugu and Kannada actress


===Producers, Writer and Directors===
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* [[E.V.V. Satyanarayana]] - Film Director
* [[G. Neelakanta Reddy]] - Film Director
* [[S. Gopal Reddy]] -  Cinematographer, Producer
* [[Ananth Sreeram]] - Lyricist
* [[Moola Narayana Swamy]] - Producer
* [[P. Pullaiah]] - Producer
* [[Shyam Prasad Reddy]] - Film Producer
* [[D.V. Narasa Raju]] - Writer and Film Director
* [[Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]] - Film Actor/Director/Producer/Dialogue Delivery Artist/Dubbing Artist/Viswa Vikyatha NataSarwabowma Title Winner/ Ex.Chief minister of Andhra pradesh.
* [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] - Music director
* [[Gopichand Lagadapati]] - Actor/Director/Writer/Producer
* [[Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy]] - Writer
* [[H.M. Reddy]]- First Telugu, first Tamil & first Kannada film director.
* [[B.N. Reddy]]- Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner.
* [[Ramesh Naidu]] - Music director
* [[B. Nagireddy]] - Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner.
* [[Moola Narayana Swamy]] - [[Vauhini Studios]] owner and producer.
* [[Nandini Reddy]] - Film Director
* [[Sameer Reddy]] -  Cinematographer
* [[Midde Rama Rao]] - Film Producer.
* [[Katta Subba Rao]] - Telugu Film Director.
* [[K. Viswanath]] - One of India's most famous directors
* [[L.V. Prasad|Akkineni L. V. Prasad]] - Producer/Director
* [[Edida Nageshwara Rao]] - Producer
* [[Allu Aravind]] - Producer
* [[A.M. Rathnam]] - Producer
* [[Sekhar Kammula]]  - Director/producer
* [[Nagesh Kukunoor]] - Director/producer
* [[V.V. Vinayak]] - Director
* [[Krishna Vamsi]] - Director
* [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] - Director
* [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]] (Sattiraju Laxminarayana) - Artist/Film Director.
* [[Adurthi Subba Rao]] - Film Producer/Director.
* [[D. Ramanaidu]] - Film Producer/Studio owner.
* [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] - Film Director.
* [[K. Raghavendra Rao|Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao]] - Director/Producer
* [[Kodi Ramakrishna]] - Director
* [[Paruchuri Brothers]] - Writers
* [[S.V. Krishna Reddy]] - Film Director.
* [[Jandhyala]]- Film Director
* [[Yandamuri Veerendranath]] - Writer/Director
* [[Vamsy]] - Film Director
* [[Pingali Nagendrarao]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Chota K. Naidu]] - Cinematographer
* [[Shyam K. Naidu]] - Cinematographer
* [[Devi Sri Prasad]] - Music Director
* [[Surender Reddy]] - Film Director
* [[S.S. Rajamouli]] - Film Director
* [[Samudrala Raghavacharya]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Samudrala Ramanujacharya]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Selvaraghavan]] - Tamil Film Director
* [[Aatreya (playwright)|Aacharya Aatreya]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Aarudhra]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy|Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[jaladi]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Rajashri]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Vennelakanti]] - Poet and Lyricist
* [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]]- Poet and Lyricist
* [[Bhuvana Chandra]]- Poet and Lyricist
* [[C. Ashwini Dutt]] - Film Producer
* [[Dil Raju]] (Venkatramana Reddy) - Film Producer
* [[K.S. Rama Rao]] - Film Producer
* [[Ram Gopal Varma]] - Film Producer/Director
* [[M.M. Keeravani]] - Music Director
* [[Aneesh Chaganty]] -Hollywood Film director
* [[Mani Sharma]] - Music Director
* [[M.S. Raju]] - Film Producer
* [[A. Sreekar Prasad]] - Film Editor
* [[Puri Jagannadh]] - Film Director
* [[Trivikram Srinivas]] - Dialogue Writer/Film Director


===Singers===
* [[Adivi Sesh]] – Actor
* [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]] - Legendary Singer and music Composer.
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao|Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] – Film actor and Studio owner
* [[S.P. Balasubrahmanyam]] - Singer, Guinness record holder having sung more number of songs by any male.
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] – Film Actor
* [[S. Janaki]] - a legendary South Indian playback singer
* [[Allu Rama Lingaiah]] – Actor/Comedian
* [[P. Susheela]] - a legendary South Indian playback singer
* [[Allari Naresh]] – Film Actor
* [[S.P. Sailaja]] - Singer
* [[Allu Arjun]] – Actor/dancer
* [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] - Singer
* [[Aryan Rajesh]] – Film Actor
* [[Madhavapeddi Satyam]] - Singer
* [[Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao|Padmanabham]] – Film Actor, Producer
* [[Babu Mohan]] – Standup comedian
* [[Brahmanandam]] – Actor, Guinness record holder for acting more than 700 films
* [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]] – Actor and Producer
* [[Chiranjeevi]] – Telugu actor and philanthropist
* [[V. Nagayya]] – Actor
* [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] – Telugu film actor
* [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] – Telugu director, actor and producer
* [[Eelapata Raghuramaiah]] – Telugu Film and Stage Actor, Padmasri Award Winner, Kendra Sangeeta Nataka Akademy Award Winner
* [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] – Telugu film actor
* [[Hari Kondabolu]] – Standup comedian
* [[Jagapati Babu]] – Film Actor
* [[Jayam Ravi]] – Tamil film actor; (Telugu mother)
* [[J. D. Chakravarthy]] – Film Actor
* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] – Actor
* [[Johny Lever]] – Film Actor/Stand-up Comedian
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] – Actor and producer
* [[Kanta Rao]] – Film Actor
* [[Krishnam Raju]] – Film Actor
* [[Krishna]] – Film Actor/Studio owner
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] – Film Actor
* [[Mahesh Babu]] – Film Actor, Philanthropist
* [[Mahat Raghavendra]] -Film Actor
* [[Meka Srikanth]] – Film Actor
* [[M. Prabhakar Reddy]] – Actor
* [[Manchu Manoj]] – Film Actor
* [[Murali Mohan|Maganti Murali Mohan]] – Film Actor/Producer
* [[M.S. Narayana]] – Film Actor
* [[Nani (actor)|Nani]] – Actor
* [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] – Film Actor
* [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]] – Film Actor
* [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]] – Film Actor
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] – Film actor/producer/studio owner
* [[Nagendra Babu]] – Actor/producer
* [[Nani (actor)]] – Film actor
* [[Naveen Polishetty]] – Telugu actor
* [[Naveen Chandra]] – Telugu and Tamil actor
* [[Nitin Kumar Reddy]] – Film Actor
* [[N.T. Rama Rao]] – Film Actor, Former Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]] – Actor/Singer 
* [[Nandamuri Kalyan Ram]] – Film Actor/Producer
* [[Pawan Kalyan]] – Telugu actor, Jana Sena Party President
* [[Prabhas]] – Film Actor
* [[Raghupathi Venkaiah]] Naidu – Father of Telugu cinema
* [[Rami Reddy (actor)|Rami Reddy]] – Actor
* [[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]]
* [[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] – Film Actor and Singer
* [[Ramana Reddy]] – Comedian
* [[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] – Actor
* [[Rajiv Kanakala]] – Actor
* [[Ram (actor)|Ram]] – Film actor
* [[Ravi Krishna (actor, born 1983)|Ravi Krishna]] – Actor
* [[Rao Gopal Rao]] – Film Actor
* [[Ram Charan Teja]] – Actor
* [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] – Film Actor
* [[Raviteja]] – Film Actor
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] – Film Actor
* [[Srihari]] – Actor/producer
* [[Sobhan Babu]] – Film Actor
* [[Sudheer Varma (actor)|Sudheer Varma]] – Actor
* [[Suthi Veerabhadra Rao]] – Actor
* [[Suthi Velu]] – Actor
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] – Dialogue Writer/Actor
* [[Tarun (actor)|Tarun]] – Film Actor
* [[Uday Kiran]] – Film Actor
* [[Vaibhav Reddy]] – Actor
* [[Vijay Deverakonda]] – Actor
* [[Vishnu Vardhan Babu]] – Film Actor
* [[Vishal Krishna Reddy|Vishal]] – Tamil Film Actor
{{div col end }}'''Actresses'''
{{div col}}
* [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] – Telugu, Hindi and Tamil actress (Telugu mother)
* [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] – Tamil and Telugu actress
* [[Anandhi (actress)|Anandhi]] – works in Telugu and Tamil films
* [[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapoorna]] – Telugu actress
* [[Anjali (actress born 1986)|Anjali]] – Tamil and Telugu film actress
* [[Bhanupriya]] – Actress
* [[Bindu Madhavi]] [[Reddy]] – actress
* [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]] – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Devika]] – Telugu and Tamil actress
* [[Eesha Rebba]] – Telugu actress
* [[Fatafat Jayalaxmi]] – Telugu actress in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films
* [[Gautami]] – Famous actress of the 1980s and 1990s who worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films
* [[G. Varalakshmi]] – actress
* [[Jayasudha]] – Film actress
* [[Jaya Prada]] – Film actress
* [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] – Telugu actress
* [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] – 1950s, 1960s and 1970s actress who acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films
* [[Kiran Rao]] – Indian film producer and ex-wife of Bollywood actor [[Aamir Khan]]
* [[Krishnaveni (actress)|Krishnaveni]] – Actress, singer, producer
* [[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]] – Telugu actress
* [[Keerthi Reddy]] – Actress
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] – Telugu and Tamil actress (Telugu father)
* [[Lakshmi Manchu]] – Telugu actress
* [[Laya (actress)|Laya]] – Film Actress
* [[Malashri]] – Kannada actress
* [[P. Kannamba]] – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Priya Anand]] – Tamil and Hindi actress (Telugu mother)
* [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] – Actress
* [[Ramya Krishnan|Ramya Krishna]] – Actress. (Telugu father)
* [[Rohini (actress)]] – Actress
* [[Roja Selvamani]] – Actress
* [[Roopa Koduvayur]] – Actress
* [[Rekha]] – Mother is Telugu actress Pushpavalli
* [[Sarayu Rao]] – American actress
* [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]] – Telugu and Tamil actress
* [[Sameera Reddy]] – Actress (Telugu father)
* [[Santha Kumari]] – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
* [[Sarada (actress)|Sarada]] – Film actress
* [[Silk Smitha]] – actress in South Indian film industry
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] – Actress
* [[Sowkar Janaki]] – Telugu, Tamil actress
* [[Sobhita Dhulipala]] – Telugu, Hindi actress
* [[Sridevi]] – Indian actress (Telugu family from Tamil Nadu)
* [[Sri Divya]] – Telugu film actress
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] – Telugu, Tamil actress
* [[Shreya Dhanwanthary]] – Hindi, Telugu actress
* [[Swara Bhaskar]] – Film actress. (Telugu father)
* [[Swati Reddy]] – Film actress/television presenter
* [[Tina Desai]] – Telugu mother and Gujarati father
* [[Vijayashanti]] – Actress and politician
* [[Vanisri]] – Telugu and Kannada actress
{{div col end}}'''Producers, Writer and Directors'''
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* [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]] – Film Director
* [[G. Neelakanta Reddy]] – Film Director
* [[S. Gopal Reddy]] – Cinematographer, Producer
* [[Ananth Sreeram]] – Lyricist
* [[Moola Narayana Swamy]] – Producer
* [[P. Pullayya]] – Producer
* [[Shyam Prasad Reddy]] – Film Producer
* [[D.V. Narasa Raju]] – Writer and Film Director
* [[Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]] – Film Actor/Director
* [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] – Music director
* [[Gopichand Lagadapati]] – Actor/Director/Writer/Producer
* [[Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy]] – Writer
* [[H. M. Reddy]] – First Telugu, first Tamil & first Kannada film director
* [[B. N. Reddy]] – Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner
* [[Ramesh Naidu]] – Music director
* [[B. Nagireddy]] – Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner
* [[Moola Narayana Swamy]] – [[Vauhini Studios]] owner and producer
* [[Nandini Reddy]] – Film Director
* [[Sameer Reddy]] – Cinematographer
* [[Midde Rama Rao]] – Film Producer
* [[Katta Subba Rao]] – Telugu Film Director
* [[K. Viswanath]] – One of India's most famous directors
* [[L.V. Prasad|Akkineni L. V. Prasad]] – Producer/Director
* [[Edida Nageswara Rao]] – Producer
* [[Allu Aravind]] – Producer
* [[A.M. Rathnam]] – Producer
* [[Sekhar Kammula]] – Director/producer
* [[Nagesh Kukunoor]] – Director/producer
* [[V. V. Vinayak]] – Director
* [[Krishna Vamsi]] – Director
* [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] – Director
* [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]] – Artist/Film Director
* [[Adurthi Subba Rao]] – Film Producer/Director
* [[D. Ramanaidu]] – Film Producer/Studio owner
* [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] – Film Director
* [[K. Raghavendra Rao|Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao]] – Director/Producer
* [[Kodi Ramakrishna]] – Director
* [[Paruchuri Brothers]] – Writers
* [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]] – Film Director
* [[Jandhyala]] – Film Director
* [[Yandamuri Veerendranath]] – Writer/Director
* [[Vamsy]] – Film Director
* [[Pingali Nagendrarao]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Chota K. Naidu]] – Cinematographer
* [[Shyam K. Naidu]] – Cinematographer
* [[Devi Sri Prasad]] – Music Director
* [[Surender Reddy]] – Film Director
* [[S. S. Rajamouli]] – Film Director
* [[Prashanth Neel]] – Kannada and Telugu film director from Karnataka
* [[Samudrala Sr.]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Samudrala Jr.]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Selvaraghavan]] – Tamil Film Director{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[Acharya Aatreya]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Aarudhra]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Kosaraju Raghavayya]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Veturi]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Jaladi]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Rajasri (writer)|Rajasri]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Vennelakanti]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[Bhuvana Chandra]] – Poet and Lyricist
* [[C. Aswani Dutt]] – Film Producer
* [[Dil Raju]] – Film Producer
* [[K.S. Rama Rao]] – Film Producer
* [[Ram Gopal Varma]] – Film Producer/Director
* [[M.M. Keeravani]] – Music Director
* [[Aneesh Chaganty]] – Hollywood Film director
* [[Mani Sharma]] – Music Director
* [[M. S. Raju]] – Film Producer
* [[A. Sreekar Prasad]] – Film Editor
* [[Puri Jagannadh]] – Film Director
* [[Trivikram Srinivas]] – Dialogue Writer/Film Director
{{div col end}}'''Singers'''
* [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] – Legendary Singer and music Composer.
* [[S.P. Balasubrahmanyam]] – Singer, Guinness record holder having sung most songs by any male
* [[S. Janaki]] – a legendary South Indian playback singer
* [[P. Susheela]] – a legendary South Indian playback singer
* [[S.P. Sailaja]] – Singer
* [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] – Singer
* [[Madhavapeddi Satyam]] – Singer


==Artists==
==Artists==
* [[Pakhal Tirumal Reddy]] - Artist
* [[Pakhal Tirumal Reddy]] – Artist
* [[Siddharth Katragadda]] - Artist Writer Filmmaker Poet
* [[Siddharth Katragadda]] – Artist Writer Filmmaker Poet
* [[Krishna Reddy (artist)|Krishna Reddy]] - [[Printmaker]] and [[sculptor]]
* [[Krishna Reddy (artist)|Krishna Reddy]] – [[Printmaker]] and [[sculptor]]
* [[Laxma Goud]]
* [[Laxma Goud]]
* [[Damerla Rama Rao]]
* [[Damerla Rama Rao]]
* [[Vempati Chinna Satyam]] – Exponent of [[Kuchipudi]] dance
* [[Vempati Chinna Satyam]] – Exponent of [[Kuchipudi]] dance
* [[Raja and Radha Reddy]]- [[Kuchipudi]] dancers
* [[Raja and Radha Reddy]] – [[Kuchipudi]] dancers
* [[Shobha Naidu]] - [[Kuchipudi]] dancer
* [[Shobha Naidu]] – [[Kuchipudi]] dancer
* [[Yamini Reddy]] - [[Kuchipudi]] dancer
* [[Yamini Reddy]] – [[Kuchipudi]] dancer
* [[Eelapata Raghuramaiah]]- Stage and Cine Actor of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Eelapata Raghuramaiah]] – Stage and Cine Actor of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Adivi Baapiraju]]


==Musicians and Composers==
==Musicians and Composers==
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* [[Thaman S]]
* [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
* [[Tyagaraja]]
* [[Tyagaraja]]
* [[Shyama Shastri]]
* [[Shyama Shastri]]
* [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]
* [[Tallapaka Annamacharya]]
* [[Tallapaka Annamacharya]]
* [[Kancherla Gopanna|Bhadrachala Ramadas]]
* [[Kancherla Gopanna|Bhadrachala Ramadasu]]
* [[Kshetrayya]], He is popularly known as "Maha Kavi Kshetrayya. He had written poems on Lord Sri Krishna as Kshetrayya Padaalu.
* [[Kshetrayya]]
* [[Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu|Aadibhotla Narayana Das]]
* [[Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu|Aadibhotla Narayana Das]]
* [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao]]
* [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao]]
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
* [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]
* [[P. Suseela]]
* [[P. Suseela]]
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* [[Nagoor Babu]]
* [[Nagoor Babu]]
* [[Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu]]
* [[Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu]]
* [[Rakesh Yankaran]], [[Indo-Trinidadian]] singer from [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Rakesh Yankaran]] – [[Indo-Trinidadian]] singer from [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[U. Srinivas]], He is popularly known as Mandolin Srinivas.
* [[U. Srinivas]] – He is popularly known as Mandolin Srinivas.
* [[U. Rajesh]], He is popularly known as Mandolin Rajesh.
* [[U. Rajesh]] – He is popularly known as Mandolin Rajesh.
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==Journalists ==
==Journalists ==
* [[Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao]] - journalist of early twentieth century and father of the library movement in Andhra, Founder of Andhra patrika.
* [[Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao]] – journalist of early twentieth century and father of the library movement in Andhra, Founder of Andhra patrika
* [[N. Subba Rao Pantulu]] and D.Kesava Rao pantulu (Co Founders of The Hindu)
* [[N. Subba Rao Pantulu]] and D.Kesava Rao pantulu (Co Founders of The Hindu)
* [[K. N. Y. Patanjali|Patanjali]] - ex-chief editor, Sakshi.
* [[K. N. Y. Patanjali|Patanjali]] – ex-chief editor, Sakshi
* [[G. K. Reddy]] - Journalist
* [[G. K. Reddy]] – Journalist
* [[Suravaram Pratapareddy]] -  Founder of Golconda Patrika, a journal in Hyderabad State.
* [[Suravaram Pratapareddy]] – Founder of Golconda Patrika, a journal in Hyderabad State
* [[Palagummi Sainath]] - Rural India Affairs Reporter, The Hindu.
* [[Palagummi Sainath]] – Rural India Affairs Reporter, The Hindu
* [[Puripanda Appala Swamy]].
* [[Puripanda Appala Swamy]].
* [[Panchajanya]] - Founder, Mahanagar Dinapatrika
* [[Nadimpalli Seetharamaraju]] – Journalist<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/balaiah-to-head-nandi-awards-panel/article27459793.ece | title=Balaiah to head Nandi Awards panel | newspaper=The Hindu | date=2 September 2005 | accessdate=28 June 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Pasam Jagannadham Naidu]]
== Polymaths ==
* [[Adivi Baapiraju]]
* [[Pavuluri Mallana|Pavuluru Mallanna]]
* [[Lakkoju Sanjeevaraya Sarma|Lakkoju Sanjeevaraya Sharma]]


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Indian poets#Telugu|List of Telugu poets]]
* [[List of Indian poets#Telugu|List of Telugu poets]]
*[[Index of Andhra Pradesh-related articles]]


==References==
==References==

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Ancient dynasties and kingdoms[edit | edit source]

Satavahana Dynasty is also refers as Andhras
Eastern Chalukyas
Golkonda Fort
Reddy dynasty
Madurai Nayak Dynasty
Nayaks of Tanjore

Ancient dynasties

Medieval dynasties

Telugu Chodas

Nayaks of South India

Foreign countries

Royalty[edit | edit source]

Main Entrance of Vizianagaram Fort
Nuzvid Estate
Wanaparthy Samsthanam's Palace

Historical warriors and rulers[edit | edit source]

Emperor Rajaraja Narendra
Kapaya Nayaka
Tirumala Nayaka
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra
Sir Venkata Svetachalapathi Ranga Rao Bahadur
Rani Rudramadevi
Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah with Rani Bhagmati.
Statue of Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy

Order of the Indian Empire

Women Rulers

Governors of States[edit | edit source]

Speaker of the Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Chief Ministers[edit | edit source]

Deputy Chief Ministers[edit | edit source]

Presidents, Governors-General, Vice-Presidents & Prime Ministers[edit | edit source]

Presidents

Vice Presidents

Governors-General

Prime Ministers

Revolutionaries[edit | edit source]

Alluri Sitarama Raju
Komaram Bheem
Puchalapalli Sundarayya With Comrade's Association
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy
Chakali Ilamma

Militants and Rebels[edit | edit source]

Military Chiefs[edit | edit source]

Indian Army

Indian Navy

Politicians[edit | edit source]

India

P. V. Narasimha Rao

United States of America

Satya Nadella
Aruna Miller

South Africa

Freedom fighters[edit | edit source]

Scientists[edit | edit source]

Economists and Policy makers[edit | edit source]

Writers[edit | edit source]

Contribution to Telugu Language[edit | edit source]

Medieval Poets

  • Adikavi Pampa(c. 10th century) wrote a Jain text called the Jinendra Puranam
  • Malliya Rechana wrote the first Telugu prosody (chandassu) book called Kavijanasrayam.
  • Nannaya Bhattaraka, also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
  • Tikkana also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (1205–1288), poet and member of Kavi Trayam
  • Errana also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" (Template:Fl. 14th century).
  • Gona Budda Reddy, 13th-century poet
  • Annamacharya (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
  • Sri Krishnadevaraya, Vijayanagar Emperor, Telugu language patron, Telugu language poet
  • Allasani Peddana, 15th century poet and known as foremost of Asthadiggajas (Eight elite Telugu poets under Sri Krishnadevaraya)
  • Nandi Thimmana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
  • Madayyagari Mallana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
  • Dhurjati, a member of Ashtadiggajas
  • Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas
  • Pingali Surana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
  • Ramarajabhushanudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas
  • Tenali Ramakrishna, poet, scholar, thinker and a special advisor in the court of Krishnadevaraya, nicknamed Vikatakavi
  • Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530), poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
  • Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
  • Tallapaka Tirumalamma, also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka" (Template:Fl. 15th century), poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
  • Vemana (Template:Fl. 14th century), poet
  • Bhadrachala Ramadasu, 17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music

Renaissance Poets

Modern Poets

Religious Leaders and Philosophers[edit | edit source]

  • Vallabhacharya – one of the prominent Bhakthi movement leaders
  • Acharya Nagarjuna – Buddhist philosopher and alchemist
  • Yogi Vemana – poet and philosopher
  • Pothuluri Veerabrahmam – well-known saint and astrologer in the 17th century
  • U. G. Krishnamurti – world-famous 20th century philosopher
  • Jiddu Krishnamurti – 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher
  • Sringeri Shankaracharya
  • Nimbarka – one of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India
  • Vishnuswami – one of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India
  • Vallabha – another major Vaishnav acharya
  • Satya Sai Baba – internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti
  • Sadasiva Brahmendra – Bhakthi Poet
  • Bhakta Potana – realised Soul and a Bhakthi poet who translated Bhagavatam to Telugu
  • Kancherla Gopanna – also popularly known as Ramadasu
  • Annamacharya – great devotee of Tirumala Lord Venkateswara who has written 40,000 songs and composed them
  • Tyagaraja – great devotee of Lord SriRama who is excelled in carnatic music and have written and composed some 30,000 songs majorly on Sri Rama. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
  • Garikapati Narashima Rao - Indian scholar, litterateur, and avadhani from Andhra Pradesh. Received padmashri in 2022 from government of India. In 1996, he performed Avadhanam with 1116 Pruchchakas for 21 days in Kakinada.
  • Syama Sastri – oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two. All his compositions are in Telugu. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
  • Sadhguru – mystic and yogi. Founder of Isha Yoga, a non profit organization. Born in Mysore to a Telugu-speaking family .[53]

Academics[edit | edit source]

Award winners[edit | edit source]

Olympic Medalists[edit | edit source]

Sr. no Name Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting 1 1
2 P. V. Sindhu Badminton 1 1 2
  • Karnam Malleswari – Bronze medal for Weightlifting, first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
  • P. V. Sindhu – Silver medal in 2016 and Bronze medal in 2020 for Badminton, the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.

Commonwealth Games medallists[edit | edit source]

Bharat Ratna[edit | edit source]

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Padma Vibhushan[edit | edit source]

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Padmabhushan[edit | edit source]

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Padma Shri[edit | edit source]

Main article: Padma Shri

Sahitya Akademi Award[edit | edit source]

Year Author Work
1955 Suravaram Pratap Reddy Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (Social History)
1956 Bulusu Venkateswarulu Bharatiya Tattva Sastramu (Translation of Dr. Radhakrishnan's History of Indian Philosophy)
1957 Chariantanananda Swami Sri Ramakrishnuni Jeevita Charitra (Biography)
1958 No Award
1959 No Award
1960 Ponangi Srirama Apparavu Natyasastramu (A History of Bharata's Natyasastra)
1961 Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu (A History of Telugu composers and songwriters)
1962 Viswanatha Satyanarayana Viswanadha Madhyakkarulu (Poetry)
1963 Tripuraneni Gopichand Panditha Parameswara Sastry Veelunama (Novel)
1964 Gurram Joshua Kreestu Charitra (Poetry)
1965 Acharya Rayaprolu Subbarao Misra Manjari (Poetry)
1966 No Award
1967 No Award
1968 No Award
1969 Tummala Seetharama Murthy Mahatma Katha (Poetry)
1970 D. Balagangadhar Tilak Amrutham Kurisina Rathri (Poetry)
1971 Vasireddy Seethadevi
Thapi Dharma Rao
Samata (Novel)
Vijayavilasamu: Hrudayollasavyakhya (Commentary)
1972 Srirangam Srinivasarao Sri Sri Sahityamu (Poetry)
1973 C. Narayana Reddy Mantalu Manavudu (Poetry)
1974 Dasaradhi Thimiram Tho Samaram (Poetry)
1975 Boyi Bhimanna Gudiselu Kalipotunnai (Poetry)
1976 Akella Syamala Rani Harini (Novel)
1977 Kundurti Anjaneyulu Kundurti Kritulu (Poetry)
1978 Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry Collected Works of Krishna Sastri (6 vols.)
1979 P. Narayanacharya Janapriya Ramayanamu (Poetry)
1980 Kasi Viswanath Silukoti Oka Deepam Veligindi (Play)
1981 Vasireddy Seethadevi
Narla Venkateswara Rao
 Uritadu (Novel)
Seeta Josyam (Play)
1982 Illindala Saraswati Devi Swarna Kamalaalu (Short stories)
1983 Ravuri Bharadwaja Jeevana Samaram (Sketches)
1984 Aluri Bairagi Aagama Geeti (Poetry)
1985 Palagummi Padmaraju Gaalivana (Short stories)
1986 G.V. Subramanyam Andhra Sahitya Vimarsa Angla Prabhavam (Literary criticism)
1987 Arudra Gurazada Gurupeetham (Essays)
1988 Vasireddy Seethadevi
Rachamallu Ramachandra Reddi
Maro Dayyam Katha (Novel)
Anuvaada Samasyalu (Criticism)
1989 S. V. Joga Rao Manipravalamu (Essays)
1990 Vasireddy Seethadevi
K Siva Reddy
Mrityunjayadu (Novel)
Mohana-o-Mohana (Poetry)
1991 Bhamidipati Ramagopalam Itlu, Mee Vidheyudu (Short stories)
1992 Malathi Chendur Hrudaya Netri (Novel)
1993 Madhuranthakam Rajaram Madhuranthakam Rajaram Kathalu (Short stories)
1994 Gunturu Seshendra Sharma Kala Rekha (Criticism)
1995 Kalipatnam Ramarao Yajnam To Tommidi (Short stories)
1996 Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kethu Vishwanatha Reddy Kathalu (Short stories)
1997 Penumarthi Viswanatha Sastri (Ajanta) Swapna Lipi (Poetry)
1998 Balivada Kantha Rao Balivada Kantha Rao Kathalu (Short stories)
1999 Vallampati Venkata Subbayya Katha Silpam (Essays)
2000 N. Gopi Kalanni Nidra Ponivvanu (Poetry)
2001 Tirumala Ramachandra Hampi Nunchi Harappa Daka (Autobiography)
2002 Chekuri Ramarao Smrti Kinankam (Essays)
2003 Utpala Satyanarayanacharya Sri Krishna Chandrodayamu (Poetry)
2004 Ampasayya Naveen Kala Rekhalu (Novel)
2005 Abburi Chayadevi Tana Margam (Short Stories)
2006 Munipalle Raju Astitvanadam Aavali Teerana (Short Stories)
2007 Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma Satapatramu (Autobiography)
2008 Chitiprolu Krishna Murthy Purushottamudu (Poetry)
2009 Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad Draupadi (Novel)[54][55]
2010 Syed Saleem Kaluthunna Poolathota (Novel)
2011 Samala Sadasiva Swaralayalu (Essays)
2012 Peddibhotla Subbaramayya Peddibhotla Subbaramayya Kathalu Vol-1 (Short Stories)
2013 Katyayani Vidmahe Sahityaakasamlo Sagam (Essays)
2014 Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy Mana Navalalu - Mana Kathanikalu (literary criticism)
2015 Volga Vimuktha (Short Stories)
2016 Papineni Sivasankar Rajanigandha (Poetry)
2017 Devi Priya Gaali Rangu (Poetry)
2018 Kolakaluri Enoch Vimarsini (Essay)
2019 Bandi Narayanaswamy Sapta Bhoomi (Novel)[56]
2020 Nikhileswar Agniswaasa (2015-2017) (poetry)[57]
2021 Goreti Venkanna Vallanki Taalam (poetry)[58]

Bala Sahitya Puraskar winners[edit | edit source]

Year Author Work
2010 Kaluvakolanu Sadananda Adavi Thalli (Children's Novel)
2011 M. Bhoopal Reddy Uggupaalu (Children short stories)
2013 D. Sujatha Devi Aatalo Aratipandu (Stories)

Khel Ratna Award[edit | edit source]

The Khel Ratna Award is India's highest sporting honor.

Jnanpeeth Award[edit | edit source]

Sahitya Akademi Award[edit | edit source]

Dada Saheb Phalke award[edit | edit source]

Academy Award[edit | edit source]

Golden Globe Award[edit | edit source]

Critics Choice Movie Awards[edit | edit source]

Dronacharya Award[edit | edit source]

  • A. Ramana Rao – Volleyball (1990)
  • Shyam Sunder Rao – Volleyball (1995)
  • S. M. Arif – Badminton (2000)
  • E. Prasad Rao – Kabaddi (2002)
  • Koneru Ashok – Chess (2006)
  • Pullela Gopichand – Badminton (2009)
  • Nagapuri Ramesh – Athletics (2016)
  • G. S. S. V. Prasad – Badminton (2017)
  • Achanta Srinivasa Rao – Table Tennis (2018)

Arjuna Award[edit | edit source]

Ramon Magsaysay Award[edit | edit source]

The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize.

Guinness World Records[edit | edit source]

  • S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – holds the Guinness World Record for having sung the most songs for any male playback singer in the world, with the majority of his songs sung in Telugu.
  • P. Susheela – She entered the Guinness Book of World Records for recording the highest number of songs in musical history.
  • Dasari Narayana Rao – holds the Guinness World Record as the most films directed with 151 films.
  • D. Ramanaidu – holds the Guinness World Record as the most prolific producer with 130 films.
  • Ramoji Film City – Guinness Record had been awarded to Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad as the largest film studio complex in the world, it opened in 1996 and measures 674 hectares (1,666 acres). With 47 sound stages, it has permanent sets ranging from railway stations to temples.
  • Brahmanandam – M.R Brahmanandam holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the most films in a single language, 1000+ films.
  • Vijaya Nirmala – in 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named Vijaya Nirmala as the female director with the most films, having made 47 films. In a career spanning approximately two decades, she has acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil and produced 15 films.
  • Chiranjeevi – in 2024, the Guinness Book of Records named Chiranjeevi most prolific film star in the Indian film industry, having danced in 537 songs across 156 films.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship[edit | edit source]

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award[edit | edit source]

International Positions[edit | edit source]

United States

South Africa

French Yanam

Modern writers[edit | edit source]

Industrialists and CEOs[edit | edit source]


Sports[edit | edit source]

Cricket

Tennis

  • Mahesh Bhupathi – First Indian to win a major tournament[citation needed]
  • Saketh Myneni – He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014
  • Laxmi Poruri – the first Indian-American female to play professional tennis on the WTA Tour in the modern era
  • Rushmi Chakravarthi – She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player
  • Pranjala Yadlapalli – Pranjala has won four singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
  • Vishnu Vardhan – He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event
  • Jafreen Shaik – She claimed a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics partnering with Prithvi Sekhar
  • Sowjanya Bavisetti – Women Tennis player
  • Rekha Boyalapalli – Women Tennis player
  • Rishika Sunkara – Women Tennis player
  • Vishal Punna – Tennis Player
  • Bhanu Nunna – Tennis Player

Speedcubing

Human Calculator

  • Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash – is a human calculator from India, and is titled as the "World's Fastest Human Calculator". BBC said "Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is to math (mental calculation) what Usain Bolt is to running".

Chess

Football

  • Tulsidas Balaram – represented the country in international competitions including the Olympic Games[citation needed]
  • K. Appalaraju – He scored a goal in a 2–0 win over South Korea in 1964 Asian Cup. He also scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 win over Sri Lanka in 1964 Summer Olympics Football tournament qualification
  • Soumya Guguloth – Women Football player

Other Countries

  • Vikash Dhorasoo – French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup

Others

Boxing

  • Usha Nagisetty – She won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Women Boxing Championships[63] and the silver medal at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship.[64]
  • Mohammad Hussamuddin – Hussamuddin won a Bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia
  • Nikhat Zareen – She won gold medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.She has become the fifth Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IBA World Boxing Championships
  • Bharadwaj Dayala – the first Indian to complete a solo tour around the world on an Indian-made Karizma motorcycle
  • Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda – the first Indian to set a Junior World Record and also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in World Junior Memory Championships.She is the youngest and the first woman in India to achieve the International Master of Memory title

Archery

  • Pranitha Vardhineni – Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in the women's individual and team archery events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
  • Cherukuri Lenin – he won a silver medal at the Asian Grand Prix in Malaysia
  • Jyothi Surekha Vennam – At the age of 13, she won an Olympic round gold medal at the Mexican Grand Prix. At the Mexican Grand Prix, she also won bronze (20m) and three silver (50m and 40m)
  • Dhiraj Bommadevara
  • Jayalakshmi Sarikonda – She competes in the compound women event. She won medals in international archery events

Volleyball

  • A. Ramana Rao – He was the head coach for the Indian men's volleyball team at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship at Perth in 1991. He was also the first Indian volleyball coach to qualify as FIVB Instructor in the German Democratic Republic in 1986
  • Shyam Sunder Rao – former Indian volleyball player and coach.He is a recipient of Arjuna award and, in 1995, the Dronacharya award
  • Yejju Subba Rao – He was the President of Volleyball Federation of India honored Y Subba Rao with Five Gold coins for his extraordinary contribution towards Indian volleyball
  • P. V. Ramana – He was a member of the India men's national volleyball team. In the 1986 Asian Games, he was part of the team that won a bronze medal
  • Tilakam Gopal – is a former volleyball player from India. He captained the India national team at the 1966 Asian Games

Handball

  • Boyi Satya – is a handball player from Vijayawada.

Weight Lifting

Body Builders

Table tennis

  • Sharath Kamal – The first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion
  • Sreeja Akula – Table Tennis

Field Hockey

  • Mukesh Kumar – represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics. Triple Olympian and winner of Arjuna award-1995, Padmashri Award-2003
  • Rajani Etimarpu – The first Women from Andhra pradesh to be part of the Indian women's hockey team and 2016 Rio Olympics
  • Alloysius Edwards – Olympian Atlanta and Sydney Olympics 1996[65]

Badminton

Racing

Mountain climbing

  • Malavath Purna – Youngest female to climb Mount Everest
  • Malli Mastan Babu – World record of climbing the Seven Summits in the shortest span of time at that point

Films[edit | edit source]

Actors

Actresses

Producers, Writer and Directors

Singers

Artists[edit | edit source]

Musicians and Composers[edit | edit source]

Journalists[edit | edit source]

Polymaths[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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