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{{dynamic list}}This is a list of [[Wikipedia:NOTABILITY|notable]] people from '''[[Chhattisgarh]]''', India, throughout history.
{{dynamic list}}This is a list of [[Wikipedia:NOTABILITY|notable]] people from [[Chhattisgarh]], India, throughout history.
 
== Religion ==
 
* [[Ghasidas|Guru Ghasidas]] - founder of Satnami Sect
* [[Vallabha]] - [[Vaishnavism|vaishnavite]] philosopher


== Chief Ministers ==
== Politicians ==


* [[Ajit Jogi]] - [[List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh|First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Ajit Jogi]] - [[List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh|First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Raman Singh]]
* [[Bhupesh Baghel]] - Incumbent Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Shyama Charan Shukla]] - former [[List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister]]
* [[Shyama Charan Shukla]] - former [[List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister]]
* [[Motilal Vora]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=motilal vora: Latest News & Videos, Photos about motilal vora  {{!}} The Economic Times - Page 1 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/motilal-vora |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=The Economic Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=MP CM Kamal Nath condole death of Cong veteran Motilal Vora |url=https://www.mynews.in/latest/mp-cm-kamal-nath-condole-death-of-cong-veteran-motilal-vora/}}</ref> - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
* [[Nareshchandra Singh]] - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
* [[Nareshchandra Singh]] - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
* [[Bhupesh Baghel]] - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Raman Singh]] - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Motilal Vora]] - former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{Cite web |title=motilal vora: Latest News & Videos, Photos about motilal vora  {{!}} The Economic Times - Page 1 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/motilal-vora |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=The Economic Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=MP CM Kamal Nath condole death of Cong veteran Motilal Vora |url=https://www.mynews.in/latest/mp-cm-kamal-nath-condole-death-of-cong-veteran-motilal-vora/}}</ref>
* [[Vishnu Deo Sai]] - Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Arun Sao]] - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Tokhan Sahu]] - Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs of India
* [[Vidya Charan Shukla]] - former [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
* [[Arvind Netam]] - former [[Minister of State]]
* [[Vijay Sharma (politician)|Vijay Sharma]] - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
== Activists ==
* [[Thakur Pyarelal Singh|Thakur Pyarelal]] - [[Trade union]] leader and Freedom fighter
* [[Shankar Guha Niyogi]] - Trade union leader. founder of [[Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha]]
* [[Soni Sori]] - [[Adivasi]] right activist. won [[Front Line Defenders]] award
* [[Sudha Bharadwaj]] - Trade unionist and lawyer. Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha member
* [[Shamshad Begum (social worker)|Shamshad Begum]] - [[Padma Shri]] awardee social worker
* [[Alok Shukla]] - [[Environmental movement|Environment activist]]. founder of [[Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan]]. won [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] in 2024
* [[Ramesh Agrawal]] - Goldman environmental prize awardee social worker
* [[Phoolbasan Bai Yadav]] - Padma Shri awardee social worker
* [[Damodar Bapat]] - Padma Shri awardee social worker


== Scientists ==
== Scientists ==


* [[Narendra Kumar (physicist)]] - Theoretical Physicist
* [[Rajendra Badgaiyan]] - Cognitive Neuroscientist
* [[Rajendra Badgaiyan]] - cognitive neuroscientist
* [[Pukhraj Bafna]] - Paediatrician<ref name="Chhattisgarh News">{{cite web |date=24 March 2011 |title=Chhattisgarh News |url=http://www.chhattisgarhtopnews.com/inner.asp?aa=1062 |access-date=24 November 2014 |publisher=Chhattisgarh News |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129113833/http://www.chhattisgarhtopnews.com/inner.asp?aa=1062 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Pukhraj Bafna]] - pediatrician
* [[Narendra Kumar (physicist)|Narendra Kumar]] - Theoretical Physicist
* [[Binayak Sen]] - pediatrician
* [[Binayak Sen]] - Paediatrician


== Musicians ==
== Musicians ==


* [[Teejan Bai]]
* [[Teejan Bai]] - Exponent of [[Pandavani]](Kapalik)<ref>[http://deepblueink.com/writing/profiles/pandavani.htm Pandavani]</ref>
* [[Anupama Bhagwat]]
* [[Anupama Bhagwat]] - Sitarist<ref>{{cite web |title=Anupama - Biography |url=http://anupama.org/home.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303194924/http://anupama.org/home.htm |archivedate=2009-03-03 |accessdate=2009-05-08 |publisher=Anupama.org}}</ref>
* [[Mamta Chandrakar]]
* [[Mamta Chandrakar]] - [[Playback singer]]<ref>{{cite news |date=26 Jan 2016 |title=Mamta Chandrakar |url=http://www.cgkhabar.com/chhattisgarh-mamta-chandrakar-padmashree-award-20160126 |access-date=2016-01-26 |publisher=cgkhabar}}</ref>
* [[Usha Barle]] - Pandavani singer
* [[Rajat Dholakia]]
* [[Sumedha Karmahe]]
* [[Punaram Nishad]] - Pandavani singer(''Vedamati'')
* [[Sulakshana Pandit]]
* [[Sulakshana Pandit]]
* [[Sumedha Karmahe]]
* [[Rajat Dholakia]]
* [[Punaram Nishad]]
* [[Jagdish Prasad]]
* [[Jagdish Prasad]]


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* [[Anurag Basu]]
* [[Anurag Basu]]
* [[Satish Jain (director)|Satish Jain]]


=== Actors ===
=== Actors ===


* [[Kishore Sahu]]
* [[Vega Tamotia]]
* [[Gehana Vasisth]]
* [[Swati Verma]]
* [[Aashay Mishra]]
* [[Anuj Sharma (actor)]]
* [[Satyajeet Dubey]]
* [[Satyajeet Dubey]]
* [[Pooran Kiri]]
* [[Pooran Kiri]]
* [[Omkar Das Manikpuri]]
* [[Omkar Das Manikpuri]]
* [[Aashay Mishra]]
* [[Govind Ram Nirmalkar]]
* [[Govind Ram Nirmalkar]]
* [[Kishore Sahu]]
* [[Anuj Sharma (actor)|Anuj Sharma]]
* [[Vega Tamotia]]
* [[Sandit Tiwari]]
* [[Sandit Tiwari]]
* [[Gehana Vasisth]]
* [[Swati Verma]]


=== Writer ===
=== Writer ===


* [[Vinod Kumar Shukla]]<ref>[[ 59th Jnanpith Award Winner]]</ref>
* [[Habib Tanvir]]
* [[Habib Tanvir]]


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* [[Unnati Davara]]
* [[Unnati Davara]]
* [[Shivani Jadhav]]
* [[Shivani Jadhav]]
== Military ==
* [[Kaushal Yadav (soldier)|Kaushal Yadav]]
== Sports ==
* [[Leslie Claudius]] - three time [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] gold medallist in field Hockey
* [[Rajendra Prasad (boxer)|Rajendra Prasad]] - [[Arjuna Award|Arjuna Awardee]] boxer
* [[Saba Anjum Karim]] - [[Arjuna Award|Arjuna Awardee]] [[Field hockey]] player
* [[Renuka Yadav]] - Field hockey player
* [[Chitrasen Sahu]] - [[Mountaineering|Para-Mountaineer]]
* [[Kiran Pisda]] - [[Football player]], ex-[[ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb]]
* [[Aakarshi Kashyap]] - Silver medallist at [[Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Commonwealth Games]] in Mixed team
* [[Shashank Singh]] [Cricket]


== See Also ==
== See also ==


* [[List of people from Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[List of people from Madhya Pradesh]]
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  1. ↑ "motilal vora: Latest News & Videos, Photos about motilal vora | The Economic Times - Page 1". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  2. ↑ "MP CM Kamal Nath condole death of Cong veteran Motilal Vora".
  3. ↑ "Chhattisgarh News". Chhattisgarh News. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Pandavani
  5. ↑ "Anupama - Biography". Anupama.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  6. ↑ "Mamta Chandrakar". cgkhabar. 26 Jan 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  7. ↑ 59th Jnanpith Award Winner
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