List of Telugu people

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This is a list of notable Telugu people, also referred to as the Andhras in the Puranas, an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Telugu, one of the Dravidian language

Ancient Dynasties and Kingdoms

Satavahana Dynasty is also refers as Andhras

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Vishnukundina Dynasty

Eastern Chalukyas

Golkonda Fort

Reddy dynasty

Madurai Nayak Dynasty

Nayaks of Tanjore

Ancient Dynasties

• Satavahana dynasty, is also refer as Andhras (2nd BCE to 3rd CE)
• Andhra Ikshvaku (3rd CE to 4th CE)
• Bruhatpalayana (A.D. 270–285)
• Salankayanas (300 CE - 440 CE)
• Vishnukundina Dynasty (420 - 624 CE)
• Eastern Chalukyas (624 - 1189)

Medieval Dynasties

• Pericchedi Kingdom (626 CE - 1292 AD)
• Chalukyas of Vemulavada (7th CE - 10th CE)
• Kakatiya dynasty (1163 - 1323)
• Kota Dynasty (1100 AD - 1270 AD)
• Chagi Dynasty (1100 AD - 1477 AD)
• Reddy dynasty (1325 - 1448)
• Gona Dynasty (13th Century)
• Vijayanagara Empire (Aravidu Dynasty) (1336 - 1646)

Telugu Chodas

• Renati Chodas (5th CE - 9th AD)
• Velanati Chodas (1076 AD - 1216 AD)
• Pottapi Chodas (11th Century)
• Konidena Chodas (1050 AD - 1300 AD)
• Nannuru Chodas (12th Century)
• Nellore Chodas (11th AD - 12th AD)

Nayaks of South India

• Musunuri Nayakas (14th Century)
• Recherla Nayakas (1368 CE - 1435 CE)
• Pemmasani Nayaks (1423 - 1685)
• Sayapaneni Nayaks (16th Century)
• Nayaks of Gingee (1509 - 1649)
• Madurai Nayak dynasty (1529 - 1736)
• Nayaks of Tanjore (1532 - 1673)
• Nayaks of Kalahasti (1542 AD - 1646 AD)

Foreign Countries

• Nayaks of Kandy (1739 - 1815) Ruled Sri Lanka.

Royalty

Main Entrance of Vizianagaram Fort

Nuzvid Estate

Wanaparthy Samsthanam's Palace

• Maharaja of Vizianagaram
• Bastar State
• Venkatagiri estate
• Thotapalle Estate
• Nuzvid Estate
• Pithapuram Estate
• Ettayapuram estate
• Bobbili Estate
• Rekapalle Estate
• Raja of Panagal
• Manyam Zamindar
• Gadwal Samsthanam
• Papannapet Samsthanam
• Wanaparthy Samsthanam

Historical Warriors and Rulers

Emperor Rajaraja Narendra

Kapaya Nayaka

Sri Krishnadevaraya

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

• Gautamiputra Satakarni, He is the Most Powerful King of Satavahana Dynasty,
• King Kandara
• Madhava Varma II, 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, He is the Most Powerful King of Eastern Chalukyas, and patronage to Telugu language.
• 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, 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.
• 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, Army Commander of Vijayanagara Empire.
• Madanna and Akkanna, Two Brothers and Historical Warriors.
• Jayapa Nayudu, 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.
• Prolaya Vema Reddy, First Emperor of Reddi Kingdom, He was part of the confederation of states that started a Guerilla Tactics Movement against the invading Turkic Muslim armies of the Delhi Sultanate.
• Aliya Rama Raya, Vijayanagara Emperor, Founder of Aravidu Dynasty.
• Venkatapati Raya, Vijayanagara Emperor, He dealt successfully with the 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.
• Kapaya Nayaka, Historical Warrior and Oppose Muslim Rule.
• Palanati Brahmanaidu, Historical Warrior.
• Nagama Nayaka, He defeated a veerasekhara chola, and father of Viswanatha Nayak.
• Viswanatha Nayak, Founder of Madurai Nayak Dynasty, He defeated Five Pandiyan kings.
• Thirumalai Nayak, 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).
• Sevappa Nayak, First Ruler 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 Portuguese in their conquest of the Jaffna kingdom in 1619.
• Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu, Won the Battle of Raichur for Sri Krishna Devaraya. Commandar of Vijayanagara Empire Army.
• 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.
• Damarla Chennappa Nayaka, Notable Ruler of Nayaks of Kalahasti.
• Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, Rebellion Against British Rule at Sri Lanka
• Venkatarama Reddy, was the First Hindu kotwal of Kingdom of Hyderabad as in the late 19th and early 20th century,
• Madurai Veeran, 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

• Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju, Maharaja of Vizianagaram, He Awarded Order of the Indian Empire From United Kingdom.
• Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra, Maharaja of Venkatagiri, He Awarded Order of the Indian Empire From United Kingdom.
• Rao Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rau, Maharaja of Pithapuram, He Awarded Order of the Indian Empire From United Kingdom.
• Venkata Ranga Rao, Maharaja of Bobbili, He Awarded Order of the Indian Empire From United Kingdom.
• Panaganti Ramarayaningar, He is Raja of Panagal, He Awarded Order of the Indian Empire From United Kingdom.

Women Rulers

• Rani Rudrama Devi, She is the Most Powerful Queen of Kakatiya Dynasty.
• Rani Mangammal, She is the Most Powerful Queen of Madurai Nayak Dynasty.
• Bhagmati was a mystic Hindu queen.
• Govindamamba Pemmasani
• Nayakuralu Nagamma 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)
• Kuyili, is was Commander of Rani Velunachiyar, First Female Suicide Bomber.

Governors of States

• Bezawada Gopala Reddy - Governor of Uttar Pradesh
• P. Chandra Reddy - Governor of Andhra Pradesh
• Bandaru Dattatreya - Current Governor of Himachal Pradesh
• C. Vidyasagar Rao - Former Governor of Maharashtra and Governors of Tamil Nadu
• V.V. Giri - Former Governor of Karnataka
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy - Governor of Maharashtra
• Konijeti Rosaiah - Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
• B. Satya Narayan Reddy - Governor of Odisha
• K. V. Raghunatha Reddy - Governor of Tripura
• Kona Prabhakara Rao - Former Governor of Maharashtra
• Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah - Former Governor of Bihar
• Marri Chenna Reddy - Former Governor of Tamil Nadu
• P. S. Ramamohan Rao - Former Governor of Tamil Nadu
• V. Rama Rao - Former Governor of Sikkim
• K. V. Krishna Rao - Former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura
• V. S. Ramadevi - Former Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka
• P. Ramachandran - Former Governor of Kerala
• Mehdi Nawaz Jung (1894–1967) - Former Governor of Gujarat
• Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (1894–1948), former Governor of Assam
• 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

• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• G. M. C. Balayogi Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Chief Ministers

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

Deputy Chief Ministers

• Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Damodar Raja Narasimha - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Koneru Ranga Rao - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• J.V. Narsing Rao - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• C. Jagannatha Rao - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• K. E. Krishnamurthy - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Nimmakayala Chinarajappa - Former Depty Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• T. Rajaiah - Former Depty Chief Minister of Telangana
• Kadiyam Srihari - Former Depty Chief Minister of Telangana

Presidents, Vice-Presidents & Prime Ministers

Presidents

• V.V. Giri - Former President of India and Former Vice President of India
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Former President of India and Vice President of India
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Former President of India

Vice Presidents

• Venkaiah Naidu - Current Vice President of India

Indian Prime Ministers

• P. V. Narasimha Rao - Former Prime minister of India

Revolutionaries

Alluri Sitarama Raju

Komaram Bheem

Puchalapalli Sundarayya With Comrade's Association

Burgula Ramakrishna Rao

Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy

Chakali Ilamma

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kaloji Narayana Rao - was an Indian poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist of Telangana.
• Raavi Narayana Reddy - was a leader in the Telangana Rebellion against the rule of Osman Ali Khan , Asaf Jah VII.
• Baddam Yella Reddy - was an Indian Communist politician from Telangana. He was one of the prominent leaders in the Telangana armed struggle against the Nizam Regiment.
• 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.
• 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.
• Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy - was a Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh and a leader of the Telangana Rebellion. He is popularly known as NSR.
• Burgula Ramakrishna Rao - was among the Telugu-speaking leaders to resist the Nizam in the princely state of Hyderabad.
• Chakali Ilamma - was an Indian revolutionary leader during the Telangana Rebellion.
• Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy - is a freedom fighter who fought the Telangana Rebellion against the Jagirdars.
• 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).
• 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.

Militants and Rebels

George Reddy

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Gummadi Vittal Rao

Varavara Rao

Vimalakka

• Nambala Keshava Rao, 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, 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) is the Armed Wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Mallojula Koteswara Rao, 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, 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.
• Thippiri Tirupathi, is an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Cherukuri Rajkumar, (alias Azad), 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, 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, is a Maoist politician and Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, was a senior Communist leader and Maoist organizer in India.
• Mallujola Venugopal, 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, commonly known by his nom de guerre,(Anand) is a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• B. Sudhakar, is a Maoist leader and members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Varkapur Chandramouli, was an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Varanasi Subramanyam, is an Indian Maoist and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy, 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, 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, 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.
• Gummadi Vittal Rao, is a poet, revolutionary Telugu balladeer and local Naxalite activist from what is now the state of Telangana.
• Gita Ramaswamy, is an Indian social activist and writer.
• Belli Lalitha, founder of Telangana Kala Samithi who was murdered in 1999.
• Narmada Akka, was one of the "senior-most" female cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
• Arunodaya Vimala, popularly known as vimalakka, Telugu balladeer and Social Activist.
• Sakhamuri Appa Rao, Maoist Leader.
• Solipeta Kondal Reddy,Maoist Leader.

Military Chiefs

Indian Army

• General K. V. Krishna Rao, Chief of the Army Staff (India), 1981–83
• Syed Ahmed El Edroos (1899–1962), veteran of both World Wars; last Commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State Army
• 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
• 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 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, 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

Indian Navy

• Admiral Ram Dass Katari, First Chief of Naval Staff in 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, Indian Air Force.

Pakistan Navy

• Syed Mohammad Ahsan (1920–1989), Admiral and former 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

India

• P V Narashima Rao- 9th Prime Minister Of India
• N. T. Rama Rao, Founder of Telugu Desam Party.
• N. Chandrababu Naidu
• Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy.
• K. Chandrashekar Rao, Founder of Telangana Rashtra Samithi
• 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; former AIMIM President
• Asaduddin Owaisi (b. 1969), President Of AIMIM and Member of Parliament
• Akbaruddin Owaisi (b. 1970), MLA from Chandrayangutta constituency
• Shabbir Ali, Minister during Indian National Congress rule in AP.

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United States of America

• Suhail A. Khan - American conservative political activist
• Aruna Miller - American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland
• 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.
• Surya Yalamanchili - Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010.
• Vinai Thummalapally - U.S. Ambassador to Belize.

Pakistan

• Bahadur Yar Jung, prominent figure of the Pakistan movement
• Mir Laiq Ali, last Prime Minister of Hyderabad State
• Hassan Nasir, Pakistani communist activist

South Africa

• Jay Naidoo - South Africa Independence Movement Activist
• Ama Naidoo - South Africa Independence Movement Activist
• Kumi Naidoo - South Africa Independence Movement Activist
• Naransamy Roy Naidoo - South Africa Political Activist
• Shanti Naidoo - South Africa Politician and Anti - Apartheid Activist.

Freedom fighters

• Alluri Sitarama Raju - freedom fighter and revolutionary (Viplava Jyothi).
• Gurajada Apparao
• Gurram Jashua
• Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya
• Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu - Zamindar of Amaravati (Guntur).
• N.G. Ranga
• P. Varadarajulu Naidu - was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist. He was also the founder of The Indian Express.
• Durgabai Deshmukh
• Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy
• Kandukuri Veeresalingam - social reformer, writer, editor, performed first widow marriage in India.
• Pingali Venkayya - freedom fighter and Indian National Flag designer.
• Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya - freedom fighter and founder of Andhra bank
• 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).
• Arutla Ramchandra Reddy - Indian freedom fighter & Telangana movement leader from Nalgonda
• Potu Narsimha Reddy - social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from Adilabad.
• 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.
• Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya - Gandhian and freedom fighter.
• Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu - one of the founder of The Hindu.
• Sarojini Naidu
• Chowdary Satyanarayana - also known as Jananayak (People's leader) was an Indian freedom fighter, anti-colonial nationalist, human rights activist, legislator.
• Anabheri Prabhakar Rao
• Gouthu Latchanna
• Kaneganti Hanumanthu
• Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
• Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary
• Tripuraneni Gopichand
• Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (Sir C.R.Reddy)
• Kaloji Narayana Rao
• Komaram Bheem
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1909–1985) - Indian independence activist.
• Maulvi Allauddin (1824–1889) - revolutionary and Indian Independence activist.
• Turrebaz Khan (1859) - revolutionary and Indian Independence activist.

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
• G. D. Naidu, the "Edison of India"
• 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.
• 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.
• Yelavarthy Nayudamma
• M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar and statesman on whose memory Engineer's day is celebrated across India
• 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 Aladdin, astronomer
• Ahmed Mohiuddin (1923–1998), founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society, authored 37 books on scientific research

Economists and Policy makers

• 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.
• 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
• M. Narasimham - Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India
• C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao - Former Cabinet Secretary
• 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

Writers

• Paravastu Chinnayya Soori
• C. Narayana Reddy : winner of gnanapeeta award
• Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu - Writer
• Suravaram Pratap Reddy - Writer and historian from Telangana
• Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - Poet from Rayalaseema
• Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist from Chittoor
• Ravuri Bharadhwaja - winner of gnanapeeta award Telugu novelist
• Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy - Maximum number of stories written in Telugu- Over 3000
• Pullella Sriramachandrudu - Sanskrit and Telugu scholar
• Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty - Writer
• Vegunta Mohan Prasad - Poet

Contribution to Telugu Language

Medieval Poets

• 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" (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" (fl. 15th century), poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
• Vemana (fl. 14th century), poet
• Bhadrachala Ramadasu , 17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music.

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
• 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")
• Gurram Jashuva (1895–1971), a dalit poet and writer and producer of All India Radio, awarded "Padma Bhushan" by the Govt of India, known for poetry on social evils
• Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (1910–1983), marxist poet notable for his work Maha Prasthanam
• Jwalamukhi, pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
• Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1895–1976), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry")
• Balijepalli Lakshmikantham (1881–1953), poet and dramatist
• Chellapilla Venkata Sastry, poet and scholar
• Devulapalli Krishna Sastry (1887–1981), poet and writer of radio plays, known as "Andhra Shelly"
• Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
• Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
• Rayaprolu Subba Rao
• C. R. Reddy

Modern Poets

• 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
• Ismail, popular name of Mohammad Ismail (born 1928)
• Suravaram Pratap Reddy, writer and historian from Telangana
• Kethu Viswanatha Reddy, poet from Rayalaseema
• Gunturu Seshendra Sarma (1927–2007), also known as Yuga Kavi
• Papineni Sivasankar, poet and critic from Andhra Pradesh
• Sirivennela Sitaramasastri , popular poet and lyricist

Religious Leaders and Philosophers

• Vallabha Acharya - 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 40000 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.
• 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 .

Academics

• Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy - First Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher
• G. Ram Reddy - Former University Grants Commission chairman
• Sarvepalli Gopal - Indian historian
• Veluri Venkata Krishna Sastry - Archaeologist
• 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
• Pavani Parameswara Rao - a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India
• Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan (1946–2013) - founder of Shadan Group of Institutions
• Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976) - served as Vice-Chancellor of the Osmania University as well as the Aligarh Muslim University

Award winners

Bharat Ratna

• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, awarded 1954
• Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraiah, awarded 1955
• V.V. Giri, awarded 1975

Padma Vibhushan

• M. Balamuralikrishna
• N. G. Ranga
• Kotha Satchidananda Murthy
• Ravi Narayan Reddy (1992)
• Kaloji Narayana Rao (1992)
• V. Ramalingaswami
• Cingireddy Narayana Reddy (2000)
• Y. Venugopal Reddy (2010)
• Prathap C. Reddy (2010)
• Ramoji Rao (2016)

Padmabhushan

• A. S. Rao
• Satya N. Atluri
• Viswanadha Satyanarayana
• Pavani Parameswara Rao
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao
• Jaggayya
• Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
• V. Ramalingaswami
• Raja and Radha Reddy (2000)
• Raj Reddy (b. 1937) (2001)
• K. Srinath Reddy (2005)
• Chiranjeevi
• K. Anji Reddy
• Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy
• Boyi Bhimanna
• Shiv K. Kumar
• P. Susheela
• Ghattamaneni Krishna

Jnanpith Award

• Viswanatha Satyanarayana for his work "Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu" for the year 1970.
• 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.

Sahitya Akademi Award

• Viswanadha Satyanarayana for his Poetry book "Viswanadha Madhyakaralu"
• Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao for Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu
• Suravaram Pratap Reddy for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
• Kethu Viswanatha Reddy for his Short Stories Book Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu

Dada Saheb Phalke award

• Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy (1974) - First South Indian to receive the highest award in movies in India.
• Paidi Jairaj (1980)
• B.Nagi Reddy (1986)
• (( L v Prasad))
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990)
• D. Ramanaidu (2009)
• K. Viswanath (2016)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

• Pullela Gopichand - Badminton (2000–2001)

Arjuna Award

• V.V.S. Laxman - Cricket
• Mukesh Kumar - Hockey
• PV Sindhu - Badminton
• Koneru Humpy - Chess

International Positions

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 - 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
• Abid Hussain (1926–2012) - IAS; served as 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

• Anand Naidoo - South African journalist
• Jailoshini Naidoo - South African actress
• Leeanda Reddy - South African actor

French Yanam

• Diwan Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou - (Ancien Membre du Conseil Local et Conseil Municipal de Yanaon, Ancien Jury De Yanaon, Former Diwan of Manyam Zamindari of French Yanam)
• Bezawada Bapa Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)
• Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)
• Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu - Former MLA of Yanam for six consecutive terms and Deputy Speaker, Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly.
• Dadala Raphael Ramanayya - Freedom fighter
• Samatam Krishnayya - Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire(interim) de Yanaon
• Malladi Krishna Rao - Puducherry Health Minister

Modern writers

• Tirupati Venkata Kavulu
• Patanjali
• Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu
• Kandukuri Veeresalingam
• Gurazada, Apparao
• Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
• Devulapalli, Krishna Sastry
• Garimella Satyanarayana
• Viswanadha Satyanarayana
• Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham
• Gudipati Venkatachalam
• Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
• Tummala Seetharama Murthy
• Dr. C. Naryana Reddy
• Dasaradhi
• Gurram Joshua
• Boyi Bheemanna
• Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao
• Mullapudi, Venkataramana
• Vasireddy Seethadevi
• Tripuraneni Gopichand
• Atluri Pitcheswara Rao
• Kaloji (Kaloji Narayan Rao)
• Suravaram Pratap Reddy
• Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy - Writer
• Yandamuri Veerendranath
• Vegunta Mohan Prasad

Billionaire & CEO

Manoj kumar kolluri - CEO, Eedupugallu tuppalu net worth-2 Swiss accounts in federal bank

• Satya Nadella - CEO, Microsoft
• Srini Raju - Founder TV9
• Mohan Reddy - Founder and Chairman Cyient
• PMS Prasad - CEO, Reliance Industries
• Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao - GMR Group
• Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy - GVK Group
• Shantanu Narayen - CEO, Adobe Systems
• Anji Reddy - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
• Prathap C. Reddy - Founder, Apollo Hospitals
• Vikram Akula - Founder, SKS Microfinance
• Sashi Reddi - Founder Sri Capital
• Ramachandra Naidu Galla - Founder, Amara Raja Group
• Padmasree Warrior - CEO, Cisco Systems
• Lagadapati Madhusudan Rao - Lanco Infra Founder, MD
• Narayana Kocherlakota - President of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Prasad Nimmagadda - Matrix Labs Founder, MD
• Varaprasad Reddy - Shanta Biotech Founder, MD
• AVS Raju - Founder, Nagarjuna Construction Company
• Nama Nageswara Rao - Founder, Madhucon Projects
• Ramoji Rao - Eenadu Group
• Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy - KMC Infra Founder, MD
• Srini Kopollu - Microsoft India
• Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy - chairman, Balaji Group
• T. Subbarami Reddy - Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies
• Byrraju Ramalinga Raju - Founder of Satyam Computers
• Ramesh Gelli - Founder of Global Trust Bank and the only Banker to win Padmashree
• P. V. Ramprasad Reddy - Founder Aurabindo pharma

Sports

• Buchi Babu Naidu - Father of South Indian Cricket
• Cotah Ramaswami - Represented India in both International Cricket and Tennis
• M.Baliah Naidu - Cricketer
• M. Suryanarayan- Indian Test Cricketer
• M. S. K. Prasad - Cricketer
• M. L. Jaisimha - Cricketer
• Shivlal Yadav - Cricketer
• Bharath Reddy - Test Cricketer (1978–1981)
• Venugopal Rao - Cricketer
• Ambati Rayudu - Cricketer
• V. V. S. Laxman - Cricketer
• Venkatapathy Raju - Cricketer
• Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis
• Koneru Humpy - Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
• Chetan Anand - Badminton champion
• Pullela Gopichand - 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton champion
• Jwala Gutta - Badminton champion
• Vikash Dhorasoo - French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup
• Neelapu Rami Reddy - Sprinter and athletics champion
• A. Ramana Rao - Volley Ball Player
• Karnam Malleswari - Olympic medalist in weight lifting
• Kodi Rammurthy Naidu - Bodybuilder and wrestler
• Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao First Indian weightlifting champion continuously for 13 years from 1945 to 1958 popularly known as Indian Tarzan
• Srikanth Kidambi - Badminton player
• Laxman Reddy - Body Building champion - Winner, Mr. World 2010
• Pendyala Harikrishna - Chess Grand Master
• P.V.Sindhu - Olympic Badminton Silver Medalist
• Hanuma Vihari - Indian test cricket team player

Movies

Actors

• Nagarjuna - Film actor/producer/studio owner
• Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Film actor and Studio owner
• Adivi Sesh - Actor
• Ali - Film Actor
• Allu Rama Lingaiah - Actor/Comedian
• Allari Naresh - Film Actor
• Allu Arjun -Film Actor/dancer
• Aryan Rajesh - Film Actor
• Padmanabham - Film Actor, Producer
• Babu Mohan - Standup comedian
• Brahmanandam - Film Actor, Guinness record holder for acting more than 700 films
• Chalam - Actor and Produce
• Chiranjeevi - Telugu actor, producer, politician, businessman. Praja Rajyam party President.
• Chittor V. Nagaiah - Veteran Telugu Act
• Venkatesh - 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 - 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
• Meka Srikanth - Film Actor
• M. Prabhakar Reddy - Actor
• Manchu Manoj - Film Actor
• Maganti Murali Mohan - Film Actor/Producer
• M.S. Narayana - Film Actor
• Nani - Actor
• Napoleon - Film Actor
• Nandamuri Balakrishna - Film Actor/Present M.L.A of Hindupur Constituency of Anantapur Dist, in Andhra Pradesh.
• Nandamuri Harikrishna - Film Actor/EX.MLA, Ex. Rajya Sabha Member
• Nagendra Babu - Actor/producer
• Naveen Polishetty - Telugu and Hindi 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
• Rallapalli
• Relangi - Film Actor and Singer
• Ramana Reddy - Comedian
• Rajanala - Actor
• Rajiv Kanakala - Actor
• Ram - Film actor
• Ravi Krishna - Actor
• Rao Gopal Rao - Film Actor
• Ram Charan Teja - Actor
• Rajendra Prasad - Film Actor
• Raviteja - Film Actor
• Sunil - Film Actor
• Srihari - Actor/producer
• Sobhan Babu - Film Actor
• Suthi Veerabhadra Rao - Actor
• Suthi Velu - Actor
• Tanikella Bharani - Dialogue Writer/Actor
• Tarun - Film Actor

T.Gopichand - Film Actor

• Uday Kiran - Film Actor
• Vaibhav Reddy - Actor
• Vijay Deverakonda - Actor
• Vishnu Vardhan Babu - Film Actor
• Vishal - Tamil Film Actor

Actress

• Aditi Rao Hydari - Telugu, Hindi and Tamil actress (Telugu mother)
• Aishwarya Rajesh - Tamil and Telugu actress
• Anandhi - works in Telugu and Tamil films
• Annapoorna - Telugu actress
• 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 - 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, singer, producer
• Krishna Kumari - Telugu actress
• Keerthi Reddy - Actress
• Lakshmi - Telugu and Tamil actress (Telugu father)
• Lakshmi Manchu - Telugu actress
• Laya - Film Actress
• Malashri - Kannada actress
• P. Kannamba - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
• Priya Anand - Tamil and Hindi actress (Telugu mother)
• 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 - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
• Sharada - Film actress
• Silk Smitha - actress in South Indian film industry
• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bapu (Sattiraju Laxminarayana) - Artist/Film Director.
• Adurthi Subba Rao - Film Producer/Director.
• D. Ramanaidu - Film Producer/Studio owner.
• A. Kodandarami Reddy - Film Director.
• 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
• Aacharya Aatreya - Poet and Lyricist
• Aarudhra - Poet and Lyricist
• Kosaraju Raghavaiah - Poet and Lyricist
• Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu - Poet and Lyricist
• 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

• Ghantasala - Legendary Singer and music Composer.
• S.P. Balasubrahmanyam - Singer, Guinness record holder having sung more number of 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
• Madhavapeddi Satyam - Singer

Artists

• Pakhal Tirumal Reddy - Artist
• Siddharth Katragadda - Artist Writer Filmmaker Poet
• Krishna Reddy - Printmaker and sculptor
• Laxma Goud
• Damerla Rama Rao
• Vempati Chinna Satyam – Exponent of Kuchipudi dance
• Raja and Radha Reddy- Kuchipudi dancers
• Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi dancer
• Yamini Reddy - Kuchipudi dancer
• Eelapata Raghuramaiah- Stage and Cine Actor of Andhra Pradesh

Musicians and Composers

• Tyagaraja
• Shyama Shastri
• Muthuswami Dikshitar
• Tallapaka Annamacharya
• Bhadrachala Ramadas
• Kshetrayya, He is popularly known as "Maha Kavi Kshetrayya. He had written poems on Lord Sri Krishna as Kshetrayya Padaalu.
• Aadibhotla Narayana Das
• Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
• M. Balamuralikrishna
• P. Suseela
• S. Janaki
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• P. B. Sreenivas
• Nagoor Babu
• Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
• Rakesh Yankaran, Indo-Trinidadian singer from Trinidad and Tobago
• U. Srinivas, He is popularly known as Mandolin Srinivas.
• U. Rajesh, He is popularly known as Mandolin Rajesh.

Journalists

• 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)
• Patanjali - ex-chief editor, Sakshi.
• G. K. Reddy - Journalist
• Suravaram Pratapareddy - Founder of Golconda Patrika, a journal in Hyderabad State.
• Palagummi Sainath - Rural India Affairs Reporter, The Hindu.
• Puripanda Appala Swamy.

See also

• List of Telugu poets
• Index of Andhra Pradesh-related articles