List of Yadavs

यादव
Romanization	Yadav
Origin
Language(s)	Sanskrit
Word/name	Yadu
Derivation	Yadava
Meaning	descendant of Yadu
Region of origin	India, Nepal

This is a list of notable members of the Yadav community.

Gods[edit | edit source]

Murti of Radharani at ISKCON Temple, Pune

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Balarama mural depiction

Historical figures[edit | edit source]

Freedom fighters[edit | edit source]

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Mahendra Gop

Academicians[edit | edit source]

Civil servants and bureaucrats[edit | edit source]

Bhupendra Yadav, IPS, DGP of Rajasthan
Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh
Manoj Yadava, IPS, DGP of Haryana
Navniet Sekera, IPS, ADG Uttar Pradesh
Neera Yadav, IAS
Pranjal Yadav, IAS

Film and television and entertainment[edit | edit source]

First in their fields[edit | edit source]

Santosh Yadav releasing the book “Parvatarohan Ka Romanch” in New Delhi (2008)

Ram Baran Yadav speaking at a public event (2008)

Santosh Yadav, first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from Kangshung Face.
Surekha Yadav, India's first female train driver
Bhakti Yadav, The first female MBBS from Indore, India
Ram Baran Yadav, The first president of Nepal

Indian politics[edit | edit source]

Ajay Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
Ajesh Yadav, AAP member for Badli in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
Akhilesh Yadav, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Akshay Yadav, M.P. in the 16th Lok Sabha
Anand Sen Yadav, BSP politician
Anil Kumar Yadav, a politician from Bihar
Anil Kumar Yadav, Minister of Irrigation(Water Resources) Government of Andhra Pradesh
Anita Yadav, politician, Former Minister Haryana Congress
Anjan Kumar Yadav, former M.P. for Secunderabad
Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, former Union Minister
Arvind Singh Yadav, MLA, Chhibramau, SP
Annapurna Devi Yadav, Union Minister of State for Education
Ashok Kumar Yadav, Member of Parliament from Madhubani
Babulal Gaur Yadav, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh(BJP)
Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav, Member of the Parliament and leader Telangana Rashtra Samithi party
Balram Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader, UP
Balram Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour and Employment
Bhagabat Behera Yadav, former Cabinet Minister of Government of Odisha
Chandrapal Singh Yadav, MP, Jhansi, SP
Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, former Chief Minister of Delhi
Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, SP Politician, Shaurya Chakra awardee
Daroga Prasad Rai, 10th Chief Minister of Bihar
Darshan Singh Yadav, former Rajya Sabha MP of Uttar Pradesh
Dinesh Chandra Yadav, former Minister of Bihar and Member of Parliament
Dinesh Yadav, former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Deo Narayan Yadav, 12th Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Devender Yadav, Indian National Congress
Devendra Prasad Yadav, former RJD Leader
Devendra Singh Yadav, former M.P. for Etah
Dharmananda Behera Yadav, former MLA of Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha)
Dharmendra Yadav, M.P., Samajwadi Party
Dimple Yadav, M.P. for Kannauj
D. P. Yadav, leader of Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
Girish Yadav, State Minister, Uttar Pradesh, A BJP Leader
Hitesh Kumar Bagartti Yadav, former Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly(BJP)
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State
Hemchand Yadav, Former Cabinet Minister of Chhattishgarh Government
Jagadambi Prasad Yadav, former Minister of State in PM Morarji Desai Ministry
Jaswant Singh Yadav, BJP, Rajasthan
Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State for Water Resources
Kailash Nath Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
Kanti Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
Lalita Yadav, Minister of State of Madhya Pradesh Government
Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Union Cabinet Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Bihar
Laxmi Narayan Yadav, M.P., Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Madhusudan Yadav, former Lok Sabha MP and Mayor of Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation
Mahinder Yadav, MLA, AAP
Manoj Yadav, former MLA of Bihar and MLA of Jharkhand
Mandakini Behera Yadav, former MLA of Odisha Nayagarh
Mitrasen Yadav, Communist Party leader
Mousadhi Bag Yadav, member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Dharmagarh
Mulayam Singh Yadav (Auraiya politician), former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) for 3 times(he is not the father of Akhilesh Yadav)
Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Union Defence Minister of India and Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav, M.L.A., Samajwadi Party, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Nand Kishore Yadav, Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha
Neera Yadav (politician), leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and the minister in government of Jharkhand
Nityanand Rai Yadav, Minister of State for Home Affairs
Om Prakash Yadav JDU, Bihar
Pappu Yadav, former RJD M.P
Pradeep Yadav, 13th Lok Sabha MP and MLA of Jharkhand state
Pramila Giri Yadav, former Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Baisinga (Mayurbhanj)
Ramakant Yadav, BJP
Ramesh Prasad Yadav, former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Rampal Yadav, SP leader
Ram Gopal Yadav, Rajya Sabha member
Ram Kripal Yadav, former Union Minister of State
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav, former member of Lok Sabha and Ex-MLA of Bihar
Ram Naresh Yadav, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Ranjan Prasad Yadav, RJD politician, Bihar
Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
Sadhu Yadav, politician, Bihar
Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (U)
Shivpal Singh Yadav, former Cabinat Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Shyamlal Yadav, Leader of Congress (I), Former Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Subhash Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Subhash Prasad Yadav, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Bihar
Sudha Yadav, BJP leader
Sunil Kumar Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
Surendra Prasad Yadav, former Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand and Ex-MLA of Bihar he also served as an MP of 12th Lok Sabha
Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister of State in Government of Telangana(Telangana Rashtra Samithi)
Tejashwi Yadav, Ex-Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar State
Tej Pratap Yadav, Ex-Minister for Health, Bihar
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, M.P. for Mainpuri
Uma Kant Yadav, Bihar Legislative Assembly
Umlesh Yadav, former MLA for Bisauli Uttar Pradesh
Vijay Bahadur Yadav, MLA, Gorakhpur Rural
Yogendra Yadav, Leader of Swaraj Abhiyan

Literature[edit | edit source]

Anand Yadav, a Marathi-language writer
B. D. Yadav, historian
J. N. Singh Yadav, English- and Hindi-language writer
Lalai Singh Yadav, writer and playwright from UP
Rajendra Yadav, a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi Kahani.
Ramashankar Yadav, Hindi poet
S. D. S. Yadav, writer of "Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India"

Nepali politics[edit | edit source]

Upendra Yadav, Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
Chitra Lekha Yadav, minister
Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Nepal) member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Radhe Chandra Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Ram Baran Yadav, President
Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister of Education. member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum
Upendra Yadav President of Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
Matrika Yadav, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, A Nepal Communist Party Leader

Professionals[edit | edit source]

Dr. Bhakti Yadav, Padma Shri awardee gynaecologist
Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav, Leading Agriculturist, Padma Shri Awardee
Ramakant Yadav is a professor of Neurology.
Raj Vir Singh Yadav, Kidney transplant surgeon, Padma Shri Awardee, 1982
Rahul Yadav, Ex CEO, Housing.com and founder of Intelligent Interfaces for e-commerce
Yogendra Yadav, Psephology

Science and technology[edit | edit source]

Social workers[edit | edit source]

Phoolbasan Bai Yadav receiving Stree Shakti Puraskar from President Pratibha Patil (2010)

Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Worker in Chhattisgarh, Padma Shri Awardee, Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awardee

Sports[edit | edit source]

Suryakumar Yadav with PM Narendra Modi at PMO, New Delhi (2024)

Abhishek Yadav, football
Abhishek Yadav, table-tennis
Ajay Yadav, cricket
Akash Yadav, cricket
Amit Raj Kumar Yadav, cricket
Arjun Yadav, cricket
Ashwin Yadav, cricket
Avinash Yadav, cricket
Bani Yadav, Car rallyist, India's fastest women car racer
Chinki Yadav, Indian sport shooter
Dharmendra Singh Yadav, boxing
Hemulal Yadav, cricket
Jai Prakash Yadav, cricket
Jayant Yadav, cricket
Jyoti Yadav, cricket
Kapil Yadav, cricket
Kavita Yadav, air-rifle Shooting
Kuldeep Yadav, cricket
Lalit Yadav, Delhi cricketer
Lalit Yadav, Vidharbha cricketer
Narsingh Pancham Yadav, wrestling
Poonam Yadav, cricket
Punam Yadav, weightlifting
Puneet Yadav, Cricket
Radha Yadav, Cricket
Rahul Yadav (cricketer)
Rahul Yadav Chittaboina, Badminton
Rakesh Kumar Yadav, athletics
Ram Singh Sanjay Yadav, Cricket
Ram Singh Yadav, Marathon Runner
Renuka Yadav, hockey
Rohit Yadav C., Badminton
Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, wrestling
Santosh Yadav (cricketer), cricket
Santosh Yadav, mountaineering
Satish Kumar Yadav, boxing
Shivlal Yadav, cricket
Suryakumar Yadav, cricket
Swapnali Yadav, swimming
Tejashwi Yadav, cricket
Umesh Yadav, cricket
Vidhya Yadav, cricket admintration
Vijay Yadav, cricket
Vikas Krishan Yadav, boxing
Vishal Yadav, cricket

Vice Chancellors[edit | edit source]

Raja Ram Yadav inaugurating Aryabhatt Auditorium in Jaunpur (2019)

Prof. (Dr.) Ramakant Yadav, former Vice-Chancellor of UPUMS, Saifai

G. D. Yadav vice chancellor of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) from 2009 until November 2019.
R.S. Yadav was Vice Chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana in 2018.
Raja Ram Yadav former vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University.
Ramesh Kumar Yadava is Vice Chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana since 28 June 2021.
Sumer Singh Yadav Vice-Chancellor of Jagan Nath University, NCR.
Sushma Yadav Vice-Chancellor of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Sonepat.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2973. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

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[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-1] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2973. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

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