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This is a list of famous and notable people from Madhya Pradesh, India.[1] This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is based on the extent of their popularity. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well known during the peak of their popularity.
Rulers and Generals[edit | edit source]
Ancient[edit | edit source]
Medieval[edit | edit source]
- Nagabhata I
- Nagabhata II
- Mihira Bhoja
- Lakshmikarna
- Hammiravarman
- Rahila
- Yashovarman
- Dhanga
- Vidyadhara
- Madanavarman
- Bhoja
- Devapala
- Mahalakadeva
Freedom fighters[edit | edit source]
- Chandra Shekhar Azad
- Ravishankar Shukla
- Tatya Tope
- Rani Lakshmi Bai
- Rani Avanti Bai
- Tantya Bheel (Tantya Mama)
- Jhalkari Bai
Scientists[edit | edit source]
- Narendra Karmarkar, Gwalior
- Anil Kakodkar, Barwani
Business[edit | edit source]
Nobel Laureates[edit | edit source]
Craftspeople[edit | edit source]
- Abdul Kadar Khatri (1961 - 2019) Master Craftsman[2][3]
- Mohammed Yusuf Khatri
Sport medal Winners[edit | edit source]
Medicine[edit | edit source]
- Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Bhopal born scholar of Unani medicine
- Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey cardiologist
Chief Justices of India[edit | edit source]
Governor of RBI[edit | edit source]
Hindi and Urdu literature[edit | edit source]
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi
- Nathuram Premi
- Ramkumar Verma
- Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
- Harishankar Parsai
- Sharad Joshi
- Rahat Indori
- Rajneesh
- Bihari Lal
- Abdul Qavi Desnavi
- Rahat Indori
- Kaif Bhopali
- Uday Prakash
- Seth Govind Das
- Hari Krishna Devsare
- Nida Fazli
- Anupam Mishra
- Balachandra Shastri
- Vidya Shah
- Mrinal Pande
- Vagish Shastri
- Khurram Murad
- Bhagwan Datt Sharma
Journalists[edit | edit source]
Bollywood[4][edit | edit source]
- Ami Mishra
- Anil Mange
- Arjun Rampal
- Arunoday Singh
- Ashok Kumar
- Ashutosh Rana
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Javed Khan
- Johnny Walker
- Jaya Bachchan
- Salim Khan
- Salman Khan
- Sharat Saxena
- Kumar Pallana
- Raghuvir Yadav
- Mamta Sharma
- Arjun Rampal
- Swanand Kirkire
- Govind Namdev
- Ashutosh Rana
- Mukesh Tiwari
- Shaan
- Sara Khan
- Himangini Singh Yadu
- Sharad Kelkar
- Divyanka Tripathi
- Annu Kapoor
- Rajeev Verma
- Mushtaq Khan
- Razak Khan
- Sachin Nayak
- Palak Muchhal
- Rishiking
- Kartik Aaryan
- Vinay Sapru writer, director, producer
Politics[edit | edit source]
- B.R. Ambedkar
- Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former PM of India
- Kailash Nath Katju
- Vijaya Raje Scindia
- Madhavrao Scindia, former Union Minister
- Paras Chandra Jain, Energy Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh
- Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP National General Secretary
- Kamal Patel, former Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh
- Arjun Singh, politician
- Vasundhara Raje
- Sharad Yadav
- Jaya Bachchan
- Sumitra Mahajan
- Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
- Prithviraj Chavan
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, current chief minister
- Uma Bharti
- Digvijaya Singh
- Satish Kumar Sharma, politician
Hockey[edit | edit source]
Cricket[edit | edit source]
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
- Mushtaq Ali
- Chandu Sarwate, former India cricketer.
- Amay Khurasiya, former India cricketer.
- Narendra Hirwani, former India cricketer.
- C. K. Nayudu
- Sanjay Jagdale
- Narendra Menon
- Sudhir Asnani
- Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer born in Indore.
- Amay Khurasiya
- Jai Prakash Yadav
- Naman Ojha
- Devendra Bundela
- Nuzhat Parween
- Ishwar Pandey
Militants[edit | edit source]
Skiing[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ by (2017-12-21). "Famous personalities of Madhya Pradesh". MPPCS Exam Preparation. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ↑ "Bagh artist Abdul Khatri bags UNESCO 2018 award in Qatar | Bhopal News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ Pioneer, The. "Bagh artisan Abdul Kadar Khatri bags UNESCO, world craft council award". The Pioneer.
- ↑ Shrivastava, Anuradha (2020-11-15). "17 Popular Bollywood Celebrities Who Are From Madhya Pradesh". www.postoast.com. Retrieved 2021-10-24.