List of people from Uttarakhand

This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.

Education and development[edit | edit source]

Govind Ballabh Pant, recipient of Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award, Pantnagar University on his name
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University on his name
Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015

Surendra Pal Joshi, artist known for paintings, sculptures and murals
Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
Mina Rana, folk singer
Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer
Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music”

Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on 18 April 1971
Hemlata Kala, cricketer
Jaspal Rana, shooter
Labhanshu Sharma, wrestler
Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer
Manish Pandey, cricketer
Nain Singh Rawat, Asian explorer
Unmukt Chand, cricketer
Pawan Suyal, cricketer
Parimarjan Negi
Mir Ranjan Negi
Navjit Singh, volleyball player
Arvind Raturi, youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013
Jagdish Singh, Winter Olympian

Pooran Chand Joshi, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, academic professor, author
Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, and rock art conservationist, recipient of the Padma Shri
Anurag Chauhan, social worker