Mishra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmin,[1] in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal.[2] This is the list of notable people with Mishra surname, who may or may not be associated with the Brahmin caste.
Army personnel[edit | edit source]
- Avijit Misra – Colonel in Indian Army
- B. D. Mishra – former brigadier of the Indian Army, 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
Corporate and business personalities[edit | edit source]
- Rajeev Misra – London-based banker and executive, former CEO of Softbank
Doctors[edit | edit source]
- Anoop Misra – Endocrinologist
- B. K. Misra – Neurosurgeon
- Mohan Mishra – Physician
Entertainers[edit | edit source]
- Akhilendra Mishra – Indian film and television character actor.
- Amit Mishra (singer) – Indian singer and songwriter
- Leela Mishra – film actor
- Piyush Mishra – Indian film actor, music director, lyricist, and writer
- Prachi Mishra – Femina Miss India Earth 2012
- Sanjay Mishra (actor) – Indian actor and comedian known from the show Office Office
- S. K. Misro – Telugu film and theatre personality
- Smriti Mishra – Indian film actress famous for her roles in parallel cinema.
- Sudhir Mishra – Indian film director and screenwriter
- Sugandha Mishra – Indian singer and television presenter
- Vanya Mishra – Femina Miss India 2012
- Pravisht Mishra – Indian Television actor since 2011
- Vishal Mishra (composer) - Indian music composer and singer
- Vishal Mishra (director) - Indian Hindi film writer and director
Government officers[edit | edit source]
- Baidyanath Misra – former 1 of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology
- Brajesh Mishra (First National Security Advisor of India)
- Durga Shanker Mishra -Principal Secretary Ministry of housing and urban affairs, India
- Nripendra Misra – Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
- Ramakant Mishra – IAS officer and renowned scholar
- Satyananda Mishra – National Security Advisor
- Vikas Mishra (economist) – former Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University
Judiciary[edit | edit source]
- Arun Kumar Mishra – Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and current Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India
- Dipak Misra – Former Chief Justice of India
- Gyan Sudha Mishra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Kanhaiya Lal Misra – Advocate General (Uttar Pradesh)
- Manoj Misra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Prashant Kumar Mishra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Ranganath Misra – Former Chief Justice of India, known for 'Mishra Commission'
Performing artists[edit | edit source]
- Baiju Bawra – Singer
- Bhubaneswari Mishra – Odia classical singer
- Birju Maharaj – Kathak dancer
- Chhannulal Mishra – Hindustani classical music singer
- Debojyoti Mishra – Indian music director and film composer
- Lalmani Misra – Indian classical musician
- Lisa Mishra – American singer and composer
- Rajan and Sajan Mishra – Contemporary North Indian Musician
- Sanjay Mishra (musician) – Indian born American guitarist and composer
- Shivnath Mishra – Indian sitarist and composer
- Pravisht Mishra – Indian actor from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Poets and scholars[edit | edit source]
- Bhawani Prasad Mishra – Poet (1913–1985)
- Godabarish Mishra – Poet
- Hara Prasad Misra – Scholar in oxidative free radical research
- Hemanta Mishra, Nepalese conservation biologist
- Jayamant Mishra (1925–2010), Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet
- Keshavdas – Sanskrit scholar
- Madan Mohan Mishra, Nepalese author
- Maṇḍana Miśra – 8th century Indian philosopher, Maṇḍana Miśra is best known as the author of the Brahmasiddhi
- Prabhat Mishra, Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and a UF Research Foundation Professor at the University of Florida
- Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, Founder Tulsi Peeth and Founder Chancellor Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakoot
- Ramdarash Mishra (1924–2025), Indian poet, writer and academic
- Srivatsanka Mishra – also called Koorathazhwar, Philosopher in Vishishtadvaita philosophy & disciple of Ramanujacharya
- Vācaspati Miśra, 10th century scholar, Author of TattvaBindu
Politicians[edit | edit source]
- Abhishek Mishra – Former member of the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
- Bhadrakali Mishra – Senior (Nepali) politician, Minister and Chairperson of King Bridendra's Privy Council
- Chaturanan Mishra – Former Indian Agriculture Minister
- Dwarka Prasad Mishra – Politician, former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Gajaraj Mishra, Nepalese politician and courtier allied to Prince Chautariya Bahadur Shah of Nepal and Vamsharaj Pande
- Hari Shankar Mishra – Nepali politician, former MP and Governor of Province No 2 (son of Ram Narayan Mishra)
- Ishwar Dayal Mishra – Former minister Physical Infrastructure Govt Of Nepal and member of Constitutional assembly
- Jagannath Mishra – Politician, former chief minister of Bihar
- Janeshwar Mishra (Samajwadi Party Leader)
- Kalraj Mishra – Former Union Minister for MSME
- Lalit Narayan Mishra – Former Indian Rail Minister
- Narottam Mishra – Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of Madhya Pradesh
- Navendu Mishra – British Labour MP
- Nitish Mishra – JDU Leader Bihar and state Cabinet minister of Bihar
- Prem Chandra Mishra – Member of Legislative Council, Bihar, Indian National Congress politician and former Bihar NSUI Chief.
- Rabindra Mishra, Nepalese politician and former journalist
- Ram Naryan Mishra – Nepali politician, Minister in BP Koirala cabinet (brother of Bhadrakali Mishra)
- Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP Leader) Former Advocate General UP
- Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra – Indian National Congress politician, eminent Parliamentarian and Central Minister
- Sripati Misra (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)
- Surjya Kanta Mishra – CPIM Leader, Leader of Opposition Bengal Assembly
- Vijay Mishra - Indian gangster and a politician who has represented Gyanpur constituency
Sportsperson[edit | edit source]
- Amit Mishra – Indian cricketer
- Mohnish Mishra – Indian cricketer
- Suresh Kumar Mishra – Former Indian volleyball team captain
- Tanmay Mishra – Kenyan cricketer
- Abhimanyu Mishra – US Chess player of Indian origin holding the record of being the youngest Chess Grandmaster in the world.
Writers[edit | edit source]
- Govind Mishra – Indian novelist.
- Jaishree Misra – Indian essay-ist and novelist
- Pankaj Mishra – Indian essay-ist and novelist
- Pratap Narayan Mishra – Indian writer
- Subimal Mishra – Indian Bengali novelist, short story writer, and essayist
Other notable persons[edit | edit source]
- Anupam Mishra – Environmentalist & water conservationist
- Columbia Mishra – Indian-American aerospace engineer
- Neelesh Misra – Journalist
- Vishal Misra – Indian-American scientist at Columbia University
- Rahul Mishra – Indian fashion designer
- Rakesh Mishra – Indian scientist specialising in genomics and epigenetics
- Sameer Mishra – 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee champion (USA)
- Sourav Mishra – Reuters journalist, one of the first witnesses of 2008 Mumbai Attacks
- Sudhir Kumar Mishra – Aerospace engineer, CEO of BrahMos Aerospace
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Devesh Kapur, D Shyam Babu, Chandra Bhan Prasad (2014). Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs. Random House India. p. Contents. ISBN 9788184006391.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Lal, C.K. "Cultural flows across a blurred boundary" (PDF). Southern Utah University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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