The following is a list of notable people from Telangana.

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Award winners

Education

• Prof. K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University; former member of the UPSC
• Arjula Ramachandra Reddy, distinguished biologist; founder Vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University; Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
• Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationist and Telangana activist

Business/Industrialists

• Jupally Rameswar Rao, My Home group
• Sashi Reddi, AppLabs

Film industry

• Kanta Rao
• Vandemataram Srinivas
• Vijay Deverakonda
• Aditi Rao Hydari
• Nithiin
• C. Narayanareddy
• Chakri, composer
• Chandrabose
• Dasarathi Krishnamacharya
• Dil Raju
• Harish Shankar
• Nandini Reddy
• Nagesh Kukunoor, filmmaker and screenwriter
• Nikhil Siddharth
• Venu Madhav
• Udaya Bhanu
• Vennela Kishore
• Rahul Ramakrishna
• Priyadarshi
• Rahul Ramakrishna
• Sampath Nandi
• Shekhar Kammula
• Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga
• Nag Ashwin
• Siva Reddy
• Thagubothu Ramesh
• Shashi Preetam, music director
• Suddala Ashok Teja
• Shyam Benegal
• Shabana Azmi
• Vamshi Paidipally
• Surender ReddyM. Prabhakar Reddy
• N.Shankar
• Farah Naaz
• Tabassum Hashmi
• Dia Mirza Handrich
• Sampoornesh Babu
• Dasharath
• Sushmita Sen
• Tanishq Reddy
• Kiran Rao
• B. Narsing Rao
• Rajnesh Domalpalli, Telugu film director
• Sankalp Reddy
• Rahul Sipligunj
• Paidi Jairaj
• Reshma Rathore
• Madhura Sreedhar Reddy

Poets

• Malliya Rechana (940 CE) was a Jain poet
• Kancherla Gopanna or Bhakta Ramadasu
• Palkuriki Somanna
• Bammera Pothana, one of the most acclaimed Telugu poets
• Krishnamacharyulu Dasaradhi (1925–1987), poet and political activist
• Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914–2002), poet and political activist
• C. Narayanareddy, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan award recipient
• Dasaradhi Rangacharya
• Chandrabose
• Suddala Hanmanthu, poet, best known for the Telugu folk song "Palletoori Pillagada"
• Goreti Venkanna, poet and folk singer
• Rasamayi Balakrishna, folk singer, poet and political activist
• Ampasayya Naveen
• Bulemoni Venkateshwarlu
• Sunkireddy Narayana Reddy
• Gaddar, Singer
• Gummadi Vittal Rao, balladeer and Naxalite activist
• Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao
• Suddala Hanmanthu
• Suddala Ashok Teja
• Suravaram Pratapareddy
• Vajjala Shiva Kumar
• Varavara Rao
• Vattikota AlwarSwamy
• Gona Budda Reddy
• Waheed Akhtar, Urdu poet, writer and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century
• Mallinātha Sūri
• Agasthya Kavi
• Andesri
• Fani Badayuni, noted Urdu poet
• Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Urdu poet
• Nandini Sidda Reddy
• Rama Chandra Mouli

Politicians

• P. V. Narasimha Rao, ex-CM of AP and ninth Prime Minister of India
• Sarojini Naidu, first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman governor (to United Provinces)
• Zakir Hussain, third President of India and former governor of Bihar
• Padmaja Naidu, founder of INC in the Hyderabad State, former governor of West Bengal
• Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, first elected Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State (Independent India)
• Marri Chenna Reddy, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
• Jalagam Vengal Rao, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
• Tanguturi Anjaiah, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
• Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, Former Chief Minister of Telangana State; founder of TRS/BRS;
• Anumula Revanth Reddy, Second Chief Minister of Telangana State
• Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 2019, ex-MP Sec-bad
• Jaipal Reddy, ex-MP (13th, 14th and 15th Lokh Sabha); Minister, GOI
• Naini Narshimha Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Telangana, MLC, TRS Party Senior Leader
• Sabita Indra Reddy, Education Minister of Telangana from 2019
• R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP party
• Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, ex-MP, former General Secretary for the Communist Party of India
• Renuka Chowdhury, former Union minister of State and member of numerous parliamentary committees
• Alimineti Madhava Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• P. Shiv Shankar, ex-MP, Union Law Minister - GOI
• G. Sanjeeva Reddy, ex-MP Rajya Sabha, Ex-Minister of labour
• G. Venkat Swamy, ex-MP (14th Lok Sabha); ex-Minister, GOI
• Linganna Pujari, Mumbai
• Ponnala Lakshmaiah, President, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee; ex-Minister of AP
• Tadur Bala Goud, Champion of the Backward Class community; former Minister, MLA; twice an MP in 8th and 9th Lok Sabha
• V. Srinivas Goud, MLA, AP
• Bandaru Dattatreya, MP (Lok Sabha) and Minister, GOI
• P. Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary, BJP
• Ponnam Prabhakar Goud, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Manda Jagannadham, MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Ramesh Rathod, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Gutha Sukender Reddy, Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council from 2019
• Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Sabita Indra Reddy, ex-Minister, Andhra Pradesh
• Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, ex-minister, AP
• Kunduru Jana Reddy, ex-Minister Panchayat Raj (2010), AP
• Madan Mohan, MLA
• K. T. Rama Rao, MLA
• T. Harish Rao, MLA
• K. Kavitha, MP; founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
• G. Kishan Reddy, MLA, President of the BJP, AP
• Marri Shashidhar Reddy, MLA, member of the National Disaster Management Authority
• Etela Rajender, MLA
• Kadiyam Srihari, MP
• Konda Surekha, MLA, ex-Minister, AP
• Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, founder of Lok Satta Party
• Ramreddy Damodar Reddy, MLA
• Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MLA, Chief Whip for the Congress Party
• Chukka Ramaiah, Ramaiah Academy, Educationalist, MLC
• G. Vivekanand, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
• Revanth Reddy, MP, Malkajgiri
• R. Krishnaiah, MLA, National backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP
• Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, President Of AIMIM
• Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly from AIMIM
• C.Laxma Reddy, MLA Jadcherla, ex-Health Minister

Sport

News writers

• Vattikota Alwar Swamy (1915–1961), Telugu writer, human rights activist, communist leader, journalist and publisher
• Suravaram Pratapareddy (1896–1953), social historian
• Suddala Ashok Teja, Tollywood lyric writer
• Arunodaya Vimala, balladeer and social activist

Military chiefs

• Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88
• Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81
• Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09

Religious figures

• Kancherla Gopanna

Lawyers

• Subodh Markandeya, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.

Other notable people

• Chakali Ailamma, revolutionary leader
• Komaram Bheem, 20th-century freedom fighter
• Chukka Ramaiah, educator
• Prof. Kothapalli Jayashankar, Professor and political activist
• Prof. M. Kodandaram, Professor, political activist, and chairman of All-Party Telangana Joint Action Committee
• Kalvakuntla Kavitha, political activist, founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
• Suddala Hanumanthu, freedom fighter, writer, balladeer
• Malik Motasim Khan, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
• V. Prakash, educational activist
• Bholekar Srihari, painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Suresh Venapally, Indian mathematician known for his research work in algebra, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2009
• Gaddar, artist, singer, politician
• Varavara Rao, poet
• Ganapathi, leader of the banned extremist group CPI (Maoist)
• Raavi Narayana Reddy, revolutionary, leader of CPI, parliamentarian
• Diya Mirza, former Miss Asia-Pacific pageant winner
• Vivek Oberoi, Hindi film actor
• Tabu, Hindi film actress, multiple national awards winner
• Vani Kola, venture capitalist, co-founder of Kalaari Capital
• Nerella Venu Madhav, often regarded as the father of Indian mimicry

See also

• Jaya Jaya He Telangana
• Telangana Language Day

References