Pokhara Lekhnath
पोखरा लेखनाथ | |
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  Pokhara Lekhnath Location in Nepal  Pokhara Lekhnath Pokhara Lekhnath (Nepal)  Pokhara Lekhnath Pokhara Lekhnath (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 28°15′50″N 83°58′20″E / 28.26389°N 83.97222°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
This is a list of notable people from Gandaki Province of Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in Pokhara, or for whom Pokhara is a significant part of their identity. They are also known as Pokhareli People. The list is in alphabetical order.
A
- Ajit Bhandari - Nepalese footballer for Nepal Police Club and the Nepal national team.
- Ali Miya - poet
- Amrit Gurung – (active 1991–after 2013), singer and musician, founder of the band Nepathaya
- Anil Gurung - footballer
- Anup Baral - actor, writer, director
- Anup Kaphle - executive editor of Rest of World.
- Animesh Shahi - reality show contestant and 1st runner up of Himalaya Roadies
- Andrew Briggs - scientist
- Arun Thapa - singer and songwriter
B
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- Batsyayana - political cartoonist
- Belmaya Nepali - filmmaker
- Bimal Gharti Magar - footballer
- Bishnu Majhi - folk singer and is known as the "Vocal Queen of Nepali folk singer"
- Bishnu Shrestha - Nepalese Gurkha soldier in the Indian Army
- Bivek Shrestha - singer and leader of Kandara (musical group)
- Buddha Lama - singer and winner of Nepal Idol Season 1[1]
C
- Chandra Gurung - environmentalist.
- Chandra Bahadur Gurung - politician
- Cool Pokhrel - singer and songwriter
- CD Vijaya Adhikari - singer and the winner of first The Voice of Nepal
D
- Dambar Singh Kuwar - track and field athlete for 1988 Summer Olympics
- Dev Gurung - politician.
- Dhana Raj Acharya - politician, businessman and philanthropist.
- Dharmaraj Thapa - folk singer.
- Dharmendra Sewan - singer, songwriter, composer and performer.
G
- Govinda Raj Joshi - politician
- Gyani Shah - is the first Nepalese lady to join Nepal Army
- Gyanu Rana - singer
J
- Jamuna Gurung - entrepreneur.
- Jassita Gurung - actress.
- Jeewan Gurung - singer.
- Jhalak Man Gandarbha - folk singer.
- J. O. M. Roberts - one of the greatest Himalayan mountaineer-explorers of the twentieth century.
- Jagan Timilsina - trail runner, mountaineer and an outdoor instructor.
K
- Khagaraj Adhikari - politician,former home minister
- Kamal Thapa - politician
- Karan KC - cricket and is the fastest bowler of Nepal.
- Karna Das is one of the most prominent Nepali singers living and performing today.
- Khadga Jeet Baral Magar - folk singer
- Khaptad Baba - spiritual saint.
- Khimlal Gautam - Nepali Mountaineer and Chief Survey Officer
- Kul Bahadur KC - Nepali poet, laureate
- Kiran Gurung - politician
- Krishna Bhattachan - Nepal's leading sociologists and indigenous activist.
- Kuber Singh Rana - was the Inspector General of the Nepal Police
L
- Laure - rapper
- Lekhnath Paudyal - poet and writer
M
- Mahabir Pun - teacher, social entrepreneur and an activist
- Marino Curnis - writer and poet
- Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya - poet
N
- Narayan Gopal - rominent popular singer and composer of Nepali music.
- Narayan Wagle - journalist and novelist
- Neelima Gurung - beauty queen
- Neha Pun murder - murder victim
P
- Palten Gurung - politician
- Prakash Bahadur Gurung - politician
- Parivesh - folk singer
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prime Minister of Nepal.
R
- Rabindra Prasad Adhikari - politician
- Raj Ballav Koirala - actor
- Ramjee Kunwar - politician
- Rishma Gurung - actress
- Robin Tamang - singer
S
- Sabindra Shrestha - footballer
- Samikshya Adhikari - singer
- Saraswati Pratikshya - writer
- Sarita Gurung - philanthropist and social worker
- Sarita Tiwari - poet, writer and advocate.
- Saru Bhakta - is a screenwriter of Madan Puraskar, the most prestigious literary honour in Nepal.
- Shesh Ghale - billionaire and businessman
- Shiva Shrestha - footballer
- Sharada Sharma - writer and poet.
- Siddharth Lama - actor
- Sipora Gurung - volleyball Player[2]
- Sonie Rajbhandari - beauty queen
- Sundar Shrestha - singer
- Surya Bahadur KC - industrialist and a House of Representatives member.
- Sushil KC - footballer
T
- Tul Bahadur Pun - was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry[3]
U
- Upendra Kant Aryal - is 25th Chief of Nepal Police
- Usha Sherchan singer, lyricist and writer
Y
- Yasin Bhatkal - leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM)
See also
References
- ↑ "Buddha Lama clinches Nepal Idol title". My Republica. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ↑ "My Republica". archives.myrepublica.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Gurkha hero and campaigner dies". Apr 21, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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