List of people from Uttarakhand

The People from Uttarakhand

This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.

 

 Education and Development

·         Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University on his name.

 

 Arts & Culture

• Gopal Babu Goswami, folk Singer
• Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer
• Sanjay Pal, Garhwali film director & singer.
• Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942-2010), poet and folk singer
• Heera Singh Rana, folk singer

 

Cinema

• Anushka Sharma
• Varun Badola
• Deepak Dobriyal
• Susan Brar
• Rishi Kumar
• Prasoon Joshi
• Sudhir Pandey
• Nirmal Pandey
• Himani Shivpuri
• Aditi Sajwan

 

 

Theatre

• B.M. Shah
• Mohan Upreti

 

Defence

• Gabbar Singh, One of the first "Victoria Cross" recipients
• Lt. General M.M Lakhera, Governor of Mizoram ,ex Lt. Governor of Pondicherry
• Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
• Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
• Bipin Chandra Joshi

 

 Literature

• Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi (Pal), Great English,Hindi Writer.
• Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer-poet
• Pt Ila Chandra Joshi
• Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer-academic
• Shivani, Hindi writer
• Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
• Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer-screenwriter
• Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer-journalist
• Ruskin Bond, English writer
• Ramachandra Guha, writer-historian
• Dr.Govind chatak , writer
• Dr.Pitamber Dutt Barthwal, First Doctor Of literature

 

Politics

• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
• Murli Manohar Joshi
• Bhairab Dutt Pande
• Narayan Pal

 

Chief Ministers

• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Present
• Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
• Nityanand Swami

 

Sports & adventure

• Bachendri Pal
• Jaspal Rana
• Madhumita Bisht
• Nain Singh Rawat
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

Others

• Gaura Devi, The woman who started "Chipko Aandolan"
• Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Chipko leader
• Sanjay Dobhal, well known Computer Programmer of the state.
• Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko leader
• Shamsher Singh Bisht, Veteran of Mass movements
• shri mangi lal BHEL Hardwar recipient of priminister's shram shree award & vishavkarma rashtriya puruskar.
• Nandan singh Negi - Debut Sport Scan
• Sanjay Thapa - senior journalist, deputy editor

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Uttarakhand