List of people from Arunachal Pradesh

This is a list of people who were born in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Mountaineers

• Tapi Mra - mountaineer from India and the first person from Arunachal Pradesh to scale Everest
• Anshu Jamsenpa - Everester 4 times
• Tine Mena - Everester

Social activists

• Nabam Atum
• Binny Yanga

Journalists

• Mamang Dai - journalist, author, poet, and former civil servant based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
• Dibang - Aaj Tak journalist; his mother is from Arunachal Pradesh; his father is Punjabi

Politics and bureaucracy

• Pema Khandu - CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Kalikho Pul - ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Gegong Apang - former CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Mukut Mithi - former CM of Arunachal Pradesh; Lt. Governor of Puducherry
• Rajani Kanta Patir - former Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh
• Kiren Rijiju - BJP Member of Parliament; Union minister ^[1]
• Takam Sanjoy - INC Member of Parliament
• Jomin Tayeng - first IAS Officer of Arunachal Pradesh; MLA from Dambuk
• Prem Khandu Thungon - first Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
• Nabam Tuki - ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Ninong Ering - Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh and Former Union Minister
• Jarbom Gamlin - ex-CM and former MP
• Shakuntala Doley Gamlin - former Chief Secretary and secretary for department of empowerment of person with disabilities
• Daying Ering - politician

Religious leaders

• Talom Rukbo - father of the Donyi-Polo movement

Philosophers

• Tamo Mibang - Vice-Chancellor; Head of Department of Tribal Studies of Rajiv Gandhi University

References