List of people from Varanasi
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Varanasi on the banks of the holy Ganges River
This is a list of notable people from Varanasi, India.
Activists
Arts, music and entertainment
- Ashutosh Bhattacharya (1917–2004), Tabla Player
- Girija Devi, Singer, Padma Vibhushan
- Siddheshwari Devi, Khayal Singer, Padma Shri
- Sitara Devi, Padma Shri
- Bismillah Khan, Shehnai Player, Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan
- Birju Maharaj, Kathak Guru, Padma Vibhushan
- Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Player, Padma Vibhushan Vikash Maharaj Sarod Maestro, Yash Bharti, Karmveer
- Channulal Mishra, Hindustani classical Player, Padma Bhushan
- Shamta Prasad (Gudai Maharaj), Tabla Player, Padma Shri
- Ritwik Sanyal, Singer, Dhrupad
- Ravi Shankar, Sitar Player, Bharat Ratna
- Shivnath Mishra, Sitarist, Surbahar
- Uday Shankar, Dancer, Padma Vibhushan
- Sujit Kumar, Actor & Producer
- Anant Lal, Indian Classical Musician & Teacher
- Rasoolan Bai, Vocalist. Prabhash Maharaj Visiting professor,tabla player.
- Ronu Majumdar, Flautist
- Lalmani Misra, Musician
- Hemanta Mukherjee, Singer, Music Director & Film Director
- Deobrat Mishra, Sitar, Surbahar artist
Literature and academics
- Baldev Upadhyaya, Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic, Padma Bhushan
- Bharatendu Harishchandra, Writer
- Devaki Nandan Khatri, Writer
- Gopinath Kaviraj (1887–1976), Sanskrit scholar; Principal Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi (1923–1937); Padma Vibhushan (1964)[1]
- Jaishankar Prasad, Writer
- Kabir Das
- Premchand, Hindi Writer
- Tulsidas
- Vagish Shastri, Sanskrit scholar, Tantric, linguist and grammarian
- Veer Bhadra Mishra, founding president of the Sankat Mochan Foundation; former professor and HOD of Civil Engineering at IIT (BHU), Varanasi[2]
- Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil', Poet
- Shiv Prasad Mishra, Writer[3]
- Shiv Prasaad Singh, Writer[4]
- Kashi Nath Singh, Writer
- Charu Sheel Singh, Writer
- Premendra Mitra, Bengali Poet & Novelist
- Deviprasad Dwivedi, Writer & Teacher, Padma Bhushan
- Harihar Kripalu Tripathi, Sanskrit Scholar, Padma Bhushan
Politics
- Devendra Nath Dwivedi, politician and the Governor designate of Gujarat
- Mahendra Nath Pandey, HRD Minister of state, Modi ministry
- Sri Prakasa, Governor of Assam
- Sampurnanand, freedom fighter; writer who became Chief Minister of UP and Governor of Rajasthan; responsible for renaming Benares to Varanasi
- Kamalapati Tripathi, writer, journalist, editor, freedom fighter and former railway minister
Royalty
- Maharani Kiran Rao, Queen of Bhopal
- Maharani Lakshmibai, Queen of Jhansi
Scientists
- Bishun Khare, Research Scientist
- Arvind Mohan Kayastha, Biologist
- Sanjaya Rajaram, Plant Biologist
- Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, cytogenetist and biologist, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar award, fellow INSA, Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, Distinguished Professor, BHU
Sports
- Mohammed Shahid, Hockey Player
- Prashanti Singh, Basketball Player
- Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Basketball Player
- Ram Singh Yadav, Marathon
- Narsingh Pancham Yadav, Wrestler
- Bernard Brodhurst, Cricketer
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Cricketer
- Divya Singh, Basketball Player
- Akanksha Singh, Basketball Player
- Pratima Singh, Basketball Player
- Poonam Yadav, Wrestler
Others
- Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna
- K. L. Shrimali, Padma Vibhushan
- Lahiri Mahasaya, Yogi
- Rai Krishnadasa, Padma Vibhushan
- Ravidas
- Sameer, Lyricist
- Sir James Brooke, Founder of the White Rajah dynasty of Sarawak
- Sunil Bansal, Politician
- Arun Pathak, Activist & Politician
- Ekta Chowdhry, Model
- Tapan Singhel, Managing Director & CEO of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
- Sitaram Chaturvedi, Educator, Dramatist & Scholar
- Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Revolutionary & founder of Hindustan Republican Association
- Manmath Nath Gupta, Revolutionary & Author
References
- ↑ "Sri Sri Anandamayi Ma's Devotees". Anandamayi Ma. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "Shiv Prasad Mishra". wikipedia.org. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ↑ "Shiv Prasaad Siingh". wikipedia.org. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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