List of people from Jharkhand
Award winners
Padma Bhushan
- Kariya Munda - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2018, Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
- Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian
Padma Shri
- Ashok Bhagat - 2015, social worker and secretary of Vikas Bharti[1]
- Balbir Dutt - 2017, journalist
- Bulu Imam - 2019, activist
- Deepika Kumari - 2016, sports, archery
- Digamber Hansda - 2018
- Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - 2012, Chhau dancer and choreographer[2]
- Jamuna Tudu - 2019, also known as Lady Tarzan
- Kedar Nath Sahoo - 2005, classical dancer
- Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - 2020, folk singer
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2009, Indian international cricketer
- Makar Dhwaja Darogha - 2011, Chhau Dancer
- Mukund Nayak - 2017, folk singer
- Parasu Ram Mishra -
- Premlata Agarwal - 2013
- Ram Dayal Munda - 2010, Indian scholar and regional music exponent
- Shyama Charan Pati - 2006, Chhau Dancer
- Simon Oraon - 2016, Indian environmentalist and social worker
- Vasundhara Komkali - 2006, Classical Musician
Academics
- Bindheswari Prasad Keshri - educationist, writer, scholar
- Gerald Durrell - naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter; born in Jamshedpur in 1925
- Jitendra Kumar - teaches computer application at Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur since 2001
- Ram Dayal Munda - former Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University
- Ram Krishna Singh - teacher of English language skills and Indian writing in English at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad since 1976;[3] poet with several publications
Authors
- Bulu Imam - environmentalist, writer
- Khagendra Thakur
- Nikita Singh - Author
- Pankaj Dubey - Author
- Tuhin Sinha - best selling author of eight book, screenwriter and social commentator
Business and industry
- Anurag Dikshit - born in Dhanbad, ranked 207 by Forbes among the world's richest people in 2006[4]
- Ashwin Srivastava - venture capitalist
- Mahesh Poddar - industrialist
- Sanjeev Barnwal - listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Cinema and theatre
Actors
- Ashok Gope - actor, born in Ranchi
- Bibhu Bhattacharya, born in Jharia
- Deepak Lohar
- Dipankar De, born in Jamshedpur
- Imran Zahid, born in Bokaro
- Meiyang Chang, born in Dhanbad
- Nikhil Pandey, born in Ranchi
- Rajesh Jais, born in Ranchi
- R. Madhavan, born in Jamshedpur
- Sanjeev Jaiswal, born in Jamshedpur
- Vikram Singh (actor) - Actor & Producer, born in Jamshedpur
- Zeishan Quadri - actor and writer, born in Wasseypur
Actresses
- Alisha Singh - Actress, Dancer and Choreographer, born in Ranchi
- Amrita Raichand - actress, born in Dhanbad
- Auritra Ghosh - actress, born in Jamshedpur
- Ishita Dutta - younger sister of Tanushree Dutta, born in Jamshedpur
- Komal Jha - actress, born in Ranchi
- Madhurima Tuli - actress, born in Dhanbad
- Meenakshi Seshadri - Miss India 1981, born in Sindri
- Priyanka Chopra - Miss World 2000, actress, born in Jamshedpur
- Pratyusha Banerjee - born in Jamshedpur
- Pooja Singh - born in Jamshedpur
- Rasika Duggal - actress, born in Jamshedpur
- Reecha Sinha - actress, born in Hazaribagh
- Shweta Prasad - actress, born in Jamshedpur
- Shruti Kanwar - born in Jamshedpur
- Simone Singh - born in Jamshedpur
- Sumann - born in Jamshedpur
- Supriya Kumari - actress, born in Ranchi
- Tanushree Dutta - Miss India 2004, actress, born in Jamshedpur
- Tania (Indian actress) - Punjabi Actress, born in Jamshedpur
Cinematographer / Choreographers
- Aseem Mishra - Cinematographer, Born in Dhanbad
- Alisha Singh - Choreographer & Actor, Born in Ranchi
Directors / Producers
- Akashaditya Lama - Director and Scriptwriter based in Bollywood, born in Ranchi
- Amit Bose - Director, born in Jamshedpur
- Anurag Anand - Director and Producer in Hollywood, Hazaribag
- Ashok Ghayal - Director and Composer,
- Biju Toppo - Director and Producer, born in Mahuadanr.
- Gul Bahar Singh - Director, born in Pakur
- Imtiaz Ali - Director and Writer, Jamshedpur
- Lal Vijay Shahdeo - Director, born in Lohardaga
- Raj Kumar Gupta - Director, born in Hazaribag
- Rakesh S.P. Srivastava - Producer & Director, born in Ramgarh Cantt
- Sanjivan Lal - Director and writer, born in Jamshedpur
- Shomu Mukherjee - Director, Writer & Producer, born in Jamshedpur
- Sriram Dalton - Director, born in Daltonganj
- Tanveer Akhter Khan - Director and Producer, born in Bokaro
Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet
- Biswajit Roy Chowdhury - Hindustani classical musician and sarod player, Deoghar
- Chandan Tiwari - folk singer, Bokaro
- Chetan Joshi - flautist in the Hindustani classical music, Jharia
- Karan Singh Arora - He is an Indian Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Music Composer, Music Director, Lyricist & Model, Ranchi
- Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - folk singer, born in Ranchi
- Monica Mundu - Playback Singer, She also acted in film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
- Nandlal Nayak - music composer
- Payal Dev - playback singer
- Ronkini Gupta - playback singer, born in Jamshedpur
- Shilpa Rao - singer, born in Jamshedpur
Freedom fighters and revolutionaries
- Bakhtar Say - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812
- Birsa Munda - freedom fighter and folk hero; belonged to the tribal group of Munda people
- Budhu Bhagat - freedom fighter
- Dhananjay Mahato
- Jagabandhu Patnaik
- Kanhu Murmu
- Mundal Singh - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812
- Nilambar and Pitambar
- Pandey Ganpat Rai
- Raghunath Mahato
- Raja Arjun Singh - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
- Ram Narayan Singh
- Sheikh Bhikhari - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
- Sido Murmu
- Telanga Kharia
- Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
- Tikait Umrao Singh - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
- Tilka Manjhi
Journalism
- Anjana Om Kashyap - executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak
- Balbir Dutt
- Dayamani Barla
Jurists and Lawyers
- Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo - jurist and political activist
- Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist
Medical
- Subhash Mukhopadhyay - created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation
Gallantry Awards winner
- Albert Ekka, recipient of Param Vir Chakra
- Randhir Prasad Verma, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
- Rakesh Asthana
Poetry
- Anuj Lugun - won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi[5]
- Dalel Singh, Nagpuri language poet
- Ghasiram Mahli - Nagpuri poet
- Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - Nagpuri poet
- Raghunath Shah - Nagvanshi king and poet
- Ram Krishna Singh - published seventeen poetry collections in English[6]
Politics
Activist
- Bindeshwari Dubey - A veteran Trade Union Leader & Politician
- Bindheswari Prasad Keshri - educationist, writer
- Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist
- Jaipal Singh Munda, known as Marang Gomke - tribal leader who participated in making of Indian Constitution representing whole tribal community
- Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo - jurist and political activist
- Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist
- Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - songwriter, singer
- Nirmal Mahto - political activist
- Ram Dayal Munda
- Sambit Patra - Indian politician and surgeon. Born in Bokaro Steel City, He is one of the official national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shibu Soren - politician
- Teklal Mahto - politician
Governors of other states
Chief Minister
- Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur,Currently Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
- Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri
- Bindeshwari Dubey - Chief Minister of Bihar from 12 March 1985 to 14 February 1988; was involved in a Trade Union Movement in Chotanagpur collieries and industries since 1944; played an important role in the nationalization of collieries in India, specially in Jharkhand; was 6 term MLA from Bermo constituency in Bokaro District and MP from Giridih in Jharkhand
- Binodanand Jha - Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963
- Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district
- Hemant Soren - Currently Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
- Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand
- Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand
- Shibu Soren
Others
- Ajoy Kumar - former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer; elected as the MP (Member of Parliament) in the 15th Lok Sabha, from the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency; Former President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee,Currently in Aam Aadmi Party
- Basant Narain Singh
- Bidyut Baran Mahato - MLA from Jamshedpur
- Kamakhya Narain Singh
- Vijaya Raje
- Shashank Manjari
- Jayant Sinha
- Kariya Munda
- Kartik Oraon
- Ravindra Kumar Ray
- Subodh Kant Sahay - former cabinet minister, government of India
- Sudesh Kumar Mahto - President of AJSU Party
- Yashwant Sinha - former Union Cabinet minister, Government of India
Religion
- Thakur Anukulchandra
- Father Kamil Bulke
- Parshvanatha - twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism; achieved mokṣa at the age of one hundred atop Shikharji, Giridih district
- Telesphore Toppo
Rulers
- Ani Nath Shahdeo
- Bairisal
- Bhim Karn
- Dalel Singh
- Durjan Sal
- Kamakhya Narain Singh
- Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo
- Phani Mukut Rai
- Madhu Singh
- Medini Ray
- Pratap Karn
- Raghunath Shah
- Raja Arjun Singh
- Ram Shah
- Shivdas Karn
- Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo
- Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo
Social service
- Jyoti Dhawale
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - spent the last 18 to 20 years of his life among the Santhals at Karmatar, Jamtara district; the station Karmatar has been renamed as 'Vidyasagar' railway station in his honour
- Rajesh Thakur - social worker and President of Helping Hands in Bokaro
Sports
Archery
- Deepika Kumari - Is an Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 9 in the world.
- Laxmirani Majhi -
- Madhumita Kumari - She won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event
- Mangal Singh Champia - is an Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games.
- Purnima Mahato - She has won the Indian national archery championships and a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Boxing
- Aruna Mishra - 2004 world champion
- Diwakar Prasad - international boxer
Cricket
- Ishan Kishan
- Kirti Azad
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni - former captain of the Indian cricket team
- Monu Kumar
- Pratyush Singh - He made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 20 October 2016.
- Rahul Tripathi
- Rajesh Chauhan
- Randhir Singh
- Saurabh Tiwary
- Shahbaz Nadeem
- Shubhlakshmi Sharma - Indian female cricket player
- Varun Aaron
Association football
- Deepak Mondal
- Lal Mohan Hansda - Indian footballer, plays as a forward for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League
- Munmun Lugun - Indian footballer, plays as a defender for Pune in the I-League
- Sanjay Balmuchu - Indian footballer, plays as a midfielder for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League; 2012 graduate of the Tata Football Academy[7]
Hockey
- Birendra Lakra - born in Simdega
- Jaipal Singh Munda - captained the Indian field hockey team to win gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
- Kanti Baa
- Manohar Topno
- Masira Surin
- Michael Kindo
- Nikki Pradhan
- Sylvanus Dung Dung - former field hockey player from India
- Sumrai Tete
Mountaineering
- Premlata Agarwal - mountain climber; on May 21, 2011 became the oldest Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, at age 45[8]
Others
- Atul Kochhar - He is an Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality.
- Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi; former Director of Prime Minister's office (PMO), New Delhi
- Rameesh Kailasam - governance reform and policy expert from India
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- "On the top of the world - Steel city mom oldest Indian woman to scale Everest". The Telegraph (Kolkata). May 21, 2011.
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