Mishra
Mishra or Misra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmins,[1] Community mostly found in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal.[2]
Army personnel
- Avijit Misra - Colonel in Indian Army
- B. D. Mishra - former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Doctors
- Anoop Misra - Endocrinologist
- B. K. Misra - Neurosurgeon
- Mohan Mishra - Physician
Entertainers
- Akhilendra Mishra – Indian film and television character actor.
- Amit Mishra (singer) - Indian singer and songwriter
- Leela Mishra – film actor
- Prachi Mishra – Femina Miss India Earth 2012
- Piyush Mishra – Indian film actor, music director, lyricist, and writer
- Sanjay Mishra (actor) – Indian actor and comedian known from Office Office
- S. K. Misro – Telugu film and theatre personality
- Smriti Mishra – Indian film actress famous for her roles in parallel cinema.
- Sudhir Mishra – Indian film director and screenwriter
- Sugandha Mishra - Indian singer and television presenter
- Vanya Mishra – Femina Miss India 2012
Government officers
- Brajesh Mishra (First National Security Advisor of India)
- Durga Shanker Mishra -Principal Secretary Ministry of housing and urban affairs, India.
- Nripendra Misra - Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
- Ramakant Mishra – IAS officer and renowned scholar
- Satyananda Mishra – National Security Advisor
Judiciary
- Justice Arun Kumar Mishra -Supreme court of India
- Justice Dipak Misra – Former Chief Justice of India
- Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Justice Ranganath Misra – Former Chief Justice of India, known for 'Mishra Commission'
- Kanhaiya Lal Misra - Advocate General (Uttar Pradesh)
Performing artists
- Baiju Bawra - Singer
- Bhubaneswari Mishra – Odia classical singer
- Birju Maharaj – Kathak dancer
- Chhannulal Mishra – Hindustani classical music singer
- Lalmani Misra – Indian classical musician
- Rajan and Sajan Mishra – Contemporary North Indian Musician
- Sanjay Mishra (musician) – Indian born American guitarist and composer.
- Shivnath Mishra – Indian sitarist and composer
Poets and scholars
- Bhawani Prasad Mishra – Poet (1913–1985)
- Godabarish Mishra – Poet,
- Hara Prasad Misra - Scholar in oxidative free radical research
- Hemanta Mishra, Nepalese conservation biologist
- Jayamant Mishra – Jayamant Mishra, (1925–2010) Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet,
- Keshavdas – Sanskrit scholar.
- Maṇḍana Miśra - 8th century Indian philosopher, Maṇḍana Miśra is best known as the author of the Brahmasiddhi.
- Madan Mohan Mishra, Nepalese author
- Srivatsanka Mishra - also called Koorathazhwar, Philosopher in Vishishtadvaita philosophy & disciple of Ramanujacharya
- Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, Founder Tulsi Peeth and Founder Chancellor Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakoot
- Vācaspati Miśra, 10th century scholar, Author of TattvaBindu
Politicians
- Bhadrakali Mishra – Senior (Nepali) politician, Minister and Chairperson of King Bridendra's Privy Council
- Chaturanan Mishra – Former Indian Agriculture Minister
- Dwarka Prasad Mishra – Politician, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Jagannath Mishra – Politician, former Chief Minister of Bihar
- Janeshwar Mishra (Samajwadi Party Leader)
- Kalraj Misra - Former Union Minister for MSME
- Lalit Narayan Mishra – Former Indian Rail Minister
- Navendu Mishra – British Labour MP
- Nitish Mishra – JDU Leader Bihar And state Cabinet minister of Bihar
- Prem Chandra Mishra - Member of Legislative Council, Bihar, Indian National Congress politician and former Bihar NSUI Chief.
- Rabindra Mishra, Nepalese politician and former journalist
- Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP Leader) Former Advocate General UP
- Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra – Indian National Congress politician, eminent Parliamentarian and Central Minister.
- Sripati Misra (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)
- Surjya Kanta Mishra – CPIM Leader, Leader of Opposition Bengal Assembly
Sportsperson
- Amit Mishra – Indian cricketer
- Mohnish Mishra – Indian cricketer
- Suresh Kumar Mishra – Former Indian volleyball team captain
- Tanmay Mishra – Kenyan cricketer
Writers
- Govind Mishra – Indian novelist.
- Jaishree Misra – Indian essayist and novelist
- Pankaj Mishra – Indian essayist and novelist
- Pratap Narayan Mishra – Indian writer
- Yatindra Mishra- writer
Other notable persons
- Anupam Mishra – Environmentalist & water conservationist
- Neelesh Misra – Journalist
- RK Misra - Lead India winner
- Rahul Mishra - Indian fashion designer
- Sameer Mishra – 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee champion (USA)
- Sourav Mishra – Reuters journalist, one of the first witnesses of 2008 Mumbai Attacks
- Sudhir Kumar Mishra - Aerospace engineer, CEO of BrahMos Aerospace
References
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