# List of people from Odisha

This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.

## Literature
### Age of Sarala Yuga

* Sarala Dasa (1465)
* Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)

### Age of Upendra Bhanja

* Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
* Dinakrushna Dasa (c.1650–1710)
* Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara (c. 1760– 1806)
* Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)

### Age of Radhanath

* Fakir Mohan Senapati
* Gangadhar Meher
* Radhanath Ray
* Madhusudan Rao
* Nanda Kishore Bal
* Gourishankar Ray
* Nilakantha Das

### Post colonial age

* Gangadhar Meher
* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Sachidananda Routray
* Brajanath Rath

### Poets and authors

* Amjad Najmi
* Annada Shankar Ray
* Brajanath Ratha
* Fakir Mohan Senapati
* Gangadhar Meher
* Hussain Rabi Gandhi
* Godabarish Mishra
* Gopabandhu Das
* Gopinath Mohanty
* Gourahari Das
* Jachindra Rout
* Jagadish Mohanty
* Jagannath Prasad Das (Saraswati Samman winner)
* Jayadeva
* Jayanta Mahapatra
* Karamat Ali Karamat
* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Madhusudan Rao
* Manasi Pradhan
* Manoj Das
* Manoranjan Das
* Manmohan Acharya
* Mayadhar Mansingh
* Mohammed Ayoob
* Nilakantha Das
* Oopali Operajita
* Pratibha Satpathy
* Pratyush Prakash
* Radhanath Ray
* Ramakanta Rath
* Ranjan Das
* Ramakrushna Nanda
* Sachidananda Raut Ray
* Sarala Dasa
* Sarala Devi
* Sarojini Sahoo
* Satya Narayan Bohidar
* Sitakanta Mohapatra (Jnanpith Award winner)
* Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman winner)
* Tapan Kumar Pradhan

### Writers and novelists

* Artabalabha Mohanti
* Brajanath Ratha
* Gita Mehta
* Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award winner)
* Haldhar Nag
* Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
* Krushna Chandra Kar
* Manoj Das
* Pratibha Ray
* Rajendra Prasad Das
* Shantanu Kumar Acharya
* Surendra Mohanty
* Uday Satpathy

### Women's writing and feminism

* Sarala Devi
* Archana Nayak
* Annapurna Choudhury
* Manasi Pradhan
* Nandini Sahu
* Sarojini Sahoo

### Children's literature

* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Adikanda Mahanta
* Krutibas Nayak
* Ramakrushna Nanda
* Dash Benhur
* Nilakantha Das

### Drama and plays

* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Gopal Chhotray
* Manoranjan Das
* Biswajit Das

### Short stories

* Fakir Mohan Senapati
* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Surendra Mohanty
* Manoj Das
* Jagadish Mohanty
* Sarojini Sahoo

### Popular science

* Binod Kanungo
* Gokulananda Mohapatra
* Dr. Ramesh Chandra Parida
* Kamalakanta Jena

## Education and Research

Satyabadi Era
* Gopabandhu Das
* Nilakantha Das
* Godabarish Mishra
Later Period
* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Baidyanath Misra
* Bhubaneswar Behera
* Bidhu Bhusan Das
* Prabhat Nalini Das
* Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
* Madhu Sudan Kanungo
* Keshab Chandra Dash
* Madhab Chandra Dash
* Ranjan Dash
* Prafulla Kumar Jena
* Baisali Mohanty
* Jitendra Nath Mohanty
* Saraju Mohanty
* Oopali Operajita
* Prana Krushna Parija
* Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
* Jogesh Pati
* Arun K. Pati
* Sam Pitroda
* Amiya Pujari
* Ashok Swain

## Artists
### Actresses

* Anisha Ambrose
* Anu Choudhury
* Archita Sahu
* Barsha Priyadarshini
* Bijaya Jena
* Jyoti Mishra
* Mahasweta Ray
* Naina Das
* Nandita Das
* Rameshwari
* Sulagna Panigrahi
* Tandra Ray
* Kavya Keeran
* Rajeswari Ray
* Pupul Bhuyan
* Sudharani Jena

### Actors

* Akash Das Nayak
* Anubhav Mohanty
* Arindam Roy
* Atal Bihari Panda
* Babushaan Mohanty
* Bijay Mohanty
* Buddhaditya Mohanty
* Chandan Kar
* Chandrachur Singh
* Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
* Dukhiram Swain
* Hara Patnaik
* Jayiram Samal
* Mihir Das
* Papu Pam Pam
* Prashanta Nanda
* Sabyasachi Mishra
* Sadhu Meher
* Sarat Pujari
* Siddhanta Mahapatra
* Sisir Misra
* Sriram Panda
* Uttam Mohanty
* Mohammad Mohsin
* Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
* Samaresh Routray
* Partha Sarathi Ray

### Dancers
#### Modern

* Rajasmita Kar
* Prince Dance Group

#### Odissi Gurus and Dancers

* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Gangadhar Pradhan
* Geeta Mahalik
* Kelucharan Mohapatra
* Mayadhar Raut
* Sanjukta Panigrahi
* Saswat Joshi
* Sujata Mohapatra
* Sunanda Patnaik
* Oopali Operajita
* Kumkum Mohanty
* Baisali Mohanty
* Dayanidhi Das

### Filmmakers

* Mohammad Mohsin
* Mehmood Hussain
* Bijoy Ketan Mishra
* Hara Patnaik
* Mira Nair
* Nila Madhab Panda
* Nitai Palit
* Prashanta Nanda
* Ravi Kinagi
* Sabyasachi Mohapatra
* Sadhu Meher
* Sisir Mishra
* Jitendra Mishra

### Painters

* Jatin Das
* Jayanta Meher
* Kailash Chandra Meher

### Sand artists

* Sudarshan Pattnaik

### Sculptors

* Raghunath Mohapatra
* Sudarshan Sahoo

### Singers

* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Akshaya Mohanty
* Bhikari Bal
* Arabinda Muduli
* Krishna Beura
* Pratyush Prakash
* Sarbeswar Bhoi
* Sikandar Alam
* Sniti Mishra
* Sona Mohapatra
* Sunanda Patnaik
* Rituraj Mohanty
* Jitendra Haripal

### Musicians

* Kalicharan Pattnaik
* Akshaya Mohanty
* Prafulla Kar
* Arabinda Muduli

### Designers

* Bibhu Mohapatra

## Jurists

* Ananga Kumar Patnaik; Former Justice of Supreme Court of India
* Gopal Ballav Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
* Bira Kishore Ray; First Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
* Sukanta Kishore Ray; Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
* Jugal Kishore Mohanty; Former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
* Pradip Kumar Mohanty; Former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
* Gati Krushna Misra; Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
* Ranganath Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
* Dipak Misra; Former Chief Justice of India

## Chief Executive Officers

* T.K.Chand, Chairman and Managing Director of NALCO

## Professionals
### Bankers

* Ashok Kumar Sarangi
* Harun Rashid Khan

### Engineers

* Bibhusita Das

### Managers

* Sarthak Behuria
* Sandip Das
* Subroto Bagchi
* Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan
* Ranjan Dash

### Physicians

* B. K. Misra (Neurosurgeon)
* Ramakanta Panda (Cardiovascular Surgeon)

### Journalists

* Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (Journalist)
* Gopal Mishra

## Government civil servants

* Anugraha Narayan Tiwari (Former CIC of India)
* Lalit Mansingh
* Prajna Paramita
* Ramakanta Rath
* Sitakanta Mohapatra
* Dayanidhi Choudhury

### Security and Law Enforcement

* Pramod Kumar Satapathy

## Religion

* Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
* Bhima Bhoi
* Jayadeva
* Atibadi Jagannath Das
* Achyutananda Das
* Durga Charan Mohanty

## Freedom fighters

* Annapurna Choudhury
* Afzal-ul Amin
* Baji Rout
* Biswambhar Parida
* Bishwanath Das
* Bakshi Jagabandhu
* Chakhi Khuntia
* Ekram Rasul
* Ghanshyam Panigrahi
* Gopabandhu Choudhury
* Gopabandhu Das
* Godabarish Mishra
* Gurubari Meher
* Harekrushna Mahatab
* Jayee Rajguru
* Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
* Jagabandhu Patnaik
* Kamal Singh
* Karunakar Singh
* Krushna Chandra Gajapati
* Laxman Nayak
* Madhab Chandra Routray
* Madho Singh (Ghess)
* Madhusudan Das
* Madhusudan Rao
* Malati Choudhury
* Nabakrushna Choudhuri
* Nilakantha Das
* Nityananda Mohapatra
* Parbati Giri
* Pindiki Bahubalendra
* RamaDevi Choudhury
* Sarala Devi
* Subhas Chandra Bose
* Sarangadhar Das
* Sayeed Mohammed
* Veer Surendra Sai

## Rulers

* Avakinnayo Karakandu
* Chullakalinga
* Kalinga II
* Kharavela
* Satrubhanja
* Kaundinya I
* Hemangada
* Sivakara Deva I
* Ramachandra Deva I
* Tribhuvana Mahadevi I
* Anantavarman Chodaganga
* Anangabhima Deva III
* Narasingha Deva I
* Kapilendra Deva
* Purushottama Deva
* Prataparudra Deva
* Govinda Vidyadhara
* Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
* Krushna Chandra Gajapati
* Basudeb Sudhal Deb
* Ramai Deva
* Balarama Deva
* Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
* Vikram Dev III
* Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo

## Politicians

* Amarnath Pradhan
* Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
* Ananta Nayak
* Archana Nayak
* Arjun Charan Sethi
* Afzal-ul Amin
* Badri Narayan Patra
* Bhakta Charan Das
* Gopanarayan Das
* Bhartruhari Mahtab
* Bhupinder Singh
* Bibhu Prasad Tarai
* Bijayananda Patnaik
* Bijoy Mohapatra
* Biju Patnaik
* Bikram Keshari Deo
* Binayak Acharya
* Biren Mitra
* Bishwanath Das
* Braja Kishore Tripathy
* Chandra Sekhar Sahu
* Chintamani Panigrahi
* Draupadi Murmu
* Godabarish Mishra
* Gourahari Naik
* Giridhar Gamang
* Habibullah Khan
* Harekrushna Mahatab
* Hari Har Swain
* Hemananda Biswal
* Hrushikesh Naik
* Hussain Rabi Gandhi
* Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
* Jayaram Pangi
* Jitu Patnaik
* Jual Oram
* Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
* Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
* Laichan Nayak
* Laxman Tudu
* Maheswar Baug
* Mohan Jena
* Nabakrushna Choudhuri
* Nabin Nanda
* Nandini Satpathy
* Naveen Patnaik
* Nilakantha Das
* Nityanand Kanungo
* Nilamani Routray
* Niranjan Patnaik
* Nityananda Pradhan
* Parsuram Majhi
* Pinaki Misra
* Pradeep Kumar Majhi
* Prasanna Acharya
* Prasanna Kumar Patasani
* P.V.Narasimha Rao
* Pyarimohan Mohapatra
* Rabi Ray
* Radhanath Rath
* Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
* Ranjib Biswal
* Rudramadhab Ray
* Sadashiva Tripathy
* Samarendra Kundu
* Sanatan Mahakud
* Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
* Sanjay Bhoi
* Sarala Devi
* Siddhanta Mahapatra
* Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
* Srikant Kumar Jena
* Surendra Mohanty
* Sudam Marndi
* Surendra Mohanty
* Sushila Tiriya
* Tathagata Satpathy
* V.V. Giri
* Baikunthanath Swain

## Social service

* Baba Balia
* Sarala Devi
* Madhusudan Das
* Gopabandhu Das
* Subrat Kumar Prusty
* Farhat Amin
* Manasi Pradhan
* Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar

## Sports
### Cricket

* Alok Jena
* A. Panda
* Baljit Singh
* Basant Mohanty
* Bibhudutta Panda
* Kadambini Mohakud
* Biplab Samantray
* Debashish Mohanty
* Ranjib Biswal
* Sanjay Raul
* Shiv Sunder Das
* Natraj Behera

### Hockey

* Binita Toppo (female hockey)
* Dilip Tirkey
* Lazarus Barla
* Ignace Tirkey
* Birendra Lakra

### Other sports

* Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles, running)
* Budhia Singh (long distance running)
* Dutee Chand (sprint runner)
* Jauna Murmu (sprint running, hurdler)
* Katulu Ravi Kumar (weightlifting)
* Srabani Nanda (sprint runner)
* Pramila Prava Minz (rowing)
* Pratima Puhan (rowing)
* Valena Valentina (karate)
* Kalpana Dash (Everest climber)
* Pramod Bhagat (Paralympian)