# List of people from Uttarakhand

This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.

## Science and Humanities

* Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archaeologist, Padma Shri recipient
* Anupam Joshi, cyber security expert and Professor
* J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
* Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
* M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.
* Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
* Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
* Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
* Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
* Ghananand Pande, scientist
* Govind Chandra Pande, Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and Buddhist periods
* M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
* Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
* Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
* Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
* Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
* Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist
* Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015

## Arts and culture

* Surendra Pal Joshi, artist known for paintings, sculptures and murals
* Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
* Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
* Mola Ram, Indian Painter
* Meena Rana – Indian folk singer
* Narendra Singh Negi – Indian folk singer
* Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music”
* Pritam Bhartwan – Indian folk singer
* Jubin Nautiyal, Indian singer
* Neha Kakkar, Indian singer
* Sonu Kakkar, Indian singer
* Pratyul Joshi, Indian singer
* Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
* Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
* B. K. Samant, folk singer
* Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baro Masa
* Naima Khan Upreti

## Cinema

* Ali Abbas Zafar, film director
* Anukriti Gusain
* Anushka Sharma
* Archana Puran Singh
* Asha Negi
* Anku Pande
* Barkha Bisht
* Chitrashi Rawat
* Deepak Dobriyal
* Dev Negi
* Fahad Ali
* Gopal Datt
* Hemant Pandey
* Himani Shivpuri
* Jyotsna Chandola
* Kainaat Arora
* Kulraj Randhawa
* Lavanya Tripathi
* Madhurima Tuli
* Manasvi Mamgai
* Neha Kakkar
* Niharika Singh
* Nirmal Pandey
* Prasoon Joshi
* Raghav Juyal
* Ragini Nandwani
* Richa Panai
* Roop Durgapal
* Sakshi Chaudhary
* Shilpa Saklani
* Shruti Bisht
* Sonam Bajwa
* Sonu Kakkar
* Sukirti Kandpal
* Tigmanshu Dhulia
* Tom Alter
* Triptii Dimri
* Udita Goswami,
* Urvashi Rautela
* Varun Badola
* Vibha Anand

## Theatre

* B. P. Singh, C.I.D creator and producer
* B. M. Shah
* Mohan Upreti
* Tom Alter

## Defence

* Brigadier Surendra Singh Panwar
* Lieutenant General Lakshman Singh Rawat - Former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff and father of General Bipin Rawat.
* General Bipin Rawat – 1st Chief of Defence Staff of India
* General Anil Chauhan – 2nd Chief of Defence Staff of India
* Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross Garhwal Rifles
* Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
* Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
* Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
* Captain Ummed Singh Mahra, He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.
* General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
* Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
* Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of Param Vir Chakra
* Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
* Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
* Jaswant Singh Rawat, hero of Indo-China War, 1962; Mahavir Chakra
* Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
* Ajit Kumar Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
* Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
* Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
* Havildar Bahadur Singh Bohra, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
* Laxman Lucky Bisht,Former Indian Spy & Commando

## Police

* Mohan Chand Sharma

## Literature

* Shivprasad Dabral Charan; Hindi & Garhwali writer, historian, poet
* Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer, poet
* Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer, poet
* Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer, academic
* Shivani, Hindi writer
* Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
* Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer, screenwriter
* Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer, journalist
* Ruskin Bond, English writer
* Ramachandra Guha, writer, historian
* Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet
* Namita Gokhale, English writer
* Shekhar Joshi
* Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
* Uma Bhatt
* Namrata Joshi, Journalist
* Manoj Joshi
* Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India

## Politics

* Govind Ballabh Pant
* Indramani Badoni, Statehood activst
* Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
* Murli Manohar Joshi
* Mala Raj Laxmi Shah
* Mohan Singh Bisht
* Harish Rawat
* K.C. Pant
* N.D. Tiwari
* Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
* Ram Prasad Nautiyal
* Trivendra Singh Rawat
* Harak Singh Rawat
* Yogi Adityanath, 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

## Chief Ministers

* Nityanand Swami
* Bhagat Singh Koshyari
* Narayan Dutt Tiwari
* Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
* Ramesh Pokhriyal
* Vijay Bahuguna
* Harish Rawat

## Sports

* Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
* Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on 18 April 1971
* Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
* Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
* Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
* Unmukt Chand, cricketer
* MS Dhoni, cricketer
* Hemlata Kala, cricketer
* Mir Ranjan Negi
* Parimarjan Negi
* Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
* Manish Pandey, cricketer
* Jaspal Rana, shooter
* Arvind Raturi, youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013
* Lakshya Sen, Indian badminton player
* Labhanshu Sharma, wrestler
* Jagdish Singh, Winter Olympian
* Nain Singh, Asian explorer
* Navjit Singh, volleyball player
* Pawan Suyal, cricketer
* Rishabh Pant, cricketer

## Law and Justice

* Prafulla Chandra Pant: Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
* Sudhanshu Dhulia: Judge, Supreme Court of India

## Others

* Pooran Chand Joshi, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Delhi
* Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, academic professor, author
* Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
* Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
* Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, and rock art conservationist, recipient of the Padma Shri
* Anurag Chauhan, social worker
* Deepak Rawat,Indian civil servant