# List of people from Pokhara

This is a list of notable people from Gandaki Province of Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in Pokhara, or for whom Pokhara is a significant part of their identity. They are also known as Pokhareli People. The list is in alphabetical order.
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## A

* Ajit Bhandari - Nepalese footballer for Nepal Police Club and the Nepal national team.
* Ali Miya - poet
* Amrit Gurung – (active 1991–after 2013), singer and musician, founder of the band Nepathaya
* Anil Gurung - footballer
* Anup Baral - actor, writer, director
* Anup Kaphle - executive editor of Rest of World.
* Animesh Shahi - reality show contestant and 1st runner up of Himalaya Roadies
* Andrew Briggs - scientist
* Arun Thapa - singer and songwriter

## B

* Batsyayana - political cartoonist
* Belmaya Nepali - filmmaker
* Bimal Gharti Magar - footballer
* Bishnu Majhi - folk singer and is known as the "Vocal Queen of Nepali folk singer"
* Bishnu Shrestha - Nepalese Gurkha soldier in the Indian Army
* Buddha Lama - singer and winner of Nepal Idol Season 1

## C

* Chandra Gurung - environmentalist.
* Chandra Bahadur Gurung - politician
* Cool Pokhrel - singer and songwriter
* CD Vijaya Adhikari - singer and the winner of first The Voice of Nepal

## D

* Dambar Singh Kuwar - track and field athlete for 1988 Summer Olympics
* Dev Gurung - politician.
* Dhana Raj Acharya - politician, businessman and philanthropist.
* Dharmaraj Thapa - folk singer.
* Dharmendra Sewan - singer, songwriter, composer and performer.

## G

* Govinda Raj Joshi - politician
* Gyani Shah - is the first Nepalese lady to join Nepal Army
* Gyanu Rana - singer

## J

* Jamuna Gurung - entrepreneur.
* Jassita Gurung - actress.
* Jeewan Gurung - singer.
* Jhalak Man Gandarbha - folk singer.
* J. O. M. Roberts - one of the greatest Himalayan mountaineer-explorers of the twentieth century.
* Jagan Timilsina - trail runner, mountaineer and an outdoor instructor.

## K

* Khagaraj Adhikari - politician,former home minister
* Kamal Thapa - politician
* Karan KC - cricket and is the fastest bowler of Nepal.
* Karna Das is one of the most prominent Nepali singers living and performing today.
* Khadga Jeet Baral Magar - folk singer
* Khaptad Baba - spiritual saint.
* Khimlal Gautam - Nepali Mountaineer and Chief Survey Officer
* Kul Bahadur KC - Nepali poet, laureate
* Kiran Gurung - politician
* Krishna Bhattachan - Nepal's leading sociologists and indigenous activist.
* Kuber Singh Rana - was the Inspector General of the Nepal Police

## L

* Laure - rapper
* Lekhnath Paudyal - poet and writer

## M

* Mahabir Pun - teacher, social entrepreneur and an activist
* Marino Curnis - writer and poet
* Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya - poet

## N

* Narayan Gopal - rominent popular singer and composer of Nepali music.
* Narayan Wagle - journalist and novelist
* Neelima Gurung - beauty queen
* Neha Pun murder - murder victim

## P

* Palten Gurung - politician
* Prakash Bahadur Gurung - politician
* Parivesh - folk singer
* Pushpa Kamal Dahal - Prime Minister of Nepal.

## R

* Rabindra Prasad Adhikari - politician
* Raj Ballav Koirala - actor
* Rajiv Gurung - politician.
* Ramjee Kunwar - politician
* Rishma Gurung - actress
* Robin Tamang - singer

## S

* Sabindra Shrestha - footballer
* Samikshya Adhikari - singer
* Saraswati Pratikshya - writer
* Sarita Gurung - philanthropist and social worker
* Sarita Tiwari - poet, writer and advocate.
* Saru Bhakta - is a screenwriter of Madan Puraskar, the most prestigious literary honour in Nepal.
* Shesh Ghale - billionaire and businessman
* Shiva Shrestha - footballer
* Sharada Sharma - writer and poet.
* Siddharth Lama - actor
* Sipora Gurung - volleyball Player
* Sonie Rajbhandari - beauty queen
* Sundar Shrestha - singer
* Surya Bahadur KC - industrialist and a House of Representatives member.
* Sushil KC - footballer

## T

* Tul Bahadur Pun - was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry

## U

* Upendra Kant Aryal - is 25th Chief of Nepal Police
* Usha Sherchan singer, lyricist and writer

## Y

* Yasin Bhatkal - leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM)