# List of Patna University people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Patna University.

## Notable faculty

| Name | Notability |
| Abdus Samad Khan | An Educationist & Administrator (Chemistry) |
| H. C. Verma | physicist |
| Nalin Vilochan Sharma | writer and poet |
| Ram Sharan Sharma | Historian |
| Rameshwar Singh Kashyap | Bhojpuri Playwright and Author |
* Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist
* Hetukar Jha, sociologist, also alumnus
* Papiya Ghosh, historian, also alumnus
* R. K. Sinha, scholar of English
* Ravindra Kumar Sinha, environmentalist and Padma Shri recipient

## Notable alumni
### Politics and Law

| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability |
| Rajiv Gauba | | BSc in Physics | 32nd Cabinet Secretary of India |
| Srinivas Kumar Sinha | 1943 | | former Governor of Assam |
| Tejendra Khanna | | MSc in Physics | former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |
* Anugrah Narayan Sinha, nationalist and first Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
* Baccha Prasad Singh, Indian Maoist politician
* Bali Ram Bhagat, former speaker of Lok Sabha
* Balmiki Prasad Singh, scholar, Governor of Sikkim (2008–2013)
* Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th Chief Justice of India
* Chhedi Paswan, Member Of Parliament
* Dilip Sinha, Indian diplomat and ambassador
* Digvijay Singh, former Union Minister of India
* Krishna Sahi, former Union Minister
* Shri Krishna Singh, first Chief Minister of Bihar
* Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of India
* Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar
* Ravi Shankar Prasad, senior advocate, Supreme Court of India, Union Minister of IT and Law and Justice
* Nitish Kumar, socialist, National President, Janta Dal (U), current Chief Minister of Bihar
* Ram Dulari Sinha, former Union Minister of state, former Kerala Governor, freedom fighter
* Abhayanand, educationalist, IPS officer
* Ram Vilas Paswan, ( Founder Of LJP ), former Railway Minister Of India, Member Of Indian Parliament, Union Minister Of India
* Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, WRD minister of Bihar
* Sanjay Paswan, professor, former Minister of state in Govt Of India, Member Of Bihar Legislative Council
* Satyendra Narayan Sinha, member of Provisional Parliament, former Chief Minister of Bihar
* Surur Hoda, Socialist Leader
* Yashwant Sinha, former Minister of Finance
* Sitaram Kesari, former president of Indian national congress
* Ram deo Bhandary, former member of parliament and former general secretary of RJD
* Jagdeo Prasad, former deputy chief minister of Bihar

### Science and Technology

* Samprada Singh founder of Alkem Laboratories
* Anand Kumar, Indian mathematician and educationalist
* Ravindra Kumar Sinha, environmentalist
* Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, physicist
* Vashishtha Narayan Singh, mathematician
* Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian botanist and academic
* Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha, condensed matter physicist
* H. C. Verma, Indian experimental physicist
* Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, scientist and child prodigy.

### Arts

| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
| Sharda Sinha | | | folk singer | |

### Literature

* Kalim Ajiz, Urdu poet
* Satinath Bhaduri, novelist
* Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Hindi poet

### Others

* Shaibal Gupta, economist and social scientist
* Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International
* Gopal Prasad Sinha, neurologist, politician
* Indradeep Sinha, economist, writer and veteran communist leader
* Jayaprakash Narayan, freedom fighter
* Ram Karan Sharma, scholar of Sanskrit
* Ram Raj Pant, founder of Nepal Law College and pioneering linguist of Nepali language
* Rustum Roy, influential material scientist, professor and author
* Ravish Kumar, news anchor, editor at NDTV
* Ranjit Sinha, Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
* Vashishtha Narayan Singh, mathematician
* Vikas Jha, author and journalist
* Md Zabir Ansari, Indian Karate player
* Abdul Bari

## Art

* Chandan Roy, Actor (known for his role in Panchayat)

## Politics

* J. P. Nadda, Politician