# Yadav (surname)

This is a list of notable people using Yadav surname.

## Religion

* Swami Ramdev, born Ram Krishna Yadav
* Mahant Balaknath

## Freedom fighters

* Rao Gopal Dev, general in the army of Rao Tula Ram during the Indian rebellion of 1857
* Mahendra Gop, freedom revolutionary
* Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav (1918–1993), Indian politician, first chief minister of Delhi, and freedom fighter

## Academicians

* K. C. Yadav
* Usha Yadav

## Civil servants and bureaucrats

* Vinod Kumar Yadav, Former Chairperson of the Railway Board, First Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India
* Bhupendra Yadav, IPS, former DGP of Rajasthan Police, chairman, Rajasthan Public Service Commission
* Gaurav Yadav, IPS, DGP of Punjab Police
* Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Police
* Manoj Yadava, IPS, DG/Chief of Railway Protection Force, former DGP of Haryana Police
* Dinesh Kumar Yadav, IPS, Inspector General of Police Himachal Pradesh
* Neera Yadav, IAS, Former Chief Secretary Of Uttar Pradesh
* Pranjal Yadav, IAS
* Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS, DGP of Chandigarh Police, Former DGP of Andaman and Nicobar Police
* V.S. Yadav, IPS, DGP of Tripura Police
* Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, IPS, most decorated Police officer

## Judiciary

* Sanjay Yadav, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
* Shekhar Kumar Yadav
* Surendra Kumar Yadav

## Film and television

* Elvish Yadav
* Baba Yadav
* Dinesh Lal Yadav
* Khesari Lal Yadav
* Leena Yadav
* Manisha Yadav
* Narsing Yadav
* Neha Yadav
* Parul Yadav
* Pragya Yadav
* Rajkummar Rao
* Rajesh Yadav
* Raghubir Yadav
* Rajpal Yadav
* Ravi Yadav
* Shrikant Yadav
* Shyam Yadav

## Folk singers

* Hiralal Yadav
* Baleshwar Yadav
* Bihari Lal Yadav, father of folk genre Birha, invented Khartal Instrument which is used in Folk songs

## First in their fields

* Santosh Yadav, first woman to climb Mount Everest twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from Kangshung Face
* Dr.Raj Vir Singh Yadav, performed the first kidney transplant in India at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research at Chandigarh in 1973
* Surekha Yadav, India's first female train driver
* Bhakti Yadav, the first female MBBS from Indore, India
* Ram Baran Yadav, the first president of Nepal
* Vinod Kumar Yadav, First Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India
* Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, first chief minister of Delhi
* Ram Saroj Yadav, first deputy chief minister of Madhesh Province, Nepal

## Indian politics

* Akhilesh Yadav, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* Ajay Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
* Ajesh Yadav, AAP member for Badli in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
* Annapurna Devi Yadav, Union Minister of Women and Child Development
* Anil Kumar Yadav, a politician from Bihar
* Anil Kumar Yadav, Minister of Irrigation(Water Resources) Government of Andhra Pradesh
* Anjan Kumar Yadav, former M.P. for Secunderabad
* Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, former Union Minister
* Babulal Gaur Yadav, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh(BJP)
* Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav, Member of the Parliament and leader Telangana Rashtra Samithi party
* Balram Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader, UP
* Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
* Bhagabat Behera Yadav, former Cabinet Minister of Government of Odisha
* Brajendra Singh Yadav, BJP leader , Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* Chandrajit Yadav, former Union Minister Ministry of Mines (India) & Ministry of Steel
* Chandrapal Singh Yadav, MP, Jhansi, SP
* Choudhary Awadh Bihari Yadav, Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, former chief minister of Delhi
* Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, SP Politician, Shaurya Chakra awardee
* Daroga Prasad Rai, 10th chief minister of Bihar
* Darshan Singh Yadav, former Rajya Sabha MP of Uttar Pradesh
* Deo Narayan Yadav, Former speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Dinesh Chandra Yadav, former Minister of Bihar and Member of Parliament
* Dinesh Yadav, former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Deo Narayan Yadav, 12th Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Devender Yadav, Indian National Congress
* Dharmananda Behera Yadav, former MLA of Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha)
* Dharmendra Yadav, M.P., Samajwadi Party
* D. P. Yadav, leader of Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
* Girish Yadav, State Minister, Uttar Pradesh, A BJP Leader
* Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Chairperson, National Commission for Backward Classes
* Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State
* Hemchand Yadav, Former Cabinet Minister of Chhattishgarh Government
* Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State for Water Resources
* Kailash Nath Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
* Lalita Yadav, Minister of State of Madhya Pradesh Government
* Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Union Cabinet Minister of India, former chief minister of Bihar
* Laxmi Narayan Yadav, M.P., Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
* Mahendra Singh Yadav, Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Union Defence Minister of India and Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
* Madhusudan Yadav, former Lok Sabha MP and Mayor of Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation
* Manoj Yadav, former MLA of Bihar and MLA of Jharkhand
* Mitrasen Yadav, Communist Party leader
* Mulayam Singh Yadav (Auraiya politician), former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) for 3 times(he is not the father of Akhilesh Yadav)
* Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav, M.L.A., Samajwadi Party, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
* Nand Kishore Yadav, Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha
* Nityanand Rai, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, BJP Yadav face in Bihar
* Neera Yadav (politician), leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and the minister in government of Jharkhand.
* Om Prakash Yadav JDU, Bihar
* Pappu Yadav, former RJD M.P
* Pradeep Yadav, 13th Lok Sabha MP and MLA of Jharkhand state
* Ram Harakh Yadav, Former Member of Parliament from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
* Ramakant Yadav, Former Member of Parliament and MLA
* Ram Krishna Yadav, former Member of Parliament from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
* Ramesh Prasad Yadav, former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Rampal Yadav, SP leader
* Ram Gopal Yadav, Rajya Sabha member
* Ram Kripal Yadav, former Union Minister of State
* Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav, former member of Lok Sabha and Ex-MLA of Bihar
* Ram Naresh Yadav, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Former Governor of Chhattisgarh
* Ranjan Prasad Yadav, RJD politician, Bihar
* Rao Birender Singh, Former Chief Minister of Haryana
* Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)
* Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
* Roop Nath Singh Yadav, politician and freedom fighter
* Sadhu Yadav, politician, Bihar
* Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (U)
* Shivpal Singh Yadav, former Cabinat Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* Shyamlal Yadav, Leader of Congress (I), Former Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
* Subhash Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
* Subhash Prasad Yadav, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Bihar
* Sudha Yadav, BJP leader
* Sunil Kumar Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
* Surendra Prasad Yadav, former Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand and Ex-MLA of Bihar he also served as an MP of 12th Lok Sabha
* Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister of State in Government of Telangana(Telangana Rashtra Samithi)
* Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar State
* Tej Pratap Yadav, Ex-Minister for Health, Bihar
* Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, M.P. for Mainpuri
* Uma Kant Yadav, Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Umlesh Yadav, former MLA for Bisauli Uttar Pradesh
* Vijama Yadav, MLA, Pratappur, Prayagraj
* Vijay Bahadur Yadav, MLA, Gorakhpur Rural
* Yogendra Yadav, Leader of Swaraj Abhiyan.

## Literature

* Anand Yadav, a Marathi-language writer
* Kulpreet Yadav, Indian author and actor
* Lalai Singh Yadav, writer and playwright from UP
* Rajendra Yadav, a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi Kahani
* Ramashankar Yadav, Hindi poet
* K. C. Yadav (1936–2021), Indian historian
* Mannu Bhandari, Indian writer

## Military

* Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav, Param Veer Chakra
* Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Leading Indian Navy officer In Operation Trident operation that attacked Karachi, Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
* Petty officer Chiman Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Operation Cactus Lily, Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
* Brigadier Rai Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Hero of Nathu La and Cho La clashes
* Parachute Commando Kaushal Yadav, Vir Chakra
* Kulbhushan Yadav, Indian Navy officer
* Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashoka Chakra
* Commando Suresh Chand Yadav, Ashoka Chakra, Operation Vajra Shakti
* Sujjan Singh (soldier), Ashoka Chakra
* Captain Umrao Singh, Victoria Cross recipient in Second World War
* Kaushal Yadav
* Lt. Gen. J.B.S.Yadava, former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff

## Nepali politics

* Bijay Kumar Yadav
* Bodhmaya Kumari Yadav, Member of Parliament
* Chitra Lekha Yadav, former minister for Education
* Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Nepal) member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
* Ganga Prasad Yadav, Governor of Sudurpashchim Province
* Gita Kumari Yadav
* Mahendra Yadav, former Union Minister for Water Supply, Leader of Nepali Congress
* Mina Yadav, Member of Parliament, Leader of CPN Maoist (Centere)
* Mukta Kumari Yadav, Member of Parliament
* Omprakash Yadav
* Pradeep Yadav, Union Minister for Forests and Environment
* Ram Saroj Yadav, first Deputy Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
* Radhe Chandra Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
* Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
* Ram Sahaya Yadav, Vice President of Nepall
* Dr.Ram Baran Yadav, First President of Nepal
* Rekha Yadav Thapa, Member of Parliament
* Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister of Education. member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum
* Matrika Yadav, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, A Nepal Communist Party Leader
* Saroj Kumar Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
* Sita Devi Yadav, Member of Parliament, National Treasurer of Nepali Congress
* Upendra Yadav, Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, chairperson, People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020), Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal House Leader in Pratinidhi Sabha, Former External Affairs Minister of Nepal Government

## Professionals

* Bhakti Yadav, Padma Shri awardee gynaecologist
* Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav, Leading Agriculturist, Padma Shri Awardee
* Ramakant Yadav is a professor of neurology
* Raj Vir Singh Yadav, Kidney transplant surgeon, Padma Shri Awardee, 1982
* Rahul Yadav, Ex CEO, Housing.com and founder of Intelligent Interfaces for e-commerce
* Yogendra Yadav, Psephology
* Jhillu Singh Yadav

## Science and technology

* Jhillu Singh Yadav
* Rajpal Singh Yadav

## Social workers

* Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Worker in Chhattisgarh, Padma Shri Awardee, Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awardee
* Kunwar Bai Yadav

## Sports

* Virender Singh Yadav, wrestling
* Abhishek Yadav, football
* Abhishek Yadav, table-tennis
* Ajay Yadav, cricket
* Ajeet Singh Yadav, Silver Medalist in 2024 Summer Paralympics
* Akash Yadav, cricket
* Amit Raj Kumar Yadav, cricket
* Arjun Yadav, cricket
* Ashwin Yadav, cricket
* Avinash Yadav, cricket
* Bani Yadav, car rallyist, India's fastest women car racer
* C. Rohit Yadav, badminton
* Chinki Yadav, Indian sport shooter
* Dharmendra Singh Yadav, boxing
* Guru Hanuman aka Vijay Pal Yadav, wrestling coach
* Hemulal Yadav, cricket
* Jai Prakash Yadav, cricket
* Jayant Yadav, cricket
* Jyoti Yadav, cricket
* Kapil Yadav, cricket
* Kavita Yadav, air-rifle shooting
* Krishnappa Gowtham, cricket
* Kuldeep Yadav, cricket
* Kuldip Yadav, cricket
* Lalit Yadav, Delhi cricketer
* Lalit Yadav, Vidharbha cricketer
* Laxmi Yadav, cricketer in the WPL
* Mayank Yadav, cricket
* Narsingh Pancham Yadav, wrestling
* Poonam Yadav, cricket
* Punam Yadav, weightlifting
* Puneet Yadav, cricket
* Radha Yadav, cricket
* Rahul Yadav (cricketer)
* Rahul Yadav Chittaboina, badminton
* Rakesh Kumar Yadav, athletics
* Ram Singh Sanjay Yadav, cricket
* Ram Singh Yadav, marathon runner
* Renuka Yadav, hockey
* C. Rohit Yadav, badminton
* Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, wrestling
* Sanjay Yadav, cricket
* Sanju Yadav, footballer
* Santosh Yadav (cricketer), cricket
* Santosh Yadav, mountaineering
* Satish Kumar Yadav, boxing
* Sat Prakash Yadav, basketball
* Shivlal Yadav, cricket
* Sonam Yadav, cricketer in the WPL
* Suryakumar Yadav, cricket
* Swapnali Yadav, swimming
* Tejashwi Yadav, cricket
* Umesh Yadav, cricket
* Vidhya Yadav, cricket administration
* Vijay Yadav, cricket
* Vikas Krishan Yadav, boxing
* Vishal Yadav, cricket

## Criminals

* Chavviram Singh Yadav
* Kalua, Dacoit
* Akku Yadav who faced a disproportionate level of difficulty in receiving justice for cases of sexual assault

## Vice Chancellors

* G. D. Yadav, vice-chancellor of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) from 2009 until November 2019
* Ramesh Kumar Yadava, vice chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana
* Raja Ram Yadav former vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University
* Ramakant Yadav (neurologist), vice-chancellor, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences
* J. P. Yadav, vice-chancellor, Indira Gandhi University, Rewari, Haryana