# List of people from Rajasthan

This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, India.

## Award winners from Rajasthan

* Padma Vibhushan
** Naresh Chandra, 2007
** Ram Narayan, 2005
** Man Mohan Sharma, 2001
** Kalu Lal Shrimali, 1976
** Nagendra Singh, 1973
** Daulat Singh Kothari, 1973
** Mohan Sinha Mehta, 1969
** Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
** Ghanshyam Das Birla, 1957
* Padma Bhushan
** Komal Kothari, 2006
** Vijay Shankar Vyas, 2006
** Durga Lal, 2003
** Jagat Singh Mehta, 2002
** Ram Narain Agarwal, 2000
** L. M. Singhvi, 1998
** Narayan Singh Manaklao, 1991
** M.V.Mathur, 1989
** Natwar Singh, 1984
** Jhabar Mal Sharma, 1982
** Bhogilal Pandya, 1976
** Ratan Shastri, 1975
** Narayandas Malkani, 1973
** Lt Gen Sagat Singh, 1972
** Gokulbhai Bhatt, 1971
** Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, 1968
** Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
** Daulat Singh Kothari, 1962
** Rao Raja Hanut Singh, 1958
* Padma Shri
** Chandra Prakash Deval, 2011
** Krishna Poonia, 2011
** Arjun Prajapati, 2010
** Vijaydan Detha, 2007
** Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, 2005
** Veer Singh Mehta, 2005
** Kanhaiyalal Sethia, 2004
** Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, 2002
** Mohammed Tayab Khan, craftmanship, 2001
** Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi, 2000
** Kailash Sankhala, The Tiger Man Of India, 1992
** Sriram Singh Shekhawat, in 1992
** Kudrat Singh, 1988
** Hisam-ud-din Usta, 1986, arts
** Mag Raj Jain, 1989, social work
** Lashmi Kumari Chundawat, 1984
** Purushottam Das, 1984, Arts
** Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya, 1984, painting
** Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), 1983
** Allah Jilai Bai, 1982
** Shree Lal Joshi
** Raghubir Singh, 1983
** P. K . Sethi
** Sita Ram Lalas, 1977, literature
** Kripal Singh Shekhawat, 1974
** Vijay Singh, 1972, civil service
** Khailshanker Durlabhji, 1971, trade and industry
** Yudhvir Singh, 1971, social work
** Ratna Fabri, 1970, arts
** Devi Lal Samar, 1968, arts
** Sis Ram Ola, for social work in 1968
** Kanwar Sain, 1956
** Ratan Shastri, 1955
** Sudhir Tailang
* Magsaysay Award
** Rajendra Singh
** P. K . Sethi
* Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
** Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya
* Rashtrapati Award
** Kala Nath Shastry, 1998

## Gallantry honors
### Param Vir Chakra

* CHM Piru Singh Shekhawat (Jhunjhunu)
* Major Shaitan Singh Bhati

### Maha Vir Chakra

* Brigadier Bhawani Singh of Jaipur
* Lt. Col Kishan Singh Rathore (Ghadsisar, Bikaner)
* Naik Digendra Kumar
* Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, 1971

### Ashoka Chakra

* Defedar Sultan Singh Rathore (Mamdola-Didwana)
* 2nd Lt. Puneet Nath Dutt, Jaipur

### Kirti Chakra

* Captain Karni Singh Rathore (Later on Promoted to Colonel) Lakhau, Churu
* Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore (Ramdawas, Jodhpur)]
* Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

### Shaurya Chakra

* Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 21 Para Commando (Special Forces) - Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

### Vir Chakra

* Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
* Naib Sub. Rampal Singh (Kotputli Jaipur), 9 Rajput, 1999

### Sena Medal

* Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)
* Major Bhanu Pratap Singh (8 Rajputana Rifles / 43 Rashtriya Rifles)

### Vishisht Seva Medal

* Major Surendra Poonia (Rajpura, Sikar)-Special Forces, President's Bodyguard, AMC, World Medical Games
* Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

## Business and Industry

* Ajay Piramal
* Ghanshyam Das Birla
* Lakshmi Mittal
* Jamnalal Bajaj
* H S Ranka
* Chanda Kochhar
* Harakh Chand Nahata
* Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal securities
* Desh Bandhu Gupta of Lupin Laboratories
* Rahul Yadav (born 1989) is an Indian entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of Indian real estate search portal Housing.com.

## Defence

* Abhey Singh
* Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
* Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
* Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
* Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur) - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
* Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM (21 Para Special Forces) Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

## Judiciary and law
### Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India

* Rajendra Mal Lodha, Chief Justice of India

### Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

* Daulat Mal Bhandari
* Chand Mal Lodha

### Chief Justice of Other High Courts

* Mohan Lall Shrimal
* Guman Mal Lodha
* Dalveer Bhandari

### Judges of Rajasthan High Court

* Kan Singh Parihar
* Milap Chand Jain
* Rajendra Mal Lodha

### Jurists

* L. M. Singhvi
* Dalveer Bhandari

## Eminent scholars
### Scientists

* Brahmagupta
* Daulat Singh Kothari
* Rajendra Singh Paroda
* Rajpal Singh Yadav, Vector ecologist
* Laxman Singh Rathore, DG Meteorology
* DP Sharma, Computer and IT scientist
* Govardhan Mehta, Chemical scientist
* PK Sethi, Medical orthopedics

### Medicine

* P. K. Sethi
* Veer Singh Mehta
* Hakim Syed Karam Husain, Unani practitioner
* Tirath Das Dogra, Former Director AIIMS, Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurgaon.

## Historical figures

* Meerabai
* Panna Dhai
* Gora and Badal
* Hada Rani
* Bhamashah
* Rani Padmini
* Narharidas Barhath
* Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali
* Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya
* Suryamal Misran
* Kaviraja Shyamaldas

## Journalism

* Karpoor Chand Kulish, founder of Rajasthan Patrika
* Ved Pratap Vaidik
* Pratap Bhanu Mehta

## Administration

* D.R. Mehta, ex chairman of SEBI,
* Gyan Prakash Pilania
* Kunwar Natwar Singh

## Literature

* Dursa Arha
* Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya
* Narharidas Barhath
* Suryamal Misran
* Magha (poet)
* Sunderdas
* Lashmi Kumari Chundawat
* Kanhaiyalal Sethia
* Nand Kishore Acharya
* Acharya Rajendrasuri
* Abdul Vaheed `Kamal'
* Vijaydan Detha
* Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri (Sanskrit poet)
* Kala Nath Shastry (Sanskrit scholar)
* Hemant Shesh (Hindi poet)
* Mandan Mishra (Sanskrit scholar)
* Shyamaldas
* Vidyadhar Shastri
* Thakur Akshay Singh Ratnu
* Chandra Prakash Deval
* Rima Hooja
* Rawat Saraswat (Rajasthani poet)

## Arts

* Suvigya Sharma
* Reshma
* Gulabo (Kalbelia dancer)

### Music

* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain
* Allah Jilai Bai
* Aminuddin Dagar
* Raj Kamal
* Ananya Birla
* Brij Bhushan Kabra
* Chatur Lal
* Ila Arun
* Jagjit Singh
* Mehdi Hassan
* Moinuddin Khan, sarangi player
* Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Dhrupad vocalist
* Raja Hasan
* Sandeep Acharya
* Shreya Ghoshal
* Shail Hada
* Toshi Sabri
* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
* Wasifuddin Dagar
* Zia Fariddudin Dagar
* Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
* Khemchand Prakash
* Brij Lal Verma
* Sultan Khan (Sarangi player and classical vocalist)
* Roop Kumar Rathod (Singer)
* Shravan Kumar (music composer-Nadeem Shravan)
* Bhanu Pratap Singh
* Malini Rajurkar
* Krishna Bhatt

### Dance

* Puran Bhatt
* Manisha Gulyani

### Painting

* B. G. Sharma
* Shree Lal Joshi
* Archibald Herman Muller
* Ramkishan Adig

## Art craft and handicrafts

* Kripal Singh Shekhawat, blue pottery
* Badri Lal Chitrakar, Shilp Guru award
* Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar
* Vibhor Sogani, Sprouts
* Vinod Kumar Jangir, Shilp Guru award
* Usha Rani Hooja
* Jagdish Lal Raj Soni
* Beni Ram Soni

## Film industry

* Arjun Deo Charan
* Bharat Vyas
* Tarachand Barjatya (producer)
* Om Shivpuri
* Mani Kaul (director)
* Hasrat Jaipuri
* Jagjit Singh (singer)
* Irrfan Khan
* Karmveer Choudhary
* Kirti Kulhari
* Asrani (actor)
* Mahipal
* Pinchoo Kapoor
* K. C. Bokadia
* Sultan Khan (singer)
* Annu Kapoor (actor, anchor)
* Kovid Gupta (screenwriter, filmmaker)
* Smita Bansal (Balika Vadhu Fame)
* Sakshi Tanwar
* Ashish Sharma

## Others

* Raj Singh Dungarpur
* Hanuman Prasad Poddar
* Chanda Kochhar
* Bhanwari Devi, social worker
* Falahari Baba

## Independence activists

* Anjana Devi Chaudhary
* Ram Narayan Chaudhary
* Nathuram Mirdha
* Parsaram Maderna
* Ranmal Singh Dorwal
* Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath
* Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath
* Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath
* Rao Gopal Singh Kharwa
* Lothoo Nitharwal
* Sagarmal Gopa
* Bharat Pratap Singh
* Daulat Mal Bhandari
* Swami Keshwanand
* Har Lal Singh
* Vijay Singh Pathik
* Rao Tula Ram

## Religion

* Karni Mata
* Guru Jambheshwar
* Devnarayan
* Baba Ramdevji
* Bavaliya Baba
* Mata Rani BhatiyaniJasol
* Gogaji
* Pabuji
* Mahatma Isardas
* Jambhoji
* Dadu Dayal
* Brahmanand Swami
* Dhanna Bhagat
* Karmabai
* Mirabai
* Tejaji
* Acharya Rajendrasuri
* Acharya Mahaprajna
* Khetlaji
* Swarupadas
* Keshavrai

## Rulers

* Badan Singh, founder and first Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Suraj Mal, Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Jawahar Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Ram Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Kishan Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Brijendra Singh, last ruling Maharaja of Bharatpur
* Kirat Singh, founder and first Maharana of Dholpur
* Amar Singh Rathore, king of Nagaur
* Bappa Rawal, king of Mewar
* Durga Das Rathore
* Ganga Singh, king of Bikaner
* Hammiradeva of Ranthambore- grandson of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
* Hammir Singh, king of Mewar
* Jai Singh I, king of Jaipur
* Jai Singh II, king of Jaipur
* Jaswant Singh, king of Jodhpur
* Kanhadadeva, king of Jalore
* Maharao Shardul Singh
* Maharana Pratap, king of Mewar
* Man Singh I, king of Jaipur
* Prithvi Raj Chauhan, king Ajmer
* Raja Nahar Khan, king of Mewat
* Rana Kumbha, king Mewar
* Rana Sanga, king of Mewar
* Rao Jodha, king of Jodhpur
* Rao Bika, king of Bikaner
* Rawal Mallinath
* Rao Shekhaji
* Udai Singh II, king of Mewar
* Vigraharaja IV, King of Shakambhari
* Viramadeva, king of Jalore

## Politics
### Rajya Sabha members

* List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan

### Ministers  —Rajasthan Government

* List of ministers in Government of Rajasthan

### Vice President of India

* Jagdeep Dhankar
* Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

### Governors of other states

* Gulab Chand Kataria
* Hari Dev Joshi
* Mohan Lal Sukhadia
* Mohammed Usman Arif
* Sadiq Ali
* Nawal Kishore Sharma
* Sunder Singh Bhandari
* Kanwar Bahadur Singh
* Rajkumar Dhoot
* Ajai Singh
* Arvind Dave
* Banwari Lal Joshi
* Shiv Charan Mathur
* Govind Singh Gurjar
* Jagannath Pahadia
* Kamla Beniwal

### Chief ministers

* Hiralal Shastri
* Jai Narayan Vyas
* Mohan Lal Sukhadia
* Barkatullah Khan
* Hari Dev Joshi
* Jagannath Pahadia
* Hira Lal Devpura
* Shiv Charan Mathur
* Ashok Gehlot
* Tika Ram Paliwal
* Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
* Bhajan Lal Sharma
* Vasundhara Raje

### Ministers — central government

* Jaswant Singh, Former External Affairs, Defense & Finance Minister of India
* Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Energy Minister of India.
* Natwar Singh, Former External Affairs Minister of India
* Nathuram Mirdha
* Subhash Maharia
* Satish Chandra Agrawal
* Krishana Kumar Goyal
* Girija Vyas
* Rajesh Pilot
* Ram Niwas Mirdha
* Sis Ram Ola
* Nawal Kishore Sharma
* Mohammed Usman Arif
* Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
* Arjun Ram Meghwal
* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
* Bhupender Yadav
* Kailash Meghwal
* Jaskaur Meena
* Kalu Lal Shrimali
* Raj Bahadur
* Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology
* Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
* Kirori Lal Meena
* C.P. Joshi
* Sanwar Lal Jat

### Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

* Sumitra Singh, first women speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
* Poonam Chand Vishnoi
* Parasram Maderna
* Hari Shankar Bhabhra
* Shanti Lal Chaplot
* Laxman Singh
* Kailash Chandra Meghwal

### Others

* Gayatri Devi
* Rawal Umed Singh Rathore Barmer
* Mohar Singh Rathore
* Jawan Singh
* Daulat Mal Bhandari
* Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya
* Narendra Budania
* Motilal Vora Ex chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
* Devi Singh Bhati
* Mamta Sharma
* Bhawani Singh of Pokhran (b. 1911) member 1st Lok Sabha

## Award Winning Sports People
### Khel Ratna Award Winners

* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

### Arjuna Award Winners
#### Basketball

* Khushi Ram, in 1967
* Hanuman Singh, in 1975
* Radhey Shyam, in 1981
* Ajmer Singh, in 1982

#### Athletics

* Sriram Singh, in 1973
* Gopal Saini, in 1981
* Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984
* Deena Ram, in 1990

#### Volleyball

* R K Purohit, in 1983
* Suresh Mishra, in 1979

#### Hockey

* Sunita Puri, in 1966
* Varsha Soni, in 1981

#### Archery

* Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989
* Limba Ram, in 1991

#### Cricket

* Salim Durani, in 1961
* Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present

#### Swimming

* Manjari Bhargava, in 1974

### Weightlifting

* Mehar Chand Bhaskar, in 1985

### Squash

* Bhuvneshwari Kumari, in 1982

### Shooting

* Maharaja Karni Singh, in 1961
* Rajyashree Kumari, in 1968
* Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kota, in 1969
* Bhim Singh II of Kota, in 1971
* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, in 2003

### Polo

* Col. Maharaj Prem Singh, in 1961
* Lt.Col Kishan Singh, in 1963
* Rao Raja Hanut Singh, in 1964

### Equestrian

* Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), in 1982
* Col.G. M. Khan, VSM (Equestrian), in 1984

### Golf

* Lakshman Singh, in 1982

### Paralympics

* Devendra Jhajharia
* Avani Lekhara
* Krishna Nagar
* Kumar Nitesh

### Others

* Parthasarathy Sharma, Cricket
* Hanumant Singh, Cricket
* Vikram Solanki, Cricket
* Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, Cricket
* Gangotri Bhandari, Ladies hockey
* Abhijeet Gupta, Chess
* Krishna Poonia
* Bajranglal Takhar
* Hari Singh (athlete), marathon runner
* Surendra Poonia, Power-lifting
* Saroj Kumari Piploda, Volleyball

### Dronacharya award winners

* Guru Hanuman, for wrestling
* Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006
* R. D. Singh, for Athletics in 2007
* Sagar Mal Dhayal, for Boxing in 2016

## List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949

* V.T. Krishnamachari
* Heera Lal Shastri
* Raj Bahadur
* Manikya Lal Varma
* Lt. Col. Apji Dalel Singh
* Jai Narayan Vyas
* Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava
* Gokulbhai Bhatt

## Sports / Athletes
### Cricket

* Salman Khan
* Mahipal Lomror
* Vinoo Mankad
* Syed Mushtaq Ali
* Kamlesh Nagarkoti
* B. B. Nimbalkar
* Rahul Chahar
* Deepak Chahar
* Ravi Bishnoi
* Khaleel Ahmed