List of people from Andhra Pradesh

List of people from Andhra Pradesh

This is a list of important people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history.

Independence advocates

* Alluri Sitaramaraju (1897-1923), led Rampa Rebellion against British occupation
* Potti Sriramulu - Fought for the separate andhra state (Died during an indefinite fast he has undertaken to achieve this goal)
* N. G. Ranga
* Pingali Venkayya - He designed the Indian National Flag
* Tanguturi Prakasam - Andhra Kesari
* Colonel D. S. Raju, deputy of Subash Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army
* Kaloji Narayana Rao - is a well known freedom fighter and a political activist noted for his contributions in the social and literary fields
* Swami Ramanand Teerth - is an educator and social activist remembered for his role in the Hyderabad liberation struggle, during the reign of the last Nizam.
* Puchalapalli Sundaraiah.
* Makhdoom Mohiuddin
* Makineni Basavapunnaiah.
* Madapati Hanumantha Rao.
* Koratala Satyanarayana.
* Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar(1891-1978)-First Dy. Speaker, then Speaker Lok Sabha, Governor Bihar. Member Parliament 1932-1962.
* Vuyalavada Narasimha Reddy
* Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya
* Kaneganti Hanumanthu
* Kalluri Chandramouli
* Veerapandiya Kattabomman/Kattabrahmanna
* Gottipati Brahmayya
* Khasa Subbarao
* Doddi Komuraiah
* Sarojini Naidu
* Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao - First speaker of A.P., Assembly
* Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramiah - Author of History of Indian Congress and founder of Andhra Bank.

Presidents and Prime-Ministers

* Malik Maqbul- Wazir (Prime Minister) in the court of Feroz Shah Tughlaq
* Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India May 13, 1962 to May 13, 1967
* Zakir Husain, President of India
* Varahagiri Venkata Giri, President of India May 3, 1969 to August 24, 1974
* Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1982
* P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996

Reserve Bank of India Governors

*C. Rangarajan Governor from December 22, 1992 – November, 1997
*Y.V.Reddy, Governor of Reserve Bank of India from 2001 to till date.

Chief Ministers

*Tanguturi Prakasam
*Bezawada Gopala Reddy
*Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
*Damodaram Sanjivayya
*Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
*P.V. Narasimha Rao later the Prime Minister of India
*Jalagam Vengala Rao
*Marri Chenna Reddy
*Tanguturi Anjaiah
*Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy
*Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
*Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
*Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
*Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
*Nara Chandrababu Naidu
*Yedugiri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

Nizams

* Mir Qamaruddin Khan, Nizal ul Mulk, Asif Jah I (1720-1748)
* Mir Ahmed Ali Khan, Nizam-ud-Dowlah Nasir Jang (1748-1750)
* Nawab Hidayat Mohuddin Sa'adu'llah Khan Bahadur, Muzaffar Jang (1750-1751)
* Nawab Syed Mohammed Khan, Amir ul Mulk, Salabat Jang (1751-1762)
* Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan Bahadur, Nizam ul Mulk, Asif Jah II (1762-1803)
* Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikandar Jah, Asif Jah III (1803-1829)
* Nawab Mir Farkhonda Ali Khan Nasir-ud-Daulah, Asif Jah IV (1829-1857)
* Nawab Mir Tahniat Ali Khan Afzal ud Daulah, Asif Jah V (1857-1869)
* Fath Jang Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI (1869-1911)
* Fath Jang Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII (1911-1948)

Education

* C. R. Reddy, Founder & Vice-chancellor of Andhra University, Vice-chancellor of Mysore University
* Prof. K . Venkata Ramiah , Founder Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University
* G Ram Reddy, Vice-chancellor of A P Open University and Indira Gandhi National Open University.
* V. S. Krishna, Former Vice-chancellor of Andhra University.
* Rao Bahadur S. Govinda Rajulu Naidu, First Vice-Chancellor of S.V.University, Tirupati.
* Kotha Sachidananda Murthy - Buddhist philosopher and Former Vice-chancellor of S. V. University

Business and industry

* Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao, founder of the Amrutanjan Limited
* K. V. K. Raju, founder of the Nagarjuna Group
* Ramoji Rao, founder of the Eenadu Group
* Prathap C. Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals
* Dr. Anji Reddy, Founder Chairman, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
* GV Prasad, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
* Byrraju Ramalinga Raju Founder and Chairman Satyam Computers
* Ram Gopal Varma Producer Cum Director - RGV Factory

cience

* Yellapragada Subba Rao
* Y. Nayudamma
* Raj Reddy

Literature

* Viswanatha Satyanarayana
* Quli Qutub Shah Urdu
* Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
* Wali Mohammed Wali Dakni Urdu
* Amjad Hyderabadi Urdu
* Dhasarathy
* Makhdoom Mohiuddin Urdu
* Ahmadnisar
* Kaloji Narayana Rao
* Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
* Tripuraneni Gopichand
* Vasireddy Seethadevi
* Tummala Seetharama Murthy
* Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry
* Ushasri
* Challapilla Venkata Sastry
* Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
* Divakarla Venkata Avadhani
* Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
* Gudipati Venkata Chalam
* Syed Akbar English
* Gurajada Appa Rao
* Bucchi Babu
* Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao
* Kommuri Sambasiva Rao
* Devulapalli Krishna Sastry
* Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu
* Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha
* Sulaiman Athhar Javed Urdu
* Syed Yakoob Miran Mujhtahedi Urdu
* Ekkirala Krishnamacharya
* Rachakonda Viswanatha Sastry
* Puranam Subramanya Sarma
* Nayani Krishna Kumari
* Vutukuri Lakshmikanthamma
* Thenneti Hemalatha

Philosophers

* Jiddu Krishnamurti
* Vemana
* Satya Sai Baba
* Ekkirala Krishnamacharya

Award Winners

Member of the British Empire

* Sekhar Tam Tam, for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada [ [http://www.honours.gov.uk/lists/2006birthday.aspx 2006 Birthday Honours List ] ] [ [http://www.honours.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.honours.gov.uk/grenada.pdf] ] [ [http://www.geocities.com/kirantamtam/Dr_Sekhar_Tam_Tam_MBE.html Dr. Sekhar Tam Tam MB BS, MBE 2006 Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London ] ] [ [http://www.sgu.edu/website/sguwebsite.nsf/Medicine/FacultyandAdministrationMED.htm] ]

Bharat Ratna

* V. V. Giri, 1975
* Zakir Hussain
* Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 1954

Padma Vibhushan

* Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
* C. Narayanareddy
* Kaloji Narayana Rao
* Dr P. Venugopal, Director of AIIMS
* Kotta Sachidanda Murthy

Padma Bhushan

* Dr. P. Tirumala Rao
* Gottipati Brahmaiah
* C.K. Nayudu
* Kongara Jaggayya
* Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
* B. V. Raju
* C. Narayanareddy
* G.A.Narasimha Rao
* Shri Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya
* Shri Adusumalli Radha Krishna
* Mullukutla Ramabrahmam
* Dr. Perugu Siva Reddy
* Dr. A.S.Rao (founder of ECIL)
* Dr K Srinath Reddy - Professor and Head of the dept Of Cardiology, AIIMS
* Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam
* Dr.Chiranjeevi
* P. Susheela

Padma Shree

* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
* Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad
* Chitturi Nagaiah
* N. T. Rama Rao
* Ghantasala Venkateswar Rao
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao
* B. V. Raju
* K. Viswanath (Kalathapasvi)
* Shobha Naidu
* S.P.Balasubrahmanyam
* Nerella Venumadhav
* Nageshwar Reddy
* B. Soma Raju
* Gullapalli N. Rao
* D. V. S. Raju
* Allu Ramalingaiah
* A. V. Ramarao
* M. V. Rao
* Dr.M.Mohan babu
* Dr. Perugu Siva Reddy
* Kotta Sachidanda Murthy

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

* Karnam Malleswari, for weightlifting (1995-1996)
* Pullela Gopichand, for badminton (2000-2001)

Arjuna Awards

* Karnam Malleswari (Weight Lifting)
* V. V. S. Laxman (Cricket)
* Koneru Humpy (Chess)
* Achanta S. Kamal (Table Tennis)
* Mukesh Kumar (Hockey)
* Mulini Reddy (Volleyball)
* Abdul Basith (Volleyball)
* M. Shyamsundar Rao (Volleyball)
* Ramana Rao A (Volleyball)
* P. V. Ramana (Volleyball)
* Ravikanth Reddy (Volleyball)
* Yousuf Khan (Football)
* J. J. Shobha (Atletics)
* Anil Krishnan (Rowing)
* M. Srinivasa Rao (Physically challenged - badminton)
* Sania Mirza (Tennis)
* Mohammad Azharuddin (Cricket)
* Mithali Raj (Cricket)- India Women's Team Captain

Gnanpith Award

* Viswanatha Satyanarayana
* C. Narayana Reddy

ports

Cricket

* C.K. Nayudu
* Mohammed Azaruddin
* Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
* Venkatapathy Raju
* V.V.S. Laxman
* M.Ganesh
* M.S.K. Prasad
* Venugopal Rao
* Ambati Rayudu
* Shivlal Yadav
* M.L. Jaisimha
* Ghulam Ahmed
* Syed Mohammad Hadi
* Abid Ali
* Abbas Ali Baig
* Arshad Ayub

Athletics
* Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
* B.V.Sathyanarayana
* Kalagara Raj Mohan

Chess
* Pendyala Harikrishna
* Koneru Humpy

Tennis
* Sania Mirza

Other Volley sports
* Pullela Gopichand, Badminton
* Achanta Sharath Kamal, Table Tennis

Others
* Mukesh Kumar, Hockey
* Zenak Awok, Soccer

Music

Traditional
* Tyagaraja, of the trinity of Carnatic music.
* Tallapaka Annamacharya
* Bhadradri Ramadasu
* Syama Sastri, of the trinity of Carnatic music.

Classical
* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
* Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
* Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
* Sripada Pinakapani
* Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
* Rallapalli Anantakrishna Sarma
* Emani Sankara Sastry
* U.Srinivas
* Dwaram Manga ThayaruFilm music
* S P Balasubrahmanyam, composer and singer
* Ghantasala, composer and singer
* P. Susheela, singer
* S. Janaki, singer
* Krishnaveni(Jikki), singer
* Jamunarani, singer
* S.P.Sailaja,singer
* Vijayalakshmi Kanna Rao, singer
* Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, singer
* Madhavapeddi Sathyam, singer
* Susarla Dakshina Murty, composer
* P. B. Sreenivas, singer
* Saluri Rajeswara Rao, composer
* Master Venu,Composer
* Ramesh Naidu, composer
* Chakri (music director)
* Talat Aziz, Ghazal Singer
* Adinarayana Rao, composer
* Suddala Ashok Teja, lyricist
* Nagur Babu (Mano), singer
* Devisri prasad, composer
* Ramana Gogula, composer
* Mani Sharma, composer
* Pendyala,Composer
* Satyam,Composer
* S.P.Kodandapani,Composer
* Akula Appalraj,composer
* Koti,composer
* Jetti.V.Raghavulu,composer

Dance

* Sidhendra Yogi, originator of the Kuchipudi dance style
* Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi- Padma Sri awardee

Cinema

Directors
* Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu
* K. V. Reddy
* P. Pullaiah
* B. N. Reddy
* L. V. Prasad
* C. Pulliah
* Kamalakara Kameswarara Rao
* B.A.Subba Rao
* N.T.Rama Rao
* Adurthi Subba Rao
* Tapi Chanakya
* Vittalacharya
* K.Prathyagatma
* K Vishwanath
* Dasari Narayana Rao
* K. Raghavendra Rao
* Bapu
* T.RamaRao
* Jandhyala
* A.KodandaRami Reddy
* Relangi Narasimha Rao
* Muthyala Subbaia
* Pinisetti Raviraja
* Singitam Srinivasa Rao
* Kodi Ramakrishna
* E.V.V. Satyanarayana
* B.Gopal
* Ram Gopal Varma
* Krishna Vamsi
* Puri Jagannadh
* S.S.Rajamouli
* V. V. Vinayak
* Y.V.S.Chowdary
* Sukumar
* Srinu Vaitla
* Sekhar Kammula
* Nagesh Kukunoor
* Shyam Benegal
* Vedantham Raghavaiah
* M.Raja
* Neelakhanta Reddy

Producers
* L. V. Prasad
* D. Ramanaidu
* Murali Mohan
* C. Ashwini Dutt
* M. S. Raju
* Allu Aravind
* A.M. Ratnam

Writers
* Pingali Nagendrarao
* Aathreya
* Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
* Jandhyala
* Paruchuri Brothers
* Trivikram Srinivas
* Gopimohan
* Veeru Potla
* Kona Venkat
* B.V.S.Ravi
* Abburi Ravi
* Guna Sekhar
* Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
* Sukumar
* Ajay Sastry

Actors
* S. V. Ranga Rao
* Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao
* Kantha Rao
* Relangi Venkata Ramaiah
* Chittor V. Nagaiah
* Kongara Jaggayya
* Rajanala
* Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
* Allu Rama Lingaiah
* Kaikala Satyanarayana
* J. V. Somayajulu
* Dasari Narayana Rao
* Krishnam Raju
* Shoban Babu
* Harinath Raju
* Murkha Babu
* Ghattamaneni Krishna
* Chiranjeevi
* Akkineni Nagarjuna
* Nandamuri Bandakrishna
* Daggubati Venkatesh
* Brahmanandam
* Srihari
* Nagendra Babu
* Pawan Kalyan
* Bhanu Chander
* Gurramkonda Krishna
* Mahesh Babu Gattamaneni
* Jr.NTR
* Prabhas
* Allu Arjun
* M. S. Narayana
* Ram Charan Teja
* Ravi Krishna
* Jayam Ravi Actresses

*Savithri
*Pasupuleti Kannamba
*Santhakumari
*G. Varalakshmi
*S. Varalakshmi
* Jamuna
* Jayaprada
* Bhanupriya
* Jayasudha
* Suryakantham
* Sarada
* Anjali Devi
* Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
* Vanisri
* Farah
* Tabu
* Vijaya Shanthi

Religion

Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism
*Tirumala_Tirupati_Devasthanams
* Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, proponent of Vaishnavism Buddhism
* Acharya Nagarjuna

Secular
* Sathya Sai Baba
* Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha
* Dr Umar Alisha
* Brahmarishi Hussain Sha
* Mumtaz Ali

Christianity
* Bishop.Dr.K.John Peter, Founder and Director, United pastor's Fond Welare Association.

http://www.upfwa.org

See also

*Telugu people

References

*List of people by India state


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