List of people from Orissa
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Orissa, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Obviously this list as of now is far from being complete in any sense.
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Legal Luminaries
- Madhusudan Das
- Justice Bira Kishore Ray (English Bar, First Chief Justice of the High Court of Orissa[1][2], Advocate-General of Orissa State & Member, Rajya Sabha)
- Justice Nabakumar Das (Retd Judge and Promoter of Orissa Art and Culture)
- Justice Bijoy Kishore Ray (Former Judge of the High Court of Orissa)
- Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray (Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Orissa [3][4] and Lokpal, Orissa[5])
- Justice Ranganath Misra (Former Chief Justice of India and Member, Rajya Sabha)
- Justice Gopal Ballav Pattnaik (Former Chief Justice of India)
- Justice Krishna Prasad Mohapatra (Former Lokpal, Orissa )
- Justice Arijit Pasayat (Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Formerly Chief Justice of the High Courts of Delhi and Kerala respectively[6])
- Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik (Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh[7], formerly Chief Justice of the High Court of Chattisgarh[8])
- Ranjit Mohanty (Lawyer, Bar-at-Law & Former Chairman of the Bar Council of India)
- Kaminikanta Patnaik (Lawyer, Founder of Orissa Engineering College)
- Jagannath Patnaik (Lawyer, Advocate-General of Orissa & Former Chairman of the Bar Council of India)
- B.K. Mohanty (Lawyer, Advocate-General of Orissa)
- Lilly Mukherjee (née Ray) (Lawyer, Bar-at-Law, eminent Sr. Advocate in the High Court of Calcutta)
- Swagat Mohanty (Lawyer)
Library & Information Science
- Bulu Maharana *[[9]]
- Dr. K C Panda *[[10]]
- Professor B. K. Choudhury
- Prof. Pitamber Padhi
- Professor R. K Rout
- Dr. R N Mishra
- Mr Devendra Kumar Biswal (First Oriya Bio-Information Officer)
- Dr Simita Mishra (First Oriya Doctor of Philosophy on Medical Informatics)
Literature
- Achyutananda Das
- Deena Krushna Das
- Shri Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
- Sri Jaydev
- Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja
- Sarala Dasa
- Atibadi Jagannath Das
- Abhimanyu Samanta Sinhara
- Gangadhar Meher
- Kabisurya Baladeba Rath
- Gopal Krushna Patnaik
- Vyasakavi Fakir Mohan Senapati
- Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao
- Kabibar Radhanath Ray
- Gopinath Mohanty
- Kanta Kabi Laxmi Kanta Mahapatra
- Ramakant Rath
- Sachidananda Routray
- Kanhu Charan Mohanty
- Godabarish Mohapatra
- Manoj Das
- Sitakant Mohapatra
- Binapani Mohanty
- Sarojini Sahoo
- Pratibha Roy
- Gopal Chhotray
- * Tarun Kanti Mishra
- Bibhuti Patnaik
- Satkadi Hota
- Rabi Singh
- Akhil Mohan Patnaik
- Kishori Charan Das
- Chandra Sekhar Rath
- Jagadish Mohanty
- Ramachandra Behera
- Rabi Kanungo
- Jayanta Mahapatra
- Prof. Ganeswar Mishra
- Prof. Trilochan Mishra
- Prof Mahajiteswar Das
- Professor Dr Nachiketa Das
- Dr. Jatindra Kr. Nayak
- Radhamohan Gadnaik
- Kuntala Kumari Sabat
- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty
- Debaraj SamantRay
Movies
Directors
- Radha Panda
- Prashanta Nanda
- Mohd. Mohsin
- Basant Sahoo
- Dhira Biswal
- Nirad Mohapatra
- Sadhu Meher
- Apurva Kishore Veer
- sanjay nayak
- Hara Patnaik
- Babloo Panda
- Subas Das
Actors
- Bijay Mohanty
- Prasant Nanda
- Jayaram Samal (Jayi Nana)
- Uttam Mohanty
- Hara Patnaik
- Sukhjinder Singh Sangha
- Srirama Panda
- Sidhant
- Dukhiram Swain
- Sharat Pujari
- Hemanta Das
- Samuel Sahu (Babi)
- Megha(A.Parida)
- Debu Bose
- Radha Panda
- Babloo Panda (Album Hero)
- Chandrachur Singh
Actresses
- Jharana Das
- Maheswata Ray
- Tandra Ray
- Banaja Mohanty
- Aparajita Mohanty
- Bijaya Jena
- Nandita Das
- Anu Chowdhary
- Jyoti Mishra
- Leslie Tripathy
- Pinky Pradhan
Music
- Akshaya Mohanty
- Saroj Nanda
- Anima Mishra
- Bhubaneswar Misra
- Santanu Mohapatra
- H P Chaurasia
- Nirmala Mishra
- Jyothi Mishra (White Town)
- Arati Goswamy
- Sipra Bose
- Trupti Das
- Prafula Kar
- Balakrisna Das
- Bhikari Bala
- Pranab Pattanaik
- Sikander Alam
- Chitta Ranjan Jena
- Lakshmi Kanta Sen
- Sunanda Patnaik
- Shyamamani Patnaik
- Shantilata Barik
- Nimai C. Harichandan
- Apurba
- T. Souri
- Shakti Mishra
- Radhakrushna Bhanja
- Gurukrushna Goswamy
- Jiban Pani
- Santanu Das First to introduce Karaoke concept in the world of Oriya Music(2002)
Odissi Dance and Culture
- Sanjukta Panigrahi
- Raghunath Panigrahi
- Kelucharan Mahapatra
- Bijay Laxmi Mohanty
- Kum Kum Das
Politics
- Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das
- Madhu Sudan Das
- Laxmi Narayan Sahu
- Nabakrushna Choudhury
- Harekrushna Mahatab
- Gopabandhu Choudhury
- Rama Devi
- Malati Devi
- Godabarisha Mishra
- Acharya Harihar Das
- Krushna Chandra Gajapati
- Nityananda Kanungo
- Biswanath Das
- Biju Patnaik
- Suparno Satpathy
- Naveen Patnaik
- Ravi Ray
- Janaki Ballav Patnaik
- Banka Bihari Das
- Nandini Satpathy
- Rama Chandra Panda
- Debendra Pradhan
- Chandrasekhar Sahu
- Baisnav Parida
- Surya Narayan Patro
- Janardan Pati
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Bijoy Mohapatra
- Ashok Das
- Tathagata Satpathy
- Rama Chandra Rath
- Santosh Mohapatra
- Kishore Mishra
- Bhajaman Behera
- Nakula Nayak
- Ramakrushna Patnaik
- Nalini Mohanty
- Rama Ballhav Rath
- Uma Ballhav Rath
- Devendranath Mansingh
Journalism and Newspaper Proprietors
- Sashi Bhusan Rath (Dainika Asha)
- Mahendra Patnaik (Dainika Asha)
- Gopabandhu Das (Samaj)
- Dr Radhanath Ratha (Samaj)
- Laxmi Narayan Sahu (Sahakara)
- Alekh Prasad Das (Sahakara)
- Godabarish Mahapatra (Nian Khunta)
- Balakrushna Kar (Matrubhumi)
- Pradyumna Bal (Pragati Badi)
- Biren Mitra (Janashakti)
- Harekrushna Mahatab (Prajatantra)
- Bhartruhari Mahatab (Prajatantra)
- Bijayananda Patnaik (Kalinga)
- Nandini Satpathy (Dharitri)
- Tathagata Satpathy (Dharitri)
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (Sambada)
- Janaki Ballav Patnaik (Paurusha)
- Basudev Mahapatra (www.hotnhitnews.com)
Science & Educationists
Oriya Encyclopedia
- Alekh Prasad Das (Biswa Kosha)
- Gopala Chandra Praharaj (Purna Chandra Bhasa Kosha)
- Binod Kanungo (Jnaana Mandala)
- Debaraj Samantray (Chaal Bege Delhi, aasile dasa ghoda, Mote bhulibani aei kathaaku)
- Karubaki Samantray (KARUBAKI)
- Kanchanbala Samantray (Chaal Bege Delhi)
Biology
- Ranjan Kumar Nanda (Bio-Physicist)
- Professor Dr Prana Krushna Parija (Botanist)
- Professor Dr. Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi(Zoology)
- Udaya Chand Biswal
- Basanti Biswal
- Professor Dr Madhu Sudan Kanungo
- Professor Dr Dinabandhu Mishra
- Professor Dr Indrajit Nanda
- Professor Dr Asit Kumar Patnaik
- Professor Dr Prasanna Mohanty
- Professor Dr Bansidhar Samantaray
- Professor Gadadhar Misra
Chemistry
- Professor Dr Prafulla Kumar Jena (metallury and chemistry)
- Professor Dr Rabindra Kumar Nanda ( Inorganic Chemistry )
- Professor Dr Mahendra Kumar Rout
- Professor Anadi Charan Dash
- Professor G.B.Behera
Economics
- Prof. Kali Charan Nayak (professor in economics, Ex- Additional Director, Department of Higher Education, Orissa.)
- Professor Dr Sadasiv Mishra (Economist)
- Professor Dr Devendra Chandra Mishra
- Professor Dr Baidyanath Mishra
- Professor Dr Kshetra Mohan Patnaik
- Professor Dr Prabhat Patnaik
- Professor Dr Prashant Patnaik
Geology
- Professor Dr Satyananda Acharya
- Professor Dr Biswanath Dash
- Professor Dr Nachiketa Das
- Professor Dr Naba K. Mahalik
- Professor Dr Man Mohan Mohanty
Atmospheric Sciences
- Professor Dr Umesh Chandra Mohanty
Environmental Science
- Professor Dr Nachiketa Das
Education
- Prof Damodar Acharya (presently Director, IIT Kharagpur)
- Prof Arta Ballava Mohanty (educationist)
- Prof Satrughna Nath (educationist )
- Kaminikanta Patnaik (Lawyer, Founder of Orissa's First private engineering college, Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar)
Archaeology
- Dr. Ramesh Prasad Mohapatra (Dr. R. P. Mohapatra) [11]
- Professor Dr. Karuna Sagar Behera
- Shri Paramananda Acharya
- Professor Dr Krushna Chandra Panigrahi
- Professor Rajendra Prasad Das
- Debaraj Samantray (Senior Educationist, Child Psychologist, Retired Principal)
Linguistics
- Dr Debi Prasanna Patnaik
- Professor Golak Bihari Dhala
History
- Professor Dr Manmatha Nath Das
- Dr. Ramesh Prasad Mohapatra (Dr. R. P. Mohapatra) [12]
- Professor Rajendra Prasad Das
- Professor Dr Prabodh Kumar Mishra
- Professor Dr Navin Kumar Sahu
- Professor Dr Krushna Chandra Panigrahi
- Professor Dr Karuna Sagar Behera
Engineering
- Professor Arun Misra (Engineering )
- Professor Sunil Sarangi (Mechanical Engineering)
- Professor Bhubaneswar Behera (Civil Engineering)
- Professor Damodar Acharya (Mechanical Engineering)
- Dr Nalini Ranjan Mohanty (Mechanical Engineering)
- Dr Kota Harinarayan (Engineering)
- Prof Sangram Mudali
- OS. Narayan (Software Engineering and IT Analyst)
Management
- Kailash Chandra Mishra (Management)
- Sarthak Behuria(Management)
- Vivek Pattanayak (Former Additional Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organisation & Chairman OPSC[13])
- Dr. Swarup Mohanty (Human Resource Management)[1]
Mathematics
- Gokulanada Das (Mathematician)
- Gadadhar Misra (mathematician)
- Professor Dr Tribikram Pati (mathematician)
- Professor Dr Swadheen Pattanayak (Mathematician)
- Madan Mohan Mohanty (Mathematician)
- Professor Bipin Bihari Panda (Mathematician)
Medicine
- Dr. Gopal Chandra Pattanayak (Gynaecologist) DTM (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gyanaecologists, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1936[14]). First Director of Health Services of the State of Orissa.
- Dr. Jyotsna Dei (Doctor)
Physics
- Professor Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Deo (Physicist)
- Professor Dr Rabi N Mahapatra ( physicist)
- Jnanadeva Maharana (physicist)
- Professor Dr L Mansingh ( physics )
- Jogesh Chandra Pati (Physicist)
- Trilochan Pradhan (Physicist)
- Kailash Chandra Sahu (Astrophysicist)
- Dr. Jogesh Pati(Physicist)
- Bhanu Pratap Das (Theoretical Physicist)
- Professor Dr Niranjan Barik (Particle Physicist)
- Professor Dr Lambodar Prasad Singh (Physicist)
- Professor Dr Ashok Das
- Arjendu K. Pattanayak (Brown University; Quantum Chaos Physicst at Carleton College USA)
Political Science
- Professor Dr Shriram Chandra Dash
- Professor Dr Bhramara Bara Jena
- Dr. Jyotirmati SamantRay
Social Reformers
- Madhusudan Das
- Nilakantha Das
- Peary Mohan Acharya
- Prof Chitta Ranjan Das
Administrators
- Nandini Satpathy
- Nikunja Kishore Ray; Imperial Police, Former Jt. Director IB, Chairman OPSC[15].
- Kishore Chandra Pattanayak; IPS, Former Jt. Director[16] RAW[17], Director General of Police-cum-Commandant General of Home Guards, First Head of Indo-Tibet Border Police Force(ITBP) at Leh J&K upon its creation[18].
- Lalit Mansingh;IFS, Former Foreign Secretary of India, former Ambassador of Indiato the U.S. & High Commissioner of India to the U.K & Nigeria respectively, Former Dean of the Foreign Service Institute[19]
- Nilmadhab Mohanty; IAS, Managing Director, Field Operations and Administration Division, UNIDO & Special Advisor to Secretary General, UNIDO[20].
- Vivek Pattanayak; IAS, (Former Additional Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organisation-cum-Special Advisor to Secretary General, ICAO & Chairman OPSC[21])
- Kumkum Mohanty; Padma Shri;Indian Postal Service, First Female Civil Servant from Orissa.
- Late Mrs. Kirtimati Samantray, High Profile Social Activist, Gender Coordinator)
Religion
- Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj
- Bhima Bhoi
Sports
- Ranu Mohanty (Power Lifting Women's Asia Champion)
- Hari Prasad Pattanayak (Karate)
- Dilip Tirkey (Hockey)
- Ignace Tirkey(Hockey)
- Lazarus Barla (Hockey)
- Shiv Sundar Das (Cricket)
- Debashish Mohanty (Cricket)
- Budhia Singh (Long Distance Running Prodigy)
- Shradhhanjali Samantaray (National Women Football Team Captain)
- Micheal Kindo(Hockey)
- Purnachandra Bidika (World Power Lifting Champion)
- Sanat Mishra(Badminton)
- Probodh Tirkey(National Hockey Team Captain)
- Suparno Satpathy
Others
- Sriram Chandra Dash (Political Scientist)
- Biswajeet Sarangi, (Audiologist & Speech Pathologist)
- Biswambhar Parida (Freedom Fighter, Jouranlist, Social Servant)
- Alok Ranjan Patnaik (Radio Astronomy)
- Pratyush [Research scholar and author]
