List of people from Jamshedpur
This is a list of famous and notable people who were born or lived in Jamshedpur.
- R. Madhavan, Indian cine star was born and brought up in Jamshedpur
- Priyanka Chopra, Miss India World 2000; Miss World 2000 and Bollywood actress was born here
- Tanushree Dutta, Miss India Universe 2004 and Bollywood actress, was born and raised here
- Simone Singh, Popular Indian TV star was born and brought up in Jamshedpur to Sikh-Bengali parents
- Imtiaz Ali, Hindi film director (his works include Socha Na Tha, Jab We Met and Love Aaj Kal
- Saurabh Tiwary,represented India in junior world cup winning team,currently Jharkhand Ranji Cricket Team captain, a future Team India prospect.
- Pratyusha Banerjee is an Indian television actress notably known for playing 'nayi anandi' in Balika Vadhu. She was born and brought up in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
- Prawal Raman Bollywood Hindi film director and writer of films including Darna Mana Hai (2003), Gayab (2005) darna zarori hai (2006), darling (writer) (2007).
- Gerald Durrell (1925–1995), naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter.
- Shilpa Rao, playback singer for Hindi films such as Aamir, Bachna Ae Haseeno, and Dev D
- Mahesh Aney, an alumnus of Loyola School, Class of 1971 (ISC) was conferred the National Award for Cinematography for the film Swades
- Naveen Shukla, motion picture 'visual effects artist' was born and brought up in Jamshedpur. He has worked on films like Rock On!!, Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Marmaduke and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
- Abhinav Kumar, first ranker in the IIT-JEE in 1998 and currently assistant professor at MIT and with Ph.D. from Harvard University
- Ajit Kumar Singh, Environmentalist, born and brought up in Jamshedpur, working for Nature and for Mother "Gaia" Earth[1].
- Allama Arshadul Qaudri, a well-known Urdu Islamic Writer and religious leader. His famous books are Zalzala, Zer-o-zabar, Lalazar.
- Dr. Suhas S. Patil, born in Jamshedpur, is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist. He founded the company Cirrus Logic.
- Astad Deboo, modernist dancer and choreographer, Padma Shri awardee.
- Dr. Yashwant Gupta, Director, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune
- Atul Kochhar, globally acclaimed chef and Michelin Star recipient
- Shumone Chatterjee, MD of Levi Strauss & Co. India
- Dr. Somnath Dasgupta (1983--) Senior Vice President, Indian Polish Chambers of Commerce & Industries([1]) and Chairman, Panashe, the 3rd largest fashion house in Europe was born and raised in Agrico area of the city
- Premlata Agarwal, Indian mountain climber, who on May 21, 2011 became the oldest Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, at the age of 45 years. [2]
- Varun Aaron-fastest indian bowler and part of current team india squad.
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