List of people from Madhya Pradesh
This is a list of famous and notable people from Madhya Pradesh, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
- Arjun Singh, politician
- Ashok Kumar, actor
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Former PM of India
- Dr. Harisingh Gour, Lawyer, Founder VC of Delhi University, Nagpur University, Sagar University
- Kishore Kumar, singer
- Chandrasekhar Azad, Famous Indian Revolutionary
- Guru Radha Kishan, youngest Independence activist from the region
- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
- Digvijay Singh, chief minister, (1993-2003)
- Uma Bharati, first woman chief minister of state (2003-)
- Osho Rajneesh, spiritual guru
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the TM school of meditation.
- Aslam Sher Khan, former India hockey player
- Habib Tanvir, theatre person
- Homi F Dazi, Former MP and General Secretary of AITUC
- Jaya Bachchan, Actor
- Madhavrao Scindia, of the Scindia family, erstwhile rulers of Gwalior, former Union Minister
- Raghuvir Yadav, actor
- Salman Khan, actor
- Kumar Gandharva, Hindustani Classical Singer
- Javed Akhtar, eminent writer and poet
- Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Ex president of India
- Kamta Prasad Guru-Hindi grammarian
- Abdul Qavi Desnavi, Eminent writer, Critic, Bibliographist, Linguist & Scholar of Urdu language
- Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Bhopal born scholar of Unani medicine
- Pankaj Sharma, well known journalist
Indore district
- Ahilya Bai Holkar. The erstwhile ruler of Indore state.
- Yasvant Rao Holkar First freedom fighter who make army to fight with Britishers.
- Laloo Yadav - born in Indore.
- Lata Mangeshkar - born in Indore.
- Dr B.R. Ambedkar - Was born in Mhow the Cantonment town in Indore district.
- Colonel C.K. Nayudu - The first man to captain India in Test cricket.
- Captain Mushtaq Ali - Colonel Nayudu's teammate in the Holkar team and in the Indian team.
- Prakash Chandra Sethi - Former CM of MP and former Union Cabinet Minister.
- Guru Radha Kishan - Freedom Fighter and eminent social worker.
- M.F. Hussain - Eminent artist who spent his childhood in Indore.
- Kutty Menon - One of the foremost exponents of Organic Farming. Recipient of Padma Shri. lung
- Baba Dike - Eminent theatre person associated with Marathi theatre.
- General K Sundarji - Was Commandant of the College of Combat Mhow during the early eighties. The College is now known as the Army War College.
- Honorary Captain Shankar Laxman - Was captain of the Indian Hockey team in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Lived in Mhow till his death on Apr 29 2006
- Chandu Sarwate - Former India cricketer.
- Amay Khurasiya - Former India cricketer.
- Narendra Hirwani - Former India cricketer.
- Sandhya Agarwal - Former India cricketer and member of the women's cricket team.
- Salman Khan
- Comedian Johnny Walker
- Rahul Dravid -Indian cricketer -Born in Indore.
- Rajat Vyas -Former Ranji cricketer
- Afroz Khan Seoni M.P.(Indore)
- Pankaj Sharma Well known journalist
Priya Gupta A world famous well known QC chemist from gwalior
See also