List of people from Himachal Pradesh
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Himachal 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.
Arts
- Gambhari Devi (1922-2013), folk singer, folklorist
- Nicholas Roerich – Painter, lived in Kullu valley with Helena Roerich
- Norah Richards- Theatre
- Shobha Singh – Painter, lived in Andretta Village, Palampur, Kangra
Defence
- Lt. Saurabh Kalia- Indian military personnel
- Captain Vikram Batra- officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra
- Major Som Nath Sharma- Indian military personnel', First Param Vir Chakra awardee
- Honorary Captain Bhandari Ram- Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross,
- Rifleman Sanjay Kumar-The contributor of his bravery with in capturing the "TIGER HILL" post in Kargil war 1999.
Media
- Anupam Kher- Indian actor
- Kangana Ranaut- Indian actress
- Manohar Singh – Theatre and film actor
- Mohit Chauhan – Bollywood singer
- Preity Zinta- Indian actress
- Rubina Dilaik- Actress
- Yami Gautam- Actress
- Vijay Kumar Pandit - Indian actor
Sports
- Charanjit Singh- Hockey (1964 Olympics)
- Suman Rawat- Athletics
- Deepak Thakur- hockey
- The Great Khali- wrestler
- Vijay Kumar- sports shooter
- Samaresh Jung- Sports Shooter
- Manavjit Singh Sandhu – sports shooter
- Manvinder Bisla- Cricketer
- Paras Dogra- Cricketer
- Shiva Keshavan- Luge (Winter Olympian)
- Madan Lal- Cricketer (Team Member 1983 World Cup Winning Team)
- Ajay Thakur- Kabaddi Player
Religion
- Baba Kanshi Ram- Indian poet and independence activist
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama- the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama.
Miscellaneous
- Kinkri Devi, Indian Activist and Environmentalist
- Raja Sansar Chand
- General Zorawar Singh
- Ruskin Bond- writer
- Satyananda Stokes
- Adarsh Rathore, journalist, singer
- Salman Rushdie- writer