List of Kumaonis

Kumaoni or Kumauni people are people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas.

Politics

• Govind Ballabh Pant (Bharat Ratna)
• Kalu Singh Mahara, (Freedom fighter), Led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• P. C. Joshi General Secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
• Sheila Irene Pant or Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan)
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Murli Manohar Joshi
• Krishan Chandra Pant- former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
• Bachi Singh Rawat
• Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar
• Bipin Chandra Tripathi
• K.C. Singh Baba
• Ila Pant
• Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
• Ajit Doval (National Security Adviser)

Scientists and Scholars

The cartographer (pundit) Nain Singh Rawat (1830–1895) received a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Gold Medal in 1877.

• Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
• Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor
• Kharag Singh Valdiya, geologist

Journalists and Writers

• Sumitra Nandan Pant
• Gaura Pant Shivani
• Manohar Shyam Joshi
• Mrinal Pande
• Shekhar Joshi
• Pushpesh Pant
• Girish Tiwari (Girda)
• Manoj Joshi

Sports

• Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest
• Chandraprabha Aitwal, Padma Shri, Arjun Awardee, (Mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee.Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree Recipient (1965)
• Manish Pandey, (Cricketer)
• Madhumita Bisht, (Badminton)
• Unmukt Chand, (Cricketer)
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni, (Cricketer)
• Pawan Negi, (Cricketer)

Films and drama

• Himani Shivpuri, Indian film, theatre and television actress.
• Nirmal Pandey, Actor.
• Hemant Pandey, Actor.
• Prasoon Joshi-Ad Guru and Lyricist.
• Sukirti Kandpal, TV Actress
• Manoj Ramola, Casting Director.

Art and literature

• Shivani

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