List of people from Andhra Pradesh

This is a list of notable people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history.

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History

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Culture

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Languages

Hindi English (Indian) Other regional languages

Religion

Hinduism (Temples) Islam Christianity Sikhism Jainism (Temples) Buddhism in India Zoroastrianism Bahá'í Faith

Advocates or lawyers

Subodh Markandeya

Independence advocates

Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader
Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter
Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter
Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter
Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter
Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
Gouthu Latchanna - freedom fighter
Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person
Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
Raja Sri V R G K M Prasad – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
Alluri Sita Rama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion, VIPLAVA JYOTI
N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter
Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule
Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
Koratala Satyanarayana – Communist politician
Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh
Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist
Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag

Reserve Bank of India Governors

Y. Venugopal Reddy - Governor of Reserve Bank of India, 2003–2008
Duvvuri Subbarao - Governor of Reserve Bank of India, 2008–2012

Chief Ministers

Military Chiefs

Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88
Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09
General K. V. Krishna Rao, Chief of the Army Staff (India), 1981–83

Government officials

IAS Officers

A. V. S. Reddy, IAS, AP Cadre

IPS Officers

G. Raghava Reddy - IPS, known for innovative farming

Education

Vasireddy Sri Krishna, former vice-chancellor of Andhra University
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, vice-chancellor of Andhra University
Arjula Ramachandra Reddy - biologist, first vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University
Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, founder and vice-chancellor of Andhra University; Vice-chancellor of Mysore University
G. Ram Reddy - former University Grants Commission chairman

Business and industry

Ramesh Gelli - founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank
Galla Ramachandra Naidu – founder, Amar Raja Group
Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad - founder, Andhra Sugars
Nimmagadda Prasad – founder, Chairman of Matrix Laboratories
Lagadapati Rajagopal - founder and Chairman of Lanco Group
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder, Satyam Computers
Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – Chairman, GMR Group; first Telugu person on Forbes magazine's billionaires list
Ramoji Rao – Head of Eenadu Group, Ramoji Film city
Rayapati Sambasiva Rao - Jayalaxmi Group of companies
G. Pulla Reddy - businessman, philanthropist, educationist
Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy - founder, GVK
Kallam Anji Reddy - founder, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
P Obul Reddy - founder, Nippo batteries
Prathap C. Reddy - founder, Apollo Hospitals, India
Prem Reddy - founder of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns several hospitals in the United States
S. P. Y. Reddy - Chairman of Nandi Pipes, Panyam Cements and S.P.Y. Agro Industries
T. Subbarami Reddy - founder of Gayatri group; philanthropist

Science

U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad
N N Murthy - quality and environment expert
Yelavarthy Nayudamma – chemical engineer
A. S. Rao – scientist, founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited
C.R.Rao – statistician and professor emeritus at Penn State University
K.L. Rao - civil engineer, irrigation expert and political leader
Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao – physicist (spectroscopy)
D. Bap Reddy - Deputy Regional Representative (diplomatic status level position) of Asia and Pacific for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1978-1982; FAO Representative in Indonesia, 1982-1986; FAO Representative in Nepal, 1987
Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence
Yellapragada Subbarow – cancer researcher
Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – engineer

Artists

Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi
Eelapata Raghuramaiah - stage and cinema actor in Andhra Pradesh
Nandikolla Gopala Rao - father of modern contemporary art in Andhra Pradesh
Krishna Reddy - printmaker and sculptor
Raja and Radha Reddy - Kuchipudi
Yamini Reddy - Kuchipudi
Vempati Chinna Satyam – exponent of Kuchipudi dance

Musicians and dancers

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna - Carnatic singer and musician
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - male playback singer
S. Janaki - female playback singer
M. M. Keeravani - music director
Yamini Krishnamurthy - Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancer
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu - violinist
Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi dancer
Nataraja Ramakrishna - dance guru; revived ancient Andhra Natyam and Perini styles of dance; Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - playback singer of old classical Indian movies, predominantly Telugu
Raja and Radha Reddy - Kuchipudi dancers
Emani Sankara Sastry - Veena player of Carnatic music
Vempati Chinna Satyam - dance guru of the Kuchipudi dance form
P. B. Sreenivas - playback singer
P. Susheela - female playback singer

Literature

Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha – Telugu poet
Gurazada Apparao – Telugu poet
Gudipati Venkata Chalam – novelist
Tripuraneni Gopichand – author
Gurram Jashuva - Telugu poet, author, Telugu and Sanskrit scholar
Tirupati Venkata Kavulu – two Telugu poets
Devulapalli Krishnasastri – Telugu poet
Tummala Seetharama Murthy – Telugu poet
Nannaya – first Telugu writer (Adi kavi), Mahabharatam in Telugu started by him, out of 18 parvas 3.5 parvas written by him
Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham – writer
Potana – Mahabhagavatam, Bhogini Dandakam
D.V.Narasa Raju - Telugu writer, novelist
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy – playwright
Garikapati Narasimha Rao - Avadhani
Gona Budda Reddy - 13th-century poet
Keshava Reddy – Telugu movelist
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - poet from Rayalaseema
M. S. Reddy - writer
Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry – Telugu poet
Viswanatha Satyanarayana – Telugu poet
Vasireddy Seethadevi – novelist
Paravastu Chinnayya Soori – Telugu scholar
Srirangam Srinivasarao – Telugu poet
Tikkana – Mahabharatam last 14 parvas written by him
Ushasri – writer
Vemana – Telugu poet

Philosophers

Jiddu Krishnamurti – philosopher
Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami – mystic

Award winners

Bharat Ratna

Varahagiri Venkata Giri – former President of India
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 1954, second president of India

Padma Vibhushan

Konidala Chiranjeevi
Sarvepalli Gopal
Kotha Satchidanda Murthy
Padmaja Naidu
M. Narasimham
N. G. Ranga
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
C. R. Rao
Palle Rama Rao
V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao - Telugu origin, born in Tamil Nadu
Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
Prathap C. Reddy
Y. Venugopal Reddy
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
P. Venugopal

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Pullela Gopichand - badminton (2000–2001)
Karnam Malleswari - weightlifting (1995–1996)
Saina Nehwal - badminton (2009–10)

Arjuna Award

Koneru Humpy – chess
Achanta Sharath Kamal – table tennis
Yousuf Khan – football
Mukesh Kumar – hockey
Karnam Malleswari – weightlifting
A. Ramana Rao – volleyball
J. J. Shobha – track and field

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Sekhar Tam Tam - for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Sports

Cricket

Athletics

Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
Neelapu Rami Reddy - former sprinter and athletics champion

Chess

Weightlifting

Karnam Malleswari – Olympic bronze medallist

Hockey

Mukesh Kumar

Badminton

Other sports

Achanta Sharath Kamal - table tennis
A. Ramana Rao - volleyball

Music

Traditional

Kshetrayya
Tallapaka Annamacharya
Bhadradri Ramadasu
Tyagaraja - of the trinity of Carnatic music

Classical

Film score

S P Balasubrahmanyam - singer
K. Chakravarthy - composer
Ramana Gogula - composer
S. Janaki - singer
Jikki - singer
M. M. Keeravani - composer, lyricist, singer
Koti - composer
Nagur Babu (Mano) - singer
Veturi Sundararama Murthy - lyricist
Ramesh Naidu - composer
Devi Sri Prasad - composer, singer
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - singer, composer
Saluri Rajeswara Rao - composer
S V Krishna Reddy - composer
Satyam - composer
Mani Sharma - composer
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri - lyricist
P. B. Sreenivas - singer
Sunitha - singer
Usha - singer
P. Susheela - singer
Master Venu - composer

Dance

Shobha Naidu – [Kuchipudi, Padma Sri awardee
Jayapa Nayudu
Raja and Radha Reddy - Kuchipudi, Padma Bhushan awardees
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Sidhendra Yogi - originator of the Kuchipudi dance style

Cinema

Producers

Writers

Actors

Actresses

Bhanupriya
Anjali Devi
Devika
Diana Hayden - former Miss world
Jamuna
Sowcar Janaki
Jayaprada
Jayasudha
Pasupuleti Kannamba
Kavitha
Krishnaveni
Laya
Bindu Madhavi
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Sameera Reddy
Santhakumari
Savitri
Sarada
Sushmita Sen - Bollywood actress born in Hyderabad
Suryakantham
Tabu
Vanisri
G. Varalakshmi
S. Varalakshmi

Music directors

Journalists

Manikonda Chalapathi Rau

Religion

Sanatana Dharma / Hinduism

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)

Buddhism

Acharya Nagarjuna

Secular

Sathya Sai Baba

Others

Vijaya Lakshmi Emani (1958–2009) - social activist
Aruna Miller - Maryland State Representative
Laxman Reddy - bodybuilder, Mr. World 2010

References

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