List of people from Hyderabad
This is a list of eminent people from Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana State of India.
Arts, music and cinema
- Mast Ali, actor
- Rashid Ali, singer
- Talat Aziz, ghazal singer
- Mohammad Ali Baig, producer-director, heads the Hyderabad-based Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation
- Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter
- Mynampati Sreerama Chandra, singer
- Sherlyn Chopra, model, actress, singer
- Rana Daggubati, actor, model
- Farah, Bollywood actress (1980s and early 90s)
- Diana Hayden, Miss World (1997)
- Vedala Hemachandra, singer
- Aditi Rao Hydari, actress
- N. C. Karunya, singer
- Anjali Parvati Koda, playwright and stand-up comedian
- Nagesh Kukunoor (b. 1967), filmmaker and screenwriter
- Gopichand Lagadapati, actor, writer, director, producer
- Vennu Mallesh, singer, actor, writer, producer, director
- Asmita Marwa, fashion designer
- Dia Mirza, model and actress, Miss Asia-Pacific (2000)
- Aziz Naser, actor
- Vivek Oberoi, actor
- Bairu Raghuram (born 1949), painter
- Vithal Rao (born 1929), ghazal singer
- Rathna Shekar Reddy, theatre and film actor, founder of Samahaara
- Payal Rohatgi, actress
- Sushmita Sen, actress, Miss Universe (1994)
- Mani Shankar, filmmaker
- Tabu, actress
Business
- Fazal Nawaz Jung (c. 1894–1964), financier and politician
- Mehboob Alam Khan
- Prem Watsa, CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings (1950–present)
Civil servants and diplomats
- Syed Akbaruddin
- Abid Hussain (1926–2012), diplomat[1]
- Ausaaf Sayeed (1989–present), diplomat
Educationists
Information technology
- Shantanu Narayen, CEO and President of Adobe Systems
- Sanmay Ved, purchased Google.com from Google in September 2015;[2] donated Google's reward to charity[3][4]
- Satya Nadella, CEO OF Microsoft Corporation
Literature
- Amjad Hussain (pen name: Amjad Hyderabadi) (1878-1961), Urdu poet
- Jwalamukhi (1938–2008), poet, novelist, essayist and political activist
- Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949), poet and political activist
- Jameela Nishat (1955), Urdu poet, feminist and social activist
- Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1909–1985), poet, journalist, writer, translator, literary critic, educationist and politician
- Mohiuddin Qadri Zore (1905–1962), poet, literary critic and historian
Media and television
- Harsha Bhogle, cricket commentator and journalist
- Rajiv Chilaka, creator and director of animated TV and film
- Anees Jung (b. 1944), author and journalist [5]
Sports
Badminton
- Pullela Gopichand, All England badminton winner; coach of Indian badminton team
- Jwala Gutta, doubles player, quarterfinalist in 2012 Olympics
- Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar, former doubles player
- Saina Nehwal, won a bronze medal at 2012 London Olympics
- P. V. Sindhu, won a bronze medal at 2013 BWF World Championships
Cricket
- Ghulam Ahmed, test player
- Syed Abid Ali, former cricketer
- Arshad Ayub (1987–1990)
- Mohammad Azharuddin, former captain of cricket team
- Abbas Ali Baig
- Noel David, former cricketer
- Syed Mohammad Hadi, nicknamed Indian Rainbow Hadi
- M. L. Jaisimha, known as 'cultivated stylist' in cricket team
- V. V. S. Laxman, former cricketer
- C. K. Nayudu (1895–1967), first captain of the Indian cricket team
- Pragyan Ojha
- Venkatapathy Raju, former cricketer
- Ambati Rayudu, cricketer
- Shivlal Yadav (1979–1987), played 35 tests
Tennis
Politics
- Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India
- Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan, former MLA, founder and chairman of Shadan Group of Educational Institutions
- Justice N. Kumarayya, retired Chief Justice of AP; former Judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal
- Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, present MLA and Managing Director of Owaisi Hospital
- Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, present MP of Hyderabad and chairman of Dar-us-salaam Trust
- Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, former MLA and President of AIMIM
Padma Shri awardees
- Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, poet, journalist, writer, translator, literary critic, educationist and politician
Nizams of Hyderabad
- Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I
- Ali Khan Asaf Jah II
- Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III
- Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV
- Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V
- Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI
- Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
References
- ↑ "Peers lavish praise on Abid Hussain". The Hindu. July 9, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/this-guy-bought-googlecom-from-google-for-one-minute-2015-9
- ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/google-rewarded-the-guy-who-bought-googlecom-2015-10
- ↑ Sanmay Ved
- ↑ Anees Jung - Penguin
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