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The following is a list of notable people from
Telangana.
Award winners
Bharat Ratna
Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri Award
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Dronacharya Award
Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu
Education
Business/Industrialists
Film industry
Poets
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Malliya Rechana (940 CE) was a Jain poet
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Kancherla Gopanna or Bhakta Ramadasu
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Palkuriki Somanna
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Bammera Pothana, one of the most acclaimed Telugu poets
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Krishnamacharyulu Dasaradhi (1925–1987), poet and political activist
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Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914–2002), poet and political activist
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C. Narayanareddy, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan award recipient
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Dasaradhi Rangacharya
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Chandrabose
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Suddala Hanmanthu, poet, best known for the Telugu folk song "Palletoori Pillagada"
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Goreti Venkanna, poet and folk singer
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Rasamayi Balakrishna, folk singer, poet and political activist
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Ampasayya Naveen
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Bulemoni Venkateshwarlu
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Sunkireddy Narayana Reddy
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Gaddar, Singer
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Gummadi Vittal Rao, balladeer and
Naxalite activist
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Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao
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Suddala Hanmanthu
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Suddala Ashok Teja
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Suravaram Pratapareddy
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Vajjala Shiva Kumar
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Varavara Rao
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Vattikota AlwarSwamy
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Gona Budda Reddy
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Waheed Akhtar, Urdu poet, writer and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century
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Mallinātha Sūri
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Agasthya Kavi
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Andesri
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Fani Badayuni, noted Urdu poet
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Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Urdu poet
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Nandini Sidda Reddy
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Rama Chandra Mouli
Politicians
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P. V. Narasimha Rao, ex-CM of AP and ninth
Prime Minister of India
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Sarojini Naidu, first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman governor (to United Provinces)
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Zakir Hussain, third President of India and former governor of Bihar
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Padmaja Naidu, founder of INC in the Hyderabad State, former governor of West Bengal
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Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, first elected Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State (Independent India)
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Marri Chenna Reddy, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
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Jalagam Vengal Rao, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
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Tanguturi Anjaiah, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, Former Chief Minister of Telangana State; founder of TRS/BRS;
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Anumula Revanth Reddy, Second Chief Minister of Telangana State
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Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 2019, ex-MP Sec-bad
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Jaipal Reddy, ex-MP (13th, 14th and 15th Lokh Sabha); Minister, GOI
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Naini Narshimha Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Telangana, MLC, TRS Party Senior Leader
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Sabita Indra Reddy, ex-Education Minister of Telangana from 2019
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R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP party
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Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, ex-MP, former General Secretary for the Communist Party of India
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Renuka Chowdhury, former Union minister of State and member of numerous parliamentary committees
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Alimineti Madhava Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh
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P. Shiv Shankar, ex-MP, Union Law Minister - GOI
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G. Sanjeeva Reddy, ex-MP Rajya Sabha, Ex-Minister of labour
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G. Venkat Swamy, ex-MP (14th Lok Sabha); ex-Minister, GOI
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Linganna Pujari,
Mumbai
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Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Former-President,
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee; ex-Minister of AP
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Tadur Bala Goud, Champion of the Backward Class community; former Minister, MLA; twice an MP in 8th and 9th Lok Sabha
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V. Srinivas Goud, MLA, AP
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Bandaru Dattatreya, MP (Lok Sabha) and Minister, GOI
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P. Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary, BJP
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Ponnam Prabhakar Goud, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
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Manda Jagannadham, MP (15th Lok Sabha)
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Ramesh Rathod, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
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Gutha Sukender Reddy, Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council from 2019
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Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
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Sabita Indra Reddy, ex-Minister, Andhra Pradesh
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Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, ex-minister, AP
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Kunduru Jana Reddy, ex-Minister Panchayat Raj (2010), AP
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Madan Mohan, MLA
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K. T. Rama Rao, MLA
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T. Harish Rao, MLA
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K. Kavitha, MP; founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
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G. Kishan Reddy, MLA, President of the BJP, AP
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Marri Shashidhar Reddy, MLA, member of the National Disaster Management Authority
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Etela Rajender, MLA
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Kadiyam Srihari, MP
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Konda Surekha, MLA, ex-Minister, AP
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Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, founder of
Lok Satta Party
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Ramreddy Damodar Reddy, MLA
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Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MLA,
Chief Whip for the
Congress Party
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Chukka Ramaiah, Ramaiah Academy, Educationalist, MLC
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Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
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Revanth Reddy, MP, Malkajgiri
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R. Krishnaiah, MLA, National backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP
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Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, President Of AIMIM
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Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly from AIMIM
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C.Laxma Reddy, MLA Jadcherla, ex-Health Minister
Sport
Badminton
Cricketers
Hockey players
Other sports
News writers
Military chiefs
Religious figures
Lawyers
Other notable people
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Chakali Ailamma, revolutionary leader
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Komaram Bheem, 20th-century freedom fighter
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Chukka Ramaiah, educator
- Prof.
Kothapalli Jayashankar, Professor and political activist
- Prof. M. Kodandaram, Professor, political activist, and chairman of All-Party Telangana Joint Action Committee
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Kalvakuntla Kavitha, political activist, founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
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Suddala Hanumanthu, freedom fighter, writer, balladeer
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Malik Motasim Khan, leader of
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
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V. Prakash, educational activist
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Bholekar Srihari, painter, sculptor and printmaker
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Suresh Venapally, Indian mathematician known for his research work in algebra,
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2009
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Gaddar, artist, singer, politician
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Varavara Rao, poet
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Ganapathi, leader of the banned extremist group CPI (Maoist)
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Raavi Narayana Reddy, revolutionary, leader of CPI, parliamentarian
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Diya Mirza, former Miss Asia-Pacific pageant winner
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Vivek Oberoi, Hindi film actor
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Tabu, Hindi film actress, multiple national awards winner
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Vani Kola, venture capitalist, co-founder of Kalaari Capital
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Nerella Venu Madhav, often regarded as the father of Indian mimicry
See also