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- Royalty
- Award winners Bharat Ratna Padma Vibhushan Dada Saheb Phalke Award Padma Bhushan Jnanpith Award Dronacharya Award Arjuna Award Padmasri Award Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu
- Education
- Film industry
- Lawyers
- Military chiefs
- Poets
- News writers
- Politicians
- Religious figures
- Sportspersons
- Other notable people
- See also
- References
{{Refimprove|date=May 2017}}{{dynamic list}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}This is a list of famous and notable people from Telangana, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those persons who were born in the state of Telangana and that part of the former Hyderabad State that now is part of the modern state of Telangana. {{Indian people}}Royalty - Rani Rudrama Devi
- Prataparudra II
The Nizam of Hyderabad- Mir Ahmed Ali Khan
- Mir Nizam Ali Khan
- Mir Akbar Ali Khan
- Mir Tahniyath Ali Khan
- Mir Mahbub Ali Khan
- Mir Osman Ali Khan
Award winnersBharat RatnaPadma Vibhushan- Zakir Hussain
- Ravi Narayan Reddy (1992)
- Kaloji (1992)
- Cingireddy Narayana Reddy (2000)
- Ali Yavar Jung
- Padmaja Naidu
Dada Saheb Phalke AwardPadma Bhushan- C. Narayanareddy
- Harindranath Chattopadhyay
- Haroon Khan Sherwani
- Raja and Radha Reddy
- Saina Nehwal
- Sania Mirza
- Palle Rama Rao
Jnanpith Award- C. Narayanareddy, for his Telugu poetic work Viswambara
Dronacharya Award- Mohammad Ilyas Babar, athletics
- Syed Naeemuddin, football
Arjuna Award- Maria Irudayam,Carrom
- Mir Khasim Ali, table tennis
- Mohammad Azharuddin, cricket
- Mithali Raj, cricket
- Mukesh Kumar, hockey
- Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, badminton
- Sania Mirza, tennis
- Syed Nayeemuddin, football
- Yousuf Khan, football
- Mohammed Habib, football
- Pusarla Venkata Ramana, volleyball
- Kidambi Srikanth, badminton
- Saina Nehwal, badminton
- Parupalli Kashyap, badminton
- Anup Kumar Yama, roller-skating
- Gagan Narang, shooting
Padmasri Award- Nerella Venu Madhav, Arts
- Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, Service
- Mukesh Kumar, Sports
- P. V. Sindhu, Sports
- Sania Mirza, Sports
- Gajam Anjaiah, Arts
- Raja and Radha Reddy, Arts
- Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Arts
- Saina Nehwal, Sports
- Gopi Chand Mannam, Medicine
- Laxma Goud, Arts
- Sunitha Krishnan, Social Work
- Kota Srinivasa Rao, Arts
- VVS Laxman, Sports
- Gagan Narang, Sports
- Gajam Govardhana, Arts
- Ravi Kumar Narra, Social Work
- Mohammad Ali Baig, Arts
- Srikanth Kidambi, Sports
- Kakarla Subba Rao, Medicine
- Jeelani Bano, Literature
- Dasari Prasada Rao, Medicine
- Mukesh Kumar, Sports
- Lavu Narendranath, Science
- Mujtaba Hussain, Medicine
- Nataraja Ramakrishna, Arts
- Shantha Sinha, Social Work
- M. V. Rao, Science
- Narla Tata Rao, Science
- Perugu Siva Reddy, Medicine
Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu- Suravaram Pratap Reddy, for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
- Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, for his Timiramotho Samaram 1974
- Cingireddy Narayana Reddy, for his Mantalu Manavudu 1973
Education- Prof. K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University; former member of the UPSC
- Arjula Ramachandra Reddy, distinguished biologist; founder Vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University; Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
- Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationist and Telangana activist
Film industry- Shashi Preetam, music director
- Vandemataram Srinivas
- Vijay Deverakonda
- Aditi Rao Hydari
- B. Narsing Rao
- Nithiin
- C. Narayanareddy
- Chakri, composer
- Chandrabose
- Dasarathi Krishnamacharya
- Madhura Sreedhar Reddy
- Dil Raju
- Harish Shankar
- Kanta Rao
- M. Prabhakar Reddy
- N.Shankar
- Nandini Reddy
- Nikhil Siddharth
- Paidi Jairaj
- Rahul Ramakrishna
- Shyam Benegal
- Suddala Ashok Teja
- Surender Reddy
- Venu Madhav
- Udaya Bhanu
- Sampath Nandi
- Shekhar Kammula
- Dasharath
- Siva Reddy
- Vennela Kishore
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Shabana Azmi
- Farah Naaz
- Tabassum Hashmi
- Dia Mirza Handrich
- Sampoornesh Babu
- Rajnesh Domalpalli, Telugu film director
- Nagesh Kukunoor, filmmaker and screenwriter
- Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam
- Sandeep Reddy Vanga
- Nag Ashwin
- Sankalp Reddy
Lawyers- Subodh Markandeya, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India
Military chiefs- Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81
- Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88
- Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09
Poets- Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
- Amjad Hyderabadi
- Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India
- Krishnamacharyulu Dasaradhi (1925–1987), poet and political activist
- Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914–2002), poet and political activist
- Suddala Hanmanthu, poet, best known for the Telugu folk song "Palletoori Pillagada"
- Gummadi Vittal Rao, balladeer and Naxalite activist
- Goreti Venkanna, poet and folk singer
- Rasamayi Balakrishna, folk singer, poet and political activist
- Ampasayya Naveen
- Fani Badayuni, noted Urdu poet
- Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Urdu poet
- Bulemoni Venkateshwarlu
- C. Narayanareddy
- Sunkireddy Narayana Reddy
- Chandrabose
- Gaddar
- Kancherla Gopanna or Bhakta Ramadasu
- Palkuriki Somanna
- Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao
- Suddala Hanmanthu
- Suddala Ashok Teja
- Suravaram Pratapareddy
- Vajjala Shiva Kumar
- Varavara Rao
- Vattikota AlwarSwamy
- Gona Budda Reddy
- Waheed Akhtar, Urdu poet, writer and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century
- Marana
- Mallinātha Sūri
- Agasthya Kavi
- Andesri
- Dasaradhi Rangacharya
- Nandini Sidda Reddy
News writers- Vattikota Alwar Swamy (1915–1961), Telugu writer, human rights activist, communist leader, journalist and publisher
- Suravaram Pratapareddy (1896–1953), social historian
- Suddala Ashok Teja, Tollywood lyric writer
- Arunodaya Vimala, balladeer and social activist
PoliticiansLate.Raja Rameshwar Rao,ex.M.P from Wanapathy. - Zakir Hussain, Third President of India and former governor of Bihar
- Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, First Chief Minister of newly carved Telangana State; founder of TRS; former central Minister,
- P. V. Narasimha Rao, ex-CM of AP and ninth Prime Minister of India
- Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, first elected Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State (Independent India)
- Marri Chenna Reddy, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
- Jalagam Vengal Rao, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
- Tanguturi Anjaiah, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh
- Bandaru Dattatreya, MP (Lok Sabha), and Minister, GOI
- Jaipal Reddy, ex-MP (13th, 14th and 15th Lokh Sabha); Minister, GOI
- Sabita Indra Reddy, first woman home minister of AP, ex-home minister, Andhra Pradesh
- R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP party
- Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, ex-MP, former General Secretary for the Communist Party of India
- Sarojini Naidu, first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman governor (to United Provinces)
- Padmaja Naidu, founder of INC in the Hyderabad State, former governor of West Bengal
- Renuka Chowdhury, former Union minister of State and member of numerous parliamentary committees
- Alimineti Madhava Reddy, ex-Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Owaisi brothers, MIM (politics)
- P. Shiv Shankar, ex-MP, Union Law Minister - GOI
- G. Sanjeeva Reddy, ex-MP Rajya Sabha,Ex-Minister of labour
- G. Venkat Swamy, ex-MP (14th Lok Sabha); ex- Minister, GOI
- Linganna Pujari, Mumbai
- Ponnala Lakshmaiah, President, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee; ex-Minister of AP
- Tadur Bala Goud, Champion of the Backward Class community; former Minister, MLA; twice a MP in 8th and 9th Lok Sabha
- V. Srinivas Goud, MLA, AP
- Bandaru Dattatreya, MP (Lok Sabha) and Minister, GOI
- P. Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary, BJP
- Ponnam Prabhakar Goud, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
- Manda Jagannadham, MP (15th Lok Sabha)
- Ramesh Rathod, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
- Gutha Sukender Reddy, MP (15th Lok Sabha)
- Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
- Sabita Indra Reddy, ex-minister, Andhra Pradesh
- Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, ex-minister, AP
- Kunduru Jana Reddy, ex-Minister Panchayat Raj (2010), AP
- Madan Mohan, MLA
- K. T. Rama Rao, MLA
- T. Harish Rao, MLA
- K. Kavitha, MP; founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
- G. Kishan Reddy, MLA, President of the BJP, AP
- Marri Shashidhar Reddy, MLA, member of the National Disaster Management Authority
- Etela Rajender, MLA
- Kadiyam Srihari, MP
- Konda Surekha, MLA, ex-Minister, AP
- Ramreddy Damodar Reddy, MLA
- Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MLA, Chief Whip for the Congress Party
- Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, educationalist
- G. Vivekanand, ex-MP (15th Lok Sabha)
- Revanth Reddy, MLA, Kodangal
- R. Krishnaiah, MLA, national backward caste president; officially announced CM candidate from TDP
- Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, President Of AIMIM
- Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA , Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly from AIMIM
Religious figuresHinduismIslam- Khwaja Bande Nawaz
- Sayyid Sahib Husayni
- Maulana Mohammad Ali
Sportspersons- Mukesh Kumar, field hockey
- Mohammad Azharuddin, cricket; Indian team captain
- Mithali Raj, cricket; Indian women's cricket team captain
- Sania Mirza, tennis
- Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, bodybuilding
- Parupalli Kashyap, badminton
- Saina Nehwal, badminton
- V.V.S.Laxman, cricket
- Jwala Gutta, badminton
- Gagan Narang, shooting
- P.V.Sindhu, badminton
Other notable people- Chakali Ailamma, revolutionary leader
- Komaram Bheem, 20th-century freedom fighter
- Suddala Hanumanthu, freedom fighter, writer, balladeer
- Kothapalli Jayashankar, political activist and academic
- Malik Motasim Khan, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
- V. Prakash, political activist
- Chukka Ramaiah, educator
- Bholekar Srihari, painter, sculptor and printmaker
- Suresh Venapally, Indian mathematician known for his research work in algebra
- Gaddar, artist, politician
- Varavara Rao, poet
- Ganapathi, leader of the banned extremist group CPI (Maoist)
- Raavi Narayana Reddy, revolutionary, leader of CPI, parliamentarian
- Noel David, former Team India cricketer
- Kanwaljit Singh, multiple Ranji record-breaking all-rounder
- Mohammed Siraj, represented Team India in cricket
- Diya Mirza, former Miss Asia-Pacific pageant winner
- Vivek Oberoi, Hindi film actor
- Tabu, Hindi film actress, multiple national awards winner
- Harsha Bhogle, Popular cricket commentator and founder of cricbuzz.com
- Ambati Rayudu, Team India cricket player
- M. L. Jaisimha, Team India cricket player
- Arshad Ayub, Former India team player and manager
- Shivlal Yadav, Former India team player
- Abbas Ali Baig, Player and coach of India Cricket Team
- Abdul Basith, former captain of the Indian Men's Volleyball Team
- K. Kavitha, political activist, founder and President of Telangana Jagruthi Samithi
- M. Kodandaram, political activist and chairman of All-Party Telangana Joint Action Committee
- Vani Kola, venture capitalist, co-founder of Kalaari Capital
- Nerella Venu Madhav, often regarded as the father of Indian mimicry
See also- Jaya Jaya He Telangana
- Telangana Language Day
References 3 : People from Telangana|Lists of people by state or union territory in India|Telangana-related lists |