List of people from Andhra Pradesh
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←—…This is a list of notable people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history.
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[edit] Freedom fighters
- Vuyalavada Nrasimha Reddy (Before Alluri) From Kurnool District
- Alluri Sitaramaraju (1897-1923), led Rampa Rebellion against British occupation
- Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya
- Colonel D. S. Raju, deputy of Subash Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army
- Kanneganti Hanumanthu
- N. G. Ranga
- Kattabrahmanna (Kattabommana)
- Gottepati Brahmayya
- Kasa Subbarao
- P. L. N. Raju
- Doddi Komuraiah [Telangana Armed Struggle]
- surabhi venkata shesha sharama
- Sarojini Naidu
- Tanguturi Surya Prakasam-Andhra Kesari
[edit] Prime Ministers
- P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996
[edit] Heads Of State
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India May 13, 1962 to May 13, 1967
- Varahagiri Venkata Giri, President of India May 3, 1969 to August 24, 1974
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1982
[edit] Education
- C. R. Reddy, Founder & Vice-chancellor of Andhra University, Vice-chancellor of Mysore University
- V. S. Krishna, Illustrious Vice-chancellor of Andhra University.
[edit] Business and industry
- B. Ramalinga Raju, founder of the Satyam group
- K. Anji Reddy, founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
- K. V. K. Raju, founder of the Nagarjuna Group
- A. V. S.Raju, founder of Nagarjuna Constructions
- Ramoji Rao, founder of the Eenadu Group
- Harischandra Prasad, founder of Andhra Sugars
- Prathap C. Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals
- Ramesh Datla of Elico
- K V Vishnu Raju founder of Anjani Cements Ltd
- Radhakrishna Reddy founder of Priyadarshani Cements Ltd
- B.V.R. Mohan Reddy of Infotech Enterprises
- G Malikarjuna Rao founder of GMR Group
- G.V.Krishna Reddy founder of GVK Group
- Vijay Kumar Datla of Biological E
- L. Rajagopal of Lanco
- D Parthasarathy Reddy founder of Vijay group and Promoter of Oriental hotels Ltd
- A. V. Rama Rao, founder of the AVRA group
- G. Vivekananda of Visaka Industries
- Parthasarathi Reddy of Hetro Drugs
- D. R. Rao,founder of the Neuland Laboratories
- Tulasi Ramachandra Prabhu,Founder of the Tulasi Group of Companies
- Ramesh Mokkapati of Ramesh Systems
- K.V.M.Phani kumar founder of the Kalisetty group
- R.Ranjith Kumar founder of Miryalaguda Rice Industries.
- P Srikanth Reddy founder of Foursoft Ltd
- A Krishna Prasad founder of Linkwell Telesystems
[edit] Science
- Suri Bhagavantham, Eminent physicist, Former Director of IISc, Former Advisor to Ministry of Defence, Govt of India
- Raj Reddy, artificial intelligence and robotics
- Madhunapantula Suryanarayana Murty, professor of applied mathematics
- A. V. Rama Rao, IICT Director, Hyderabad
- M. V. Rao, Vice-chancellor, N. G. Ranga Agriculture University
- Y. Nayudamma, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- C. R. Rao, Former Director, Indian Statistical Institute, American National Science Medal awardee.
[edit] Literature
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana
- Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
- Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry
- Ushasri
- Challapilla Venkata Sastry
- Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
- Divakarla Venkata Avadhani
- Yandamuri Satyanarayana Rao (Srivathsava)
- Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
- Gudipati Venkata Chalam
- Gurajada Appa Rao
- Bucchi Babu
- Kodavaganti Kutumba Rao
- Kommuri Sambasiva Rao
- Devulapalli Krishna Sastry
[edit] Philosophers
[edit] Award Winners
- Sekhar Tam Tam, for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada[1][2]
- V. V. Giri, 1975
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 1954
- Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
- C. Narayanareddy
- Kaloji Narayan Rao
- Dr. Venugopal, Director of AIIMS
Padma Bushan
- Chiranjeevi
- Kongara Jaggayya
- Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
- B. V. Raju
- Prof. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
- Shri Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya
- Shri Adusumalli Radha Krishna
- Allu Ramalingaiah
- A. V. Ramarao
- M. V. Rao
- N. T. Rama Rao
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- B. V. Raju
- K. Viswanath (Kalathapasvi)
- Nerella Venumadhav
- Nageshwar Reddy
- B. Soma Raju
- D. V. S. Raju
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- Karanam Malleswari, for weightlifting (1995-1996)
- Pullela Gopichand, for badminton (2000-2001)
Arjuna Awards
- Sania Mirza (Tennis)
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Cricket)
- Karnam Malleswari (Weight Lifting)
- Mithali Raj (Cricket)
- V. V. S. Laxman (Cricket)
- Koneru Humpy (Chess)
- Achanta S. Kamal (Table Tennis)
- Mukesh Kumar (Hockey)
- Mulini Reddy (Volleyball)
- Abdul Basith (Volleyball)
- M. Shyamsundar Rao (Volleyball)
- Ramana Rao A (Volleyball)
- P. V. Ramana (Volleyball)
- Ravikanth Reddy (Volleyball)
- Yousuf Khan (Football)
- J. J. Shobha (Atletics)
- Anil Krishnan (Rowing)
- M. Srinivasa Rao (Physically challenged - badminton)
[edit] Sports
Cricket
- C.K. Nayudu
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
- Venkatapathy Raju
- V.V.S. Laxman
- M.Ganesh
- M.S.K. Prasad
- Venugopal Rao
- Shivlal Yadav
- M.L. Jaisimha
- Ghulam Ahmed
- Syed Mohammad Hadi
- Abid Ali
- Abbas Ali Baig
- Mohammed Azharuddin
- Arshad Ayub]
Chess
Tennis
- Sirish Gautam
- Mahesh Bhupathi
- Sania Mirza
Other Volley sports
Others
- Mukesh Kumar, Hockey
[edit] Music
Traditional
- Tyagaraja, of the trinity of Carnatic music.
- Tallapaka Annamacharya
- Bhadradri Ramadasu
- Syama Sastri, of the trinity of Carnatic music.
- Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
- Emani Sankara Sastry
- Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
- Chitti Babu
- Oleti Venkateswarulu
- Marella Kesava Rao
- U.Srinivas
- S P Balasubrahmanyam, singer.
- Ghantasala, composer and singer
- Adinarayana Rao, composer
- Susarla Dakshina Murty, composer
- Pendyala Nageshwara Rao, composer
- S.P.Kodandapani, composer
- Leela, Suseela and Janaki, singers
- Saluri Rajeswara Rao, composer
- Devi Sriprasad
[edit] Dance
- Sidhendra Yogi, originator of the Kuchipudi dance style
- Vempati Chinna Satyam
- Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana
- Narasimhacharis
- Shobha Naidu
- Raja Reddy and Radha Reddy
- Tadepalli Perayya
- Chinta Krishna Murthy
[edit] Cinema
Directors
- H.M.Reddy
- K.V.Reddy
- B.N.Reddy
- K. Viswanath
- Nagi Reddy
- Chakrapani
- L.V. Prasad
- Vittalacharya
- K.Prathyagatma
- Surya Prakash Rao
- Bapu
- T.RamaRao
- Vamsy
- Dasari Narayana Rao
- Kasinadhuni Viswanath
- Ram Gopal Varma
- Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi
- K. Ragavendra Rao
- S.V. Krishna Reddy
- K. Vijay Bhaskar
- Gandrothu V.V. Vinayak
- S.S. Rajamouli
- Gunasekhar
- E.V.V. Satyanarayana
- B. Gopal
- Trivikram Srinivas
- Kodanda Rami Reddy
- Suresh Varma
- Kodi Ramakrishna
- Ravi Raja Pinisetty
- A.Mohan Gandhi
- Muthyala Subbaih
- Sekhar Kammula
- Nagesh Kukunoor
- Bandreddi Sukumar
- Sreenu Vytla
- Singitam Srinivasa Rao
- shyam benegal
Actors
chiranjeevi
- Samarla . V. Ranga Rao
- Ghattamaneni Krishna
- Krishnam Raju
- Shoban Babu
- Konidhala Chiranjeevi
- Akkineni Nagarjuna
- Daggubati Venkatesh
- Nandamuri Balakrishna
- Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni
- Konidhala Pawan Kalyan
- SriHari
- Allu Arjun
- NTR Jr.
- Ravi Teja
- Prabhas
- B.V. Chalam
- Ramana Reddy
- Harinath Raju
- Rama Krishna
- kamal hasan
- Uday kiran
Actresses
- Savitri
- Jamuna
- Jayaprada
- Jayasudha
- Kanchana
- Madhavi (actress)
- Saarada
- Anjalee Devi
- Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
- Vanisri
- Suhasini
- Sridevi
- Rambha
- Sneha
- Sangeetha
- Laya
- Archana
- Suhasini(new)
[edit] Religion
Secular
- Chinna Jeeyar, proponent of Vaishnavism
