List of people from Andhra Pradesh

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

Independence advocates

• Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924
• Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – early opponent of British rule
• Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
• Gottipati Brahmaiah
• Chowdary Satyanarayana – human rights activist, Legislator
• Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
• Kalluri Chandramouli
• Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya
• Kaneganti Hanumanthu
• Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
• Chandra Pulla Reddy – communist leader
• Gouthu Latchanna
• Makineni Basavapunnaiah – communist leader
• Sarojini Naidu – poet
• Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
• Muktyala Raja – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
• N. G. Ranga
• Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician
• Koratala Satyanarayana – communist politician
• Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh
• Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist
• Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag
• Kommareddi Suryanarayana
• Kotagiri Venkata Krishna Rao – poet
• Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao – lawyer, historian and writer

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

• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy – later the President of India
• Tanguturi Prakasam
• Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
• Bezawada Gopala Reddy
• Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
• Damodaram Sanjivayya
• Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
• Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
• Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
• Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
• Nara Chandrababu Naidu
• Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
• Konijeti Rosaiah
• Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
• Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

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

• Mohd Amanullah Khan - politician
• G. Raghava Reddy – IPS, known for innovative farming

Education

• 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
• Vasireddy Sri Krishna – former vice-chancellor of Andhra University

Business and industry

• Kallam Anji Reddy – founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
• Prathap C. Reddy – founder of Apollo Hospitals, India
• G. Pulla Reddy – businessman, philanthropist, educationist
• Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy – founder of GVK
• P Obul Reddy – founder of Nippo batteries
• Prem Reddy – founder of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns several hospitals in the United States
• Ramesh Gelli – founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank
• Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad – founder of Andhra Sugars
• Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder of Satyam Computers
• T. Subbarami Reddy – founder of Gayatri group; philanthropist
• S. P. Y. Reddy – Chairman of Nandi Pipes, Panyam Cements and S.P.Y. Agro Industries
• Nimmagadda Prasad – founder of Chairman of Matrix Laboratories
• Lagadapati Rajagopal – founder and Chairman of Lanco Group
• 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
• Galla Ramachandra Naidu – founder of Amar Raja Group

Science

• Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence
• U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad
• – quality and environment expert
• Yelavarthy Nayudamma – chemical engineer
• Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – engineer
• Yellapragada Subbarow – cancer researcher
• 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)
• Praveen Kumar Gorakavi - Chemical Engineer
• Kumar Biradha - researcher in the field of crystal engineering
• Aparajita Datta (born 1970), conservation scientist with the Nature Conservation Foundation

Artists

• Krishna Reddy – printmaker and sculptor
• Vempati Chinna Satyam – exponent of Kuchipudi dance
• Eelapata Raghuramaiah – stage and cinema actor in Andhra Pradesh
• Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi
• Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi
• Yamini Reddy – Kuchipudi

Musicians and dancers

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

Literature

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

Philosophers

• Jiddu Krishnamurti – philosopher
• Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami – mystic

Award winners

Bharat Ratna

• Varahagiri Venkata Giri – former President of India

Padma Vibhushan

• Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao
• Ravi Narayana Reddy
• Prathap C. Reddy
• Y. Venugopal Reddy
• Sarvepalli Gopal
• Kotha Satchidanda Murthy
• Padmaja Naidu
• M. Narasimham
• N. G. Ranga
• Sri Prakasa
• C. R. Rao
• Palle Rama Rao
• Kaloji Narayana Rao
• V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao – Telugu origin, born in Tamil Nadu
• Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
• P. Venugopal
• Mehdi Nawaz Jung
• Ali Yavar Jung
• Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
• C. D. Deshmukh
• Ramoji Rao

Padma Bhushan

• B.N. Reddy
• Jaggayya
• Vempati Chinna Satyam
• Raj Reddy
• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
• Konidela Chiranjeevi
• Perugu Siva Reddy
• Daggubati Ramanaidu
• P. Susheela
• G.V.K. Reddy
• Raja and Radha Reddy
• Krishna Ghattamaneni
• K. Srinath Reddy
• Satya N. Atluri
• C.K. Nayudu
• A. S. Rao

Padma Shree

• V. Nagayya
• Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
• Eelapata Raghuramaiah
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao
• Ghantasala Venkateswar Rao
• D. Nageshwar Reddy
• K.C. Reddy
• Kallam Anji Reddy
• Perugu Siva Reddy
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
• Shobha Naidu
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri
• D. V. S. Raju
• Brahmanandam
• V.V.S.Laxman
• Shobha Raju
• Nataraja Ramakrishna
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
• Raja and Radha Reddy
• Nerella Venumadhav
• K. Viswanath
• Srikanth Kidambi

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

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

Arjuna Award

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

Dronacharya Award

• Pullela Gopichand – badminton, 2009

Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Sekhar Tam Tam – for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada

Judges, advocates and lawyers

• K. Jayachandra Reddy
• L. Narasimha Reddy
• Subodh Markandeya
• Konda Madhava Reddy
• K. Punnaiah

Sports

Cricket

• Buchi Babu Naidu
• C.K. Nayudu
• M.S.K. Prasad
• Bharath Reddy
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Venkatapathy Raju
• Yalaka Venugopal Rao
• Cota Ramaswami
• Ambati Rayudu

Archery

• Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Athletics

• Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
• Neelapu Rami Reddy – former sprinter and athletics champion
• Jyothi Yerraji – hurdler

Chess

• Dronavalli Harika
• Pendyala Harikrishna
• Koneru Humpy

Weightlifting

• Karnam Malleswari – Olympic bronze medallist

Hockey

• Mukesh Kumar

Badminton

• Chetan Anand
• Pullela Gopichand

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

• Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
• Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
• Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
• Sripada Pinakapani
• Emani Sankara Sastry
• Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
• U.Srinivas

Film score

• S. Rajeswara Rao – composer
• Ghantasala – singer, composer
• S P Balasubrahmanyam – singer
• K. Chakravarthy – composer
• Jikki – singer
• S. Janaki – singer
• Koti – composer
• Nagur Babu (Mano) – singer
• Veturi – lyricist
• M. M. Keeravani – composer, lyricist, singer
• Ramana Gogula – composer
• Ramesh Naidu – composer
• Devi Sri Prasad – composer, singer
• 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

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

Cinema

Directors

• Raghupathi Venkaiah
• H. M. Reddy
• B. N. Reddy
• B. Nagi Reddy
• C. S. R. Anjaneyulu
• Bapu
• K Vishwanath
• Shyam Benegal
• L. V. Prasad
• Dasari Narayana Rao
• A. Kodandarami Reddy
• K. Raghavendra Rao
• S. V. Krishna Reddy
• V. N. Reddy
• Jandhyala
• E V V Satyanarayana
• S. S. Rajamouli
• Kodi Ramakrishna
• Trivikram Srinivas
• Puri Jagannadh
• Sukumar
• Sekhar Kammula
• Deva Katta
• Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (Krish)
• N.Shankar
• Srinu Vaitla
• Krishna Vamsi
• Ram Gopal Varma
• V. V. Vinayak
• Surender Reddy

Producers

• Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu
• B. N. Reddy
• B. Nagi Reddy
• L V Prasad
• Allu Aravind
• Vikram Krishna
• Murali Mohan
• M S Raju
• D. Ramanaidu
• M. S. Reddy
• Shyam Prasad Reddy
• Dil Raju
• Gopichand Lagadapati

Writers

• Acharya Aatreya
• Gopimohan
• Paruchuri Brothers
• Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
• Pingali Nagendra Rao
• Abburi Ravi
• B.V.S.Ravi
• Ajay Sastry
• Guna Sekhar
• Trivikram Srinivas
• Sukumar
• Tanikella bharani
• Janardhana Maharshi
• Kona Venkat
• Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Actresses

• Savitri
• Sarada
• Bhanupriya
• Anjali Devi
• Devika
• Jamuna
• Sowcar Janaki
• Jaya Prada
• Jayasudha
• P. Kannamba
• Kavitha
• Krishnaveni
• Laya
• Bindu Madhavi
• Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
• Sameera Reddy
• Santhakumari
• Suryakantham
• Vanisri
• G. Varalakshmi
• S. Varalakshmi

Actors

• N. T. Rama Rao
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao
• S. V. Ranga Rao
• Sobhan Babu
• Ramana Reddy
• Relangi
• V. Nagayya
• Ghattamaneni Krishna
• Dasari Narayana Rao
• Gummadi
• Chiranjeevi
• Venkatesh
• Pawan Kalyan
• Mahesh Babu
• Jr. NTR
• Prabhas
• Ram Charan Teja
• Allu Arjun
• Ravi Teja
• Nithiin
• Nani
• Sai Dharam Tej
• Gopichand
• Jaggayya
• Kaikala Satyanarayana
• Nagarjuna
• Prabhakar
• Rajanala
• Krishnam Raju
• Vishal Krishna
• Mohan Babu
• Tarun Kumar
• Gopichand Lagadapati
• Allu Rama Lingaiah
• Murali Mohan
• Ranganath
• Gadde Rajendra Prasad
• J. V. Somayajulu
• Balakrishna
• Jagapathi Babu
• Raja Babu
• Srihari
• Ravi Teja
• Naga Chaitanya
• Venu

Music directors

• K. Chakravarthy
• Chakri
• S P Balasubramanyam
• Ghantasala
• Ramana Gogula
• M.M. Keeravani
• K M Radha Krishnan
• Ramesh Naidu
• Devi Sri Prasad
• Koti
• Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
• Satyam
• Mani Sharma
• Vandemataram Srinivas
• Vamsi
• Master Venu
• Vidyasagar

Journalists

• Manikonda Chalapathi Rau
• Pasam Jagannadham Naidu

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

See also

• Lists of Indians by state
• Telugu people
• List of Telugu people

References