List of people from Himachal Pradesh

This is a list of notable people from Himachal Pradesh, India.

Arts

Major General Anant Singh Pathania, MVC, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1947-49) veteran
Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, MVC - 'The Hero of Skardu' in the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Lt. Col. Kushal Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, MVC, PVSM - Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC - decorated Indo-Pak War (1965) and Indo-Pak War (1971) veteran

Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
Subedar Major and Hony Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania VrC, Vayusena Medal - first IAF pilot to make a confirmed kill of a Pakistani jet in independent India; veteran of the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars
General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC - 14th Chief of the Army Staff in the Indian Army (1988-1990)
Lt. Saurabh Kalia - PoW in the Kargil War (1999)
Subedar Major and Hony Captain Chhering Norbu Bodh, SC - Mountaineer (1990s-2000s)

Sanjay Karol is the sitting Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.
Deepak Gupta (judge) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Lokeshwar Singh Panta is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and was the first chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.
Abhilasha Kumari is a former first female Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court in 2018.

Yashwant Singh Parmar, the founder of the Himachal Pradesh state and its first chief minister (1952-1956; 1963-1977)
Thakur Ram Lal (1977; 1980-1983)
Shanta Kumar (1977-1980; 1990-1992)
Virbhadra Singh (1983-1985; 1985-1990; 1993-1998; 2003-2007; 2012-2017)
Prem Kumar Dhumal (1998-2003; 2008-2012)
Jai Ram Thakur (2017-2022)
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (2022Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Dr Randeep Guleria - Padma Shri, exDirector AIIMS New Delhi and Professor and Department Head of Pulmonary Disease and Sleeping Disorders
Dr Jagat Ram - Padma Shri, ophthalmologist and Director PGI Chandigarh
Dr Mahesh Verma - Padma Shri, Vice Chancellor Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Dr D.S. Rana - Padma Shri, nephrologist and chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) New Delhi
Dr Jagdev Guleria - Padma Shri
Dr Omesh Kumar Bharti - Padma Shri
Arvind Mohan Kayastha - biologist
Anand Mohan - geologist, petrologist
R.C. Sawhney - scientist, professor
T. R. Sharma - plant biologist, educator
Vijay Kumar Thakur - engineer and nano-technologist
Munmun Dhalaria - documentary filmmaker
Bittu Sehgal - nature conservationist and writer

Sansar Chand - ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries
Seu - exponent of Kangra painting and father of Nainsukh(late 17th - early 18th cent.)
Nainsukh - exponent of Kangra painting (18th cent.)
Manaku - exponent of Kangra painting and brother of Nainsukh (18th cent.)
Kinkri Devi - activist and environmentalist
Shyam Saran Negi - India's first voter
Zorawar Singh Kahluria - general of the Dogra army in the first half of the 19th century
Narain Chand Parashar - linguist, cultural historian, and politician
Pelden Gyeltshen - the 40th Ganden Tripa (17th century)