List of people from Jamshedpur

This is a list of prominent people who were born or lived in Jamshedpur.

Politicians

• Raghubar Das, ex-Chief Minister of Jharkhand; born in Jamshedpur
• Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party leader; worked with Tata Steel; lived in Jamshedpur for two years
• Arjun Munda, politician, former Member of Parliament, and Chief Minister of Jharkhand
• Thakur Ji Pathak, Activist, politician

Business leaders

• Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group
• Rameesh Kailasam, CEO, Indiatech.org and governance reform expert, born in Jamshedpur

Scholars and scientists

• Gerald Durrell (1925–1995), naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter
• Rajit Gadh, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
• Narendra Kohli (1940–2021)
• Arshadul Qaudri (1925–2002), Muslim leader, social worker and writer

Activists

• Digamber Hansda

Sportspersons

• Varun Aaron, Indian bowler and part of current team India squad.
• Anthresh Lalit Lakra, boxer
• Purnima Mahato, coach of Indian archery team at the 2012 London Olympics
• Aruna Mishra, boxer
• Gourav Mukhi, footballer
• Diwakar Prasad, boxer
• Birju Shah, boxer
• Selay Soy, boxer
• Saurabh Tiwary, Cricketer

Artists and authors

• Jahar Dasgupta, artist, painter, President of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

Actors and actresses

• Imtiaz Ali, director; works include Socha Na Tha, Jab We Met, and Love Aaj Kal; writer of Indian cinema; born in Jamshedpur
• Pratyusha Banerjee, Indian television actress
• Amit Bose, filmmaker, director, editor
• Priyanka Chopra, Miss India World 2000; Miss World 2000 and Bollywood actress; born in Jamshedpur
• Astad Deboo, Padma Shree awardee; Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer and exponent of modern dance in India
• Rasika Dugal, actor
• Ishita Dutta, actress, born and raised in Jamshedpur
• Tanushree Dutta, Miss India Universe 2004 and Bollywood actress; born and raised in Jamshedpur
• Auritra Ghosh
• Adarsh Gourav, actor
• Sanjeev Jaiswal, Bollywood Actor.
• Neeraj Kabi, Film and Theatre Actor.
• Sanjivan Lal, film director
• R. Madhavan, Indian Bollywood and Tamil cine star; born and brought up in Jamshedpur
• Shomu Mukherjee, director, writer, producer
• Shweta Basu Prasad, actress, born and raised in Jamshedpur
• Shilpa Rao, playback singer for Hindi films such as Aamir, Bachna Ae Haseeno, and Dev D
• Simone Singh, Bollywood actress; born and raised in Jamshedpur
• Vikram Singh, actor
• Pooja Singh, television actress

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