List of Kumaoni people

Kumaonis are people from the Kumaon, a region in the Indian Himalayas.

Administration

 * Murli Manohar Joshi
 * B. D. Pande
 * V. C. Pande
 * N.D. Tiwari

Defence forces

 * Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Mahavir Chakra awardee. Hero Battle of Tololing, Kargil war
 * Vice Admiral Harish Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy.
 * Lucky Bisht, former Indian spy.
 * Bahadur Singh Bohra, Lawanz Operation: 25 Sep 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient
 * Mohan Nath Goswami, Operation : CI & IS Ops, Sep 03, 2015, Ashoka Chakra recipient
 * General Bipin Chandra Joshi, 17th Chief of Army Staff (COAS), First Army Chief from Uttarakhand
 * Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
 * Captain Ummed Singh Mahra,Operation : Op Orchid, 6 July 1971, Ashoka Chakra recipient
 * Mohan Chand Sharma, Batla House Encounter, 19 September 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient

Politics

 * Kashi Singh Airy
 * Yashpal Arya
 * K. C. Singh Baba
 * Mohan Singh Bisht
 * Ajay Bhatt
 * Ganesh Joshi
 * Murli Manohar Joshi, He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993.
 * Puran Chand Joshi, general secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
 * Bhagat Singh Koshyari, governor of Maharashtra, chief minister of Uttarakhand
 * Kalu Singh Mahara, freedom fighter, led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
 * Mahendra Singh Mahra, served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand (April 2012 to April 2018).
 * Badri Datt Pandey, He was popularly known as, and remains remembered in the region as, the Kumaon Kesari.
 * Govind Ballabh Pant, freedom fighter, considered one of the architects of modern India
 * Hargovind Pant
 * Ila Pant
 * K. C. Pant, former defence minister and vice chairman of the Planning Commission
 * Prakash Pant
 * Sheila Irene Pant or Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan
 * Bachi Singh Rawat
 * Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand
 * Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
 * N. D. Tiwari, three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh(1976–77, 1984–85, 1988–89) and also served once as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2002–2007)
 * Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Founder of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal,A political party which started Uttarakhand movement, led to formation of state.

Judiciary

 * Prafulla Chandra Pant, author and former judge of the Supreme Court of India, and a former member of the National Human Rights Commission of India

Science and humanities

 * Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archaeologist, Padma Shri recipient
 * Anupam Joshi, cyber security expert and Professor
 * J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
 * Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
 * M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.
 * Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
 * Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
 * Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
 * Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
 * Ghananand Pande, scientist
 * Govind Chandra Pande, Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and Buddhist periods
 * M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
 * Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
 * Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
 * Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
 * Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
 * Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist

Journalism and literature

 * Uma Bhatt
 * Namita Gokhale
 * Namrata Joshi, Journalist
 * Manohar Shyam Joshi
 * Manoj Joshi
 * Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India
 * Shekhar Joshi
 * Shailesh Matiyani
 * Mrinal Pande
 * Gaura Pant, who wrote under the name Shivani
 * Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
 * Sumitranandan Pant
 * Shekhar Pathak, historian
 * Girish Tiwari, also known as Girda

Music

 * Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
 * Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
 * B. K. Samant, folk singer
 * Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baro Masa
 * Naima Khan Upreti

Sports

 * Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer, Padma Shri, Arjun and Rung Ratna Awardee. Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award
 * Ekta Bisht, cricketer
 * Kavinder Bisht, boxer
 * Madhumita Bisht, badminton
 * Unmukt Chand, cricketer
 * Rohit Danu, footballer
 * Deepak Dhapola, cricketer
 * MS Dhoni, cricketer (former captain of Indian cricket team, born to Kumaoni parents)
 * Kamlesh Nagarkoti, cricketer
 * Mir Ranjan Negi, hockey player
 * Pawan Negi, cricketer
 * Manish Pandey, cricketer
 * Rishabh Pant, cricketer
 * Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
 * Lakshya Sen, badminton
 * Anirudh Thapa football

Films and theatre

 * Sapna Awasthi, Bollywood playback singer
 * Sonam Bajwa, Bollywood Actress
 * Nidhi Bisht, casting director
 * Gopal Datt, actor and writer
 * Roop Durgapal, Indian television actress, best known for her role as Sanchi in the serial Balika Vadhu
 * Prasoon Joshi, advertisement guru and lyricist
 * Sukirti Kandpal, television actress
 * Vinod Kapri, filmmaker
 * Dev Negi, singer
 * Hemant Pandey, actor
 * Nitesh Pandey, actor
 * Nirmal Pandey, actor
 * Sudhanshu Pandey, actor
 * Sudhir Pandey, actor
 * Diksha Panth, Indian film actress
 * Disha Patani, actress
 * Sunita Rajwar, film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama
 * B. M. Shah, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner
 * Mohan Upreti, dramatist
 * Naima Khan Upreti, dramatist

Humanitarian

 * Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
 * Lakshman Singh Jangpangi, former trade agent
 * Deep Joshi, social activist, recipient of Padma Shri.
 * Vinayak Lohani, National Award for Child Welfare 2011
 * Lalit Pande, social worker, Padma Shri recipient
 * Kamla Pant, social activist
 * Ridhima Pandey, activist for action against climate change

Business

 * Ranjan Pant, chief executive officer, advisor, global strategy management consultant and a change management expert
 * Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
 * Muktesh Pant, former chief executive officer of Yum China.

Spiritual Leaders

 * Baba Hari Dass, yoga master, silent monk, and commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha
 * Satyananda Saraswati, Sannyasin, yoga teacher and guru