List of people from Andhra Pradesh

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

Independence advocates

 * Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924
 * Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule
 * Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
 * Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter
 * Chowdary Satyanarayana - Freedom fighter, Human rights activist, Legislator
 * Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
 * Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter
 * Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter
 * Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter
 * Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
 * Chandra Pulla Reddy – Communist Leader
 * Gouthu Latchanna – freedom fighter
 * Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader
 * Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person
 * Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
 * Muktyala Raja – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
 * N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter
 * 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 - freedom activist
 * Kotagiri Venkata Krishna Rao - Freedom fighter, poet
 * Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao - Freedom fighter, 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
 * N N Murthy – 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
 * Dantu Muralikrishna - Writer, Singer & Scientist

Philosophers

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

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
 * Venkatapathy Raju
 * Yalaka Venugopal Rao
 * Cota Ramaswami
 * Ambati Rayudu

Athletics
 * Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
 * Neelapu Rami Reddy – former sprinter and athletics champion

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
 * 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
 * Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu (Tv9)

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