List of people from Arunachal Pradesh

This is a list of people who were born in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Mountaineers

 * Tapi Mra – mountaineer from India and the first person from Arunachal Pradesh to scale Everest
 * Anshu Jamsenpa – Everester 4 times
 * Tine Mena – Everester

Social activists

 * Nabam Atum
 * Binny Yanga

Freedom Fighters

 * Moje Riba

Journalists

 * Mamang Dai – journalist, author, poet, and former civil servant based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Dibang – Aaj Tak journalist; his mother is from Arunachal Pradesh; his father is Punjabi

Politics and bureaucracy

 * Pema Khandu – CM of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Kalikho Pul – ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Gegong Apang – former CM of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Mukut Mithi – former CM of Arunachal Pradesh; Lt. Governor of Puducherry
 * Rajani Kanta Patir – former Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Kiren Rijiju – BJP Member of Parliament; Union minister
 * Takam Sanjoy – INC Member of Parliament
 * Jomin Tayeng – first IAS Officer of Arunachal Pradesh; MLA from Dambuk
 * Prem Khandu Thungon – first Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Nabam Tuki – ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
 * Ninong Ering – Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh and Former Union Minister
 * Jarbom Gamlin – ex-CM and former MP
 * Shakuntala Doley Gamlin – former Chief Secretary and secretary for department of empowerment of person with disabilities
 * Daying Ering – politician

Religious leaders

 * Talom Rukbo – father of the Donyi-Polo movement

Philosophers

 * Tamo Mibang – Vice-Chancellor; Head of Department of Tribal Studies of Rajiv Gandhi University