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
 * Arshadul Qaudri, 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