List of people from Jharkhand

This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in Jharkhand state, India.

Padma Bhushan

 * Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian
 * Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2018, Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
 * Kariya Munda - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha

Padma Shri

 * Shashadhar Acharya - 2020, Chhau dancer
 * Premlata Agarwal - 2013
 * Ashok Bhagat - 2015, social worker and secretary of Vikas Bharti
 * Makar Dhwaja Darogha - 2011, Chhau Dancer
 * Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2009, Indian international cricketer
 * Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - 2012, Chhau dancer and choreographer
 * Balbir Dutt - 2017, journalist
 * Girdhari Ram Gonjhu - 2022, Literature
 * Chutni Devi - 2021, social worker
 * Digamber Hansda - 2018
 * Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - 2020, folk singer
 * Bulu Imam - 2019, activist
 * Deepika Kumari - 2016, sports, archery
 * Vasundhara Komkali - 2006, classical musician
 * Mukund Nayak - 2017, folk singer
 * Parasu Ram Mishra
 * Ram Dayal Munda - 2010, Indian scholar and regional music exponent
 * Simon Oraon - 2016, Indian environmentalist and social worker
 * Shyama Charan Pati - 2006, Chhau Dancer
 * Kedar Nath Sahoo - 2005, classical dancer
 * Jamuna Tudu - 2019, environmental activist

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

 * Chetan Joshi, flautist
 * Mahavir Nayak, nagpuri folk singer
 * Mukund Nayak, folk artist

Jharkhand Gaurav Samman

 * Lal Vijay Shahdeo - 2019, film director, producer and writer

Nari Shakti Puraskar

 * Chami Murmu - 2019, environmental activist
 * Dr. Bharti Kashyap - 2017, vision and safe motherhood intervention

Academics

 * Bhuneshwar Anuj, scholar
 * Gerald Durrell - naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter; born in Jamshedpur in 1925
 * Girdhari Ram Gonjhu - Literature and Scholar
 * Shravan Kumar Goswami, Professor and Scholar
 * Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari - educationist, writer, scholar
 * Shakuntala Mishra, Professor and writer
 * Ram Dayal Munda - former Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University
 * Ram Krishna Singh - teacher of English language skills and Indian writing in English at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad since 1976

Authors

 * Miniya Chatterji - author
 * Pankaj Dubey - author
 * Aditi Gupta - author
 * Bulu Imam - environmentalist, writer
 * Shiv Khera - author, motivational speaker, activist
 * Praful Kumar Rai - writer
 * Nikita Singh - author
 * Sahani Upendra Pal Singh - writer
 * Khagendra Thakur

Bureaucrats

 * Subodh Kumar Jaiswal - Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)
 * Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi; former Director of Prime Minister's office (PMO), New Delhi

Business and industry

 * Anurag Dikshit - born in Dhanbad, ranked 207 by Forbes among the world's richest people in 2006
 * Atul Kochhar - Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality
 * Mahesh Poddar - industrialist
 * Ashwin Srivastava - venture capitalist

Actors

 * Krishna Bharadwaj (actor) - born in Ranchi
 * Bibhu Bhattacharya - born in Jharia
 * Meiyang Chang - born in Dhanbad
 * Dipankar De - born in Jamshedpur
 * Dinesh Deva - dancer and actor
 * Adarsh Gourav - born in Jamshedpur
 * Raman Gupta - actor and dancer
 * Rajesh Jais - born in Ranchi
 * Sanjeev Jaiswal - born in Jamshedpur
 * Deepak Lohar, actor
 * R. Madhavan - born in Jamshedpur
 * Zeishan Quadri - actor and writer, born in Wasseypur
 * Bunty Singh, actor and dancer
 * Vikram Singh - actor and producer, born in Jamshedpur
 * Imran Zahid - born in Bokaro

Actresses

 * Pratyusha Banerjee - born in Jamshedpur
 * Priyanka Chopra - Miss World 2000, actress, born in Jamshedpur
 * Deeba - actress, born in Ranchi
 * Rasika Duggal - actress, born in Jamshedpur
 * Ishita Dutta - younger sister of Tanushree Dutta, born in Jamshedpur
 * Tanushree Dutta - Miss India 2004, actress, born in Jamshedpur
 * Auritra Ghosh - actress, born in Jamshedpur
 * Komal Jha - actress, born in Ranchi
 * Shweta Prasad - actress, born in Jamshedpur
 * Amrita Raichand - actress, born in Dhanbad
 * Anushka Sen, actress, born in Ranchi
 * Meenakshi Seshadri - Miss India 1981, born in Sindri
 * Eenu Shree - actress, born in Jamshedpur
 * Alisha Singh - actress, dancer and choreographer, born in Ranchi
 * Pooja Singh - born in Jamshedpur
 * Reecha Sinha - actress, born in Hazaribagh
 * Simone Singh - born in Jamshedpur
 * Supriya Kumari, actress
 * Sumann - born in Jamshedpur
 * Tania - Punjabi actress, born in Jamshedpur

Cinematographer / Choreographers

 * Aseem Mishra - cinematographer, born in Dhanbad
 * Alisha Singh - choreographer and actor, born in Ranchi

Directors / Producers

 * Imtiaz Ali - director and writer, Jamshedpur
 * Amit Bose - director, born in Jamshedpur
 * Sriram Dalton - director, born in Daltonganj
 * Raj Kumar Gupta - director, born in Hazaribag
 * Sanjivan Lal - director and writer, born in Jamshedpur
 * Akashaditya Lama - director and scriptwriter based in Bollywood, born in Ranchi
 * Prem Prakash Modi - director and writer, Dumka
 * Shomu Mukherjee - director, writer and producer, born in Jamshedpur
 * Lal Vijay Shahdeo - director, producer and writer based in Mumbai, born in Lohardaga
 * Gul Bahar Singh - director, born in Pakur
 * Biju Toppo - director and producer, born in Mahuadanr

Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet

 * Karan Singh Arora - Indian singer, songwriter, rapper, music composer, music director, lyricist and model, Ranchi
 * Rajdeep Chatterjee - singer
 * Biswajit Roy Chowdhury - Hindustani classical musician and sarod player, Deoghar
 * Payal Dev - playback singer
 * Ronkini Gupta - playback singer, born in Jamshedpur
 * Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh - folk singer, born in Ranchi
 * Chetan Joshi - flautist in the Hindustani classical music, Jharia
 * Govind Sharan Lohra - nagpuri folk singer
 * Monica Mundu - playback singer, also acted in film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
 * Nandlal Nayak - music composer
 * Shilpa Rao - singer, born in Jamshedpur
 * Chandan Tiwari - folk singer, Bokaro

Freedom fighters and revolutionaries

 * Budhu Bhagat - freedom fighter
 * Sheikh Bhikhari - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
 * Telanga Kharia - freedom fighter
 * Chanku Mahato- freedom fighter in Godda
 * Dhananjay Mahato - freedom fighter
 * Raghunath mahato - freedom fighter
 * Tilka Majhi - freedom fighter
 * Birsa Munda - freedom fighter and folk hero; belonged to the tribal group of Munda people
 * Kanhu Murmu - leader of Santal revolt
 * Sido Murmu - leader of Santal revolt
 * Nilambar and Pitambar - freedom fighter
 * Jagabandhu Patnaik - freedom fighter
 * Pandey Ganpat Rai - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
 * Bakhtar Say - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812
 * Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
 * Ganga Narayan Singh - leader of Bhumij revolt
 * Mundal Singh - freedom fighter, fought against British force in 1812
 * Raja Arjun Singh - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion
 * Ram Narayan Singh - freedom fighter
 * Tikait Umrao Singh - freedom fighter in 1857 rebellion

Journalism

 * Bhuneshwar Anuj, editor
 * Dayamani Barla - journalist in Hindi newspaper Prabhat Khabar
 * Balbir Dutt - founder director and editor in chief of Hindi daily Deshpran.
 * Anjana Om Kashyap - executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak

Jurists and Lawyers

 * Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist
 * Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo - jurist and political activist
 * Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist

Medical

 * Bharti Kashyap - ophthalmologist
 * Subhash Mukhopadhyay - created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation

Gallantry Awards winner

 * Rakesh Asthana
 * Albert Ekka - recipient of Param Vir Chakra
 * Randhir Prasad Verma - recipient of Ashoka Chakra

Poetry

 * Anuj Lugun - won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi
 * Ghasiram Mahli - Nagpuri poet
 * Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - Nagpuri poet
 * Raghunath Shah - Nagvanshi king and poet
 * Dalel Singh, poet
 * Ram Krishna Singh - published seventeen poetry collections in English

Activist

 * Arjun Munda
 * Banna Gupta
 * Salkhan Murmu - Indian socio-political activist
 * Surya Singh Besra - politician and activist
 * Binod Bihari Mahato - lawyer, politician, political activist
 * Nirmal Mahto - political activist
 * Teklal Mahto - politician
 * Thakur Ji Pathak - Indian activist, politician, businessman, well-known leader of Jharkhand(bihar)
 * Jaipal Singh Munda, hockey player and tribal leader
 * Kunal Sarangi - politician
 * Rudra Pratap Sarangi - politician and activist
 * Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo - lawyer, writer, political activist
 * Shibu Soren - politician

Governors of other states

 * Bhishma Narain Singh - Assam, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 * Rameshwar Thakur - Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister

 * Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district
 * Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand
 * Bindeshwari Dubey - Chief Minister of Bihar from 12 March 1985 to 14 February 1988; was involved in a Trade Union Movement in Chotanagpur collieries and industries since 1944; played an important role in the nationalization of collieries in India, specially in Jharkhand; was 6 term MLA from Bermo constituency in Bokaro District and MP from Giridih in Jharkhand
 * Binodanand Jha - Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963
 * Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand
 * Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri
 * Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
 * Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
 * Hemant Soren - current Chief Minister of Jharkhand
 * Shibu Soren - former Chief Minister of Jharkhand
 * Champai Soren - Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Cabinet minister

 * Yadunath Baskey - Minister in Bihar government
 * Satyanand Bhogta - minister of labour
 * Sudesh Kumar Mahto - former deputy chief minister
 * Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs of India
 * Kariya Munda - former speaker of Loksabha
 * Vimla Pradhan - former tourism minister
 * Dinesh Sarangi - first health minister Jharkhand
 * Sanatan Sardar - Veteran tribal leader, former irrigation minister, Bihar and three-term MLA from Potka
 * Subodh Kant Sahay - former cabinet minister, government of India
 * Basant Narain Singh - cabinet minister in Bihar
 * Jayant Sinha - aviation minister
 * Yashwant Sinha - former Union Cabinet minister, Government of India

Other

 * Lobin Hembrom - politician
 * Ajoy Kumar - former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer; elected as the MP (Member of Parliament)
 * Bidyut Baran Mahato - MP from Jamshedpur
 * Shashank Manjari - member of Ramgarh Raj royal family and ex MLA from Dumri
 * Kartik Oraon - former member of Parliament
 * Sambit Patra - politician and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Vijaya Raje - member of Ramgarh Raj royal family and ex MLA from Chatra
 * Ravindra Kumar Ray - former member of Parliament
 * Kunal Sarangi - politician
 * Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo - last Nagvanshi king and MLA from Ranchi
 * Kamakhya Narain Singh - King of Ramgarh Raj and politician

Religion

 * Thakur Anukulchandra
 * Father Kamil Bulke
 * Parshvanatha - twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism
 * Telesphore Toppo
 * Dular Lakra

Rulers

 * Bairisal, Nagvanshi king in 16th century
 * Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo, Nagvanshi king in 20th century
 * Bhim Karn, Nagvanshi king in 12th century
 * Pratap Karn, Nagvanshi king in 15th century
 * Shivdas Karn, Nagvanshi king in 14th century
 * Gajghat Rai, Nagvanshi king in 9th century
 * Phani Mukut Rai, first Nagvanshi king
 * Medini Ray, King of Palamu in 17th century
 * Durjan Shah, Nagvanshi king in 17th century
 * Dripnath Shah, Nagvanshi king in 18th century
 * Madhu Karn Shah, Nagvanshi king in 16th century
 * Raghunath Shah, Nagvanshi king in 17th century
 * Ram Shah, Nagvanshi king in 17th century
 * Ani Nath Shahdeo, king of Barkagarh
 * Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo, last Nagvanshi king
 * Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo, King of Barkagarh
 * Baghdeo Singh, first king of Ramgarh Raj
 * Dalel Singh, king of Ramgarh in 17th century
 * Jagatpal Singh, king of Pithuriya
 * Kamakhya Narain Singh, king of Ramgarh
 * Mukund Singh, king of Ramgarh
 * Raja Arjun Singh, King of Porahat
 * Tikait Umrao Singh, king of Ormanjhi

Social service

 * Jyoti Dhawale - HIV activist
 * Dr. Bharti Kashyap - vision and cervical cancer activist
 * Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - 19th Century Indian educator and social reformer

Archery

 * Komalika Bari
 * Mangal Singh Champia - Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games.
 * Deepika Kumari - Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 1 in the world.
 * Madhumita Kumari - won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event.
 * Laxmirani Majhi
 * Purnima Mahato - won the Indian national archery championships and a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Boxing

 * Anthresh Lalit Lakra - international boxer
 * Aruna Mishra - 2004 world champion
 * Diwakar Prasad - international boxer
 * Birju Shah - international boxer
 * Selay Soy - boxer

Cricket

 * Varun Aaron
 * Kirti Azad
 * Rajesh Chauhan
 * Kumar Deobrat
 * Mahendra Singh Dhoni
 * Ishank Jaggi
 * Monu Kumar
 * Kumar Kushagra
 * Shahbaz Nadeem
 * Shubhlakshmi Sharma - Indian female cricket player
 * Pratyush Singh - made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 20 October 2016.
 * Randhir Singh
 * Utkarsh Singh
 * Virat Singh
 * Saurabh Tiwary
 * Rahul Tripathi
 * Vikash Vishal
 * Ishan Kishan

Association football

 * Deepak Mondal - Indian professional footballer
 * Sanjay Balmuchu - Indian footballer, plays as a midfielder for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League; 2012 graduate of the Tata Football Academy
 * Lal Mohan Hansda - Indian footballer, plays as a forward for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League
 * Munmun Lugun - Indian footballer, plays as a defender for Pune in the I-League

Hockey

 * Kanti Baa
 * Sylvanus Dung Dung - former field hockey player from India
 * Michael Kindo
 * Sangita Kumari
 * Bimal Lakra
 * Birendra Lakra - born in Simdega
 * Jaipal Singh Munda - captained the Indian field hockey team to win gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
 * Nikki Pradhan
 * Pushpa Pradhan
 * Masira Surin
 * Sumrai Tete
 * Manohar Topno

Lawn bowls

 * Lovely Choubey
 * Rupa Rani Tirkey

Mountaineering

 * Premlata Agarwal - mountain climber; on May 21, 2011, became the oldest Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, at age 45
 * Binita Soren - mountain climber; on May 26, 2012, became the first tribal woman to summit Mount Everest, at age 25

Others

 * Rameesh Kailasam - governance reform and policy expert from India
 * Swati Ghosh - contemporary artist