List of people from Odisha

This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.

Age of Sarala Yuga

 * Sarala Dasa (1465)
 * Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)

Age of Upendra Bhanja

 * Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
 * Dinakrushna Dasa (c.1650–1710)
 * Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara (c. 1760– 1806)
 * Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)

Age of Radhanath

 * Fakir Mohan Senapati
 * Gangadhar Meher
 * Radhanath Ray
 * Madhusudan Rao
 * Nanda Kishore Bal
 * Gourishankar Ray
 * Nilakantha Das

Post colonial age

 * Gangadhar Meher
 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Sachidananda Routray
 * Brajanath Rath

Poets and authors

 * Amjad Najmi
 * Annada Shankar Ray
 * Brajanath Ratha
 * Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
 * Fakir Mohan Senapati
 * Gangadhar Meher
 * Hussain Rabi Gandhi
 * Godabarish Mishra
 * Gopabandhu Das
 * Gopinath Mohanty
 * Gourahari Das
 * Jachindra Rout
 * Jagadish Mohanty
 * Jagannath Prasad Das (Saraswati Samman winner)
 * Jayadeva
 * Jayanta Mahapatra
 * Karamat Ali Karamat
 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Madhusudan Rao
 * Manasi Pradhan
 * Manoj Das
 * Manoranjan Das
 * Manmohan Acharya
 * Mayadhar Mansingh
 * Mohammed Ayoob
 * Nilakantha Das
 * Oopali Operajita
 * Pratibha Satpathy
 * Pratyush Prakash
 * Radhanath Ray
 * Ramakanta Rath
 * Ranjan Das
 * Ramakrushna Nanda
 * Sachidananda Raut Ray
 * Sarala Dasa
 * Sarala Devi
 * Sarojini Sahoo
 * Satya Narayan Bohidar
 * Sitakanta Mohapatra (Jnanpith Award winner)
 * Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman winner)
 * Tapan Kumar Pradhan

Writers and novelists

 * Artabalabha Mohanti
 * Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
 * Brajanath Ratha
 * Gita Mehta
 * Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award winner)
 * Haldhar Nag
 * Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
 * Krushna Chandra Kar
 * Manoj Das
 * Pratibha Ray
 * Rajendra Prasad Das
 * Shantanu Kumar Acharya
 * Surendra Mohanty
 * Uday Satpathy

Women's writing and feminism

 * Sarala Devi
 * Archana Nayak
 * Annapurna Maharana
 * Manasi Pradhan
 * Nandini Sahu
 * Sarojini Sahoo

Children's literature

 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Adikanda Mahanta
 * Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
 * Krutibas Nayak
 * Ramakrushna Nanda
 * Dash Benhur
 * Nilakantha Das

Drama and plays

 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Gopal Chhotray
 * Manoranjan Das
 * Biswajit Das

Short stories

 * Fakir Mohan Senapati
 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Surendra Mohanty
 * Manoj Das
 * Jagadish Mohanty
 * Sarojini Sahoo

Popular science

 * Binod Kanungo
 * Gokulananda Mohapatra
 * Dr. Ramesh Chandra Parida
 * Kamalakanta Jena
 * Bibhuprasad Mohapatra

Education and Research
 Satyabadi Era 


 * Gopabandhu Das
 * Nilakantha Das
 * Godabarish Mishra

 Later Period 
 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Baidyanath Misra
 * Bhubaneswar Behera
 * Bidhu Bhusan Das
 * Prabhat Nalini Das
 * Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
 * Madhu Sudan Kanungo
 * Keshab Chandra Dash
 * Madhab Chandra Dash
 * Ranjan Dash
 * Prafulla Kumar Jena
 * Baisali Mohanty
 * Jitendra Nath Mohanty
 * Saraju Mohanty
 * Oopali Operajita
 * Prana Krushna Parija
 * Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
 * Jogesh Pati
 * Arun K. Pati
 * Sam Pitroda
 * Amiya Pujari
 * Ashok Swain

Actresses

 * Anisha Ambrose
 * Anu Chowdhury
 * Archita Sahu
 * Barsha Priyadarshini
 * Bijaya Jena
 * Jyoti Mishra
 * Mahasweta Ray
 * Naina Das
 * Nandita Das
 * Rameshwari
 * Sulagna Panigrahi
 * Tandra Ray
 * Kavya Keeran
 * Rajeswari Ray
 * Pupul Bhuyan
 * Sudharani Jena

Actors

 * Akash Das Nayak
 * Anubhav Mohanty
 * Arindam Roy
 * Atal Bihari Panda
 * Babushaan Mohanty
 * Bijay Mohanty
 * Buddhaditya Mohanty
 * Chandan Kar
 * Chandrachur Singh
 * Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
 * Dukhiram Swain
 * Hara Patnaik
 * Jayiram Samal
 * Mihir Das
 * Papu Pam Pam
 * Prashanta Nanda
 * Sabyasachi Mishra
 * Sadhu Meher
 * Sarat Pujari
 * Siddhanta Mahapatra
 * Sisir Misra
 * Sriram Panda
 * Uttam Mohanty
 * Mohammad Mohsin
 * Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
 * Samaresh Routray
 * Partha Sarathi Ray

Modern

 * Rajasmita Kar
 * Prince Dance Group

Odissi Gurus and Dancers

 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Gangadhar Pradhan
 * Geeta Mahalik
 * Kelucharan Mohapatra
 * Mayadhar Raut
 * Sanjukta Panigrahi
 * Saswat Joshi
 * Sujata Mohapatra
 * Sunanda Patnaik
 * Oopali Operajita
 * Kumkum Mohanty
 * Baisali Mohanty
 * Dayanidhi Das

Filmmakers

 * Mohammad Mohsin
 * Mehmood Hussain
 * Bijoy Ketan Mishra
 * Hara Patnaik
 * Mira Nair
 * Nila Madhab Panda
 * Nitai Palit
 * Prashanta Nanda
 * Ravi Kinagi
 * Sabyasachi Mohapatra
 * Sadhu Meher
 * Sisir Mishra
 * Jitendra Mishra

Painters

 * Jatin Das
 * Jayanta Meher
 * Kailash Chandra Meher

Sand artists

 * Sudarshan Pattnaik

Sculptors

 * Raghunath Mohapatra
 * Sudarshan Sahoo

Singers

 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Akshaya Mohanty
 * Bhikari Bal
 * Arabinda Muduli
 * Krishna Beura
 * Pratyush Prakash
 * Sarbeswar Bhoi
 * Sikandar Alam
 * Sniti Mishra
 * Sona Mohapatra
 * Sunanda Patnaik
 * Rituraj Mohanty
 * Jitendra Haripal

Musicians

 * Kalicharan Pattnaik
 * Akshaya Mohanty
 * Prafulla Kar
 * Arabinda Muduli

Designers

 * Bibhu Mohapatra

Jurists

 * Ananga Kumar Patnaik; Former Justice of the Supreme Court of India
 * Gopal Ballav Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
 * Ranganath Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
 * Dipak Misra; Chief Justice of India

Chief Executive Officers

 * T.K.Chand, Chairman and Managing Director of NALCO

Bankers

 * Ashok Kumar Sarangi
 * Harun Rashid Khan

Engineers

 * Bibhusita Das

Managers

 * Sarthak Behuria
 * Sandip Das
 * Subroto Bagchi
 * Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan
 * Ranjan Dash

Physicians

 * B. K. Misra (Neurosurgeon)
 * Ramakanta Panda (Cardiovascular Surgeon)

Journalists

 * Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (Journalist)
 * Gopal Mishra

Government civil servants

 * Anugraha Narayan Tiwari (Former CIC of India)
 * Lalit Mansingh
 * Prajna Paramita
 * Ramakanta Rath
 * Sitakanta Mohapatra
 * Dayanidhi Choudhury

Security and Law Enforcement

 * Pramod Kumar Satapathy

Religion

 * Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
 * Bhima Bhoi
 * Jayadeva
 * Atibadi Jagannath Das
 * Achyutananda Das
 * Durga Charan Mohanty

Freedom fighters

 * Annapurna Maharana
 * Afzal-ul Amin
 * Baji Rout
 * Biswambhar Parida
 * Bishwanath Das
 * Bakshi Jagabandhu
 * Chakhi Khuntia
 * Ekram Rasul
 * Ghanshyam Panigrahi
 * Gopabandhu Das
 * Godabarish Mishra
 * Gurubari Meher
 * Harekrushna Mahatab
 * Jayee Rajguru
 * Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
 * Jagabandhu Patnaik
 * Kamal Singh
 * Karunakar Singh
 * Krushna Chandra Gajapati
 * Laxman Nayak
 * Madhab Chandra Routray
 * Madho Singh (Ghess)
 * Madhusudan Das
 * Madhusudan Rao
 * Malati Choudhury
 * Nabakrushna Choudhuri
 * Nilakantha Das
 * Nityananda Mohapatra
 * Parbati Giri
 * Pindiki Bahubalendra
 * Rama Devi
 * Sarala Devi
 * Subhas Chandra Bose
 * Sayeed Mohammed
 * Veer Surendra Sai

Rulers

 * Avakinnayo Karakandu
 * Chullakalinga
 * Kalinga II
 * Kharavela
 * Satrubhanja
 * Kaundinya I
 * Hemangada
 * Sivakara Deva I
 * Ramachandra Deva I
 * Tribhuvana Mahadevi I
 * Anantavarman Chodaganga
 * Anangabhima Deva III
 * Narasingha Deva I
 * Kapilendra Deva
 * Purushottama Deva
 * Prataparudra Deva
 * Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
 * Krushna Chandra Gajapati
 * Basudeb Sudhal Deb
 * Ramai Deva
 * Balarama Deva
 * Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
 * Vikram Dev III
 * Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo

Politicians

 * Amarnath Pradhan
 * Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
 * Ananta Nayak
 * Archana Nayak
 * Arjun Charan Sethi
 * Afzal-ul Amin
 * Badri Narayan Patra
 * Bhakta Charan Das
 * Gopanarayan Das
 * Bhartruhari Mahtab
 * Bhupinder Singh
 * Bibhu Prasad Tarai
 * Bijayananda Patnaik
 * Bijoy Mohapatra
 * Biju Patnaik
 * Bikram Keshari Deo
 * Binayak Acharya
 * Biren Mitra
 * Bishwanath Das
 * Braja Kishore Tripathy
 * Chandra Sekhar Sahu
 * Chintamani Panigrahi
 * Draupadi Murmu
 * Godabarish Mishra
 * Gourahari Naik
 * Giridhar Gamang
 * Habibullah Khan
 * Harekrushna Mahatab
 * Hari Har Swain
 * Hemananda Biswal
 * Hrushikesh Naik
 * Hussain Rabi Gandhi
 * Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
 * Jayaram Pangi
 * Jitu Patnaik
 * Jual Oram
 * Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
 * Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
 * Laichan Nayak
 * Laxman Tudu
 * Maheswar Baug
 * Mohan Jena
 * Nabakrushna Choudhuri
 * Nabin Nanda
 * Nandini Satpathy
 * Naveen Patnaik
 * Nilakantha Das
 * Nityanand Kanungo
 * Nilamani Routray
 * Niranjan Patnaik
 * Nityananda Pradhan
 * Parsuram Majhi
 * Pinaki Misra
 * Pradeep Kumar Majhi
 * Prasanna Acharya
 * Prasanna Kumar Patasani
 * P.V.Narasimha Rao
 * Pyarimohan Mohapatra
 * Rabi Ray
 * Radhanath Rath
 * Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
 * Ranjib Biswal
 * Rudramadhab Ray
 * Sadashiva Tripathy
 * Samarendra Kundu
 * Sanatan Mahakud
 * Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
 * Sanjay Bhoi
 * Sarala Devi
 * Siddhanta Mahapatra
 * Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
 * Srikant Kumar Jena
 * Surendra Mohanty
 * Sudam Marndi
 * Surendra Mohanty
 * Sushila Tiriya
 * Tathagata Satpathy
 * V.V. Giri
 * Baikunthanath Swain

Social service

 * Baba Balia
 * Sarala Devi
 * Madhusudan Das
 * Gopabandhu Das
 * Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
 * Farhat Amin
 * Manasi Pradhan
 * Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar

Cricket

 * Alok Jena
 * A. Panda
 * Baljit Singh
 * Basant Mohanty
 * Bibhudutta Panda
 * Kadambini Mohakud
 * Biplab Samantray
 * Debashish Mohanty
 * Ranjib Biswal
 * Sanjay Raul
 * Shiv Sunder Das
 * Natraj Behera

Hockey

 * Binita Toppo (female hockey)
 * Dilip Tirkey
 * Lazarus Barla
 * Ignace Tirkey
 * Birendra Lakra

Other sports

 * Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles, running)
 * Budhia Singh (long distance running)
 * Dutee Chand (sprint runner)
 * Jauna Murmu (sprint running, hurdler)
 * Katulu Ravi Kumar (weightlifting)
 * Srabani Nanda (sprint runner)
 * Pramila Prava Minz (rowing)
 * Pratima Puhan (rowing)
 * Valena Valentina (karate)
 * Kalpana Dash (Everest climber)
 * Pramod Bhagat (Paralympian)