List of people from Patna

This is a list of notable residents of Patna (formerly Pataliputra), Bihar, India.

Historical

 * Aryabhata, great mathematician-astronomer
 * Ashoka, Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty
 * Bhai Jiwan Singh, Sikh General and friend of Guru Gobind Singh
 * Chanakya, teacher, philosopher, and royal advisor
 * Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire
 * Guru Gobind Singh, tenth of the ten Sikh Gurus
 * Moggaliputta-Tissa, Buddhist monk and scholar
 * Samudragupta, third ruler of the Gupta Dynasty
 * Shad Azimabadi, 18th-19th century poet from Patna
 * Ali Ibrahim Khan, 18th century statesmen and poet from Patna
 * Sheikh Zainuddin, 18th century painter from Patna

Nationalists and independence activists

 * Bindeshwari Dubey, freedom fighter and former Chief Minister of Bihar
 * Indradeep Sinha, freedom fighter and communist leader
 * Jagannath Sarkar, leader, freedom fighter, and writer
 * Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian independence activist, social reformer and political leader
 * K. B. Sahay, former Chief Minister of unified Bihar
 * K.P. Jayaswal, also a historian and lawyer
 * Shah Ozair Munemi, Indian independence activist
 * Syed Abuzar Bukhari, prominent figure of the freedom movement of undivided India; Pakistani Muslim scholar, orator, poet, writer, former president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
 * Tarkeshwari Sinha, had active role in the Quit India Movement
 * Thakur Ramapati Singh, freedom fighter, politician, former MLA and Minister of Bihar, former MP
 * Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist and freedom fighter

Writers and scholars

 * HMJ Sir Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh, eminent Persian, Arabic and Hindustani scholar, founder of Khuda Bakhsh library
 * Abdul-Qādir Bīdel, representative of Persian poetry and Sufism in India and Central Asia
 * Acharya Kishore Kunal, retired IPS Officer and Sanskrit scholar
 * Bhabatosh Datta, economist, academic and writer
 * Hrishikesh Sulabh, Hindi writer
 * Kumari Radha, Magahi poet
 * Muhammad Shams-ul-Haq Azimabadi, Islamic scholar
 * R. K. Sinha, English scholar
 * Ram Avatar Sharma, Sanskrit scholar and academic
 * Ram Karan Sharma, Sanskrit poet and scholar
 * Siyaram Tiwari, Hindi scholar and author
 * Sulaiman Nadvi, historian, biographer, litterateur and scholar of Islam
 * Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Islamic Hanafi Deobandi scholar
 * Talib Jauhari, Pakistani Islamic scholar, religious leader
 * Raza Naqvi Wahi, preeminent Indian Urdu language poet; known for Tanz-o-Mazah Shayari

Authors

 * Anurag Anand
 * Hetukar Jha, author, professor, researcher, and Fulbright Scholar
 * Kalanath Mishra
 * Sahajanand Saraswati
 * Satinath Bhaduri, novelist and politician
 * Saurav Jha, writer
 * Vikram Seth, novelist and poet

Holders of high constitutional offices

 * HMJ Sir Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh, former Chief Justice of Hyderabad State, Founder of khuda bakhsh oriental library
 * Abdul Ghafoor, former chief minister of Bihar
 * Anugrah Narayan Sinha, first Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
 * Arun Singh, former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India
 * Ashok Sekhar Ganguly, industry expert and former chairman of Hindustan Lever, former member of Rajya Sabha
 * Bali Ram Bhagat, former speaker of Lok Sabha
 * Balmiki Prasad Singh, 14th Governor of Sikkim
 * Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th Chief Justice of India
 * Bidhan Chandra Roy, second chief minister of West Bengal
 * Dilip Sinha, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to United Nations in Geneva
 * Dinesh Nandan Sahay, former Governor of Tripura and Governor of Chhattisgarh
 * Hamoodur Rahman, seventh Chief Justice of Pakistan
 * Lalit Mohan Sharma, 24th Chief Justice of India
 * Lieutenant General (Retd.) Srinivas Kumar Sinha, former Governor of the states of Jammu & Kashmir and Assam
 * Mohammad Yunus, first Prime Minister (Premier) of Bihar province in British India
 * Muni Lall, minister of state for labour and employment in Third Vajpayee Ministry
 * Nikhil Kumar, former governor of Nagaland and Governor of Kerala
 * Nitish Mishra, former Minister of the Department of Rural Development, Government of Bihar
 * Ram Dulari Sinha, former Union Minister and former Governor of Kerala
 * R. N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Former Deputy NSA of India
 * Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary, Government of India
 * Tejendra Khanna, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

Politicians

 * Ashok Kumar, Bihar MLA
 * C. P. Thakur, current member of Rajya Sabha and Vice-President of Bhartiya Janata Party
 * Digvijay Narain Singh, former Member of Parliament
 * Ganesh Prasad Singh, former Member of Parliament
 * Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha), former Member of Parliament
 * Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
 * Kiran Ghai, national vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Kishori Sinha, former Member of Parliament
 * Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar
 * Meira Kumar, former speaker of Lok Sabha
 * Madan Prasad Jaiswal, founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party, former MP
 * Mehboob Ali Kaiser, Member of Parliament
 * Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar
 * Prem Chandra Mishra, Member of Legislative Council, former Bihar NSUI Chief
 * Putul Kumari, former Member of Parliament
 * Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Skill development and Entrepreneurship
 * Rajiv Ranjan Singh, former Member of Parliament
 * Ram Kripal Yadav, Member of Parliament
 * Ram Govind Singh, former Mayor, former Chairman, Legislative Council
 * Ranjan Prasad Yadav, former Member of Parliament
 * Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice in Government of India
 * Rita Verma, former Minister of State of Mines and Minerals in the Indian government
 * Sushil Kumar Modi, former Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Bihar
 * Shyama Singh, former Member of Parliament
 * Surur Hoda, socialist politician
 * Syed Hasan Imam, former President of the Indian National Congress
 * Uday Singh, former Member of Parliament
 * Yashwant Sinha, former finance minister of India

Entertainment

 * Abhimanyu Singh, actor
 * Amardeep Jha, film actress and television personality
 * Anshuman Singh, actor and superstar
 * Bijoya Ray, filmmaker
 * Chhavi Pandey, Indian television and movie actress and singer
 * Daler Mehndi, singer
 * Deepali Kishore, singer
 * Anurag Sinha, Indian film actor
 * Imtiaz Ali, Indian film director, actor and writer
 * Kabeer Kaushik, Bollywood film director and screenwriter
 * Kranti Prakash Jha, Bollywood film actor
 * Manjul Sinha, TV director
 * Manoj Bajpayee, actor
 * Mika Singh, singer, composer, performer and songwriter
 * Nitu Chandra, actress
 * Pankaj Jha, TV actor and painter
 * Pankaj Tripathi, Actor
 * Pariva Pranati, actress
 * Poonam Sinha, actress
 * Prachi Sinha, Bollywood actress
 * Prakash Jha, filmmaker
 * Pranati Rai Prakash, winner of India's Next Top Model 2016 edition; a finalist of Miss India 2015
 * Prasun Banerjee, singer
 * Rajesh Kumar, TV actor
 * Roshan Seth, British actor
 * Sandeep Das, Tabla player and composer
 * Sanjai Mishra, comedian and film actor
 * Shatrughan Sinha, actor and member of parliament
 * Shekhar Suman, film actor and television personality
 * Siyaram Tiwari, Indian classical singer
 * Sonakshi Sinha, actress
 * Suhasini Mulay, actress
 * Sushant Singh Rajput, theater, television and film actor
 * Vineet Kumar, Indian actor

Arts

 * Pranava Prakash
 * Shambhavi Singh, painter
 * Subodh Gupta, painter

Sports

 * Kunal Datta, cricketer
 * Ishan Kishan, cricketer
 * Moin-ul-Haq, former general secretary, Indian Olympic Association
 * Saba Karim, cricketer
 * Subroto Banerjee, cricketer
 * Christopher Oldfield, cricketer
 * Veer Pratap Singh, cricketer

Bureaucracy

 * Abhayanand, Director General of Police, Bihar and educationalist
 * J. K. Sinha, former IPA and Special Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
 * N. K. Singh, former Indian Administrative Service and now Member of Parliament
 * Prasun Mukherjee, former Commissioner of Police in Kolkata Police department
 * S. K. Majumdar, IAF officer

Business

 * Anil Agarwal, founder and Executive Chairman of the United Kingdom-based Vedanta Resources PLC
 * Iqbal Z. Ahmed, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist

Journalists

 * Amitava Kumar, writer and journalist
 * Kanchan Gupta, Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist
 * Robert Loughnan, New Zealand farmer, journalist and politician
 * Sweta Singh, anchor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak
 * Ravish Kumar, works in the NDTV
 * Mammen Mathew, works at the Hindustan Times

Others

 * A. A. Khan, physicist
 * Anand Kumar, mathematician and founder member of Super 30
 * Narendra Kumar Pandey, Padma Shri awardee (2014), medical surgeon, founder of Asian Institute of Medical Sciences
 * Ashutosh Mukherjee, educator
 * Bindeshwar Pathak, sociologist
 * Brajkishore Prasad, lawyer
 * Creighton Carvello, British mnemonist
 * Faz Husain, pizza shop owner, Muslim community leader, and politician
 * Gauri Ayyub, social worker, activist, writer and teacher
 * Gopal Prasad Sinha, neurologist, politician, member of the Institutional Ethical Committee of the Indian Council of Medical Research
 * Makhdoom Yahya Maneri, Sufi saint
 * Manish Mehrotra, award-winning chef
 * Marshall D. Moran, American Jesuit priest, missionary
 * Nidhi Yasha, Indian costume designer
 * Papiya Ghosh, historian and professor
 * Pravrajika Shraddhaprana, third president of Sri Sarada Math
 * Ram Sharan Sharma, historian and academic
 * Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India
 * Sake Dean Mahomed, traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur
 * Sanjaya Lall, development economist
 * Shahn Majid, mathematician and theoretical physicist
 * Shaibal Gupta, social scientist, founder Member-Secretary of Asian Development Research Institute
 * Subhav Sinha, innovator
 * Sujoy K. Guha, biomedical engineer
 * Syed Ata-ul-Mohsin Bukhari, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
 * Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari, president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Pakistan
 * T. Sher Singh, lawyer
 * Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, physicist