List of people from Pokhara

This is a list of notable people from Gandaki Province of Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in Pokhara, or for whom Pokhara is a significant part of their identity. They are also known as Pokhareli People. The list is in alphabetical order.

A



 * Ajit Bhandari - Nepalese footballer for Nepal Police Club and the Nepal national team.
 * Ali Miya - poet
 * Amrit Gurung – (active 1991–after 2013), singer and musician, founder of the band Nepathaya
 * Anil Gurung - footballer
 * Anup Baral - actor, writer, director
 * Anup Kaphle - executive editor of Rest of World.
 * Animesh Shahi - reality show contestant and 1st runner up of Himalaya Roadies
 * Andrew Briggs - scientist
 * Arun Thapa - singer and songwriter

B



 * Batsyayana - political cartoonist
 * Belmaya Nepali - filmmaker
 * Bimal Gharti Magar - footballer
 * Bishnu Majhi - folk singer and is known as the "Vocal Queen of Nepali folk singer"
 * Bishnu Shrestha - Nepalese Gurkha soldier in the Indian Army
 * Bivek Shrestha - singer and leader of Kandara (musical group)
 * Buddha Lama - singer and winner of Nepal Idol Season 1

C



 * Chandra Gurung - environmentalist.
 * Chandra Bahadur Gurung - politician
 * Cool Pokhrel - singer and songwriter
 * CD Vijaya Adhikari - singer and the winner of first The Voice of Nepal

D

 * Dambar Singh Kuwar - track and field athlete for 1988 Summer Olympics
 * Dev Gurung - politician.
 * Dhana Raj Acharya - politician, businessman and philanthropist.
 * Dharmaraj Thapa - folk singer.
 * Dharmendra Sewan - singer, songwriter, composer and performer.

G

 * Govinda Raj Joshi - politician
 * Gyani Shah - is the first Nepalese lady to join Nepal Army
 * Gyanu Rana - singer

J

 * Jamuna Gurung - entrepreneur.
 * Jassita Gurung - actress.
 * Jeewan Gurung - singer.
 * Jhalak Man Gandarbha - folk singer.
 * J. O. M. Roberts - one of the greatest Himalayan mountaineer-explorers of the twentieth century.
 * Jagan Timilsina - trail runner, mountaineer and an outdoor instructor.

K

 * Khagaraj Adhikari - politician,former home minister
 * Kamal Thapa - politician
 * Karan KC - cricket and is the fastest bowler of Nepal.
 * Karna Das is one of the most prominent Nepali singers living and performing today.
 * Khadga Jeet Baral Magar - folk singer
 * Khaptad Baba - spiritual saint.
 * Khimlal Gautam - Nepali Mountaineer and Chief Survey Officer
 * Kul Bahadur KC - Nepali poet, laureate
 * Kiran Gurung - politician
 * Krishna Bhattachan - Nepal's leading sociologists and indigenous activist.
 * Kuber Singh Rana - was the Inspector General of the Nepal Police

L

 * Laure - rapper
 * Lekhnath Paudyal - poet and writer

M

 * Mahabir Pun - teacher, social entrepreneur and an activist
 * Marino Curnis - writer and poet
 * Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya - poet

N

 * Narayan Gopal - rominent popular singer and composer of Nepali music.
 * Narayan Wagle - journalist and novelist
 * Neelima Gurung - beauty queen
 * Neha Pun murder - murder victim

P



 * Palten Gurung - politician
 * Prakash Bahadur Gurung - politician
 * Parivesh - folk singer
 * Pushpa Kamal Dahal - Prime Minister of Nepal.

R



 * Rabindra Prasad Adhikari - politician
 * Raj Ballav Koirala - actor
 * Rajiv Gurung - politician.
 * Ramjee Kunwar - politician
 * Rishma Gurung - actress
 * Robin Tamang - singer

S



 * Sabindra Shrestha - footballer
 * Samikshya Adhikari - singer
 * Saraswati Pratikshya - writer
 * Sarita Gurung - philanthropist and social worker
 * Sarita Tiwari - poet, writer and advocate.
 * Saru Bhakta - is a screenwriter of Madan Puraskar, the most prestigious literary honour in Nepal.
 * Shesh Ghale - billionaire and businessman
 * Shiva Shrestha - footballer
 * Sharada Sharma - writer and poet.
 * Siddharth Lama - actor
 * Sipora Gurung - volleyball Player
 * Sonie Rajbhandari - beauty queen
 * Sundar Shrestha - singer
 * Surya Bahadur KC - industrialist and a House of Representatives member.
 * Sushil KC - footballer

T



 * Tul Bahadur Pun - was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry

U

 * Upendra Kant Aryal - is 25th Chief of Nepal Police
 * Usha Sherchan singer, lyricist and writer

Y

 * Yasin Bhatkal - leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM)