List of people from Rajasthan

This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, India.

Award winners from Rajasthan

 * Padma Vibhushan
 * Naresh Chandra, 2007
 * Ram Narayan, 2005
 * Man Mohan Sharma, 2001
 * Kalu Lal Shrimali, 1976
 * Nagendra Singh, 1973
 * Daulat Singh Kothari, 1973
 * Mohan Sinha Mehta, 1969
 * Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
 * Ghanshyam Das Birla, 1957
 * Padma Bhushan
 * Komal Kothari, 2006
 * Vijay Shankar Vyas, 2006
 * Durga Lal, 2003
 * Jagat Singh Mehta, 2002
 * Ram Narain Agarwal, 2000
 * L. M. Singhvi, 1998
 * Narayan Singh Manaklao, 1991
 * M.V.Mathur, 1989
 * Natwar Singh, 1984
 * Jhabar Mal Sharma, 1982
 * Bhogilal Pandya, 1976
 * Ratan Shastri, 1975
 * Narayandas Malkani, 1973
 * Lt Gen Sagat Singh, 1972
 * Gokulbhai Bhatt, 1971
 * Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, 1968
 * Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
 * Daulat Singh Kothari, 1962
 * Rao Raja Hanut Singh, 1958
 * Padma Shri
 * Chandra Prakash Deval, 2011
 * Krishna Poonia, 2011
 * Arjun Prajapati, 2010
 * Vijaydan Detha, 2007
 * Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, 2005
 * Veer Singh Mehta, 2005
 * Kanhaiyalal Sethia, 2004
 * Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, 2002
 * Mohammed Tayab Khan, craftmanship, 2001
 * Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi, 2000
 * Kailash Sankhala, The Tiger Man Of India, 1992
 * Sriram Singh Shekhawat, in 1992
 * Kudrat Singh, 1988
 * Hisam-ud-din Usta, 1986, arts
 * Mag Raj Jain, 1989, social work
 * Lashmi Kumari Chundawat, 1984
 * Purushottam Das, 1984, Arts
 * Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya, 1984, painting
 * Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), 1983
 * Allah Jilai Bai, 1982
 * Shree Lal Joshi
 * Raghubir Singh, 1983
 * P. K . Sethi
 * Sita Ram Lalas, 1977, literature
 * Kripal Singh Shekhawat, 1974
 * Vijay Singh, 1972, civil service
 * Khailshanker Durlabhji, 1971, trade and industry
 * Yudhvir Singh, 1971, social work
 * Ratna Fabri, 1970, arts
 * Devi Lal Samar, 1968, arts
 * Sis Ram Ola, for social work in 1968
 * Kanwar Sain, 1956
 * Ratan Shastri, 1955
 * Sudhir Tailang
 * Magsaysay Award
 * Rajendra Singh
 * P. K . Sethi
 * Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
 * Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya
 * Rashtrapati Award
 * Kala Nath Shastry, 1998

Param Vir Chakra

 * CHM Piru Singh Shekhawat (Jhunjhunu)
 * Major Shaitan Singh Bhati

Maha Vir Chakra

 * Brigadier Bhawani Singh of Jaipur
 * Lt. Col Kishan Singh Rathore (Ghadsisar, Bikaner)
 * Naik Digendra Kumar
 * Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, 1971

Ashoka Chakra

 * Defedar Sultan Singh Rathore (Mamdola-Didwana)
 * 2nd Lt. Puneet Nath Dutt, Jaipur

Kirti Chakra

 * Captain Karni Singh Rathore (Later on Promoted to Colonel) Lakhau, Churu
 * Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore (Ramdawas, Jodhpur)]
 * Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

Shaurya Chakra

 * Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 21 Para Commando (Special Forces) - Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Vir Chakra

 * Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
 * Naib Sub. Rampal Singh (Kotputli Jaipur), 9 Rajput, 1999

Sena Medal

 * Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)
 * Major Bhanu Pratap Singh (8 Rajputana Rifles / 43 Rashtriya Rifles)

Vishisht Seva Medal

 * Major Surendra Poonia (Rajpura, Sikar)-Special Forces, President's Bodyguard, AMC, World Medical Games
 * Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

Business and Industry

 * Ajay Piramal
 * Ghanshyam Das Birla
 * Lakshmi Mittal
 * Jamnalal Bajaj
 * H S Ranka
 * Chanda Kochhar
 * Harakh Chand Nahata
 * Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal securities
 * Desh Bandhu Gupta of Lupin Laboratories
 * Rahul Yadav (born 1989) is an Indian entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of Indian real estate search portal Housing.com.

Defence

 * Abhey Singh
 * Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
 * Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
 * Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
 * Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur) - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
 * Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM (21 Para Special Forces) Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India

 * Rajendra Mal Lodha, Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

 * Daulat Mal Bhandari
 * Chand Mal Lodha

Chief Justice of Other High Courts

 * Mohan Lall Shrimal
 * Guman Mal Lodha
 * Dalveer Bhandari

Judges of Rajasthan High Court

 * Kan Singh Parihar
 * Milap Chand Jain
 * Rajendra Mal Lodha

Jurists

 * L. M. Singhvi
 * Dalveer Bhandari

Scientists

 * Brahmagupta
 * Daulat Singh Kothari
 * Rajendra Singh Paroda
 * Rajpal Singh Yadav, Vector ecologist
 * Laxman Singh Rathore, DG Meteorology
 * DP Sharma, Computer and IT scientist
 * Govardhan Mehta, Chemical scientist
 * PK Sethi, Medical orthopedics

Medicine

 * P. K. Sethi
 * Veer Singh Mehta
 * Hakim Syed Karam Husain, Unani practitioner
 * Tirath Das Dogra, Former Director AIIMS, Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurgaon.

Historical figures

 * Meerabai
 * Panna Dhai
 * Gora and Badal
 * Hada Rani
 * Bhamashah
 * Rani Padmini
 * Narharidas Barhath
 * Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali
 * Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya
 * Maharana Pratap
 * Rana Sanga
 * Suryamal Misran
 * Kaviraja Shyamaldas

Journalism

 * Karpoor Chand Kulish, founder of Rajasthan Patrika
 * Ved Pratap Vaidik
 * Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Administration

 * D.R. Mehta, ex chairman of SEBI,
 * Gyan Prakash Pilania
 * Kunwar Natwar Singh

Literature

 * Dursa Arha
 * Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya
 * Narharidas Barhath
 * Suryamal Misran
 * Magha (poet)
 * Sunderdas
 * Lashmi Kumari Chundawat
 * Kanhaiyalal Sethia
 * Nand Kishore Acharya
 * Acharya Rajendrasuri
 * Abdul Vaheed `Kamal'
 * Vijaydan Detha
 * Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri (Sanskrit poet)
 * Kala Nath Shastry (Sanskrit scholar)
 * Hemant Shesh (Hindi poet)
 * Mandan Mishra (Sanskrit scholar)
 * Shyamaldas
 * Vidyadhar Shastri
 * Thakur Akshay Singh Ratnu
 * Chandra Prakash Deval
 * Rima Hooja
 * Rawat Saraswat (Rajasthani poet)

Arts

 * Suvigya Sharma
 * Reshma
 * Gulabo (Kalbelia dancer)

Music

 * Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain
 * Allah Jilai Bai
 * Aminuddin Dagar
 * Raj Kamal
 * Ananya Birla
 * Brij Bhushan Kabra
 * Chatur Lal
 * Ila Arun
 * Jagjit Singh
 * Mehdi Hassan
 * Moinuddin Khan, sarangi player
 * Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Dhrupad vocalist
 * Raja Hasan
 * Sandeep Acharya
 * Shreya Ghoshal
 * Shail Hada
 * Toshi Sabri
 * Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
 * Wasifuddin Dagar
 * Zia Fariddudin Dagar
 * Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
 * Khemchand Prakash
 * Brij Lal Verma
 * Sultan Khan (Sarangi player and classical vocalist)
 * Roop Kumar Rathod (Singer)
 * Shravan Kumar (music composer-Nadeem Shravan)
 * Bhanu Pratap Singh
 * Malini Rajurkar
 * Krishna Bhatt

Dance

 * Puran Bhatt
 * Manisha Gulyani

Painting

 * B. G. Sharma
 * Shree Lal Joshi
 * Archibald Herman Muller
 * Ramkishan Adig

Art craft and handicrafts

 * Kripal Singh Shekhawat, blue pottery
 * Badri Lal Chitrakar, Shilp Guru award
 * Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar
 * Vibhor Sogani, Sprouts
 * Usha Rani Hooja
 * Jagdish Lal Raj Soni
 * Beni Ram Soni

Film industry

 * Arjun Deo Charan
 * Bharat Vyas
 * Tarachand Barjatya (Rajshri productions)
 * Om Shivpuri
 * Mani Kaul (director)
 * Hasrat Jaipuri
 * Jagjit Singh (singer)
 * Irrfan Khan
 * Karmveer Choudhary(actor)
 * Kirti Kulhari
 * Asrani (actor)
 * Mahipal
 * Pinchoo Kapoor
 * K. C. Bokadia
 * Sultan Khan (Bollywood classical singer)
 * Annu Kapoor (actor, anchor)
 * Kovid Gupta (screenwriter, filmmaker)
 * Smita Bansal (Balika Vadhu Fame)
 * Sakshi Tanwar (Bade acche lagte hai/Kahani Ghar Gharki fame)
 * Ashish Sharma

Others

 * Raj Singh Dungarpur
 * Hanuman Prasad Poddar
 * Chanda Kochhar
 * Bhanwari Devi, social worker
 * Falahari Baba

Independence movement

 * Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath
 * Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath
 * Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath
 * Rao Gopal Singh Kharwa
 * Lothoo Nitharwal
 * Sagarmal Gopa
 * Bharat Pratap Singh
 * Daulat Mal Bhandari
 * Swami Keshwanand
 * Har Lal Singh
 * Vijay Singh Pathik
 * Rao Tula Ram

Religion

 * Karni Mata
 * Guru Jambheshwar
 * Devnarayan
 * Baba Ramdevji
 * Bavaliya Baba
 * Mata Rani BhatiyaniJasol
 * Gogaji
 * Pabuji
 * Mahatma Isardas
 * Jambhoji
 * Dadu Dayal
 * Brahmanand Swami
 * Dhanna Bhagat
 * Karmabai
 * Mirabai
 * Tejaji
 * Acharya Rajendrasuri
 * Acharya Mahaprajna
 * Khetlaji
 * Swarupadas
 * Keshavrai

Rulers

 * Amar Singh Rathore, king of Nagore
 * Badan Singh
 * Bappa Rawal, king of Mewar
 * Durga Das Rathore
 * Ganga Singh, king of Bikaner
 * Hammiradeva of Ranthambore- grandson of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
 * Hammir Singh, king of Mewar
 * Jai Singh I, king of Jaipur
 * Jai Singh II, king of Jaipur
 * Jaswant Singh, king of Jodhpur
 * Kanhadadeva, king of Jalore
 * Maharao Shardul Singh
 * Maharana Pratap, king of Mewar
 * Man Singh I, king of Jaipur
 * Prithvi Raj Chauhan, king Ajmer
 * Raja Nahar Khan, king of Mewat
 * Rana Kumbha, king Mewar
 * Rana Sanga, king of Mewar
 * Rao Jodha, king of Jodhpur
 * Rao Bika, king of Bikaner
 * Rawal Mallinath
 * Rao Shekhaji
 * Suraj Mal
 * Udai Singh II, king of Mewar
 * Vigraharaja IV, King of Shakambhari
 * Viramadeva, king of Jalore

Rajya Sabha members

 * List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan

Ministers —Rajasthan Government

 * List of ministers in Government of Rajasthan

Vice President of India

 * Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

Governors of other states

 * Hari Dev Joshi
 * Mohan Lal Sukhadia (Governor of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh)
 * Mohammed Usman Arif
 * Sadiq Ali
 * Nawal Kishore Sharma
 * Sunder Singh Bhandari
 * Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
 * Rajkumar Dhoot
 * Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM, governor of Assam
 * Arvind Dave
 * Banwari Lal Joshi
 * Shiv Charan Mathur
 * Govind Singh Gurjar
 * Jagannath Pahadia
 * Kamla Beniwal

Chief ministers

 * Heera Lal Shastri
 * Jai Narayan Vyas
 * Mohan Lal Sukhadia
 * Barkatullah Khan
 * Hari Dev Joshi
 * Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
 * Jagannath Pahadia
 * Hira Lal Devpura
 * Shiv Charan Mathur
 * Ashok Gehlot
 * Tika Ram Paliwal
 * Hari Shankar Bhabhra, Deputy Chief Minister
 * Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998

Ministers — central government

 * Jaswant Singh, Former External Affairs, Defense & Finance Minister of India
 * Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Energy Minister of India.
 * Natwar Singh, Former External Affairs Minister of India
 * Nathuram Mirdha
 * Subhash Maharia
 * Satish Chandra Agrawal
 * Krishana Kumar Goyal
 * Girija Vyas
 * Rajesh Pilot
 * Ram Niwas Mirdha
 * Sis Ram Ola
 * Nawal Kishore Sharma
 * Mohammed Usman Arif
 * Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
 * Arjun Ram Meghwal
 * Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
 * Bhupender Yadav
 * Kailash Meghwal
 * Jaskaur Meena
 * Kalu Lal Shrimali
 * Raj Bahadur
 * Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology
 * Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
 * Kirori Lal Meena
 * C.P. Joshi
 * Sanwar Lal Jat

Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

 * Sumitra Singh
 * Poonam Chand Vishnoi
 * Parasram Maderna
 * Hari Shankar Bhabhra
 * Shanti Lal Chaplot
 * Laxman Singh of Dungarpur
 * Kailash Chandra Meghwal

Others

 * Gayatri Devi
 * Rawal Umed Singh Rathore Barmer
 * Mohar Singh Rathore
 * Jawan Singh
 * Daulat Mal Bhandari
 * Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya
 * Narendra Budania
 * Motilal Vora Ex chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
 * Devi Singh Bhati
 * Mamta Sharma
 * Bhawani Singh of Pokhran (b. 1911) member 1st Lok Sabha

Khel Ratna Award Winners

 * Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Arjuna Award Winners

 * Basketball
 * Khushi Ram, in 1967
 * Hanuman Singh, in 1975
 * Radhey Shyam, in 1981
 * Ajmer Singh, in 1982


 * Athletics
 * Sriram Singh, in 1973
 * Gopal Saini, in 1981
 * Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984
 * Deena Ram, in 1990


 * Volleyball
 * R K Purohit, in 1983
 * Suresh Mishra, in 1979


 * Hockey
 * Sunita Puri, in 1966
 * Varsha Soni, in 1981


 * Archery
 * Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989
 * Limba Ram, in 1991


 * Cricket
 * Salim Durani, in 1961
 * Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present


 * Swimming
 * Manjari Bhargava, in 1974

Weightlifting

 * Mehar Chand Bhaskar, in 1985

Squash

 * Bhuvneshwari Kumari, in 1982

Shooting

 * Maharaja Karni Singh, in 1961
 * Rajyashree Kumari, in 1968
 * Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kota, in 1969
 * Bhim Singh II of Kota, in 1971
 * Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, in 2003

Polo

 * Col. Maharaj Prem Singh, in 1961
 * Lt.Col Kishan Singh, in 1963
 * Rao Raja Hanut Singh, in 1964

Equestrian

 * Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), in 1982
 * Col.G. M. Khan, VSM (Equestrian), in 1984

Golf

 * Lakshman Singh, in 1982

Paralympics

 * Devendra Jhajharia
 * Avani Lekhara
 * Krishna Nagar

Others

 * Parthasarathy Sharma, Cricket
 * Hanumant Singh, Cricket
 * Vikram Solanki, Cricket
 * Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, Cricket
 * Gangotri Bhandari, Ladies hockey
 * Abhijeet Gupta, Chess
 * Krishna Poonia
 * Bajranglal Takhar
 * Hari Singh (athlete), marathon runner
 * Surendra Poonia, Power-lifting
 * Saroj Kumari Piploda, Volleyball

Dronacharya award winners

 * Guru Hanuman, for wrestling
 * Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006
 * R. D. Singh, for Athletics in 2007
 * Sagar Mal Dhayal, for Boxing in 2016

List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949

 * V.T. Krishnamachari
 * Heera Lal Shastri
 * Raj Bahadur
 * Manikya Lal Varma
 * Lt. Col. Apji Dalel Singh
 * Jai Narayan Vyas
 * Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava
 * Gokulbhai Bhatt

Sports / Athletes

 * Cricket
 * Salman Khan (cricketer) (born 26 December 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016, scoring 110 runs.
 * Mahipal Lomror (born 16 November 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League.
 * Vinoo Mankad
 * Syed Mushtaq Ali
 * Kamlesh Nagarkoti
 * B. B. Nimbalkar
 * Rahul Chahar
 * Deepak Chahar
 * Ravi Bishnoi
 * Khaleel Ahmed