List of people from Uttarakhand

This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.

Science and Humanities

 * Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archaeologist, Padma Shri recipient
 * Anupam Joshi, cyber security expert and Professor
 * J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
 * Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
 * M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.
 * Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
 * Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
 * Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
 * Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
 * Ghananand Pande, scientist
 * Govind Chandra Pande, Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and Buddhist periods
 * M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
 * Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
 * Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
 * Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
 * Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
 * Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist
 * Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015

Arts and culture

 * Surendra Pal Joshi, artist known for paintings, sculptures and murals
 * Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
 * Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
 * Mola Ram, Indian Painter
 * Meena Rana – Indian folk singer
 * Narendra Singh Negi – Indian folk singer
 * Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music”
 * Pritam Bhartwan – Indian folk singer
 * Jubin Nautiyal, Indian singer
 * Neha Kakkar, Indian singer
 * Sonu Kakkar, Indian singer
 * Pratyul Joshi, Indian singer


 * Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
 * Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
 * B. K. Samant, folk singer
 * Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baro Masa
 * Naima Khan Upreti

Cinema

 * Ali Abbas Zafar, film director
 * Anukriti Gusain
 * Anushka Sharma
 * Archana Puran Singh
 * Asha Negi
 * Anku Pande
 * Barkha Bisht
 * Chitrashi Rawat
 * Deepak Dobriyal
 * Dev Negi
 * Fahad Ali
 * Gopal Datt
 * Hemant Pandey
 * Himani Shivpuri
 * Jyotsna Chandola
 * Kainaat Arora
 * Kulraj Randhawa
 * Lavanya Tripathi
 * Madhurima Tuli
 * Manasvi Mamgai
 * Neha Kakkar
 * Niharika Singh
 * Nirmal Pandey
 * Prasoon Joshi
 * Raghav Juyal
 * Ragini Nandwani
 * Richa Panai
 * Roop Durgapal
 * Sakshi Chaudhary
 * Shilpa Saklani
 * Shruti Bisht
 * Sonam Bajwa
 * Sonu Kakkar
 * Sukirti Kandpal
 * Tigmanshu Dhulia
 * Tom Alter
 * Triptii Dimri
 * Udita Goswami,
 * Urvashi Rautela
 * Varun Badola
 * Vibha Anand

Theatre

 * B. P. Singh, C.I.D creator and producer
 * B. M. Shah
 * Mohan Upreti
 * Tom Alter

Defence

 * Brigadier Surendra Singh Panwar
 * Lieutenant General Lakshman Singh Rawat - Former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff and father of General Bipin Rawat.
 * General Bipin Rawat – 1st Chief of Defence Staff of India
 * General Anil Chauhan – 2nd Chief of Defence Staff of India
 * Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross Garhwal Rifles
 * Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
 * Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
 * Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
 * Captain Ummed Singh Mahra, He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.
 * General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
 * Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
 * Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of Param Vir Chakra
 * Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
 * Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
 * Jaswant Singh Rawat, hero of Indo-China War, 1962; Mahavir Chakra
 * Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
 * Ajit Kumar Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
 * Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
 * Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
 * Havildar Bahadur Singh Bohra, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
 * Laxman Lucky Bisht,Former Indian Spy & Commando

Police

 * Mohan Chand Sharma

Literature

 * Shivprasad Dabral Charan; Hindi & Garhwali writer, historian, poet
 * Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer, poet
 * Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer, poet
 * Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer, academic
 * Shivani, Hindi writer
 * Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
 * Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer, screenwriter
 * Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer, journalist
 * Ruskin Bond, English writer
 * Ramachandra Guha, writer, historian
 * Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet
 * Namita Gokhale, English writer
 * Shekhar Joshi
 * Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
 * Uma Bhatt
 * Namrata Joshi, Journalist
 * Manoj Joshi
 * Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India

Politics

 * Govind Ballabh Pant
 * Indramani Badoni, Statehood activst
 * Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
 * Murli Manohar Joshi
 * Mala Raj Laxmi Shah
 * Mohan Singh Bisht
 * Harish Rawat
 * K.C. Pant
 * N.D. Tiwari
 * Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
 * Ram Prasad Nautiyal
 * Trivendra Singh Rawat
 * Harak Singh Rawat

Chief Ministers

 * Nityanand Swami
 * Bhagat Singh Koshyari
 * Narayan Dutt Tiwari
 * Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
 * Ramesh Pokhriyal
 * Vijay Bahuguna
 * Harish Rawat

Sports

 * Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
 * Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on 18 April 1971
 * Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
 * Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
 * Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
 * Unmukt Chand, cricketer
 * MS Dhoni, cricketer
 * Hemlata Kala, cricketer
 * Mir Ranjan Negi
 * Parimarjan Negi
 * Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
 * Manish Pandey, cricketer
 * Jaspal Rana, shooter
 * Arvind Raturi, youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013
 * Lakshya Sen, Indian badminton player
 * Labhanshu Sharma, wrestler
 * Jagdish Singh, Winter Olympian
 * Nain Singh, Asian explorer
 * Navjit Singh, volleyball player
 * Pawan Suyal, cricketer
 * Rishabh Pant, cricketer

Law and Justice

 * Prafulla Chandra Pant: Former Judge, Supreme Court of India


 * Sudhanshu Dhulia: Judge, Supreme Court of India

Others

 * Pooran Chand Joshi, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Delhi
 * Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, academic professor, author
 * Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
 * Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
 * Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, and rock art conservationist, recipient of the Padma Shri
 * Anurag Chauhan, social worker
 * Deepak Rawat,Indian civil servant