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Some reference

This is a list of notable Telugu people. some other reference.

Poets

 * Gona Budda Reddy
 * Vemana
 * Tikkana
 * Yerrapragada
 * Bammera Pothana
 * Allasani Peddana
 * Tenali Ramakrishna
 * Nannayya
 * Sidhendra Yogi- Originator of Kuchipudi
 * Molla - First Telugu woman poet, also the author of Telugu Ramayana
 * Kancherla Gopanna

Royalty

 * Goutami Putra Satakarni -- Satavahana dynasty
 * Madhava Varma -- Vishnukundina Dynasty
 * Rajaraja Narendra -- Eastern Chalukya
 * Rani Rudrama Devi -- Kakatiya dynasty
 * Reddy dynasty—Reddy kings
 * Musunuri Kaapaaneedu—Liberator of Telugus from Delhi Sultanate
 * Madurai Nayaks
 * Tanjavur Nayaks
 * Kandy Nayaks, ruled Sri Lanka
 * Telugu Cholas
 * Pemmasani Nayaks
 * Musunuri Nayaks
 * Vasireddy Clan

Journalists

 * Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao - journalist of early twentieth century and father of the library movement in Andhra,Founder of Andhra patrika.
 * N. Subba Rao Pantulu and D.Kesava Rao pantulu (Co Founders of The Hindu)
 * G. K. Reddy -  Journalist
 * Suravaram Pratapareddy - Founder of Golconda Patrika, a journal in Hyderabad State.
 * Palagummi Sainath - Rural India Affaris Reporter, The Hindu.

Music composers

 * Tyagaraja
 * Annamacharya
 * Bhadrachala Ramadas
 * Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
 * M. Balamuralikrishna
 * Movva Kshetrayya

Religious leaders and philosophers

 * Trailanga - Incarnation of Lord Shiva. Lived in Varanasi after he became Sannyasi.
 * Vallabha Acharya - One of the prominent Bhakthi movement leaders
 * Acharya Nagarjuna - Buddhist Philosopher and Alchemist
 * Yogi Vemana- Poet and philosopher
 * Pothuluri Veerabrahmam-A well-known saint and astronomer in the 17th century
 * U. G. Krishnamurti - Philosopher
 * Jiddu Krishnamurti - 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher
 * Sringeri Shankaracharya
 * Nimbarka - One of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India.
 * Vishnuswami - One of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India.
 * Vallabha - Another major Vaishnav acharya.
 * Satya Sai Baba - An internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti
 * Sadasiva Brahmendra - A Bhakthi Poet
 * Bhakta Potana - A realized Soul and a Bhakthi poet who translated Bhagavatam to Telugu
 * Kancherla Gopanna - A great devotee to Lord Rama, composed many songs on Rama
 * Annamacharya - A great devotee of Tirumala Lord Venkateshwara who has written 40000 songs and composed them.
 * Tyagaraja - A great devotee of Lord SriRama who is excelled in carnatic music and have written and composed some 30000 songs majorly on Sri Rama. He is born to telugu family brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
 * Syama Sastri- He is the oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two. All his compositions are in Telugu. He is born to telugu family brought up in present Tamil Nadu.

Warriors, martyrs and freedom fighters

 * Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy- Freedom fighter of India,led the first revolt against British in India.
 * Alluri Sitaramaraju- Freedom fighter
 * Kandukuri Veeresalingam-Social Reformer,Writer,Editor,Performed first Widow Marriage in India.
 * Pingali Venkayya - Freedom fighter and Indian National Flag designer.
 * Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao - Writer of the National Pledge (India),written in Telugu first,later translated to other Indian languages.
 * Tanguturi Prakasam
 * Arutla Ramchandra Reddy - Indian freedom fighter & Telangana movement leader from Nalgonda
 * Potu Narsimha Reddy - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from Adilabad.
 * Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader.
 * Potti Sreeramulu - Responsible for the formation of Andhra State, died after fasting for statehood.
 * Sarojini Naidu
 * Anabheri Prabhakar Rao
 * Gouthu Latchanna
 * Veerapandiya Kattabomman
 * Kaneganti Hanumanthu
 * Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
 * Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
 * N.G. Ranga
 * Durgabai Deshmukh
 * Kaloji Narayana Rao

Scientists

 * Raj Reddy - Renowned scientist in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science and academician. He is the first and the only winner of Turing award from India.
 * Suri Bhagavantam: A famous Indian scientist and administrator who worked and collaborated with C.V.Raman He worked as Director of the Indian Institute of Science and the Defence Research and Development Organization and as adviser to the Indian defense ministry.
 * Yelavarthy Nayudamma
 * D. Bap Reddy: Entomologist and Acting Assistant Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
 * Mahidhara Nalini Mohan Rao

Writers

 * Paravastu Chinnayya Soori
 * C. Narayana Reddy : winner of gnanapeeta award
 * Dasarathi Ranga Charya Translated Vedas & Upanishats into Telugu
 * Mahidhara Nalini Mohan Rao
 * Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu - Writer
 * Suravaram Pratap Reddy - Writer and historian from Telangana
 * Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - Poet from Rayalaseema
 * Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist from Chittoor
 * Ravuri Bharadhwaja : winner of gnanapeeta award Telugu novelist

Artists

 * Nandikolla Gopala Rao-Father of Modern Contemporary Art in Andhra Pradesh
 * Pakhal Tirumal Reddy - Artist
 * Krishna Reddy (artist) - Printmaker and sculptor
 * Laxma Goud
 * Damerla Rama Rao
 * Vempati Chinna Satyam – Exponent of Kuchipudi dance
 * Raja and Radha Reddy- Kuchipudi dancers
 * Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi dancer
 * Yamini Reddy -  Kuchipudi dancer

Academia and science

 * Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy - Founder and Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
 * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher
 * C.N.R. Rao - Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry.
 * G. Ram Reddy - Former University Grants Commission chairman
 * Raj Reddy - Computer scientist Dr. Raj Reddy - winner of the ACM Turing Award
 * Sarvepalli Gopal - Indian Historian
 * J. N. Reddy - Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
 * Arjula Ramachandra Reddy - Biologist, First vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University
 * Pavani Parameswara Rao - a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India

Award winners
Bharat Ratna
 * V.V. Giri, awarded 1975
 * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, awarded 1954
 * Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya,awarded 1955

Padma Vibhushan
 * M. Balamuralikrishna
 * N. G. Ranga
 * Ravi Narayan Reddy (1992)
 * Kaloji Narayana Rao (1992)
 * V. Ramalingaswami
 * Cingireddy Narayana Reddy (2000)
 * Y. Venugopal Reddy (2010)
 * Prathap C. Reddy (2010)

Padmabhushan • Viswanadha Satyanarayana

• Pavani Parameswara Rao

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao

• Jaggayya

• Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana

• V. Ramalingaswami

• Raja and Radha Reddy (2000)

• Raj Reddy (b. 1937) (2001)

• K. Srinath Reddy (2005)

• Chiranjeevi

• K. Anji Reddy

• Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy

• Boyi Bhimanna

• Shiv K. Kumar

• P. Susheela

• Ghattamaneni Krishna

Jnanpith Award

 * Viswanatha Satyanarayana for his work "Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu" for the year 1970.
 * C. Narayanareddy for his Telugu poetic work Viswambara for the year 1988.
 * Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his Telugu poetic work "Pakudu Rallu" (Crawling Stones) for the year 2012.

Sahitya Akademi Award

 * Viswanadha Satyanarayana for his Poetry book "Viswanadha Madhyakaralu"
 * Suravaram Pratap Reddy for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
 * Kethu Viswanatha Reddy for his Short Stories Book Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu

Dada Saheb Phalke award

 * Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy (1974) - First South Indian to receive the highest award in movies in India.
 * Paidi Jairaj (1980)
 * B.Nagi Reddy (1986)
 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990)
 * D. Ramanaidu (2009)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
 * Pullela Gopichand - Badminton (2000–2001)

Arjuna Award
 * V.V.S. Laxman - Cricket
 * Mithali Raj - Cricket
 * Mukesh Kumar - Hockey

Politicians

 * Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - Ex-President of India, Ex-Speaker of Lok Sabha, Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * V.V. Giri - Ex-President of India
 * Tanguturi Prakasam - Ex-Chief Minister of Madras Presidency and First Chief Minister Of Andhra State.
 * P. V. Narasimha Rao - Father of Indian Economic Reforms,Ex-Prime minister of India (1991–1996).
 * Bezawada Gopala Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Tanguturi Anjaiah - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * N. T. Rama Rao - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * N.G. Ranga - Guinness Book of World Records
 * Marri Chenna Reddy - Ex-Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Kasu Brahmananda Reddy - Maharastra Governor, Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Nara Chandrababu Naidu - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Konijeti Rosaiah - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Governor of Tamil Nadu
 * Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
 * Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao - First and Present Chief Minister of Telangana.

French Yanam

 * Diwan Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou - (Ancien Membre du Conseil Local et Conseil Municipal de Yanaon, Ancien Jury De Yanaon, Former Diwan of Manyam Zamindari of French Yanam)
 * Bezawada Bapa Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)
 * Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)
 * Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu - Former MLA of Yanam for six consecutive terms and Deputy Speaker, Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly.
 * Dadala Raphael Ramanayya - Freedom fighter
 * Samatam Krishnayya - Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire(interim) de Yanaon

Modern writers
• Tirupati Venkata Kavulu

• Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu

• Kandukuri Veeresalingam

• Gurazada, Apparao

• Srirangam Srinivasa Rao

• Devulapalli, Krishna Sastry

• Garimella Satyanarayana

• Viswanadha Satyanarayana

• Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham

• Gudipati Venkatachalam

• Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

• Tummala Seetharama Murthy

• Dr. C. Naryana Reddy

• Dasaradhi

• Gurram Joshua

• Boyi Bheemanna

• Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao

• Mullapudi, Venkataramana

• Vasireddy Seethadevi

• Tripuraneni Gopichand

• Atluri Pitcheswara Rao

• Kaloji (Kaloji Narayan Rao)

• Suravaram Pratap Reddy

• Saraswati Devi

• Yandamuri Veerendranath

Business
• Anji Reddy Founder,Dr Reddy labs.

• Prathap C. Reddy - Founder, Apollo Hospitals

• Y. Venugopal Reddy - Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India

• Ramoji Rao - Eenadu Group

• Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao - GMR Group

• Srini Kopollu - Microsoft India

• Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy - Chairman, Balaji Group.

• Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy - GVK group of Industries.

• T. Subbarami Reddy - Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies.

• Byrraju Ramalinga Raju - Founder of Satyam Computers.
 * Satya Nadella - CEO, Microsoft
 * Padmasree Warrior - CEO, Cisco Systems

Sports
• C.K. Nayudu First Captain of Indian Cricket Team.

• Buchi Babu Naidu- Father of South Indian Cricket.

• Cotah Ramaswami- Represented India in both International Cricket & Tennis.

• M. S. K. Prasad - Cricketer.

• M. L. Jaisimha - Cricketer.

• Shivlal Yadav - Cricketer.

• Bharath Reddy - Test Cricketer (1978–1981).

• Venugopal Rao - Cricketer

• Ambati Rayudu - Cricketer

• V. V. S. Laxman - Cricketer

• Venkatapathy Raju - Cricketer

• Rohit Sharma - Cricketer

• Mithali Raj - Woman Cricketer

• Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis.

• Koneru Humpy - Chess Grand Master,Arjuna Award winner

• Chetan Anand - Badminton champion.

• Pullela Gopichand - 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton Champion.

• Jwala Gutta - Badminton champion.

• Vikash Dhorasoo - French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup.

• Neelapu Rami Reddy - Sprinter and athletics champion.

• A. Ramana Rao - Volley Ball Player.

• Karnam Malleswari - Olympic medalist in weight lifting.

• Kodi Rammurthy Naidu - Bodybuilder and wrestler.

• Laxman Reddy - Body Building champion - Winner,Mr. World 2010

• Pendyala Harikrishna - Youngest Chess Grand Master

Movies
• Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu - Father of Telugu cinema.

• H.M. Reddy- Heart of Telugu cinema. First Telugu,first Tamil & first Kannada film director.

• B.N. Reddy- Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner.

• B. Nagireddy - Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner.

• Moola Narayana Swamy - Vauhini Studios owner and producer.

• Eelapata Raghuramaiah - Telugu Film & Stage Actor, Padmasri Award Winner, Kendra Sangeeta Nataka Akademy Award Winner

• Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao - Film Actor/Director/Producer.

• Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Film Actor & Studio owner.

• S.V. Ranga Rao - Telugu film actor, producer.

• Chittor V. Nagaiah - Veteran Telugu Actor.

• Kongari Jagayya - Telugu film actor

• Sri Divya - Telugu film actress

• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao -Telugu film actor

• Ghattamaneni Krishna - Film Actor & Studio owner.

• Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - Legendary Singer and music Composer.

• Relangi Venkata Ramaiah - Film Actor and Singer.

• Ramana Reddy - Comedian.

• Savitri - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

• Vanisri - Telugu and Kannada actress.

• Lakshmi - Telugu and Tamil Actress.

• Chiranjeevi - Telugu actor.

• Rekha - Telugu born-Hindi actress,also winner of National Film Award.

• Nandamuri Balakrishna - Telugu actor.

• Kanta Rao - Film Actor.

• Padmanabham - Film Actor, Producer.

• M. Prabhakar Reddy - Actor.

• Dasari Narayana Rao - Telugu director, actor and producer.

• Midde Rama Rao - Film Producer.

• Chalam - Actor and Producer.

• Kaikala Satyanarayana - Actor and producer.

• Katta Subba Rao - Telugu Film Director.

• Rajanala - Actor.

• Allu Rama Lingaiah - Actor/Comedian.

• Pasupuleti Kannamba - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

• Krishnaveni (actress) - Actress, singer, producer.

• Devika - Telugu and Tamil actress.

• G. Varalakshmi - Actress.

• S. Varalakshmi - Telugu, Tamil actress.

• Santha Kumari - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

• Bhanumathi Ramakrishna - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

• Jamuna - Telugu actress.

• Sowkar Janaki - Telugu, Tamil actress.

• Krishna Kumari - Telugu actress.

• Annapoorna (actress) - Telugu actress.

• Kasinadhuni Viswanath - One of India's most famous directors.

• S.P. Balasubrahmanyam - Singer, Guinness record holder having sung more number of songs by any male.

• S. Janaki - a legendary South Indian playback singer

• P. Susheela - a legendary South Indian playback singer

• S.P. Sailaja - Singer

• Mano - Singer

• Akkineni L. V. Prasad - Producer/Director

• Edida Nageshwara Rao - Producer

• Allu Aravind - Producer

• A.M. Rathnam - Producer

• Nagendra Babu - Actor/producer.

• Srihari - Actor/producer.

• Rambha (actress) - Actress

• Roja Selvamani - Actress

• Bhanupriya - Actress

• Rajiv Kanakala - Actor

• Kodi Ramakrishna - Director

• Suthi Veerabhadra Rao - Actor

• Sekhar Kammula  - Director/producer

• Nagesh Kukunoor - Director/producer

• V.V. Vinayak - Director

• Krishna Vamsi - Director

• Sukumar - Director

• Bapu (Sattiraju Laxminarayana) - Artist/Film Director.

• Krishnam Raju - Film Actor.

• Krishna - Film Actor/Studio owner

• Sobhan Babu - Film Actor.

• Adurthi Subba Rao - Film Producer/Director.

• D. Ramanaidu - Film Producer/Studio owner.

• A. Kodandarami Reddy - Film Director.

• Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao - Director/Producer

• Rao Gopal Rao - Film Actor.

• Mohan Babu - Film Actor/Producer.

• Sharada - Film Actress

• Jayasudha - Film Actress

• Jaya Prada - Film Actress

• Maganti Murali Mohan - Film Actor/Producer

• Paruchuri Brothers - Writers

• Akkineni Nagarjuna - Film Actor/Producer/Studio owner.

• S.V. Krishna Reddy - Film Director.

• Venkatesh- Film Actor.

• Vijayashanti - Film Actress.

• Yandamuri Veerendranath - Writer/Director

• Jagapati Babu - Film Actor

• Babu Mohan - Standup comedian

• Jandhyala- Film Director

• Rajendra Prasad - Film Actor

• Vamsy - Film Director

• Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy - Poet and Lyricist

• Sirivennela Sitaramasastri- Poet and Lyricist

• Raviteja - Film Actor

• C. Ashwini Dutt - Film Producer

• Dil Raju (Venkatramana Reddy) - Film Producer

• K.S. Rama Rao - Film Producer

• Ram Gopal Varma - Film Producer/Director

• M.M. Keeravani - Music Director

• Mani Sharma - Music Director

• M.S. Raju - Film Producer

• Kota Srinivasa Rao - Film Actor

• Suthi Velu - Actor

• Brahmanandam - Film Actor, Guinness record holder for acting more than 700 films.

• Tanikella Bharani - Dialogue Writer/Actor

• M.S. Narayana - Film Actor

• Ali - Film Actor

• A. Sreekar Prasad - Film Editor

• Puri Jagannadh - Film Director

• Pawan Kalyan - Telugu actor.

• Mahesh Babu - Film Actor.

• Tarun - Film Actor.

• Trivikram Srinivas - Dialogue Writer/Film Director

• Jr. NTR - Film Actor.

• Prabhas - Film Actor.

• Nitin Kumar Reddy - Film Actor.

• Allu Arjun - Actor.

• Ram Charan Teja - Actor.

• Devi Sri Prasad - Music Director

• Surender Reddy  -  Film Director

• S.S. Rajamouli - Film Director

• Vishal Krishna Reddy  -  Actor

• Kalyan Ram - Film Actor/Producer.

• Vishnu Vardhan Babu - Film Actor.

• Allari Naresh - Film Actor.

• Manchu Manoj - Film Actor.

• Ram - Film actor

• Chota K. Naidu - Cinematographer

• Shyam K. Naidu - Cinematographer

• Ravi Krishna - Actor

• Ananth Sreeram - Lyricist

• Moola Narayana Swamy - Producer

• P. Pullaiah - Producer

• Shyam Prasad Reddy -  Film Producer

• D.V. Narasa Raju- Writer and Film Director

• Madhavapeddi Satyam - Singer

• S. Gopal Reddy -  Cinematographer, Producer

• Roja Selvamani -  Actress turned politician

• Sameera Reddy  -  Actress

• Sneha (actress) - Actress

• E.V.V. Satyanarayana - Film Director

• Rami Reddy -  Actor

• Hari Kondabolu - Standup comedian

• Rallapalli Narasimha Rao - Actor

• Keerthi Reddy  -  Actress

• Laya - Film Actress

• Jaya Prakash Reddy -  Actor

• Meka Srikanth - Film Actor

• G. Neelakanta Reddy - Film Director

• J.D. Chakravarthy - Film Actor

• Uday Kiran - Film Actor

• Vaibhav Reddy -  Actor

• Sameer Reddy -  Cinematographer

• Aryan Rajesh - Film Actor

• Sunil - Film Actor

• Ramesh Naidu - Music director

• Vidyasagar - Music director

• Johny Lever-Film Actor/Stand-up Comedian.

• Anjali Telugu film actress

• Swati Reddy - Film actress/television presenter.

• Nandini Reddy - Film Director

• Bindu Madhavi Reddy -  Actress

• Samantha Ruth Prabhu - South Indian film Actress

• Nani (actor) - Actor

• Gopichand Lagadapati - Actor/Director/Writer/Producer

Bandits

 * Papadu