Mishra

Mishra, also spelled Misra and Miśra, is a surname found among Hindu Brahmins,^[1] in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal.^[2]

Army personnel

Avijit Misra – Colonel in Indian Army
B. D. Mishra – former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

Doctors

Anoop Misra – Endocrinologist
B. K. Misra – Neurosurgeon
Mohan Mishra – Physician

Entertainers

Akhilendra Mishra – Indian film and television character actor.
Amit Mishra (singer) – Indian singer and songwriter
Leela Mishra – film actor
Piyush Mishra – Indian film actor, music director, lyricist, and writer
Prachi Mishra – Femina Miss India Earth 2012
Sanjay Mishra (actor) – Indian actor and comedian known from the show Office Office
S. K. Misro – Telugu film and theatre personality
Smriti Mishra – Indian film actress famous for her roles in parallel cinema.
Sudhir Mishra – Indian film director and screenwriter
Sugandha Mishra – Indian singer and television presenter
Vanya Mishra – Femina Miss India 2012

Government officers

Baidyanath Misra – former Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology
Brajesh Mishra (First National Security Advisor of India)
Durga Shanker Mishra -Principal Secretary Ministry of housing and urban affairs, India.
Nripendra Misra – Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
Ramakant Mishra – IAS officer and renowned scholar
Satyananda Mishra – National Security Advisor
Vikas Mishra (economist) – former Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University

Judiciary

Justice Arun Kumar Mishra -Supreme court of India
Justice Dipak Misra – Former Chief Justice of India
Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Justice Ranganath Misra – Former Chief Justice of India, known for 'Mishra Commission'
Kanhaiya Lal Misra – Advocate General (Uttar Pradesh)

Performing artists

Baiju Bawra – Singer
Bhubaneswari Mishra – Odia classical singer
Birju Maharaj – Kathak dancer
Chhannulal Mishra – Hindustani classical music singer
Lalmani Misra – Indian classical musician
Lisa Mishra – Indian singer and composer
Rajan and Sajan Mishra – Contemporary North Indian Musician
Sanjay Mishra (musician) – Indian born American guitarist and composer.
Shivnath Mishra – Indian sitarist and composer

Poets and scholars

Bhawani Prasad Mishra – Poet (1913–1985)
Godabarish Mishra – Poet,
Hara Prasad Misra – Scholar in oxidative free radical research
Hemanta Mishra, Nepalese conservation biologist
Jayamant Mishra – Jayamant Mishra, (1925–2010) Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet,
Keshavdas – Sanskrit scholar.
Maṇḍana Miśra – 8th century Indian philosopher, Maṇḍana Miśra is best known as the author of the Brahmasiddhi.
Madan Mohan Mishra, Nepalese author
Prabhat Mishra, Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and a UF Research Foundation Professor at the University of Florida
Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, Founder Tulsi Peeth and Founder Chancellor Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakoot
Srivatsanka Mishra – also called Koorathazhwar, Philosopher in Vishishtadvaita philosophy & disciple of Ramanujacharya
Vācaspati Miśra, 10th century scholar, Author of TattvaBindu

Politicians

Bhadrakali Mishra – Senior (Nepali) politician, Minister and Chairperson of King Bridendra's Privy Council
Chaturanan Mishra – Former Indian Agriculture Minister
Dwarka Prasad Mishra – Politician, former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
Gajaraj Mishra, Nepalese politician and courtier allied to Prince Chautariya Bahadur Shah of Nepal and Vamsharaj Pande
Hari Shankar Mishra – Nepali politician, former MP and Governor of Province No 2 (son of Ram Narayan Mishra)
Jagannath Mishra – Politician, former chief minister of Bihar
Janeshwar Mishra (Samajwadi Party Leader)
Kalraj Misra – Former Union Minister for MSME
Lalit Narayan Mishra – Former Indian Rail Minister
Navendu Mishra – British Labour MP
Nitish Mishra – JDU Leader Bihar And state Cabinet minister of Bihar
Prem Chandra Mishra – Member of Legislative Council, Bihar, Indian National Congress politician and former Bihar NSUI Chief.
Rabindra Mishra, Nepalese politician and former journalist
Ram Naryan Mishra – Nepali politician, Minister in BP Koirala cabinet(brother of Bhadrakali Mishra)
Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP Leader) Former Advocate General UP
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra – Indian National Congress politician, eminent Parliamentarian and Central Minister.
Sripati Misra (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)
Surjya Kanta Mishra – CPIM Leader, Leader of Opposition Bengal Assembly

Sportsperson

Amit Mishra – Indian cricketer
Mohnish Mishra – Indian cricketer
Suresh Kumar Mishra – Former Indian volleyball team captain
Tanmay Mishra – Kenyan cricketer
Abhimanyu Mishra - US Chess player of Indian origin holding the record of being the youngest Chess Grandmaster in the world.

Writers

Govind Mishra – Indian novelist.
Jaishree Misra – Indian essayist and novelist
Pankaj Mishra – Indian essayist and novelist
Pratap Narayan Mishra – Indian writer
Yatindra Mishra - Indian poet

Other notable persons

Abhimanyu Mishra - as of July 2021, youngest chess grandmaster ever.
Anupam Mishra – Environmentalist & water conservationist
Neelesh Misra – Journalist
RK Misra – Lead India winner
Vishal Misra – Indian-American scientist at Columbia University
Rahul Mishra – Indian fashion designer
Rakesh Mishra – Indian scientist specializing in genomics and epigenetics
Sameer Mishra – 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee champion (USA)
Sourav Mishra – Reuters journalist, one of the first witnesses of 2008 Mumbai Attacks
Sudhir Kumar Mishra – Aerospace engineer, CEO of BrahMos Aerospace.

References

^ Devesh Kapur, D Shyam Babu, Chandra Bhan Prasad (2014). Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs. Random House India. p. Contents. ISBN 9788184006391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Lal, C.K. "Cultural flows across a blurred boundary" (PDF). Southern Utah University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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[1] Devesh Kapur, D Shyam Babu, Chandra Bhan Prasad (2014). Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs. Random House India. p. Contents. ISBN 9788184006391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Lal, C.K. "Cultural flows across a blurred boundary" (PDF). Southern Utah University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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