List of people from Andhra Pradesh
This is a list of important people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history.
Freedom fighters
- Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar(1891-1978)-First Dy.Speaker,then Speaker Lok Sabha,Governor Bihar.Member Parliament 1932-1962.
- Vuyalavada Narasimha Reddy
- Alluri Sitaramaraju (1897-1923), led Rampa Rebellion against British occupation
- Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya
- Colonel D. S. Raju, deputy of Subash Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army
- Kanneganti Hanumanthu
- N. G. Ranga
- Kalluri Chandramouli
- veerapandiya Kattabomman/Kattabrahmanna
- Gottipati Brahmayya
- Khasa Subbarao
- Doddi Komuraiah [Telangana Armed Struggle]
- Sarojini Naidu
- Tanguturi Prakasam -Andhra Kesari
- Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao - First speaker of A.P., Assembly
- Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramiah - Author of History of Indian Congress and founder of Andhra Bank.
- Arutla Ramchandra Reddy - [Telangana Armed Struggle]
- Raavi Narayan Reddy - [Telangana Armed Struggle]
- Dr.Arutla Kamaladevi - [Telangana Armed Struggle, First and only women opposition leader of AP Assembly till date]
- P. Shiv Shankar
- Suravaram Prathapa Reddy-[Telangana Armed Struggle]
Heads Of State
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India May 13, 1962 to May 13, 1967
- Zakir Husain, President of India
- Varahagiri Venkata Giri, President of India May 3, 1969 to August 24, 1974
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1982
Prime Ministers
- P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996
Chief Ministers
- Tanguturi Prakasam
- Bezawada Gopala Reddy
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- Damodaran Sanjivayya
- Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
- P.V. Narasimha Rao
- Jalayam Vengala Rao
- Marri Chenna Reddy
- Tanguturi Anjiah
- Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy
- Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
- Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
- Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
- Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
- Nara Chandrababu Naidu
- Yedugiri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy
Nizams
- Mir Qamaruddin Khan, Nizal ul Mulk, Asif Jah I (1720-1748)
- Mir Ahmed Ali Khan, Nizam-ud-Dowlah Nasir Jang (1748-1750)
- Nawab Hidayat Mohuddin Sa'adu'llah Khan Bahadur, Muzaffar Jang (1750-1751)
- Nawab Syed Mohammed Khan, Amir ul Mulk, Salabat Jang (1751-1762)
- Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan Bahadur, Nizam ul Mulk, Asif Jah II (1762-1803)
- Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikandar Jah, Asif Jah III (1803-1829)
- Nawab Mir Farkhonda Ali Khan Nasir-ud-Daulah, Asif Jah IV (1829-1857)
- Nawab Mir Tahniat Ali Khan Afzal ud Daulah, Asif Jah V (1857-1869)
- Fath Jang Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI (1869-1911)
- Fath Jang Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII (1911-1948)
Education
- C. R. Reddy, Founder & Vice-chancellor of Andhra University, Vice-chancellor of Mysore University
- V. S. Krishna, Former Vice-chancellor of Andhra University.
- Rao Bahadur S.Govinda Rajulu Naidu, First Vice-Chancellor of S.V.University, Thirupathi.
- Kotha Sachidananda Murthy - Buddhist philosopher and Former Vice-chancellor of S. V. University
- Chukka Ramaiah (IIT Ramaiah)
- Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao - Founder & First President of Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education
Business and industry
- K. V. K. Raju, founder of the Nagarjuna Group
- Ramoji Rao, founder of the Eenadu Group
- Prathap C. Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospital
- G.V.Krishna Reddy founder of GVK Group
- G.Mallikarjuna Rao founder of GMR Group
- Ramesh Datla of Elico
- B.V.R.Mohan Reddy founder of Infotech Enterprises
- L. Rajagopal of Lanco
- R.Saidaiah founder of RSH Group
- J.Nrupender Rao Pennar Group
- B. Ramalinga Raju, founder of the Satyam group
- K. Anji Reddy, founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
- Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, founder of Andhra Sugars
Science
Yellapragada Subba Rao inventor of DEC for filariasis and antibiotics R.saidaiah inventor for RSH Group
Technology
Raj Reddy reciepient of Turing Award in 1994 for Artificial Intelligence. Currently Indian to get turing award.
Literature
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana
- Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
- Dhasarathy
- Kaloji
- Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
- Tripuraneni Gopichand
- Vasireddy Seethadevi
- Tummala Seetharama Murthy
- Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry
- Ushasri
- Challapilla Venkata Sastry
- Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
- Divakarla Venkata Avadhani
- Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
- Gudipati Venkata Chalam
- Gurajada Appa Rao
- Bucchi Babu
- Kodavaganti Kutumba Rao
- Kommuri Sambasiva Rao
- Devulapalli Krishna Sastry
- Sri Sri
- Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu
Philosophers
Award Winners
Gnanpith Award
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana
- C. narayana Reddy
- Sekhar Tam Tam, for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada[1][2]
- V. V. Giri, 1975
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 1954
- Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
- C. Narayanareddy
- Kaloji (Kaloji Narayana Rao)
- Dr.P. Venugopal, Director of AIIMS
- Kongara Jaggayya
- Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
- B. V. Raju
- Prof. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
- Shri Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya
- Shri Adusumalli Radha Krishna
- Chiranjeevi (Dr. Konidela Chiranjeevi)
- Mullukutla Ramabrahmam
- Chitturi Nagaiah
- N. T. Rama Rao
- Ghantasala Venkateswar Rao
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- B. V. Raju
- K. Viswanath (Kalathapasvi)
- Sobha Naidu
- S.P.Balasubrahmanyam
- Nerella Venumadhav
- Nageshwar Reddy
- B. Soma Raju
- Gullapalli N. Rao
- D. V. S. Raju
- Allu Ramalingaiah
- A. V. Ramarao
- M. V. Rao
- Dr.M.Mohan babu
- Karanam Malleswari, for weightlifting (1995-1996)
- Pullela Gopichand, for badminton (2000-2001)
- Karnam Malleswari (Weight Lifting)
- V. V. S. Laxman (Cricket)
- Koneru Humpy (Chess)
- Achanta S. Kamal (Table Tennis)
- Mukesh Kumar (Hockey)
- Mulini Reddy (Volleyball)
- Abdul Basith (Volleyball)
- M. Shyamsundar Rao (Volleyball)
- Ramana Rao A (Volleyball)
- P. V. Ramana (Volleyball)
- Ravikanth Reddy (Volleyball)
- Yousuf Khan (Football)
- J. J. Shobha (Atletics)
- Anil Krishnan (Rowing)
- M. Srinivasa Rao (Physically challenged - badminton)
- Sania Mirza (Tennis)
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Cricket)
- Mithali Raj (Cricket)
Sports
Cricket
- Mohammed Azharuddin
- C.K. Nayudu
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
- Venkatapathy Raju
- V.V.S. Laxman
- M.Ganesh
- M.S.K. Prasad
- Venugopal Rao
- Ambati Rayudu
- Shivlal Yadav
- M.L. Jaisimha
- Ghulam Ahmed
- Syed Mohammad Hadi
- Abid Ali
- Abbas Ali Baig
- Arshad Ayub
Athletics
- Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
- B.V.Sathyanarayana
- Kalagara Raj Mohan
Chess
Tennis
- Sirish Gautam
- Mahesh Bhupathi
- Sania Mirza
Other Volley sports
Others
- Mukesh Kumar, Hockey
Music
Traditional
- Tyagaraja, of the trinity of Carnatic music.
- Tallapaka Annamacharya
- Bhadradri Ramadasu
- Syama Sastri, of the trinity of Carnatic music.
- Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
- Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
- Sripada Pinakapani
- Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
- Rallapalli Anantakrishna Sarma
- Emani Sankara Sastry
- Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
- Chitti Babu
- Oleti Venkateswarulu
- Marella Kesava Rao
- U.Srinivas
- S P Balasubrahmanyam, singer.
- Ghantasala, composer and singer
- Talat Aziz, Ghazal Singer
- Adinarayana Rao, composer
- Suddala Ashok Teja, Lyricist
- Susarla Dakshina Murty, composer
- Pendyala Nageshwara Rao, composer
- S.P.Kodandapani, composer
- P. Susheela,singer
- S. Janaki, singer
- Krishnaveni(Jikki) ,singer
- S.P.Sailaja ,singer
- Jamunarani ,singer
- Vijayalakshmi Kanna Rao,singer
- Pithapuram Nageswara Rao ,singer
- Madhavapeddi Sathyam,singer
- Nagur Babu ,singer
- Ramakrishna ,singer
- P.B.Sreenivas ,singer
- Kunche Raghu,singer
- S.B.Charan,singer
- Saluri Rajeswara Rao, composer
- Devisri prasad,Composer
- Ramana Gogula,Composer
- Ramesh Naidu,Composer
- Master Venu ,composer
- Satyam ,composer
- G.K.Venkatesh ,composer
- Aswatthama ,composer
- T.Chalapathi Rao ,composer
- Subba Raman, composer
- Akula Appala Raj ,composer
- Vijaya Krishna Murthy ,composer
- J.V.Raghavulu ,composer
- Saluru Hanumantha Rao , composer
- T.V.Raju ,composer
- Chakri (music director)
- Koti
- T.G.Lingappa
Dance
- Sidhendra Yogi, originator of the Kuchipudi dance style
- Vempati Chinna Satyam
- Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana
- Narasimhacharis
- Shobha Naidu
- Raja Reddy and Radha Reddy
- Tadepalli Perayya
- Chinta Krishna Murthy
Cinema
Directors
- Raghupathi VenkaiahNaidu
- Kalagara Ram Babu
- H.M.Reddy
- K.V.Reddy
- B.N.Reddy
- P.Pullaiah
- C.Pullaiah
- B.A.Subba Rao
- Adurthi Subba Rao
- D.Yoganand
- Jampana
- Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
- Thapi Chanakya
- Chithrapu Narayana Murthy
- V.Madhusudana Rao
- Ramakrishna
- K.S.R.Das
- C.S.Rao
- K. Viswanath
- Nagi Reddy
- Chakrapani
- L.V. Prasad
- Vittalacharya
- K.Prathyagatma
- Bapu
- Kodi Ramakrishna
- Muthyala Subbaia
- Pinisetti Raviraja
- T.RamaRao
- Dasari Narayana Rao
- Relangi Narasimha Rao
- V. V. Vinayak
- Krishna Vamsi
- Kasinadhuni Viswanath
- Ram Gopal Varma
- K. Ragavendra Rao
- E.V.V. Satyanarayana
- Sekhar Kammula
- Nagesh Kukunoor
- Singitam Srinivasa Rao
- Shyam benegal
- Umamaheswara Rao. C
- Vedantham Raghavaiah
- Sana Yadi Reddy
- Vannemreddy Raja
Actors
- S. V. Ranga Rao
- Chiranjeevi
- Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Chitthuri Nagaiah
- Dasari Narayana Rao
- Kantha Rao
- Relangi
- Ghattamaneni Krishna
- Daggubati Venkatesh
- Bhanu chandar
- Srihari
- Mahesh Babu Gattamaneni
- Pawan Kalyan
- Rajanala
- R.Nageswara Rao
- C.S.R.Anjaneyulu
- Ramanamurthy
- Somayajulu
- Dhoolipala
- Eelapata Raghuramaiah
- Arja Janardhana Rao
- Ch.Narayana Rao
- Mukkamala
- Mikkilineni
- Lingamurthy
- Perumallu
- Chalam
- Ramakrishna
- Kaikala Satyanarayana
- Rao Gopala Rao
- Krishnam Raju
- Shoban Babu
- K.Jaggaiah
- Thyaga Raju
- Padmanabham
- Balakrishna
- Nagabhooshanam
- Akkineni Nagarjuna
- Nandamuri Balakrishna
- Allu Rama Lingaiah
- Allu Arjun
- Nagendra Babu
- Kanakala Devadas
- Kanakala Rajeev
- Ramana Reddy
- Kunapareddy Achyuth
- Suresh
- Naresh
- Harinath Raju
- Mohan Babu M
- Prabhas
- Gurramkonda Krishna
- Gummadi
- Shiva Rao
- Nalla Ramamurthy
- M.S.Narayana
- Kota Sreenivasa Rao
- `Babu mohan
- Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
- Sutthi Velu
- Sakshi Ranga Rao
- Prabhakara Reddy
- Brahmanandam
- Suneel
Actresses
- Savitri
- Pasupuleti Kannamba
- Santhakumari
- Jamuna
- Jayaprada
- Devika
- Shantha kumari
- G.Varalakshmi
- S.Varalakshmi
- Lakshmirajyam
- Hemalatha
- Rajasulochana
- Rajashree
- Janaki
- Krishna kumari
- Vijayashanthi
- Bhanupriya
- Jayasudha
- Suryakantham
- Kanchana
- Saarada
- Anjalee Devi
- Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
- Vanisri
- Suhasini
- Sridevi
Religion
Secular
- Chinna Jeeyar, proponent of Vaishnavism
See also