List of Nepalese people
This is a list of notable Nepali people.
Academics
- Harka Gurung, geologist, anthropologist, and author
- Gautama V. Vajracharya, historian
Athletes
Cricketers
Footballers
Swimmers
Other athletes
- Mohan Bam, judo practitioner
- Deepak Bista, taekwondo practitioner
- Shyam Dhakal, alpine skier
- Sipora Gurung, volleyball player
- Jayaram Khadka, cross-country skier
- Mandil Pradhan, mountain biker
- Manikala Rai, ultramarathon runner
- Dachhiri Sherpa, cross-country skier
- Bimala Tamang, karateka
- Devu Thapa, judo practitioner
- Mira Rai, ultramarathon runner
Entertainment
Actors
Filmmakers
- Dayaram Dahal
- Hari Bansha Acharya
- Subash Gajurel
- Tulsi Ghimire
- Manisha Koirala
- Nischal Basnet
- Priyanka Karki
- Saugat Malla
- Rekha Thapa
- Deepa Shree Niraula
Singers
Other entertainers
- Atul Gautam, tabla player
- Prabal Gurung, fashion designer
- Teriya Magar, dancer and reality TV show winner
Entrepreneurs
- Binod Chaudhary, businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist
Humanitarians
- Pushpa Basnet, founder of Nepal's Early Childhood Development Center
- Anil Chitrakar, founder of Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness
- Sunita Danuwar, founder of Shakti Samuha, an anti-sex trafficking organization
- Tikendra Dal Dewan, retired British Army Gurkha, campaigner for Gurkha welfare
- Durga Ghimire, founder of ABC Nepal, an anti-sex trafficking organization
- Jagadish Ghimire, political analyst, founder of Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti community development organization
- Angur Baba Joshi, education activist and first female school principal in Nepal
- Daya Bir Singh Kansakar, founder of Paropakar Organization, Nepal's first social service organization
- Anuradha Koirala, founder of Maiti Nepal, which supports victims of sex trafficking
- Harsha Bahadur Budha Magar, social worker and scholar
- Sarina Prabasi, CEO of WaterAid America
- Mahabir Pun, founder of the Nepal Wireless Networking Project
- Indira Ranamagar, founder of Prisoner's Assistance Nepal
- Himani Shah, chairman of the Himani Trust, former crown princess of Nepal
- Tara Devi Tuladhar, social worker and education activist
Mountaineers
Politicians
Royal family
Scientists
- Drona Prakash Rasali, veterinarian
- Bodhraj Acharya, biochemist
- Sushila Maharjan, biochemist, biotechnologist
- Lujendra Ojha, planetary scientist
Writers
Poets
- Bhanubhakta Acharya
- Motiram Bhatta
- Laxmi Prasad Devkota, poet, playwright, and novelist
- Toya Gurung
- Kul Bahadur KC
- Shrawan Mukarung
- Lekh Nath Paudel
- Suman Pokhrel
- Gopal Prasad Rimal
- Mahananda Sapkota
- Neer Shah
- Sidhhi Charan Shrestha
Journalists
- Deepak Adhikari
- Prashant Aryal
- Naresh Bhattarai
- Kanak Mani Dixit
- Rabi Lamichhane
- Rabindra Mishra
- Vijay Kumar Pandey
- Sudheer Sharma
- Uma Singh
- Narayan Wagle
Playwrights
Prose writers
- Abhi Subedi
- Manjushree Thapa, essayist, fiction writer, translator and editor
- Parijat
- Rajan Mukarung
- Samrat Upadhyay
- Sushma Joshi
- Toya Gurung
- Shashikala Manandhar
- Arbind Rimal
- Parashu Pradhan (born 1943), author of books and short stories
Other notables
- Bhawana Ghimire, CEO of Cricket Association of Nepal from 2014 to 2016
- Prashant Subedi YouTuber/Creator of FactTechz Nepal from 2019 to present