List of people from Varanasi
Varanasi on the banks of the holy Ganges River
Activists
Arts, music and entertainment
- Sameer Anjaan, Bollywood lyricist
- Ashutosh Bhattacharya (1917–2004), Tabla Player
- Girija Devi, Singer; Padma Vibhushan
- Siddheshwari Devi, Khayal Singer; Padma Shri
- Sitara Devi, Padma Shri
- Bismillah Khan, Shehnai Player; Bharat Ratna; Padma Vibhushan
- Birju Maharaj, Kathak Guru; Padma Vibhushan
- Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Player; Padma Vibhushan
- Vikash Maharaj Sarod Player; Yash Bharti Award
- Channulal Mishra, Hindustani classical Player; Padma Bhushan
- Shamta Prasad (Gudai Maharaj), Tabla Player; Padma Shri
- Ritwik Sanyal, Singer, Dhrupad
- Ravi Shankar, Sitar Player; Bharat Ratna
- Shivnath Mishra, Sitarist, Surbahar
- Uday Shankar, Dancer; Padma Vibhushan
- Sujit Kumar, Actor, and Producer
- Anant Lal, Indian Classical Musician, and Teacher
- Rasoolan Bai, Vocalist
- Prabhash Maharaj, Tabla Player
- Ronu Majumdar, Flautist
- Lalmani Misra, Musician
- Hemanta Mukherjee, Singer, Music Director, and Film Director
- Deobrat Mishra, Sitar, Surbahar Artist
- Hiralal Yadav, Folk Singer; Padma Shri
- Vineet Kumar, Actor, and Writer
- Siddharth Arora, Indian Television Actor
- Dhiraj Rai, Singer
- Vindhya Tiwari, Indian Television Actress
- Sadhana Singh, Actress
- Soma Ghosh, Singer, Padma Shri
- Anuraadha Tewari, Writer, and Film Director
Literature and academics
- Baldev Upadhyaya, Hindi-Sanskrit Scholar; Padma Bhushan
- Adya Prasad Pandey, Economist Professor;Ex. Vice Chancellor , Central University
- Beniram, Bhojpuri Kajari Writer
- Bharatendu Harishchandra, Novelist, and Poet
- Devaki Nandan Khatri, Writer
- Gopinath Kaviraj (1887–1976), Sanskrit Scholar; Padma Vibhushan (1964)[1]
- Jaishankar Prasad, Writer
- Kabir Das, Mystic poet, and Saint
- Kshitimohan Sen, Scholar
- Premchand, Hindi-Urdu Writer
- Teg Ali Teg, Bhojpuri Poet
- Tulsidas, Saint, Poet, and Philosopher
- Vagish Shastri, Sanskrit Scholar, and Linguist
- Veer Bhadra Mishra, founding president of the Sankat Mochan Foundation; former professor and HOD of Civil Engineering at IIT (BHU), Varanasi[2]
- Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil', Poet
- Shiv Prasad Mishra, Writer
- Shiv Prasaad Singh, Writer
- Kashi Nath Singh, Writer
- Charu Sheel Singh, Writer
- Premendra Mitra, Bengali Poet, and Novelist
- Deviprasad Dwivedi, Writer; Padma Bhushan
- Harihar Kripalu Tripathi, Sanskrit Scholar; Padma Bhushan
- Namvar Singh, Indian Literary Critic; Sahitya Akademi Award Winner
- Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Writer, and Ayurvedic Practitioner; Padma Shri
Politics
- Devendra Nath Dwivedi, Governor designate of Gujarat
- Mahendra Nath Pandey, Former HRD Minister of Gujarat
- Sri Prakasa, Governor of Assam
- Sampurnanand, Former Chief Minister of UP, and Former Governor of Rajasthan
- Kamalapati Tripathi, Writer, Freedom Fighter, and Former Railway Minister
- Ashok Dhawan, MLC, Uttar Pradesh
- Lal Bahadur Shastri, Ex Prime Minister of India
- Ajay Rai, Politician
Royalty
- Raja Balwant Singh, Kashi Naresh, fought with East India Company in battle of Buxar
- Raja Chait Singh, Kashi Naresh, fought with Warren Hastings
- Maharani Lakshmibai, Queen of Jhansi
Scientists
- Bishun Khare, Research Scientist
- Arvind Mohan Kayastha, Biologist
- Sanjaya Rajaram, Plant Biologist
- Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, Cytogenetist and Biologist
- Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Molecular Anthropologist
Sports
- Prashanti Singh, Basketball Player
- Mohammed Shahid, Hockey Player
- Lalit Upadhyay, Field Hockey Player
- Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Basketball Player
- Ram Singh Yadav, Marathon
- Narsingh Pancham Yadav, Wrestler
- Bernard Brodhurst, Cricketer
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Cricketer
- Divya Singh, Basketball Player
- Akanksha Singh, Basketball Player
- Pratima Singh, Basketball Player
- Punam Yadav, Weightlifter
Others
- Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna
- Ganga Prasad Birla
- K. L. Shrimali, Padma Vibhushan
- Lahiri Mahasaya, Yogi
- Rai Krishnadasa, Padma Vibhushan
- Ravidas
- Sameer, Lyricist
- Sir James Brooke, Founder of the White Rajah dynasty of Sarawak
- Sunil Bansal, Politician
- Arun Pathak, Activist, and Politician
- Ekta Chowdhry, Model
- Tapan Singhel, Managing Director, and CEO of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
- Sitaram Chaturvedi, Educator, Dramatist, and Scholar
- Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Revolutionary, and founder of Hindustan Republican Association
- Manmath Nath Gupta, Revolutionary, and Author
- Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Doctor; Padma Shri
- Rajat Mohan Pathak aka Rajat Synergy, Entrepreneur, Social Activist and Author
References
- "Sri Sri Anandamayi Ma's Devotees". Anandamayi Ma. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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