List of people from Andhra Pradesh

Independence advocates

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule

Alluri Sita Rama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion, VIPLAVA JYOTI

Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader

Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter

Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India

Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter

Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter

Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter

Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule

Chandra Pulla Reddy - Famous Communist Leader

Gouthu Latchanna - freedom fighter

Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader

Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person

Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"

Raja Sri V R G K M Prasad – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India

N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician

Koratala Satyanarayana – Communist politician

Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh

Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist

Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag

Reserve Bank of India Governors

Y. Venugopal Reddy - Governor of Reserve Bank of India, 2003–2008

Duvvuri Subbarao - Governor of Reserve Bank of India, 2008–2012

Chief Ministers

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - later the President of India

Tanguturi Prakasam

Burgula Ramakrishna Rao

Bezawada Gopala Reddy

Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

Damodaram Sanjivayya

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

Nadendla Bhaskara Rao

Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

Konijeti Rosaiah

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

Nara Chandrababu Naidu

Military Chiefs

Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81

Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09

General K. V. Krishna Rao, Chief of the Army Staff (India), 1981–83

IAS Officers

A. V. S. Reddy, IAS, AP Cadre

IPS Officers

G. Raghava Reddy - IPS, known for innovative farming

Education

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, vice-chancellor of Andhra University

Arjula Ramachandra Reddy - biologist, first vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University

Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, founder and vice-chancellor of Andhra University; Vice-chancellor of Mysore University

G. Ram Reddy - former University Grants Commission chairman

Vasireddy Sri Krishna, former vice-chancellor of Andhra University

Business and industry

Kallam Anji Reddy - founder, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Prathap C. Reddy - founder, Apollo Hospitals, India

G. Pulla Reddy - businessman, philanthropist, educationist

Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy - founder, GVK

P Obul Reddy - founder, Nippo batteries

Prem Reddy - founder of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns several hospitals in the United States

Ramesh Gelli - founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank

Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad - founder, Andhra Sugars

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder, Satyam Computers

T. Subbarami Reddy - founder of Gayatri group; philanthropist

S. P. Y. Reddy - Chairman of Nandi Pipes, Panyam Cements and S.P.Y. Agro Industries

Nimmagadda Prasad – founder, Chairman of Matrix Laboratories

Lagadapati Rajagopal - founder and Chairman of Lanco Group

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – Chairman, GMR Group; first Telugu person on Forbes magazine's billionaires list

Ramoji Rao – Head of Eenadu Group, Ramoji Film city

Rayapati Sambasiva Rao - Jayalaxmi Group of companies

Galla Ramachandra Naidu – founder, Amar Raja Group

Science

Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence

U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad

D. Bap Reddy - Deputy Regional Representative (diplomatic status level position) of Asia and Pacific for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1978-1982; FAO Representative in Indonesia, 1982-1986; FAO Representative in Nepal, 1987

N N Murthy - quality and environment expert

Yelavarthy Nayudamma – chemical engineer

Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – engineer

Yellapragada Subbarow – cancer researcher

A. S. Rao – scientist, founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited

C.R.Rao – statistician and professor emeritus at Penn State University

K.L. Rao - civil engineer, irrigation expert and political leader

Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao – physicist (spectroscopy)

Artists

Nandikolla Gopala Rao - father of modern contemporary art in Andhra Pradesh

Krishna Reddy - printmaker and sculptor

Vempati Chinna Satyam – exponent of Kuchipudi dance

Eelapata Raghuramaiah - stage and cinema actor in Andhra Pradesh

Raja and Radha Reddy - Kuchipudi

Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi

Yamini Reddy - Kuchipudi

Musicians and dancers

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna - Carnatic singer and musician

Nataraja Ramakrishna - dance guru; revived ancient Andhra Natyam and Perini styles of dance; Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - playback singer of old classical Indian movies, predominantly Telugu

Emani Sankara Sastry - Veena player of Carnatic music

Vempati Chinna Satyam - dance guru of the Kuchipudi dance form

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - male playback singer

Raja and Radha Reddy - Kuchipudi dancers

Shobha Naidu - Kuchipudi dancer

S. Janaki - female playback singer

M. M. Keeravani - music director

Yamini Krishnamurthy - Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancer

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu - violinist

P. B. Sreenivas - playback singer

P. Susheela - female playback singer

Literature

Gona Budda Reddy - 13th-century poet

Vemana – Telugu poet

Nannaya – first Telugu writer (Adi kavi), Mahabharatam in Telugu started by him, out of 18 parvas 3.5 parvas written by him

Potana – Mahabhagavatam, Bhogini Dandakam

Tikkana – Mahabharatam last 14 parvas written by him

Gurazada Apparao – Telugu poet

Gudipati Venkata Chalam – novelist

Gurram Jashuva - Telugu poet, author, Telugu and Sanskrit scholar

Tirupati Venkata Kavulu – two Telugu poets

Devulapalli Krishnasastri – Telugu poet

Tummala Seetharama Murthy – Telugu poet

Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham – writer

Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - poet from Rayalaseema

D.V.Narasa Raju - Telugu writer, novelist

Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha – Telugu poet

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy – playwright

Garikapati Narasimha Rao - Avadhani

Keshava Reddy – Telugu movelist

M. S. Reddy - writer

Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry – Telugu poet

Viswanatha Satyanarayana – Telugu poet

Vasireddy Seethadevi – novelist

Paravastu Chinnayya Soori – Telugu scholar

Tripuraneni Gopichand – author

Srirangam Srinivasarao – Telugu poet

Ushasri – writer

Philosophers

Jiddu Krishnamurti – philosopher

Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami – mystic

Bharat Ratna

Varahagiri Venkata Giri – former President of India

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 1954, second president of India

Padma Vibhushan

Cingireddy Narayana Reddy

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Ravi Narayana Reddy

Prathap C. Reddy

Y. Venugopal Reddy

Sarvepalli Gopal

Kotha Satchidanda Murthy

Padmaja Naidu

M. Narasimham

N. G. Ranga

Sri Prakasa

C. R. Rao

Palle Rama Rao

Kaloji Narayana Rao

V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao - Telugu origin, born in Tamil Nadu

Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah

P. Venugopal

Mehdi Nawaz Jung

Ali Yavar Jung

Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim

C. D. Deshmukh

Ramoji Rao

Padma Bhushan

B.N. Reddy

Kongara Jaggayya

Vempati Chinna Satyam

Raj Reddy

Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

Konidela Chiranjeevi

Perugu Siva Reddy

Daggubati Ramanaidu

P. Susheela

G.V.K. Reddy

Raja and Radha Reddy

Krishna Ghattamaneni

K. Srinath Reddy

Satya N. Atluri

C.K. Nayudu

A. S. Rao

Padma Shree

Chitturi Nagaiah

Cingireddy Narayana Reddy

Eelapata Raghuramaiah

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Ghantasala Venkateswar Rao

D. Nageshwar Reddy

K.C. Reddy

Kallam Anji Reddy

Perugu Siva Reddy

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu

Shobha Naidu

Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri

D. V. S. Raju

Brahmanandam

V.V.S.Laxman

Shobha Raju

Nataraja Ramakrishna

Allu Ramalingaiah

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

Raja and Radha Reddy

Nerella Venumadhav

K. Viswanath

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Pullela Gopichand - badminton (2000–2001)

Karnam Malleswari - weightlifting (1995–1996)

Saina Nehwal - badminton (2009–10)

Arjuna Award

Koneru Humpy – chess

Achanta Sharath Kamal – table tennis

Yousuf Khan – football

Mukesh Kumar – hockey

Karnam Malleswari – weightlifting

A. Ramana Rao – volleyball

J. J. Shobha – track and field

Dronacharya Award

Pullela Gopichand - badminton, 2009

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Sekhar Tam Tam - for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada

Judges ,Advocates or lawyers

K. Jayachandra Reddy

L. Narasimha Reddy

Subodh Markandeya

Konda Madhava Reddy

Sports

Cricket

Buchi Babu Naidu

C.K. Nayudu

M.S.K. Prasad

Bharath Reddy

Venkatapathy Raju

Yalaka Venugopal Rao

Cota Ramaswami

Ambati Rayudu

Athletics

Kodi Rammurthy Naidu

Neelapu Rami Reddy - former sprinter and athletics champion

Chess

Dronavalli Harika

Pendyala Harikrishna

Koneru Humpy

Weightlifting

Karnam Malleswari – Olympic bronze medallist

Hockey

Mukesh Kumar

Badminton

Chetan Anand

Pullela Gopichand

Other sports

Achanta Sharath Kamal - table tennis

A. Ramana Rao - volleyball

Music

Traditional

Kshetrayya

Tallapaka Annamacharya

Bhadradri Ramadasu

Tyagaraja - of the trinity of Carnatic music

Classical

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna

Nedunuri Krishnamurthy

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu

Sripada Pinakapani

Emani Sankara Sastry

Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana

U.Srinivas

Film score

Saluri Rajeswara Rao - composer

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - singer, composer

S P Balasubrahmanyam - singer

K. Chakravarthy - composer

Jikki - singer

S. Janaki - singer

Koti - composer

Nagur Babu (Mano) - singer

Veturi Sundararama Murthy - lyricist

M. M. Keeravani - composer, lyricist, singer

Ramana Gogula - composer

Ramesh Naidu - composer

Devi Sri Prasad - composer, singer

S V Krishna Reddy - composer

Satyam - composer

Mani Sharma - composer

Sirivennela Sitaramasastri - lyricist

P. B. Sreenivas - singer

Sunitha - singer

Usha - singer

P. Susheela - singer

Master Venu - composer

Dance

Vempati Chinna Satyam

Sidhendra Yogi - originator of the Kuchipudi dance style

Raja and Radha Reddy - Kuchipudi, Padma Bhushan awardees

Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi, Padma Sri awardee

Jayapa Nayudu

Cinema

Raghupathi Venkaiah

H. M. Reddy

Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy

B. Nagi Reddy

Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu

Bapu

K Vishwanath

Shyam Benegal

L. V. Prasad

Dasari Narayana Rao

A. Kodandarami Reddy

K. Raghavendra Rao

S. V. Krishna Reddy

V. N. Reddy

E V V Satyanarayana

S. S. Rajamouli

Kodi Ramakrishna

Puri Jagannadh

Jandhyala

Sekhar Kammula

Deva Katta

Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (Krish)

N.Shankar

Trivikram Srinivas

Sukumar

Srinu Vaitla

Krishna Vamsi

Ram Gopal Varma

V. V. Vinayak

Surender Reddy

Producers

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu

Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy

B. Nagi Reddy

L V Prasad

Allu Aravind

Vikram Krishna

Murali Mohan

M S Raju

D. Ramanaidu

M. S. Reddy

Shyam Prasad Reddy

Dil Raju

Gopichand Lagadapati

Writers

Aathreya

Gopimohan

Paruchuri Brothers

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

Pingali Nagendra Rao

Abburi Ravi

B.V.S.Ravi

Ajay Sastry

Guna Sekhar

Trivikram Srinivas

Sukumar

Kona Venkat

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Actors

Sobhan Babu

Naga Chaitanya

Chiranjeevi

Gopichand

Kongara Jaggayya

Pawan Kalyan

Chittor V. Nagaiah

S. V. Ranga Rao

Ramana Reddy

Kaikala Satyanarayana

Nagarjuna

Prabhakar

Rajanala

Krishnam Raju

Ghattamaneni Krishna

Vishal Krishna

Mohan Babu

Tarun Kumar

Gopichand Lagadapati

Allu Rama Lingaiah

Murali Mohan

Relangi Venkata Ramaiah

Ranganath

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Dasari Narayana Rao

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao

N. T. Rama Rao

Jr. NTR

Prabhas

Gadde Rajendra Prasad

J. V. Somayajulu

Balakrishna

Allu Arjun

Nithiin

Jagapathi Babu

Mahesh Babu

Raja Babu

Srihari

Ram Charan Teja

Ravi Teja

Venkatesh

Venu

Actresses

Bhanupriya

Anjali Devi

Devika

Diana Hayden - former Miss world

Jamuna

Sowcar Janaki

Jayaprada

Jayasudha

Pasupuleti Kannamba

Kavitha

Krishnaveni

Laya

Bindu Madhavi

Bhanumathi Ramakrishna

Sameera Reddy

Santhakumari

Savitri

Sarada

Sushmita Sen - Bollywood actress born in Hyderabad

Suryakantham

Tabu

Vanisri

G. Varalakshmi

S. Varalakshmi

Music directors

K. Chakravarthy

Chakri

S P Balasubramanyam

Ghantasala

Ramana Gogula

M.M. Keeravani

K M Radha Krishnan

Ramesh Naidu

Devi Sri Prasad

Saluri Koteswara Rao

Saluri Rajeshwara Rao

Chellapilla Satyam

Mani Sharma

Vandemataram Srinivas

Vamsi

Master Venu

Vidyasagar

Journalists

Manikonda Chalapathi Rau

Religion

Sanatana Dharma / Hinduism

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)

Buddhism

Acharya Nagarjuna

Secular

Sathya Sai Baba

Others

Vijaya Lakshmi Emani (1958–2009) - social activist

Aruna Miller - Maryland State Representative

Laxman Reddy - bodybuilder, Mr. World 2010