This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.
Education and development
Govind Ballabh Pant, recipient of Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award, Pantnagar University on his name
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University on his name
Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015
Arts and culture
Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
Mina Rana, folk singer
Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer
Anushka Sharma, film actress
Varun Badola
Deepak Dobriyal
Prasoon Joshi
Nirmal Pandey
Himani Shivpuri
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Manoj Ramola, casting director
Divyaalakshmi
Ali Abbas Zafar, film director
Hemant Pandey
Sudhanshu Pandey
Udita Goswami, film actress
Chitrashi Rawat
Kulraj Randhawa
Kainaat Arora
Lavanya Tripathi
Barkha Bisht
Ragini Nandwani
Roop Durgapal
Sukirti Kandpal
Jyotsna Chandola
Madhurima Tuli
Asha Negi
Niharika Singh
Urvashi Rautela
Shruti Bisht
Vibha Anand
Archana Puran Singh
Shilpa Saklani
Sonu Kakkar
Neha Kakkar
Fahad Ali
Tom Alter
Raghav Juyal
Manasvi Mamgai
Sakshi Chaudhary
Karan Sharma
Richa Panai
B. M. Shah
Mohan Upreti
Surendra Singh Panwar, Lieutenant General
Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross Garhwal Rifles
Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of Param Vir Chakra
Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
Jaswant Singh Rawat, hero of Indo-China War, 1962; Mahavir Chakra
Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
Ajit Kumar Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer, poet
Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer, poet
Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer, academic
Shivani, Hindi writer
Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer, screenwriter
Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer, journalist
Ruskin Bond, English writer
Ramachandra Guha, writer, historian
Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet
Govind Ballabh Pant
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
Murli Manohar Joshi
Mala Raj Laxmi Shah
Mohan Singh Bisht
Harish Rawat
K.C. Pant
N.D. Tiwari
Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
Nityanand Swami
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Narayan Dutt Tiwari
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
Ramesh Pokhriyal
Vijay Bahuguna
Harish Rawat
Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on April 18, 1971
Hemlata Kala, cricketer
Jaspal Rana, shooter
Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
Nain Singh Rawat, Asian explorer
Unmukt Chand, Indian cricketer
Pawan Suyal, Indian cricketer
Parimarjan Negi
Mir Ranjan Negi
Navjit Singh, volleyball player
Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, academic professor, author
Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, and rock art conservationist, recipient of the Padma Shri
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