List of people from Himachal Pradesh

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This is a list of notable people from Himachal Pradesh, India.

Arts

• Baba Kanshi Ram - poet and independence activist
• Chandradhar Sharma Guleri - writer and scholar
• Gambhari Devi - folk singer and folklorist
• Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyathit' - folklorist, poet, writer
• H.R. Harnot - writer
• Nainsukh - painter of Kangra school of painting
• Nirmal Verma - writer
• Ram Kumar - painter
• Shriniwas Joshi - writer and theatre artist
• Siddharth Pandey - writer, photographer, musician
• Vijay Sharma - painter and art historian

Business

• M S Banga

Defence

Awardess of the Param Vir Chakra and equivalent awards

• Major Som Nath Sharma - the first ever Param Vir Chakra awardee (1950)
• Lieutenant Colonel Dhan Singh Thapa - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1962)
• Captain Vikram Batra - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
• Rifleman Sanjay Kumar - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
• Major Sudhir Kumar Walia - Ashoka Chakra awardee (1999)
• Jemadar Lala, Victoria Cross awardee (1916)
• Honorary Captain Bhandari Ram - Victoria Cross awardee (1945)

Other notable defence personnel

• Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
• Major General Anant Singh Pathania, MVC, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1947-49) veteran
• Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, MVC - 'The Hero of Skardu' in the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Lt. Col. Kushal Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Subedar Major and Hony Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
• Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, PVSM, MVC - Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
• Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC - decorated Indo-Pak War (1965) and Indo-Pak War (1971) veteran
• Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania VrC, Vayusena Medal - first IAF pilot to make a confirmed kill of a Pakistani jet in independent India; veteran of the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars
• General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC - 14th Chief of the Army Staff in the Indian Army (1988-1990)
• Lt. Saurabh Kalia - PoW in the Kargil War (1999)
• Subedar Major and Hony Captain Chhering Norbu Bodh, SC - Mountaineer (1990s-2000s)

Historians from Himachal pradesh

• Bipan Chandra
• Chetan Singh
• Hari Sen
• Mian Goverdhan Singh
• Om Chand Handa
• Raaja Bhasin
• Tobdan
• Tshering Dorje

Judicial

• Mehr Chand Mahajan
• Deepak Gupta (judge)
• Lokeshwar Singh Panta
• Abhilasha Kumari
• Sanjay Karol

Entertainment and Television

• Adarsh Rathore - journalist, singer
• Anuj Sharma - singer
• Anupam Kher - film actor
• Ashish R Mohan - film director
• Asmita Sood - television actress
• B. R. Ishara- film director and script writer
• Kangana Ranawat - Bollywood actress
• Manohar Singh - theatre and film actor
• Mohit Chauhan - Bollywood singer
• Motilal (actor)
• Mrinal Navell - Actress
• Neeraj Sood - Film Actor
• Preity Zinta - film actress
• Prem Chopra - Bollywood Actor
• Priya Rajvansh - film actress
• Purva Rana - model
• Ravi Bhatia - television actor
• Rubina Dilaik - television actress
• Savi Thakur - Television actor
• Shipra Khanna - chef
• Shivya Pathania - television actress
• Shriya Sharma - film actress
• Siddharth Chauhan - screenwriter, director, and producer
• Vishal Karwal - television actor
• Yami Gautam - film actress

Politicians

Chief Ministers

• Yashwant Singh Parmar, the founder of the Himachal Pradesh state and its first chief minister (1952-1956; 1963-1977)
• Thakur Ram Lal (1977; 1980-1983)
• Shanta Kumar (1977-1980; 1990-1992)
• Virbhadra Singh (1983-1985; 1985-1990; 1993-1998; 2003-2007; 2012-2017)
• Prem Kumar Dhumal (1998-2003; 2008-2012)
• Jai Ram Thakur (2017-2022)
• Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (2022–present)

Present and ex Union Ministers

• Anurag Thakur
• Jagat Prakash Nadda
• Anand Sharma
• Chandresh Kumari Katoch

Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh

• Asha Kumari
• Brij Behari Lal Butail
• Chander Kumar
• G. S. Bali
• Jai Bihari Lal Khachi
• Jagdev Chand Thakur
• Kaul Singh Thakur
• Khimi ram
• Kishan Kapoor
• Lata Thakur
• Mahender Singh
• Mukesh Agnihotri
• Phunchog Rai
• Pratibha Singh
• Rajeev Bindal
• Satpal Singh Satti
• Sukh Ram
• Thakur Devi Singh
• Thakur Sen Negi
• Vidya Stokes

Himachalis outside India

• Gaurav Sharma (politician) - medical doctor and MP in New Zealand
• Jay Chaudhry - CEO and founder of Zscaler a Nasdaq listed company in USA

Science and Education

• Dr Randeep Guleria - Padma Shri, Director AIIMS New Delhi and Professor and Department Head of Pulmonary Disease and Sleeping Disorders
• Dr Jagat Ram - Padma Shri, ophthalmologist and Director PGI Chandigarh
• Dr Mahesh Verma - Padma Shri, Vice Chancellor Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
• Dr D.S. Rana - Padma Shri, nephrologist and Chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) New Delhi
• Dr Jagdev Guleria - Padma Shri
• Dr Omesh Kumar Bharti - Padma Shri
• Arvind Mohan Kayastha - biologist
• Anand Mohan - geologist, petrologist
• R.C. Sawhney - scientist, professor
• T. R. Sharma - plant biologist, educator
• Vijay Kumar Thakur - engineer and nano-technologist
• Munmun Dhalaria - documentary filmmaker
• Bittu Sehgal - nature conservationist and writer

Sports

• Ajay Thakur - kabaddi player
• Ashish Kumar - silver medalist in Asian Games in boxing 2019
• Charanjit Singh - hockey (1964 Olympics)
• Chuni Lal Thakur - Winter Olympian
• Deepak Thakur - hockey
• Dicky Dolma - Mountaineer
• Hira Lal - Winter Olympian
• Manavjit Singh Sandhu - sports shooter
• Manvinder Bisla - cricketer
• Nanak Chand Thakur- Winter Olympian
• Paras Dogra - cricketer
• Renuka Singh - cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
• Rishi Dhawan - cricketer
• Samaresh Jung - sports shooter
• Shiva Keshavan - luge (Winter Olympian)
• Skalzang Dorje - Archery (1996 Olympics)
• Suman Rawat - Track and field athlete
• Sushma Verma - cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
• The Great Khali - wrestler
• Vijay Kumar - sports shooter

Religion

• Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen - Buddhist teacher and scholar
• Thakur Ram Singh - RSS and Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan

Non-Himachalis with significant contributions to HP

• Amrita Sher-Gil - painter
• Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal - painter
• Brijinder Nath Goswamy - art historian
• Didi Contractor - architect
• Harish Kapadia - mountaineer and writer
• Helena Roerich - philosopher and explorer
• Kirin Narayan - anthropologist
• Manohar Singh Gill - administrator, politician, and writer
• Mohan Singh Oberoi - hotelier
• Mohinder Singh Randhawa - art historian
• Norah Richards - theatre
• Nicholas Roerich - painter, philosopher, explorer
• Penelope Chetwode - travel writer
• Rahul Sankrityayan - scholar and travel writer
• Samuel Bourne - early photographer
• Satyananda Stokes - orchardist
• Sobha Singh - painter
• Svetsolav Roerich - painter
• Tenzin Gyatso - the fourteenth Dalai Lama
• Tenzin Palmo - Buddhist nun and activist
• Timothy A. Gonsalves - academician, entrepreneur
• Yeshi Dhonden - Sowa Rigpa doctor

Miscellaneous

• Sansar Chand - ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries
• Kinkri Devi - activist and environmentalist
• Shyam Saran Negi - India's first voter
• Zorawar Singh Kahluria - general of the Dogra army in the first half of the 19th century
• Narain Chand Parashar - linguist, cultural historian, and politician
• Pelden Gyeltshen - the 40th Ganden Tripa (17th century)

External links

• Prominent Personalities Of Himachal