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List of people from Bihar

This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India.

Deities and avatars

Guru Gobind Singh
Janaka
Mahavira
Mallinatha
Munisuvrata
Naminatha
Vasupujya

Ancient

Ajatashatru
Dhana Nanda
Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara
Ashoka
Dasharatha Maurya
Samprati
Shalishuka
Devavarman
Shatadhanvan
Brihadratha Maurya
Aryabhata
Samudragupta
Chandragupta I
Chanakya
Gonu Jha
Sher Shah Suri
Vātsyāyana

Sufi saints

Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri
Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri
Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak
Ata Hussain Fani Chishti
Khwaja Abdullah Chishti
Ibrahim Yukpasi

Nationalists and independence activists

Ajit Kumar Mehta
Babu Kunwar Singh
Rajendra Prasad
Ranjit Singh Ahir
Rash Bihari Lal Mandal
Chandradeo Prasad Verma
Sri Krishna Singh
Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jagjivan Ram
Ram Subhag Singh
Kameshwar Singh
Upendra Nath Verma
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Syed Hasan Imam
Baikuntha Shukla
Karyanand Sharma
Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
Satyendra Narayan Singh
Ram Dulari Sinha
Basawon Singh (Sinha)
Yamuna Karjee
Yogendra Shukla
Sheel Bhadra Yagee
Yadunandan Sharma
Rambriksh Benipuri
Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)
Ram Narain Sharma
Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
Radhanandan Jha
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Babu Amar Singh

Writers and scholars

Prem Kumar Mani
Syed Hasan
Abdul Qavi Desnavi
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Ram Sharan Sharma
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
Balmiki Prasad Singh
Vidyapati
Manoj Bhawuk
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Ramvriksh Benipuri
Devaki Nandan Khatri
Indradeep Sinha
Ram Karan Sharma
Satyapal Chandra
Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ram Avatar Sharma
Nalin Vilochan Sharma
Ganganath Jha
R. K. Sinha
Ramjee Singh
Tabish Khair
Acharya Ramlochan Saran
Gopal Singh Nepali
Ramesh Chandra Jha
Acharya Rameshwar Jha
Nagarjun
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
Amitava Kumar
Sanjeev K Jha
Hetukar Jha
Phanishwar Nath Renu
Ravindra Prabhat
Gajendra Thakur
Kapil Muni Tiwary
Shiv Khera

Journalists

M. J. Akbar
Anuranjan Jha
Ravish Kumar
Sweta Singh
Manoj Bhawuk
Vikas Kumar Jha
Arvind Narayan Das

Authors

Hindi

Bhikhari Thakur
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Rambriksh Benipuri
Gopal Singh Nepali
Phanishwar Nath Renu
Shankar Dayal Singh
Ramesh Chandra Jha
Sahajanand Saraswati
Kalanath Mishra
Nawal Kishore Dhawal

Maithili

Vidyapati
Nagarjun

Bhojpuri

Avinash Chandra Vidyarthi
Bhikhari Thakur
Dharni Das
Harihar Singh
Heera Dom
Mahendar Misir
Manoranjan Prasad Sinha
Manoj Bhawuk
Parichay Das
Ramesh Chandra Jha
Rameshwar Singh Kashyap
Raghuveer Narayan

Bengali

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Malay Roy Choudhury

English

Ram Sharan Sharma
Raj Kamal Jha
Satyapal Chandra
George Orwell

Urdu

Manazir Ahsan Gilani
Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri

National and international award winners

Bharat Ratna

Bidhan Chandra Roy
Rajendra Prasad
Jayaprakash Narayan
Bismillah Khan

Padma Bhushan

Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
Bindeshwar Pathak
Sharda Sinha

Padma Shree

Ramchandra Manjhi
Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain
Mohan Mishra
Narendra Kumar Pandey
Janki Ballabh Shastri
Sharda Sinha
Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur

Jnanpith award

Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

Magasaysay award

Ravish Kumar
Jayaprakash Narayan

Dada Saheb Phalke award

Ashok Kumar
Tapan Sinha

Military Gallantry Award winners

Param Vir Chakra

Albert Ekka

Ashoka Chakra

Jyoti Prakash Nirala

Holders of high constitutional offices

Presidents of India

Rajendra Prasad, first President of India

Presidents of other countries

Kailash Purryag, former President of Mauritius
Cheddi Jagan, former president of Guyana

Vice-Presidents of other countries

Parmanand Jha, first vice-president of Nepal

Prime ministers of other countries

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, first Prime Minister of Mauritius
Navin Ramgoolam, former Prime Minister of Mauritius
Girija Prasad Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal
Basdeo Panday, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, former first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Attorneys general of India

L.N. Sinha

Advocate General of state of Bihar

Rambalak Mahto, longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of Nitish Kumar

Governors of Indian states

Anant Sharma, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal
Balmiki Prasad Singh, current Governor of Sikkim
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, former Governor of Punjab
Dinesh Nandan Sahay, former Governor of Chhattisgarh
Kailashpati Mishra, former Governor of Gujarat
Lallan Prasad Singh, former Governor of Assam
Mridula Sinha, current Governor of Goa
Nikhil Kumar, current Governor of Kerala
Prabhat Kumar, former Governor of Jharkhand
Rameshwar Thakur, former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Ram Dulari Sinha, former Governor of Kerela
Siddheshwar Prasad, former Governor of Tripura
Srinivas Kumar Sinha, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam

Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Lakshmi Kant Jha

Lieutenant governors of other states

Tejendra Khanna
Nagendra Nath Jha

Speakers of Lok Sabha

Bali Ram Bhagat
Meira Kumar

Chief justices of India

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Lalit Mohan Sharma

Chief ministers

Deputy chief ministers

Members of Lok Sabha

Members of Rajya Sabha (2022)

Spokesperson

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Ravi Shankar Prasad (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Shakeel Ahmad (Indian National Congress)
Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Politics

Rati Lal Prasad Verma
Ramdeo Mahto
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Chandradeo Prasad Verma
Rajendra Prasad
Jayaprakash Narayan
Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Sri Krishna Sinha
Jagjivan Ram
Ram Subhag Singh
B.P.Mandal
Lalit Narayan Mishra
Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
Ram Dulari Sinha
Satyendra Narayan Singh
Karpoori Thakur
Daroga Prasad Rai
Deep Narayan Singh
Abdul Ghafoor
Chandrashekhar Singh
Gopal Jee Thakur
Chirag Paswan
Faz Husain
Kailashpati Mishra
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Nitish Kumar
Upendra Kushwaha
Nikhil Kumar
Indradeep Sinha
Digvijay Narain Singh
Kapildeo Singh
Bidhu Jha
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Gauri Shankar Pandey
Tarkeshwari Sinha
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
Krishna Kumar Mishra
Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Yashwant Sinha
Prabhat Jha
Sanjay Nirupam
Mohammad Yunus
Nawal Kishore Dhawal
Ranjit Kumar Gupta
Ram Kripal Sinha
Veena Devi
Ramgulam Chaudhary
Jayant Sinha
Kanhaiya Kumar
Bali Ram Bhagat
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav

Entertainment

Film directors

Ajit Pal Mangat
Imtiaz Ali
Kabeer Kaushik
Manish Jha
Manish Vatsalya
Manjul Sinha
Neeraj Pandey
Prakash Jha
Pritish Nandy
Ram Gopal Bajaj
Sanjeev K Jha
Satyen Bose
Sushil Rajpal
Tapan Sinha

Actors

Aham Sharma
Manish Vatsalya
Sushant Singh Rajput
Roshan Seth
Ashok Kumar
Shatrughan Sinha
Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bhawuk
Akhilendra Mishra
Abhimanyu Singh
Adhyayan Suman
Luv Sinha
Pankaj Tripathi
Shekhar Suman
Sanjay Mishra (actor)
Vinay Pathak
Gurmeet Choudhary
Vineet Kumar
Narendra jha
Rajesh Kumar (actor)
Manoj Tiwari
Pankaj Jha
Dinesh Sharma
R. Madhavan
Vishal Aditya Singh
Chandrachur Singh
Alok Nath
Khesari Lal Yadav

Actresses

Aisha Sharma
Pooja Sharma
Prachi Sinha
Neha Sharma
Sandali Sinha
Shilpa Shukla
Neetu Chandra
Swati Sen
Kaveri Jha
Neelima Azeem
Amardeep Jha
Suhasini Mulay
Shilpa Singh
Shreya Narayan
Anurita Jha
Rati Pandey
Ratan Rajput
Sriti Jha
Richa Soni
Ulka Gupta
Chhavi Pandey
Shweta Prasad
Sonakshi Sinha

Singers

Daler Mehndi
Kiran Ahluwalia
Sundar Popo
Sharda Sinha
Manoj Tiwari
Pawan Singh
Khesari Lal Yadav
Nilkamal Singh
Deepali Kishore
Aishwarya Nigam
Parmanand Singh
Maithili Thakur

Music directors

Chitragupta
Anand–Milind
Bapi Tutul
Ramashreya Jha
Norman Hackforth

Arts

Vidyapati
Nagarjun
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Bismillah Khan
Chandan Tiwari
Bhikhari Thakur
Jaydeva
Jyotirishwar Thakur
Srimanta Sankardeva
Govindadas
Acharya Ramlochan Saran
Baldev Mishra
Surendra Jha 'Suman'
Radha Krishna Choudhary
Jaykant Mishra
Rajkamal Chaudhary
Parichay Das
Gajendra Thakur
Bindhyabasini Devi

Religion

Dharni Das
Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas
Dhirendra Brahmachari
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Sahadeo Tiwari
Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
Syed Ibrahim
Tenzin Priyadarshi
Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri

Mathematics and science

Anand Kumar
H. C. Verma
Rajit Gadh
Vashishtha Narayan Singh
Tathagat Avatar Tulsi

Sports

Saba Karim
Kirti Azad
Subroto Banerjee
Shivnath Singh
Thomas Jameson
Zafar Iqbal
Rashmi Kumari
Rajesh Chauhan
Kavita Roy
Veer Pratap Singh
Ishan Kishan
Deepika Kumari
Purnima Mahato
Randhir Singh
Premlata Agarwal
Sanjay Balmuchu
Lal Mohan Hansda
Aruna Mishra
Jaipal Singh
Sharad Kumar
Pramod Bhagat

Bureaucracy

Indian Civil Service

L.P. Singh
Sir Sultan Ahmed

Indian Administrative Service

Balmiki Prasad Singh
N. K. Singh
Pankaj Rag
R. K. Singh
U. K. Sinha
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Yashwant Sinha

Indian Foreign Service

Aftab Seth

Indian Police Service

Abhayanand
J. K. Sinha
Chandan Kushwaha
Lipi Singh
Nikhil Kumar
Acharya Kishore Kunal
Randhir Prasad Verma
Amitabh Thakur
Ranjit Sinha
Anil Sinha

Business

Anil Agarwal, founder and Executive Chairman of Vedanta Group
Arunabh Kumar, CEO of TVF
Aditya Jha
Sanjay Jha
Subrata Roy, founder of Sahara Group
Samprada Singh
Satyapal Chandra, founder and CEO of MagTapp

Others

References

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of people from Bihar by Wikipedia (Historical)

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