List of people from Andhra Pradesh

This is a list of notable people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history.

Independence advocates

Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – early opponent of British rule
Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
Gottipati Brahmaiah
Chowdary Satyanarayana – human rights activist, Legislator
Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
Kalluri Chandramouli
Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya
Kaneganti Hanumanthu
Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
Chandra Pulla Reddy – communist leader
Gouthu Latchanna
Makineni Basavapunnaiah – communist leader
Sarojini Naidu – poet
Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
Muktyala Raja – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
N. G. Ranga
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
Kommareddi Suryanarayana
Kotagiri Venkata Krishna Rao – poet
Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao – lawyer, historian and writer

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
Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Konijeti Rosaiah
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

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

Government officials

Mohd Amanullah Khan - politician
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 of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Prathap C. Reddy – founder of Apollo Hospitals, India
G. Pulla Reddy – businessman, philanthropist, educationist
Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy – founder of GVK
P Obul Reddy – founder of 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 of Andhra Sugars
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder of 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 of 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 of Amar Raja Group

Science

Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence
U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad
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)
Praveen Kumar Gorakavi - Chemical Engineer
Kumar Biradha - researcher in the field of crystal engineering
Aparajita Datta (born 1970), conservation scientist with the Nature Conservation Foundation

Artists

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 – 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 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 – 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
Jatavallabhula Purushottam - poet
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 novelist
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
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – Telugu poet
Tanikella Bharani - Filmwriter, Actor, Poet
Janardhana Maharshi - (author, poet, film writer)
Dantu Muralikrishna - Writer, Singer & Scientist

Philosophers

Jiddu Krishnamurti – philosopher
Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami – mystic

Award winners

Bharat Ratna

Varahagiri Venkata Giri – former 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
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

V. Nagayya
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
Srikanth Kidambi

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Pullela Gopichand – badminton (2000–2001)
Karnam Malleswari – weightlifting (1995–1996)
Saina Nehwal – badminton (2009–10)

Arjuna Award

Koneru Humpy – chess
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 and lawyers

K. Jayachandra Reddy
L. Narasimha Reddy
Subodh Markandeya
Konda Madhava Reddy
K. Punnaiah

Sports

Cricket

Buchi Babu Naidu
C.K. Nayudu
M.S.K. Prasad
Bharath Reddy
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Venkatapathy Raju
Yalaka Venugopal Rao
Cota Ramaswami
Ambati Rayudu

Archery

Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Athletics

Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
Neelapu Rami Reddy – former sprinter and athletics champion
Jyothi Yerraji – hurdler

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

S. Rajeswara Rao – composer
Ghantasala – singer, composer
S P Balasubrahmanyam – singer
K. Chakravarthy – composer
Jikki – singer
S. Janaki – singer
Koti – composer
Nagur Babu (Mano) – singer
Veturi – 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

Directors

Raghupathi Venkaiah
H. M. Reddy
B. N. Reddy
B. Nagi Reddy
C. S. R. 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
Jandhyala
E V V Satyanarayana
S. S. Rajamouli
Kodi Ramakrishna
Trivikram Srinivas
Puri Jagannadh
Sukumar
Sekhar Kammula
Deva Katta
Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (Krish)
N.Shankar
Srinu Vaitla
Krishna Vamsi
Ram Gopal Varma
V. V. Vinayak
Surender Reddy

Producers

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu
B. N. 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

Acharya Aatreya
Gopimohan
Paruchuri Brothers
Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Pingali Nagendra Rao
Abburi Ravi
B.V.S.Ravi
Ajay Sastry
Guna Sekhar
Trivikram Srinivas
Sukumar
Tanikella bharani
Janardhana Maharshi
Kona Venkat
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Actresses

Savitri
Sarada
Bhanupriya
Anjali Devi
Devika
Jamuna
Sowcar Janaki
Jaya Prada
Jayasudha
P. Kannamba
Kavitha
Krishnaveni
Laya
Bindu Madhavi
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Sameera Reddy
Santhakumari
Suryakantham
Vanisri
G. Varalakshmi
S. Varalakshmi

Actors

N. T. Rama Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
S. V. Ranga Rao
Sobhan Babu
Ramana Reddy
Relangi
V. Nagayya
Ghattamaneni Krishna
Dasari Narayana Rao
Gummadi
Chiranjeevi
Venkatesh
Pawan Kalyan
Mahesh Babu
Jr. NTR
Prabhas
Ram Charan Teja
Allu Arjun
Ravi Teja
Nithiin
Nani
Sai Dharam Tej
Gopichand
Jaggayya
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Nagarjuna
Prabhakar
Rajanala
Krishnam Raju
Vishal Krishna
Mohan Babu
Tarun Kumar
Gopichand Lagadapati
Allu Rama Lingaiah
Murali Mohan
Ranganath
Gadde Rajendra Prasad
J. V. Somayajulu
Balakrishna
Jagapathi Babu
Raja Babu
Srihari
Ravi Teja
Naga Chaitanya
Venu

Music directors

K. Chakravarthy
Chakri
S P Balasubramanyam
Ghantasala
Ramana Gogula
M.M. Keeravani
K M Radha Krishnan
Ramesh Naidu
Devi Sri Prasad
Koti
Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
Satyam
Mani Sharma
Vandemataram Srinivas
Vamsi
Master Venu
Vidyasagar

Journalists

Manikonda Chalapathi Rau
Pasam Jagannadham Naidu

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