List of people from Odisha

This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.

Literature

Age of Sarala Yuga

Sarala Dasa (1465)
Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)

Age of Upendra Bhanja

Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
Dinakrushna Dasa (c.1650–1710)
Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara (c. 1760– 1806)
Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)

Age of Radhanath

Fakir Mohan Senapati
Gangadhar Meher
Radhanath Ray
Madhusudan Rao
Nanda Kishore Bal
Gourishankar Ray
Nilakantha Das

Post colonial age

Gangadhar Meher
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Sachidananda Routray
Brajanath Rath

Poets and authors

Amjad Najmi
Annada Shankar Ray
Brajanath Ratha
Fakir Mohan Senapati
Gangadhar Meher
Hussain Rabi Gandhi
Godabarish Mishra
Gopabandhu Das
Gopinath Mohanty
Gourahari Das
Jachindra Rout
Jagadish Mohanty
Jagannath Prasad Das (Saraswati Samman winner)
Jayadeva
Jayanta Mahapatra
Karamat Ali Karamat
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Madhusudan Rao
Manasi Pradhan
Manoj Das
Manoranjan Das
Manmohan Acharya
Mayadhar Mansingh
Mohammed Ayoob
Nilakantha Das
Oopali Operajita
Pratibha Satpathy
Radhanath Ray
Ramakanta Rath
Ramakrushna Nanda
Sachidananda Raut Ray
Sarala Dasa
Sarala Devi
Sarojini Sahoo
Satya Narayan Bohidar
Sitakanta Mohapatra (Jnanpith Award winner)
Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman winner)
Tapan Kumar Pradhan

Writers and novelists

Artabalabha Mohanti
Brajanath Ratha
Gita Mehta
Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award winner)
Haldhar Nag
Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
Krushna Chandra Kar
Pratibha Ray
Shantanu Kumar Acharya
Surendra Mohanty
Uday Satpathy

Women's writing and feminism

Sarala Devi
Archana Nayak
Annapurna Choudhury
Manasi Pradhan
Nandini Sahu
Sarojini Sahoo

Children's literature

Kalicharan Pattnaik
Adikanda Mahanta
Krutibas Nayak
Ramakrushna Nanda
Dash Benhur
Nilakantha Das

Drama and plays

Kalicharan Pattnaik
Gopal Chhotray
Manoranjan Das
Biswajit Das

Short stories

Fakir Mohan Senapati
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Surendra Mohanty
Manoj Das
Jagadish Mohanty
Sarojini Sahoo

Popular science

Binod Kanungo
Gokulananda Mohapatra
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Parida
Kamalakanta Jena

Education and Research

<big>Satyabadi Era</big>

Gopabandhu Das
Nilakantha Das
Godabarish Mishra

<big>Later Period</big>

Kalicharan Pattnaik
Baidyanath Misra
Bhubaneswar Behera
Bidhu Bhusan Das
Prabhat Nalini Das
Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
Madhu Sudan Kanungo
Keshab Chandra Dash
Madhab Chandra Dash
Ranjan Dash
Prafulla Kumar Jena
Baisali Mohanty
Jitendra Nath Mohanty
Saraju Mohanty
Oopali Operajita
Prana Krushna Parija
Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
Jogesh Pati
Arun K. Pati
Sam Pitroda
Amiya Pujari
Ashok Swain
Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo

Business and Entrepreneurship

Sadhabas - Traders and Merchants from Odisha( Kalinga)
Kaundinya I - Kalingan Merchant & second monarch of Funan
Madhusudan Das - Founder of Orissa Art Wares in 1898 and Utkal Tannery in 1905
Biju Patnaik - Founder of Kalinga tubes, Kalinga Airlines, Kalinga Iron work, Kalinga Refractories and the Kalinga, a daily Odia newspaper
Mahimananda Mishra - Founder, OSL Group
Banshidhar Panda - Founder, IMFA Group
Achyuta Samanta - Founder, KIIT Group
Tara Ranjan Pattnaik - Founder, Falcon Marine Group
Dilip Ray - Founder, Mayfair Group
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik - Founder, Sambad Group
Prem Pattnaik - Founder, Haryana Coated Papers ltd & Red Fortune Llp
Pankaj Lochan Mohanty - Founder, MGM Group
Dr Satyaprakash Panda - Founder, Gandhi Group of Institutions
Dr Swarup Ranjan Mishra - Founder, Mediheal Group of Hospitals, Kenya & 1st Odia MP of Kenya, from Kesses Constituency.
Dr Ramakanta Panda - Founder, Asian Heart Institute & Asian Hospitals
Dr Sita Kantha Dash - Founder, Kalinga Hospitals
Dr Maya Gantayet - Founder, Ashwini Group of Hospitals
Arun Kar - Founder of the Nest Group-a multinational conglomerate from UK
Aditya Patra - Founder, The Aditya Group (Odisha)
Biswanath Pattnaik - Founder FinNest Group of Companies, a renewable energy-focused private equity investment company
Tarini Prasad Mohanty - Founder,

Naibuga Iron and Manganese Mines (Mining Magnate) and owner of Team Gonasika, hockey franchise of Visakhapatnam, AP

Dr Priyabrata Dhir - Founder, Sparsh Healthcare group
Rabindra Kumar Jena - Founder, Highland Group
Sibashish Mishra - Founder of BookingJini, a hospitality SaaS platform serving thousands of hotels
Sitakanta Ray - Founder of RetainIQ, is aimed at e-commerce brands looking to enhance their customer engagement and MySmartPrice, a leading price comparison platform used by lakhs of Indian consumers
Subrat Kar - Founder of MotorFloor, an online marketplace for commercial vehicles such as trucks, tractors, buses, and electric vehicles & co-founder of Vidooly, a video analytics platform that changed how Indian content creators and brands measured video performance
Santosh Panda - Founder of Foundership, a global accelerator VC focused on AI, Web3, and emerging tech and Explara in 2008 — a platform that deals with event ticketing and management across India
Srikumar Mishra - Founder of Aarna Protocol, a Singapore-based platform that blends decentralised finance with AI to create autonomous asset management solutions and Milk Mantra - dairy products startup, which was acquired by Hatsun Agro Product ltd. in 2025
Sarat Kumar Sahoo - Founder of Ruchi Foodline, a FMCG sector company whose brand "Ruchi Masala" is a household name in Odisha.
Pradosh Kumar Rout - Founder of Pragati Milk Products, whose brand

"Pragati” is the most trusted and popular dairy product brand in every household of Odisha.

Asish Mohapatra - Co founder and CEO of "Ofbusiness"
Priyadarshi Nanu Pany - Founder of CSM Technologies
Dr Tirupati Panigrahi - Founder of Hi-tech Group
Tapendra N Senapati & Ayaskanta Mohanty - Founder of Tatwa Technologies
Subroto Bagchi - Co-Founder of MindTree Limited
Jyotiranjan Harichandan - Co-founder of Bolt Energy, one of India’s fastest-growing EV infrastructure companies.
Manas Badajena - Founder of Houzlook, the creative force and entrepreneurial mind behind Houzlook, Bangalore’s trusted full-service interior design brand.
Tara Prasad Mahapatra - the visionary entrepreneur behind Asian Health Meter and Health Express
Jitu Mohapatra - Founder of Orimark Properties
Dr. Kamakhya Das - Founder of Kruti Coffee, one of India’s fastest-growing homegrown specialty coffee brands
Capt. Soumya R. Patnaik- the Managing Partner & CEO of Panbulk Shipping DMCC, one of the most respected names in global maritime logistics
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Mohanty - the visionary founder and CMD of Swosti Group — Odisha’s leading name in hospitality, tourism, and education
Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik, a renowned surgeon and the visionary founder of Shanti Hospitals Group, Cuttack
Biraja Rout - Founder of Biggies Burger – one of India’s fastest-growing burger chains
Manoj Kumar Pattnaik - the visionary founder of Orissa Transformer Pvt Ltd (OTPL) – a name trusted by Tata and many other industrial giants across India
Milan K. Mishra - Founder of Duramix Concrete — one of Odisha’s most trusted names in the construction materials industry.
Suresh Chandra Sahoo - Founder of Dion Group
Amarendra Dash - Founder of Suryo Group
Sibasis Nayak - Founder of T Cube Solutions (acquired by Capgemini)
Tapan Kumar Mohanty - Founder of Z Estates Group
Mohammed Moquim - Founder of Metro Group

Artists

Actresses

Anu Choudhury
Archita Sahu
Barsha Priyadarshini
Bijaya Jena
Jyoti Mishra
Mahasweta Ray
Naina Das
Nandita Das
Rameshwari
Sulagna Panigrahi
Tandra Ray
Kavya Keeran
Rajeswari Ray
Pupul Bhuyan
Sudharani Jena

Actors

Akash Das Nayak
Anubhav Mohanty
Arindam Roy
Atal Bihari Panda
Babushaan Mohanty
Bijay Mohanty
Buddhaditya Mohanty
Chandan Kar
Chandrachur Singh
Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
Dukhiram Swain
Hara Patnaik
Jayiram Samal
Mihir Das
Papu Pam Pam
Prashanta Nanda
Sabyasachi Mishra
Sadhu Meher
Sarat Pujari
Siddhanta Mahapatra
Sisir Misra
Sriram Panda
Uttam Mohanty
Mohammad Mohsin
Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
Samaresh Routray
Partha Sarathi Ray

Dancers

Modern

Rajasmita Kar
Prince Dance Group

Odissi Gurus and Dancers

Kalicharan Pattnaik
Gangadhar Pradhan
Geeta Mahalik
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Mayadhar Raut
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Saswat Joshi
Sujata Mohapatra
Sunanda Patnaik
Oopali Operajita
Kumkum Mohanty
Baisali Mohanty
Dayanidhi Das

Filmmakers

Mohammad Mohsin
Mehmood Hussain
Bijoy Ketan Mishra
Hara Patnaik
Mira Nair
Nila Madhab Panda
Nitai Palit
Prashanta Nanda
Ravi Kinagi
Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Sadhu Meher
Sisir Mishra
Jitendra Mishra

Painters

Jatin Das
Jayanta Meher
Kailash Chandra Meher

Sand artists

Sudarshan Pattnaik

Sculptors

Raghunath Mohapatra
Sudarshan Sahoo

Singers

Kalicharan Pattnaik
Akshaya Mohanty
Bhikari Bal
Arabinda Muduli
Krishna Beura
Pratyush Prakash
Sarbeswar Bhoi
Sikandar Alam
Sniti Mishra
Sona Mohapatra
Sunanda Patnaik
Rituraj Mohanty
Jitendra Haripal

Musicians

Kalicharan Pattnaik
Akshaya Mohanty
Prafulla Kar
Arabinda Muduli

Designers

Bibhu Mohapatra

Jurists

Ananga Kumar Patnaik; Former Justice of Supreme Court of India
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
Bira Kishore Ray; First Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Sukanta Kishore Ray; Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Jugal Kishore Mohanty; Former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
Pradip Kumar Mohanty; Former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
Gati Krushna Misra; Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Ranganath Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
Dipak Misra; Former Chief Justice of India

Chief Executive Officers

T.K.Chand, Chairman and Managing Director of NALCO

Professionals

Bankers

Ashok Kumar Sarangi
Harun Rashid Khan

Engineers

Bibhusita Das

Managers

Sarthak Behuria
Sandip Das
Subroto Bagchi
Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Ranjan Dash

Physicians

B. K. Misra (Neurosurgeon)
Ramakanta Panda (Cardiovascular Surgeon)

Journalists

Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (Journalist)
Gopal Mishra

Government civil servants

Anugraha Narayan Tiwari (Former CIC of India)
Lalit Mansingh
Prajna Paramita
Ramakanta Rath
Sitakanta Mohapatra
Dayanidhi Choudhury

Security and Law Enforcement

Pramod Kumar Satapathy

Religion

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Bhima Bhoi
Jayadeva
Atibadi Jagannath Das
Achyutananda Das
Durga Charan Mohanty

Freedom fighters

Annapurna Choudhury
Afzal-ul Amin
Baji Rout
Biswambhar Parida
Bishwanath Das
Bakshi Jagabandhu
Chakhi Khuntia
Ekram Rasul
Ghanshyam Panigrahi
Gopabandhu Choudhury
Gopabandhu Das
Godabarish Mishra
Gurubari Meher
Harekrushna Mahatab
Jayee Rajguru
Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
Jagabandhu Patnaik
Kamal Singh
Karunakar Singh
Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Laxman Nayak
Madhab Chandra Routray
Madho Singh (Ghess)
Madhusudan Das
Madhusudan Rao
Malati Choudhury
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Nilakantha Das
Nityananda Mohapatra
Parbati Giri
Pindiki Bahubalendra
RamaDevi Choudhury
Sarala Devi
Subhas Chandra Bose
Sarangadhar Das
Sayeed Mohammed
Veer Surendra Sai

Rulers

Avakinnayo Karakandu
Chullakalinga
Kalinga II
Kharavela
Kalinga Magha
Nissanka Malla
Satrubhanja
Kaundinya I
Hemangada
Sivakara Deva I
Ramachandra Deva I
Tribhuvana Mahadevi I
Anantavarman Chodaganga
Anangabhima Deva III
Narasingha Deva I
Kapilendra Deva
Purushottama Deva
Prataparudra Deva
Govinda Vidyadhara
Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Basudeb Sudhal Deb
Ramai Deva
Balarama Deva
Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
Vikram Dev III
Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo

Politicians

Amarnath Pradhan
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
Ananta Nayak
Archana Nayak
Arjun Charan Sethi
Afzal-ul Amin
Badri Narayan Patra
Bhakta Charan Das
Gopanarayan Das
Bhartruhari Mahtab
Bhupinder Singh
Bibhu Prasad Tarai
Bijayananda Patnaik
Bijoy Mohapatra
Biju Patnaik
Bikram Keshari Deo
Binayak Acharya
Biren Mitra
Bishwanath Das
Braja Kishore Tripathy
Chandra Sekhar Sahu
Chintamani Panigrahi
Draupadi Murmu
Godabarish Mishra
Gourahari Naik
Giridhar Gamang
Habibullah Khan
Harekrushna Mahatab
Hari Har Swain
Hemananda Biswal
Hrushikesh Naik
Hussain Rabi Gandhi
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Jayaram Pangi
Jitu Patnaik
Jual Oram
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
Laichan Nayak
Laxman Tudu
Maheswar Baug
Mohan Jena
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Nabin Nanda
Nandini Satpathy
Naveen Patnaik
Nilakantha Das
Nityanand Kanungo
Nilamani Routray
Niranjan Patnaik
Nityananda Pradhan
Parsuram Majhi
Pinaki Misra
Pradeep Kumar Majhi
Prasanna Acharya
Prasanna Kumar Patasani
P.V.Narasimha Rao
Pyarimohan Mohapatra
Rabi Ray
Radhanath Rath
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Ranjib Biswal
Rudramadhab Ray
Sadashiva Tripathy
Samarendra Kundu
Sanatan Mahakud
Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Sanjay Bhoi
Sarala Devi
Siddhanta Mahapatra
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
Srikant Kumar Jena
Surendra Mohanty
Sudam Marndi
Surendra Mohanty
Sushila Tiriya
Tathagata Satpathy
V.V. Giri
Baikunthanath Swain

Baba Balia
Sarala Devi
Madhusudan Das
Gopabandhu Das
Subrat Kumar Prusty
Farhat Amin
Manasi Pradhan
Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar

Sports

Cricket

Alok Jena
A. Panda
Baljit Singh
Basant Mohanty
Bibhudutta Panda
Kadambini Mohakud
Biplab Samantray
Debashish Mohanty
Ranjib Biswal
Sanjay Raul
Shiv Sunder Das
Natraj Behera

Hockey

Binita Toppo (female hockey)
Dilip Tirkey
Lazarus Barla
Ignace Tirkey
Birendra Lakra

Other sports

Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles, running)
Budhia Singh (long distance running)
Dutee Chand (sprint runner)
Jauna Murmu (sprint running, hurdler)
Katulu Ravi Kumar (weightlifting)
Srabani Nanda (sprint runner)
Pramila Prava Minz (rowing)
Pratima Puhan (rowing)
Valena Valentina (karate)
Kalpana Dash (Everest climber)
Pramod Bhagat (Paralympian)

References

External links

Odissi dance at the Open Directory
History of Odissi