This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Rajasthan and that part of the former Rajputana that now is part of the modern state of Rajasthan.

Award winners from Rajasthan

  • Padma Vibhushan

Gallantry honors

Business and Industry

Defence

  • Abhey Singh
  • Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
  • Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
  • Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
  • Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur) - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
  • Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM (21 Para Special Forces) Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Judiciary and law

Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India

  • Rajendra Mal Lodha, Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

  • Daulat Mal Bhandari
  • Chand Mal Lodha

Chief Justice of Other High Courts

  • Mohan Lall Shrimal
  • Guman Mal Lodha
  • Dalveer Bhandari

Judges of Rajasthan High Court

  • Kan Singh Parihar
  • Milap Chand Jain
  • Rajendra Mal Lodha

Jurists

  • L. M. Singhvi
  • Dalveer Bhandari

Eminent scholars

Scientists

  • Brahmagupta
  • Daulat Singh Kothari
  • Rajendra Singh Paroda
  • Rajpal Singh Yadav, Vector ecologist
  • Laxman Singh Rathore, DG Meteorology
  • DP Sharma, Computer and IT scientist
  • Govardhan Mehta, Chemical scientist
  • PK Sethi, Medical orthopedics

Medicine

  • P. K. Sethi
  • Veer Singh Mehta
  • Hakim Syed Karam Husain, Unani practitioner
  • Tirath Das Dogra, Former Director AIIMS, Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurgaon.

Historical figures

  • Meerabai
  • Panna Dhai
  • Gora and Badal
  • Hada Rani
  • Bhamashah
  • Rao Bika
  • Rani Padmini
  • Narharidas Barhath
  • Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali
  • Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya
  • Suryamal Misran
  • Kaviraja Shyamaldas

Journalism

  • Karpoor Chand Kulish, founder of Rajasthan Patrika
  • Ved Pratap Vaidik
  • Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Administration

  • D.R. Mehta, ex chairman of SEBI,
  • Gyan Prakash Pilania
  • Kunwar Natwar Singh

Literature

Others

  • Raj Singh Dungarpur
  • Hanuman Prasad Poddar
  • Chanda Kochhar
  • Bhanwari Devi, social worker
  • Falahari Baba

Independence activists

  • Ram Narayan Chaudhary
  • Nathuram Mirdha
  • Parsaram Maderna
  • Ranmal Singh Dorwal
  • Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath
  • Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath
  • Guru Jambheshwar
  • Devnarayan
  • Baba Ramdevji
  • Bavaliya Baba
  • Mata Rani BhatiyaniJasol
  • Gogaji
  • Pabuji
  • Mahatma Isardas
  • Jambhoji
  • Dadu Dayal
  • Brahmanand Swami
  • Dhanna Bhagat
  • Karmabai
  • Mirabai
  • Tejaji
  • Acharya Rajendrasuri
  • Acharya Mahaprajna
  • Khetlaji
  • Swarupadas
  • Keshavrai

Rulers

  • Badan Singh, founder and first Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Suraj Mal, Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Maharawal Jaisal Singh, Founder of Jaisalmer
  • Jawahar Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Rao Lunkaran Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner
  • Ram Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Kishan Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Brijendra Singh, last ruling Maharaja of Bharatpur
  • Rao Siha, Founder of Marwar
  • Kirat Singh, founder and first Maharana of Dholpur
  • Amar Singh Rathore, king of Nagaur
  • Bappa Rawal, king of Mewar
  • Durga Das Rathore
  • General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh, king of Bikaner
  • Hammiradeva of Ranthambore- grandson of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
  • Maharaja Anup Singh, King of Bikaner
  • Hammir Singh, king of Mewar
  • Jai Singh I, king of Jaipur
  • Raja Karan Singh, King of Bikaner
  • Jai Singh II, king of Jaipur
  • Jaswant Singh, king of Jodhpur
  • Kanhadadeva, king of Jalore
  • Maharao Shardul Singh
  • Maharana Pratap, king of Mewar
  • Man Singh I, king of Jaipur
  • Prithvi Raj Chauhan, king Ajmer
  • Raja Nahar Khan, king of Mewat
  • Rana Kumbha, king Mewar
  • Rana Sanga, king of Mewar
  • Rao Jodha, Founder of Jodhpur
  • Rao Bika, Founder of Bikaner
  • Rawal Mallinath
  • Rao Shekhaji
  • Udai Singh II, king of Mewar
  • Raja Rai Singh, King of Bikaner
  • Vigraharaja IV, King of Shakambhari
  • Viramadeva, king of Jalore

Politics

Rajya Sabha members

  • List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan

Ministers  —Rajasthan Government

  • List of ministers in Government of Rajasthan

Vice President of India

  • Jagdeep Dhankar
  • Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

Governors of other states

  • Gulab Chand Kataria
  • Hari Dev Joshi
  • Mohan Lal Sukhadia
  • Mohammed Usman Arif
  • Sadiq Ali
  • Nawal Kishore Sharma
  • Sunder Singh Bhandari
  • Kanwar Bahadur Singh
  • Rajkumar Dhoot
  • Ajai Singh
  • Arvind Dave
  • Banwari Lal Joshi
  • Shiv Charan Mathur
  • Govind Singh Gurjar
  • Jagannath Pahadia
  • Kamla Beniwal

Chief ministers

  • Hiralal Shastri
  • Jai Narayan Vyas
  • Mohan Lal Sukhadia
  • Barkatullah Khan
  • Hari Dev Joshi
  • Jagannath Pahadia
  • Hira Lal Devpura
  • Shiv Charan Mathur
  • Ashok Gehlot
  • Tika Ram Paliwal
  • Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
  • Bhajan Lal Sharma
  • Vasundhara Raje

Ministers — central government

  • Jaswant Singh, Former External Affairs, Defense & Finance Minister of India
  • Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Energy Minister of India.
  • Natwar Singh, Former External Affairs Minister of India
  • Nathuram Mirdha
  • Subhash Maharia
  • Satish Chandra Agrawal
  • Krishana Kumar Goyal
  • Girija Vyas
  • Rajesh Pilot
  • Ram Niwas Mirdha
  • Sis Ram Ola
  • Nawal Kishore Sharma
  • Mohammed Usman Arif
  • Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
  • Arjun Ram Meghwal
  • Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  • Bhupender Yadav
  • Kailash Meghwal
  • Jaskaur Meena
  • Kalu Lal Shrimali
  • Raj Bahadur
  • Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology
  • Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
  • Kirori Lal Meena
  • C.P. Joshi
  • Sanwar Lal Jat

Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

  • Sumitra Singh, first women speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • Poonam Chand Vishnoi
  • Parasram Maderna
  • Hari Shankar Bhabhra
  • Shanti Lal Chaplot
  • Laxman Singh
  • Kailash Chandra Meghwal

Others

  • Gayatri Devi
  • Rawal Umed Singh Rathore Barmer
  • Mohar Singh Rathore
  • Jawan Singh
  • Daulat Mal Bhandari
  • Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya
  • Narendra Budania
  • Motilal Vora Ex chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
  • Devi Singh Bhati
  • Mamta Sharma
  • Bhawani Singh of Pokhran (b. 1911) member 1st Lok Sabha

Award Winning Sports People

Khel Ratna Award Winners

  • Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Arjuna Award Winners

;Basketball

  • Khushi Ram, in 1967
  • Hanuman Singh, in 1975
  • Radhey Shyam, in 1981
  • Ajmer Singh, in 1982

;Athletics

  • Sriram Singh, in 1973
  • Gopal Saini, in 1981
  • Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984
  • Deena Ram, in 1990

Football

• Rajvi Magan Singh RPS of Dhingsari

;Volleyball

  • R K Purohit, in 1983
  • Suresh Mishra, in 1979

;Hockey

  • Sunita Puri, in 1966
  • Varsha Soni, in 1981

;Archery

  • Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989
  • Limba Ram, in 1991

;Cricket

  • Salim Durani, in 1961
  • Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present

;Swimming

  • Manjari Bhargava, in 1974

Weightlifting

  • Mehar Chand Bhaskar, in 1985

Squash

  • Bhuvneshwari Kumari, in 1982

Shooting

  • Colonel Dr Maharaja Karni Singh of Bikaner, in 1961
  • Rajyashree Kumari of Bikaner, in 1968
  • Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kota, in 1969
  • Bhim Singh II of Kota, in 1971
  • Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, in 2003

Polo

  • Col. Maharaj Prem Singh, in 1961
  • Lt.Col Kishan Singh, in 1963
  • Rao Raja Hanut Singh, in 1964

Equestrian

  • Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), in 1982
  • Col.G. M. Khan, VSM (Equestrian), in 1984

Golf

  • Lakshman Singh, in 1982

Paralympics

  • Devendra Jhajharia
  • Avani Lekhara
  • Krishna Nagar
  • Kumar Nitesh

Others

  • Parthasarathy Sharma, Cricket
  • Hanumant Singh, Cricket
  • Vikram Solanki, Cricket
  • Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, Cricket
  • Gangotri Bhandari, Ladies hockey
  • Abhijeet Gupta, Chess
  • Krishna Poonia
  • Bajranglal Takhar
  • Hari Singh (athlete), marathon runner
  • Surendra Poonia, Power-lifting

Dronacharya award winners

  • Guru Hanuman, for wrestling
  • Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006
  • R. D. Singh, for Athletics in 2007

List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949

  • V.T. Krishnamachari
  • Heera Lal Shastri
  • Raj Bahadur
  • Manikya Lal Varma
  • Lt. Col. Apji Dalel Singh
  • Jai Narayan Vyas
  • Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava
  • Gokulbhai Bhatt

Sports / Athletes

;Cricket

  • Salman Khan
  • Mahipal Lomror
  • Vinoo Mankad
  • Syed Mushtaq Ali
  • Kamlesh Nagarkoti
  • B. B. Nimbalkar
  • Rahul Chahar
  • Deepak Chahar
  • Ravi Bishnoi
  • Khaleel Ahmed

References

See also

  • List of people by India state