List of people from Uttar Pradesh

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of notable people from Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces that now is part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}}

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Deities and avatars

Jains Gods / Deities

Rishabhanatha or Ādinath (birthplace: Ayodhya) 1st Tirthankara of Jainism and founder of Jainism
Ajitnatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 2nd Tirthankara of Jainism.
Sambhavanatha (birthplace: Shravasti) 3rd Tirthankara of Jainism.
Abhinandananatha (birthplace: Ayodhya ) 4th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Sumatinatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 5th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Padmaprabha (birthplace: Kaushambi) 6th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Suparshvanatha (birthplace: Varanasi) 7th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Chandraprabha (birthplace: Chandrawati, Varanasi) 8th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Pushpadanta (birthplace: Khukhundoo) 9th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Shreyansnath (birthplace: Sarnath), 11th Tirthankara of Jainism
Vimalanatha (birthplace: Kampilya), 13th Tirthankara of Jainism
Anantanatha (birthplace: Ayodhya), 14th Tirthankara of Jainism
Dharmanatha (birthplace: Ratnapuri), 15th Tirthankara of Jainism
Shantinath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 16th Tirthankara of Jainism
Kunthunath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 17th Tirthankara of Jainism
Aranath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 18th Tirthankara of Jainism
Neminath (birthplace: Mathura), 22nd Tirthankara of Jainism
Parsvanatha (birthplace: Varanasi), 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism

Hindu gods / deities

Rama (birthplace: Ayodhya), legendary or historical king of ancient India; in Hinduism, he is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu
Lakshmana (birthplace: Ayodhya), brother and close companion of Rama; a hero in the epic Ramayana
Lord Shree Krishna (birthplace: Mathura) deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism
Parashuram (birthplace: Ghazipur), was an avatar of Vishnu

Lord Shree Krishna statue at the Sri Mariamman Temple (Singapore)
L to R: Lord Rama and Lakshmana
Neminatha (stone). Chahaman, 11th century AD, Narhad, Rajasthan
Parsvanatha statue in Bhelupur Jain temple, Varanasi
Lord Rama with arrows
Shreyansanatha at Sarnath Jain Tirth

Authors of the great epics

Bhrigu (birthplace: Ballia), one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, one of the Prajapatis created by Brahma
Sur (birthplace: Mathura), saint, poet and musician
Tulsidas (Ramayana: Chitrakoot), Awadhi poet and philosopher; wrote Rāmacaritamānasa ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to Lord Rama
Vyasa, central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions; authored Mahabharata

Malik Mohammed Jayasi
Valmiki

Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics

Amir Khusro, Sufi mystic, one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent
Bharat Bhushan, only Padmashri recipient in yoga; founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, Saharanpur
Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, Gazi Miya of Bahraich
Kabir, poet and saint Varanasi
Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint, born in Budaun
Paramahansa Yogananda, Yogi and Guru who introduced Yoga in the West. Born in Gorakhpur in 1893.
Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra

Poet-saints and religious figures

Hindu scholars

Narottama Dasa
Devraha Baba, Yogi Allahabad
Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Vaishnava scholar and Sanskrit commentator on the Prasthanatrayi, Jaunpur.
Ramanand, founder of the Rāmānandī sect Prayag (in modern Allahabad)
Raskhan
Sant Ravidas, poet and saint, Varanasi
Shiv Dayal Singh, founder and first guru of Radha Soami sect, Agra
Shrivatsa Goswami, Indologist and Gaudiya Vaishnava leader
Sur, blind Hindu poet, saint and musician born in Runkata near Agra
Swami Karpatri, teacher of Advaita, popularly known as Dharma Samrat, Gorakhpur
Swaminarayan, founder of the Swaminarayan sect, Gonda
Tulsidas, composer of the Ramcharitmanas

Islam scholars

Mulla Mahmud Jaunpuri (1606–1651), natural philosopher
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (1800-1873), Islamic scholar
Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (1834-1899), Islamic scholar
Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (1867–1921), Islamic scholar
Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935), Islamic scholar
Majid Ali Jaunpuri (died 1935), Islamic scholar
Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001), Sufi saint
Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017), Islamic scholar
Malik Mohammad Jayasi

Rulers and generals

Ancient

Keśin Dālbhya, (or Dārbhya) was a king of Panchala during the Late Vedic period, most likely between Template:Circa 900 and 750 BCE.<ref>Michael Witzel (1989), Tracing the Vedic dialects in Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes ed. Caillat, Paris, p.142</ref> He is mentioned prominently in the Taittiriya and Jaiminiya Brahmanas.<ref>Witzel (1989), p.127</ref>
Pravahana Jaivali, was a king of Panchala during the Late Vedic period (8th or 7th century BCE), mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Vi.ii.9-13) and the Chandogya Upanishad (V.4-8).<ref>H. C. Raychaudhuri (1972), Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.67.</ref> Like King Ajatashatru of Kashi and King Asvapati Kaikeya of Madra, he is depicted as a major Hindu philosopher-king.
Pasenadi, (c. 6th century BCE) was an [[Ikshvaku dynasty|Template:Transliteration]] ruler of Kosala. Sāvatthī was his capital. He succeeded after Template:IAST.<ref>Raychaudhuri H. (1972). Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.90,176</ref>
Virudhaka, was a king of Kosala during the lifetime of the Buddha.
Chandragupta Maurya, Template:Efn (350-295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha.<ref name="chakrabarti-maurya-dynasty">Template:Citation</ref>
Ashoka, ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:IAST3; Template:Circa – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during Template:Circa to 232 BCE.
Samudragupta, (c. 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India, and is regarded among the greatest rulers of India. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he greatly expanded his dynasty's political and military power.
Chandragupta II (c. 375-415), also known by his title Vikramaditya, as well as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was the third ruler of the Gupta Empire in India.
Kumaragupta I (c. 415–455 CE), an emperor of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the west to Bengal region in the east.
Gomitra
Gomitra II
Brahmamitra

Medieval

Rajyavardhana, also known as Rajya Vardhan, was the eldest son of Prabhakarvardhana and member of the Pushyabhuti dynasty. He ascended the throne after his father's death and was succeeded by his younger brother, Harsha.
Harsha, (IAST Harṣa-vardhana; Template:Circa–647 CE) was a Pushyabhuti emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who had defeated the Alchon Hun invaders,<ref>India: History, Religion, Vision and Contribution to the World, by Alexander P. Varghese p.26</ref> and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana.
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Modern

Rani of Jhansi, the Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858),<ref>Meyer, Karl E. & Brysac, Shareen Blair (1999) Tournament of Shadows. Washington, DC: Counterpoint; p. 138 – "Known to history as Lakshmi Bai, she was possibly only twelve in 1842 when she married the aging and infirm Rajah of Jhansi ..."</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Though the day of the month is regarded as certain historians disagree about the year: among those suggested are 1827 and 1835.</ref> was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar.

Nawab of Awadh

Shuja-ud-Daula, (b. Template:Birth date – d. Template:Death date) was the Subedar<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Nawab of Oudh and the Vizier of Delhi from 5 October 1754 to 26 January 1775.<ref>Princely States of India</ref>
Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, (23 September 1748 – 21 September 1797) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by Shah Alam II, from 26 January 1775 to 21 September 1797,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Wajid Ali Shah, (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Banaras state

Balwant Singh, His eldest son, Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Balwant Singh Sahib Bahadur Bhumihar<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> who succeeded his father as Raja of Kaswar and Nazim of Benares in 1738.
Maharaja Chait Singh, commonly known as Chait Singh, a Bhumihar king was a ruler of Kingdom of Benaras in northern India.<ref name="Agrarian Relations">Template:Cite book</ref>
Prabhu Narayan Singh, Template:Post-nominals (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the Benares State (Royal House of Benares), an Indian princely state, from 1889 to 1931.
Vibhuti Narayan Singh, (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of Benares, a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Kohra estate

Independence Fighters

18th century

Maharaja Chait Singh, ruler of Banaras, one of the earliest rebel against Company rule.

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Mangal Pandey, one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857.
Banke Chamar, was the freedom fighter of the 1857 revolution who was leading the revolution from Jaunpur.
Bakht Khan, nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Amar Shahid Bandhu Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was from Dumari Riyasat of Gorakhpur
Begum Hazrat Mahal, widow of the last Nawab of Awadh; Indian independence fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857
Lal Pratap Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Yuvraj of Kalakankar
Maulvi Liaquat Ali, Indian independence fighter of 1857 from Allahabad; captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India
Rani Lakshmibai, Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
Rao Kadam Singh, freedom fighter; elected by his Gurjar clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Jhalkari Bai Koli, Great Indian freedom fighter of 1857; fought against British rule; Commander of Army of Jhansi
Dhan Singh Gurjar, main freedom fighter of 1857 revolt from Meerut
Babu Bhoop Singh, ruler of Kohra (estate) and a leader of Indian Rebellion of 1857
Rao Umrao Singh Bhati, ruler of Dadri and a leader of 1857 rebellion

List of people from Uttar Pradesh

Deities and avatars

Authors of the great epics

Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics

Poet-saints and religious figures

Rulers and generals

Ancient

Medieval

Modern

Nawab of Awadh

Banaras state

Kohra estate

Independence Fighters

18th century

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Later 19th and 20th centuries

Award winners

Param Vir Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra

Ashok Chakra

Bharat Ratna

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shree

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Gyananpith Awards

Magasaysay Award

Arjuna Award

Major Dhyan Chand Award

Defence services

Army

Air force

Navy

Science and medicine

Technology

Holders of high offices

President

Vice President

Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers of other countries

President of other countries

Governors

Chief Justices

Chief Ministers

Political figures

Pre independence

Post independence

Civil service / diplomacy

Indian Foreign Service

Civil services

Indian Police Service

Business

Educators / founders of educational institutions

Authors

Hindi

Urdu

English

Poets

Hindi

Urdu

Bhojpuri

Environmentalists

Scholars

Fine arts

Journalism

Sports

Basketball

Hockey

Baseball

Wrestling

Cricket

Badminton

Other sports

Music dance

Musicians

Singers

Folk singers

Rappers

Dancers

Cinema and theatre