List of Famous people born in Andhra Pradesh, India

Kasinadhuni Viswanath is an Indian audiographer turned film director, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is a recipient of five National Film Awards, six state Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South, and a Bollywood Filmfare Award. In a film career spanning sixty years, Viswanath has directed fifty three feature films in a variety of genres, including films based on performing arts, visual arts, and aesthetics.

Satti Venkata Krishna Reddy is an Indian film director, actor, producer, screenwriter and composer, predominantly known for his works in Tollywood (Telugu) and also in Hollywood, Kollywood (Tamil), and Bollywood (Hindi). He has garnered three state Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Best Telugu Director Award. In 2012 he directed the romantic comedy Divorce Invitation, an American adaptation of his 1997 Telugu Hit Aahvaanam.

Pradhana Shiromani Sir Nyapathi Madhava Rau, CIE was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Mysore from 1941 to 1945. He was a member of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution.

Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy is an Indian-American computer scientist and a winner of the Turing Award. He is one of the early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for over 50 years. He was the founding director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He was instrumental in helping to create Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in India, to cater to the educational needs of the low-income, gifted, rural youth. He is the chairman of International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. He is the first person of Asian origin to receive the ACM Turing Award, in 1994, known as the Nobel Prize of Computer Science, for his work in the field of artificial intelligence.

Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju is an Indian politician and the former Union Minister for Human Resources Development in the Central Government. He is a member of the 9th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kakinada constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress.

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi and Kannada films. He has garnered eight state Nandi Awards, the IIFA Award, the SIIMA Award, five Filmfare Awards South and two CineMAA Awards. In a film career spanning more than five decades, Rao has directed more than a hundred feature films, of which around ninety were box office hits, across multiple genres such as romantic comedy, fantasy, melodrama, action thriller, biographical and romance films.

Gujjula Ravindra Reddy is a former member of the state parliament of Brandenburg and former mayor of Altlandsberg. He was born in Neredupalli (village), Pedacherlopalli (mandal) Kanigiri, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Padmasree Warrior is an Indian-American businesswoman and technology executive. She is known for her leadership roles in technology firms like Cisco where she served as the CTO for seven years, and at Motorola where she was the CTO for five years. She also served as the CEO of NIO USA, an electric car maker. Currently, she is the founder and CEO of Fable Group Inc., a curated reading platform focused on mental wellness. She also serves on the board of directors of Microsoft, and Spotify.

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles. She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is an Indian badminton player. Rankireddy competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, winning a gold in the mixed team event, and a silver in the men's doubles event.