List of Famous people born in Hyderabad, India

Syed Akbaruddin is a retired Indian diplomat from 1985 batch of the Indian Foreign Service and served as India's permanent representative at the United Nations at New York from January 2016 to April 2020. He had previously served as official spokesperson of India's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015 and was Indian representative at IAEA from 2006 to 2011.

Asaduddin Owaisi is an Indian politician, who is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He is a four-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. For years, he has been regularly listed one among the 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world.

Diksha Panth is an Indian film actress, known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema. She was selected as a Bigg Boss Telugu contestant through wild card entry and was evicted on the 63rd day. She appeared in Shankarabharanam and Oka Laila Kosam and got her first break in the Telugu movie Gopala Gopala.

Poonam Sinha is an Indian actress, fashion model, and politician. She acted in Hindi cinema under the screen name Komal in her early career. She was crowned Miss Young India in 1968. She is married to actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha. She worked in lead roles in Hindi movies, and has also produced two films.

Naveen Polishetty is an Indian actor, writer and stand-up comic who works in Telugu and Hindi language films. He is notable for his roles in Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019) and Chhichhore (2019).

Payal Rohatgi is an Indian actress and reality TV performer who appears in Bollywood films. She was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2008.

Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma, often referred by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his work in Telugu and Hindi films alongside television dramas. Varma directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema, Varma received the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama, Shool (1999). In 2004, he was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses. In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center cited Varma as "Bombay’s Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.

Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu cinema. He was born to actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna and Lakshmi Nandamuri. He is a grandson of N. T. Rama Rao, who was an actor and politician. His younger brother, Junior NTR, is also an actor. Ram is best known for his roles in action films such as Athanokkade, Hare Ram and 118. Ram is the owner of the production company N. T. R. Arts, named after his grandfather. He also owns "Advitha Creative Studios", a video effects company, which provided special effects for movies such as Legend, Nannaku Prematho and Krishnashtami.

Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra is an Indian film actor, director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu-language films. Sesh made his film debut as a lead actor and director in 2010 with Karma. Following a few supporting roles, he established himself as a lead actor. His notable performances and commercial successes include Panjaa (2011), Ladies & Gentlemen (2015), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Dongaata (2015), Kshanam (2016), Ami Thumi (2017), Goodachari (2018), and Evaru (2019).

Amjad Khan was an Indian actor and director. He worked in over 132 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He gained popularity for villainous roles in mostly Hindi films, the most famous being the iconic Gabbar Singh in the 1975 classic Sholay and of Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978).