List of Famous people born in Madhya Pradesh, India

Arahat Mahinda was a Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was the first-born son of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka from his wife Devi and the elder brother of Sanghamitra.

Pawan Kumar Goenka is an Indian businessman, and the Managing Director of Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, and the chairman of SsangYong Motor Company in Korea.

Arun Sarin is an Indian-American telecommunications executive.

Rithvik Dhanjani is an Indian television actor. He played Arjun Digvijay Kirloskar in Pavitra Rishta. Dhanjani has hosted and participated in many reality shows like Nach Baliye, Dare 2 Dance, India's Best Dramebaaz and V Distraction. He won the dance reality show Nach Baliye 6 with his partner Asha Negi. In 2012, Dhanjani participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5. In 2015, he won the stunt based reality show, I Can Do That. He gained popularity as the host of the show, Yeh Hai Aashiqui. He has worked in two short films Jo Hum Chahein and Aftermath Mumbai. Rithvik also featured in 2018 Hindi erotic drama XXX, for the video on demand platform ALTBalaji.

Captain Kunwar Awadhesh Pratap Singh was a noted Indian politician and Indian independence activist.