List of Famous people born in Odisha, India

Subroto Bagchi is an Indian entrepreneur and business leader. He is the co-founder of Mindtree and a business author.

Anubhav Mohanty is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and politician. He has a significant following in Odisha, referred as the "Bhaijaan", "Baadshah" of Ollywood.He is currently the highest paid actor of Ollywood.

Ranganath Mishra was as the 21st Chief Justice of India, serving from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004. He is the second Supreme court judge to become a Rajya Sabha member after Baharul Islam who was also elected as Indian National Congress member.

Dr. Laxminarayan Sahu was an eminent and noted writer, poet, journalist, social worker, reformer, historian, politician from Odisha, India.

Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, usually referred to as Dr. P. K. Mahanandia, is an Indian-born Swedish artist famous for his journey by a second hand bicycle from New Delhi to Gothenburg in 1977 to meet the love of his life, Charlotte Von Schedvin.

Lokenath Mishra is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was earlier a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from Odisha.

Himanshu Rai, one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, is best known as the founder of the studio in 1934, along with Devika Rani. He was associated with a number of movies, including Goddess (1922), The Light of Asia (1925), Shiraz (1928), A Throw of Dice (1929) and Karma (1933). He was married to actress Devika Rani Chaudhuri (1908–1994).

Pandit Raghunath Murmu was an Indian Santali writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the Ol Chiki script used in Santali language.

Rutaparna Panda is an Indian badminton player from Odisha who has been selected to be part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games. She now trains at the Hyderabad academy, and in July 2018, she won the women's doubles title at the All-India senior ranking badminton tournament in Bengaluru. Odisha educated business administration at the KITT University.

Krushna Chandra Gajapati, honorably known as Maharaja Sir Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayana Dev KCIE, was a key personality and regarded as the architect of an Independent united Odisha State. Gajapati was a scion of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty of Paralakhemundi, a Freedom Fighter, the first Prime Minister of Odisha and one of the founding fathers of the Indian Constitution, being a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India. The present-day Gajapati District of Odisha which was earlier a part of the historic Ganjam district was named after him.