List of Famous people born in Uttar Pradesh, India
Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.
Michael Bates
Michael Hammond Bates was an Anglo-Indian actor. He was best known for playing the chief prison guard who processes Alex in A Clockwork Orange, Cyril Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine (1973–75), and Rangi Ram in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–77).
Aditya Yadav
Shivpal Singh Yadav is a politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He is a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district, from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.
Neminatha
Neminatha, also known as Nemi and Arishtanemi, is the twenty-second tirthankara (ford-maker) in Jainism. Along with Mahavira, Parshvanatha and Rishabhanatha, Neminatha is one of the twenty four tirthankaras who attract the most devotional worship among the Jains.
Anaika Soti
Anaika Soti is an Indian film actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. After making her debut in Ram Gopal Varma's bilingual Satya 2 (2013), she went on to feature in Vasanthabalan's period drama Kaaviya Thalaivan, for which she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Tamil.
Dalip Tahil
Dalip Tahil is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Tahil is best known for his work in Baazigar (1993) and Raja (1995).
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Vishwanath Pratap Singh , shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He is India's only prime minister to have been former royalty.
Hirday Nath Kunzru
Hridya Nath Kunzru was an Indian freedom fighter and public figure. He was a long-time Parliamentarian, serving in various legislative bodies at the Provincial and Central level for nearly four decades. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–50) that drew up the Constitution of India. He was also keenly interested in international affairs and co-founded the Indian Council of World Affairs and the Indian School of International Studies.
Bashir Hussain Zaidi
Sayyid Bashir Hussain Zaidi, CIE, MP was a member of the first Lok Sabha and the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 1956 to 1962. He also served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from United Provinces. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour, by Government of India in 1976.
Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar was a prominent Indian freedom fighter, notable pleader & a social leader from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh who took an active part in the Indian National Movement and Salt March and held many responsible positions in Indian politics including Member of the Parliament of India and Constituent Assembly in 1952.