List of Famous people born in Uttar Pradesh, India

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is an Indian politician and India's Sherpa to the G7 and G20. He was formerly the Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation in the First Modi ministry.

Siddhant Chaturvedi is an Indian film actor. He starred as a teenage cricketer in the Prime Video web series Inside Edge from 2017 to 2019 and ventured into Bollywood films with the supporting role of a street rapper in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019). For the latter, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Anupria Goenka is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat Nirman ad campaign and for playing a lesbian in India's first ever lesbian ad for the brand Myntra. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film Potugadu, having previously starred in the 2013 short film Worth the Kiss. She subsequently starred in the comedy-drama Bobby Jasoos (2013), the drama Paathshala (2014), the action comedy Dishoom (2016) and the crime-drama Daddy (2017). Goenka went on to star in the action-thrillers Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and War (2019), and the epic period drama Padmaavat (2018), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.

Phoolan Devi, popularly known as "Bandit Queen", was an Indian female rights activist, bandit and politician from the Samajwadi Party who later served as Member of Parliament.

Ravidas was an Indian mystic poet-sant of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru (teacher) in the region of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and mainly Punjab. He was a poet-saint, social reformer and a spiritual figure.

Keshav Prasad Maurya is the deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the 2014 Indian general elections from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency of Allahabad district and won it.

Arif Mohammad Khan is an Indian politician representing the Bharatiya Janata Party and who is currently the Governor of Kerala. He has previously been a cabinet minister in the Union government. He has held several portfolios ranging from energy to civil aviation.

Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay was an Indian actor. He is best known to Hindi film audiences for his role as the astrologer Guran in Lagaan (2001) and as the postmaster Nivaran in Swades (2004). He had also played role of Vyasa, author of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, in the popular Indian series Mahabharat. He made his mark as a villain in the beginning with films like Veerana (1988) and Joshilaay (1989), often playing the role of a henchman, and later took to portraying comedic and supporting characters. His other credits include Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, What's Your Raashee? and Bunty Aur Babli. Rajesh is also noted for his roles in the historic TV series Bharat Ek Khoj and in the TV Serial Aghori. He was roped in for an ad series of Cadbury 5 Star as the father of the two sons.

Muhammed Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari, also known as Tajushshari'ah or Azhari Miya was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti. He was a great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and founder of the Barelvi movement. He was considered by Barelvi Muslims in India to function as the Grand Mufti of India. He had been ranked 22nd on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world, compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. He had tens of millions of followers globally.

Rajnath Singh is an Indian politician serving as the Defence Minister of India. He is the former President of Bharatiya Janata Party. He has previously served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Cabinet Minister in the Vajpayee Government. He was the Home Minister in the First Modi Ministry. He has also served as the President of the BJP twice i.e. 2005 to 2009 and 2013 to 2014. He is a veteran leader of the BJP who started his career as a RSS Swayamsevak. He is an advocate of the party's Hindutva ideology.