List of Famous people born in Uttar Pradesh, India
Neem Karoli Baba
Neem Karoli Baba or Neeb Karori Baba, known to his followers as Maharaj ji, was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 70s, the most well-known being the spiritual teachers Ram Dass and Bhagavan Das, and the musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal. His ashrams are in Kainchi, Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Shimla, Neem Karoli village near Khimasepur in Firozabad, Bhumiadhar, Hanumangarhi, Lucknow, Delhi in India and in Taos, New Mexico, US.
Lalji Tandon
Lal Ji Tandon was an Indian politician who served as the 18th Governor of Madhya Pradesh and 28th Governor of Bihar. He had also served as a member of parliament from 1996 until 2014 and as the Leader of the Opposition of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from 2003 until 2007. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a protégé of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Harivansh Narayan Singh
Harivansh Narayan Singh is an Indian journalist and politician, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Bihar.
Lakhan Rawat
Lakhan Arjun Rawat is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Manipur in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Manipur in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 1 November 2018.
Rama Pilot
Rama Pilot is an Indian National Congress (INC) politician from the state of Rajasthan. She represented Dausa in the 13th Lok Sabha. She has also represented Hindoli in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
Amrit Kaur
Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur Ahluwalia, DStJ was an Indian activist and politician. Following her long-lasting association with the Indian independence movement, she was appointed the first Health Minister of India in 1947 and remained in office until 1957. She also held the charge of Sports Minister and Urban Development Minister and was instrumental in setting up the National Institute of Sports,Patiala.During her tenure, Kaur ushered in several healthcare reforms in India and is widely remembered for her contributions to the sector and her advocacy of women's rights. Kaur was also a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly, the body that framed the Constitution of India.
Chandro Tomar
Chandro Tomar, nicknamed Shooter Dadi, is an octogenarian sharp shooter from the village of Johri in the Bagpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba (
pronunciation was an Indian cricketer. Raman had played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman. He was a popular player in Bangladesh's Dhaka Premier League and has also represented Ireland in unofficial One Day International matches. Lamba died after slipping into a coma, as a result of an internal haemorrhage, three days after being hit on the temporal bone by a cricket ball while fielding in Bangladesh's league cricket.
Anupriya Patel
Anupriya Singh Patel is an Indian politician, based in the state of Uttar Pradesh. She represents Mirzapur in Lok Sabha since 2014. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, from 2016 to 2019.
Sudhanshu Pandey
Sudhanshu Pandey is an Indian model, singer and Bollywood actor. He was part of India's first boy band, "A Band of Boys". After a career in fashion modelling, he debuted in a 2000 Bollywood film called Khiladi 420 following which he has appeared in over 35 films and shows including The Myth starring Jackie Chan. In May 2018 he came out with his first single "Teri Adaa". Currently,he is playing role of Vanraaj Shah in a family serial Anupamaa telecast of Star plus at 10 pm from Monday to Saturday.