List of Famous people with last name Prasad

Jaishankar Prasad was a prominent figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. Prasad was his pen name.

Vinaya Prasad, born as Vinaya Bhat, is a popular film and television actress in South India who has primarily featured in Kannada and Malayalam films and TV series besides acting in Tamil and Telugu language films. She has won the State Best Actress Award for her performances in Aathanka (1993) and Bannada Hejje (2001). The senior actress in her career has shared screen space with Vishnuvardhan, Ananth Nag, Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Ambareesh, Venkatesh, Akkineni Nagarjuna, V. Ravichandran, Shivrajkumar, Mahesh Babu, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and others.

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad is an Indian film editor. He works predominantly on Telugu alongside in Malayalam, Tamil, and English films. His last National Film Award for Best Editing was for his work on the feature film Firaaq (2008), directed by Nandita Das. He was included in the Limca Book of Records as People of the Year - 2013 for wide contribution to the Indian cinema in several languages and also for holding a record eight National Awards including a Special Jury Award.

Gadde Rajendra Prasad is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. In 1991, he received Andhra Pradesh state's Nandi Award for Best Actor for Erra Mandaram and after almost 15 years, he received his second Nandi Award for Best Actor for Aa Naluguru, additionally, he has also received an Honorary doctorate from Andhra University. In 2012, he starred in the medical thriller Dream, for which he won the Royal Reel Award along with director K. Bhavani Shankar at the Canada International Film Festival.

Nagendra Prasad is an Indian dance choreographer and actor. He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popular cine artistes Prabhu Deva and Raju Sundaram.

Brajeshwar Prasad was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Gaya in Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress.

Mahendra Prasad, a politician from Janata Dal (United) party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament. He is the richest Indian MP. Prasad also owns two pharmaceutical companies, Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratries Pvt Ltd.