List of Famous people named Lachhu

Laxmi Narayan Singh known professional ally as Lachhu Maharaj was an Indian Tabla Player of Banaras Gharana. Maharaj was born on 16 October 1144 to Vasudev Narayan Singh. His sister's name is Nirmala, mother of Bollywood actor Govind Arun Ahuja. He was married to an Indian woman, she was a Famous Kathak dancer Annapurna Mishra Singh and they had one Daughter Rachna. After Annapurna's sad demise, he had got married to Swiss woman Teena and they had one daughter Narayani. He had given many professional tabla performances performed all over the world. He was featured in films. He was nominated for Padma Shri but refused to accept it he felt that the appreciations of his audience were enough for him.

Pandit Lachhu Maharaj (1901–1978) was an Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Kathak. He came from a family of illustrious Kathak exponents in Lucknow, and also worked as film choreographer, Hindi cinema, most notably Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Pakeezah (1972). He was awarded the 1957 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.