List of Famous people named Raja
Raja Mahendra Pratap
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was an Indian freedom fighter, journalist, writer, revolutionary, President in the Provisional Government of India, which served as the Indian Government in exile during World War I from Kabul in 1915, and social reformist in the Republic of India. He also formed the Executive Board of India in Japan in 1940 during the Second World War. He also took part in the Balkan War in the year 1911 along with his fellow students of MAO college. In recognition of his services, the government of India issued postage stamps in his honor. He is popularly known as "Aryan Peshwa".
Raja Chari
Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, and has over 2,000 flying hours. He is a colonel in the United States Air Force.
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. He was elected to succeed Tammy Duckworth, who gave up the seat to run for the U.S. Senate. Krishnamoorthi is a member of the Democratic Party and serves on the House Oversight Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is also chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and serves as an Assistant Whip.
Raja Chaudhary
Raja Chaudhary is an Indian television actor, writer and producer. He was a contestant on Indian reality show Bigg Boss.
Raja Ravi Varma
Raja Ravi verma was a celebrated Indian painter and artist. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Additionally, he was notable for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. His lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defined artistic tastes among common people. Furthermore, his religious depictions of Hindu deities and works from Indian epic poetry and Puranas have received profound acclaim.
Raja Zarith Sofiah
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Iskandar Al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah Afifullah is the Permaisuri of Johor. She was born as a member of the Perak Royal Family. While still attending Somerville College, Oxford, she married the heir to the throne of Johor. Now a mother of six, she participates in the work of non-governmental organisations and universities, and writes a periodical column for a newspaper.
Raja Kannappan
R. S. Raja Kannappan, formerly known as S. Kannappan, is an Indian politician and former minister of Public Works, Highways and Electricity during 1991–1996. He joined the party DMK in Feb, 2020.
Raja Mohammed
Rajaa Mohammed is a Kuwaiti actress and singer who started acting at the end of 1978.
Raja Meziane
Raja Meziane, is an Algerian singer, songwriter, lawyer, and activist.
Raja Ali Haji
Raja Ali Haji bin Raja Haji Ahmad (1808–1873) was a 19th-century Bugis-Malay historian, poet and scholar. He was elevated to the status of National Hero of Indonesia in 2004.