List of people from Madhya Pradesh

List of people from Madhya Pradesh

This is a list of famous and notable people from Madhya Pradesh, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.

* Arjun Singh, politician
* Ashok Kumar, actor
* Kishore Kumar, singer
* Lata Mangeshkar, singer
* Digvijay Singh, chief minister, (1993-2003)
* Uma Bharati, first woman chief minister of state (2003-)
* Osho Rajneesh, spiritual guru
* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the TM school of meditation.
* Aslam Sher Khan, former India hockey player
* Habib Tanvir, theatre person
* Jaya Bachchan, Actor
* Madhavrao Scindia, of the Scindia family, erstwhile rulers of Gwalior, former Union Minister
* Raghuvir Yadav, actor
* Kumar Gandharva, Hindustani Classical Singer
* Javed Akhtar, eminent writer and poet
* Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Ex president of India
* Alok Singh Mahor, IIT Delhi student

Indore district

*Ahilya Bai Holkar. The erstwhile ruler of Indore state.
*Lata Mangeshkar - born in Indore.
*Dr B.R. Ambedkar - Was born in Mhow the Cantonment town in Indore district.
*Colonel C.K. Nayudu - The first man to captain India in Test cricket.
*Captain Mushtaq Ali - Colonel Nayudu's teammate in the Holkar team and in the Indian team.
*P.C. Sethi - Former CM of MP and former Union Cabinet Minister.
*M.F. Hussain - Eminent artist who spent his childhood in Indore.
*Kutty Menon - One of the foremost exponents of Organic Farming. Recipient of Padma Shri.
*Baba Dike - Eminent theatre person associated with Marathi theatre.
*Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw - Was Commandant of the Infantry School Mhow during the 1950s.
*General K Sundarji - Was Commandant of the College of Combat Mhow during the early eighties. The College is now known as the Army War College.
*Honorary Captain Shankar Laxman - Was captain of the Indian Hockey team in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Lived in Mhow till his death on Apr 29 2006
*Chandu Sarwate - Former India cricketer.
*Amay Khurasiya - Former India cricketer.
*Narendra Hirwani - Former India cricketer.
*Sandhya Agarwal - Former India cricketer and member of the women's cricket team.
*Salman Khan
*Mohsin Khan - Software Engineer
*Comedian Johnny Walker

ee also

* List of people by India state


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