This is a list of notable personalities from Bihar, India. Bihar ( Hindi:बिहार Urdu: بہار bɪhaːr) is a state in eastern India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country This list is not based on the extent of their popularity.
Ancient
Writers and Scholars
Movies
Directors
Actors
Actresses
- Neetu Chandra
- Priyanka Chopra (Mother is a Bihari Hindu Kyastha. Mahavira (महावीर lit Great Hero) (599 – 527 BCE is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamana ( Sanskrit: वर्धमान Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Pāṇini ( IAST: Pāṇini Dēvanāgarī: sa पाणिनि a Patronymic meaning "descendant of {{IAST|Paṇi}} " was an ancient Āryabhaṭa ( Devanāgarī: आर्यभट (AD 476 &ndash 550 is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics Mallanaga Vātsyāyana is the name of an Indian philosopher in the Vedic tradition who lived some time in the Gupta period ( 4th to 6th Chanakya Sanskrit: चाणक्य Cāṇakya) (c 350-283 BC was an adviser and a Prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Aśvaghoṣa (? 80 -? 150 CE) ( Devanagari: अश्वघोष was an Indian Philosopher - Poet, born in Saketa Āryabhaṭa ( Devanāgarī: आर्यभट (AD 476 &ndash 550 is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics Ashoka ( Devanāgarī: अशोकः IAST: Aśokaḥ, aɕoːkə(hə Prakrit Imperial title Devanampriya Priyadarsi Acharya Shivpujan Sahay is a Hindi a novelist (Dehati Duniya 1926 a short story writer (Vibhuti 1935 editor and Prose writer Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर' ( September 23, 1908 April 24, 1974) was an Indian Ramavriksha Benipuri (1902-1968 was a Hindi writer He was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family in a small village named Benipur in the Indian state Devaki Nandan Khatri (1861-1913 was the first author of Mystery novels in Hindi. Tabish Khair is an Associate professor in the Department of English University of Aarhus in Denmark. Kalanath Mishra (born 19 December 1959 in Bihar) is a Hindi author Vidyapati Thakur (1352? - 1448? also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet Cuckoo of Maithili) was a Maithili poet and a Maithili (मैथिली Maithilī) is a language spoken in the eastern part of India, mainly in the Indian state of Bihar Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889 -1971 is a Hindi literateur grammarian and publisher Gopal Singh Nepali (1911 - 1963 was an eminent poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood. Ram Sharan Sharma (born 1919 is Emeritus Professor, Department of History Patna University and an eminenthistorian of Ancient India. Binod Bihari Verma (1937 - 2003 was a Maithili littérateur by soul medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career Acharya Rameshwar Jha (20th century CE was an expert on Kashmir Shaivism. Prakash Jha ( Hindi: प्रकाश झा is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter who is most known for his political and socio-political films Manjul Sinha is an Indian television director Sinha always wanted to be a director Manjul Sinha came to Bombay in pursuit of a career in Direction Manish Tiwary is from Bihar India He was educated at Cambridge University, Yale University, and the United Nations University in Tokyo Japan Shatrughan Sinha (born December 9, 1947) (also known as Shotgun is an Indian actor and now politician born in Patna, Bihar. Shekhar Suman (born June 14, 1956, Patna Bihar) is an Indian actor and television personality Manoj Bajpayee born on 23rd April is a Hindi film actor known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles Neetu Chandra (born on June 20 in Bihar) is an Indian theatre and film actress Priyanka Chopra ( Hindi: प्रियंका चोपड़ा born July 18, 1982) is an Indian film actress and former Priyanka was born in Jamshedpur, now in Jharkhand)
- Rajkumari
Arts
Music
- Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan A shehnai maestro
- Chitragupta Music Director
- Udit Narayan One of all time greatest playback singer
- Aditya Narayan Budding host and singer. Rajkumari Dubey (1924 - 2000 better known by her first name was an Indian Playback singer. Shovana Narayan is best known as one of the best Kathak danseuses in the world Bharat Ratna (translates to Jewel of India or Gem of India in English) is India 's highest Civilian award, awarded for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib ( March 21, 1916 – August 21, 2006) was a Shehnai Maestro from India. For the movie refer to Shehnai (film The Shehnai is an Aerophonic instrument which is thought to bring good luck and as a result is widely used in North Chitragupta (Sanskrit चित्रगुप्त rich in secrets is a Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth Udit Narayan Jha (उदित नारायण झा popularly known as Udit Narayan is a Playback singer in commercial Hindi - Tamil - Aditya Narayan Jha ( Devanāgarī: आदित्य नारायण झा(born August 6, 1987 commonly known as Aditya Narayan is [Udit's son]
Religion
Science, Mathematics, Medicine
Politics
- Kailashpati Mishra
- Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
- Deep Narayan Singh
- Faz Husain (U. SITA is a multinational Information technology company specialising in providing IT and telecommunication services to the Aviation industry Hanuman (हनुमत् sa-Latn '''Hanumat''' nominative singular sa हनुमान् sa-Latn ''Hanumān'' known also as ' Anjaneya' (son of Anjana is one of the Mahavira (महावीर lit Great Hero) (599 – 527 BCE is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamana ( Sanskrit: वर्धमान Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja born 16 February 1921, is a Vaisnava Spiritual leader. Imam Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi (July 1857 - March 21, 1911) was considered one of the most important Islamic scholars and Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Guru Gobind Singh (ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ gʊɾu gobɪn̪d̪ sɪ́ŋg ( December 22, 1666 &ndash 7 October, 1708) was Chandreshwar Prasad "C P" Thakur (born 3 September 1931) is a current member of Rajya Sabha, a former minister in the Government of India Ramananda Prasad (born 1938) is the founder of the International Gita Society Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (born September 9, 1987 in Patna, India) is a Scientist but is most well known as a Child prodigy Kailashpati Mishra (Birth 5th October 1926 Dudharchak Buxar, Bihar in a Bhumihar Brahmin family is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra briefly served as the Minister of External Affairs of India. Deep Narayan Singh was an Indian politician participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Faizi Faz Husain ( January 21, 1952 - March 9, 2006) was a Pizza shop owner Muslim community leader and local politician S. )
- Bidhu Jha (Canada)
- Abdul Ghafoor(Former Chief Minister of Bihar)
- Nitish Kumar
- Jagjivan Ram
- Satyendra Narayan Sinha
- B.P. Mandal
- Dr. Bidhu Shekhar Jha is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 2003 representing the Winnipeg Nitish Kumār (नितीश कुमार (born 1 March 1951, Bakhtiarpur, Bihar, India) is the Chief Minister of Early life Jagjivan Ram was born at Chandwa near Arrah in Bihar. Satyendra Narayan Sinha (also transliterated as Satyendra Narayan Singh (born July 12 1917) was an Indian politician participant in the Indian independence Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal (1918 - 1982 was an Indian Parliamentarian who served as the chairman of the Second Backward Classes Commission (popularly Jagannath Mishra
- Lalit Narayan Mishra
- Ram Vilas Paswan
- Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Nikhil Kumar
- Lallan Prasad Singh
- S. K. Sinha
- Yashwant Sinha
- Karpoori Thakur (also spelled Karpuri Thakur)
Sports
Bureaucracy
- Nikhil Kumar- IPS, former Delhi Police Commissioner, Ex-Director General NSG. Dr Jagannath Mishra is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Lalit Narayan Mishra was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975 who died in 1975 in a bomb blast Ram Vilas Paswan (born 5 July, 1946) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Lalu Prasad Yadav, sometimes spelt as Laloo Prasad or Lalloo Prasad ( Devanāgarī: लालू प्रसाद यादव Lālu Prasād (born June Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July, 1941) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Lallan Prasad Singh was governor of Assam (1973-80 Manipur (1973-80 1982-83 Meghalaya (1973-80 Nagaland (1973-81 and Tripura Lieutenant General (Retd Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM (born 1926 is an Indian soldier Yashwant Sinha (born November 6, 1937, Patna) is an Indian politician and a former Finance minister of India (March 1998 Karpoori Thakur ( 24 January 1924 - 18 February 1988) was an Indian politician from the Bihar state Karpoori Thakur ( 24 January 1924 - 18 February 1988) was an Indian politician from the Bihar state Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MS Dhoni ( Hindi:महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी (born July 7 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian Saba Karim (born November 14, 1967 in Patna) is an Indian Cricketer He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (born January 2, 1959, Purnea, Bihar) is a former Indian Cricketer who played in seven Zafar Iqbal is an Indian Field hockey player He wore Indian blue jersey number 11 Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July, 1941) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.
- Abhayanand - IPS, present Additional Director General of Police, Government of Bihar. Abhayanand is a 1977 batch IPS officer He is currently serving as Additional Director General of Police in the Bihar Government
- Ram Chandra Sinha - IAS, Former Chief Secretary of Bihar Chief Minister, Founder of the Sudha Co-Operative, now senior Advocate.
- Krishna Chandra Sinha - IPS, Former Director General Police, Bihar
Business
- Samprada Singh Founder & Chairman, Alkem Labs
- Sanjay Kumar- Founder & Chairman, Enaviya Technolgy Inc,USA
- Manish Kumar- Founder & Chairman, Enaviya Information Technolgy, Bangalore
Others
- Chandrashekhar Prasad
- Gen. Sanjay Kumar(Tamil-சஞ்சய் குமார் (born Chandrashekar Prasad was an Indian student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University, a president of its Students' union and an activist of the Communist S. K. Sinha, PVSM - Vice-Chief of Army Staff, Ambassador to Nepal, Governor of Assam, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- Dhirendra Brahmachari
- Kumar Amresh Mishra
Lieutenant General (Retd Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM (born 1926 is an Indian soldier Param Vishisht Seva Medal (or PVSM is a military award of India. Dhirendra Brahmachari was the yogic mentor of Indira Gandhi - a former Prime Minister of India
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