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04 Oct

Famous Personalities

In About Telugu - Our Pride

Written by Super User

Poets[edit]

Gona Budda Reddy - 13th-century poet
Vemana
Tikkana
Yerrapragada
Bammera Pothana
Allasani Peddana
Tenali Ramakrishna
Nannayya
Sidhendra Yogi- Originator of Kuchipudi
Molla - Ramayana author

Royalty[edit]

Goutami Putra Satakarni -- Satavahana dynasty
Madhava Varma -- Vishnukundina Dynasty
Rajaraja Narendra -- Eastern Chalukya
Rani Rudrama Devi -- Kakatiya dynasty
Reddy dynasty -- Reddy kings
Musunuri Kaapaaneedu -- Liberator of Telugus from Delhi Sultanate
Madurai Nayaks
Tanjavur Nayaks
Kandy Nayaks
Telugu Cholas
Pemmasani Nayaks
Musunuri Nayaks
Vasireddy Clan

Journalists[edit]

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao - journalist of early twentieth century and father of the library movement in Andhra,Founder of Andhra patrika.
P. Sainath - award winning Indian development journalist
N. Subba Rao Pantulu and D.Kesava Rao pantulu (Co Founders of The Hindu)
G. K. Reddy - Journalist
Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao - Kakatiya Patrika.

Music composers[edit]

Religious leaders and philosophers[edit]

Acharya Nagarjuna - Philosopher and Alchemist
Yogi Vemana- Poet and philosopher
U. G. Krishnamurti - Philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti - 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher
Sringeri Shankaracharya
Nimbarkacharya - One of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India.
Vishnuswami - One of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India.
Vallabha Charya - Another major Vaishnav acharya.
Satya Sai Baba - An internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti
Pothuluri Veerabrahmam-A well-known saint and astronomer in the 17th century

Warriors, martyrs and freedom fighters[edit]

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy- First freedom fighter of India......
Alluri Sitaramaraju
Arutla Ramchandra Reddy - Indian freedom fighter & Telangana movement leader from Nalgonda
Potu Narsimha Reddy - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from Adilabad
Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
Potti Sreeramulu - Responsible for the formation of Andhra State
Anabheri Prabhakar Rao
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
Kaneganti Hanumanthu
Sarojini Naidu
Tanguturi Prakasam
Pingali Venkayya
Prof. N.G. Ranga
Gouthu Latchanna
Durgabai Deshmukh
Kandukuri Veeresalingam
Kaloji Narayana Rao

Scientists[edit]

Yellapragada Subbarao
Dr Raj Reddy - Renowned scientist in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science and academician. He is the first and the only winner of Turing award from India.
Suri Bhagavantam: A famous Indian scientist and administrator who worked and collaborated with C.V.Raman He worked as Director of the Indian Institute of Science and theDefence Research and Development Organization and as adviser to the Indian defense ministry.
Yelavarthy Nayudamma
G. K. Podila
Dr.D. Bap Reddy: Entomologist and Acting Assistant Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
Narayanam Narasimha Murthy Dr N N Murthy, Quality & Environment Expert
Mahidhara Nalini Mohan Rao
Kallam Anji Reddy

Writers[edit]

Paravastu Chinnayya Soori
C. Narayana Reddy : winner of gnanapeeta award
Mahidhara Nalini Mohan Rao
Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu - Writer
Narayanam Narasimha Murthy Popularly known as "Vidyavachaspati" Prof Dr N N Murthy, Crusader of Paryavaran Kavitodyamam (పర్యావరణ కవితోద్యమం)
Suravaram Pratap Reddy - Writer and historian from Telangana
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - Poet from Rayalaseema
Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist from Chittoor
GD Naidu
Rishi Reddi - American authour

Artists[edit]

Nandikolla Gopala Rao-Father of Modern Contemporary Art in Andhra Pradesh
Krishna Reddy (artist) - Printmaker and sculptor
Laxma Goud
Damerla Rama Rao
Yamini Reddy - Kuchipudi dancer

Academia and science[edit]

Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy - Founder and Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher
Prof Dr N N Murthy Environmentalist, UNESCO Messenger for Culture of Peace
C.N.R. Rao - Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry.
G. Ram Reddy - Former University Grants Commission chairman
Raj Reddy - Computer scientist Dr. Raj Reddy - winner of the ACM Turing Award
Sarvepalli Gopal - Indian Historian
J. N. Reddy - Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Arjula Ramachandra Reddy - Biologist, First vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University
Pavani Parameswara Rao - a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India

Award winners[edit]

Bharat Ratna

V.V. Giri, awarded 1975
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, awarded 1954

Padma Vibhushan

Padmabhushan

Jnanpith Award[edit]

Viswanatha Satyanarayana for his work "Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu" for the year 1970.
C. Narayanareddy for his Telugu poetic work Viswambara for the year 1988.
Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his Telugu poetic work "Pakudu Rallu" (Crawling Stones) for the year 2012.

Sahitya Akademi Award[edit]

Suravaram Pratap Reddy for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (1955)
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy for his Short Stories Book Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu

Dada Saheb Phalke award[edit]

Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy (1974) - First South Indian to receive the highest award in movies in India.
Paidi Jairaj (1980)
B.Nagi Reddy (1986)
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990)
D. Ramanaidu (2009)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

Karnam Malleswari - Weightlifting (1995–1996)
Pullela Gopichand - Badminton (2000–2001)

Arjuna Award

Karnam Malleswari - Weight Lifting
V.V.S. Laxman - Cricket
Mithali Raj - Cricket
Mukesh Kumar - Hockey

Politicians[edit]

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Speaker of Lok Sabha
Tanguturi Prakasam - Ex-Chief Minister of Madras Presidency and First Chief Minister Of Andhra State.
P. V. Narasimha Rao - Prime minister of India (1991–1996)
Varahagiri, Venkata Giri - Ex-President of India
Bezawada Gopala Reddy - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Tanguturi Anjaiah - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
N. T. Rama Rao - Ex-Chief Minister of A.P
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister of A.P
N.G. Ranga - Guinness Book of World Records
Marri Chenna Reddy - Ex-Chief Minister
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy - Maharastra Governor, Ex-Chief Minister
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Nara Chandrababu Naidu - Ex-Chief Minister of A.P
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy - Present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

French Yanam[edit]

Diwan Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou - (Ancien Membre du Conseil Local et Conseil Municipal de Yanaon, Ancien Jury De Yanaon, Former Diwan of ManyamZamindari of French Yanam)
Bezawada Bapa Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)
Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)
Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu - Former MLA of Yanam for six consecutive terms and Deputy Speaker, Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly.
Dadala Raphael Ramanayya - Freedom fighter
Samatam Krishnayya - Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire(interim) de Yanaon

Modern writers[edit]

Business[edit]

Anji Reddy Founder,Dr Reddy labs.
Prathap C. Reddy - Founder, Apollo Hospitals
Y. Venugopal Reddy - Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India
Ramoji Rao - Eenadu Group
Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao - GMR Group
Srini Kopollu - Microsoft India
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy - Chairman, Balaji Group.
Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy - GVK group ofIndustries.
T. Subbarami Reddy - Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies.
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju - Founder of Satyam Computers.

Sports[edit]

C.K. Nayudu First Captain of Indian Cricket Team
Buchi Babu Naidu- Father of Madras Cricket in Chennai
Cotah Ramaswami- represented India in both International cricket & Tennis.
Kodi Rammurthy Naidu - Bodybuilder and wrestler
Neelapu Rami Reddy - Sprinter and athletics champion
A. Ramana Rao - Volley Ball Player
M. S. K. Prasad - Cricketer
M. L. Jaisimha - Cricketer
Shivlal Yadav - Cricketer
Bharath Reddy - Test Cricketer (1978–1981)
Karnam Malleswari - Olympic medalist in weight lifting
Pullela Gopichand - 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton Champion
Venugopal Rao - Cricketer
Ambati Rayudu - Cricketer
V. V. S. Laxman - Cricketer
Venkatapathy Raju - Cricketer
Rohit Sharma - Cricketer
Mithali Raj - Woman Cricketer
Vikash Dhorasoo - French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup.
Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis.
Chetan Anand - Badminton champion
Laxman Reddy - Body Building champion - Winner,Mr. World 2010
Jwala Gutta - Badminton champion
Pendyala Harikrishna - Youngest Chess Grand Master

Movies[edit]

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu - Father of Telugu cinema
H.M. Reddy- Heart of Telugu cinema. First Telugu, first Tamil & first Kannada film director
B.N. Reddy- Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner
B. Nagireddy - Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner
Moola Narayana Swamy - Vauhini Studios owner and producer
S.V. Ranga Rao - Telugu and Tamil actor, producer
Chittor V. Nagaiah - Veteran Telugu Actor
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao - Film Actor/Director/Producer/Former Chief Minister, Andhra
Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Film Actor & Studio owner
Ghattamaneni Krishna - Film Actor & Studio owner
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - Legendary Singer and music Composer
Relangi Venkata Ramaiah - Film Actor and Singer
Ramana Reddy - Comedian
Savitri - Telugu and Tamil actress, producer
Vanisri - Telugu and Kanada actress
Lakshmi - Telugu and Tamil Actress
Chiranjeevi - Telugu actor, Prajarajyam party founder
Nandamuri Balakrishna - Telugu actor.
Kanta Rao - Film Actor
Padmanabham - Film Actor, Producer
M. Prabhakar Reddy - Actor
Dasari Narayana Rao - Telugu director, actor and producer
Midde Rama Rao - Film Producer
Chalam - Actor and Producer
Pawan Kalyan - Telugu actor
Kaikala Satyanarayana - Actor and producer
Katta Subba Rao - Telugu Film Director
Rajanala - Actor
Allu Rama Lingaiah - Actor
Pasupuleti Kannamba - Telugu and Tamil actress and producer
Krishnaveni (actress) - Actress, singer, producer
Devika - Telugu and Tamil actress
G. Varalakshmi - Actress
S. Varalakshmi - Telugu and Tamil actress
Santha Kumari - Telugu and Tamil actress and producer
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna - Telugu and Tamil actress and producer
Jamuna - Telugu actress
Sowkar Janaki - Telugu and Tamil actress
Krishna Kumari - Telugu actress
Annapoorna (actress) - Telugu actress
Kasinadhuni Viswanath - One of India's most famous directors
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam - Singer, Guinness record holder having sung more number of songs by any male
S. Janaki - a legendary South Indian playback singer
P. Susheela - a legendary South Indian playback singer
S.P. Sailaja - Singer
Mano - Singer
Akkineni L. V. Prasad - Producer/Director
Edida Nageshwara Rao - Producer
Allu Aravind - Producer
A.M. Rathnam - Producer
Nagendra Babu - Actor and producer
Srihari - Actor and producer
Allu Arjun - Actor
Ram Charan Teja - Actor
Rambha (actress) - Actress
Roja Selvamani - Actress
Bhanupriya - Indian Actress
Rajiv Kanakala - Actor
Kodi Ramakrishna - Director
Sekhar Kammula - Director and producer
Nagesh Kukunoor - Director and producer
V.V. Vinayak - Director
Krishna Vamsi - Director
Sukumar - Director
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao - Film Actor
Bapu (Sattiraju Laxminarayana) - Artist and Film Director
Krishnam Raju - Film Actor
Krishna - Film Actor & Studio owner
Sobhan Babu - Film actor
Adurthi Subba Rao - Producer & Director
D. Ramanaidu - Producer & Studio owner
A. Kodandarami Reddy - Film Director
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao - Director/Producer
Rao Gopal Rao - Film Actor
Chalam - Film Actor
Mohan Babu - Film Actor/Producer
Sharada - Film Actress
Jayasudha - Film Actress
Jaya Prada - Film Actress
Maganti Murali Mohan - Film Actor/Producer
Paruchuri Brothers - Writers
Akkineni Nagarjuna - Film Actor/Poducer and Studio owner
S.V. Krishna Reddy - Director
Venkatesh- Film Actor
Vijayashanti - Film Actress
Yandamuri Veerendranath - Writer/Director
Jagapati Babu - Film Actor
Babu Mohan - Standup comedian
Mahesh Babu - Film Actor
Jandhyala- Film Director
Rajendra Prasad - Film Actor
Vamsy - Film Director
Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy - Poet and Lyricist
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri- Poet and Lyricist
Raviteja - Film Actor
C. Ashwini Dutt - Film Producer
Dil Raju (Venkatramana Reddy) - Film Producer
K.S. Rama Rao - Film Producer
Ram Gopal Varma - Film Producer/Director
M.M. Keeravani - Music Director
Mani Sharma - Music Director
M.S. Raju - Film Producer
Nitin Kumar Reddy - Film Actor
Kota Srinivasa Rao - Film Actor
Suthi Velu - Actor
Brahmanandam - Film Actor, acted in more than 700 films, guinness record holder for acting in highest number of films
Tanikella Bharani - Dialogue Writer/Actor
M.S. Narayana - Film Actor
Ali - Film Actor
A. Sreekar Prasad - Film Editor
Puri Jagannadh - Film Director
Tarun - Film Actor
Trivikram Srinivas - Dialogue Writer/Film Director
Jr. NTR - Film Actor
Prabhas - Film Actor
Devi Sri Prasad - Music Director
Surender Reddy - Film Director
S.S. Rajamouli - Film Director
Vishal Krishna Reddy - Actor
Aditya Ram - Film Producer
Kalyan Ram - Film Actor
Vishnu Vardhan Babu - Film Actor
Allari Naresh - Film Actor
Ram - Film actor
Chota K. Naidu - Cinematographer
Shyam K. Naidu - Cinematographer
Ravi Krishna - Actor
Ananth Sreeram - Lyricist
Moola Narayana Swamy - Producer
P. Pullaiah - Producer
Shyam Prasad Reddy - Film Producer
D.V. Narasa Raju- Writer and Film Director
Madhavapeddi Satyam - Singer
S. Gopal Reddy - Cinematographer, Producer
Roja Selvamani - Actress turned politician
Sameera Reddy - Actress
Sneha (actress) - Actress
E.V.V. Satyanarayana - Film Director
Rami Reddy - Actor
Hari Kondabolu - Standup comedian
Rallapalli Narasimha Rao - Actor
Keerthi Reddy - Actress
Laya - Film Actress
Jaya Prakash Reddy - Actor
Meka Srikanth - Film Actor
G. Neelakanta Reddy - Film Director
J.D. Chakravarthy - Film Actor
Uday Kiran - Film Actor
Vaibhav Reddy - Actor
Sameer Reddy - Cinematographer
Aryan Rajesh - Film Actor
Sunil - Film Actor
ramesh naidu - Music director
Vidyasagar - Music director
Johny Lever-Film Actor\Stand-up Comedian
Swati Reddy - Film actress and television presenter
Nandini Reddy - Film Director
Bindu Madhavi Reddy - Actress
Samantha Ruth Prabhu - Tamil & Telugu Actress
Nani (actor) - Actor