This article provides lists of famous and notable Bhojpuriya-sawb or Bhojpuri people in the Indian subcontinent and other countries like Suriname, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana and people with Bhojpuri ancestry or people who speak Bhojpuri as their primary language.
President Presidents of India
Mohammad Hidayatullah, (20 July 1969 – 24 August 1969; 6 October 1982 – 31 October 1982), Acting President of India Rajendra Prasad, (26 January 1950 – 13 May 1962), 1st President of India. He was born in Ziradei, a village in Chhapra, Bihar. Chhapra is a Bhojpuri speaking district.
Presidents of Seychelles
Wavel Ramkalawan, 5th President of Seychelles
Presidents of Mauritius
Anerood Jugnauth, (7 October 2003 – 31 March 2012), 4th President of Mauritius Kailash Purryag, (21 July 2012 – 29 May 2015), 5th President of Mauritius
Presidents of Guyana Mohamed Irfaan Ali, (2 August 2020 – ), 10th President of Guyana Cheddi Jagan, (9 October 1992 – 6 March 1997), 4th President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo, (11 August 1999 – 3 December 2011), 7th President of Guyana Donald Ramotar, (3 December 2011 – 16 May 2015), 8th President of Guyana
Presidents of Suriname Fred Ramdat Misier, (8 February 1982 – 25 January 1988), 3rd President of Suriname Chan Santokhi, (16 July 2020 – ), 9th President of Suriname Ramsewak Shankar, (25 January 1988 – 24 December 1990), 4th President of Suriname
President of Trinidad and Tobago Noor Mohamed Hassanali, (20 March 1987 – 17 March 1997), 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago
Prime Ministers Prime Ministers of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, (9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966), 2nd Prime Minister of India Chandra Shekhar Singh, (10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991), 8th Prime Minister of India
Prime Ministers of Mauritius
Anerood Jugnauth, (17 December 2014 – 23 January 2017), 2nd Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth, 5th Prime Minister of Mauritius Navin Ramgoolam, (5 July 2005 – 17 December 2014), 3rd Prime Minister of Mauritius Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, (12 March 1968 – 30 June 1982), 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius
Prime Minister of Suriname Pretaap Radhakishun, (17 July 1986 – 7 April 1987), 6th Prime Minister of Suriname
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Basdeo Panday, (9 November 1995 – 24 December 2001), 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar, (26 May 2010 – 9 September 2015), 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Chief Ministers Chief Ministers of Bihar (India) Harihar Singh (1969-1969) Lalu Prasad Yadav (1990-1995) Rabri Devi (1997-2005) Daroga Prasad Rai (1970, for 10 months) Kedar Pandey (1972-1973) Abdul Ghafoor (1973-1975) Ram Sundar Das (1979-1980) Bindeshwari Dubey (1985-1988)
Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh (India) Sampurnanand (1954-1960) Kamlapati Tripathi (1969–70)
Governor of Indian States Anant Sharma, (10 March 1983 – 14 August 1984), 11th governor of West Bengal Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, 18th governor of Uttar Pradesh and 2nd governor of Punjab. Kailashpati Mishra, (7 May 2003 – 2 Jul 2004), 15th Governor of Gujarat
Politicians
Deputy Prime Ministers of India
Jagjivan Ram, First Labour Minister of India, first Dalit Deputy PM of India and founder of All India Depressed Classes League & Congress (Jagjivan).
Deputy Chief Ministers
Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar (2015-2017) Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav, Bihar (1971-1972) Renu Devi, Bihar (2020-2022)
Governors, Lt. Governors, Governors-General
Lallan Prasad Singh, Governor of Assam (1973–80), Manipur (1973–80, 1982–83), Meghalaya (1973–80), Nagaland (1973–81), and Tripura (1973–80). Anand Satyanand, Governor-General of New Zealand (2006-2011) Ram Dulari Sinha, Governor of Kerala (1988-1990) Manoj Sinha, Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ( 2020–Present )
Lok Sabha Speakers Meira Kumar (2009-2014) Bali Ram Bhagat (1976-1977)
Cabinet Ministers Ram Subhag Singh
Council Ministers
Pankaj Chaudhary Kamlesh Paswan
National and International Award winners
Ashok Chakra
Jyoti Prakash Nirala
Bharat Ratna
Bismillah Khan Jayaprakash Narayan Rajendra Prasad
Magasaysay Award
Jayaprakash Narayan Ravish Kumar
Padma Shree
Narendra Kumar Pandey Ramchandra Manjhi
Freedom Fighters Babu Amar Singh Indradeep Sinha Jayaprakash Narayan Kunwar Singh Mangal Pandey
Journalists Amitava Kumar Anjana Om Kashyap, managing editor of Aaj Tak Ravish Kumar, former NDTV journalist George Orwell, born in Motihari Afroz Alam Sahil Upendra Rai, Chairman, M.D and Editor-in-Chief of Bharat Express Ram Bahadur Rai, former editor in Jansatta Shaukat Pardesi, poet writer & lyricist Vidya Niwas Mishra, Padma Bhushan awardee and journalist Zafar ul Islam Khan, editor in The Milli Gazette
Scholars Ananda Prasad, biochemist Gupteshwar Pandey, former DGP of Bihar Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist Sachchidananda Sinha, lawyer and parliamentarian
Actors Bhojpuri cinema
Nazir Hussain, Bollywood actor and pioneer of Bhojpuri fim industry Dinesh Lal Yadav, Bhojpuri actor, singer and politician. Khesari Lal Yadav, Bhojpuri actor and singer Manoj Tiwari, former Bhojpuri actor, singer and politician Pawan Singh, Bhojpuri actor, singer and politician. Hindi cinema
Ravi Kishan, Hindi-Bhojpuri film actor and politician Kunal Singh, Bollywood-Bhojpuri actor Akhilendra Mishra, Hindi film & TV actor Abhimanyu Singh Vinay Pathak Siddhant Chaturvedi Manoj Bajpayee Pankaj Tripathi Satyakam Anand Sujit Kumar Vishal Aditya Singh
Actresses Bhojpuri cinema
Singers
Baleshwar Yadav, Bhojpuri folk singer Bihari Lal Yadav, founder of Biraha genre Chandan Tiwari, Bhojpuri singer Hiralal Yadav, birha and kajri Raj Mohan, Bhojpuri singer Ramdew Chaitoe, Bhojpuri folk singer Ritesh Pandey, Bhojpuri singer and actor Sundar Popo Krishna Kant Shukla, physicist, musician, poet, ecologist and educator Rajan and Sajan Mishra, singers of the khyal style of Indian classical music Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, Hindustani classical singer Husna Bai, Thumri singer from Banaras Rajkumari Dubey, playback singer worked in Hindi cinema of 1930-40s Nirmala Devi, Indian actress, Hindustani classical vocalist and mother of Bollywood actor, Govinda Rasoolan Bai, Indian Hindustani classical musician Siddheswari Devi, legendary Hindustani singer Girija Devi, Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas
Writers
Kabir, poet, saint and social reformer Ravidas, poet, saint and social reformer S.H. Bihari, Bollywood Writer Shailendra, Bollywood Writer Lachhimi Sakhi, saint and poet Dariya Saheb, saint, poet and the founder of Dariya or Dariyadasi sect Dharani Das, Ramanandi saint and poet Shivpujan Sahay, Hindi and Bhojpuri Bhikhari Thakur, Bhojpuri dramatist and writer Heera Dom, Bhojpuri writer and pioneer of modern Bhojpuri Dalit literature Rahul Sankrityayan, Bhojpuri and Hindi Raghuveer Narayan, Bhojpuri, English and Hindi Ram Karan Sharma, Sanskrit and English Teg Ali Teg, Bhojpuri writer Rameshwar Singh Kashyap, playwright, screenwriter and professor Premchand, one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent Agyey, poet, literary critic, journalist and pioneer of the experimentalism movement in modern Hindi literature Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, essayist, critic Doodhnath Singh, poet, writer and critic Amarkant, Hindi writer Kedar Nath Pandey, CPI leader and writer Atul Kumar Rai, novelist and screenwriter Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit writer Viveki Rai, Bhojpuri writer Namvar Singh, literary critic, linguist, academician, theoretician and founder of Centre of Indian Languages at Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi)
Lyricist Shailendra, famous Hindi film lyricist Sameer Anjaan, a Guinness World Record holder lyricist from Bollywood S. H. Bihari, lyricist
Musicians Bismillah Khan, Shehnai player Chitragupt, music director Shri Nath Tripathi, music composer Anokhelal Mishra, tabla artist
Dancers Ramchandra Manjhi
Sports Persons Cricketers Suryakumar Yadav , Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL, Captains the Indian National Cricket Team in T20 internationals Sakibul Gani, first player in the world to score a Triple century on First class debut. Akash Deep, plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL Mukesh Kumar, plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL George Wyatt, English first class cricketer Rahul Shukla, plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Umesh Yadav, Indian Cricketer
Footballers Mobashir Rahman Ansha Singh, defender in women's national football team
Field Hockey
Preeti Dubey, played in 2016 Summer Olympics Sumit Kumar, played in Sultan of Johor Cup Raj Kumar Pal, played in 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League and 2024 Summer Olympics Mohammed Shahid, Arjuna Awardee and won gold in 1980 Olympics Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, won bronze in 2020 Olympics and gold in 2022 Asian Games Vivek Singh, played in 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete
Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Indian hammer thrower JCO Shivpal Singh, javeline thrower Shivnath Singh, one of the greatest long-distance runners in India.
Content Creators and Educators
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