List of people from Himachal Pradesh explained

This is a list of notable people from Himachal Pradesh, India.

Arts

Baba Kanshi Ram - poet and independence activist
Chandradhar Sharma Guleri - writer and scholar
Gambhari Devi - folk singer and folklorist
Gautam Chand Sharma 'Vyathit' - folklorist, poet, writer
H.R. Harnot - writer
Nainsukh - painter of Kangra school of painting
Nirmal Verma - writer
Ram Kumar - painter
Shriniwas Joshi - writer and theatre artist
Siddharth Pandey - writer, photographer, musician
Vijay Sharma - painter and art historian

Business

M S Banga

Defence

Awardess of the Param Vir Chakra and equivalent awards

Major Som Nath Sharma - the first ever Param Vir Chakra awardee (1950)
Lieutenant Colonel Dhan Singh Thapa - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1962)
Captain Vikram Batra - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar - Param Vir Chakra awardee (1999)
Major Sudhir Kumar Walia - Ashoka Chakra awardee (1999)
Jemadar Lala, Victoria Cross awardee (1916)
Honorary Captain Bhandari Ram - Victoria Cross awardee (1945)

Other notable defence personnel

Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
Major General Anant Singh Pathania, MVC, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1947-49) veteran
Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, MVC - 'The Hero of Skardu' in the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Colonel Thakur Prithi Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Lt. Col. Kushal Chand, MVC - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Subedar Major and Hony Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48)
Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, PVSM, MVC - Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran
Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC - decorated Indo-Pak War (1965) and Indo-Pak War (1971) veteran
Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania VrC, Vayusena Medal - first IAF pilot to make a confirmed kill of a Pakistani jet in independent India; veteran of the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars
General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC - 14th Chief of the Army Staff in the Indian Army (1988-1990)
Lt. Saurabh Kalia - PoW in the Kargil War (1999)
Subedar Major and Hony Captain Chhering Norbu Bodh, SC - Mountaineer (1990s-2000s)

Historians from Himachal pradesh

Judicial

Entertainment and Television

Adarsh Rathore - journalist, singer
Anuj Sharma - singer
Anupam Kher - film actor
Ashish R Mohan - film director
Asmita Sood - television actress
B. R. Ishara- film director and script writer
Kangana Ranawat - Bollywood actress
Manohar Singh - theatre and film actor
Mohit Chauhan - Bollywood singer
Motilal (actor)
Mrinal Navell - Actress
Neeraj Sood - Film Actor
Preity Zinta - film actress
Prem Chopra - Bollywood Actor
Priya Rajvansh - film actress
Purva Rana - model
Ravi Bhatia - television actor
Rubina Dilaik - television actress
Savi Thakur - Television actor
Shipra Khanna - chef
Shivya Pathania - television actress
Shriya Sharma - film actress
Siddharth Chauhan - screenwriter, director, and producer
Vishal Karwal - television actor
Yami Gautam - film actress

Politicians

Chief Ministers

Yashwant Singh Parmar, the founder of the Himachal Pradesh state and its first chief minister (1952-1956; 1963-1977)
Thakur Ram Lal (1977; 1980-1983)
Shanta Kumar (1977-1980; 1990-1992)
Virbhadra Singh (1983-1985; 1985-1990; 1993-1998; 2003-2007; 2012-2017)
Prem Kumar Dhumal (1998-2003; 2008-2012)
Jai Ram Thakur (2017-2022)
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (2022–present)
List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh

Present and ex Union Ministers

Council of Ministers (Himachal Pradesh State in India)

Members of Current Assembly

Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh

Himachalis outside India

Gaurav Sharma (politician) - medical doctor and MP in New Zealand
Jay Chaudhry - CEO and founder of Zscaler a Nasdaq listed company in USA

Science and Education

Dr Randeep Guleria - Padma Shri, Director AIIMS New Delhi and Professor and Department Head of Pulmonary Disease and Sleeping Disorders
Dr Jagat Ram - Padma Shri, ophthalmologist and Director PGI Chandigarh
Dr Mahesh Verma - Padma Shri, Vice Chancellor Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Dr D.S. Rana - Padma Shri, nephrologist and Chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India) New Delhi
Dr Jagdev Guleria - Padma Shri
Dr Omesh Kumar Bharti - Padma Shri
Arvind Mohan Kayastha - biologist
Anand Mohan - geologist, petrologist
R.C. Sawhney - scientist, professor
T. R. Sharma - plant biologist, educator
Vijay Kumar Thakur - engineer and nano-technologist
Munmun Dhalaria - documentary filmmaker
Bittu Sehgal - nature conservationist and writer

Sports

Ajay Thakur - kabaddi player
Ashish Kumar - silver medalist in Asian Games in boxing 2019
Charanjit Singh - hockey (1964 Olympics)
Chuni Lal Thakur - Winter Olympian
Deepak Thakur - hockey
Dicky Dolma - Mountaineer
Hira Lal - Winter Olympian
Manavjit Singh Sandhu - sports shooter
Manvinder Bisla - cricketer
Nanak Chand Thakur- Winter Olympian
Paras Dogra - cricketer
Renuka Singh - cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
Rishi Dhawan - cricketer
Samaresh Jung - sports shooter
Shiva Keshavan - luge (Winter Olympian)
Skalzang Dorje - Archery (1996 Olympics)
Suman Rawat - Track and field athlete
Sushma Verma - cricketer (India women's national cricket team)
The Great Khali - wrestler
Vijay Kumar - sports shooter

Religion

Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen - Buddhist teacher and scholar
Thakur Ram Singh - RSS and Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan

Non-Himachalis with significant contributions to HP

Amrita Sher-Gil - painter
Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal - painter
Brijinder Nath Goswamy - art historian
Didi Contractor - architect
Harish Kapadia - mountaineer and writer
Helena Roerich - philosopher and explorer
Kirin Narayan - anthropologist
Manohar Singh Gill - administrator, politician, and writer
Mohan Singh Oberoi - hotelier
Mohinder Singh Randhawa - art historian
Norah Richards - theatre
Nicholas Roerich - painter, philosopher, explorer
Penelope Chetwode - travel writer
Rahul Sankrityayan - scholar and travel writer
Samuel Bourne - early photographer
Satyananda Stokes - orchardist
Sobha Singh - painter
Svetsolav Roerich - painter
Tenzin Gyatso - the fourteenth Dalai Lama
Tenzin Palmo - Buddhist nun and activist
Timothy A. Gonsalves - academician, entrepreneur
Yeshi Dhonden - Sowa Rigpa doctor

Important Events, Places, Organizations of Himachal Pradesh

Map of Himachal Pradesh

Miscellaneous

Sansar Chand - ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries
Kinkri Devi - activist and environmentalist
Shyam Saran Negi - India's first voter
Zorawar Singh Kahluria - general of the Dogra army in the first half of the 19th century
Narain Chand Parashar - linguist, cultural historian, and politician
Pelden Gyeltshen - the 40th Ganden Tripa (17th century)

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Prominent Personalities Of Himachal