List of people from Odisha explained

This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.

Literature

Age of Sarala Yuga

• Sarala Dasa (1465)
• Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)

Age of Upendra Bhanja

• Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
• Dinakrushna Dasa (c.1650–1710)
• Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara (c. 1760– 1806)
• Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)

Age of Radhanath

• Fakir Mohan Senapati
• Gangadhar Meher
• Radhanath Ray
• Madhusudan Rao
• Nanda Kishore Bal
• Gourishankar Ray
• Nilakantha Das

Post colonial age

• Gangadhar Meher
• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Sachidananda Routray
• Brajanath Rath

Poets and authors

• Amjad Najmi
• Annada Shankar Ray
• Brajanath Ratha
• Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
• Fakir Mohan Senapati
• Gangadhar Meher
• Hussain Rabi Gandhi
• Godabarish Mishra
• Gopabandhu Das
• Gopinath Mohanty
• Gourahari Das
• Jachindra Rout
• Jagadish Mohanty
• Jagannath Prasad Das (Saraswati Samman winner)
• Jayadeva
• Jayanta Mahapatra
• Karamat Ali Karamat
• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Madhusudan Rao
• Manasi Pradhan
• Manoj Das
• Manoranjan Das
• Manmohan Acharya
• Mayadhar Mansingh
• Mohammed Ayoob
• Nilakantha Das
• Oopali Operajita
• Pratibha Satpathy
• Pratyush Prakash
• Radhanath Ray
• Ramakanta Rath
• Ranjan Das
• Ramakrushna Nanda
• Sachidananda Raut Ray
• Sarala Dasa
• Sarala Devi
• Sarojini Sahoo
• Satya Narayan Bohidar
• Sitakanta Mohapatra (Jnanpith Award winner)
• Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman winner)
• Tapan Kumar Pradhan

Writers and novelists

• Artabalabha Mohanti
• Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
• Brajanath Ratha
• Gita Mehta
• Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award winner)
• Haldhar Nag
• Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
• Krushna Chandra Kar
• Manoj Das
• Pratibha Ray
• Rajendra Prasad Das
• Shantanu Kumar Acharya
• Surendra Mohanty
• Uday Satpathy

Women's writing and feminism

• Sarala Devi
• Archana Nayak
• Annapurna Maharana
• Manasi Pradhan
• Nandini Sahu
• Sarojini Sahoo

Children's literature

• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Adikanda Mahanta
• Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
• Krutibas Nayak
• Ramakrushna Nanda
• Dash Benhur
• Nilakantha Das

Drama and plays

• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Gopal Chhotray
• Manoranjan Das
• Biswajit Das

Short stories

• Fakir Mohan Senapati
• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Surendra Mohanty
• Manoj Das
• Jagadish Mohanty
• Sarojini Sahoo

Popular science

• Binod Kanungo
• Gokulananda Mohapatra
• Dr. Ramesh Chandra Parida
• Kamalakanta Jena
• Bibhuprasad Mohapatra

Education and Research

Satyabadi Era

• Gopabandhu Das
• Nilakantha Das
• Godabarish Mishra

Later Period

• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Baidyanath Misra
• Bhubaneswar Behera
• Bidhu Bhusan Das
• Prabhat Nalini Das
• Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
• Madhu Sudan Kanungo
• Keshab Chandra Dash
• Madhab Chandra Dash
• Ranjan Dash
• Prafulla Kumar Jena
• Baisali Mohanty
• Jitendra Nath Mohanty
• Saraju Mohanty
• Oopali Operajita
• Prana Krushna Parija
• Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
• Jogesh Pati
• Arun K. Pati
• Sam Pitroda
• Amiya Pujari
• Ashok Swain

Artists

Actresses

• Anisha Ambrose
• Anu Chowdhury
• Archita Sahu
• Barsha Priyadarshini
• Bijaya Jena
• Jyoti Mishra
• Mahasweta Ray
• Naina Das
• Nandita Das
• Rameshwari
• Sulagna Panigrahi
• Tandra Ray
• Kavya Keeran
• Rajeswari Ray
• Pupul Bhuyan
• Sudharani Jena

Actors

• Akash Das Nayak
• Anubhav Mohanty
• Arindam Roy
• Atal Bihari Panda
• Babushaan Mohanty
• Bijay Mohanty
• Buddhaditya Mohanty
• Chandan Kar
• Chandrachur Singh
• Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
• Dukhiram Swain
• Hara Patnaik
• Jayiram Samal
• Mihir Das
• Papu Pam Pam
• Prashanta Nanda
• Sabyasachi Mishra
• Sadhu Meher
• Sarat Pujari
• Siddhanta Mahapatra
• Sisir Misra
• Sriram Panda
• Uttam Mohanty
• Mohammad Mohsin
• Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
• Samaresh Routray
• Partha Sarathi Ray

Dancers

Modern

• Rajasmita Kar
• Prince Dance Group

Odissi Gurus and Dancers

• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Gangadhar Pradhan
• Geeta Mahalik
• Kelucharan Mohapatra
• Mayadhar Raut
• Sanjukta Panigrahi
• Saswat Joshi
• Sujata Mohapatra
• Sunanda Patnaik
• Oopali Operajita
• Kumkum Mohanty
• Baisali Mohanty
• Dayanidhi Das

Filmmakers

• Mohammad Mohsin
• Mehmood Hussain
• Bijoy Ketan Mishra
• Hara Patnaik
• Mira Nair
• Nila Madhab Panda
• Nitai Palit
• Prashanta Nanda
• Ravi Kinagi
• Sabyasachi Mohapatra
• Sadhu Meher
• Sisir Mishra
• Jitendra Mishra

Painters

• Jatin Das
• Jayanta Meher
• Kailash Chandra Meher

Sand artists

• Sudarshan Pattnaik

Sculptors

• Raghunath Mohapatra
• Sudarshan Sahoo

Singers

• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Akshaya Mohanty
• Bhikari Bal
• Arabinda Muduli
• Krishna Beura
• Pratyush Prakash
• Sarbeswar Bhoi
• Sikandar Alam^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Sniti Mishra
• Sona Mohapatra
• Sunanda Patnaik
• Rituraj Mohanty
• Jitendra Haripal

Musicians

• Kalicharan Pattnaik
• Akshaya Mohanty
• Prafulla Kar^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Arabinda Muduli

Designers

• Bibhu Mohapatra

Jurists

• Ananga Kumar Patnaik; Former Justice of the Supreme Court of India
• Gopal Ballav Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
• Ranganath Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
• Dipak Misra; Chief Justice of India

Chief Executive Officers

• T.K.Chand, Chairman and Managing Director of NALCO

Professionals

Bankers

• Ashok Kumar Sarangi
• Harun Rashid Khan

Engineers

• Bibhusita Das

Managers

• Sarthak Behuria
• Sandip Das
• Subroto Bagchi
• Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan
• Ranjan Dash

Physicians

• B. K. Misra (Neurosurgeon)
• Ramakanta Panda (Cardiovascular Surgeon)

Journalists

• Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (Journalist)
• Gopal Mishra

Government civil servants

• Anugraha Narayan Tiwari (Former CIC of India)
• Lalit Mansingh
• Prajna Paramita
• Ramakanta Rath
• Sitakanta Mohapatra
• Dayanidhi Choudhury

Security and Law Enforcement

• Pramod Kumar Satapathy

Religion

• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
• Bhima Bhoi
• Jayadeva
• Atibadi Jagannath Das
• Achyutananda Das
• Durga Charan Mohanty

Freedom fighters

• Annapurna Maharana
• Afzal-ul Amin
• Baji Rout
• Biswambhar Parida
• Bishwanath Das
• Bakshi Jagabandhu
• Chakhi Khuntia
• Ekram Rasul
• Ghanshyam Panigrahi
• Gopabandhu Das
• Godabarish Mishra
• Gurubari Meher
• Harekrushna Mahatab
• Jayee Rajguru
• Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
• Jagabandhu Patnaik
• Kamal Singh
• Karunakar Singh
• Krushna Chandra Gajapati
• Laxman Nayak
• Madhab Chandra Routray
• Madho Singh (Ghess)
• Madhusudan Das
• Madhusudan Rao
• Malati Choudhury
• Nabakrushna Choudhuri
• Nilakantha Das
• Nityananda Mohapatra
• Parbati Giri
• Pindiki Bahubalendra
• Rama Devi
• Sarala Devi
• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Sayeed Mohammed
• Veer Surendra Sai

Rulers

• Avakinnayo Karakandu
• Chullakalinga
• Kalinga II
• Kharavela
• Satrubhanja
• Kaundinya I
• Hemangada
• Sivakara Deva I
• Ramachandra Deva I
• Tribhuvana Mahadevi I
• Anantavarman Chodaganga
• Anangabhima Deva III
• Narasingha Deva I
• Kapilendra Deva
• Purushottama Deva
• Prataparudra Deva
• Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
• Krushna Chandra Gajapati
• Basudeb Sudhal Deb
• Ramai Deva
• Balarama Deva
• Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
• Vikram Dev III
• Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo

Politicians

• Amarnath Pradhan
• Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
• Ananta Nayak
• Archana Nayak
• Arjun Charan Sethi
• Afzal-ul Amin
• Badri Narayan Patra
• Bhakta Charan Das
• Gopanarayan Das
• Bhartruhari Mahtab
• Bhupinder Singh
• Bibhu Prasad Tarai
• Bijayananda Patnaik
• Bijoy Mohapatra
• Biju Patnaik
• Bikram Keshari Deo
• Binayak Acharya
• Biren Mitra
• Bishwanath Das
• Braja Kishore Tripathy
• Chandra Sekhar Sahu
• Chintamani Panigrahi
• Draupadi Murmu
• Godabarish Mishra
• Gourahari Naik
• Giridhar Gamang
• Habibullah Khan
• Harekrushna Mahatab
• Hari Har Swain
• Hemananda Biswal
• Hrushikesh Naik
• Hussain Rabi Gandhi
• Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
• Jayaram Pangi
• Jitu Patnaik
• Jual Oram
• Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
• Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
• Laichan Nayak
• Laxman Tudu
• Maheswar Baug
• Mohan Jena
• Nabakrushna Choudhuri
• Nabin Nanda
• Nandini Satpathy
• Naveen Patnaik
• Nilakantha Das
• Nityanand Kanungo
• Nilamani Routray
• Niranjan Patnaik
• Nityananda Pradhan
• Parsuram Majhi
• Pinaki Misra
• Pradeep Kumar Majhi
• Prasanna Acharya
• Prasanna Kumar Patasani
• P.V.Narasimha Rao
• Pyarimohan Mohapatra
• Rabi Ray
• Radhanath Rath
• Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
• Ranjib Biswal
• Rudramadhab Ray
• Sadashiva Tripathy
• Samarendra Kundu
• Sanatan Mahakud
• Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
• Sanjay Bhoi
• Sarala Devi
• Siddhanta Mahapatra
• Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
• Srikant Kumar Jena
• Surendra Mohanty
• Sudam Marndi
• Surendra Mohanty
• Sushila Tiriya
• Tathagata Satpathy
• V.V. Giri
• Baikunthanath Swain

Social service

• Baba Balia
• Sarala Devi
• Madhusudan Das
• Gopabandhu Das
• Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
• Farhat Amin
• Manasi Pradhan
• Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar

Sports

Cricket

• Alok Jena
• A. Panda
• Baljit Singh
• Basant Mohanty
• Bibhudutta Panda
• Kadambini Mohakud
• Biplab Samantray
• Debashish Mohanty
• Ranjib Biswal
• Sanjay Raul
• Shiv Sunder Das
• Natraj Behera

Hockey

• Binita Toppo (female hockey)
• Dilip Tirkey
• Lazarus Barla
• Ignace Tirkey
• Birendra Lakra

Other sports

• Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles, running)
• Budhia Singh (long distance running)
• Dutee Chand (sprint runner)
• Jauna Murmu (sprint running, hurdler)
• Katulu Ravi Kumar (weightlifting)
• Srabani Nanda (sprint runner)
• Pramila Prava Minz (rowing)
• Pratima Puhan (rowing)
• Valena Valentina (karate)
• Kalpana Dash (Everest climber)
• Pramod Bhagat (Paralympian)

See also

• Lists of people from India by state
• List of Odia poets
• Odia people
• Odia literature
• Odia language

External links

• Odissi dance at the Open Directory
• History of Odissi

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) Orissa Sur Badshah ceases to sing . www.telegraphindia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125048/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100810/jsp/orissa/story_12790780.jsp . 2014-07-14.
2. News: Oriya singer Sikandar Alam passes away - OTHER STATES - The Hindu. The Hindu. 10 August 2010.
3. Web site: Sikandar Alam | Orissa Cinema | Odisha Ollywood.
4. Web site: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) Orissa Orissa Campus . www.telegraphindia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084740/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110106/jsp/orissa/story_13398629.jsp . 2014-08-19.
5. Web site: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) Orissa Musical tribute to singer . www.telegraphindia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084926/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110218/jsp/orissa/story_13597854.jsp . 2014-08-19.
6. Web site: 'I find present day lyrics spineless' - Times of India . articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20130628034021/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-17/bhubaneswar/31071186_1_music-lyrics-odia . 28 June 2013 . dead.