This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Rajasthan and that part of the former Rajputana that now is part of the modern state of Rajasthan.
Award winners from Rajasthan Padma Vibhushan
Gallantry honors
Business and Industry
Defence Abhey Singh Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.) Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur) - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM (21 Para Special Forces) Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar
Judiciary and law
Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India Rajendra Mal Lodha, Chief Justice of India
Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
Daulat Mal Bhandari Chand Mal Lodha
Chief Justice of Other High Courts Mohan Lall Shrimal Guman Mal Lodha Dalveer Bhandari
Judges of Rajasthan High Court Kan Singh Parihar Milap Chand Jain Rajendra Mal Lodha
Jurists L. M. Singhvi Dalveer Bhandari
Eminent scholars
Scientists Brahmagupta Daulat Singh Kothari Rajendra Singh Paroda Rajpal Singh Yadav, Vector ecologist Laxman Singh Rathore, DG Meteorology DP Sharma, Computer and IT scientist Govardhan Mehta, Chemical scientist PK Sethi, Medical orthopedics
Medicine P. K. Sethi Veer Singh Mehta Hakim Syed Karam Husain, Unani practitioner Tirath Das Dogra, Former Director AIIMS, Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurgaon.
Historical figures Meerabai Panna Dhai Gora and Badal Hada Rani Bhamashah Rao Bika Rani Padmini Narharidas Barhath Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya Suryamal MisranS. Mukherjee (January 1999). Dictionary of Indian Literature, One, Beginnings 1850. Orient Longman Ltd. Kaviraja ShyamaldasSharma, Dasharatha (1970) Lectures on Rajput history and culture p1 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi
Journalism Karpoor Chand Kulish, founder of Rajasthan Patrika Ved Pratap Vaidik Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Administration
D.R. Mehta, ex chairman of SEBI, Gyan Prakash Pilania Kunwar Natwar Singh
Literature
Arts
Suvigya Sharma Reshma Gulabo (Kalbelia dancer)
Music Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain Allah Jilai Bai Aminuddin Dagar Raj Kamal Ananya Birla Brij Bhushan Kabra Chatur Lal Ila Arun Jagjit Singh Mehdi Hassan Moinuddin Khan, sarangi player Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Dhrupad vocalist Raja Hasan Sandeep Acharya Shreya Ghoshal Shail Hada Toshi Sabri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Wasifuddin Dagar Zia Fariddudin Dagar Zia Mohiuddin Dagar Khemchand Prakash Brij Lal Verma Sultan Khan (Sarangi player and classical vocalist) Roop Kumar Rathod (Singer) Shravan Kumar (music composer-Nadeem Shravan) Bhanu Pratap Singh Malini Rajurkar Krishna Bhatt
Dance Puran Bhatt Manisha Gulyani
Painting B. G. Sharma Shree Lal Joshi Archibald Herman Muller
Art craft and handicrafts Kripal Singh Shekhawat, blue pottery Badri Lal Chitrakar, Shilp Guru award Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar Vibhor Sogani, public artist noted for "Sprouts" Usha Rani Hooja Jagdish Lal Raj Soni Beni Ram Soni
Film industry
Ankit Bhardwaj
Others Raj Singh Dungarpur Hanuman Prasad Poddar Chanda Kochhar Bhanwari Devi, social worker Falahari Baba Sanjay Puri (architect), architect Nandini Gupta, beauty pageant titleholder
Independence activists Ram Narayan Chaudhary Nathuram Mirdha Parsaram Maderna Ranmal Singh Dorwal Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath Rao Gopal Singh Kharwa Lothoo Nitharwal Sagarmal Gopa Bharat Pratap Singh Daulat Mal Bhandari Swami Keshwanand Har Lal Singh Vijay Singh Pathik Rao Tula Ram
Religion
Karni Mata Guru Jambheshwar Devnarayan Baba Ramdevji Bavaliya Baba Mata Rani BhatiyaniJasol Gogaji Pabuji Mahatma Isardas Jambhoji Dadu Dayal Brahmanand Swami Dhanna Bhagat Karmabai Mirabai Tejaji Acharya Rajendrasuri Acharya Mahaprajna Khetlaji Swarupadas Keshavrai
Rulers
Badan Singh, founder and first Maharaja of Bharatpur Suraj Mal, Maharaja of Bharatpur Maharawal Jaisal Singh, Founder of Jaisalmer Jawahar Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur Rao Lunkaran Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner Ram Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur Kishan Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur Brijendra Singh, last ruling Maharaja of Bharatpur Rao Siha, Founder of Marwar Kirat Singh, founder and first Maharana of Dholpur
Amar Singh Rathore, king of Nagaur Bappa Rawal, king of Mewar Durga Das Rathore General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh, king of Bikaner Hammiradeva of Ranthambore- grandson of Prithvi Raj Chauhan Maharaja Anup Singh, King of Bikaner Hammir Singh, king of Mewar Jai Singh I, king of Jaipur Raja Karan Singh, King of Bikaner Jai Singh II, king of Jaipur Jaswant Singh, king of Jodhpur Kanhadadeva, king of Jalore Maharao Shardul Singh Maharana Pratap, king of Mewar Man Singh I, king of Jaipur Prithvi Raj Chauhan, king Ajmer Raja Nahar Khan, king of Mewat Rana Kumbha, king Mewar Rana Sanga, king of Mewar Rao Jodha, Founder of Jodhpur Rao Bika, Founder of Bikaner Rawal Mallinath Rao Shekhaji Udai Singh II, king of Mewar
Raja Rai Singh, King of Bikaner Vigraharaja IV, King of Shakambhari Viramadeva, king of Jalore
Politics
Rajya Sabha members List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan
Ministers —Rajasthan Government List of ministers in Government of Rajasthan
Vice President of India
Jagdeep Dhankar
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Governors of other states
Gulab Chand Kataria
Hari Dev Joshi Mohan Lal Sukhadia Mohammed Usman Arif Sadiq Ali Nawal Kishore Sharma Sunder Singh Bhandari Kanwar Bahadur Singh Rajkumar Dhoot Ajai Singh Arvind Dave Banwari Lal Joshi Shiv Charan Mathur Govind Singh Gurjar Jagannath Pahadia Kamla Beniwal
Chief ministers Hiralal Shastri Jai Narayan Vyas Mohan Lal Sukhadia Barkatullah Khan Hari Dev Joshi Jagannath Pahadia Hira Lal Devpura Shiv Charan Mathur Ashok Gehlot Tika Ram Paliwal Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Bhajan Lal Sharma Vasundhara Raje
Ministers — central government Jaswant Singh, Former External Affairs, Defense & Finance Minister of India Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Energy Minister of India. Natwar Singh, Former External Affairs Minister of India Nathuram Mirdha Subhash Maharia Satish Chandra Agrawal Krishana Kumar Goyal Girija Vyas Rajesh Pilot Ram Niwas Mirdha Sis Ram Ola Nawal Kishore Sharma Mohammed Usman Arif Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Arjun Ram Meghwal Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Bhupender Yadav Kailash Meghwal Jaskaur Meena Kalu Lal Shrimali Raj Bahadur Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Kirori Lal Meena C.P. Joshi Sanwar Lal Jat
Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Sumitra Singh, first women speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Poonam Chand Vishnoi Parasram Maderna Hari Shankar Bhabhra Shanti Lal Chaplot Laxman Singh Kailash Chandra Meghwal
Others Gayatri Devi Rawal Umed Singh Rathore Barmer Mohar Singh Rathore Jawan Singh Daulat Mal Bhandari Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya Narendra Budania Motilal Vora Ex chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Devi Singh Bhati Mamta Sharma Bhawani Singh of Pokhran (b. 1911) member 1st Lok Sabha
Award Winning Sports People
Khel Ratna Award Winners Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Arjuna Award Winners
Basketball Khushi Ram, in 1967 Hanuman Singh, in 1975 Radhey Shyam, in 1981 Ajmer Singh, in 1982
Athletics Sriram Singh, in 1973 Gopal Saini, in 1981 Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984 Deena Ram, in 1990 Football
• Rajvi Magan Singh RPS of Dhingsari Volleyball R K Purohit, in 1983 Suresh Mishra, in 1979
Hockey Sunita Puri, in 1966 Varsha Soni, in 1981
Archery Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989 Limba Ram, in 1991
Cricket Salim Durani, in 1961 Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present
Swimming Manjari Bhargava, in 1974
Weightlifting Mehar Chand Bhaskar, in 1985
Squash Bhuvneshwari Kumari, in 1982
Shooting Colonel Dr Maharaja Karni Singh of Bikaner, in 1961 Rajyashree Kumari of Bikaner, in 1968 Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kota, in 1969 Bhim Singh II of Kota, in 1971 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, in 2003
Polo Col. Maharaj Prem Singh, in 1961 Lt.Col Kishan Singh, in 1963 Rao Raja Hanut Singh, in 1964
Equestrian Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), in 1982 Col.G. M. Khan, VSM (Equestrian), in 1984
Golf Lakshman Singh, in 1982
Paralympics Devendra Jhajharia Avani Lekhara Krishna Nagar Kumar Nitesh
Others Parthasarathy Sharma, Cricket Hanumant Singh, Cricket Vikram Solanki, Cricket Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, Cricket Gangotri Bhandari, Ladies hockey Abhijeet Gupta, Chess Krishna Poonia Bajranglal Takhar Hari Singh (athlete), marathon runner Surendra Poonia, Power-lifting
Dronacharya award winners Guru Hanuman, for wrestling Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006 R. D. Singh, for Athletics in 2007
List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949 V.T. Krishnamachari Heera Lal Shastri Raj Bahadur Manikya Lal Varma Lt. Col. Apji Dalel Singh Jai Narayan Vyas Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava Gokulbhai Bhatt
Sports / Athletes Cricket Salman Khan Mahipal Lomror Vinoo Mankad Syed Mushtaq Ali Kamlesh Nagarkoti B. B. Nimbalkar Rahul Chahar Deepak Chahar Ravi Bishnoi Khaleel Ahmed
References
See also List of people by India state