This is a list of notable people from Chhattisgarh, India, throughout history.
Religion
Guru Ghasidas - founder of Satnami Sect Vallabha - vaishnavite philosopher
Politicians
Ajit Jogi - First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Shyama Charan Shukla - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Nareshchandra Singh - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Motilal Vora - former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Vishnu Deo Sai - Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Arun Sao - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Tokhan Sahu - Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs of India Vidya Charan Shukla - former Minister of External Affairs Arvind Netam - former Minister of State Vijay Sharma - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
Activists
Thakur Pyarelal - Trade union leader and Freedom fighter Shankar Guha Niyogi - Trade union leader. founder of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha Soni Sori - Adivasi right activist. won Front Line Defenders award Sudha Bharadwaj - Trade unionist and lawyer. Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha member Shamshad Begum - Padma Shri awardee social worker Alok Shukla - Environment activist. founder of Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan. won Goldman Environmental Prize in 2024 Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman environmental prize awardee social worker Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Padma Shri awardee social worker Damodar Bapat - Padma Shri awardee social worker
Scientists
Rajendra Badgaiyan - Cognitive Neuroscientist Pukhraj Bafna - Paediatrician Narendra Kumar - Theoretical Physicist Binayak Sen - Paediatrician
Musicians
Teejan Bai - Exponent of Pandavani(Kapalik)Pandavani Anupama Bhagwat - Sitarist Mamta Chandrakar - Playback singer Usha Barle - Pandavani singer Rajat Dholakia Sumedha Karmahe Punaram Nishad - Pandavani singer(Vedamati) Sulakshana Pandit Jagdish Prasad
Cinema
Director
Anurag Basu Satish Jain
Actors
Satyajeet Dubey Pooran Kiri Omkar Das Manikpuri Aashay Mishra Govind Ram Nirmalkar Kishore Sahu Anuj Sharma Vega Tamotia Sandit Tiwari Gehana Vasisth Swati Verma
Writer
Vinod Kumar Shukla 59th Jnanpith Award Winner Habib Tanvir
Models
Unnati Davara Shivani Jadhav Renee Kujur Military Kaushal Yadav
Sports
Leslie Claudius - three time Summer Olympics gold medallist in field Hockey Rajendra Prasad - Arjuna Awardee boxer Saba Anjum Karim - Arjuna Awardee Field hockey player Renuka Yadav - Field hockey player Chitrasen Sahu - Para-Mountaineer Kiran Pisda - Football player, ex-ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb Aakarshi Kashyap - Silver medallist at 2022 Commonwealth Games in Mixed team Shashank Singh [Cricket]
See also
List of people from Madhya Pradesh Lists of Indian people
References