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 Kanwar Dinesh Singh - writer and poet H.R. Harnot - writer Kamayani Bisht - poet and actor Nainsukh - painter of Kangra school of painting Siddharth Chauhan - filmmaker 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
Awardees 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)
Awardees of the Maha Vir Chakra and equivalent awards 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) Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, MVC, PVSM - Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran Brigadier Rattan Nath Sharma, MVC - decorated Indo-Pak War (1965) and Indo-Pak War (1971) veteran
Other notable defence personnel Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC - decorated WWII and Indo-Pak War (1965) veteran Subedar Major and Hony Captain Bhim Chand, VrC & bar - the defence of Ladakh during the Indo-Pak War (1947-48) 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 Bipan Chandra Chetan Singh Hari Sen Mian Goverdhan Singh Om Chand Handa Raaja Bhasin Tobdan Tshering Dorje
Judicial Sanjay Karol is the sitting Judge of Supreme Court of India. Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.Ravi Rohmetra, Mehr Chand Mahajan as PM of J&K, Daily Excelsior, 23 December 2016. Deepak Gupta (judge) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Lokeshwar Singh Panta is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and was the first chairperson of the National Green Tribunal. Abhilasha Kumari is a former first female Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court in 2018.
Entertainment and Television Adarsh Rathore - Journalist and Singer Anuj Sharma - Singer Anupam Kher - Bollywood Actor Ashish R Mohan - Film Director Asmita Sood - Television Actress B. R. Ishara- Bollywood Director and Script Writer Kangana Ranawat - Bollywood actress Manohar Singh - Theatre and Bollywood Actor Mohit Chauhan - Playback Singer Motilal - Bollywood Actor Mrinal Navell - Television Actress Neeraj Sood - Bollywood Actor Preity Zinta - Bollywood actress Prem Chopra - Bollywood Actor Priya Rajvansh - Bollywood actress Purva Rana - Model Ravi Bhatia - Television Actor Richa Rathore - Television Actress Rubina Dilaik - Television Actress Savi Thakur - Television Actor Sahher Bambba - Bollywood actress Shipra Khanna - Chef Shivya Pathania - Television Actress Shriya Sharma - Film Actress Siddharth Chauhan - Screenwriter, Director Vishal Karwal - Television Actor Yami Gautam - Bollywood 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 Jagat Prakash Nadda Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Anurag Thakur Anand Sharma Chandresh Kumari Katoch Sukh Ram Shanta Kumar Virbhadra Singh
Other politicians from Himachal Pradesh Govind Singh Thakur Asha Kumari Balak Ram Kashyap Brij Behari Lal Butail Chander Kumar G. S. Bali Jai Bihari Lal Khachi Jagdev Chand Thakur Kaul Singh Thakur Khimi ram Kishan Kapoor Lata Thakur Mahender Singh Mukesh Agnihotri Phunchog Rai Pratibha Singh Rajeev Bindal Dr. Salig Ram Satpal Singh Satti Sukh Ram Thakur Devi Singh Thakur Sen Negi Vidya Stokes Vikramaditya Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)
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, exDirector 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 and Bollywood Actor 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 - academic, entrepreneur Yeshi Dhonden - Sowa Rigpa doctor
Miscellaneous Sansar Chand - ruler of Kangra in the 18th and early 19th centuries Seu - exponent of Kangra painting and father of Nainsukh(late 17th - early 18th cent.) Nainsukh - exponent of Kangra painting (18th cent.) Manaku - exponent of Kangra painting and brother of Nainsukh (18th cent.) 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)
References
External links Prominent Personalities Of Himachal