List of Telugu people

Anand Satyanand – Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011, the first Roman Catholic, Asian, ethnic minority as well as ethnic Indian officeholder of the position

Prime Ministers

P. V. Narasimha Rao – Former Prime minister of India

Revolutionaries

Alluri Sitarama Raju – freedom fighter & Revolutionary
Komaram Bheem – was an Indian tribal leader who fought against the Asaf Jahi Dynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad.He took up arms against Nizam's soldiers, who he fought until his last breath.
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – An Indian freedom fighter and chieftain, widely recognized as one of the first individuals to revolt against the British East India Company in the Telugu regions in the mid-19th century.
Anabheri Prabhakar Rao – was a Telangana guerrilla leader and is also considered a foremost authority of the Telugu language. He was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement.
Arutla Ramchandra Reddy – was an Indian freedom fighter. He was among the leaders and fighters in the armed freedom struggle against the rule of Nizam.
Kaloji Narayana Rao – was an Indian poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist of Telangana.
Raavi Narayana Reddy – was a leader in the Telangana Rebellion against the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII.
Baddam Yella Reddy – was an Indian Communist politician from Telangana. He was one of the prominent leaders in the Telangana armed struggle against the Nizam Regiment.
Puchalapalli Sundarayya – was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a leader of the peasant revolt in the former Hyderabad State of India, called the Telangana Rebellion. He is popularly known as Comrade PS.
Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy – was a freedom fighter and a leader of the Telangana Rebellion, he was known, fought the Razakars during the Nizam's rule for six years by being underground.
Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy – was a Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh and a leader of the Telangana Rebellion. He is popularly known as NSR.
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao – was among the Telugu-speaking leaders to resist the Nizam in the princely state of Hyderabad.
Chakali Ilamma – was an Indian revolutionary leader during the Telangana Rebellion.
Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy – is a freedom fighter who fought the Telangana Rebellion against the Jagirdars.
Chandra Rajeswara Rao – was an Indian freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh. He was one of the leaders of the Telangana Rebellion. He also worked as Communist Party of India.
K. Balagopal, A Mathematician and Marxist-Communist.

Militants and Rebels

Nambala Keshava Rao, his nom de guerre “Basavraj”, He is a Leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), currently on National Investigation Agency Most Wanted.
Muppala Lakshmana Rao, by his nom de guerre “Ganapathy”, He is a Commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (India) is the Armed Wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Mallojula Koteswara Rao, commonly known by his nom de guerre “Kishenji”, was an Indian political terrorist who was a Politburo and Central Military Commission member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Patel Sudhakar Reddy, was a leader of the central committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Yalavarthi Naveen Babu, He was a Naxalite leader in India, He was founder of All India Revolutionary Students Federation.
Thippiri Tirupathi, is an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Cherukuri Rajkumar,, was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of the Central Politburo of the banned Maoist group Communist Party of India (Maoist). On 1 July 2010, he was killed by Andhra Pradesh Police in an encounter.
Sadanala Ramakrishna, is an Indian Maoist politician, senior leader of Communist Party of India (Maoist) and head of the Central Technical Committee of the party.
Ginugu Narsimha Reddy, is a Maoist politician and Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, was a senior Communist leader and Maoist organizer in India.
Mallujola Venugopal, is a Politburo and Central Military Commission member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India.
Katakam Sudarshan, commonly known by his nom de guerre, is a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
B. Sudhakar, is a Maoist leader and members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Varkapur Chandramouli, was an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Varanasi Subramanyam, is an Indian Maoist and Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy, known by his nom de guerre, “Kosa”, he is a banned Maoist Insurgent Communist Party of India, he was a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
George Reddy, He was a university student, remembered now primarily for his promotion of Marxist ideas, Reddy was killed in an attack at his college campus on 14 April 1972.
Varavara Rao, is an Indian activist, poet, teacher, and writer, He is an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence and has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Gummadi Vittal Rao, is a poet, revolutionary Telugu balladeer and local Naxalite activist from what is now the state of Telangana.
Gita Ramaswamy, is an Indian social activist and writer.
Belli Lalitha, founder of Telangana Kala Samithi who was murdered in 1999.
Narmada Akka, was one of the "senior-most" female cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Arunodaya Vimala, popularly known as vimalakka, Telugu balladeer and Social Activist.

Military Chiefs

Indian Army

General K. V. Krishna Rao, Chief of the Army Staff, 1981–1983

Indian Navy

Admiral Ram Dass Katari, Chief of the Naval Staff, 1958–1962

Politicians

India

P. V. Narasimha Rao – 9th Prime Minister Of India
N. T. Rama Rao, Founder of Telugu Desam Party.
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu, vice president of India
Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy
K. Chandrashekar Rao, Founder of Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Pawan Kalyan, Founder of Jana Sena Party
Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, MLA from Vijayawada East
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Founder of YSR Congress Party
Shabbir Ali, Minister during Indian National Congress rule in AP.

United States of America

Aruna Miller – American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland
Shantanu Narayen – CEO of Adobe Inc
Arvind Krishna – CEO of IBM
Raja Kumari – Rapper, songwriter and singer
Satya Nadella – The executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft.
Suhail A. Khan – American conservative political activist
Surya Yalamanchili – Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010
Usha Vance – Current Second Lady of the United States.
Upendra Chivukula – Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities after serving more than 12 years in the General Assembly, where he had been the Deputy Speaker
Vinai Thummalapally – U.S. Ambassador to Belize

South Africa

Jay Naidoo – South Africa Independence Movement Activist
Ama Naidoo – South Africa Independence Movement Activist
Kumi Naidoo – South Africa Independence Movement Activist
Naransamy Roy Naidoo – South Africa Political Activist
Shanti Naidoo – South Africa Politician and Anti – Apartheid Activist

Freedom fighters

Alluri Sitarama Raju – freedom fighter and revolutionary
Gurajada Apparao
Gurram Jashua
Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya
Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu – Zamindar of Amaravati
N.G. Ranga
P. Varadarajulu Naidu – was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist. He was also the founder of The Indian Express
Durgabai Deshmukh
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy
Kandukuri Veeresalingam – social reformer, writer, editor, performed first widow marriage in India
Pingali Venkayya – freedom fighter and Indian National Flag designer
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya – freedom fighter and founder of Andhra bank
Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao – writer of the National Pledge (India), written in Telugu first, later translated to other Indian languages
Tanguturi Prakasam – was also known as Andhra Kesari
Arutla Ramchandra Reddy – Indian freedom fighter & Telangana movement leader from Nalgonda
Potu Narsimha Reddy – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from Adilabad
Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
Potti Sreeramulu – responsible for the formation of linguistic states in India, died after fasting for statehood
Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya – Gandhian and freedom fighter
Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu – one of the founder of The Hindu
Sarojini Naidu
Chowdary Satyanarayana – also known as Jananayak was an Indian freedom fighter, anti-colonial nationalist, human rights activist, legislator
Komaram Bheem
Gouthu Latchanna
Kaneganti Hanumanthu
Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary
Tripuraneni Gopichand
Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy
Kaloji Narayana Rao
Anabheri Prabhakar Rao

Scientists

Satya N. Atluri, renowned aerospace scientist, Padma Bhushan awardee in 2013 in science and engineering; recipient of the Global Aerospace Prize of $100,000, the Walter & Angelina Crichlow Trust Prize of AIAA; recipient, "Excellence in Aviation Award", from the United States Federal Aviation Administration
G. D. Naidu, the "Edison of India"
G. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D.
Yellapragada Subbarao, Indian biochemist who made many important discoveries while working in the United States
P. Varadarajulu Naidu, Indian physician, politician, journalist and Indian independence activist.
Raj Reddy, renowned computer scientist and former Dean of the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science. Currently, the only Turing Award winner from India.
Suri Bhagavantam, famous Indian scientist and administrator who worked and collaborated with C.V.Raman He worked as Director of the Indian Institute of Science and the Defence Research and Development Organisation and as adviser to the Indian defense ministry.
Yelavarthy Nayudamma
M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar and statesman on whose memory Engineer's day is celebrated across India
C. Radhakrishna Rao, famous for his works in Maths and Statistics. The Cramer Rao bound theory and the Rao-Blackwell theorem are among his best known discoveries

Economists and Policy makers

M. Narasimham – Thirteenth Governor of RBI, Chaired Committee of Banking Sector reforms
C. H. Hanumantha Rao – Member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008 and chaired the Technical Committee on Drought prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.
Y. Venugopal Reddy – Former Reserve Bank of India Governor from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008 – credited with imposing tough lending standards which shielded India from 2008 financial crisis
Duvvuri Subbarao – Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India
M. Narasimham – Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India
C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao – Former Cabinet Secretary
V. K. R. V. Rao – Noted economist
Narayana Kocherlakota – Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester

Writers

Paravastu Chinnayasuri
C. Narayana Reddy – Winner of Jnanapeeth award
Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu – Writer
Suravaram Pratap Reddy – Writer and historian from Telangana
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy – Poet from Rayalaseema
Kesava Reddy – Telugu novelist from Chittoor
Ravuri Bharadhwaja – Winner of Jnanapeeth award Telugu novelist
Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy – Maximum number of stories written in Telugu – Over 3000
Pullella Sriramachandrudu – Sanskrit and Telugu scholar
Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty – Writer
Vegunta Mohan Prasad – Poet
Mohammed Khadeer Babu – Writer

Contribution to Telugu Language

Medieval Poets

Adikavi Pampa wrote a Jain text called the Jinendra Puranam
Malliya Rechana wrote the first Telugu prosody book called Kavijanasrayam.
Nannaya Bhattaraka, also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
Tikkana also called "Tikkana Somayaji", poet and member of Kavi Trayam
Errana also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada".
Gona Budda Reddy, 13th-century poet
Annamacharya, mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha ; husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
Sri Krishnadevaraya, Vijayanagar Emperor, Telugu language patron, Telugu language poet
Allasani Peddana, 15th century poet and known as foremost of Asthadiggajas
Nandi Thimmana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Madayyagari Mallana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Dhurjati, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Pingali Surana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Ramarajabhushanudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Tenali Ramakrishna, poet, scholar, thinker and a special advisor in the court of Krishnadevaraya, nicknamed Vikatakavi
Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla, poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
Potana, born Bammera Pothana, poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
Tallapaka Tirumalamma, also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka", poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
Vemana, poet
Bhadrachala Ramadasu, 17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music

Renaissance Poets

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
Gurajada Apparao, poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi
Gurram Jashuva, a dalit poet and writer and producer of All India Radio, awarded "Padma Bhushan" by the Govt of India, known for poetry on social evils
Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, marxist poet notable for his work Maha Prasthanam
Jwalamukhi, pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu, poet, novelist, writer and political activist
Viswanatha Satyanarayana, popularly known as the Kavi Samraat
Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, poet and dramatist
Chellapilla Venkata Sastry, poet and scholar
Devulapalli Krishna Sastry, poet and writer of radio plays, known as "Andhra Shelly"
Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
Rayaprolu Subba Rao
C. R. Reddy

Modern Poets

C. Narayana Reddy, poet, academic and songwriter
Aarudhra, author, poet, essayist, writer of stories, playwright, translator, composer of film songs
Mohammad Ismail, Telugu-language poet, critic, academic and university administrator.
Suravaram Pratap Reddy, writer and historian from Telangana
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy, poet from Rayalaseema
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, also known as Yuga Kavi
Papineni Sivasankar, poet and critic from Andhra Pradesh
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, popular poet and lyricist

Religious Leaders and Philosophers

Vallabhacharya – one of the prominent Bhakthi movement leaders
Acharya Nagarjuna – Buddhist philosopher and alchemist
Yogi Vemana – poet and philosopher
Pothuluri Veerabrahmam – well-known saint and astrologer in the 17th century
U. G. Krishnamurti – world-famous 20th century philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti – 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher
Sringeri Shankaracharya
Nimbarka – one of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India
Vishnuswami – one of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India
Vallabha – another major Vaishnav acharya
Satya Sai Baba – internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti
Sadasiva Brahmendra – Bhakthi Poet
Bhakta Potana – realised Soul and a Bhakthi poet who translated Bhagavatam to Telugu
Kancherla Gopanna – also popularly known as Ramadasu
Annamacharya – great devotee of Tirumala Lord Venkateswara who has written 40,000 songs and composed them
Tyagaraja – great devotee of Lord SriRama who is excelled in carnatic music and have written and composed some 30,000 songs majorly on Sri Rama. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
Garikapati Narashima Rao - Indian scholar, litterateur, and avadhani from Andhra Pradesh. Received padmashri in 2022 from government of India. In 1996, he performed Avadhanam with 1116 Pruchchakas for 21 days in Kakinada.
Syama Sastri – oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two. All his compositions are in Telugu. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in present Tamil Nadu.
Sadhguru – mystic and yogi. Founder of Isha Yoga, a non profit organization. Born in Mysore to a Telugu-speaking family.

Academics

Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy – First Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher
G. Ram Reddy – Former University Grants Commission chairman
Sarvepalli Gopal – Indian historian
Veluri Venkata Krishna Sastry – Archaeologist
J. N. Reddy – Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Arjula Ramachandra Reddy – biologist, First vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University
Pavani Parameswara Rao – a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India

Award winners

Olympic Medalists

Karnam Malleswari – Bronze medal for Weightlifting, first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
P. V. Sindhu – Silver medal in 2016 and Bronze medal in 2020 for Badminton, the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.

Commonwealth Games medallists

Pullela Gopichand – Badminton
P. V. Sindhu – Badminton
Jwala Gutta – Badminton
Parupalli Kashyap – Badminton
Srikanth Kidambi – Badminton
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton
N. Sikki Reddy – Badminton
Gadde Ruthvika Shivani – Badminton
Chetan Anand (badminton) – Badminton
Deepthi Chapala – Badminton
Gurusai Dutt – Badminton
Ragala Venkat Rahul – Olympic weightlifting
Shailaja Pujari – Olympic weightlifting
Neelam Setti Laxmi – Olympic weightlifting
Santoshi Matsa – Olympic weightlifting
Badathala Adisekhar – Olympic weightlifting
Valluri Srinivasa Rao – Olympic weightlifting
Sharath Kamal – Table tennis
Mohammad Hussamuddin – Amateur boxing
Mahesh Bhupathi – Tennis
Rushmi Chakravarthi – Tennis

Bharat Ratna

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, awarded 1954
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, awarded 1955
V. V. Giri, awarded 1975
P. V. Narasimha Rao, awarded 2024

Padma Vibhushan

Padmabhushan

Padma Shri

A. S. Rao
A. V. Rama Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Allu Ramalingaiah
Annavarapu Rama Swamy
Asavadi Prakasarao
Atluri Sriman Narayana
AVS Raju
A. G. K. Gokhale
A. Kanyakumari
B. L. Deekshatulu
B. Ramana Rao
B. V. Raju
B. V. Rao
Bapu (director)
Bhupathiraju Somaraju
Boyi Bhimanna
Brahmanandam
C. Narayana Reddy
C. Venkata S. Ram
Challagalla Narasimham
Chintakindi Mallesham
Chintala Venkat Reddy
Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah
D. Nageshwar Reddy
D. V. S. Raju
Dalavai Chalapathi Rao
Daripalli Ramaiah
Darshanam Mogilaiah
Dasari Prasada Rao
Dasika Durga Prasada Rao
Dattatreyudu Nori
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
G. Muniratnam
Gajam Anjaiah
Gajam Govardhana
Garikapati Narasimha Rao
Ghantasala
Gnanananda Kavi
Gopi Chand Mannam
Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav
Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan
Govindan Sundararajan
Guduru Venkatachalam
Gullapalli Nageswara Rao
Gummadi
Harika Dronavalli
I. V. Subba Rao
Immaneni Sathyamurthy
Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya
Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy
Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty
K. Paddayya
K. S. Chandrasekharan
K. Viswanath
Kadiyala Ramachandra
Kailasam Raghavendra Rao
Kakarla Subba Rao
Kallam Anji Reddy
Kallur Subba Rao
Kalyanam Raghuramaiah
Kanaka Raju
Karnam Malleswari
Katuru Narayana
Kolakaluri Enoch
Koneru Humpy
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Krishna Reddy
Krishnaswami Ramiah
Kutikuppala Surya Rao
Lavu Narendranath
Laxma Goud
Mahesh Bhupathi
M. Balamuralikrishna
M. V. Rao
M. Y. S. Prasad
Machani Somappa
Manjula Anagani
Mohan Babu
Moturi Satyanarayana
Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju
Mukesh Kumar
Myneni Hariprasada Rao
N. G. Krishna Murti
N. T. Rama Rao
Narain Karthikeyan
Narla Tata Rao
Nataraja Ramakrishna
Nerella Venu Madhav
Nidumolu Sumathi
Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad
P. Bhanumathi
P. V. Sindhu
Palle Rama Rao
Pannuru Sripathy
Perugu Siva Reddy
Prem Watsa
Pullela Gopichand
Pullella Sriramachandrudu
Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu
Raghu Ram Pillarisetti
Raja and Radha Reddy
Ravi Kumar Narra
Rekandar Nageswara Rao
Relangi
S. M. Arif
S. M. Ganapathy
S. S. Badrinath
S. S. Rajamouli
Saibaba Goud
Sakini Ramachandraih
Shantha Sinha
Sharath Kamal
Sheik Chinna Moulana
Shobha Naidu
Shobha Raju
Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Sitaram Rao Valluri
Sowcar Janaki
Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi
Srikanth Kidambi
Srirangam Gopalaratnam
Sthanam Narasimha Rao
Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao
T. Venkatapathi Reddiar
Tabu
Turlapaty Kutumba Rao
U. Srinivas
V. Nagayya
V. Narayana Rao
V. Satyanarayana Sarma
Vamsi Mootha
Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli
Vijay Raghav Rao
Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath
Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao
Vulimiri Ramalingaswami
VVS Laxman
Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
Yarlagadda Nayudamma
Yella Venkateswara Rao
Addepalli Sarvi Chetty – social work
Aekka Yadagiri Rao – Arts
Anumolu Sriramarao – social work
Chandrakant Pithawa – Science & Engineering
Devan Venkata Reddy – trade & industry
Devarapalli Prakash Rao – social work
Gadde Ramakoteswar Rao – Science & Engineering
Hari Narain – civil service
Jayakumari Chikkala – Medicine
Kalluri Gopal Rao – Civil Service
Argula Nagaraja Rao – trade & industry
Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu – trade & industry
N. Balakrishna Reddy – social work
Nampally Divakar – Science & Engineering
Padamanur Ananda Rau – trade & industry
Padmaja Reddy – Arts
Sheik Nazar – Arts
Sistha Venkata Seetharama Shastry – Science & Engineering
Sudha Venkatasiva Reddy – social work
T. V. Narayana – social work
Tadepalli Venkanna – Arts
Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary – Civil Service
V. Koteswaramma – Literature & Education
V. Ramchandra Vajramushti – Civil Service
Vadalmudi Venkata Rao – Literature & Education
Yadla Gopalarao – Arts

Sahitya Akademi Award

Year	Author	Work
1955	Suravaram Pratap Reddy	Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu
1956	Bulusu Venkateswarulu	Bharatiya Tattva Sastramu
1957	Chariantanananda Swami	Sri Ramakrishnuni Jeevita Charitra
1958	No Award
1959	No Award
1960	Ponangi Srirama Apparavu	Natyasastramu
1961	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu
1962	Viswanatha Satyanarayana	Viswanadha Madhyakkarulu
1963	Tripuraneni Gopichand	Panditha Parameswara Sastry Veelunama
1964	Gurram Joshua	Kreestu Charitra
1965	Acharya Rayaprolu Subbarao	Misra Manjari
1966	No Award
1967	No Award
1968	No Award
1969	Tummala Seetharama Murthy	Mahatma Katha
1970	D. Balagangadhar Tilak	Amrutham Kurisina Rathri
1971	Vasireddy Seethadevi Thapi Dharma Rao	Samata Vijayavilasamu: Hrudayollasavyakhya
1972	Srirangam Srinivasarao	Sri Sri Sahityamu
1973	C. Narayana Reddy	Mantalu Manavudu
1974	Dasaradhi	Thimiram Tho Samaram
1975	Boyi Bhimanna	Gudiselu Kalipotunnai
1976	Akella Syamala Rani	Harini
1977	Kundurti Anjaneyulu	Kundurti Kritulu
1978	Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry	Collected Works of Krishna Sastri
1979	P. Narayanacharya	Janapriya Ramayanamu
1980	Kasi Viswanath Silukoti	Oka Deepam Veligindi
1981	Vasireddy Seethadevi Narla Venkateswara Rao	Uritadu Seeta Josyam
1982	Illindala Saraswati Devi	Swarna Kamalaalu
1983	Ravuri Bharadwaja	Jeevana Samaram
1984	Aluri Bairagi	Aagama Geeti
1985	Palagummi Padmaraju	Gaalivana
1986	G.V. Subramanyam	Andhra Sahitya Vimarsa Angla Prabhavam
1987	Arudra	Gurazada Gurupeetham
1988	Vasireddy Seethadevi Rachamallu Ramachandra Reddi	Maro Dayyam Katha Anuvaada Samasyalu
1989	S. V. Joga Rao	Manipravalamu
1990	Vasireddy Seethadevi K Siva Reddy	Mrityunjayadu Mohana-o-Mohana
1991	Bhamidipati Ramagopalam	Itlu, Mee Vidheyudu
1992	Malathi Chendur	Hrudaya Netri
1993	Madhuranthakam Rajaram	Madhuranthakam Rajaram Kathalu
1994	Gunturu Seshendra Sharma	Kala Rekha
1995	Kalipatnam Ramarao	Yajnam To Tommidi
1996	Kethu Viswanatha Reddy	Kethu Vishwanatha Reddy Kathalu
1997	Penumarthi Viswanatha Sastri	Swapna Lipi
1998	Balivada Kantha Rao	Balivada Kantha Rao Kathalu
1999	Vallampati Venkata Subbayya	Katha Silpam
2000	N. Gopi	Kalanni Nidra Ponivvanu
2001	Tirumala Ramachandra	Hampi Nunchi Harappa Daka
2002	Chekuri Ramarao	Smrti Kinankam
2003	Utpala Satyanarayanacharya	Sri Krishna Chandrodayamu
2004	Ampasayya Naveen	Kala Rekhalu
2005	Abburi Chayadevi	Tana Margam
2006	Munipalle Raju	Astitvanadam Aavali Teerana
2007	Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma	Satapatramu
2008	Chitiprolu Krishna Murthy	Purushottamudu
2009	Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad	Draupadi
2010	Syed Saleem	Kaluthunna Poolathota
2011	Samala Sadasiva	Swaralayalu
2012	Peddibhotla Subbaramayya	Peddibhotla Subbaramayya Kathalu Vol-1
2013	Katyayani Vidmahe	Sahityaakasamlo Sagam
2014	Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy	Mana Navalalu - Mana Kathanikalu
2015	Volga	Vimuktha
2016	Papineni Sivasankar	Rajanigandha
2017	Devi Priya	Gaali Rangu
2018	Kolakaluri Enoch	Vimarsini
2019	Bandi Narayanaswamy	Sapta Bhoomi
2020	Nikhileswar	Agniswaasa
2021	Goreti Venkanna	Vallanki Taalam

Khel Ratna Award

The Khel Ratna Award is India's highest sporting honor.

Karnam Malleswari – For Weightlifting
Pullela Gopichand – For Badminton
P. V. Sindhu – For Badminton
Rohit Sharma – For Cricket

Jnanpeeth Award

Viswanatha Satyanarayana for his work Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu for the year 1970.
C. Narayanareddy for his Telugu poetic work Viswambara for the year 1988.
Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his Telugu poetic work Pakudu Rallu for the year 2012.

Sahitya Akademi Award

Viswanadha Satyanarayana for his poetry book Viswanadha Madhyakaralu
Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao for Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu
Suravaram Pratap Reddy for his social history book Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy for his short stories book ''Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu''

Dada Saheb Phalke award

Academy Award

M. M. Keeravani

Golden Globe Award

M. M. Keeravani

Critics Choice Movie Awards

Dronacharya Award

A. Ramana Rao – Volleyball
Shyam Sunder Rao – Volleyball
S. M. Arif – Badminton
E. Prasad Rao – Kabaddi
Koneru Ashok – Chess
Pullela Gopichand – Badminton
Nagapuri Ramesh – Athletics
G. S. S. V. Prasad – Badminton
Achanta Srinivasa Rao – Table Tennis

Arjuna Award

V. V. S. Laxman – Cricket
Rohit Sharma – Cricket
Mukesh Kumar – Hockey
PV Sindhu – Badminton
Pullela Gopichand – Badminton
Parupalli Kashyap – Badminton
Chetan Anand – Badminton
B. Sai Praneeth – Badminton
Jwala Gutta – Badminton
Srikanth Kidambi – Badminton
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton
Sharath Kamal – Table Tennis
Mahesh Bhupathi – Tennis
Saketh Myneni – Tennis
Koneru Humpy – Chess
Pentala Harikrishna – Chess
Harika Dronavalli – Chess
Sharath Kamal – Table tennis
Tulsidas Balaram – Football
Karnam Malleswari – Weight lifting
Kamineni Eswara Rao – Weight lifting
P. V. Ramana – Volleyball
Shyam Sunder Rao – Volleyball
A. Ramana Rao – Volleyball

Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize.

Guinness World Records

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – holds the Guinness World Record for having sung the most songs for any male playback singer in the world, with the majority of his songs sung in Telugu.
P. Susheela – She entered the Guinness Book of World Records for recording the highest number of songs in musical history.
Dasari Narayana Rao – holds the Guinness World Record as the most films directed with 151 films.
D. Ramanaidu – holds the Guinness World Record as the most prolific producer with 130 films.
Ramoji Film City – Guinness Record had been awarded to Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad as the largest film studio complex in the world, it opened in 1996 and measures 674 hectares. With 47 sound stages, it has permanent sets ranging from railway stations to temples.
Brahmanandam – M.R Brahmanandam holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the most films in a single language, 1000+ films.
Vijaya Nirmala – in 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named Vijaya Nirmala as the female director with the most films, having made 47 films. In a career spanning approximately two decades, she has acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil and produced 15 films.
Chiranjeevi – in 2024, the Guinness Book of Records named Chiranjeevi most prolific film star in the Indian film industry, having danced in 537 songs across 156 films.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

International Positions

United States

Usha Vance – Second Lady of The United States of America.
Ajay Naidu – Hollywood actor
Arvind Krishna – Indian American business executive. He is the chief executive officer of IBM
Saagar Enjeti – independent political news commentator, based in Washington D.C.
Adivi Sesh – Hollywood actor, director, writer
Varun Sandesh – actor
Surya Yalamanchili – Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district in 2010
Vinai Thummalapally – U.S. Ambassador to Belize
Kris Kolluri – New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation
C. R. Rao – mathematician, statistician
Rao Remala – first Indian Employee at Microsoft
Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft
Shantanu Narayen – CEO of Adobe Systems
Raj Reddy – recipient of Turing Award
Padmasree Warrior – former chief executive officer of Nio Inc.
Vijaya Lakshmi Emani – social activist, posthumously awarded Presidential Citizens Medal
Sarayu Rao – Hollywood Actress
Aneesh Chaganty – Hollywood director
Akash Vukoti – TV personality
Narayana Kocherlakota – American economist and is the Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester
Upendra Chivukula – Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities after serving more than 12 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he had been the Deputy Speaker
Dabeeru C. Rao – Director of the Division of Biostatistics at Washington University School of Medicine
Balamurali Ambati – American ophthalmologist, educator, and researcher. On May 19, 1995, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest doctor
Uma Pemmaraju – American anchor and host on the Fox News Channel cable network
Vamsi Mootha – American physician-scientist and computational biologist of Indian descent
G. S. Maddala – mathematician and economist best known for work in the field of Econometrics
J. N. Reddy – professor and holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Neeli Bendapudi – President of University of Louisville
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao – professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the university at Buffalo
Ravi V. Bellamkonda – Vinik Dean of Engineering Duke University Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering
Yellapragada Subbarao – Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell
Nina Davuluri – Miss America 2014
Dattatreyudu Nori – Vice Chairman of the Radiation Oncologist Department at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City
V. Mohan Reddy – pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Stanford
E. Premkumar Reddy – oncologist; director of Fels institute of cancer research and molecular biology at Temple University
Aruna Miller – American politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland
Laxmi Poruri – tennis player
Raja Kumari – singer
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar – control theorist
Hari Kondabolu – stand-up comedian
Ashok Kondabolu – DJ, rapper, former member of hip-hop group Das Racist
Sashi Reddy – entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist
Raj Reddy – computer scientist, founder of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, winner of Turing Award
Lakireddy Bali Reddy – convicted felon, charged for sex trafficking, visa fraud, and tax code violations
Alluri Satyanarayana Raju – first General Secretary in AICC in Nehru Govt.
Sekhar Puli – Indian American entrepreneur, Investor and philanthropist

South Africa

Anand Naidoo – South African journalist
Jailoshini Naidoo – South African actress
Leeanda Reddy – South African actor

French Yanam

Diwan Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou –
Bezawada Bapa Naidou –
Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou –
Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu – Former MLA of Yanam for six consecutive terms and Deputy Speaker, Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly.
Dadala Raphael Ramanayya – Freedom fighter
Samatam Krishnayya – Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire de Yanaon
Malladi Krishna Rao – Puducherry Health Minister

Industrialists and CEOs

Satya Nadella – CEO, Microsoft
Srini Raju – Founder TV9
Mohan Reddy – Founder and Chairman Cyient
PMS Prasad – CEO, Reliance Industries
Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – GMR Group
Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy – GVK Group
Shantanu Narayen – CEO, Adobe Systems
Anji Reddy – Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Prathap C. Reddy – Founder, Apollo Hospitals
Vikram Akula – Founder, SKS Microfinance
Sashi Reddi – Founder Sri Capital
Ramachandra Naidu Galla – Founder, Amara Raja Group
Padmasree Warrior – CEO, Cisco Systems
Lagadapati Madhusudan Rao – Lanco Infra Founder, MD
Narayana Kocherlakota – President of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Prasad Nimmagadda – Matrix Labs Founder, MD
Varaprasad Reddy – Shanta Biotech Founder, MD
AVS Raju – Founder, Nagarjuna Construction Company
Nama Nageswara Rao – Founder, Madhucon Projects
Ramoji Rao – Eenadu Group
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy – KMC Infra Founder, MD
Srini Kopollu – Microsoft India
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy – chairman, Balaji Group
T. Subbarami Reddy – Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – Founder of Satyam Computers
Ramesh Gelli – Founder of Global Trust Bank and the only Banker to win Padmashree
P. V. Ramprasad Reddy – Founder Aurabindo pharma
Arvind Krishna – Chairman and CEO, IBM
Vijaya Gadde – general counsel and the head of legal, policy Twitter

Sports

Cricket

C. K. Nayudu – First Captain of Indian Cricket Team
Maharajkumar of Vizianagram alias Pusapati Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju, – Second Captain of Indian Cricket Team
Buchi Babu Naidu – Father of South Indian Cricket
Cotah Ramaswami – Represented India in both International Cricket and Tennis
Hanuma Vihari – Indian test cricket team player
M. Baliah Naidu – Cricketer
M. Suryanarayan – Indian Test Cricketer
M. S. K. Prasad – Cricketer
M. L. Jaisimha – Cricketer
Nitish Kumar Reddy – Cricketer
Tilak Varma – Cricketer
Shivlal Yadav – Cricketer
K. S. Bharat – Cricketer
Tarun Nethula – Cricketer
Saiteja Mukkamalla – Cricketer
Bharath Reddy – Test Cricketer
Venugopal Rao – Cricketer
Ambati Rayudu – Cricketer
Rohit Sharma – Cricketer
Dinesh Karthik – Cricketer from Tamil Nadu
Lakshmipathy Balaji – Cricketer from Tamil Nadu
V. V. S. Laxman – Cricketer
Venkatapathy Raju – Cricketer
Bharat Arun – Cricketer
Sandeep Goud – Cricketer
M. V. Narasimha Rao – Cricketer
M. Venkataramana – Cricketer
Pochiah Krishnamurthy – Cricketer
Sabbhineni Meghana – Women Cricketer
Sravanthi Naidu – Women Cricketer
Rajani Venugopal – Women Cricketer
Sneha Deepthi – Women Cricketer
Diana David – Women Cricketer
Ravi Kalpana – Women Cricketer
Purnima Rau – Women Cricketer
Arundhati Reddy – Women Cricketer

Tennis

Mahesh Bhupathi – First Indian to win a major tournament
Saketh Myneni – He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014
Laxmi Poruri – the first Indian-American female to play professional tennis on the WTA Tour in the modern era
Rushmi Chakravarthi – She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player
Pranjala Yadlapalli – Pranjala has won four singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
Vishnu Vardhan – He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event
Jafreen Shaik – She claimed a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics partnering with Prithvi Sekhar
Sowjanya Bavisetti – Women Tennis player
Rekha Boyalapalli – Women Tennis player
Rishika Sunkara – Women Tennis player
Vishal Punna – Tennis Player
Bhanu Nunna – Tennis Player

Speedcubing

Krishnam Raju Gadiraju – is an accomplished Indian speedcuber and unicyclist. He is a six-time world record holder and the first Indian to ever set a world record in speedcubing and unicycling.

Human Calculator

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash – is a human calculator from India, and is titled as the "World's Fastest Human Calculator". BBC said "Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is to math what Usain Bolt is to running".

Chess

Koneru Humpy – Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
Pendyala Harikrishna – Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
Harika Dronavalli – Chess Grand Master, Arjuna Award winner
Gukesh D – Chess Grand Master, World Chess Champion
Bodda Pratyusha – Chess Grand Master
Arjun Erigaisi – Chess Grand Master
M. R. Lalith Babu – Chess Grand Master
Harsha Bharathakoti – Chess Grand Master
Karthik Venkataraman – Chess Grand Master
Sahiti P. Lakshmi – Chess Woman International Master
Nutakki Priyanka – Chess Woman International Master

Football

Tulsidas Balaram – represented the country in international competitions including the Olympic Games
K. Appalaraju – He scored a goal in a 2–0 win over South Korea in 1964 Asian Cup. He also scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 win over Sri Lanka in 1964 Summer Olympics Football tournament qualification
Soumya Guguloth – Women Football player

Other Countries

Vikash Dhorasoo – French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup

Others

Neelapu Rami Reddy – Sprinter and athletics champion
K. Krishna Mohan – the first Indian to break the 14 second barrier in 110 metre hurdles
Shamsher Khan – was an Indian swimmer who represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics
Anup Kumar Yama – Roller Skater
Aruna Reddy – an Indian female artistic gymnast, representing at international competitions. She won bronze medal in 2018 World Cup Gymnastics in women's vault event in Melbourne. She created history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a medal at Gymnastics World Cup
K. Srinivas – He was the Indian national carrom champion and the winner of the 4th Carrom World Cup held at the Maldives
Ambati Prudhvi Reddy – Basketball player
B. V. Satyanarayan – He competed in the men's long jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Usha Nagisetty – She won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Women Boxing Championships and the silver medal at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship.
Mohammad Hussamuddin – Hussamuddin won a Bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia
Nikhat Zareen – She won gold medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.She has become the fifth Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IBA World Boxing Championships
Bharadwaj Dayala – the first Indian to complete a solo tour around the world on an Indian-made Karizma motorcycle
Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda – the first Indian to set a Junior World Record and also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in World Junior Memory Championships.She is the youngest and the first woman in India to achieve the International Master of Memory title

Archery

Pranitha Vardhineni – Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in the women's individual and team archery events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Cherukuri Lenin – he won a silver medal at the Asian Grand Prix in Malaysia
Jyothi Surekha Vennam – At the age of 13, she won an Olympic round gold medal at the Mexican Grand Prix. At the Mexican Grand Prix, she also won bronze and three silver
Dhiraj Bommadevara
Jayalakshmi Sarikonda – She competes in the compound women event. She won medals in international archery events

Volleyball

A. Ramana Rao – He was the head coach for the Indian men's volleyball team at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship at Perth in 1991. He was also the first Indian volleyball coach to qualify as FIVB Instructor in the German Democratic Republic in 1986
Shyam Sunder Rao – former Indian volleyball player and coach.He is a recipient of Arjuna award and, in 1995, the Dronacharya award
Yejju Subba Rao – He was the President of Volleyball Federation of India honored Y Subba Rao with Five Gold coins for his extraordinary contribution towards Indian volleyball
P. V. Ramana – He was a member of the India men's national volleyball team. In the 1986 Asian Games, he was part of the team that won a bronze medal
Tilakam Gopal – is a former volleyball player from India. He captained the India national team at the 1966 Asian Games

Handball

Boyi Satya – is a handball player from Vijayawada.

Weight Lifting

Karnam Malleswari – Olympic medalist in weight lifting
Ragala Venkat Rahul – He won a gold medal in the men's 85 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia
Valluri Srinivasa Rao – Weight lifter, winner of bronze medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi in the Men's 56 kg category
Santoshi Matsa – She won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow
Shailaja Pujari – She won 3 Gold Medals in the women's 75 kg weight class at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester
Neelam Setti Laxmi – She won two silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Badathala Adisekhar – He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics
Manikyalu Malla Venkata – He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Kamineni Eswara Rao – He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics
Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao – First Indian weightlifting champion continuously for 13 years from 1945 to 1958 popularly known as Indian Tarzan

Body Builders

Kodi Rammurthy Naidu – Bodybuilder and wrestler
Laxman Reddy – Body Building champion – Winner, Mr. World 2010
Thota Narasayya Naidu – Professional Wrestler and Freedom fighter

Table tennis

Sharath Kamal – The first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion
Sreeja Akula – Table Tennis

Field Hockey

Mukesh Kumar – represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics. Triple Olympian and winner of Arjuna award-1995, Padmashri Award-2003
Rajani Etimarpu – The first Women from Andhra pradesh to be part of the Indian women's hockey team and 2016 Rio Olympics
Alloysius Edwards – Olympian Atlanta and Sydney Olympics 1996

Badminton

P. V. Sindhu – India's first female multi-medallist in Olympics with silver and bronze and five World Championship medals.
Chetan Anand – Badminton champion
Pullela Gopichand – 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton champion
P. V. V. Lakshmi – Badminton player
Gayatri Gopichand – Badminton doubles player; Commonwealth Games medallist
Jwala Gutta – Badminton champion
Parupalli Kashyap – Badminton Player
Gurusai Dutt – Badminton Player
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton doubles player; Asian Games gold medalist
S. M. Arif – Former player and coach, He is a recipient of Dronacharya Award and Padma Shri Award
Ruthvika Gadde – Badminton Player
N. Sikki Reddy – Badminton Player
Srikanth Kidambi – Badminton player
B. Sai Praneeth – Badminton player
B. Sumeeth Reddy – Badminton player
Harika Veludurthi – Badminton player
Nandagopal Kidambi – Badminton player
K. Maneesha – Badminton player
Srivedya Gurazada – Badminton player
Meghana Jakkampudi – Badminton player
Deepthi Chapala – Badminton player
K. Neelima Chowdary – Badminton player
Tarun Kona – Badminton player
Shikha Gautam – Badminton player
Siril Verma – Badminton player
Sudheer Babu – Badminton player

Racing

Narain Karthikeyan – India's first Formula 1 driver
S. Karivardhan – car constructor and National Champion
Anindith Reddy – National Champion Driver in the 2016 Euro JK 16, JK 17 Championship

Mountain climbing

Malavath Purna – Youngest female to climb Mount Everest
Malli Mastan Babu – World record of climbing the Seven Summits in the shortest span of time at that point

Films

Actors

Adivi Sesh – Actor
Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao – Film actor and Studio owner
Ali – Film Actor
Allu Rama Lingaiah – Actor/Comedian
Allari Naresh – Film Actor
Allu Arjun – Actor/dancer
Aryan Rajesh – Film Actor
Padmanabham – Film Actor, Producer
Babu Mohan – Standup comedian
Brahmanandam – Actor, Guinness record holder for acting more than 700 films
Chalam – Actor and Producer
Chiranjeevi – Telugu actor and philanthropist
V. Nagayya – Actor
Venkatesh – Telugu film actor
Dasari Narayana Rao – Telugu director, actor and producer
Eelapata Raghuramaiah – Telugu Film and Stage Actor, Padmasri Award Winner, Kendra Sangeeta Nataka Akademy Award Winner
Gummadi – Telugu film actor
Hari Kondabolu – Standup comedian
Jagapati Babu – Film Actor
Jayam Ravi – Tamil film actor;
J. D. Chakravarthy – Film Actor
Jaya Prakash Reddy – Actor
Johny Lever – Film Actor/Stand-up Comedian
Kaikala Satyanarayana – Actor and producer
Kanta Rao – Film Actor
Krishnam Raju – Film Actor
Krishna – Film Actor/Studio owner
Kota Srinivasa Rao – Film Actor
Mahesh Babu – Film Actor, Philanthropist
Mahat Raghavendra -Film Actor
Meka Srikanth – Film Actor
M. Prabhakar Reddy – Actor
Manchu Manoj – Film Actor
Maganti Murali Mohan – Film Actor/Producer
M.S. Narayana – Film Actor
Nani – Actor
Napoleon – Film Actor
Nandamuri Balakrishna – Film Actor
Nandamuri Harikrishna – Film Actor
Nagarjuna – Film actor/producer/studio owner
Nagendra Babu – Actor/producer
Nani (actor) – Film actor
Naveen Polishetty – Telugu actor
Naveen Chandra – Telugu and Tamil actor
Nitin Kumar Reddy – Film Actor
N.T. Rama Rao – Film Actor, Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Actor/Singer
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram – Film Actor/Producer
Pawan Kalyan – Telugu actor, Jana Sena Party President
Prabhas – Film Actor
Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu – Father of Telugu cinema
Rami Reddy – Actor
Rallapalli
Relangi – Film Actor and Singer
Ramana Reddy – Comedian
Rajanala – Actor
Rajiv Kanakala – Actor
Ram – Film actor
Ravi Krishna – Actor
Rao Gopal Rao – Film Actor
Ram Charan Teja – Actor
Rajendra Prasad – Film Actor
Raviteja – Film Actor
Sunil – Film Actor
Srihari – Actor/producer
Sobhan Babu – Film Actor
Sudheer Varma – Actor
Suthi Veerabhadra Rao – Actor
Suthi Velu – Actor
Tanikella Bharani – Dialogue Writer/Actor
Tarun – Film Actor
Uday Kiran – Film Actor
Vaibhav Reddy – Actor
Vijay Deverakonda – Actor
Vishnu Vardhan Babu – Film Actor
Vishal – Tamil Film Actor

Actresses

Aditi Rao Hydari – Telugu, Hindi and Tamil actress
Aishwarya Rajesh – Tamil and Telugu actress
Anandhi – works in Telugu and Tamil films
Annapoorna – Telugu actress
Anjali – Tamil and Telugu film actress
Bhanupriya – Actress
Bindu Madhavi Reddy – actress
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
Devika – Telugu and Tamil actress
Eesha Rebba – Telugu actress
Fatafat Jayalaxmi – Telugu actress in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films
Gautami – Famous actress of the 1980s and 1990s who worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films
G. Varalakshmi – actress
Jayasudha – Film actress
Jaya Prada – Film actress
Jamuna – Telugu actress
Kanchana – 1950s, 1960s and 1970s actress who acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films
Kiran Rao – Indian film producer and wife of Bollywood actor Amir Khan
Krishnaveni – Actress, singer, producer
Krishna Kumari – Telugu actress
Keerthi Reddy – Actress
Lakshmi – Telugu and Tamil actress
Lakshmi Manchu – Telugu actress
Laya – Film Actress
Malashri – Kannada actress
P. Kannamba – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
Priya Anand – Tamil and Hindi actress
Rambha – Actress
Ramya Krishna – Actress.
Rohini (actress) – Actress
Roja Selvamani – Actress
Roopa Koduvayur – Actress
Rekha – Mother is Telugu actress Pushpavalli
Sarayu Rao – American actress
Samantha – Telugu and Tamil actress
Sameera Reddy – Actress
Santha Kumari – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
Savitri – Telugu, Tamil actress/producer
Sarada – Film actress
Silk Smitha – actress in South Indian film industry
Sneha – Actress
Sowkar Janaki – Telugu, Tamil actress
Sobhita Dhulipala – Telugu, Hindi actress
Sridevi – Indian actress
Sri Divya – Telugu film actress
S. Varalakshmi – Telugu, Tamil actress
Shreya Dhanwanthary – Hindi, Telugu actress
Swara Bhaskar – Film actress.
Swati Reddy – Film actress/television presenter
Tina Desai – Telugu mother and Gujarati father
Vijayashanti – Actress and politician
Vanisri – Telugu and Kannada actress

Producers, Writer and Directors

E. V. V. Satyanarayana – Film Director
G. Neelakanta Reddy – Film Director
S. Gopal Reddy – Cinematographer, Producer
Ananth Sreeram – Lyricist
Moola Narayana Swamy – Producer
P. Pullayya – Producer
Shyam Prasad Reddy – Film Producer
D.V. Narasa Raju – Writer and Film Director
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao – Film Actor/Director
Vidyasagar – Music director
Gopichand Lagadapati – Actor/Director/Writer/Producer
Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy – Writer
H. M. Reddy – First Telugu, first Tamil & first Kannada film director
B. N. Reddy – Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner
Ramesh Naidu – Music director
B. Nagireddy – Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner
Moola Narayana Swamy – Vauhini Studios owner and producer
Nandini Reddy – Film Director
Sameer Reddy – Cinematographer
Midde Rama Rao – Film Producer
Katta Subba Rao – Telugu Film Director
K. Viswanath – One of India's most famous directors
Akkineni L. V. Prasad – Producer/Director
Edida Nageswara Rao – Producer
Allu Aravind – Producer
A.M. Rathnam – Producer
Sekhar Kammula – Director/producer
Nagesh Kukunoor – Director/producer
V. V. Vinayak – Director
Krishna Vamsi – Director
Sukumar – Director
Bapu – Artist/Film Director
Adurthi Subba Rao – Film Producer/Director
D. Ramanaidu – Film Producer/Studio owner
A. Kodandarami Reddy – Film Director
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao – Director/Producer
Kodi Ramakrishna – Director
Paruchuri Brothers – Writers
S. V. Krishna Reddy – Film Director
Jandhyala – Film Director
Yandamuri Veerendranath – Writer/Director
Vamsy – Film Director
Pingali Nagendrarao – Poet and Lyricist
Chota K. Naidu – Cinematographer
Shyam K. Naidu – Cinematographer
Devi Sri Prasad – Music Director
Surender Reddy – Film Director
S. S. Rajamouli – Film Director
Prashanth Neel – Kannada and Telugu film director from Karnataka
Samudrala Sr. – Poet and Lyricist
Samudrala Jr. – Poet and Lyricist
Selvaraghavan – Tamil Film Director
Acharya Aatreya – Poet and Lyricist
Aarudhra – Poet and Lyricist
Kosaraju Raghavayya – Poet and Lyricist
Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu – Poet and Lyricist
Veturi – Poet and Lyricist
Jaladi – Poet and Lyricist
Rajasri – Poet and Lyricist
Vennelakanti – Poet and Lyricist
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Poet and Lyricist
Bhuvana Chandra – Poet and Lyricist
C. Aswani Dutt – Film Producer
Dil Raju – Film Producer
K.S. Rama Rao – Film Producer
Ram Gopal Varma – Film Producer/Director
M.M. Keeravani – Music Director
Aneesh Chaganty – Hollywood Film director
Mani Sharma – Music Director
M. S. Raju – Film Producer
A. Sreekar Prasad – Film Editor
Puri Jagannadh – Film Director
Trivikram Srinivas – Dialogue Writer/Film Director

Singers

Ghantasala – Legendary Singer and music Composer.
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam – Singer, Guinness record holder having sung most songs by any male
S. Janaki – a legendary South Indian playback singer
P. Susheela – a legendary South Indian playback singer
S.P. Sailaja – Singer
Mano – Singer
Madhavapeddi Satyam – Singer

Artists

Pakhal Tirumal Reddy – Artist
Siddharth Katragadda – Artist Writer Filmmaker Poet
Krishna Reddy – Printmaker and sculptor
Laxma Goud
Damerla Rama Rao
Vempati Chinna Satyam – Exponent of Kuchipudi dance
Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi dancers
Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi dancer
Yamini Reddy – Kuchipudi dancer
Eelapata Raghuramaiah – Stage and Cine Actor of Andhra Pradesh
Adivi Baapiraju

Musicians and Composers

Thaman S
Devi Sri Prasad
Tyagaraja
Shyama Shastri
Tallapaka Annamacharya
Bhadrachala Ramadasu
Kshetrayya
Aadibhotla Narayana Das
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
M. Balamuralikrishna
P. Suseela
S. Janaki
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
P. B. Sreenivas
Nagoor Babu
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
Rakesh Yankaran – Indo-Trinidadian singer from Trinidad and Tobago
U. Srinivas – He is popularly known as Mandolin Srinivas.
U. Rajesh – He is popularly known as Mandolin Rajesh.

Journalists

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – journalist of early twentieth century and father of the library movement in Andhra, Founder of Andhra patrika
N. Subba Rao Pantulu and D.Kesava Rao pantulu
Patanjali – ex-chief editor, Sakshi
G. K. Reddy – Journalist
Suravaram Pratapareddy – Founder of Golconda Patrika, a journal in Hyderabad State
Palagummi Sainath – Rural India Affairs Reporter, The Hindu
Puripanda Appala Swamy.
Panchajanya - Founder, Mahanagar Dinapatrika
Nadimpalli Seetharamaraju – Journalist
Pasam Jagannadham Naidu

List of Telugu people

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Guinness World Records

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

International Positions

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Polymaths