List of people from Hyderabad

This is a list of notable people from Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana State of India. A person from Hyderabad is called a Hyderabadi. People born in Hyderabad, of Hyderabadi descent, or those who have spent a large part of their career in Hyderabad are included.

Academics

Rafi Ahmed, Indo-American virologist and immunologist
Saleh Muhammad Alladin, astronomer
Muhammad Hamidullah
Zakir Hussain
Ali Yavar Jung, former vice chancellor of Osmania University and Aligarh University
Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan, founder of Shadan Group of Institutions
Yousuf Hussain Khan, pro-vice-chancellor, Aligarh University
Mangala Mani, ISRO scientist

Advocates

Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan

Cinema, music and visual arts

Mast Ali, actor
Rashid Ali, singer
Ali Asgar, actor and comedian
Talat Aziz, ghazal singer
Mohammad Ali Baig, producer-director, heads the Hyderabad-based Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation
Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter
Naga Chaitanya, actor
Sreerama Chandra, singer
Sherlyn Chopra, model, actor, singer
Rana Daggubati, actor, producer
Anand Deverakonda, actor
Vijay Deverakonda, actor
Gifton Elias, composer, conductor
Farah, Bollywood actor
Diana Hayden, Miss World
Vedala Hemachandra, singer
Aditi Rao Hydari, actress
Hyderabad Brothers, carnatic music duo
Mohammed Irfan, playback singer
N. C. Karunya, singer
Ajit Khan, actor, filmmaker
Ateeq Hussain Khan, qawwali, musician
Kabir Khan, film director
Razak Khan, actor, comedian, director
Rohit Khandelwal, actor, Mr. World
Anjali Parvati Koda, playwright, stand-up comedian
Nagesh Kukunoor, filmmaker, screenwriter
Gopichand Lagadapati, actor, writer, director, producer
Tejaswi Madivada, model
Vennu Mallesh, singer
Anwar Maqsood, Pakistani actor, playwright, lyricist, satirist
Asmita Marwa, fashion designer
Dia Mirza, model, actor, Miss Asia Pacific International
Aziz Naser, actor
Nani, Telugu Actor
Vivek Oberoi, Actor
Shashi Preetam, music director
Priyadarshi Pulikonda, actor
Bairu Raghuram, painter
Radhika Rao, writer, director, filmmaker
Vithal Rao, ghazal singer
Rathna Shekar Reddy, theatre and film actor, founder of Samahaara
Payal Rohatgi, actor
Sushmita Sen, actor, Miss Universe
Mani Shankar, filmmaker
Tabu, actress
Manasa Varanasi, Miss India World 2021
Vinay Varma, theatre, film and voice actor, scriptwriter, casting director, founder of Sutradhar
Warsi Brothers, qawwali group

Business

Fazal Nawaz Jung, financier and politician
Ravi Kailas, businessman
Mehboob Alam Khan, restaurateur
Shah Alam Khan
Prem Watsa, CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings

Civil servants and diplomats

Syed Akbaruddin
Abid Hussain, diplomat
Idris Hasan Latif, former Indian ambassador to France
Ausaf Sayeed, diplomat, former ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Information technology

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corporation
Shantanu Narayen, CEO and president of Adobe Systems

Literature

Indira Devi Dhanrajgir, poet
Amjad Hyderabadi, Urdu poet
Khamakha Hyderabadi, poet and writer
Jwalamukhi, poet, novelist, essayist and political activist
Sarojini Naidu, poet and political activist
Jameela Nishat, Urdu poet, feminist and social activist
Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, scholar of Urdu, Arabic and Persian
Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, poet, journalist, writer, translator, literary critic, educationist and politician
Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri, historian
Ali Haider Tabatabai or Syed Ali Hyder Nazm Tabatabai, poet and translator
Naseer Turabi, Urdu poet
Mohiuddin Qadri Zore, poet, literary critic and historian

Media and television

Baseer Ali, reality TV star
Harsha Bhogle, cricket commentator and journalist
Rajiv Chilaka, creator and director of animated TV and film
Anees Jung, author and journalist

Military

Mateen Ansari, George Cross recipient
Syed Ahmed El Edroos, veteran of both World Wars; last commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State Army
Idris Hasan Latif, former Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, former lieutenant general and Vir Chakra recipient

Sports

Badminton

Pullela Gopichand, All England badminton winner; coach of Indian badminton team
Jwala Gutta, doubles player, quarterfinalist in 2012 Olympics
Parupalli Kashyap, Olympian, won gold medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games
Srikanth Kidambi, Indonesia open winner
Shruti Kurien, former doubles player
Saina Nehwal, former world no. 1
Ashwini Ponnappa, 2011 world badminton championship bronze medalist
B. Sai Praneeth, Swiss grand prix open 2018
P. V. Sindhu, won a silver medal at 2016 Rio Olympics

Cricket

Ghulam Ahmed, test player
Syed Abid Ali, former cricketer
Arshad Ayub
Mohammad Azharuddin, former captain of Indian Cricket Team
Abbas Ali Baig
Noel David, former cricketer
Syed Mohammad Hadi, nicknamed Indian Rainbow Hadi
M. L. Jaisimha, known as 'cultivated stylist' in cricket team
V. V. S. Laxman, former Indian cricketer
C. K. Nayudu, first captain of the Indian test cricket team
Pragyan Ojha, former Indian cricketer
Mithali Raj, Indian cricket team captain
Venkatapathy Raju, former Indian cricketer
Ambati Rayudu, Indian professional cricket player
Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer
Gouher Sultana, Indian cricketer
Shivlal Yadav, former Indian cricketer

Football

Shabbir Ali
Yousuf Khan
Syed Nayeemuddin, former captain of the Indian football team
Syed Abdul Rahim, former India national football coach

Hockey

Mukesh Kumar, former Indian hockey player

Tennis

Bodybuilding

Others

Abdul Basith, volleyball
Naina Ashwin Kumar, table tennis
Rahul Srivatshav Peddi, chess grandmaster

Politics

Zakir Husain, 3rd president of India
Mohammad Majid Hussain, former mayor of Hyderabad
Amanullah Khan, politician
Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan, former MLA
Idris Hasan Latif, former governor of Maharashtra
Ghazala Hashmi, politician
Aruna Miller, politician
Danam Nagender, former MLA and Minister of Labour
Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, present MLA and Managing Director of Owaisi Hospital
Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, present MP of Hyderabad and chairman of Dar-us-salaam Trust
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, former MLA and president of AIMIM
Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, MLA and general secretary of AIMIM
G. Sanjeeva Reddy, president INTUC, former MP and Minister of Labour
Kiran Kumar Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Mohammed Ali Shabbir, politician

Recipients of national awards

Padma Shri

Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohan Babu, film actor and producer
Mohammad Ali Baig, theatre activist
Mujtaba Hussain
Bilkees I. Latif, social worker
Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, poet, journalist, writer, translator, literary critic, educationist and politician
Shantha Sinha, anti-child labour activist
Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, former lieutenant general