List of people from Odisha


This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.

Literature

Age of Sarala Yuga

Age of Upendra Bhanja

Age of Radhanath

Post colonial age

Poets and authors

Writers and novelists

Women's writing and feminism

Children's literature

Drama and plays

Short stories

Popular science

Education and Research

Satyabadi Era
Later Period

Business and Entrepreneurship

Naibuga Iron and Manganese Mines and owner of Team Gonasika, hockey franchise of Visakhapatnam, AP
  • Dr Priyabrata Dhir - Founder, Sparsh Healthcare group
  • Rabindra Kumar Jena - Founder, Highland Group
  • Sibashish Mishra - Founder of BookingJini, a hospitality SaaS platform serving thousands of hotels
  • Sitakanta Ray - Founder of RetainIQ, is aimed at e-commerce brands looking to enhance their customer engagement and MySmartPrice, a leading price comparison platform used by lakhs of Indian consumers
  • Subrat Kar - Founder of MotorFloor, an online marketplace for commercial vehicles such as trucks, tractors, buses, and electric vehicles & co-founder of Vidooly, a video analytics platform that changed how Indian content creators and brands measured video performance
  • Santosh Panda - Founder of Foundership, a global accelerator VC focused on AI, Web3, and emerging tech and Explara in 2008 — a platform that deals with event ticketing and management across India
  • Srikumar Mishra - Founder of Aarna Protocol, a Singapore-based platform that blends decentralised finance with AI to create autonomous asset management solutions and Milk Mantra - dairy products startup, which was acquired by Hatsun Agro Product ltd. in 2025
  • Sarat Kumar Sahoo - Founder of Ruchi Foodline, a FMCG sector company whose brand "Ruchi Masala" is a household name in Odisha.
  • Pradosh Kumar Rout - Founder of Pragati Milk Products, whose brand
"Pragati” is the most trusted and popular dairy product brand in every household of Odisha.
  • Asish Mohapatra - Co founder and CEO of "Ofbusiness"
  • Priyadarshi Nanu Pany - Founder of CSM Technologies
  • Dr Tirupati Panigrahi - Founder of Hi-tech Group
  • Tapendra N Senapati & Ayaskanta Mohanty - Founder of Tatwa Technologies
  • Subroto Bagchi - Co-Founder of MindTree Limited
  • Jyotiranjan Harichandan - Co-founder of Bolt Energy, one of India’s fastest-growing EV infrastructure companies.
  • Manas Badajena - Founder of Houzlook, the creative force and entrepreneurial mind behind Houzlook, Bangalore’s trusted full-service interior design brand.
  • Tara Prasad Mahapatra - the visionary entrepreneur behind Asian Health Meter and Health Express
  • Jitu Mohapatra - Founder of Orimark Properties
  • Dr. Kamakhya Das - Founder of Kruti Coffee, one of India’s fastest-growing homegrown specialty coffee brands
  • Capt. Soumya R. Patnaik- the Managing Partner & CEO of Panbulk Shipping DMCC, one of the most respected names in global maritime logistics
  • Dr. Jitendra Kumar Mohanty - the visionary founder and CMD of Swosti Group — Odisha’s leading name in hospitality, tourism, and education
  • Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik, a renowned surgeon and the visionary founder of Shanti Hospitals Group, Cuttack
  • Biraja Rout - Founder of Biggies Burger – one of India’s fastest-growing burger chains
  • Manoj Kumar Pattnaik - the visionary founder of Orissa Transformer Pvt Ltd – a name trusted by Tata and many other industrial giants across India
  • Milan K. Mishra - Founder of Duramix Concrete — one of Odisha’s most trusted names in the construction materials industry.
  • Suresh Chandra Sahoo - Founder of Dion Group
  • Amarendra Dash - Founder of Suryo Group
  • Sibasis Nayak - Founder of T Cube Solutions
  • Tapan Kumar Mohanty - Founder of Z Estates Group
  • Mohammed Moquim - Founder of Metro Group

Artists

Actresses

Actors

Dancers

Modern

Odissi Gurus and Dancers

Filmmakers

Painters

Sand artists

Sculptors

Singers

Musicians

Designers

Jurists

Chief Executive Officers

Professionals

Bankers

Engineers

Managers

Physicians

Journalists

Government civil servants

Security and Law Enforcement

Religion

Freedom fighters

Rulers

Politicians

Social service

Sports

Cricket

Hockey

Other sports