List of people from Rajasthan
This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Rajasthan and that part of the former Rajputana that now is part of the modern state of Rajasthan.
Award winners from Rajasthan
Gallantry honors
[Param Vir Chakra]
[Maha Vir Chakra]
- Brigadier Bhawani Singh of Jaipur
- Lt. Col Kishan Singh Rathore
- Naik Digendra Kumar
- Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, 1971
[Ashoka Chakra]
- Defedar Sultan Singh Rathore
- 2nd Lt. Puneet Nath Dutt, Jaipur
[Kirti Chakra]
- Captain Karni Singh Rathore Lakhau, Churu
- Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore ]
- Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
[Shaurya Chakra]
- Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 21 Para Commando - Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar
[Vir Chakra]
- Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
- Naib Sub. Rampal Singh, 9 Rajput, 1999
[Sena Medal]
[Vishisht Seva Medal]
- Major Surendra Poonia -Special Forces, President's Bodyguard, AMC, World Medical Games
- Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
Defence
- Abhey Singh
- Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
- Lt Gen Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
- Lt Gen Sagat Singh from, Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
- Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
- Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar
Judiciary and law
Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India
Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
Chief Justice of Other High Courts
Judges of Rajasthan High Court
Jurists
Eminent scholars
Scientists
- Brahmagupta
- Daulat Singh Kothari
- Rajendra Singh Paroda
- Rajpal Singh Yadav, Vector ecologist
- Laxman Singh Rathore, DG Meteorology
- DP Sharma, Computer and IT scientist
- Govardhan Mehta, Chemical scientist
- PK Sethi, Medical orthopedics
Medicine
- P. K. Sethi
- Veer Singh Mehta
- Hakim Syed Karam Husain, Unani practitioner
- Tirath Das Dogra, Former Director AIIMS, Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurgaon.
Historical figures
- Meerabai
- Panna Dhai
- Gora and Badal
- Hada Rani
- Bhamashah
- Rani Padmini
- Narharidas Barhath
- Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali
- Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya
- Suryamal Misran
- Kaviraja Shyamaldas
Journalism
Administration
- D.R. Mehta, ex chairman of SEBI,
- Gyan Prakash Pilania
- Kunwar Natwar Singh
Arts
Music
- Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain
- Allah Jilai Bai
- Aminuddin Dagar
- Raj Kamal
- Ananya Birla
- Brij Bhushan Kabra
- Chatur Lal
- Ila Arun
- Jagjit Singh
- Mehdi Hassan
- Moinuddin Khan, sarangi player
- Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Dhrupad vocalist
- Raja Hasan
- Sandeep Acharya
- Shreya Ghoshal
- Shail Hada
- Toshi Sabri
- Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- Wasifuddin Dagar
- Zia Fariddudin Dagar
- Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
- Khemchand Prakash
- Brij Lal Verma
- Sultan Khan
- Roop Kumar Rathod
- Shravan Kumar
- Bhanu Pratap Singh
- Malini Rajurkar
- Krishna Bhatt
Dance
Painting
Art craft and handicrafts
- Kripal Singh Shekhawat, blue pottery
- Badri Lal Chitrakar, Shilp Guru award
- Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar
- Vibhor Sogani, Sprouts
- Vinod Kumar Jangir, Shilp Guru award
- Usha Rani Hooja
- Jagdish Lal Raj Soni
- Beni Ram Soni
Others
Independence activists
- Anjana Devi Chaudhary
- Ram Narayan Chaudhary
- Nathuram Mirdha
- Parsaram Maderna
- Ranmal Singh Dorwal
- Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath
- Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath
- Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath
- Rao Gopal Singh Kharwa
- Lothoo Nitharwal
- Sagarmal Gopa
- Bharat Pratap Singh
- Daulat Mal Bhandari
- Swami Keshwanand
- Har Lal Singh
- Vijay Singh Pathik
- Rao Tula Ram
Religion
- Karni Mata
- Guru Jambheshwar
- Devnarayan
- Baba Ramdevji
- Bavaliya Baba
- Mata Rani BhatiyaniJasol
- Gogaji
- Pabuji
- Mahatma Isardas
- Jambhoji
- Dadu Dayal
- Brahmanand Swami
- Dhanna Bhagat
- Karmabai
- Mirabai
- Tejaji
- Acharya Rajendrasuri
- Acharya Mahaprajna
- Khetlaji
- Swarupadas
- Keshavrai
Rulers
- Badan Singh, founder and first Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Suraj Mal, Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Jawahar Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Ram Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Kishan Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Brijendra Singh, last ruling Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Kirat Singh, founder and first Maharana of Dholpur
- Amar Singh Rathore, king of Nagaur
- Bappa Rawal, king of Mewar
- Durga Das Rathore
- Ganga Singh, king of Bikaner
- Hammiradeva of Ranthambore- grandson of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
- Hammir Singh, king of Mewar
- Jai Singh I, king of Jaipur
- Jai Singh II, king of Jaipur
- Jaswant Singh, king of Jodhpur
- Kanhadadeva, king of Jalore
- Maharao Shardul Singh
- Maharana Pratap, king of Mewar
- Man Singh I, king of Jaipur
- Prithvi Raj Chauhan, king Ajmer
- Raja Nahar Khan, king of Mewat
- Rana Kumbha, king Mewar
- Rana Sanga, king of Mewar
- Rao Jodha, king of Jodhpur
- Rao Bika, king of Bikaner
- Rawal Mallinath
- Rao Shekhaji
- Udai Singh II, king of Mewar
- Vigraharaja IV, King of Shakambhari
- Viramadeva, king of Jalore
Politics
Rajya Sabha members
Ministers —Rajasthan Government
Vice President of India
Governors of other states
- Gulab Chand Kataria
- Hari Dev Joshi
- Mohan Lal Sukhadia
- Mohammed Usman Arif
- Sadiq Ali
- Nawal Kishore Sharma
- Sunder Singh Bhandari
- Kanwar Bahadur Singh
- Rajkumar Dhoot
- Ajai Singh
- Arvind Dave
- Banwari Lal Joshi
- Shiv Charan Mathur
- Govind Singh Gurjar
- Jagannath Pahadia
- Kamla Beniwal
Chief ministers
- Hiralal Shastri
- Jai Narayan Vyas
- Mohan Lal Sukhadia
- Barkatullah Khan
- Hari Dev Joshi
- Jagannath Pahadia
- Hira Lal Devpura
- Shiv Charan Mathur
- Ashok Gehlot
- Tika Ram Paliwal
- Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
- Bhajan Lal Sharma
- Vasundhara Raje
Ministers — central government
- Jaswant Singh, Former External Affairs, Defense & Finance Minister of India
- Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Energy Minister of India.
- Natwar Singh, Former External Affairs Minister of India
- Nathuram Mirdha
- Subhash Maharia
- Satish Chandra Agrawal
- Krishana Kumar Goyal
- Girija Vyas
- Rajesh Pilot
- Ram Niwas Mirdha
- Sis Ram Ola
- Nawal Kishore Sharma
- Mohammed Usman Arif
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Arjun Ram Meghwal
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
- Bhupender Yadav
- Kailash Meghwal
- Jaskaur Meena
- Kalu Lal Shrimali
- Raj Bahadur
- Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology
- Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
- Kirori Lal Meena
- C.P. Joshi
- Sanwar Lal Jat
Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- Sumitra Singh, first women speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- Poonam Chand Vishnoi
- Parasram Maderna
- Hari Shankar Bhabhra
- Shanti Lal Chaplot
- Laxman Singh
- Kailash Chandra Meghwal
Others
- Gayatri Devi
- Rawal Umed Singh Rathore Barmer
- Mohar Singh Rathore
- Jawan Singh
- Daulat Mal Bhandari
- Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya
- Narendra Budania
- Motilal Vora Ex chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Devi Singh Bhati
- Mamta Sharma
- Bhawani Singh of Pokhran member 1st Lok Sabha
Award Winning Sports People
[Khel Ratna Award] Winners
[Arjuna Award] Winners
;Basketball- Khushi Ram, in 1967
- Hanuman Singh, in 1975
- Radhey Shyam, in 1981
- Ajmer Singh, in 1982
- Sriram Singh, in 1973
- Gopal Saini, in 1981
- Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984
- Deena Ram, in 1990
- R K Purohit, in 1983
- Suresh Mishra, in 1979
- Sunita Puri, in 1966
- Varsha Soni, in 1981
- Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989
- Limba Ram, in 1991
- Salim Durani, in 1961
- Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present
- Manjari Bhargava, in 1974
Weightlifting
- Mehar Chand Bhaskar, in 1985
Squash
- Bhuvneshwari Kumari, in 1982
Shooting
- Maharaja Karni Singh, in 1961
- Rajyashree Kumari, in 1968
- Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kota, in 1969
- Bhim Singh II of Kota, in 1971
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, in 2003
Polo
- Col. Maharaj Prem Singh, in 1961
- Lt.Col Kishan Singh, in 1963
- Rao Raja Hanut Singh, in 1964
Equestrian
- Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), in 1982
- Col.G. M. Khan, VSM, in 1984
Golf
- Lakshman Singh, in 1982
Paralympics
Others
- Parthasarathy Sharma, Cricket
- Hanumant Singh, Cricket
- Vikram Solanki, Cricket
- Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, Cricket
- Gangotri Bhandari, Ladies hockey
- Abhijeet Gupta, Chess
- Krishna Poonia
- Bajranglal Takhar
- Hari Singh (athlete), marathon runner
- Surendra Poonia, Power-lifting
- Saroj Kumari Piploda, Volleyball
[Dronacharya award] winners
- Guru Hanuman, for wrestling
- Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006
- R. D. Singh, for Athletics in 2007
- Sagar Mal Dhayal, for Boxing in 2016
List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949
- V.T. Krishnamachari
- Heera Lal Shastri
- Raj Bahadur
- Manikya Lal Varma
- Lt. Col. Apji Dalel Singh
- Jai Narayan Vyas
- Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava
- Gokulbhai Bhatt