List of people from Uttarakhand

This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.

Science and Humanities

Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archaeologist, Padma Shri recipient
Anupam Joshi, cyber security expert and Professor
J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1990 to 1993.
Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
Ghananand Pande, scientist
Govind Chandra Pande, Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and Buddhist periods
M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist
Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015

Surendra Pal Joshi, artist known for paintings, sculptures and murals
Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
Girish Tiwari (Girda), poet and folk singer
Mola Ram, Indian Painter
Meena Rana – Indian folk singer
Narendra Singh Negi – Indian folk singer
Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music”
Pritam Bhartwan – Indian folk singer
Jubin Nautiyal, Indian singer
Pratyul Joshi, Indian singer
Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
B. K. Samant, folk singer
Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baro Masa
Naima Khan Upreti

Shivprasad Dabral Charan; Hindi & Garhwali writer, historian, poet
Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer, poet
Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer, poet
Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer, academic
Shivani, Hindi writer
Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer, screenwriter
Ramachandra Guha, writer, historian
Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet
Namita Gokhale, English writer
Shekhar Joshi
Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
Uma Bhatt
Namrata Joshi, Journalist
Manoj Joshi
Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India

Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on 18 April 1971
Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
Unmukt Chand, cricketer
MS Dhoni, cricketer
Hemlata Kala, cricketer
Mir Ranjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi
Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Manish Pandey, cricketer
Jaspal Rana, shooter
Arvind Raturi, youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013
Lakshya Sen, Indian badminton player
Labhanshu Sharma, wrestler
Jagdish Singh, Winter Olympian
Nain Singh, Asian explorer
Pawan Suyal, cricketer
Rishabh Pant, cricketer