List of people from Odisha
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This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.
Literature
Age of Sarala Yuga
- Sarala Dasa (1465)
- Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)
Age of Upendra Bhanja
- Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
- Dinakrushna Dasa (c.1650–1710)
- Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara (c. 1760– 1806)
- Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)
Age of Radhanath
- Fakir Mohan Senapati
- Gangadhar Meher
- Radhanath Ray
- Madhusudan Rao
- Nanda Kishore Bal
- Gourishankar Ray
- Nilakantha Das
Post colonial age
Poets and authors
- Amjad Najmi
- Annada Shankar Ray
- Brajanath Ratha
- Fakir Mohan Senapati
- Gangadhar Meher
- Hussain Rabi Gandhi
- Godabarish Mishra
- Gopabandhu Das
- Gopinath Mohanty
- Gourahari Das
- Jachindra Rout
- Jagadish Mohanty
- Jagannath Prasad Das (Saraswati Samman winner)
- Jayadeva
- Jayanta Mahapatra
- Karamat Ali Karamat
- Kalicharan Pattnaik
- Madhusudan Rao
- Manasi Pradhan
- Manoj Das
- Manoranjan Das
- Manmohan Acharya
- Mayadhar Mansingh
- Mohammed Ayoob
- Nilakantha Das
- Oopali Operajita
- Pratibha Satpathy
- Pratyush Prakash
- Radhanath Ray
- Ramakanta Rath
- Ranjan Das
- Ramakrushna Nanda
- Sachidananda Raut Ray
- Sarala Dasa
- Sarala Devi
- Sarojini Sahoo
- Satya Narayan Bohidar
- Sitakanta Mohapatra (Jnanpith Award winner)
- Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman winner)
- Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Writers and novelists
- Artabalabha Mohanti
- Brajanath Ratha
- Gita Mehta
- Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award winner)
- Haldhar Nag
- Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
- Krushna Chandra Kar
- Manoj Das
- Pratibha Ray
- Rajendra Prasad Das
- Shantanu Kumar Acharya
- Surendra Mohanty
- Uday Satpathy
Women's writing and feminism
Children's literature
Drama and plays
Short stories
Popular science
Education and Research
Satyabadi Era
Later Period
- Kalicharan Pattnaik
- Baidyanath Misra
- Bhubaneswar Behera
- Bidhu Bhusan Das
- Prabhat Nalini Das
- Subrat Kumar Prusty (Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
- Madhu Sudan Kanungo
- Keshab Chandra Dash
- Madhab Chandra Dash
- Ranjan Dash
- Prafulla Kumar Jena
- Baisali Mohanty
- Jitendra Nath Mohanty
- Saraju Mohanty
- Oopali Operajita
- Prana Krushna Parija
- Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
- Jogesh Pati
- Arun K. Pati
- Sam Pitroda
- Amiya Pujari
- Ashok Swain
Artists
Actresses
- Anisha Ambrose
- Anu Choudhury
- Archita Sahu
- Barsha Priyadarshini
- Bijaya Jena
- Jyoti Mishra
- Mahasweta Ray
- Naina Das
- Nandita Das
- Rameshwari
- Sulagna Panigrahi
- Tandra Ray
- Kavya Keeran
- Rajeswari Ray
- Pupul Bhuyan
- Sudharani Jena
Actors
- Akash Das Nayak
- Anubhav Mohanty
- Arindam Roy
- Atal Bihari Panda
- Babushaan Mohanty
- Bijay Mohanty
- Buddhaditya Mohanty
- Chandan Kar
- Chandrachur Singh
- Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
- Dukhiram Swain
- Hara Patnaik
- Jayiram Samal
- Mihir Das
- Papu Pam Pam
- Prashanta Nanda
- Sabyasachi Mishra
- Sadhu Meher
- Sarat Pujari
- Siddhanta Mahapatra
- Sisir Misra
- Sriram Panda
- Uttam Mohanty
- Mohammad Mohsin
- Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
- Samaresh Routray
- Partha Sarathi Ray
Dancers
Modern
Odissi Gurus and Dancers
- Kalicharan Pattnaik
- Gangadhar Pradhan
- Geeta Mahalik
- Kelucharan Mohapatra
- Mayadhar Raut
- Sanjukta Panigrahi
- Saswat Joshi
- Sujata Mohapatra
- Sunanda Patnaik
- Oopali Operajita
- Kumkum Mohanty
- Baisali Mohanty
- Dayanidhi Das
Filmmakers
- Mohammad Mohsin
- Mehmood Hussain
- Bijoy Ketan Mishra
- Hara Patnaik
- Mira Nair
- Nila Madhab Panda
- Nitai Palit
- Prashanta Nanda
- Ravi Kinagi
- Sabyasachi Mohapatra
- Sadhu Meher
- Sisir Mishra
- Jitendra Mishra
Painters
Sand artists
Sculptors
Singers
- Kalicharan Pattnaik
- Akshaya Mohanty
- Bhikari Bal
- Arabinda Muduli
- Krishna Beura
- Pratyush Prakash
- Sarbeswar Bhoi
- Sikandar Alam[1][2][3]
- Sniti Mishra
- Sona Mohapatra
- Sunanda Patnaik
- Rituraj Mohanty
- Jitendra Haripal
Musicians
Designers
Jurists
- Ananga Kumar Patnaik; Former Justice of Supreme Court of India
- Gopal Ballav Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
- Bira Kishore Ray; First Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
- Sukanta Kishore Ray; Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
- Jugal Kishore Mohanty; Former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court[7]
- Pradip Kumar Mohanty; Former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
- Gati Krushna Misra; Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
- Ranganath Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
- Dipak Misra; Former Chief Justice of India
Chief Executive Officers
Professionals
Bankers
Engineers
Managers
Physicians
- B. K. Misra (Neurosurgeon)
- Ramakanta Panda (Cardiovascular Surgeon)
Journalists
- Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (Journalist)
- Gopal Mishra
Government civil servants
- Anugraha Narayan Tiwari (Former CIC of India)
- Lalit Mansingh
- Prajna Paramita
- Ramakanta Rath
- Sitakanta Mohapatra
- Dayanidhi Choudhury
Security and Law Enforcement
Religion
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Bhima Bhoi
- Jayadeva
- Atibadi Jagannath Das
- Achyutananda Das
- Durga Charan Mohanty
Freedom fighters
- Annapurna Choudhury
- Afzal-ul Amin
- Baji Rout
- Biswambhar Parida
- Bishwanath Das
- Bakshi Jagabandhu
- Chakhi Khuntia
- Ekram Rasul
- Ghanshyam Panigrahi
- Gopabandhu Choudhury
- Gopabandhu Das
- Godabarish Mishra
- Gurubari Meher
- Harekrushna Mahatab
- Jayee Rajguru
- Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
- Jagabandhu Patnaik
- Kamal Singh
- Karunakar Singh
- Krushna Chandra Gajapati
- Laxman Nayak
- Madhab Chandra Routray
- Madho Singh (Ghess)
- Madhusudan Das
- Madhusudan Rao
- Malati Choudhury
- Nabakrushna Choudhuri
- Nilakantha Das
- Nityananda Mohapatra
- Parbati Giri
- Pindiki Bahubalendra
- RamaDevi Choudhury
- Sarala Devi
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Sarangadhar Das
- Sayeed Mohammed
- Veer Surendra Sai
Rulers
- Avakinnayo Karakandu
- Chullakalinga
- Kalinga II
- Kharavela
- Satrubhanja
- Kaundinya I
- Hemangada
- Sivakara Deva I
- Ramachandra Deva I
- Tribhuvana Mahadevi I
- Anantavarman Chodaganga
- Anangabhima Deva III
- Narasingha Deva I
- Kapilendra Deva
- Purushottama Deva
- Prataparudra Deva
- Govinda Vidyadhara
- Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
- Krushna Chandra Gajapati
- Basudeb Sudhal Deb
- Ramai Deva
- Balarama Deva
- Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
- Vikram Dev III
- Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo
Politicians
- Amarnath Pradhan
- Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
- Ananta Nayak
- Archana Nayak
- Arjun Charan Sethi
- Afzal-ul Amin
- Badri Narayan Patra
- Bhakta Charan Das
- Gopanarayan Das
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Bhupinder Singh
- Bibhu Prasad Tarai
- Bijayananda Patnaik
- Bijoy Mohapatra
- Biju Patnaik
- Bikram Keshari Deo
- Binayak Acharya
- Biren Mitra
- Bishwanath Das
- Braja Kishore Tripathy
- Chandra Sekhar Sahu
- Chintamani Panigrahi
- Draupadi Murmu
- Godabarish Mishra
- Gourahari Naik
- Giridhar Gamang
- Habibullah Khan
- Harekrushna Mahatab
- Hari Har Swain
- Hemananda Biswal
- Hrushikesh Naik
- Hussain Rabi Gandhi
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
- Jayaram Pangi
- Jitu Patnaik
- Jual Oram
- Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
- Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
- Laichan Nayak
- Laxman Tudu
- Maheswar Baug
- Mohan Jena
- Nabakrushna Choudhuri
- Nabin Nanda
- Nandini Satpathy
- Naveen Patnaik
- Nilakantha Das
- Nityanand Kanungo
- Nilamani Routray
- Niranjan Patnaik
- Nityananda Pradhan
- Parsuram Majhi
- Pinaki Misra
- Pradeep Kumar Majhi
- Prasanna Acharya
- Prasanna Kumar Patasani
- P.V.Narasimha Rao
- Pyarimohan Mohapatra
- Rabi Ray
- Radhanath Rath
- Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
- Ranjib Biswal
- Rudramadhab Ray
- Sadashiva Tripathy
- Samarendra Kundu
- Sanatan Mahakud
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Sanjay Bhoi
- Sarala Devi
- Siddhanta Mahapatra
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
- Srikant Kumar Jena
- Surendra Mohanty
- Sudam Marndi
- Surendra Mohanty
- Sushila Tiriya
- Tathagata Satpathy
- V.V. Giri
- Baikunthanath Swain
Social service
- Baba Balia
- Sarala Devi
- Madhusudan Das
- Gopabandhu Das
- Subrat Kumar Prusty
- Farhat Amin
- Manasi Pradhan
- Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar
Sports
Cricket
- Alok Jena
- A. Panda
- Baljit Singh
- Basant Mohanty
- Bibhudutta Panda
- Kadambini Mohakud
- Biplab Samantray
- Debashish Mohanty
- Ranjib Biswal
- Sanjay Raul
- Shiv Sunder Das
- Natraj Behera
Hockey
- Binita Toppo (female hockey)
- Dilip Tirkey
- Lazarus Barla
- Ignace Tirkey
- Birendra Lakra
Other sports
- Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles, running)
- Budhia Singh (long distance running)
- Dutee Chand (sprint runner)
- Jauna Murmu (sprint running, hurdler)
- Katulu Ravi Kumar (weightlifting)
- Srabani Nanda (sprint runner)
- Pramila Prava Minz (rowing)
- Pratima Puhan (rowing)
- Valena Valentina (karate)
- Kalpana Dash (Everest climber)
- Pramod Bhagat (Paralympian)
See also
References
- ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Sur Badshah ceases to sing". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Oriya singer Sikandar Alam passes away - OTHER STATES - The Hindu". The Hindu. 10 August 2010.
- ^ "Sikandar Alam | Orissa Cinema | Odisha Ollywood".
- ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Orissa Campus". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
- ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Musical tribute to singer". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
- ^ "'I find present day lyrics spineless' - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ India, The Hans (20 March 2021). "Governor Biswa Bhusan pays tributes to Justice Jugal Kishore Mohanty". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Odisha.
- Odissi dance at the Open Directory
- History of Odissi