This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India.
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Deities and avatars
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Ancient
[edit]- Ajatashatru – King of Magadha
- Dhana Nanda – Last Nanda king
- Chandragupta Maurya – Founder of Maurya Empire
- Bindusara – Chandragupta's son
- Ashoka – Great Mauryan emperor
- Dasharatha Maurya – Ashoka's grandfather
- Samprati – Buddhist patron
- Shalishuka – Known for conflicts
- Devavarman – Mauryan ruler
- Shatadhanvan – Contemporary of Ashoka
- Brihadratha Maurya – Last Mauryan king
- Aryabhata – Ancient mathematician
- Samudragupta – Conqueror and ruler
- Chandragupta I – Established Gupta Empire
- Chanakya – Political strategist
- Sher Shah Suri – Founder of the Suri Empire
- Vātsyāyana – Author of Kamasutra
Medieval rulers
[edit]- Gangadeva - second king of the Karnats of Mithila
- Narsimhadeva - third king of the Karnats of Mithila
- Ramasimhadeva - fourth king of the Karnats of Mithila
- Harisimhadeva - final ruler of the Karnat dynasty
- Shri Pratapa - ruler of the Khayaravala dynasty
- Mahasenagupta - king belonging to the Later Gupta dynasty
Buddhist figures
[edit]- Śāriputra - one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples
- Maudgalyayana - one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples
- Mahākāśyapa - one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples
- Ratnākaraśānti - 11th century Buddhist philosopher
- Maitripada - 11th century Mahasiddha
- Prabhakāramitra - 7th century monk and translator active in China
- Dhyānabhadra - 14th century monk and translator active in Korea
- Śāriputra - 15th century monk and translator active in China
Sufi saints
[edit]- Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri
- Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri
- Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak
- Ata Hussain Fani Chishti
- Khwaja Abdullah Chishti
- Ibrahim Yukpasi
Nationalists and independence activists
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- Ajit Kumar Mehta
- Babu Kunwar Singh
- Rajendra Prasad
- Ranjit Singh Ahir
- Rash Bihari Lal Mandal
- Chandradeo Prasad Verma
- Sri Krishna Singh
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Jagjivan Ram
- Ram Subhag Singh
- Kameshwar Singh
- Upendra Nath Verma
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- Syed Hasan Imam
- Baikuntha Shukla
- Karyanand Sharma
- Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
- Satyendra Narayan Singh
- Ram Dulari Sinha
- Basawon Singh (Sinha)
- Yamuna Karjee
- Yogendra Shukla
- Sheel Bhadra Yagee
- Yadunandan Sharma
- Rambriksh Benipuri
- Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)
- Ram Narain Sharma
- Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
- Radhanandan Jha
- Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Babu Amar Singh
Writers and scholars
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- Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura
- Prem Kumar Mani
- Syed Hasan
- Abdul Qavi Desnavi
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- Ram Sharan Sharma
- Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
- Balmiki Prasad Singh
- Vidyapati
- Manoj Bhawuk
- Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
- Ramvriksh Benipuri
- Devaki Nandan Khatri
- Indradeep Sinha
- Ram Karan Sharma
- Satyapal Chandra
- Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ram Avatar Sharma
- Nalin Vilochan Sharma
- Ganganath Jha
- R. K. Sinha
- Ramjee Singh
- Tabish Khair
- Acharya Ramlochan Saran
- Gopal Singh Nepali
- Ramesh Chandra Jha
- Acharya Rameshwar Jha
- Nagarjun
- Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
- Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
- Amitava Kumar
- Sanjeev K Jha
- Hetukar Jha
- Phanishwar Nath Renu
- Ravindra Prabhat
- Gajendra Thakur
- Kapil Muni Tiwary
- Shiv Khera
Journalists
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| Maithili | |
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| Urdu |
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National and international award winners
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| Award | Winners |
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| Bharat Ratna | |
| Padma Bhushan | |
| Padma Shree | |
| Jnanpith Award | |
| Ramon Magsaysay Award | |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
Military Gallantry Award winners
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Holders of high constitutional offices
[edit]Presidents of India
[edit]- Rajendra Prasad, first President of India
Presidents of other countries
[edit]- Kailash Purryag, former President of Mauritius
- Cheddi Jagan, former president of Guyana
Vice-Presidents of other countries
[edit]- Parmanand Jha, first vice-president of Nepal
Prime ministers of other countries
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- Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, first Prime Minister of Mauritius
- Navin Ramgoolam, former Prime Minister of Mauritius
- Girija Prasad Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal
- Basdeo Panday, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar, former first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Attorneys general of India
[edit]Advocate General of state of Bihar
[edit]- Rambalak Mahto, longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of Nitish Kumar
Governors of Indian states
[edit]- Anant Sharma, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal
- Balmiki Prasad Singh, current Governor of Sikkim
- Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, former Governor of Punjab
- Dinesh Nandan Sahay, former Governor of Chhattisgarh
- Kailashpati Mishra, former Governor of Gujarat
- Lallan Prasad Singh, former Governor of Assam
- Mridula Sinha, current Governor of Goa
- Nikhil Kumar, current Governor of Kerala
- Prabhat Kumar, former Governor of Jharkhand
- Rameshwar Thakur, former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
- Ram Dulari Sinha, former Governor of Kerala
- Siddheshwar Prasad, former Governor of Tripura
- Srinivas Kumar Sinha, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam
Governor of Reserve Bank of India
[edit]Lieutenant governors of other states
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Speakers of Lok Sabha
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Chief justices of India
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Chief ministers
[edit]| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
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| 1 | Shri Krishna Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 |  Indian National Congress
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| 2 | Deep Narayan Singh | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | Indian National Congress
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| 3 | Binodanand Jha | 18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 | Indian National Congress
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| 4 | Krishana Ballabh Sahay | 2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | Indian National Congress
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| 5 | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 5 March 1967 | 28 January 1968 | Jana Kranti Dal1 |
| 6 | Satish Prasad Singh | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | Indian National Congress
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| 7 | B. P. Mandal | 1 February 1968 | 2 March 1968 | Indian National Congress
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| 8 | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | Indian National Congress (O) |
| President's rule | 29 June 1968 | 26 February 1969 | ||
| 9 | Harihar Singh | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | Indian National Congress (O) |
| President's rule | 6 July 1969 | 16 February 1970 | ||
| 11 | Daroga Prasad Rai | 16 February. 1970 | 22 December 1970 | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | Karpuri Thakur | 22 December 1970 | 2 June 1971 | Socialist Party |
| 13 | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | Indian National Congress |
| President's rule | 9 January 1972 | 19 March 1972 | ||
| 14 | Kedar Pandey | 19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 | Indian National Congress |
| 15 | Abdul Gafoor | 2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Jagannath Mishra | 11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 | Indian National Congress |
| President's rule | 30 April 1977 | 24 June 1977 | ||
| 17 | Karpuri Thakur | 24 June 1977 | 21 April 1979 | Janata Party |
| 18 | Ram Sunder Das | 21 April 1979 | 17 February 1980 | Janata Party |
| President's rule | 17 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | ||
| 19 | Jagannath Mishra | 8 June 1980 | 14 August 1983 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 20 | Chandrashekhar Singh | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 21 | Bindeshwari Dubey | 12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 22 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | 14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 23 | Satyendra Narayan Singh | 11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 24 | Jagannath Mishra | 6 December 1989 | 10 March 1990 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 25 | Laloo Prasad Yadav | 10 March 1990 | 3 March 1995 |  Janata Dal
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| 26 | Laloo Prasad Yadav | 4 April 1995 | 25 July 1997 | Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal
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| 27 | Rabri Devi | 25 July 1997 | 11 February 1999 |  Rashtriya Janata Dal
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| 28 | Rabri Devi | 9 March 1999 | 2 March 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal
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| 29 | Nitish Kumar | 3 March 2000 | 10 March 2000 |  Janata Dal (United)
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| 30 | Rabri Devi | 11 March 2000 | 6 March 2005 | Rashtriya Janata Dal
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| President's rule | 7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | ||
| 31 | Nitish Kumar | 24 November 2005 | 24 November 2010 | Janata Dal (United)
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| 32 | Nitish Kumar | 26 November 2010 | 17 May 2014[1] | Janata Dal (United)
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| 33 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 20 May 2014 | 22 Feb 2015 | Janata Dal (United)
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| 34 | Nitish Kumar | 22 Feb 2015 [2] | Present [3] | Janata Dal (United)
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| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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| 1 | Anugrah Narayan Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 5 July 1957 | Indian National Congress
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| 2 | Karpoori Thakur | 5 March 1967 | 31 January 1968 | Socialist Party |
| 3 | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | 3 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | Sushil Kumar Modi | 24 Nov 2005 | 16 June 2013 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 5 | Tejashwi Yadav | 20 November 2015 | 26 July 2017 | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 6 | Sushil Kumar Modi | 27 July 2017 | 16 November 2020 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 7 | Tarkishore Prasad | 16 November 2020 | 9 August 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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| 8 | Tejashwi Yadav | 10 August 2022 | Incumbent | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
Members of Lok Sabha
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| # | Political party | Member of Parliament |
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| 1 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Manoj Kumar Jha |
| 2 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Misa Bharti |
| 3 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad |
| 4 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Prem Chand Gupta |
| 5 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Amarendra Dhari Singh |
| 6 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Ahmad Ashfaque Karim |
| 7 | Janata Dal (United) | Harivansh Narayan Singh |
| 8 | Janata Dal (United) | Ram Nath Thakur |
| 9 | Janata Dal (United) | Khiru Mahto |
| 10 | Janata Dal (United) | Bashistha Narain Singh |
| 11 | Janata Dal (United) | Anil Hegde |
| 12 | Indian National Congress | Akhilesh Prasad Singh |
| 13 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vivek Thakur |
| 14 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sushil Kumar Modi |
| 15 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shambhu Sharan Patel |
| 16 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Satish Chandra Dubey |
Spokesperson
[edit]- Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Ravi Shankar Prasad (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Shakeel Ahmad (Indian National Congress)
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Politics
[edit]- Rati Lal Prasad Verma
- Ramdeo Mahto
- Ajit Kumar Mehta
- Chandradeo Prasad Verma
- Rajendra Prasad
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- Sri Krishna Sinha
- Chandipat Sahay
- Jagjivan Ram
- Ram Subhag Singh
- B.P.Mandal
- Lalit Narayan Mishra
- Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
- Ram Dulari Sinha
- Satyendra Narayan Singh
- Karpoori Thakur
- Daroga Prasad Rai
- Deep Narayan Singh
- Abdul Ghafoor
- Chandrashekhar Singh
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Chirag Paswan
- Faz Husain
- Kailashpati Mishra
- Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Nitish Kumar
- Upendra Kushwaha
- Nikhil Kumar
- Indradeep Sinha
- Digvijay Narain Singh
- Kapildeo Singh
- Bidhu Jha
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Gauri Shankar Pandey
- Tarkeshwari Sinha
- Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
- Krishna Kumar Mishra
- Srinivas Kumar Sinha
- Yashwant Sinha
- Prabhat Jha
- Sanjay Nirupam
- Mohammad Yunus
- Nawal Kishore Dhawal
- Ranjit Kumar Gupta
- Ram Kripal Sinha
- Veena Devi
- Ramgulam Chaudhary
- Jayant Sinha
- Kanhaiya Kumar
- Bali Ram Bhagat
- Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
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Entertainment
[edit]Film directors
[edit]- Ajit Pal Mangat
- Imtiaz Ali
- Kabeer Kaushik
- Manish Jha
- Manish Vatsalya
- Manjul Sinha
- Neeraj Pandey
- Prakash Jha
- Pritish Nandy
- Ram Gopal Bajaj
- Sanjeev K Jha
- Satyen Bose
- Sushil Rajpal
- Tapan Sinha
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Actors
[edit]- Aham Sharma
- Manish Vatsalya
- Sushant Singh Rajput
- Roshan Seth
- Ashok Kumar
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Manoj Bajpai
- Manoj Bhawuk
- Akhilendra Mishra
- Abhimanyu Singh
- Adhyayan Suman
- Luv Sinha
- Pankaj Tripathi
- Shekhar Suman
- Sanjay Mishra (actor)
- Vinay Pathak
- Gurmeet Choudhary
- Vineet Kumar
- Narendra jha
- Rajesh Kumar (actor)
- Manoj Tiwari
- Pankaj Jha
- Dinesh Sharma
- R. Madhavan
- Vishal Aditya Singh
- Chandrachur Singh
- Alok Nath
- Khesari Lal Yadav
Actresses
[edit]- Aisha Sharma
- Pooja Sharma
- Prachi Sinha
- Neha Sharma
- Sandali Sinha
- Shilpa Shukla
- Neetu Chandra
- Swati Sen
- Kaveri Jha
- Neelima Azeem
- Amardeep Jha
- Suhasini Mulay
- Shilpa Singh
- Shreya Narayan
- Anurita Jha
- Rati Pandey
- Ratan Rajput
- Sriti Jha
- Richa Soni
- Ulka Gupta
- Chhavi Pandey
- Shweta Prasad
- Sonakshi Sinha
- Aishwarya Sushmita
Singers
[edit]- Daler Mehndi[6]
- Kiran Ahluwalia
- Sundar Popo
- Sharda Sinha
- Manoj Tiwari
- Pawan Singh
- Khesari Lal Yadav
- Nilkamal Singh
- Deepali Kishore
- Aishwarya Nigam
- Parmanand Singh
- Maithili Thakur
- Ritviz Srivastava (Ritviz)
Music directors
[edit]Arts
[edit]- Vidyapati
- Nagarjun
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Ramesh Chandra Jha
- Bismillah Khan
- Chandan Tiwari
- Bhikhari Thakur
- Jaydeva
- Jyotirishwar Thakur
- Srimanta Sankardeva
- Govindadas
- Acharya Ramlochan Saran
- Baldev Mishra
- Surendra Jha 'Suman'
- Radha Krishna Choudhary
- Jaykant Mishra
- Rajkamal Chaudhary
- Parichay Das
- Gajendra Thakur
- Bindhyabasini Devi
Religion
[edit]- Dharni Das
- Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas
- Dhirendra Brahmachari
- Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
- Sahadeo Tiwari
- Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
- Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi
- Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
- Syed Ibrahim
- Tenzin Priyadarshi
- Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri
Mathematics and science
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Sports
[edit]- Saba Karim
- Kirti Azad
- Subroto Banerjee
- Shivnath Singh
- Thomas Jameson
- Zafar Iqbal
- Rashmi Kumari
- Rajesh Chauhan
- Kavita Roy
- Veer Pratap Singh
- Ishan Kishan
- Deepika Kumari
- Purnima Mahato
- Randhir Singh
- Premlata Agarwal
- Sanjay Balmuchu
- Lal Mohan Hansda
- Aruna Mishra
- Jaipal Singh
- Sharad Kumar
- Pramod Bhagat
Bureaucracy
[edit]| Service | Notable Figures |
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| Indian Civil Service | |
| Indian Administrative Service | |
| Indian Foreign Service | |
| Indian Police Service |
Business
[edit]- Anil Agarwal, founder and Executive Chairman of Vedanta Group
- Arunabh Kumar, CEO of TVF
- Aditya Jha
- Sanjay Jha
- Subrata Roy, founder of Sahara Group
- Samprada Singh
- Satyapal Chandra, founder and CEO of MagTapp
Others
[edit]- Anand Kumar
- Anil Kumar
- Dashrath Manjhi
- Ganesh Dutt
- Gurusharan Sharma
- Malati Choudhury
- Maṇḍana Miśra
- Martha Dodray
- Mona Das
- Natwarlal
- Nirupama Pandey
- Pranati Rai Prakash
- Shaibal Gupta
- Shilpa Singh
- Shyamanand Jalan
- Subhav Sinha
- Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary
- Supriya Aiman
References
[edit]- ^ "Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigns - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister; Mamata Banerjee, Tarun Gogoi Attend Swearing In". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/ DY. CHIEF MINISTER". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "List of current members of the Rajya Sabha", Wikipedia, 2022-10-01, retrieved 2022-10-01
- ^ "I'm proud to be from Bihar: Daler Mehndi - Hindustan Times". www.hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.