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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Award winners from Rajasthan

• Padma Vibhushan

• • Naresh Chandra, 2007
  • Ram Narayan, 2005
  • Man Mohan Sharma, 2001
  • Kalu Lal Shrimali, 1976
  • Nagendra Singh, 1973
  • Daulat Singh Kothari, 1973
  • Mohan Sinha Mehta, 1969
  • Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
  • Ghanshyam Das Birla, 1957
• Padma Bhushan
  • Komal Kothari, 2006
  • Jasdev Singh, 2008
  • Vijay Shankar Vyas, 2006
  • Durga Lal, 2003
  • Jagat Singh Mehta, 2002
  • Ram Narain Agarwal, 2000
  • L. M. Singhvi, 1998
  • Narayan Singh Manaklao, 1991
  • M.V.Mathur, 1989
  • Natwar Singh, 1984
  • Jhabar Mal Sharma, 1982
  • Bhogilal Pandya, 1976
  • Ratan Shastri, 1975
  • Narayandas Malkani, 1973
  • Lt Gen Sagat Singh, 1972
  • Gokulbhai Bhatt, 1971
  • Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, 1968
  • Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
  • Daulat Singh Kothari, 1962
  • Rao Raja Hanut Singh, 1958
• Padma Shri
  • Lakha Khan, 2021
  • Jasdev Singh, 1985
  • Chandra Prakash Deval, 2011^[1]
  • Krishna Poonia, 2011
  • Arjun Prajapati, 2010
  • Vijaydan Detha, 2007
  • Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, 2005
  • Veer Singh Mehta, 2005
  • Kanhaiyalal Sethia, 2004
  • Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, 2002
  • Mohammed Tayab Khan, craftmanship, 2001
  • Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi, 2000
  • Kailash Sankhala, The Tiger Man Of India, 1992
  • Sriram Singh Shekhawat, in 1992
  • Kudrat Singh, 1988
  • Hisam-ud-din Usta, 1986, arts
  • Mag Raj Jain, 1989, social work
  • Lashmi Kumari Chundawat, 1984
  • Purushottam Das, 1984, Arts
  • Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya, 1984, painting
  • Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), 1983
  • Allah Jilai Bai, 1982
  • Shree Lal Joshi
  • Raghubir Singh, 1983
  • P. K . Sethi
  • Sita Ram Lalas, 1977, literature
  • Kripal Singh Shekhawat, 1974
  • Vijay Singh, 1972, civil service
  • Khailshanker Durlabhji, 1971, trade and industry
  • Yudhvir Singh, 1971, social work
  • Ratna Fabri, 1970, arts
  • Devi Lal Samar, 1968, arts
  • Sis Ram Ola, for social work in 1968
  • Kanwar Sain, 1956
  • Ratan Shastri, 1955
  • Sudhir Tailang
• Magsaysay Award
  • Rajendra Singh
  • P. K . Sethi
• Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
  • Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya
• Rashtrapati Award
  • Kala Nath Shastry, 1998

Gallantry honors

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Param Vir Chakra

• CHM Piru Singh Shekhawat (Jhunjhunu)
• Major Shaitan Singh Bhati

Maha Vir Chakra

• Brigadier Bhawani Singh of Jaipur
• Lt. Col Kishan Singh Rathore (Ghadsisar, Bikaner)
• Naik Digendra Kumar
• Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, 1971

Ashoka Chakra

• Defedar Sultan Singh Rathore (Mamdola-Didwana)
• 2nd Lt. Puneet Nath Dutt, Jaipur

Kirti Chakra

• Captain Karni Singh Rathore (Later on Promoted to Colonel) Lakhau, Churu
• Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore (Ramdawas, Jodhpur)]
• Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

Shaurya Chakra

• Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 21 Para Commando (Special Forces) - Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Vir Chakra

• Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
• Naib Sub. Rampal Singh (Kotputli Jaipur), 9 Rajput, 1999

Sena Medal

• Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)
• Major Bhanu Pratap Singh (8 Rajputana Rifles / 43 Rashtriya Rifles)

Vishisht Seva Medal

• Major Surendra Poonia (Rajpura, Sikar)-Special Forces, President's Bodyguard, AMC, World Medical Games
• Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

Business and Industry

• Ajay Piramal
• Ghanshyam Das Birla
• Lakshmi Mittal
• Jamnalal Bajaj
• H S Ranka
• Chanda Kochhar
• Harakh Chand Nahata
• Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal securities
• Desh Bandhu Gupta of Lupin Laboratories
• Sankaet Pathak of Synapse Financial Technologies and Foundation robotics
• Rahul Yadav (born 1989) is an Indian entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of Indian real estate search portal Housing.com.
• Radhakishan Damani, is the founder and chairman of retail chain DMart. Damani is referred to as the "retail king" of India.^[2][3]

Defence

• Abhey Singh
• Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
• Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
• Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
• Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur) - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
• Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM (21 Para Special Forces) Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Judiciary and law

Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India

• Rajendra Mal Lodha, Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

Main article: List of Chief Justices of Rajasthan High Court

• Daulat Mal Bhandari
• Chand Mal Lodha

Chief Justice of Other High Courts

• Mohan Lall Shrimal
• Guman Mal Lodha
• Dalveer Bhandari

Judges of Rajasthan High Court

• Kan Singh Parihar
• Milap Chand Jain
• Rajendra Mal Lodha

Jurists

• L. M. Singhvi
• Dalveer Bhandari

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^[4]
• Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali
• Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya^[5]
• Suryamal Misran^[6]
• Kaviraja Shyamaldas^[7]

Journalism

• Karpoor Chand Kulish, founder of Rajasthan Patrika
• Ved Pratap Vaidik
• Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Administration

See also: Chief Secretaries of Rajasthan

• D.R. Mehta, ex chairman of SEBI,
• Gyan Prakash Pilania
• Kunwar Natwar Singh

Literature

See also: List of winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards for writing in Rajasthani language

• Dursa Arha^[8]
• Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya^[5]
• Narharidas Barhath^[4]
• Suryamal Misran^[6]
• Magha (poet)
• Sunderdas
• Lashmi Kumari Chundawat
• Kanhaiyalal Sethia
• Nand Kishore Acharya
• Acharya Rajendrasuri
• Abdul Vaheed `Kamal'
• Vijaydan Detha
• Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri (Sanskrit poet)
• Kala Nath Shastry (Sanskrit scholar)
• Hemant Shesh (Hindi poet)
• Mandan Mishra (Sanskrit scholar)
• Shyamaldas
• Vidyadhar Shastri
• Thakur Akshay Singh Ratnu^[9]
• Chandra Prakash Deval^[1]
• Rima Hooja ^{[citation needed]}
• Rawat Saraswat (Rajasthani poet)

Arts

• Suvigya Sharma
• Reshma
• Gulabo (Kalbelia dancer)

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 (Sarangi player and classical vocalist)
• Roop Kumar Rathod (Singer)
• Shravan Kumar (music composer-Nadeem Shravan)
• Bhanu Pratap Singh
• Malini Rajurkar
• Krishna Bhatt

Dance

• Puran Bhatt
• Manisha Gulyani

Painting

• B. G. Sharma
• Shree Lal Joshi
• Archibald Herman Muller

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^[10]
• Usha Rani Hooja
• Jagdish Lal Raj Soni
• Beni Ram Soni

Film industry

• Arjun Deo Charan^[11]
• Bharat Vyas
• Tarachand Barjatya (producer)
• Om Shivpuri
• Mani Kaul (director)
• Hasrat Jaipuri
• Jagjit Singh (singer)
• Irrfan Khan
• Karmveer Choudhary
• Kirti Kulhari
• Asrani (actor)
• Mahipal
• Pinchoo Kapoor
• K. C. Bokadia
• Sultan Khan (singer)
• Annu Kapoor (actor, anchor)
• Kovid Gupta (screenwriter, filmmaker)
• Smita Bansal (Balika Vadhu Fame)
• Sakshi Tanwar
• Ashish Sharma

Others

• Raj Singh Dungarpur
• Hanuman Prasad Poddar
• Chanda Kochhar
• Bhanwari Devi, social worker
• Falahari Baba

Independence activists

• Anjana Devi Chaudhary
• Ram Narayan Chaudhary
• Nathuram Mirdha
• Parsaram Maderna
• Ranmal Singh Dorwal
• Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath^[12]
• Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath^[12]
• Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath^[12]
• 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^[13]
• Guru Jambheshwar
• Devnarayan
• Baba Ramdevji
• Bavaliya Baba
• Mata Rani BhatiyaniJasol
• Gogaji
• Pabuji
• Mahatma Isardas^[14]
• Jambhoji
• Dadu Dayal
• Brahmanand Swami^[15]
• 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

• List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan

Ministers  —Rajasthan Government

• List of ministers in Government of Rajasthan

Vice President of India

• Jagdeep Dhankar

• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

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 (b. 1911) member 1st Lok Sabha^[16]

Award Winning Sports People

Khel Ratna Award Winners

• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Arjuna Award Winners

Basketball

• Khushi Ram, in 1967
• Hanuman Singh, in 1975
• Radhey Shyam, in 1981
• Ajmer Singh, in 1982

Athletics

• Sriram Singh, in 1973
• Gopal Saini, in 1981
• Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984
• Deena Ram, in 1990

Volleyball

• R K Purohit, in 1983
• Suresh Mishra, in 1979

Hockey

• Sunita Puri, in 1966
• Varsha Soni, in 1981

Archery

• Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989
• Limba Ram, in 1991

Cricket

• Salim Durani, in 1961
• Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present

Swimming

• 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 (Equestrian), in 1984

Golf

• Lakshman Singh, in 1982

Paralympics

• Devendra Jhajharia
• Avani Lekhara
• Krishna Nagar
• Kumar Nitesh

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

Sports / Athletes

Cricket

• Salman Khan
• Mahipal Lomror
• Vinoo Mankad
• Syed Mushtaq Ali
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti
• B. B. Nimbalkar
• Rahul Chahar
• Deepak Chahar
• Ravi Bishnoi
• Khaleel Ahmed