List of people from Haryana

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This is a list of notable people from Haryana.

Academics

• Dr. Sarup Singh, born in Sanghi, Rohtak^[1]
• Prof. K. C. Yadav, born in Rewari^[2]
• Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao, born in Rewari^[3]
• Dr. Bhim Singh Dahiya, born in Silana^[4]
• J.B. Chaudhary^[5]
• Prof. J. P. Yadav, born in Chhinnmasta^[6]
• Prof. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, born in Rewari^[7]

Arts, entertainment and films

Actors and models

• Jaideep Ahlawat, born in Kharkara, Rohtak
• Mohit Ahlawat, actor, born in Panipat
• Baje Bhagat, classical singer
• Manish Joshi Bismil, theatre actor, director, puppeteer and magician born in Hisar
• Juhi Chawla, actress born in Ambala
• Manushi Chhillar, model and beauty pageant titleholder from Sonipat
• Parineeti Chopra, born in Ambala^[8]
• Sunil Dutt, from Mandoli, Yamuna Nagar
• Parul Gulati, actress born in Rohtak
• Randeep Hooda, born in Jaseya, Rohtak
• Jagat Jakhar, a Haryanvi film actor
• Satish Kaushik, born in Dhanoda Mahendergarh
• Dayachand Mayna, actor, songwriter, poet and singer from Mayna (Rohtak)
• Om Puri, born in Ambala
• Srishti Rana beauty queen born in Faridabad
• Rajkummar Rao, born in Gurgaon
• Usha Sharma, actress
• Yashpal Sharma (actor), born in Hisar^[9]
• Mallika Sherawat, actress born in Rohtak
• Yash Tonk, born in Sonipat
• Vikramjeet Virk, actor from Karnal

Comedians

• Sunil Grover, born in Mandi Dabwali, Sirsa^[10]
• Sohit Soni, actor from Faridabad^[11]
• CarryMinati, YouTuber born in Faridabad

Arts and architecture

• Nek Chand Saini^[12]

Authors

• Pandit Lakhmi Chand
• Dayachand Mayna
• Preeti Singh
• Murari Lal Sharma (Neeras)
• Ram Swarup

Singers and composers

• Zohrabai Ambalewali, classical singer and playback singer, born in Ambala^[13]
• Baje Bhagat, songwriter, poet and singer from Sisana, Sonipat
• Pandit Lakhmi Chand
• Pandit Jasraj, classical singer, born in Hisar
• Dayachand Mayna, songwriter, poet and singer from Mayna (Rohtak)
• Sonu Nigam, born in Faridabad^[14]
• Jatin Pandit, Bollywood composer
• Lalit Pandit, Bollywood composer
• Ghulam Farid Sabri Qawwal, member of the Sabri Brothers/Qawwali group, born in Kalyana, Rohtak, Haryana/East Punjab^[15]
• Sanjay Saini Sanju movie writer^[16][17]
• Gajendra Verma composer and playback singer from Sirsa

Poets

• Sardar Anjum
• Baje Bhagat, born in Sisana, Sonipat
• Alhar Bikaneri, born in Bikaner, Haryana
• Lakhmi Chand, born in Sonipat, Haryana
• Hari Singh Dilbar, born in Faisalabad
• Altaf Hussain Hali, born in Panipat
• Uday Bhanu Hans, born in Daira Din Panah
• Nasir Kazmi, born in Ambala
• Dayachand Mayna, born in Mayna, Rohtak
• Ghulam Bhik Nairang, born in Ambala
• Murari Lal Sharma (Neeras), born in Koka, Rohtak
• Saghar Siddiqui, born in Ambala
• Samartha Vashishtha, born in Nabha
• Sajida Zaidi, born in Panipat
• Kashmiri Lal Zakir

Journalist

Shekhar Gurera, Editorial Cartoonist

Editorial cartoonist

• Shekhar Gurera, born in Moga

Television journalists

• Rohit Sardana, born in Kurukshetra

Business

• Subhash Chandra, founder Zee TV, chairman ESSEL Group
• Sameer Gehlaut
• Naveen Jindal, former member of parliament, chairman Jindal Steel and Power Limited
• O.P. Jindal, former member of parliament, Haryana Power Minister, Founder — Jindal. From Hissar
• Savitri Jindal, former minister, Haryana Government and chairman OP Jindal Group
• Sajjan Jindal, from Hisar
• Kartikeya Sharma, MP of Rajya Sabha, entrepreneur and media baron^[18]
• Baba Ramdev, Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. Born in Mahendragarh^[19]

Rulers

• Adityavardhana, King of Thanesar
• Anangpal Tomar, King of Tomara dynasty
• Harsha, King of North India
• Hemu Bhargav, King of Delhi
• Prabhakaravardhana, King of North India
• Rajyavardhana, King of North India
• Rao Tula Ram, King of Rewari
• Rao Gopal Dev, King of Rewari

Military

• Captain Umang Bhardwaj, born in Gurgaon^[20]
• General Deepak Kapoor, born Patna
• Major General Rao Farman Ali Khan, born in Rohtak, Haryana/East Punjab^[21]
• Subedar Richhpal Ram, born in Barda, Mahendragarh
• Captain Deepak Sharma, born in Rohtak^[22][23]
• Major Mohit Sharma, born in Rohtak
• Lt. Colonel Dharam Singh, born in Badesara, Bhiwani, Haryana
• Lance Naik Hari Singh, born in Badanpur, Jind district, Haryana
• Lt. Colonel Hoshiar Singh, born in Sisana, Sonipat^[24]
• General VK Singh, born in Pune
• General Dalbir Singh Suhag, born in Bishan, Jhajjar, Haryana
• Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, born in Bharawas
• Petty Officer Chiman Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, born in Gurgaon^[25]
• Brigadier Rai Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, born in Kosli^[26]
• Subedar Sujjan Singh Yadav, born in Kanina Khas^[27]
• Hon. Captain Umrao Singh Yadav, born in Palra, Gurgaon
• Lt. General J.B.S. Yadava, born in Mahendragarh^[28]

Politicians

• Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed, born in Dhulawat, Taoru
• Avtar Singh Bhadana, born in Faridabad
• H. R. Bhardwaj, born in Rohtak district
• Om Prakash Chautala, born in Chautala, Sirsa
• Om Prakash Dhankar, born in Dhakla, Jhajjar^[29]
• Sagar Ram Gupta, from Bhiwani, Haryana
• Bhupinder Singh Hooda, born in Rohtak
• Tayyab Husain, born in Nuh, Haryana
• Rao Sikandar Iqbal, from Kalanaur, Haryana/East Punjab^[30]
• Babu Mool Chand Jain, born in Sikanderpur Majra, Gohana^{[31][32][33][34]}
• Dinesh Kaushik, born in Fatehpur, Kaithal
• Arvind Kejriwal, from Bhiwani, Haryana
• Chaudhary Rahim Khan, from Faridabad, Haryana
• Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, born in Karnal, Haryana/East Punjab^[35]
• Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, born in Karnal, Haryana/East Punjab^[36]
• Rana Phool Muhammad Khan, born in Karnal, Haryana/East Punjab
• Rao Hashim Khan, born in Balyali, Bawani Khera, Bhiwani district, Haryana/East Punjab^[37]
• Rao Muhammad Afzal Khan born in Kalanaur, Rohtak District, Haryana/East Punjab
• Bansi Lal, born in Golagarh, Bhiwani district
• Bhajan Lal, born in Kotwali, Bahawalpur district
• Devi Lal, born in Teja Khera
• Gajraj Bahadur Nagar, born in Bhowapur, Faridabad
• B. D. Sharma, born in Beri, Jhajjar
• Abhimanyu Sindhu, born in Khanda Kheri
• Rao Birender Singh, born in Rewari
• Rao Inderjit Singh, born in Rewari
• Nityanand Swami, born in Narnaul
• Sushma Swaraj, born in Ambala
• Ashok Tanwar, born in Haryana
• Lt. General D.P. Vats, from Haryana
• Captain Ajay Singh Yadav, born in Saharanwas^[38][39]

Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

• Deshbandhu Gupta, born in Panipat
• Dharam Singh Hayatpur
• Ranbir Singh Hooda, born in Sanghi, Rohtak
• Babu Mool Chand Jain, born in SikanderPur Majra, Gohana, Sonepat^[31][32][34]
• Sir Chhotu Ram, born in Garhi Sampla
• Rao Tula Ram, born in Rewari
• Seth Chhaju Ram, born in Bawani Khera
• Pandit Neki Ram Sharma, born in Kelanga, Bhiwani
• Nihal Singh Takshak, born in Bhagwi

Sports

Kapil Dev, cricketer

Sakshi Malik, wrestler

Athletics

• Neeraj Chopra, javelin

Badminton

• Saina Nehwal

Boxing

• Dinesh Kumar, born in Bhiwani^[40]
• Jagdish Singh, born in Bhiwani^[41]
• Manoj Kumar, born in Rajound, Kaithal district^[42]
• Vijender Singh, born in Bhiwani^[43]
• Vikas Krishan Yadav, born in Singhwa Khas, Hisar district^[44]
• Manish Kaushik, born in Bhiwani

Cricket

• Manvinder Bisla, from Faridabad
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Kapil Dev, born in Haryana^[45]
• Amit Mishra
• Ashish Nehra^[46]
• Joginder Rao, born in Gurgaon^[47]
• Ajay Ratra, born in Faridabad^[48]
• Nitin Saini
• Virender Sehwag, born in Jhajjar District
• Chetan Sharma
• Joginder Sharma, born in Rohtak^[49]
• Mohit Sharma
• Parvinder Singh
• Barinder Sran
• Shafali Verma, born in Rohtak

Hockey

• Suman Bala, born in Shahbad Markanda^[50]
• Sita Gussain^[51]
• Jasjeet Kaur Handa^[52]
• Surinder, born in Shahbad^[53]
• Mamta Kharab, born in Rohtak^[54]
• Savita Punia, born in Jodhkan village of Sirsa district, Haryana
• Sandeep Singh
• Sardara Singh
• Pritam Rani Siwach, born in Jharsa, Gurgaon^[55]

Kabaddi

• Sunil Dabas, born Mohammadpur Majra, Jhajjar district^[56]
• Anup Kumar born in Palra, Gurugram district^[57]
• Ramesh Kumar

Mountaineering

• Santosh Yadav, born in Joniyawas, Rewari^[58]

Volleyball

• Dalel Singh Ror, born in Amin, Kurukshetra^[59]
• Balwant Singh (volleyball), born in Kaul, Kaithal district^[60]

Wrestling

• Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Sonipat district
• Yogeshwar Dutt
• Suman Kundu, born in Kalwa, Jind^[61]
• Gurvinder Singh Malhotra, Yamunanagar district
• Sakshi Malik^[62]
• Geeta Phogat, born in Bhiwani^[63]
• Bajrang Punia, Jhajjar district
• Chandgi Ram, born in Sisai, Hisar district^[64]
• Lila Ram, born in Mandola, Bhiwani district^[65]
• Shilpi Sheoran^[66]
• Virender Singh, Jhajjar District^[67]

Shooting

• Manu Bhaker, from Jhajjar district
• Gagan Narang, from Panipat district
• Kajal Saini

Paralympics

• Sumit Antil, javelin
• Dharambir Nain, club throw
• Manish Narwal, pistol
• Harvinder Singh, archer
• Navdeep Singh, javelin

Football

• Sumeet Passi
• Ravi Kumar Punia
• Ritu Rani
• Aakash Sangwan
• Sanju Yadav

Zaildars during British rule

• Chaudhari Nand Ram Saini^[68]

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