- Kanyakumari
Avasavala Kanyakumari is a notable carnatic music violinist from South India. She lives in Chennai. Nowadays, she plays alongside Kadri Gopalnath in concerts. Kanyakumari is a native of Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh and has been living in Chennai for more than 25 years. She initially learnt from I. Vijayeswara Rao of the Dwaram school and later from maestro M. Chandrasekaran under the Govt. of India scholarship. She also had a fruitful long association with Dr.
- Ramoji Rao
Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, better known as Ramoji Rao (b. 16 November 1936) is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur in the media business. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns, among others, the world's largest film production facility called Ramoji film city. Film city is situated near Hayathnagar; about 25 kms from Hyderabad on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Highway. Rao was born in Gudivada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, into a rich agricultural family.
- Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (born 8 July 1949), popularly known as Y.S.R., is currently serving as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He represents the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pulivendula Assembly Constituency of Cuddapah District.
- N. Chandrababu Naidu
Nara Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh during 1995 & 2004. He holds the record of being the longest served chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and is also the founder of Heritage Foods. He is currently the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, and the president of Telugu Desam Party, the second largest legislative party in Andhra Pradesh.
- Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan (born September 2, 1971) is a popular Indian film star and director in Andhra Pradesh. He is fondly called as Power Star by his fans.His birth name is Konidala Kalyan.
- Venkaiah Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician. He was the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party 2002 to 2004, which is currently the opposition party in the Parliament of India. He resigned on October 18, 2004 later succeeded by L.K. Advani. Naidu took over as BJP president after Jana Krishnamurthi stepped down in 2002. Naidu hails from Andhra Pradesh. On January 28, 2004, He was elected unopposed for a full 3 year term.
- Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is also the Minister of State for Commerce in the current Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
- Jaipal Reddy
Sudini Jaipal Reddy (born 16 January 1942) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Miryalguda constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is currently the cabinet minister for Urban Development. He has an M.A. from the Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is disabled and uses crutches. Between 1969 and 1984 he was an MLA of Andhra Pradesh for four terms.
- Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, writer and film producer from Andhra Pradesh. He is popular for his slick, grisly films and his penchant for horror and gangster films. Along with tamil director Mani Ratnam, he is rated as the best director in India. He owns a production house which churns out a large number of small budget Indie films every year, with great success. He has a cult like fan following in India and abroad.
- Mukesh Kumar
Nandanoori Mukesh Kumar (born April 16, 1970 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 1992. Nicknamed "Murali", Kumar represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, where India finished in seventh place.
- N. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, more commonly known as N.T. Rama Rao, NTR, Pedala Pennidhi by his fans, or Anna garu, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, and politician. He founded the Telugu Desam Party and served three times as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. His repertoire of films included mythological, social, and folk themes.
- Mohan Babu
Mohan Babu (b. March 19 1952) is a popular Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. Babu was born in an agrarian village in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He was named Bakthavatsalam by his parents, but he decided to change his name to Mohan Babu when he entered the film industry. He made his debut in the Telugu Cinema industry with the film "Swargam-Narakam", which was very successful.
- C. Rangarajan
Dr Rangarajan assumed charge as Governor of Andhra Pradesh in November, 1997, prior to which he was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Dr Rangarajan is largely credited with making the monetary policy a flexible instrument of the overall economic policy. It was during his tenure that the big bang financial sector reforms began.
- Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi ,(born September 3, 1976 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India), is a Bollywood actor. He is the son of actor Suresh Oberoi and is related to Shikha Uberoi and actor Akshay Oberoi.
- Surjit Singh Barnala
Surjit Singh Barnala (born October 21 1925) is the present governor of Tamil Nadu, India. He has held that position since November 2004,he has had a long career in Indian politics and is also one of the tallest and oldest anti congress leader today. During his eventful career in Indian politics he has been Governor of four states, Chief Minister of Punjab,a Minister in the Union Cabinate twice, a Vice-Presidential candidate and a Prime Minister hopeful on two occasions.
- N. G. Ranga
Gogineni Ranganayukulu, better known as N. G. Ranga (7 November 1900-9 June 1995), was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian, and kisan (farmer) leader. He was an expounder of the peasant philosophy, and considered the father of the Indian Peasant Movement. Ranga was born in Nidubrolu village in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. He went to school in his native village, and graduated from the Andhra-Christian College, Guntur. He received a B.Litt.
- Potti Sreeramulu
Potti Sreeramulu (16 March, 1901-16 December, 1952 and transliterated as Potti Sriramulu and Potti Sri ramulu) was an Indian freedom fighter. He became famous for undertaking a fast-unto-death for achieving the state of Andhra and losing his life in the process. His sacrifice became instrumental in the linguistic re-organisation of states.
- Uday Kiran
Uday Kiran (born 1980) is an Indian Film Actor from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in the films of Telugu and Tamil
- Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen was born on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She is a well-known Bollywood actress and was India's first Miss Universe in 1994.
- Varavara Rao
Varavara Rao (born November 3, 1940) is a communist, human rights activist,naxalite sympathizer <sup> bbc</sup>,renowned poet, journalist, literary critic, and public speaker from Andhra Pradesh, India. During the last 40 years he has been widely read and heard by millions of readers and audience. He has been writing poetry for the last four decades.
- Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy is a Telugu speaking Bollywood actress. Her fore fathers are from Rajahmundry, A town in Andhra Pradesh, India.She is a very close relative to Business tycoon Vijay Mallya.She graduated from Sydenham College. She is most famous for her role in Musafir. She was first noticed in a music video, "Aahista" by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films.
- Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor. He began his career doing various jobs in Andhra Pradesh, while also attending a theatre for stage plays, to follow his dream to act. After three years of acting in minor roles and small-budget ventures in Indian films, Ajith Kumar gained the Indian cinema's attention in 1995 by playing the role of Jeeva in "Aasai", his first blockbuster and since then he has acted in over forty Indian films, …
- Prabhakar Reddy
Dr. Prabhakar Reddy (b. 1935 - d. 1997) is a versatile Telugu actor of Andhra Pradesh, India. *Date of Birth: 1935, Thungathurthi, Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India. *Date of Death: 1997, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Dasari Narayana Rao
Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao(was born on May 4, 1947 in Palakol located in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh) is a politician, film direcor, and film producer. Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions. He was soon recognised as a potential stage artiste, scriptwriter and director. Dr .Dasari Narayana Rao had Directed about 150 films. He produced 53 films. He worked above 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.
- Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July, 1982) is a professional table tennis player hailing from Tamilnadu, India. He won the men's singles gold in the 16th Commonwealth table tennis championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He also captained the Indian men's team that won the team title at the same championship by defeating favourites and nine-time champions England. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award for the year 2004.
- Koneru Humpy
Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is a chess grandmaster from India. Her April 2007 FIDE Elo rating is 2575, placing her at number two in the world for women (behind Judit Polgar), and almost equaling the record of 2577 set by Susan Polgar for the second-highest ranked female player in Chess history. Humpy was originally named "Hampi" by her parents but her father later changed it to Humpy, a more Russian-sounding name.
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (born September 20, 1924 at Venkataraghavapuram, Dist. Krishna, Andhra Pradesh), also known as ANR, is a film actor from Gudivada Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the first fully commercial Telugu Cinema heroes. His films include a diverse range of genres which include mythological, folk tale, social, adventure and drama. He acted with NTR who is one of the greatest actors of India for almost 40 years.They both called each other as brother.
- V. Rama Rao
V Rama Rao (born 11 December, 1935) is the governor of the Indian state of Sikkim since October 25 2002. He was born near Machilipatnam in Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party. His academic qualifications include the B.A and LLB.
- Venugopal Rao
Yalaka Venugopal Rao (born February 26, 1982 in, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer. Venugopal Rao who plays domestically for Andhra Pradesh has impressed Indian selectors with a domestic average of over 50 and one day average of around 40. This included one innings in the Ranji Trophy for South Zone where he scored 223 against a touring England A team which included Test bowlers such as Simon Jones and Andrew Flintoff.
- Bangaru Laxman
Bangaru Laxman was minister of state for railways in Government of India from 1999 to 2000. Later he became President of Bharatiya Janata Party but resigned soon after Tehelka case. Born as Hindu Untouchable now known as Dalit in 1939 in Andhra Pradesh he studiedBA and LLB. He joined politics at young age. He was jailed in emergency in 1975. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1996. He has held many party positions including the party president.
- Navin Mittal
Navin Mittal is currently the District Collector of Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh in India. He belongs to the 1996 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and allotted to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. He has done his B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1995 and got all Indian 3rd Rank in Civil Services Examination. He has been instrumental in successfully completing the Kolleru Operation, …
- Sitaram Yechury
Sitaram Yechury is an Indian politician, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was born on 12 August, 1952 in an Andhra Brahmin family hailing from Kakinada. After school education in Hyderabad, he had to move to Delhi due to disruption of academic life as a result of the Telengana movement in 1969. At Delhi, in 1970 he completed Higher Secondary (one Year Course) standing first in the All India merit list.
- Gaddar
Gaddar "(born as and also known as Gummadi Vittal Rao)", is a pseudonym of a revolutionary Telugu balladeer and vocal Naxalite activist from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The name Gaddar was adopted as a tribute to the pre-independence Gadar party which opposed British colonial rule in Punjab during 1910s. Due to a spelling error, Gadar became Gaddar. And the name stuck.
- Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (July 28 1909- 1994) was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, India from February 29, 1964 to September 30 1971. On June 3, 1977 he was elected president of the Indian National Congress. The Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park was named in his honor. Kasu Brahmananda Reddy is credited with creating the Industrial infrastructure in and around Hyderabad.
- Ajay
Ajay is a Telugu film actor. Ajay was born and raised in Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh Ajay got his big break with Pawan Kalyan's "Kushi". He later got more offers through playing the role of Mahesh Babu's friend in "Okkadu". He got married in 2006
- Geet Sethi
Geet Sethi (born April 17, 1961) is an Indian billiards player who dominated the sport of billiards throughout much of the 1990s. Born in New Delhi, India, he rose to prominence by winning the World Amateur Billiards Championships in 1985 and 1987. In the National Snooker Championships in 1989 held at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh he compiled a 147 break in snooker, the first amateur to complete an official maximum.
- P. Susheela
Pulapaka Susheela (born 1935) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded several songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, language and Kannada. Her career spanned about four decades. Susheela was born in 1935 in Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh. In 1950, music director Nageswara Rao was looking for new talent and scouted for new singers at All India Radio. Of the five people referred, Susheela was selected and Susheela sang her first song, …
- Krishan Kant
Krishan Kant (February 28, 1927 - July 27, 2002) was the vice-president of India from 1997 until his death. Kant was born in Amritsar. He took part in the Indian independence movement as a youth and continued to be involved in politics, eventually being elected to Parliament. He served as governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997, becoming one of India's longest-serving governors.
- Bapu
Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana, also known as Bapu, was born on 15 December, 1933 in Narsapur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a filmmaker in the Telugu film industry. He is also a popular artist, painter, cartoonist, and designer. He graduated as a lawyer from University of Madras in 1955. He joined as political cartoonist for the newspaper "Andhra Patrika" in 1955.
- Waheeda Rehman
Waheeda Rehman (born May 14, 1936) is a famous Indian actress whose prime was in the late-1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. She has an alternated date of birth of February 3, 1936, and stands 5'1" tall