List of Kumaonis

Kumaonis are people from the Kumaon, a region in the Indian Himalayas.

Administration[]

• Murli Manohar Joshi
• B. D. Pande
• V. C. Pande
• N.D. Tiwari

Defence forces[]

• Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari , Mahavir Chakra awardee. Hero Battle of Tololing , Kargil war
• Vice Admiral Harish Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy.
• Bahadur Singh Bohra, Lawanz Operation: 25 Sep 2008 , Ashoka Chakra recipient
• Mohan Nath Goswami,Operation : CI & IS Ops, Sep 03, 2015 , Ashoka Chakra recipient
• General Bipin Chandra Joshi , 17th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) , First Army Chief from Uttarakhand
• Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
• Ummed Singh Mahra ,Operation : Op Orchid , 6 July 1971, Ashoka Chakra recipient

Politics[]

• Kashi Singh Airy
• Yashpal Arya
• K. C. Singh Baba
• Mohan Singh Bisht
• Ajay Bhatt

• Ganesh Joshi
• Murli Manohar Joshi
• Puran Chand Joshi, general secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
• Bhagat Singh Koshyari, governor of Maharashtra, chief minister of Uttarakhand

• Kalu Singh Mahara, freedom fighter, led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Badri Datt Pandey
• Govind Ballabh Pant, freedom fighter, considered one of the architects of modern India
• Hargovind Pant
• Ila Pant
• K. C. Pant, former defence minister and vice chairman of the Planning Commission
• Prakash Pant
• Sheila Irene Pant or Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan

• Bachi Singh Rawat
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand

• Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
• N. D. Tiwari, three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh(1976–77, 1984–85, 1988–89) and also served once as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2002–2007)
• Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Founder of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal,A political party which started Uttarakhand movement, led to formation of state.

Judiciary[]

• Prafulla Chandra Pant, author and former judge of the Supreme Court of India, currently a member of the National Human Rights Commission of India

Science[]

• Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archeologist, Padma Shri recipient.
• J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
• M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.
• Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
• Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
• Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
• Ghananand Pande, scientist
• M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
• Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
• Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
• Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
• Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
• Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist

Journalism and literature[]

• Uma Bhatt
• Namita Gokhale
• Manohar Shyam Joshi
• Manoj Joshi
• Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India
• Shekhar Joshi
• Shailesh Matiyani
• Mrinal Pande
• Gaura Pant, who wrote under the name Shivani
• Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
• Sumitranandan Pant
• Shekhar Pathak, historian
• Girish Tiwari, also known as Girda

Music[]

• Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
• Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
• B. K. Samant, folk singer
• Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baromasa
• Naima Khan Upreti

Sports[]

• Chandraprabha Aitwal, Padma Shri, Arjun awardee, (mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee. Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Kavinder Bisht, boxer
• Madhumita Bisht, badminton
• Ekta Bisht, cricketer
• Unmukt Chand, cricketer
• Rohit Danu, footballer
• Deepak Dhapola, cricketer
• Lakshya Sen, badminton
• MS Dhoni, cricketer (former captain of Indian cricket team, born to Kumaoni parents)^[1]
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti, cricketer
• Mir Ranjan Negi, hockey player
• Pawan Negi, cricketer
• Manish Pandey, cricketer
• Rishabh Pant, cricketer
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
• Anirudh Thapa football

Films and theatre[]

• Sapna Awasthi, Bollywood playback singer
• Nidhi Bisht, casting director
• Gopal Datt, actor and writer
• Prasoon Joshi, advertisement guru and lyricist
• Sukirti Kandpal, television actress
• Vinod Kapri, filmmaker
• Dev Negi, singer
• Hemant Pandey, actor
• Nitesh Pandey, actor
• Nirmal Pandey, actor
• Sudhir Pandey, actor
• Diksha Panth, Indian film actress
• Disha Patani, actress
• Sunita Rajwar, film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama
• B. M. Shah, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner
• Mohan Upreti, dramatist
• Naima Khan Upreti, dramatist

Humanitarian[]

• Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
• Lakshman Singh Jangpangi, former trade agent
• Deep Joshi, social activist, recipient of Padma Shri.
• Vinayak Lohani, National Award for Child Welfare 2011
• Lalit Pande, social worker, Padma Shri recipient
• Kamla Pant, social activist

Business[]

• Ranjan Pant, chief executive officer, advisor, global strategy management consultant and a change management expert
• Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
• Muktesh Pant, former chief executive officer of Yum China.

Spiritual Leaders[]

• Baba Hari Dass, yoga master, silent monk, and commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha
• Satyananda Saraswati, Sannyasin, yoga teacher and guru

References[]