List of Telugu people

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. This is a list of notable Telugu people, also
referred to as the Andhras in the Puranas, an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Telugu, a Dravidian
language language.

Ancient Kingdom and Dynasties

Ancient Dynasties

Satavahana dynasty[1], is also refer as Andhras (2nd BCE to 3rd CE)

Andhra Ikshvaku (3rd CE to 4th CE)

Ananda Gotrikas (335 - 425 AD)

Vishnukundina Dynasty[2] (420 - 624 CE)

Eastern Chalukya[3] (624 - 1189)

Medieval Dynasties

Velanati Chodas[4] (1076 AD - 1216 AD)

Kakatiya dynasty[5] (1163 - 1323)

Reddi Kingdom[6][7] (1325 - 1448)

Gona Ganna Dynasty

Vijayanagara Empire[8] (1336 - 1646)

Nayaks of South India

Musunuri Nayakas[9] (14th Century)

Pemmasani Nayaks[10] (1423 - 1685)

Sayapaneni Nayaks[11]

Nayaks of Gingee[12] (1509 - 1649)

Madurai Nayak dynasty[13] (1529 - 1736)

Nayaks of Tanjore[14] (1532 - 1673)

Nayaks of Kalahasti[15]

Nayaks of Kandy[16][17] (1739 - 1815)

Royalty

Maharaja of Vizianagaram[18]

Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Prime Ministers

Presidents

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Former President of India[19] and Former Vice President of India

V.V. Giri - Former President of India[20] and Former Vice President of India

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Former President of India[21]

Vice Presidents

Venkaiah Naidu - Current Vice President of India [2

Indian Prime Ministers

P. V. Narasimha Rao - Former Prime minister of India[23]

Governors of States

Bezawada Gopala Reddy - Governor of Uttar Pradesh

P. Chandra Reddy - Governor of Andhra Pradesh

Bandaru Dattatreya - Current Governor of Himachal Pradesh

C. Vidyasagar Rao - Former Governor of Maharashtra and Governors of Tamil Nadu

V.V. Giri - Former Governor of Karnataka

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy - Governor of Maharashtra

Konijeti Rosaiah - Former -Governor of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

B. Satya Narayan Reddy - Governor of Odisha

K. V. Raghunatha Reddy - Governor of Tripura

Kona Prabhakara Rao -Former Governor of Maharashtra

Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah - Former Governor of Bihar

Marri Chenna Reddy - Former Governor of Tamil Nadu

P. S. Ramamohan Rao - Former Governor of Tamil Nadu

V. Rama Rao - Former Governor of Sikkim

K. V. Krishna Rao - Former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura

V. S. Ramadevi - Former Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka

P. Ramachandran - Former Governor of Kerala

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

M. A. Ayyangar Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha

G. M. C. Balayogi Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Rulers and Generals

Gautamiputra Satakarni[24], He is a Greatest King in Satavahana Dynasty

King Kandara

Madhava Varma II[25], He fought and won more than 100 battles and he defeated Vakatakas King
Prithivishena II.

Rajaraja Narendra[26], he is a Greatest Eastern Chalukya King, and patronage to Telugu language.

Kulottunga I, He is the First Chalukya Cholas Emperor

Gonka II, He was regarded as greatest among of all Chodas and also fought as general in earlier
battles during his father reign.

Gopana[27], Army Commander of Vijayanagara Empire.

Madanna and Akkanna[28], Two Brothers and Historical Warriors.

Gona Budda Reddy

Prolaya Vema Reddy[29], First Emperor of Reddi Kingdom

Aliya Rama Raya[30], Vijayanagara Emperor, Founder of Aravidu Dynasty.

Kapaya Nayaka[31], Historical Warrior and Oppose Muslim Rule.

Palanati Brahmanaidu, Historical Warrior.

Nagama Nayaka, He defeated a veerasekhara chola, and father of Viswanatha Nayak.

Viswanatha Nayak, Founder of Madurai Nayak Dynasty, he defeated five pandiyan kings.

Thirumalai Nayak[32], War Against Bijapur Sultanate and Victory in the Battle.

Sevappa Nayak, First Ruler of Nayaks of Tanjore.

Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu[33], Won the Battle of Raichur for Sri Krishna Devaraya. Commandar
of Vijayanagara Empire Army.

Damarla Chennappa Nayaka[34], Notable Ruler of Nayaks of Kalahasti.

Sri Vikrama Rajasinha[35], Rebellion Against British Rule at Sri Lanka

Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju[36], Royal Family in Andhra Pradesh.

Madurai Veeran[37], Historical Warrior.

Ondiveeran, was an commander-in-chief in Puli thevar's army who fought against the British East
Indian Company in Tamil Nadu.

Women Rulers

Rani Rudrama Devi[38], Queen of Kakatiya Dynasty.

Rani Mangammal [39], Queen of Madurai Nayak Dynasty.

Akkadevi

Bhagmati[40] was a mystic Hindu queen.

Govindamamba Pemmasani[41]

Nayakuralu Nagamma[42] was a renowned statesperson and minister to King Nalagama, the ruler of
Palanadu in Guntur District.In the epic war - Palnati Yudham (War of Palnad)

Kuyili[43],is was Commander of Rani Velunachiyar, First Female Suicide Bomber.

Poets

Nannayya

Tikkana

Yerrapragada

Bammera Pothana

Allasani Peddana

Tenali Rama

Pingali Suranna

Kshetrayya

Vemana

Srinatha

Sidhendra Yogi- Originator of Kuchipudi

Molla - First Telugu woman poet, also the author of Telugu Ramayana

Kancherla Gopanna

Gona Budda Reddy

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Kaloji Narayana Rao

Tummala Seetharamurthy

Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu
Madiraju Ranga Rao

Militants and Rebels

Nambala Keshava Rao[44] his nom de guerre Basavraj , is a Maoist Politician and General Secretary
of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), currently on NIA's list of most wanted absconders.

Muppala Lakshmana Rao[45] by his nom de guerre Ganapathy , People's War Group leader, He is the
First Cheif Commander of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (India)[46] is the Armed Wing of the
Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Patel Sudhakar Reddy,[47]was a leader of the central committee of the Communist Party of India
(Maoist).

Thippiri Tirupathi,[48]is an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of the Communist
Party of India (Maoist).

Cherukuri Rajkumar (alias Azad),[49] was the spokesperson and one of the seniormost members of
the Central Politburo of the banned Maoist group Communist Party of India (Maoist) . On 1 July
2010, he was killed by Andhra Pradesh Police in an encounter.

Sadanala Ramakrishna,[50] is an Indian Maoist politician, senior leader of Communist Party of India
(Maoist) and head of the Central Technical Committee of the party.

Mallojula Koteswara Rao[51] commonly known by his nom de guerre Kishenji , was an Indian
political terrorist who was a Politburo and Central Military Commission member of the Communist
Party of India (Maoist), He was seen as "the face of the Maoist movement in India", which took
"more than 6000" lives.

Ginugu Narsimha Reddy, [52] is a Maoist politician and Central Committee member of the
Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Kondapalli Seetharamaiah,[53] was a senior Communist leader and Maoist organizer in India.

Mallujola Venugopal, [54] is a Politburo and Central Military Commission member of the Communist
Party of India (Maoist) , a banned Maoist insurgent communist party in India .

B. Sudhakar,[55] is a Maoist leader and members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India
(Maoist).

Varkapur Chandramouli, [56] was an Indian Maoist leader and Central Committee member of
Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Varanasi Subramanyam, [57] is an Indian Maoist and Central Committee member of Communist
Party of India (Maoist).

Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy[58] known by his nom de guerre, Kosa , he is a banned Maoist Insurgent
Communist Party of India, he was a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India
(Maoist)

George Reddy,[59] He was a university student, remembered now primarily for his promotion of
Marxist ideas, Reddy was killed in an attack at his college campus on 14 April 1972.
Varavara Rao,[60] is an Indian activist, poet, teacher, and writer, He is an accused in the 2018 Bhima
Koregaon violence and has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Gummadi Vittal Rao,[61]is a poet, revolutionary Telugu balladeer and local Naxalite activist from
what is now the state of Telangana.

Gita Ramaswamy,[62] is an Indian social activist and writer.

Belli Lalitha, [63] founder of Telangana Kala Samithi who was murdered in 1999.

Narmada Akka, [64] was one of the "senior-most" female cadres of the Communist Party of India
(Maoist).

Arunodaya Vimala, [65] popularly known as vimalakka,Telugu balladeer and Social Activist.

Sakhamuri Appa Rao,[66] Maoist Leader.

Solipeta Kondal Reddy, [67]Maoist Leader.

Musicians and composers

Tyagaraja

Shyama Shastri

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Bhadrachala Ramadas

Kshetrayya, He is popularly known as "Maha Kavi Kshetrayya. He had written poems on Lord Sri
Krishna as Kshetrayya Padaalu.

Aadibhotla Narayana Das

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

M. Balamuralikrishna

P. Suseela

S. Janaki

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

P. B. Sreenivas

Nagoor Babu

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu

Rakesh Yankaran, Indo-Trinidadian singer from Trinidad and Tobago

U. Srinivas, He is popularly known as Mandolin Srinivas.

U. Rajesh, He is popularly known as Mandolin Rajesh.

Religious leaders and philosophers

Vallabha Acharya - One of the prominent Bhakthi movement leaders

Acharya Nagarjuna - Buddhist Philosopher and Alchemist

Yogi Vemana- Poet and philosopher

Pothuluri Veerabrahmam-A well-known saint and astrologer in the 17th century

U. G. Krishnamurti - World-famous 20th century Philosopher

Jiddu Krishnamurti - 20th century spiritual teacher and philosopher

Sringeri Shankaracharya

Nimbarka - One of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India.

Vishnuswami - One of the four principal Vaishnav acharyas of India.

Vallabha - Another major Vaishnav acharya.

Satya Sai Baba - An internationally renowned Spiritual Master, based in Puttaparti

Sadasiva Brahmendra - A Bhakthi Poet

Bhakta Potana - A realised Soul and a Bhakthi poet who translated Bhagavatam to Telugu

Kancherla Gopanna - Also popularly known as Ramadasu

Annamacharya - A great devotee of Tirumala Lord Venkateswara who has written 40000 songs and
composed them.

Tyagaraja - A great devotee of Lord SriRama who is excelled in carnatic music and have written and
composed some 30000 songs majorly on Sri Rama. He is born of a Telugu family, and brought up in
present Tamil Nadu.

Syama Sastri- He is the oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami
Dikshitar being the other two. All his compositions are in Telugu. He is born of a Telugu family, and
brought up in present Tamil Nadu.

Sadhguru - Mystic and Yogi. Founder of Isha Yoga, a non profit organization. Born in Mysore to a
Telugu-speaking family .[68]
Freedom fighters

Alluri Sitarama Raju - Freedom fighter & Revolutionary (Viplava Jyothi)

Gurajada Apparao

Gurram Jashua

Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya

Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu, Zamindar of Amaravati (Guntur).

N.G. Ranga

Durgabai Deshmukh

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy

Kandukuri Veeresalingam- Social Reformer, Writer, Editor, Performed first Widow Marriage in India.

Pingali Venkayya - Freedom fighter and Indian National Flag designer.

Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya - Freedom fighter and founder of Andhra bank

Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao - Writer of the National Pledge (India),written in Telugu first, later
translated to other Indian languages.

Tanguturi Prakasam - He was also known as Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra).

Arutla Ramchandra Reddy - Indian freedom fighter & Telangana movement leader from Nalgonda

Potu Narsimha Reddy - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from Adilabad.

Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader.

Potti Sreeramulu - Responsible for the formation of linguistic states in India, died after fasting for
statehood.

Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya - Gandhian and freedom fighter.

Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu - One of the founder of The Hindu

Sarojini Naidu

Anabheri Prabhakar Rao

Gouthu Latchanna

Kaneganti Hanumanthu

Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary

Tripuraneni Gopichand

Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (Sir C.R.Reddy)

Kaloji Narayana Rao

Komaram Bheem
Scientists

Satya N. Atluri, Renowned Aerospace Scientist, Padma Bhushan awardee in 2013 in science and
engineering; recipient of the Global Aerospace Prize of $100,000, the Walter & Angelina Crichlow
Trust Prize of AIAA; Recipient, "Excellence in Aviation Award", from the United States Federal
Aviation Administration

G. D. Naidu, Edison of India

Yellapragada Subbarao (1895 – 1948): Indian biochemist who made many important discoveries
while working in the United States

P. Varadarajulu Naidu - Indian physician, politician, journalist and Indian independence activist.

Raj Reddy - Renowned computer scientist and former Dean of the Carnegie Mellon School of
Computer Science. Currently the first and the only ACM Turing Award winner from India.

Suri Bhagavantam: A famous Indian scientist and administrator who worked and collaborated with
C.V.Raman He worked as Director of the Indian Institute of Science and the Defence Research and
Development Organisation and as adviser to the Indian defense ministry.

Yelavarthy Nayudamma

D. Bap Reddy: Entomologist and Acting Assistant Director-General of Food and Agriculture
Organization of United Nations

M. Visvesvaraya - Indian Engineer, Scholar and statesman on whose memory Engineer's day is
celebrated across India

C.Radhakrishna Rao - Famous for his works in Maths and Statistics. The Cramer Rao bound theory
and the Rao-Blackwell theorem are among his best known discoveries

Economists and Policy makers

M. Narasimham - Thirteenth Governor of RBI, Chaired Committee of Banking Sector reforms

C. H. Hanumantha Rao - member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008[2] and chaired
the Technical Committee on Drought prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme
of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.

Y. Venugopal Reddy - Former Reserve Bank of India Governor from 6 September 2003 until 5
September 2008 - credited with imposing tough lending standards which shielded India from 2008
financial crisis

Duvvuri Subbarao - Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India

M. Narasimham -Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India

C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao - former Cabinet Secretary

V. K. R. V. Rao - Noted Economist

Narayana Kocherlakota - Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Professor of
Economics at the University of Rochester
Writers

Paravastu Chinnayya Soori

C. Narayana Reddy : winner of gnanapeeta award

Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu - Writer

Suravaram Pratap Reddy - Writer and historian from Telangana

Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - Poet from Rayalaseema

Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist from Chittoor

Ravuri Bharadhwaja - winner of gnanapeeta award Telugu novelist

Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy - Maximum number of stories written in Telugu- Over 3000

Pullella Sriramachandrudu - Sanskrit and Telugu scholar

Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty - Writer

Vegunta Mohan Prasad – Poet

Academics

Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy - First Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Second President of Republic of India, and noted Philosopher

G. Ram Reddy - Former University Grants Commission chairman

Sarvepalli Gopal - Indian Historian

Veluri Venkata Krishna Sastry - Archaeologist

J. N. Reddy - Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University

Arjula Ramachandra Reddy - Biologist, First vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University

Pavani Parameswara Rao - a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India

International Positions

United States

Ajay Naidu - Hollywood Actor

Arvind Krishna - is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of
IBM.

Saagar Enjeti

Adivi Sesh - Hollywood actor, director, writer

Varun Sandesh - Actor

Surya Yalamanchili - Democratic nominee who ran for Congress in Ohio's 2nd congressional district
in 2010.

Vinai Thummalapally - U.S. Ambassador to Belize

Kris Kolluri - New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation

C.R.Rao - Mathematican, Statisitician

Rao Remala - First Indian Employee at Microsoft

Satya Nadella - CEO of Microsoft

Shantanu Narayen - CEO of Adobe Systems

Raj Reddy - Recipient of Turing Award

Padmasree Warrior - Former Chief Executive Officer of NIO (car company)

Vijaya Lakshmi Emani(1958-2009) - Social activist, posthumously awarded Presidential Citizens

Medal

Sarayu Rao - Hollywood Actress

Aneesh Chaganty - Hollywood Director

Akash Vukoti - TV Personality

Narayana Kocherlakota - is an American economist and is the Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of

Economics at the University of Rochester.

Upendra Chivukula - is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the New
Jersey Board of Public Utilities after serving more than 12 years in the New Jersey General
Assembly , where he had been the Deputy Speaker.

Dabeeru C. Rao - Director of the Division of Biostatistics at Washington University School of Medicine

Balamurali Ambati - is an American ophthalmologist , educator, and researcher. On May 19, 1995, he
entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest doctor.

Uma Pemmaraju - is an American anchor and host on the Fox News Channel cable network.

Vamsi Mootha - is an American physician-scientist and computational biologist of Indian descent.

G. S. Maddala - Mathematician and Economist best known for work in the field of Econometrics

J. N. Reddy - Professor and holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at
Texas A&M University

Neeli Bendapudi - President of University of Louisville

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao - professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research
Professor at the University at Buffalo

Ravi V. Bellamkonda - Vinik Dean of Engineering Duke University Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of
Engineering.

Yellapragada Subbarao - Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate
as an energy source in the cell

Nina Davuluri - Miss American 2014

Dattatreyudu Nori - Vice Chairman of the Radiation Oncologist Department at The New York-
Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City

V. Mohan Reddy - Paediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Stanford

E. Premkumar Reddy - Oncologist; director of Fels institute of cancer research and molecular biology
at Temple University

Aruna Miller - American Politician and former members of the Maryland House of delegates
representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland

Laxmi Poruri - Tennis Player

Raja Kumari - Singer

Mathukumalli Vidyasagar - Control Theorist

Hari Kondabolu - Stand-up Comedian

Ashok Kondabolu - DJ, Rapper, former member of hip-hop group Das Racist

Sashi Reddy - Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist,and a Philanthropist

Raj Reddy - computer scientist, founder of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University,
winner of Turing Award

Lakireddy Bali Reddy - convicted felon, charged for sex trafficking, visa fraud, and tax code violations

Samina Ali - Activist, Author, Feminist

Alluri Satyanarayana Raju - First General Secretary in AICC in Nehru Govt.

South Africa

Anand Naidoo - South Africa Journalist

Jay Naidoo - South Africa Independence Movement Activist

Ama Naidoo - South Africa Independence Movement Activist

Kumi Naidoo - South Africa Independence Movement Activist

Jailoshini Naidoo - South Africa Actress

Leeanda Reddy - South Africa Actor

Tamil Nadu

Vijayakanth- Former Leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu and leader DMDK.[69][70]

Vaiko- Leader of MDMK, Tamil Nadu.[71][72]

French Yanam

Diwan Bouloussou Soubramaniam Sastroulou - (Ancien Membre du Conseil Local et Conseil

Municipal de Yanaon, Ancien Jury De Yanaon, Former Diwan of Manyam Zamindari of French Yanam)

Bezawada Bapa Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)

Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou - (Ancien Maire De Yanaon)

Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu - Former MLA of Yanam for six consecutive terms
and Deputy Speaker, Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly.

Dadala Raphael Ramanayya - Freedom fighter

Samatam Krishnayya - Poet and Pro-French Activist, Maire(interim) de Yanaon

Malladi Krishna Rao - Puducherry Health Minister[73]

Modern writers

Tirupati Venkata Kavulu

Patanjali

Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu

Kandukuri Veeresalingam

Gurazada, Apparao

Srirangam Srinivasa Rao

Devulapalli, Krishna Sastry

Garimella Satyanarayana

Viswanadha Satyanarayana

Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham

Gudipati Venkatachalam

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Tummala Seetharama Murthy

Dr. C. Naryana Reddy

Dasaradhi

Gurram Joshua

Boyi Bheemanna

Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao

Mullapudi, Venkataramana

Vasireddy Seethadevi

Tripuraneni Gopichand

Atluri Pitcheswara Rao

Kaloji (Kaloji Narayan Rao)

Suravaram Pratap Reddy

Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy - Writer

Yandamuri Veerendranath

Vegunta Mohan Prasad

Billionaire & CEO

Satya Nadella - CEO, Microsoft

Srini Raju - Founder TV9.

Mohan Reddy - Founder and Chairman Cyient

PMS Prasad - CEO, Reliance Industries

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao - GMR Group

Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy - GVK Group

Shantanu Narayen - CEO, Adobe Systems

Anji Reddy - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Prathap C. Reddy - Founder, Apollo Hospitals

Vikram Akula - Founder, SKS Microfinance

Sashi Reddi - Founder Sri Capital

Ramachandra Naidu Galla - Founder, Amara Raja Group

Padmasree Warrior - CEO, Cisco Systems

Lagadapati Madhusudan Rao - Lanco Infra Founder, MD

Narayana Kocherlakota - President of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Prasad Nimmagadda - Matrix Labs Founder, MD

Varaprasad Reddy - Shanta Biotech Founder, MD

AVS Raju - Founder, Nagarjuna Construction Company

Nama Nageswara Rao - Founder, Madhucon Projects

Ramoji Rao - Eenadu Group

Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy - KMC Infra Founder, MD

Srini Kopollu - Microsoft India

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy - Chairman, Balaji Group.

T. Subbarami Reddy - Founder of Gayatri Group of Companies.

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju - Founder of Satyam Computers.

Ramesh Gelli - Founder of Global Trust Bank and the only Banker to win Padmashree

P. V. Ramprasad Reddy, founder Aurabindo pharma

Sports

Buchi Babu Naidu- Father of South Indian Cricket

Cotah Ramaswami- Represented India in both International Cricket & Tennis.

M.Baliah Naidu- Cricketer

M. Suryanarayan- Indian Test Cricketer

M. S. K. Prasad - Cricketer.

M. L. Jaisimha - Cricketer.

Shivlal Yadav - Cricketer.

Bharath Reddy - Test Cricketer (1978–1981).

Venugopal Rao - Cricketer

Ambati Rayudu - Cricketer

V. V. S. Laxman - Cricketer

Venkatapathy Raju - Cricketer

Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis.

Koneru Humpy - Chess Grand Master,Arjuna Award winner

Chetan Anand - Badminton champion.

Pullela Gopichand - 2002 All England Shuttle Badminton Champion.

Jwala Gutta - Badminton champion.

Vikash Dhorasoo - French international footballer, played for France in 2006 World Cup.

Neelapu Rami Reddy - Sprinter and athletics champion.

A. Ramana Rao - Volley Ball Player.

Karnam Malleswari - Olympic medalist in weight lifting.

Kodi Rammurthy Naidu - Bodybuilder and wrestler.

Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao First Indian weightlifting champion continuously for 13 years from 1945 to
1958 popularly known as Indian Tarzan

Srikanth Kidambi- Badminton player

Laxman Reddy - Body Building champion - Winner,Mr. World 2010

Pendyala Harikrishna - Chess Grand Master

P.V.Sindhu - Olympic Badminton Silver Medalist

Movies

Actors

Akkineni Nagarjuna - Film Actor/Producer/Studio owner.

Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Film Actor & Studio owner

Adivi Sesh - Actor

Ali - Film Actor

Allu Rama Lingaiah - Actor/Comedian.

Allari Naresh - Film Actor.

Allu Arjun - Actor.

Aryan Rajesh - Film Actor

Padmanabham - Film Actor, Producer.

Babu Mohan - Standup comedian

Brahmanandam - Film Actor, Guinness record holder for acting more than 700 films.

Chalam - Actor and Producer.

Chiranjeevi - Telugu actor, producer, politician, businessman.Praja Rajyam party President.

Chittor V. Nagaiah - Veteran Telugu Actor

Venkatesh- Film Actor.

Dasari Narayana Rao - Telugu director, actor and producer.

Eelapata Raghuramaiah - Telugu Film & Stage Actor, Padmasri Award Winner, Kendra Sangeeta
Nataka Akademy Award Winner

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao -Telugu film actor

Hari Kondabolu - Standup comedian

Jagapati Babu - Film Actor

J.D. Chakravarthy - Film Actor

Jaya Prakash Reddy - Actor

Johny Lever-Film Actor/Stand-up Comedian.

Kaikala Satyanarayana - Actor and producer.

Kanta Rao - Film Actor.

Krishnam Raju - Film Actor.

Krishna - Film Actor/Studio owner

Kota Srinivasa Rao - Film Actor

Mahesh Babu - Film Actor, Philanthropist.

Meka Srikanth - Film Actor

M. Prabhakar Reddy - Actor.

Manchu Manoj - Film Actor.

Maganti Murali Mohan - Film Actor/Producer

M.S. Narayana - Film Actor

Nani - Actor

Nandamuri Balakrishna - Film Actor/Present M.L.A of Hindupur Constituency of Anantapur Dist, in

Andhra Pradesh.

Nandamuri Harikrishna - Film Actor/EX.MLA, Ex. Rajya Sabha Member.

Nagendra Babu - Actor/producer.

Nitin Kumar Reddy - Film Actor.

N.T. Rama Rao- Film Actor, Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. -Actor/Singer

Nandamuri Kalyan Ram - Film Actor/Producer.

Pawan Kalyan - Telugu actor,Jana Sena Party President.

Prabhas - Film Actor.

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu - Father of Telugu cinema.

Rami Reddy - Actor

Rallapalli - Telugu film actor, producer.

Relangi Venkata Ramaiah - Film Actor and Singer.

Ramana Reddy - Comedian.

Rajanala - Actor.

R. Parthiban - Actor

Rajiv Kanakala - Actor

Ram - Film actor

Ravi Krishna - Actor

Rao Gopal Rao - Film Actor.

Ram Charan Teja - Actor.

Rajendra Prasad - Film Actor

Raviteja - Film Actor

Sunil - Film Actor

Srihari - Actor/producer.

Sobhan Babu - Film Actor.

Suthi Veerabhadra Rao - Actor

Suthi Velu - Actor

Tanikella Bharani - Dialogue Writer/Actor

Tarun - Film Actor.

Uday Kiran - Film Actor

Vaibhav Reddy - Actor

Vijay Deverakonda, Actor

Vishnu Vardhan Babu - Film Actor

Vishal Krishna Reddy - Actor

Actress

Aishwarya Rajesh, Tamil and Telugu actress

Anandhi, works in Telugu and Tamil films

Annapoorna, Telugu actress

Anjali Telugu & Tamil film actress

Bhanupriya - Actress

Bindu Madhavi Reddy - Actress

Bhanumathi Ramakrishna - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer

Devika - Telugu and Tamil actress.

Fatafat Jayalaxmi - Telugu actress in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films.

G. Varalakshmi - Actress.

Jayasudha - Film Actress

Jaya Prada - Film Actress

Jamuna - Telugu actress.

Krishnaveni - Actress, singer, producer.

Krishna Kumari - Telugu actress.

Keerthi Reddy - Actress

Lakshmi - Telugu and Tamil Actress.

Laya - Film Actress

Pasupuleti Kannamba - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

Rambha - Actress

Roja Selvamani - Actress

Sameera Reddy - Actress

Santha Kumari - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

Savitri - Telugu, Tamil actress/producer.

Sharada - Film Actress.

Silk Smitha- actress in South Indian film industry.

Sneha - Actress

Sowkar Janaki - Telugu, Tamil actress.

Sobhita Dhulipala-Telugu,Hindi actress.

Sri Divya - Telugu film actress

S. Varalakshmi - Telugu, Tamil actress.

Shreya Dhanwanthary- Hindi, Telugu actress

Swara Bhaskar - Film Actress

Swati Reddy - Film actress/television presenter.

Vijayashanti

Vanisri - Telugu and Kannada actress.

Producers, Writer and Directors

E.V.V. Satyanarayana - Film Director

G. Neelakanta Reddy - Film Director

S. Gopal Reddy - Cinematographer, Producer

Ananth Sreeram - Lyricist

Moola Narayana Swamy - Producer

P. Pullaiah - Producer

Shyam Prasad Reddy - Film Producer

D.V. Narasa Raju- Writer and Film Director

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao - Film Actor/Director/Producer/Dialogue Delivery Artist/Dubbing

Artist/Viswa Vikyatha NataSarwabowma Title Winner/ Ex.Chief minister of Andhra pradesh.

Vidyasagar - Music director

Gopichand Lagadapati - Actor/Director/Writer/Producer

Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy - Writer

H.M. Reddy- First Telugu,first Tamil & first Kannada film director.

B.N. Reddy- Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner.

Ramesh Naidu - Music director

B. Nagireddy - Legendary director & producer, Dadasaheb phalke winner.

Moola Narayana Swamy - Vauhini Studios owner and producer.

Nandini Reddy - Film Director

Sameer Reddy - Cinematographer

Midde Rama Rao - Film Producer.

Katta Subba Rao - Telugu Film Director.

Kasinadhuni Viswanath - One of India's most famous directors

Akkineni L. V. Prasad - Producer/Director

Edida Nageshwara Rao - Producer

Allu Aravind - Producer

A.M. Rathnam - Producer

Sekhar Kammula - Director/producer

Nagesh Kukunoor - Director/producer

V.V. Vinayak - Director

Krishna Vamsi - Director

Sukumar - Director

Bapu (Sattiraju Laxminarayana) - Artist/Film Director.

Adurthi Subba Rao - Film Producer/Director.

D. Ramanaidu - Film Producer/Studio owner.

A. Kodandarami Reddy - Film Director.

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao - Director/Producer

Kodi Ramakrishna - Director

Paruchuri Brothers - Writers

S.V. Krishna Reddy - Film Director.

Jandhyala- Film Director

Yandamuri Veerendranath - Writer/Director

Vamsy - Film Director

Pingali Nagendrarao - Poet and Lyricist

Chota K. Naidu - Cinematographer

Shyam K. Naidu - Cinematographer

Devi Sri Prasad - Music Director

Surender Reddy - Film Director

S.S. Rajamouli - Film Director

Samudrala Raghavacharya - Poet and Lyricist

Samudrala Ramanujacharya - Poet and Lyricist

Aacharya Aatreya - Poet and Lyricist

Aarudhra - Poet and Lyricist

Kosaraju Raghavaiah - Poet and Lyricist

Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu - Poet and Lyricist

Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy - Poet and Lyricist

jaladi - Poet and Lyricist

Rajashri - Poet and Lyricist

Vennelakanti - Poet and Lyricist

Sirivennela Sitaramasastri- Poet and Lyricist

Bhuvana Chandra- Poet and Lyricist

C. Ashwini Dutt - Film Producer

Dil Raju (Venkatramana Reddy) - Film Producer

K.S. Rama Rao - Film Producer

Ram Gopal Varma - Film Producer/Director

M.M. Keeravani - Music Director

Aneesh Chaganty -Hollywood Film director

Mani Sharma - Music Director

M.S. Raju - Film Producer

A. Sreekar Prasad - Film Editor

Puri Jagannadh - Film Director

Trivikram Srinivas - Dialogue Writer/Film Director

Singers
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - Legendary Singer and music Composer.

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam - Singer, Guinness record holder having sung more number of songs by any
male.

S. Janaki - a legendary South Indian playback singer

P. Susheela - a legendary South Indian playback singer

S.P. Sailaja - Singer

Mano - Singer

Madhavapeddi Satyam - Singer

Military Chiefs

Air Force

Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine – Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif – Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81

Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major – Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09

Army

General K. V. Krishna Rao, Chief of the Army Staff (India), 1981–83

Navy

Admiral Ram Dass Katari,First Chief of Naval Staff in India Chief of the Naval Staff, 1958-62

Journalists

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao - journalist of early twentieth century and father of the library
movement in Andhra,Founder of Andhra patrika.

N. Subba Rao Pantulu and D.Kesava Rao pantulu (Co Founders of The Hindu)

Patanjali - ex-chief editor, Sakshi.

G. K. Reddy - Journalist

Suravaram Pratapareddy - Founder of Golconda Patrika, a journal in Hyderabad State.

Palagummi Sainath - Rural India Affairs Reporter, The Hindu.

Puripanda Appala Swamy.

"subramanya Barathiyar On T E L U G U Language

"Subramanya Barathiyar has praised telugu in a tamil song. Also Known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar.
'Sundara Telunginil Pattu Isaippom'. 'Sinthu nathiyin.... Sundara telunginil patisaithu'. Though he
loves tamil so much,he accepted telugu as a sweetest language. He never praised any other
language apart from telUgu, though he was scholor in french, bengali, hindi, sanskrit... Most of the
songs those days were in Telugu and Sanskrit. It is always believed that Telugu is a musical language
may be because it ends with vowel sounds."

Subramania Bharathiyar, the great Tamil poet often described as a National poet was a
contemporary of another great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Bharathiyar wrote a patriotic song emphasising on India’s special feature of “Unity in diversity “..In
his said song he imaginarily described a situation in free India when Tamil youths sport boating on
the Indus river-Sindhu (now in Pakistan), in moon light with young Malayalali (Kerala) girls, singing a
song in Telugu language..

Here he described Telugu as ‘sundara Telungu’ ..The generally understood meaning of this Samskrit
word ‘sundara’ is ‘beautiful’..Telugus are very proud of this Tamil song because a Tamil poet has said
that Telugu is beautiful..They quote this song very often and also mentioned in the emblem/logo of
Telugu Associations in the USA..

Coming to the point, Bharathiyar selected only Telugu, though he knew many languages, to sing a
song which means that Telugu is not only beautiful (sundaram) but also more suitable language for
music, recognising that it is a musical language..

He knew Samskrit and by using the word ‘sundara’ as a prefix to Telugu, he made all the meanings of
this word applicable to the characteristics of Telugu language..We generally know only one meaning
i.e.,beautiful..But the word has several meanings in Samskrit..

Therefore if all the meanings of the word ‘sundara’ are applied to Telugu, we can take it for granted
that Bharathiyar described Telugu in the following terms-

1). Telugu is beautiful.

2). Telugu is pretty.

3). Telugu is handsome.

4). Telugu is nice.

5). Telugu is good.

6). Telugu is lovely.

7). Telugu is noble.

8). Telugu is charming.

Telugu - The language well appreciated

On 15th of this month, The State Government of Telangana is conducting world Telugu Maha
Sabhalu. Many Telugu greats will be attending from all over the globe. The government is making
elaborate arrangements to see that the visitors will feel at home. All Telugu People are invited to
attend the meetings. Many famous personalities may attend this meeting.

In this connection, I want to express my appreciation to the Telugu language. In India after Hindi, the
second largest speaking language is Telugu. Now there are two states where the Telugu is the
mother tongue. Many people appreciated the Telugu Language in their own way. The great Kannada
King Sri Krishnadevaraya appreciated this language as the best language in the country's various
languages. The Tamil author Subrahmanya Bharathi appreciated Telugu as a very nice and great
language. Mr Nikolo Konti, an Italian praised the language as The Italian of the East. Like this, many
poets from other languages praised this language in their own words.

I wish and hope these meetings will be conducted very attractively and the unity between the two
Telugu states will improve with this event.

Out of four South Indian languages, Telugu has been given much respect and regard as even the
Karnatic vocals in many languages have the touch of Telugu words and thus it is great on the part of
Telangana government to organise the World Telugu Conference by inviting all those who are not
Telugus but supported the language to great extent. Surely there would be congregation of great
poets , writers and above all deliberations in support of this great language and the government
proposal to have new ideas implements are well on the cards. We are eagerly awaiting for this great
conference.

telugu is the sweetest language in this world

Telugu is definitely the best and sweetest language, need not to decide by you and me.

Already declared by great pundits of Carnatic music.

And for god sake do not compare it with any other language.

I fall in love with Telugu Language. It is very poetic when listening or speaking.

(Our Subramanya Barathiyar had written Sundara Telunginil Pattu Isaippom). Known as Mahakavi
Bharathiyar

(the laudatory epithet Maha Kavi meaning Great Poet in Tamil)

Bharathi composed Carnatic music kritis in Tamil on love, devotion, etc. He set his songs to music
and could sing them well in a variety of ragas.

Alhough he was fluent in Sanskrit and other languages including Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Kutchi,
French and English, he only composed two songs purely in Sanskrit, with the vast majority being in
Tamil.

Thogh he loves tamil so much,he accepted telugu as the sweetest language.

Most of the songs those days were in Telugu and Sanskrit.

Another Maha kavi has said

kavignar Kanadhasan said it in a Tamil song 'Sinthu nathiyin........Sundara telunginil patisaithu'

Even the Britishers has praised telugu as the italian of the east.

It is always believed that Telugu is a musical language because it ends with vowel sounds.

Great pandit and ruler Srikrishnadevaraaya has praised telugu as

“Deshabaashalandu telugu lessa” which meansTelugu is superior to all languages.

May be that’s the reason most of the kirtanas in carnatic music are in Telugu but not in any other
language.

Rabindranath Tagore has once stated that Telugu is the sweetest of all Indian Languages. ...
12)Unlike any other language, the poems, called "padhyaalu" in Telugu follow some special rules,
called "Chandassu"which makes it extremely rhyming , gives a beautiful pronunciation and
excellent meaning.

Boasting of as many as 22 major languages, India is one of the most culturally diverse countries in
the world. With each of these languages possessing a rich heritage, the speakers of each language
can certainly take a sense of pride. Thanks to its proud history and rich heritage, Telugu, which is the
regional language of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, holds a special place on the list of languages
spoken in India. August 29, which coincides with the birthday of Telugu writer Gidugu Venkata
Ramamurthy, marks the Telugu Language Day. On this occasion, we present you 8 amazing facts
about Telugu that will make the native speakers beam with pride.

Telugu Facts:

#1 The 2nd most spoken language in India

With about 8.11 crore native speakers (as per 2011 Census), Telugu stands out as the second most
spoken language in India. In fact, the numbers over a substantial 17% of the total population of the
country.

2 In the top 20 globally

Telugu is the 10th most spoken language in the world, surpassing the likes of Turkish and Urdu.

3 Voted as the 2nd best script

In 2012, the language’s script was voted as the 2nd best script in the world by International Alphabet
Association while the Korean language was voted as the best script.

4 Italian of the east

Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word ending with a vowel
sound. For this very reason, the language is hailed as the ‘Italian of the East’.
5 The most number of Saamethulu

“Adedo Saametha Cheppinattu….”, Telugu has the most number of Saamethulu (idioms) as
compared to any other language.

6 Dating back to 400 BC

Records suggest that Prakrit Inscriptions with some words dating back to 400 BC to 100 BC have
been discovered in Bhattiprolu in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

7 A street named in Telugu in Myanmar

How many of you know that there’s a street called as Malle Poola Dibba (street of jasmines) in
Moumein, Myanmar?

8 Rabindranath Tagore’s compliment

One of India’s greatest poets, Rabindranath Tagore hailed Telugu as the sweetest Indian language.

Telugu: The sweetest of all

29th August..Telugu language day ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

The day dedicated to honour one of the greatest languages..to commemorate the Telugu poet
Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy

Some lesser known facts about Telugu:

1)Telugu language was previosuly also known as Tenungu or Telungu

2)Telugu,ranks second by the number of native speakers in India,tenth in the list of most-spoken
languages worldwide...

3)It is the largest member of the Dravidian language family.

4)It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India

5)Telugu has been voted as the 2nd best script in the world by International Alphabet Association.

6))Speaking Telugu Language activates about 72000 neurons in your body, highest for any Language
in the world proven by Science.

7)Telugu language has the most number of Saamethalu i.e., idioms and proverbs.

8)Rabindranath Tagore has once stated that Telugu is the sweetest of all Indian Languages.

9) 16th century Italian Explorer Niccolo de Conti found that every word in Telugu language ends with
vowels, just like those in Italian, and hence referred it as “The Italian of the East”.
10) Sri Krishnadevaraya visited his temple in Srikakulam and paid homage to the deity. It was here
that Krishnadevaraya wrote the literary classic, Amuktamalyada at the order of the Lord Andhra
Vishnu who had said

“Desa Bhashalandu Telugu lessa”

"Telugu is the greatest among the state’s languages”

and ordered Sri Krishnadevaraya to adopt Telugu as the official language of his province.

11)Many bhajans and keerthanas are written in Telugu and being used all over South India.

12)Unlike any other language, the poems, called "padhyaalu" in Telugu follow some special rules,
called "Chandassu"which makes it extremely rhyming , gives a beautiful pronunciation and excellent
meaning. This is the reason why many medieval Tamil and Malayali poets had sought Telugu
literature and hence even today, in most of the south indian temples,many bhajans and songs are in
Telugu.

E.g. One of the widely renowed Thyagaraja keerthanas seen in Tamil temples are in Telugu only.

"From mother's milk and the craddle’s experience, we learn this language in which our mother sang.
It is like honey, very sweet to ears and thus it is the sweetest language among others. It has the
sugar from Sanskrit and elixir of Tamil, even took from Kannada and thousands of poets adore
Telugu and this is the language that shined through out India. My language Telugu has been popular
since thousands of years and is the most beautiful "

You may live in Andhra Pradesh or Telangana or Tamil Nadu or Odisha or Maharashtra or Karnataka
or USA or gulf or any place on the earth, but if you are a Telugu guy,always feel proud,be happy and
cherish being a Telugite.

Andhariki Telugu Baasha Dinothsava shubhakankshalu 😊💕

Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world, that has every single word ending with a vowel
sound.

Telugu language has the most number of Saamethalu i.e., idioms and proverbs.

Telugu language previosuly also known as Tenungu or Telungu or Tenungu.

Rabindranath Tagore is said to have stated that Telugu is the sweetest of all Indian Languages.

About 200 Years ago about 400 people Telugu speaking people were taken to Mauritius for slavery
now Prime Minister is one of their descendant.

A Palindrome of 40 slokas which when read from start to end is Ramayana and end to start
Mahabharata, there is no other Language like this.

Sri Krishnadevaraya visited his temple in Srikakulam and paid homage to the deity. It was here that
Krishnadevaraya wrote the literary classic, Amuktamalyada at the order of the Lord Andhra Vishnu
who had said “Des Bhashalandu Telugu Lessa” (Telugu is the greatest among the state’s languages”)
and ordered Sri Krishnadevaraya to adopt Telugu as the official language of his province.
Telugu language received recognition in Australia

Amravati: Recently the Telugu language has got a rare distinction in Australia. According to the
information received, the Government of Australia has given gifts to children studying in primary and
secondary schools from first to 12th standard. Now children can choose Telugu language as an
optional subject there. The Australian Government has given it permission. Along with this, it has
also been said to give 5 marks more on the passing of students taking Telugu language as an elective
subject.

This is a really great decision. Along with this, the Australian Government has also said that jobs and
living forever can also apply on the basis of Telugu language, it has been decided to give additional 5
marks for the Telugu language to the candidates who participated in the examination conducted by
the National Accreditation Authority for translators and interpreters. After knowing this news,
Mallikeshwara Rao, the administrator, and media communication secretary of Telugu society has
expressed happiness.

Recently he said that 'This decision of the Government of Australia benefits the local Telugu people
and the students coming to pursue higher education.' Till now the Telugu Associations in Australia
were taught to Telugu children for programs like 'Man-Badi'. The decision that has been made will
not be needed after that time you must have known that Hindi, Punjabi, and Tamil were recognized
in Australia till now, but now the fourth language Telugu has been included.