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This is a list of notable people from Chhattisgarh, India, throughout history.

Contents

• Religion
• Politicians
• Activists
• Scientists
• Musicians
• Cinema
• Director
• Actors
• Writer
• Models
• Military
• Sports
• See also
• References

Religion

• Guru Ghasidas - founder of Satnami Sect
• Vallabha - vaishnavite philosopher

Politicians

• Ajit Jogi - First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Shyama Charan Shukla - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
• Nareshchandra Singh - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
• Bhupesh Baghel - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Raman Singh - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Motilal Vora - former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh ^{[1] [2]}
• Vishnu Deo Sai - Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Arun Sao - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Tokhan Sahu - Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs of India
• Vidya Charan Shukla - former Minister of External Affairs
• Arvind Netam - former Minister of State
• Vijay Sharma - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh

Activists

• Thakur Pyarelal - Trade union leader and Freedom fighter
• Shankar Guha Niyogi - Trade union leader. founder of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha
• Soni Sori - Adivasi right activist. won Front Line Defenders award
• Sudha Bharadwaj - Trade unionist and lawyer. Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha member
• Shamshad Begum - Padma Shri awardee social worker
• Alok Shukla - Environment activist. founder of Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan. won Goldman Environmental Prize in 2024
• Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman environmental prize awardee social worker
• Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Padma Shri awardee social worker
• Damodar Bapat - Padma Shri awardee social worker

Scientists

• Rajendra Badgaiyan - Cognitive Neuroscientist
• Pukhraj Bafna - Paediatrician ^[3]
• Narendra Kumar - Theoretical Physicist
• Binayak Sen - Paediatrician

Musicians

• Teejan Bai - Exponent of Pandavani(Kapalik) ^[4]
• Anupama Bhagwat - Sitarist ^[5]
• Mamta Chandrakar - Playback singer ^[6]
• Usha Barle - Pandavani singer
• Rajat Dholakia
• Sumedha Karmahe
• Punaram Nishad - Pandavani singer(Vedamati)
• Sulakshana Pandit
• Jagdish Prasad

Cinema

Models

• Unnati Davara
• Shivani Jadhav

Military

• Kaushal Yadav

Sports

• Leslie Claudius - three time Summer Olympics gold medallist in field Hockey
• Rajendra Prasad - Arjuna Awardee boxer
• Saba Anjum Karim - Arjuna Awardee Field hockey player
• Renuka Yadav - Field hockey player
• Chitrasen Sahu - Para-Mountaineer
• Kiran Pisda - Football player, ex-ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb
• Aakarshi Kashyap - Silver medallist at 2022 Commonwealth Games in Mixed team
• Shashank Singh [Cricket]

See also

• List of people from Madhya Pradesh
• Lists of Indian people

References