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This is a list of people from or who live in
Odisha
, India.
Contents
Literature
Age of Sarala Yuga
Age of Upendra Bhanja
Age of Radhanath
Post colonial age
Poets and authors
Writers and novelists
Women's writing and feminism
Children's literature
Drama and plays
Short stories
Popular science
Education and Research
Artists
Actresses
Actors
Dancers
Filmmakers
Painters
Sand artists
Sculptors
Singers
Musicians
Designers
Jurists
Chief Executive Officers
Professionals
Bankers
Engineers
Managers
Physicians
Journalists
Government civil servants
Security and Law Enforcement
Religion
Freedom fighters
Rulers
Politicians
Social service
Sports
Cricket
Hockey
Other sports
See also
References
External links
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Literature
Age of Sarala Yuga
Sarala Dasa
(1465)
Atibadi Jagannath Das
(c. 1491–1550)
Age of Upendra Bhanja
Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja
(C. 1688–1740)
Dinakrushna Dasa
(c.1650–1710)
Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara
(c. 1760– 1806)
Kavisurya Baladev Rath
(c. 1789
– 1845)
Age of Radhanath
Fakir Mohan Senapati
Gangadhar Meher
Radhanath Ray
Madhusudan Rao
Nanda Kishore Bal
Gourishankar Ray
Nilakantha Das
Post colonial age
Gangadhar Meher
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Sachidananda Routray
Brajanath Rath
Poets and authors
Amjad Najmi
Annada Shankar Ray
Brajanath Ratha
Fakir Mohan Senapati
Gangadhar Meher
Hussain Rabi Gandhi
Godabarish Mishra
Gopabandhu Das
Gopinath Mohanty
Gourahari Das
Jachindra Rout
Jagadish Mohanty
Jagannath Prasad Das
(
Saraswati Samman
winner)
Jayadeva
Jayanta Mahapatra
Karamat Ali Karamat
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Madhusudan Rao
Manasi Pradhan
Manoj Das
Manoranjan Das
Manmohan Acharya
Mayadhar Mansingh
Mohammed Ayoob
Nilakantha Das
Oopali Operajita
Pratibha Satpathy
Pratyush Prakash
Radhanath Ray
Ramakanta Rath
Ranjan Das
Ramakrushna Nanda
Sachidananda Raut Ray
Sarala Dasa
Sarala Devi
Sarojini Sahoo
Satya Narayan Bohidar
Sitakanta Mohapatra
(
Jnanpith Award
winner)
Subrat Kumar Prusty
(
Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
winner)
Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Writers and novelists
Artabalabha Mohanti
Brajanath Ratha
Gita Mehta
Gopinath Mohanty
(
Jnanpith Award
winner)
Haldhar Nag
Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
Krushna Chandra Kar
Manoj Das
Pratibha Ray
Shantanu Kumar Acharya
Surendra Mohanty
Uday Satpathy
Women's writing and feminism
Sarala Devi
Archana Nayak
Annapurna Choudhury
Manasi Pradhan
Nandini Sahu
Sarojini Sahoo
Children's literature
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Adikanda Mahanta
Krutibas Nayak
Ramakrushna Nanda
Dash Benhur
Nilakantha Das
Drama and plays
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Gopal Chhotray
Manoranjan Das
Biswajit Das
Short stories
Fakir Mohan Senapati
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Surendra Mohanty
Manoj Das
Jagadish Mohanty
Sarojini Sahoo
Popular science
Binod Kanungo
Gokulananda Mohapatra
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Parida
Kamalakanta Jena
Education and Research
Satyabadi Era
Gopabandhu Das
Nilakantha Das
Godabarish Mishra
Later Period
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Baidyanath Misra
Bhubaneswar Behera
Bidhu Bhusan Das
Prabhat Nalini Das
Subrat Kumar Prusty
(
Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
Madhu Sudan Kanungo
Keshab Chandra Dash
Madhab Chandra Dash
Ranjan Dash
Prafulla Kumar Jena
Baisali Mohanty
Jitendra Nath Mohanty
Saraju Mohanty
Oopali Operajita
Prana Krushna Parija
Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
Jogesh Pati
Arun K. Pati
Sam Pitroda
Amiya Pujari
Ashok Swain
Artists
Actresses
Anisha Ambrose
Anu Choudhury
Archita Sahu
Barsha Priyadarshini
Bijaya Jena
Jyoti Mishra
Mahasweta Ray
Naina Das
Nandita Das
Rameshwari
Sulagna Panigrahi
Tandra Ray
Kavya Keeran
Rajeswari Ray
Pupul Bhuyan
Sudharani Jena
Actors
Akash Das Nayak
Anubhav Mohanty
Arindam Roy
Atal Bihari Panda
Babushaan Mohanty
Bijay Mohanty
Buddhaditya Mohanty
Chandan Kar
Chandrachur Singh
Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
Dukhiram Swain
Hara Patnaik
Jayiram Samal
Mihir Das
Papu Pam Pam
Prashanta Nanda
Sabyasachi Mishra
Sadhu Meher
Sarat Pujari
Siddhanta Mahapatra
Sisir Misra
Sriram Panda
Uttam Mohanty
Mohammad Mohsin
Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
Samaresh Routray
Partha Sarathi Ray
Dancers
Modern
Rajasmita Kar
Prince Dance Group
Odissi Gurus and Dancers
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Gangadhar Pradhan
Geeta Mahalik
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Mayadhar Raut
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Saswat Joshi
Sujata Mohapatra
Sunanda Patnaik
Oopali Operajita
Kumkum Mohanty
Baisali Mohanty
Dayanidhi Das
Filmmakers
Mohammad Mohsin
Mehmood Hussain
Bijoy Ketan Mishra
Hara Patnaik
Mira Nair
Nila Madhab Panda
Nitai Palit
Prashanta Nanda
Ravi Kinagi
Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Sadhu Meher
Sisir Mishra
Jitendra Mishra
Painters
Jatin Das
Jayanta Meher
Kailash Chandra Meher
Sand artists
Sudarshan Pattnaik
Sculptors
Raghunath Mohapatra
Sudarshan Sahoo
Singers
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Akshaya Mohanty
Bhikari Bal
Arabinda Muduli
Krishna Beura
Pratyush Prakash
Sarbeswar Bhoi
Sikandar Alam
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1
]
[
2
]
[
3
]
Sniti Mishra
Sona Mohapatra
Sunanda Patnaik
Rituraj Mohanty
Jitendra Haripal
Musicians
Kalicharan Pattnaik
Akshaya Mohanty
Prafulla Kar
[
4
]
[
5
]
[
6
]
Arabinda Muduli
Designers
Bibhu Mohapatra
Jurists
Ananga Kumar Patnaik
; Former Justice of
Supreme Court of India
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
; Former
Chief Justice of India
Bira Kishore Ray
; First
Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Sukanta Kishore Ray
; Former
Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Jugal Kishore Mohanty; Former
Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
[
7
]
Pradip Kumar Mohanty
; Former
Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
Gati Krushna Misra
; Former
Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Ranganath Misra
; Former
Chief Justice of India
Dipak Misra
; Former
Chief Justice of India
Chief Executive Officers
T.K.Chand
, Chairman and Managing Director of
NALCO
Professionals
Bankers
Ashok Kumar Sarangi
Harun Rashid Khan
Engineers
Bibhusita Das
Managers
Sarthak Behuria
Sandip Das
Subroto Bagchi
Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Ranjan Dash
Physicians
B. K. Misra
(Neurosurgeon)
Ramakanta Panda
(Cardiovascular Surgeon)
Journalists
Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak
(Journalist)
Gopal Mishra
Government civil servants
Anugraha Narayan Tiwari
(Former CIC of India)
Lalit Mansingh
Prajna Paramita
Ramakanta Rath
Sitakanta Mohapatra
Dayanidhi Choudhury
Security and Law Enforcement
Pramod Kumar Satapathy
Religion
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Bhima Bhoi
Jayadeva
Atibadi Jagannath Das
Achyutananda Das
Durga Charan Mohanty
Freedom fighters
Annapurna Choudhury
Afzal-ul Amin
Baji Rout
Biswambhar Parida
Bishwanath Das
Bakshi Jagabandhu
Chakhi Khuntia
Ekram Rasul
Ghanshyam Panigrahi
Gopabandhu Choudhury
Gopabandhu Das
Godabarish Mishra
Gurubari Meher
Harekrushna Mahatab
Jayee Rajguru
Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
Jagabandhu Patnaik
Kamal Singh
Karunakar Singh
Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Laxman Nayak
Madhab Chandra Routray
Madho Singh (Ghess)
Madhusudan Das
Madhusudan Rao
Malati Choudhury
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Nilakantha Das
Nityananda Mohapatra
Parbati Giri
Pindiki Bahubalendra
RamaDevi Choudhury
Sarala Devi
Subhas Chandra Bose
Sarangadhar Das
Sayeed Mohammed
Veer Surendra Sai
Rulers
Avakinnayo Karakandu
Chullakalinga
Kalinga II
Kharavela
Satrubhanja
Kaundinya I
Hemangada
Sivakara Deva I
Ramachandra Deva I
Tribhuvana Mahadevi I
Anantavarman Chodaganga
Anangabhima Deva III
Narasingha Deva I
Kapilendra Deva
Purushottama Deva
Prataparudra Deva
Govinda Vidyadhara
Jagannatha Gajapati Narayana Deo II
Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Basudeb Sudhal Deb
Ramai Deva
Balarama Deva
Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
Vikram Dev III
Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo
Politicians
Amarnath Pradhan
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo
Ananta Nayak
Archana Nayak
Arjun Charan Sethi
Afzal-ul Amin
Badri Narayan Patra
Bhakta Charan Das
Gopanarayan Das
Bhartruhari Mahtab
Bhupinder Singh
Bibhu Prasad Tarai
Bijayananda Patnaik
Bijoy Mohapatra
Biju Patnaik
Bikram Keshari Deo
Binayak Acharya
Biren Mitra
Bishwanath Das
Braja Kishore Tripathy
Chandra Sekhar Sahu
Chintamani Panigrahi
Draupadi Murmu
Godabarish Mishra
Gourahari Naik
Giridhar Gamang
Habibullah Khan
Harekrushna Mahatab
Hari Har Swain
Hemananda Biswal
Hrushikesh Naik
Hussain Rabi Gandhi
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Jayaram Pangi
Jitu Patnaik
Jual Oram
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
Laichan Nayak
Laxman Tudu
Maheswar Baug
Mohan Jena
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Nabin Nanda
Nandini Satpathy
Naveen Patnaik
Nilakantha Das
Nityanand Kanungo
Nilamani Routray
Niranjan Patnaik
Nityananda Pradhan
Parsuram Majhi
Pinaki Misra
Pradeep Kumar Majhi
Prasanna Acharya
Prasanna Kumar Patasani
P.V.Narasimha Rao
Pyarimohan Mohapatra
Rabi Ray
Radhanath Rath
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Ranjib Biswal
Rudramadhab Ray
Sadashiva Tripathy
Samarendra Kundu
Sanatan Mahakud
Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Sanjay Bhoi
Sarala Devi
Siddhanta Mahapatra
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
Srikant Kumar Jena
Surendra Mohanty
Sudam Marndi
Surendra Mohanty
Sushila Tiriya
Tathagata Satpathy
V.V. Giri
Baikunthanath Swain
Social service
Baba Balia
Sarala Devi
Madhusudan Das
Gopabandhu Das
Subrat Kumar Prusty
Farhat Amin
Manasi Pradhan
Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar
Sports
Cricket
Alok Jena
A. Panda
Baljit Singh
Basant Mohanty
Bibhudutta Panda
Kadambini Mohakud
Biplab Samantray
Debashish Mohanty
Ranjib Biswal
Sanjay Raul
Shiv Sunder Das
Natraj Behera
Hockey
Binita Toppo
(female hockey)
Dilip Tirkey
Lazarus Barla
Ignace Tirkey
Birendra Lakra
Other sports
Anuradha Biswal
(100m hurdles, running)
Budhia Singh
(long distance running)
Dutee Chand
(sprint runner)
Jauna Murmu
(sprint running, hurdler)
Katulu Ravi Kumar
(weightlifting)
Srabani Nanda
(sprint runner)
Pramila Prava Minz
(rowing)
Pratima Puhan
(rowing)
Valena Valentina
(karate)
Kalpana Dash
(Everest climber)
Pramod Bhagat
(Paralympian)
See also
Lists of people from India by state
List of Odia poets
Odia people
Odia literature
Odia language
References
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Sur Badshah
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.
www.telegraphindia.com
. Archived from
the original
on 14 July 2014.
↑
"Oriya singer Sikandar Alam passes away - OTHER STATES - The Hindu"
.
The Hindu
. 10 August 2010.
↑
"Sikandar Alam
|
Orissa Cinema
|
Odisha Ollywood"
.
↑
"The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Orissa Campus"
.
www.telegraphindia.com
. Archived from
the original
on 19 August 2014.
↑
"The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Musical tribute to singer"
.
www.telegraphindia.com
. Archived from
the original
on 19 August 2014.
↑
"
'I find present day lyrics spineless' - Times of India"
.
The Times of India
.
Archived
from the original on 28 June 2013
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2 February
2022
.
↑
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.
www.thehansindia.com
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2024
.
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