List of Kumaoni people

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

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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.
Lucky Bisht, former Indian spy.
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
Captain Ummed Singh Mahra,Operation : Op Orchid, 6 July 1971, Ashoka Chakra recipient
Mohan Chand Sharma, Batla House Encounter, 19 September 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient

Kashi Singh Airy
Yashpal Arya
K. C. Singh Baba
Mohan Singh Bisht
Ajay Bhatt
Ganesh Joshi
Murli Manohar Joshi, He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993.
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
Mahendra Singh Mahra, served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand (April 2012 to April 2018).
Badri Datt Pandey, He was popularly known as, and remains remembered in the region as, the Kumaon Kesari.
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.

Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archaeologist, Padma Shri recipient
Anupam Joshi, cyber security expert and Professor
J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
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
Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
Ghananand Pande, scientist
Govind Chandra Pande, Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and Buddhist periods
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

Uma Bhatt
Namita Gokhale
Namrata Joshi, Journalist^[1]
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

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

Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer, Padma Shri, Arjun and Rung Ratna Awardee. Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award
Ekta Bisht, cricketer
Kavinder Bisht, boxer
Madhumita Bisht, badminton
Unmukt Chand, cricketer
Rohit Danu, footballer
Deepak Dhapola, cricketer
MS Dhoni, cricketer (former captain of Indian cricket team, born to Kumaoni parents)^[2]
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)
Lakshya Sen, badminton
Anirudh Thapa football

Sapna Awasthi, Bollywood playback singer
Sonam Bajwa, Bollywood Actress
Nidhi Bisht, casting director
Gopal Datt, actor and writer
Roop Durgapal, Indian television actress, best known for her role as Sanchi in the serial Balika Vadhu
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
Sudhanshu 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

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.

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

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Division headquarters: Nainital
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