List of people from Odisha
This is a list of famous and notable people from Orissa, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity. Unfortunately often there are people named here by enthusiasts based on the positions held but not their ethical standards. One can be chief justice of India but may be greedy and malicious. But the list can be cleansed of such elements only by consensus which is hard to realise.
Creators
- Sri Binod Kanungo.(Creator of Oriya Encyclopedia).
- Sri Damodar Acharya
Business and Industry
- Dr Bansidhar Panda
- Dilip Ray
- B.R. Pattnayak
- Mahimananda Mishra
- Baijayanta Panda
- Sri Balaram Sahoo
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
Library & Information Science
Literature
- Kabisamrat Upendra Bhanja
- Sarala Das
- Gangadhar Meher
- Kabisurya Baladeba Rath
- Gopal Krushna Patnaik
- Fakir Mohan Senapati
- Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao
- Kabibara Radhanath Ray K
- Gopinath Mohanty
- Sachidananda Routray
- Kanhu Charan Mohanty
- Godabarish Mohapatra
- Manoj Das
- Sitakant Mohapatra
- Tarun Kanti Mishra
- Pratibha Roy
- Gopal Chhotray
- Bibhuti Patnaik
- Rabi Singh
- Kishori Charan Das
- Rabi Kanungo
- Prabhat Kumar Behera
- Jayanta Mahapatra
- Radhamohan Gadnaik
- Kuntala Kumari Sabat
- Ramakatana Rath
Movies
Directors
- Hara Patnaik
- Prashanta Nanda
- Mohd. Mohsin
- Hara Pattnaik
- Basant Sahoo
- Dhira Biswal
Actors
- Bijay Mohanty
- Prasant Nanda
- Srikant Nanda
- Jayaram Samal (Jayi Nana)
- Uttam Mohanty
- Hara Patnaik
- Srirama Panda
- Sidhant
- Dukhiram Swain
- Sharat Pujari
- Hemanta Das
- Samuel Sahu (Babi)
Actresses
- Aparajita Mohanty
- Maheswata Ray
- Tandra Ray
- Banaja Mohanty
- Anu Chowdhary
- Nandita Das
Music
- Akshaya Mohanty
- Prafula Kar
- Balakrisna Das
- Bhikari Bala
- Pranab Pattanaik
- Sikander Alam
- Chitta Ranjan Jena
- Sunanda Patnaik
- Shantilata Barik
- Nimai Harichandan
- Apurba
- T. Souri
- Shakti Mishra
Politics
Science & Educationists
- Dr. Sanatan Ratha (Neurologist)
- Prana Krushna Parija (Botanist)
- Sadasiv Mishra (Economist)
- Kailash Chandra Sahu (Astrophysicist)
- Bibhuti Bhusan Deo (Physicist)
- Rabindra Kumar Nanda
- Trilochan Pradhan (Physicist)
- Kailash Chandra Mishra (Management)
- Dr. Devendra Mishra
- Dr. Jyotsna Dei
- Dr. Bina Dei
- Dr.Rabi Narayan Kar(MD)
- Samanta Chandrasekhar (Astronomer)
- Jogesh Pati (Physicist)
- Rabi N Mahapatra ( physicist)
- Prafulla Kumar Jena (metallury and chemistry)
- Gokulanada Das (Mathematician)
- Swadheen Pattnaik (Mathematician)
- Tribikram Pati (mathematician)
- Jnanadeva Maharana (physicist)
- Gadadhar Misra(mathematician)
Social Reformers & Administrators
Religion
- Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj
- Bhima Bhoi
- Charushila Sharanaji Maharaj
- Gaura Govinda Maharaj
Sports
- Dilip Tirkey (Hockey)
- Ignace Tirkey(Hockey)
- Lazarus Barla (Hockey)
- Shiv Sundar Das (Cricket)
- Debashish Mohanty (Cricket)
- Sanat Misra (Badminton)
- Budhia Singh (Long Distance Running Prodigy)
Others
- Sriram Chandra Dash (Political Scientist)
- Biswajeet Sarangi, (Audiologist & Speech Pathologist)
- Biswambhar Parida (Freedom Fighter,Jouranlist,Social Servant)
- Justice Nabakumar Das (Retd Judge and Promoter of Orissa Art and Culture)
- Justice Ranganath Misra (Former Chief Justice of India and Member, Rajya Sabha)
- Justice Gopal Ballav Pattnaik (Former Chief Justice of India)
- Justice Krishna Prasad Mohapatra (Former Lokpal,Orissa and Writer and Activist for the upliftment of the people of Western Orissa )
- Ranjit Mohanty (Eminent Lawyer)
- Deeptyranjan Mohanty (IT Professional)
- Alok Dash (IT Professional)