garhwali famous personalities

1. Asha Negi

Asha Negi is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Hindi television productions. She is best known for playing Purvi Deshmukh in Zee TV's soap opera Pavitra Rishta and Gauravi Karmarkar in Alt Balaji's web series Baarish.

2. Bachendri Pal

Bachendri Pal is an Indian mountaineer. In 1984, she became the first Indian woman to climb the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. She was awarded the third highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2019.

3. Deepak Dobriyal

Deepak Dobriyal is an Indian actor known for his work in several films and theatre productions. He is a recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare Award Marathi.

4. Raghav Juyal

Raghav Juyal is an Indian actor, dancer, choreographer, and television presenter. He is popularly known as "Crockroaxz" or the "King of Slow Motion" for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk in India.

5. Ajit Kumar Doval

Ajit Kumar Doval KC PPMPM is a former spymaster and the current National Security Advisor of India. Ajit Doval has been longest serving NSA of India. The present tenure is notably the Doval's third consecutive extension since 2014.

6. Hemant Pandey

Hemant Pandey is an Indian film, theatre and television actor, known for his role as Pandeyji in the series Office Office.

7. Neha Kakkar

Neha Kakkar Singh is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singers Tony Kakkar and Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second season of the singing reality show, Indian Idol.

8. Ranbir Singh Bisht

Ranbir Singh Bisht was an Indian painter and the Principal of the College of Fine Arts, Lucknow University.

9. Jaspal Rana

Jaspal Rana is an Indian sport shooter and pistol coach. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category. In a major accomplishment at the 2006 Asian Games, Rana won three gold medals and equaled the world record in 25 m Center Fire Pistol, competing in his fourth Asian Games since 1994 Asian Games.

10. Bipin Rawat

General Bipin Rawat PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC was an Indian military officer who was a four-star general of the Indian Army. He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021.

11. Govind Ballabh Pant

Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabh Bhai Patel, Pant was a key figure in the movement for India's Independence and later a pivotal figure in the Indian Government.

12. Sunderlal Bahuguna

Sunderlal Bahuguna was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of the Chipko movement was suggested by his wife Vimla Bahuguna and him.

13. Gaura Devi

Gaura Devi was a grassroots activist and a rural women community leader from India who played an important role in the Chipko movement.

14. Himani Shivpuri

Himani Bhatt Shivpuri is an Indian actress who is known for her character roles in Hindi films and Hindi soap operas. She is best known for her role in the films including Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Raja, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Khamoshi, Hero No. 1, Deewana Mastana, Bandhan, and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

15. Archana Puran Singh

Archana Puran Singh is an Indian actress and television personality. She is known for her comedy roles in several Bollywood movies and as a judge in the comedy shows The Kapil Sharma Show and Comedy Circus. She is widely remembered for her supporting role in the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

16. Narendra Singh Negi

Narendra Singh Negi, also referred as 'Garh Ratna' and 'Bob Dylan of the hills' is one of the most prominent folk singers, composer and a poet of the Garhwal and Uttarakhand who prominently sings in Garhwali language. Reportedly, he has sung more than 1000 songs.

17. Chander Singh Rahi

Chander Singh Rahi was a prominent folk singer, balladeer, musician, poet, storyteller, and cultural conservator from Uttarakhand, India. In recognition of his deep devotion to the music and culture of Uttarakhand, he has been described as the "Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music".

18. Mola Ram

Mola Ram or Maula Ram was an Indian painter, who originated the Garhwal branch of the Kangra school of painting. He was also a poet, historian and diplomat. Mukandi Lal did research on him.

19. Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Apjit Bindra OLY is an Indian Olympic gold medallist, retired sport shooter, and businessman. He is the first and one of only three Indians to win an Individual Olympic Gold Medal.

20. Girish Tiwari

Girish Tiwari "Girda" was a scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, literary writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India.

21. Mohan Upreti

Mohan Upreti was an Indian theatre director, playwright and a music composer, considered one of the pioneers in Indian theatre music.

22. Prasoon Joshi

Prasoon Joshi is an Indian poet, writer, lyricist, screenwriter, communication specialist and marketer. He is the CEO of McCann World group India and Chairman APAC, a subsidiary of the global marketing firm McCann Erickson.

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