List of people from Odisha

This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India.

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

Education and Research

Satyabadi Era

Later Period

Business and Entrepreneurship

  • Sadhabas - Traders and Merchants from Odisha( Kalinga)
  • Kaundinya I - Kalingan Merchant & second monarch of Funan
  • Madhusudan Das - Founder of Orissa Art Wares in 1898 and Utkal Tannery in 1905
  • Biju Patnaik - Founder of Kalinga tubes, Kalinga Airlines, Kalinga Iron work, Kalinga Refractories and the Kalinga, a daily Odia newspaper
  • Mahimananda Mishra - Founder, OSL Group
  • Banshidhar Panda - Founder, IMFA Group
  • Achyuta Samanta - Founder, KIIT Group
  • Tara Ranjan Pattnaik - Founder, Falcon Marine Group
  • Dilip Ray - Founder, Mayfair Group
  • Soumya Ranjan Patnaik - Founder, Sambad Group
  • Prem Pattnaik - Founder, Haryana Coated Papers ltd & Red Fortune Llp
  • Pankaj Lochan Mohanty - Founder, MGM Group
  • Dr Satyaprakash Panda - Founder, Gandhi Group of Institutions
  • Dr Swarup Ranjan Mishra - Founder, Mediheal Group of Hospitals, Kenya & 1st Odia MP of Kenya, from Kesses Constituency.
  • Dr Ramakanta Panda - Founder, Asian Heart Institute & Asian Hospitals
  • Dr Sita Kantha Dash - Founder, Kalinga Hospitals
  • Dr Maya Gantayet - Founder, Ashwini Group of Hospitals
  • Arun Kar - Founder of the Nest Group-a multinational conglomerate from UK
  • Aditya Patra - Founder, The Aditya Group (Odisha)
  • Biswanath Pattnaik - Founder FinNest Group of Companies, a renewable energy-focused private equity investment company
  • Tarini Prasad Mohanty - Founder,

Naibuga Iron and Manganese Mines (Mining Magnate) and owner of Team Gonasika, hockey franchise of Visakhapatnam, AP

  • Dr Priyabrata Dhir - Founder, Sparsh Healthcare group
  • Rabindra Kumar Jena - Founder, Highland Group
  • Sibashish Mishra - Founder of BookingJini, a hospitality SaaS platform serving thousands of hotels
  • Sitakanta Ray - Founder of RetainIQ, is aimed at e-commerce brands looking to enhance their customer engagement and MySmartPrice, a leading price comparison platform used by lakhs of Indian consumers
  • Subrat Kar - Founder of MotorFloor, an online marketplace for commercial vehicles such as trucks, tractors, buses, and electric vehicles & co-founder of Vidooly, a video analytics platform that changed how Indian content creators and brands measured video performance
  • Santosh Panda - Founder of Foundership, a global accelerator VC focused on AI, Web3, and emerging tech and Explara in 2008 — a platform that deals with event ticketing and management across India
  • Srikumar Mishra - Founder of Aarna Protocol, a Singapore-based platform that blends decentralised finance with AI to create autonomous asset management solutions and Milk Mantra - dairy products startup, which was acquired by Hatsun Agro Product ltd. in 2025
  • Sarat Kumar Sahoo - Founder of Ruchi Foodline, a FMCG sector company whose brand "Ruchi Masala" is a household name in Odisha.
  • Pradosh Kumar Rout - Founder of Pragati Milk Products, whose brand

"Pragati” is the most trusted and popular dairy product brand in every household of Odisha.

  • Asish Mohapatra - Co founder and CEO of "Ofbusiness"
  • Priyadarshi Nanu Pany - Founder of CSM Technologies
  • Dr Tirupati Panigrahi - Founder of Hi-tech Group
  • Tapendra N Senapati & Ayaskanta Mohanty - Founder of Tatwa Technologies
  • Subroto Bagchi - Co-Founder of MindTree Limited
  • Jyotiranjan Harichandan - Co-founder of Bolt Energy, one of India’s fastest-growing EV infrastructure companies.
  • Manas Badajena - Founder of Houzlook, the creative force and entrepreneurial mind behind Houzlook, Bangalore’s trusted full-service interior design brand.
  • Tara Prasad Mahapatra - the visionary entrepreneur behind Asian Health Meter and Health Express
  • Jitu Mohapatra - Founder of Orimark Properties
  • Dr. Kamakhya Das - Founder of Kruti Coffee, one of India’s fastest-growing homegrown specialty coffee brands
  • Capt. Soumya R. Patnaik- the Managing Partner & CEO of Panbulk Shipping DMCC, one of the most respected names in global maritime logistics
  • Dr. Jitendra Kumar Mohanty - the visionary founder and CMD of Swosti Group — Odisha’s leading name in hospitality, tourism, and education
  • Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik, a renowned surgeon and the visionary founder of Shanti Hospitals Group, Cuttack
  • Biraja Rout - Founder of Biggies Burger – one of India’s fastest-growing burger chains
  • Manoj Kumar Pattnaik - the visionary founder of Orissa Transformer Pvt Ltd (OTPL) – a name trusted by Tata and many other industrial giants across India
  • Milan K. Mishra - Founder of Duramix Concrete — one of Odisha’s most trusted names in the construction materials industry.
  • Suresh Chandra Sahoo - Founder of Dion Group
  • Amarendra Dash - Founder of Suryo Group
  • Sibasis Nayak - Founder of T Cube Solutions (acquired by Capgemini)
  • Tapan Kumar Mohanty - Founder of Z Estates Group
  • Mohammed Moquim - Founder of Metro Group

Artists

Actresses

Actors

Dancers

Modern

Odissi Gurus and 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

  1. ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Sur Badshah ceases to sing". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Oriya singer Sikandar Alam passes away - OTHER STATES - The Hindu". The Hindu. 10 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Sikandar Alam | Orissa Cinema | Odisha Ollywood".
  4. ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Orissa Campus". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
  5. ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Musical tribute to singer". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
  6. ^ "'I find present day lyrics spineless' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ India, The Hans (20 March 2021). "Governor Biswa Bhusan pays tributes to Justice Jugal Kishore Mohanty". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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