Eminent jurists

• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ray Bahadur Sadhu Charan Mahanti.
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bira Kishore Ray
  Orissa High Court
  The Orissa High Court is the High Court of the state of Orissa. It was established on 3 April 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948.The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.-Former Chief Justices:...
  
  ; English Bar, Chief Justice
  Chief Justice
  The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
  
   of Orissa High Court
  Orissa High Court
  The Orissa High Court is the High Court of the state of Orissa. It was established on 3 April 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948.The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.-Former Chief Justices:...
  
  CJ list, First Oriya Judge of Patna High Court
  Patna High Court
  Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act, 1915. The court is headquartered in Patna, the administrative capital of the state.-History of Court:...
  
  , First Advocate General
  Advocate General
  An Advocate General is a senior law officer of a country or other jurisdiction, usually charged with advising the courts or Government on legal matters.-India:In India, an Advocate General is a legal adviser to a state government...
  
   of Orissa
  Orissa
  Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
  
   Province Photo Gallery Serial No. 2
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray
  Orissa High Court
  The Orissa High Court is the High Court of the state of Orissa. It was established on 3 April 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948.The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.-Former Chief Justices:...
  
  ; Chief Justice
  Chief Justice
  The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
  
   of Orissa High Court
  Orissa High Court
  The Orissa High Court is the High Court of the state of Orissa. It was established on 3 April 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948.The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.-Former Chief Justices:...
  
  . Lokpal of Orissa, Chairman Ray Commission
  Commission
  Commission may refer to:* Commission , a form of payment to an agent for services rendered* Commission , a document given to commissioned officers....
  
  of Inquiry.
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra
  Ranganath Misra
  Justice Ranganath Misra of Orissa served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from September 25, 1990 to November 24, 1991, and has served as the Chief Scout of the All India Boy Scouts Association since 1992.-External links:* -References:...
  
  ; Former Chief Justice of India
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik; Former Chief Justice of India
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Patnaik; serving Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of India
  Supreme Court of India
  The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
  
  . Former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
  Madhya Pradesh High Court
  The Madhya Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was established as the Nagpur High Court on 2 January 1936 under the Government of India Act 1935. The Court was established in Nagpur, but after the reorganisation of states on 1 November 1956, it was moved to...
  
   & Chhattisgarh High Court
  Chhattisgarh High Court
  The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the newest High Courts in India. It was established on 1 November, 2000 after the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 was passed. It has jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of IndiaMr. Justice R. S...
  
  
• Mr. P.N.Misra; Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India
  Supreme Court of India
  The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
  
  
• Mr. Bipin Bihari Ratha, Senior Advocate.
• Mr. Ashok Mohanty, Senior Advocate (Advocate General, Orissa)

Actors

• Ashutosh Rath

• Mihir Das
  Mihir Das
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• Nandita Das
  Nandita Das
  Nandita Das is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire , Earth , Bawandar , Kannathil Muthamittal and Aamaar Bhuvan . As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq , which has won a number of national and...
  
  
• Aparajita Mohanty
  Aparajita Mohanty
  Aparajita Mohanty is an Oriya movie actress based in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. She is the wife of Oriya actor Uttam Mohanty and mother of actor Babushan Mohanty.-Filmography:-External links:**...
  
  
• Uttam Mohanty
  Uttam Mohanty
  Uttam Mohanty is one of the most popular Ollywood stars in the state of Orissa in India.-Early life:Uttam Mohanty is one of the most popular Ollywood stars in the state of Orissa in India. He has to his credit more than 135 Oriya films to date and has acted in 30 Bengali films and in the only...
  
  
• Mira Nair
  Mira Nair
  Mira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
  
  
• Prashanta Nanda
  Prashanta Nanda
  Prashanta Nanda is one of the most popular Oriya Movie stars in the state of Orissa in India. He served Oriya Film Industry as an actor, director, screenplay writer, and lyricist and even as a playback singer. He was also former Minister of State of Orissa.-Life and career:In 1962, he won...
  
  
• Sriram Panda
  Sriram Panda
  Sriram Panda is an Oriya Movie actor, director and a screenplay writer hailed from Nabarangpur, Orissa, India.-Life and career:Sriram Panda started his film career in Dhir Biswal's Dharitri directed by Nitai Palit in 1972, which was a great success at that time...
  
  
• Hara Patnaik
  Hara Patnaik
  Hara Pattanaik is an Oriya film actor, director and screenplay writer. He was born the city of Cuttack of Orissa, India-Awards and accreditation:...
  
  
• Sarat Pujari
  Sarat Pujari
  Sarat Pujari is one of the noted actors of Oriya film industry. He pioneered the Oriya cinema in the early sixties.He born on 8.8.1934 at Nayagarh.His early education completed in many schools all over Orissa .After that he has completed his post graduation in Economics and Diploma in Paintings in...
  
  
• Mahasweta Roy
  Mahasweta Roy
  Mahashweta Ray - Belongs to Puri, Orissa. She has been a leading actress in Oriya as well as in Bengali film industry for a long time. Ray has often been critically acclaimed as one of the best Oriya actresses so far...
  
  
• Bijay Mohanty
  Bijay Mohanty
  Bijay Mohanty is regarded as the most versatile actor of Oriya Cinema for more than 33 years. He is a National award winning actor and has played diverse roles in more than 180 films and has acted in Oriya, Bengali, Hindi and Telegu films. Three of his films have bagged the prestigious National...
  
  
• Sulagna Panigrahi
  Sulagna Panigrahi
  Sulagna Panigrahi is an Oriya and Indian television and film actress. As a débutante, she played the lead role in the television serial Amber Dhara as Dhara, and went on to play the principal character in Do Saheliyaan...
  
  
• Pitobash

Government civil servants

• Ray Bahadur Sadhu Charan Mahanti Chairman, Orissa State Public Service Commission.
• Major L.K.Mahanti Development Commissioner.
• [Sudhansu Mohan Patnaik]
• [Bimal Chandra Mishra]
• [Narasingh Swain] Indian Police Service, First Director General, Orissa Police, Recipient of President's Medal.
• [Rabindra Nath Das]
• [Rama Kanta Ratha]
• Sitakanta Mohapatra
• Nikunja Kishore Ray ( Imperial Police (IP); Jt. Director, Intelligence Bureau; Chairman, Orissa State Public Service Commission )
• Kishore Chandra Pattanayak (IPS-1954 RR; Kanthin Seva Padak Medal; Director General of Police, Orissa State; Home Secretary, Orissa; Commandant General of Home Guards; First Inspector General of Fire & Emergency Services, Orissa; Jt. Director(R-Admin.)/ Jt. Secretary (R-Admin.), Cabinet Secretariat; Commandant, ITBP Leh; Superintendent of Police, (undivided) Puri
  Puri
  Puri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...
  
  , (undivided) Balasore
  Balasore
  Balasore is a strategically located city in the state of Orissa, about north of the state capital Bhubaneswar, in eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore district. It is best known for Chandipur beach. It is also the site of the Indian Ballistic Missile Defense...
  
  , & Keonjhar; Principal, Police Training College, Angul)
• Vivekananda Pattanayak ( Former Chairman, Orissa State Public Commission; Director, ICAO-cum-Special Adivsor to Secretary General, ICAO; Former Representative of India to ICAO; Principal Secretary (Energy) to Govt. of Orissa, Jt. Secretary (Civil Aviation) to Govt. of India, M.D, IPICOL; Founder M.D of Aska Sugar Factory )http://www.opsc.nic.in
• Prajna Paramita (the first Oriya girl to qualify for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and choose to join the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1974, at age 21, straight out of topping Madras University, and all of Tamil Nadu state, for her MA in English, with 4 gold medals.)
• Roopa Mishra
  Roopa Mishra
  Roopa Mishra is an Indian bureaucrat who topped the I.A.S. Exam as a woman for the first time in Orissa in 2004.-Personal background:She was born in Angul, Orissa state on 9 June 1977 and went to various schools in Orissa. She completed her schooling from St. Joseph's Girls High School at Cuttack...
  
   First Oriya Lady to top the Civil Services Examination. Joined the Indian Administrative Service
  Indian Administrative Service
  The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....
  
   (IAS) in 2004
• Lalit Mansingh
  Lalit Mansingh
  Dr. Lalit Mansingh is the former Indian diplomat, the Foreign Secretary of India, 1999–2000, and Indian Ambassador to the United States on March 15, 2001...
  
  

Literature

• Brajanath Ratha
  Brajanath Ratha
  Brajanath Ratha born on January 12, 1936, at Sunhat in Baleswar is an Indian award-winning author who writes in Oriya. Brajanath Ratha is internationally recognized and is the recipient of many prestigious awards like the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award, Vishuba Award, Gokarnika Award, First...
  
  
• Fakir Mohan Senapati
  Fakir Mohan Senapati
  Fakir Mohan Senapati born on January 13, 1843, at Mallikashpur in Balasore, played a leading role in establishing the distinct identity of Oriya, a language mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa...
  
  
• Gangadhar Meher
  Gangadhar Meher
  Gangadhar Meher , renowned Oriya poet of 19th century also known as Swabhab Kavi,was a literary Midas, who transformed everything into gold by the alchemic touch of his genius. He was a born poet of delicate charm. His was a clean white style. His poem Bhakti bears eloquent testimony to the change...
  
  
• Gopabandhu Das
• Gopinath Mohanty
  Gopinath Mohanty
  Gopinath Mohanty ,winner of the prestigious jnanpith award, eminent Oriya novelist of the mid-twentieth century is arguably the greatest Oriya writer after Fakir Mohan Senapati .-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Jayadeva
  Jayadeva
  Jayadeva was a Sanskrit poet circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of Krishna-an avatar of Vishnu and his consort, Radha, and it is mentioned that Radha is greater than Hari, and is considered an important text in the...
  
  
• Manmohan Acharya
  Manmohan Acharya
  Manmohan Acharya is a poet and lyricist from India. He is also a researcher and published author. His contribution appears significant by inspiring the classical dance, Odissi, for the first time to enter into Bollywood with his lucid Sanskrit lyrics.-Early life and education:Manmohan Acharya was...
  
  
• Manoj Das
  Manoj Das
  Manoj Das is an Indian award-winning author who writes in Oriya and English.Manoj Das, a profilic author,he is India's foremost short story writers. He writes both in Oriya and english and is a proffesor of English at the Sri Aurobindo International University, Pondicherry.Manoj Das was born in a...
  
  
• GuruPrasad Mohanty
• Dr. Shantanu Kumar Acharya.
• Mayadhar Mansingh
• Mohammed Ayoob
  Mohammed Ayoob
  Mohammed Ayoob is a Distinguished Professor of International Relations at Michigan State University's James Madison College and the Department of Political Science. He is also Coordinator of the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University. Within international relations theory he is known...
  
  
• Nanda Kishore Bal
  Nanda Kishore Bal
  Nanda Kishore Bal , was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Oriya poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Orissa...
  
  
• Jagadish Mohanty
  Jagadish Mohanty
  Jagadish Mohanty ' is a renowned Oriya writer, considered as a trendsetter in modern Oriya fiction, has received the prestigious Sarala Award 2003, Orissa Sahitya Akademy Award 1990, Jhankar Award, 1985 Dharitri Award, Prajatantra Award....
  
  
• Nirmala Devi
  Nirmala Devi
  Nirmala Devi aka Nirmala Arun was a Bengali Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana, in far northern India. She is the mother of Bollywood actor Govinda.-Personal Life:...
  
  
• Radhanath Ray
  Kabibar Radhanath Ray
  Radhanath Ray is the principal architect of the era of initial modernity in Oriya poetry during the later part of nineteenth century and is honoured in Oriya literature with the title “Kabibara”...
  
  
• Ramakrushna Nanda
  Ramakrushna Nanda
  Ramakrushna Nanda was born in small village in Orissa called Bairoi. An exponent of children’s literature, he composed the song "Ahe Dayamaya Biswa Bihari", which was reportedly a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi while he was at Sabarmati ashram...
  
  
• Ramakant Rath
  Ramakant Rath
  Ramakanta Rath is one of the most renowned modernist poets in the Oriya literature. Heavily influenced by the poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, Rath experimented greatly with form and style...
  
  
• Sarala Dasa
  Sarala Dasa
  Sarala Dasa was one of the great scholars of Oriya literature whose work formed a perennial source of information for succeeding generations....
  
  
• Upendra Bhanja
  Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja
  Upendra Bhanja was considered as the greatest poet of Oriya Literature and was awarded the title "Kavi-Samrata" – "The Emperor of the Poets". Born in a royal family, Upendra Bhanja had never eyed for throne...
  
  
• Rasaraj Bhikari Rath

Management

• Jyotiprakash Patnaik.
• Kailash Chandra Mishra
  Kailash Chandra Mishra
  Dr Kailash Chandra Mishra is known as a management teacher, orator, researcher and writer. He relocated from the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi to take over as the first Vice Chancellor of Sri Sri University in Orissa founded by Sri Sri Ravishankar with patronage from...
  
  
• Manas Kumar Behera
• Sarthak Behuria
  Sarthak Behuria
  Sarthak Behuria was former Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation.He is an alumnus of the St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad....
  
  
• Sandip Das
  Sandip Das
  Sandip Das is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Maxis Communications Berhad, the largest telecommunications company in Malaysia with overseas operations in India and Indonesia....
  
   CEO, Maxis, Malaysia

Odissi dance and culture

• Sunanda Patnaik
• Sagarika Mohapatra
• Bijayalaxmi Samal
• Kelucharan Mohapatra
  Kelucharan Mohapatra
  Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra was an Indian classical dancer, guru and proponent of Odissi dance, who is credited for the revival of the classical dance form in the 20th century....
  
  
• Kasturi Pattanaik
• Sanjukta Panigrahi
  Sanjukta Panigrahi
  Sanjukta Panigrahi was a dancer of India, who was the foremost exponent of Indian classical dance Odissi...
  
  
• Pankaj Charan Das
• Deba Prasad Das
• Mayadhar Raut
  Mayadhar Raut
  Guru Mayadhar Raut is an Indian classical Odissi dancer and Guru.-Early life and education:Mayadhar Raut was born in the village Kantapenhara in Cuttack district, subsequently he received his dance training under the Guru-shishya tradition of Odissi by Rukmini Devi Arundale at Kalakshetra.He is...
  
  
• Raghunath Dutt
• Surendranath Jena
• Durga Charan Ranbir
• Kumkum Mohanty
• Ritha Devi
• Minati Misra
• Bandana Das
• Sonal Mansingh
  Sonal Mansingh
  Dr. Sonal Mansingh is an eminent Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Odissi dancing style; who is also proficient in other Indian classical dancing styles including Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, and Chhau.-Early life and background:...
  
  
• Gangadhar Pradhan
  Gangadhar Pradhan
  Gangadhar Pradhan was an eminent Odissi exponent and teacher, who also founded the Odissi Nritya Mandap in Puri in 1986 and organised several dance festivals in the temple city during his lifetime...
  
  
• Oopali Operajita
• Kumkum Lal
• Cuckoo Meena Mohanty
• Dr. Bidisha Mohanty
• Dr. Nandita Samuel
• Protima Bedi
• Ratikant Mohapatra
• Sujata Mohapatra
  Sujata Mohapatra
  Sujata Mohapatra is an eminent Indian classical dancer and teacher of Odissi dancing style.-Early life and background:Sujata Mohapatra was born in Balasore in 1968....
  
  
• Aruna Mohanty
• Rahul Acharya
• Debasish Pattnaik

Freedom fighters

• Jayee Rajguru
• Ashutosh Rath
• Veer Surendra Sai
• Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das
  Gopabandhu Das
  Gopabandhu Dash known as Utkalamani was a social worker who excelled in the field of politics as well as literature.-Early life : The revolutionary student:...
  
  
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  Subhash Chandra Bose
  Subhas Chandra Bose known by name Netaji was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in...
  
  
• Dr. Atal Behari Acharya
• Utkala Keshari Harekrushna Mahatab
  Harekrushna Mahatab
  Harekrushna Mahatab was a leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1956 to 1961. He was popularly known by the sobriquet Utkal Keshari.-Early life:Harekrushna Mahtab was born at...
  
  
• Harmohan Patnaik
• Sarala Devi
• Rama Devi
• Biswambhar Parida
  Biswambhar Parida
  Biswambhar Parida was a renowned Indian freedom fighter who was born in the Jagatsinghpur District in the Indian state of Orissa. He plunged into the Indian Independence Movement at a very early age and an devout follower of Gandhian Freedom Movement and was imprisoned for around two years...
  
  
• Birsa Munda
  Birsa Munda
  Birsa Munda was a tribal leader and a folk hero, belonging to the Munda tribe who was behind the Millenarian movement that rose in the tribal belt of modern day Bihar, and Jharkhand during the British Raj, in the late 19th century making him an important figure in the history of the Indian...
  
  
• Saheed Laxman Nayak
• Saheed Baji Rout
• Bira Surendra Sai
• Baxci jaga Bandhu
• Bijayananda Pattnaik
• Madhusudan Rao
• Madhusudan Dash
• Krushna Chandra Singhadeo
• Nabakrushna Choudhary
• Gopabandhu Choudhary
• Basinab Charan Pattanaik
• Malati Choudhary
• Parbati Giri
• Sarat Chandra Das
• Pyarimohan Das
• Manmohan Choudhary
• Biswanath Pattanaik
• Sarat Moharana
• Rajkrushna Bose
• Arnapurna Das
• Gunanidhi Mohanty
• Gangadhara Mohapatra
• Nityananda Mohapatra
• Raj Kishor Baral
• Binod Kumar Kanungo
• Surendranath Dwibedi
• Acharya Harihar Das
• Pandita Godabarisha Mohapatra
• Pandita Krupasindhu Hota
• Biswanath Das
• Pandita Nilakantha Das

Politics

• Nabakrushna Choudhuri
  Nabakrushna Choudhuri
  Nabakrushna Choudhuri was an Indian politician and activist born on 23 November 1901 at Cuttack, Orissa State, India. He served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Orissa. He dwelt from a landlord family of Kherasa village of Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa. His father, Gokulananda Choudhuri...
  
  
• Harekrushna Mahatab
  Harekrushna Mahatab
  Harekrushna Mahatab was a leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1956 to 1961. He was popularly known by the sobriquet Utkal Keshari.-Early life:Harekrushna Mahtab was born at...
  
  
• Harmohan Patnaik
• Naveen Patnaik
  Naveen Patnaik
  Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Orissa, India and the chief of Biju Janata Dal, a regional political party in Orissa.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
  Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
  Janaki Ballabh Patnaik is an Indian politician who has been Governor of Assam since 2009. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Orissa from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 1999, holding that post for the longest time on record....
  
  
• Banka Behari Das
• Prasanna Kumar Patasani
  Prasanna Kumar Patasani
  Dr. Prasanna Kumar Patasani is a Lawyer, Philosopher, Poet, and member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bhubaneswar constituency of Orissa and is the Vice President and Founder Member of the Biju Janata Dal political party...
  
  
• Chintamani Panigrahi
  Chintamani Panigrahi
  Chintamani Panigrahi was an Indian Independence Movement activist, a political and social leader from Orissa. He served as the Governor of Manipur from 1989 to 1993...
  
  
• Sanjay Bhoi
  Sanjay Bhoi
  Sanjay Bhoi is an Indian politician from Bargarh. He is a MP from the Bargarh, Orissa, Lok Sabha constituency for Indian National Congress.- Early life and education :...
  
  
• Bhartruhari Mahtab
  Bhartruhari Mahtab
  Bhartruhari Mahtab is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party. He was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 from Cuttack constituency in Orissa. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1999, 2004 and 2009 from the same constituency.-External links:*...
  
  
• Bijayananda Patnaik
• Surendra Mohanty
  Surendra Mohanty
  Surendra Mohanty born in Orissa is an award-winning author who writes in Oriya. He is the recipient of prestigious Orissa Sahitya Academy Award for his novel Nilashaila.- Career :...
  
  
• Rabi Ray
  Rabi Ray
  Rabi Ray is an Indian socialist politician, a former speaker of Lok Sabha and a former Union minister of India. He hails from Orissa...
  
  
• Archana Nayak
  Archana Nayak
  Archana Nayak is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Kendrapara constituency of Orissa asa member of the Biju Janata Dal political party...
  
  
• Ranjib Biswal
  Ranjib Biswal
  Ranjib Biswal is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for the Orissa. He represented India in Under-19 cricket, captaining the side against Pakistan in 4 test matches played in India....
  
  
• Nilamani Routray
  Nilamani Routray
  Nilamani Routray was an Indian politician and theChief Minister of Orissa from 1977 to 1980. He served as the Health and Family Welfare Minister and then Forest and Environment Minister in the Union Government led by V.P. Singh...
  
  
• Braja Kishore Tripathy
  Braja Kishore Tripathy
  Braja Kishore Tripathy is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Puri constituency of Orissa as a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party. He was a cabinet minister in NDA government in 13th Lok Sabha....
  
  
• Hari Har Swain
  Hari Har Swain
  Hari Har Swain was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Aska constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is a very clean and level headed person who considers truth and honesty to be the best virtues...
  
  
• P.V.Narasimha Rao
• Chandra Sekhar Sahu
  Chandra Sekhar Sahu
  Chandra Sekhar Sahu was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Berhampur constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party....
  
  
• Siddhanta Mahapatra
  Siddhanta Mahapatra
  Siddhanta Mahapatra is one of the most popular Ollywood and Tollywood Bangla stars in the state of Orissa in India. Sidhanta Mahapatra made his debut in films with Sradhanjali.-Early life:...
  
  
• Giridhar Gamang
  Giridhar Gamang
  Giridhar Gamang is a leader of the Indian National Congress and a former Chief Minister of Orissa. He was born at Dibirisingi village in Rayagada district of Orissa. In 1972, he was elected for the first time to the 5th Lok Sabha from Koraput. Subsequently, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in...
  
  
• Sanjay Bhoi
  Sanjay Bhoi
  Sanjay Bhoi is an Indian politician from Bargarh. He is a MP from the Bargarh, Orissa, Lok Sabha constituency for Indian National Congress.- Early life and education :...
  
  
• Hemananda Biswal
  Hemananda Biswal
  Hemananda Biswal is a leader of the Indian National Congress and a former Chief Minister of Orissa, who was in office from 7 December 1989 to 5 March 1990 and again from 6 December 1999 to 5 March 2000 and again elected as an MP from Sundergarh in 2009.-External links:**...
  
  
• Jual Oram
  Jual Oram
  Jual Oram was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Sundargarh constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party....
  
  
• Prasanna Acharya
  Prasanna Acharya
  Shri Prasanna Acharya was a member of the 13th, and the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Sambalpur constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party....
  
  
• Ananta Nayak
  Ananta Nayak
  Ananta Nayak was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Keonjhar constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party....
  
  
• Sudam Marndi
  Sudam Marndi
  Sudam Marndi was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mayurbhanj constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha political party.-External links:*...
  
  
• Sushila Tiriya
  Sushila Tiriya
  Sushila Tiriya, a politician from the Indian National Congress party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Orissa in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...
  
  
• Samarendra Kundu
  Samarendra Kundu
  Samarendra Kundu is an Indian politician and a former Union minister of state of foreign affairs in the Government of India. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 from Balasore in Orissa. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977 and 1989 from the same constituency. He was a member of the...
  
  
• Arjun Charan Sethi
  Arjun Charan Sethi
  Arjun Charan Sethi is an Indian politician and presently a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party. In 1971, he was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha from Bhadrak constituency in Orissa as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from the same...
  
  
• Mohan Jena
  Mohan Jena
  Mohan Jena is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Jajpur constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party....
  
  
• Surendra Mohanty
  Surendra Mohanty
  Surendra Mohanty born in Orissa is an award-winning author who writes in Oriya. He is the recipient of prestigious Orissa Sahitya Academy Award for his novel Nilashaila.- Career :...
  
  
• Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
  Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
  Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo was a member of the 12th, 13th & 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Bolangir constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. She is a member of the National executive of the party.Her husband was a cabinet minister in the...
  
  
• Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
• Bikram Keshari Deo
  Bikram Keshari Deo
  Bikram Keshari Deo is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kalahandi constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party....
  
  
• Parsuram Majhi
  Parsuram Majhi
  Parsuram Majhi was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nowrangpur constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.-External links:*...
  
  
• Rudramadhab Ray
• Basanta Kumar Biswal
• Bijay Kumar Mohapatra
• Biren Mitra
• Samarendra Kundu
• Nityananda Mishra
• Khagapati Pradhani
• Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo
• Bhage Gobardhan
• Bhajamana Behera
• Kanhu Charan Lenka
• Dr. Krupasindhu Bhoi
• Sk. Matlub Alli
• Niranjan Pattanaik
• Habibullah khan
• Mujaffar hossain khan
• Hossain rabi gandhi

Singers

• Sunanda Patnaik
• Pranab Kishore Patnaik
• Mohammed Sikanadar Alam
• Bhikari Bal
  Bhikari Bal
  Bhikari Bal , better known as Bhajan Samrat to the people of Orissa, was an Indian singer, best known for his performances in the Indian musical form, the bhajans.He was a great devotee of Lord Jagannath...
  
  
• Arabinda Muduli
• Akshaya Mohanty
  Akshaya Mohanty
  Akshaya Kumar Mohanty was a multi-faceted music personality from Orissa, India. Though most popular as a singer-composer, he was also a lyricist...
  
  
• Krishna Beura
  Krishna Beura
  Krishna Beura , is a playback singer who has sung songs in commercial Hindi and Oriya cinema. Mostly known for his hit song "Maula Mere" from the film Chak De India, "Rabba" and "Soniyo from the Heart" . He can sing in 22 languages including his mother tongue Oriya.-Career:Krishna Beura got his...
  
  

Sports

• Dilip Tirkey
  Dilip Tirkey
  Dilip Tirkey hailing from Sundargarh, Orissa is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world...
  
   (Hockey)
• Ignace Tirkey
  Ignace Tirkey
  Ignacious Tirkey is a member of India's hockey team. He plays as a midfielder and has captained the Indian team.He also serves the Madras Engineering Group Indian army as junior commisioned officer.He holds the rank of Subedar.-Early life:His younger brother Prabodh Tirkey also represented India...
  
  (Hockey)
• Lazarus Barla
  Lazarus Barla
  Lazarus Barla is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team in January 1998 during the test serie against Germany...
  
   (Hockey)
• Shiv Sundar Das
  Shiv Sundar Das
  Shiv Sunder Das is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Orissa. Das was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He proceeded to make his Test debut later that year.Considered the answer to...
  
   (Cricket)
• Debashish Mohanty
  Debashish Mohanty
  Debasish Sarbeswar Mohanty is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 45 ODIs from 1997 to 2001. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who coupled pace to his naturally lanky frame...
  
   (Cricket)
• Pragyan Ojha
  Pragyan Ojha
  Pragyan Prayish Ojha is an Indian cricketer. Debuting in first class cricket in 2004/05, Ojha is a left-arm spinner who has represented India at under-19 level....
  
   (Cricket)
• Budhia Singh
  Budhia Singh
  Budhia Singh is an Indian boy and the world's youngest marathon runner.-Early life:Budhia Singh was born in 2002 to a poor family. His family couldn't provide for him, so in 2004, his mother sold him to a man for 800 rupees. After being sold, Biranchi Das, a local judo coach and orphanage...
  
   (Long Distance Running Prodigy)
• Rashmi Ranjan Parida (Cricket)
• Prasant Behera (Judo]

Physicians

• Dr.J.P.DasCardiovascular Surgeon
• Ramakanta Panda
  Ramakanta Panda
  Dr. Ramakanta Panda is one of India's leading cardiac surgeons, and the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the , a cardiac care centre that under the aegis of Asian Hospitals, at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India. A globally reputed cardiac surgeon with impeccable credentials, Dr...
  
   (cardiovascular Surgeon)
• Atasu Nayak (Cardiologist)

See also

• List of Oriya poets
• Oriya people
  Oriya people
  The Oriya, known classically by various names , are an ethnic group of eastern India and of eastern Indo-Aryan stock...
  
  
• Oriya Literature
  Oriya literature
  Oriya is an official language of the state of Orissa, India. The region has been known at different stages of history as Kalinga, Udra, Utkala, or Koshala. The language is also spoken by minority populations of the neighboring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The...
  
  
• Oriya language
  Oriya language
  Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
  
  
• Orissa
  Orissa
  Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
  
  

External links

• Odissi at the Open Directory
• Indian Performing Arts Promotions a proponent of Odissi
• Classical Indian dance portal
• Odissi Performing Dancers in USA
• History of Odissi