Some people from the Kumaon division

List of Kumaonis

Kumaoni or Kumauni people are people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas.

Politics

• Kalu Singh Mahara, (Freedom fighter), Led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Mohan Singh Mehta (Freedom fighter-MLA Bageshwar)
• P. C. Joshi General Secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
• Capt. Ram Singh Thakur, I.N.A., Composer of the music of the current version of the Indian Nation
• Sheila Irene Pant or Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan)
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Murli Manohar Joshi
• Krishan Chandra Pant- former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
• Ila Pant
• Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar
• Bipin Chandra Tripathi
• K.C. Singh Baba
• Bachi Singh Rawat
• Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
• Jaswant Singh Bisht First M.L.A of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal won from Ranikhet in 1981

Scientists and Scholars

•  Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., (Surveyor)(First to do a survey of Tibet)
• Krishna Singh Rawat, (Surveyor)
• Inder Singh Negi (social Worker)

Journalists and Writers

• Sumitra Nandan Pant
• Gaura Pant Shivani
• Manohar Shyam Joshi
• Mrinal Pande
• Shekhar Joshi
• Pushpesh Pant

Sports

• Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest
• Chandraprabha Aitwal, Padma Shri, Arjun Awardee, (Mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee.Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree Recipient (1965)
• Manish Pandey, (Cricketer)
• Madhumita Bisht, (Badminton)
• Unmukt Chand (Cricket) Ranji Team Delhi

Arts, films and drama

• Mohan Upreti, Theatre Artist.
• Nirmal Pandey, Actor.
• Hemant Pandey, Actor.
• Prasoon Joshi-Ad Guru and Lyricist.

Art and Literature

• Sumitra Nandan Pant
• Shivani
• Manohar Shyam Joshi
• Mrinal Pande
• Namita Gokhale
• Shailesh Matiyani
• Shekhar Joshi