Mishra

Mishra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmin,^[1] in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal.^[2] This is the list of notable people with Mishra surname, who may or may not be associated with Brahmin caste.

Army personnel

• Avijit Misra – Colonel in Indian Army
• B. D. Mishra – former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

Doctors

• Anoop Misra – Endocrinologist
• B. K. Misra – Neurosurgeon
• Mohan Mishra – Physician

Entertainers

• Akhilendra Mishra – Indian film and television character actor.
• Amit Mishra (singer) – Indian singer and songwriter
• Leela Mishra – film actor
• Piyush Mishra – Indian film actor, music director, lyricist, and writer
• Prachi Mishra – Femina Miss India Earth 2012
• Sanjay Mishra (actor) – Indian actor and comedian known from the show Office Office
• S. K. Misro – Telugu film and theatre personality
• Smriti Mishra – Indian film actress famous for her roles in parallel cinema.
• Sudhir Mishra – Indian film director and screenwriter
• Sugandha Mishra – Indian singer and television presenter
• Vanya Mishra – Femina Miss India 2012
• Pravisht Mishra - Indian Television actor since 2011

Government officers

• Baidyanath Misra – former 1 of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology
• Brajesh Mishra (First National Security Advisor of India)
• Durga Shanker Mishra -Principal Secretary Ministry of housing and urban affairs, India
• Nripendra Misra – Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
• Ramakant Mishra – IAS officer and renowned scholar
• Satyananda Mishra – National Security Advisor
• Vikas Mishra (economist) – former Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University

Judiciary

• Arun Kumar Mishra - Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and current Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India
• Dipak Misra – Former Chief Justice of India
• Gyan Sudha Mishra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India
• Kanhaiya Lal Misra – Advocate General (Uttar Pradesh)
• Prashant Kumar Mishra - Judge of the Supreme Court of India
• Ranganath Misra – Former Chief Justice of India, known for 'Mishra Commission'

Performing artists

• Baiju Bawra – Singer
• Bhubaneswari Mishra – Odia classical singer
• Birju Maharaj – Kathak dancer
• Chhannulal Mishra – Hindustani classical music singer
• Lalmani Misra – Indian classical musician
• Lisa Mishra – Indian singer and composer
• Rajan and Sajan Mishra – Contemporary North Indian Musician
• Sanjay Mishra (musician) – Indian born American guitarist and composer
• Shivnath Mishra – Indian sitarist and composer
• Pravisht Mishra - Indian actor from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Poets and scholars

• Bhawani Prasad Mishra – Poet (1913–1985)
• Godabarish Mishra – Poet
• Hara Prasad Misra – Scholar in oxidative free radical research
• Hemanta Mishra, Nepalese conservation biologist
• Jayamant Mishra – Jayamant Mishra, (1925–2010) Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet
• Keshavdas – Sanskrit scholar
• Maṇḍana Miśra – 8th century Indian philosopher, Maṇḍana Miśra is best known as the author of the Brahmasiddhi
• Madan Mohan Mishra, Nepalese author
• Prabhat Mishra, Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and a UF Research Foundation Professor at the University of Florida
• Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, Founder Tulsi Peeth and Founder Chancellor Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakoot
• Srivatsanka Mishra – also called Koorathazhwar, Philosopher in Vishishtadvaita philosophy & disciple of Ramanujacharya
• Vācaspati Miśra, 10th century scholar, Author of TattvaBindu

Politicians

• Bhadrakali Mishra – Senior (Nepali) politician, Minister and Chairperson of King Bridendra's Privy Council
• Chaturanan Mishra – Former Indian Agriculture Minister
• Dwarka Prasad Mishra – Politician, former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Gajaraj Mishra, Nepalese politician and courtier allied to Prince Chautariya Bahadur Shah of Nepal and Vamsharaj Pande
• Hari Shankar Mishra – Nepali politician, former MP and Governor of Province No 2 (son of Ram Narayan Mishra)
• Jagannath Mishra – Politician, former chief minister of Bihar
• Janeshwar Mishra (Samajwadi Party Leader)
• Kalraj Mishra – Former Union Minister for MSME
• Lalit Narayan Mishra – Former Indian Rail Minister
• Narottam Mishra - Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of Madhya Pradesh
• Navendu Mishra – British Labour MP
• Nitish Mishra – JDU Leader Bihar and state Cabinet minister of Bihar
• Prem Chandra Mishra – Member of Legislative Council, Bihar, Indian National Congress politician and former Bihar NSUI Chief.
• Rabindra Mishra, Nepalese politician and former journalist
• Ram Naryan Mishra – Nepali politician, Minister in BP Koirala cabinet (brother of Bhadrakali Mishra)
• Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP Leader) Former Advocate General UP
• Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra – Indian National Congress politician, eminent Parliamentarian and Central Minister
• Sripati Misra (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)
• Surjya Kanta Mishra – CPIM Leader, Leader of Opposition Bengal Assembly

Sportsperson

• Amit Mishra – Indian cricketer
• Mohnish Mishra – Indian cricketer
• Suresh Kumar Mishra – Former Indian volleyball team captain
• Tanmay Mishra – Kenyan cricketer
• Abhimanyu Mishra - US Chess player of Indian origin holding the record of being the youngest Chess Grandmaster in the world.

Writers

• Govind Mishra – Indian novelist.
• Jaishree Misra – Indian essay-ist and novelist
• Pankaj Mishra – Indian essay-ist and novelist
• Pratap Narayan Mishra – Indian writer
• Yatindra Mishra - Indian poet

Other notable persons

• Anupam Mishra – Environmentalist & water conservationist
• Neelesh Misra – Journalist
• Vishal Misra – Indian-American scientist at Columbia University
• Rahul Mishra – Indian fashion designer
• Rakesh Mishra – Indian scientist specialising in genomics and epigenetics
• Sameer Mishra – 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee champion (USA)
• Sourav Mishra – Reuters journalist, one of the first witnesses of 2008 Mumbai Attacks
• Sudhir Kumar Mishra – Aerospace engineer, CEO of BrahMos Aerospace

References

 

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1. Devesh Kapur, D Shyam Babu, Chandra Bhan Prasad (2014). Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs. Random House India. p. Contents. ISBN 9788184006391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Lal, C.K. (PDF). Southern Utah University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2019.