This is a list of notable alumni related to the University of Allahabad and its constituent colleges. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Allahabad University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Padma award recipient alumni Mahadevi Verma Bhagwati Charan Verma Raghupati Sahay, also known as Firaq Gorakhpuri Vidya Niwas Mishra Murali Manohar Joshi B. D. Pande
Arts +NameClass YearDegreeCollegeNotabilityReferencesAditya SrivastavaAllahabad UniversityactorSudhir DarAllahabad UniversitycartoonistTigmanshu dhulia1983 - 1986Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)Allahabad UniversityMovie director, writer
Humanities and social sciences NameClass YearDegreeCollegeNotabilityReferencesS. R. GoyalAllahabad UniversityHistorian Baidyanath Misra1948MA, University topper and Gold medallist, First Odia to top the Faculty of Arts and the Department of EconomicsAllahabad UniversityFormer Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board and Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance CommissionPrabhat Nalini DasMA, English, University Topper and gold medalistAllahabad University University Professor and pro Vice Chancellor; first Director/Dean Humanities, IIT KanpurJ K MehtaPhDAllahabad UniversityeconomistUdai Prakash Arorahistorian
Law +NameClass YearDegreeCollegeNotabilityReferencesRaghunandan Swarup PathakLawAllahabad University18th Chief Justice of India; Judge of the International Court of JusticeKamal Narain SinghLaw Ewing Christian22nd Chief Justice of IndiaJ. S. VermaBSc; LLBEwing Christian27th Chief Justice of IndiaV. N. KhareAllahabad University33rd Chief Justice of IndiaDaya Saran Sinha1953-1959BA, LLBAllahabad UniversityChief Justice of the Gujarat High CourtVidyadhar Govind OakLLBAllahabad UniversityChief Justice of the Allahabad High CourtPrashant BhushanLLBAllahabad UniversitySupreme Court lawyerVashishtha Bhargava1925M.Sc.Allahabad UniversityJudge of the Supreme Court of IndiaRajendra Kumar AcharyaPhDAllahabad Universityjurist of Law of tort in Nepal
Milon K. Banerji, attorney general for India
Literature and journalism
Doodhnath Singh – Hindi writer and critic Harivansh Rai Bachchan – Famous hindi poet and father of Amitabh Bachchan. Prabhat Nalini Das – public intellectual and Professor; Head, English Department, Lady Shri Ram College; First Director-Dean, Humanities, IIT Kanpur; Founder-Professor and Head, Department of English, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University; Pro Vice Chancellor, NEHU-Kohima Campus; English Gopinath Kaviraj – philosopher; Sanskrit scholar Vibhuti Narain Rai renowned writer and novelist, former Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh, former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya. Prem Chand Pandey – founding director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research; recipient of SSB Prize Ibn-e-Safi, Jasosi writer Mohammad Uzair, Sitara-i-Imtiaz Rafiq Hussain, Urdu writer, poet, academic, author, head of Urdu Department Allahabad University Dharamvir Bharati, writer Kamleshwar, writer Mrinal Pande, writer Neelum Saran Gour, author and academic Govind Mishra, Hindi writer and former chairman of CBDT Ravindra Khattree, Distinguished Professor, statistician, academic, author Acharya Narendra Dev Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, writer Krishna Kumar Sharma, Quit India Movement activist, poet and literary figure Fani Badayuni Urdu poet. Yagyadutt Sharma, Hindi novelist, writer and poet Ram Chandra Shukla, painter Surya Bahadur Thapa Daulat Singh Kothari, physicist Harish Chandra, mathematician Pankaj Mishra, author Lakshmi Raj Sharma, author and academic K. Banerjee, physicist and ex-Director of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Leema Dhar, author, poet and columnist
Military NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesKrishnaswamy SundarjiChief of Army Staff
Politics
Heads of state and government NameClass YearDegreeCollegeNotabilityReferencesChandra Shekhar19518th Prime Minister of IndiaGulzarilal Nandaacting Prime Minister of IndiaSurya Bahadur Thapa24th Prime Minister of NepalZakir HusainMAMuhammadan Anglo-OrientalThe Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College (now known as Aligarh Muslim University) was affiliated to the University of Allahabad between 1885 and 1920.3rd President of IndiaV. P. Singh7th Prime Minister of IndiaShankar Dayal Sharma9th President of India
Others NameClass YearDegreeCollegeNotabilityReferencesArjun Singh12th Chief Minister of Madhya PradeshFeroze GandhiEwing Christianformer Member of parliament, Lok SabhaGopal Swarup Pathakformer Vice President of IndiaGovind Ballabh Pantformer Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Home AffairsHemwati Nandan Bahuguna8th Chief Minister of Uttar PradeshMadan Lal Khurana3rd Chief Minister of DelhiMadan Mohan Malaviyaformer President of the Indian National CongressThis campus had its Bharadwaj years ago, Indian Express, 17 November 1998. "Leaders of the stature of Madan Mohan Malaviya, Purshottam Das Tandon, Acharya Narendra Dev and scholars like Amar Nath Jha and M N Saha are among its alumni."Motilal Nehruformer President of the Indian National CongressNarayan Dutt Tiwari9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; 3rd Chief Minister of UttarakhandNaresh Chandraformer Governor of Gujarat and Indian Ambassador to the United StatesNikhil KumarMAformer Governor of KeralaPurushottam Das Tandonformer Member of parliament, Lok SabhaRajendra Kumari Bajpaiformer Lieutenant Governor of PondicherrySaiyid Nurul HasanSatyendra Narayan Sinha19th Chief Minister of BiharShanti Bhushanformer Minister of Law and JusticeVijay Bahuguna6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Vinod Kumar Yadav, IRSEE officer and Chairman of the Indian Railways Board Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, former Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police. Rajju Bhaiya, Ex-RSS Chief Murli Manohar Joshi, former Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Human Resource Development Janeshwar Mishra, Ex-Minister Govt. of India Sir Syed Wazir Hasan, Chief Justice of Awadh Chief Court Mohan Singh, National General secretary, Samajwadi Party Ram Niwas Mirdha, former cabinet minister Dharmendra Yadav, Member of the Lok Sabha N. C. Saxena, IAS Officer, member of Planning Commission of India
Science and technology NameClass YearDegreeCollegeNotabilityReferencesAtma Ram (scientist)Doctor of ScienceChemist, Founding Director Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute and Director General CSIR A tribute to Dr Atma Ram, former DG-CSIR Anuradha MisraphysicistPrem Chand PandeyScientist, Academic and Founding Director NCAOR, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateDeepak Dhartheoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateDigvijai Singhchemical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateJamuna Sharan Singhecologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipientNibir Mandalstructural geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateKrityunjai Prasad Sinhatheoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureatePrabhu Lal Bhatnagar1939DPhilmathematicianOnkar Singh1991, 2000M.E., PhDMotilal Nehru Regional Engineering CollegeMechanical Engineering, Vice-Chancellor of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University, founder Vice-Chancellor of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur
Sports NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesManuel Aaronchess player and International Master
Others NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesRajendra Singh Ranaenvironmentalist, Magsaysay Award, 2001
R. N. Kao, former IPS officer, founder and first director of R&AW Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, known for Transcendental Meditation Uttar Kumar, film actor M. A. Ansari, pre-partition Royal Indian Navy Education Officer Udit Raj, social activist Vivek Sahai, former Chairman Railway Board Desh Deepak Verma, Former 1978-batch IAS officer, former Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha (2017-2021).
See also List of people associated with Allahabad Allahabad
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Tigmanshu Dhulia