Mishra is a surname found among

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Brahmin, in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and in Nepal.

Army personnel

* Avijit Misra – Colonel in

Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...

* B. D. Mishra – former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

Doctors

* Anoop Misra –

Endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

* B. K. Misra – Neurosurgeon * Mohan Mishra – Physician

Entertainers

Akhilendra Mishra Akhilendra Mishra is an Indian film and television character actor best known for his role as ''Kroor Singh'' in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta''. His other notable works include the character of ''Mirchi'' Se ...

– Indian film and television character actor. *

Amit Mishra (singer) Amit Mishra is an Indian singer, songwriter, voice actor and live performer. He became more well known after the release of the song " Bulleya" sung by him from the film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" ; for his rendition of the song he won a Filmfare A ...

– Indian singer and songwriter *

Leela Mishra Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was an Indian actress. She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (''Chachi'' or ''Mausi''). She ...

– film actor *

Piyush Mishra Piyush Mishra (born as Priyakant Sharma; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, lyricist, playwright, musician and screenwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior, and graduated from National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his ca ...

– Indian film actor, music director, lyricist, and writer *

Prachi Mishra Prachi Misra Raghavendra ( née Mishra; born 11 February 1988) is an Indian model. She was crowned Femina Miss India Earth 2012. She was also crowned Miss Congeniality during the sub-contests for Femina Miss India 2012. Early and personal life ...

– Femina Miss India Earth 2012 *

Sanjay Mishra (actor) Sanjay Mishra (born 6 October 1963) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema and television. Also workingfor Telugu cinema An alumnus of National School of Drama, he made his acting debut in the 1995 film ''Oh Darlin ...

– Indian actor and comedian known from the show ''

Office Office ''Office Office'' is an Indian Hindi-language television sitcom that premiered on SAB TV on 3 September 2001. The show was a satirical take on the prevalent corruption in India. The series starred Pankaj Kapur in the role of Mussadilal. Cast * ...

'' * S. K. Misro – Telugu film and theatre personality *

Smriti Mishra Smriti Mishra is an Indian actress, most known for her roles in Shyam Benegal's ''Sardari Begum'', Sudhir Mishra's Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, Pamela Rooks's ''Train to Pakistan,'' '' Manish Tiwary's Dil Dosti Etc and Vijay Singh's Jaya Ganga'' . ...

– Indian film actress famous for her roles in parallel cinema. *

Sudhir Mishra Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films '' Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', '' Dharavi'' and '' Chameli''. Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his work recognised by the Gover ...

– Indian film director and screenwriter * Sugandha Mishra – Indian singer and television presenter * Vanya Mishra – Femina Miss India 2012

Government officers

Baidyanath Misra Baidyanath Misra (1920-2019) was an Indian economist, educationist, author, and administrator from the state of Odisha. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Deputy-Chairman of Odisha State Plan ...

– former Vice-Chancellor of the

Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) was established in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India in 1962. It is the second oldest agricultural university in the country. It is dedicated to agriculture related research, extension and educatio ...

Brajesh Mishra Brajesh Chandra Mishra (29 September 1928 – 28 September 2012) was an Indian diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service and politician, best known for serving as Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's principal secretary and National Security ...

(First National Security Advisor of India) *

Durga Shanker Mishra Durga Shanker Mishra (IAST: ''Durgā Śaṃkara Miśrā'') (born 4 December 1961) is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is the current Chief Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was Hous ...

-Principal Secretary Ministry of housing and urban affairs, India *

Nripendra Misra Nripendra Misra (born 8March 1945) is a retired 1967 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre who served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2019. He has also served ...

– Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India * Ramakant Mishra –

IAS IAS may refer to: Science * Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States * Image Analysis & Stereology, the official journal of the International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis. * Iowa Archeological Society, Uni ...

officer and renowned scholar *

Satyananda Mishra Satyananda Mishra (born 1949), is the former Chief Information Commissioner of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest coun ...

– National Security Advisor *

Vikas Mishra (economist) Dr Vikas Mishra (10 January 1924 – 22 January 2008) was an Indian Economist and a vice-chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Haryana. He joined the university in the Department of Economics in 1962 after serving in the Delhi School of Econom ...

– former Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University

Judiciary

* Justice

Arun Kumar Mishra Arun Kumar Mishra (born 3 September 1955) is the current and eighth Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India. He is the former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court and Rajasthan High ...

-Supreme court of India * Justice Dipak Misra – Former Chief Justice of India * Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra – Judge of the Supreme Court of India * Justice

Ranganath Misra Ranganath Mishra (25 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) was the 21st Chief Justice of India, serving from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as ...

– Former Chief Justice of India, known for ' Mishra Commission' * Kanhaiya Lal Misra – Advocate General (Uttar Pradesh)

Performing artists

Baiju Bawra Baiju Bawra (Lit. "Baiju the Insane", born as Baijnath Mishra) was a dhrupad musician from medieval India. Nearly all the information on Baiju Bawra comes from legends, and lacks historical authenticity. According to the most popular legends, he ...

– Singer * Bhubaneswari Mishra – Odia classical singer *

Birju Maharaj Pandit Birju Maharaj (born Brijmohan Nath Mishra; 4 February 1938 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian dancer, composer, singer, child molester and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant o ...

–

Kathak Kathak ( hi, कथक; ur, کتھک) is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. It is the classical dance from of Uttar Pradesh. The origin of Kathak is traditionally attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern Ind ...

dancer *

Chhannulal Mishra Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (born 3 August 1936) is a celebrated Hindustani classical singer from Banaras, a noted exponent of the Kirana gharana (school) of the Hindustani classical music and especially the Khayal and the 'Purab Ang' – Thumri. ...

–

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

singer * Lalmani Misra – Indian classical musician * Lisa Mishra – Indian singer and composer *

Rajan and Sajan Mishra Rajan and Sajan Mishra ( hi, राजन और साजन मिश्रा) are brothers, singers of the khyal style of Indian classical music. They were awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2007, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, jointly in 1998, the ...

– Contemporary North Indian Musician *

Sanjay Mishra (musician) Sanjay Mishra is an Indian American musician who began performing after completing his studies at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Mishra plays with an eclecticism well suited to his multicultural background combining both Eastern and Wester ...

– Indian born American guitarist and composer * Shivnath Mishra – Indian sitarist and composer *

Pravisht Mishra Pravisht Mishra is an Indian television actor best known for his portrayal of Anirudh Roy Choudhary in ''Barrister Babu'' and Yuvan Singh Rathod in ''Banni Chow Home Delivery''. Personal life Pravisht Mishra was born in Prayagraj, Uttar Prade ...

- Indian

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

from

Prayagraj Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

Poets and scholars

Bhawani Prasad Mishra Bhawani Prasad Mishra (29 March 1913 – 20 February 1985) was a Hindi poet and author. He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972 for his book ''Buni Hui Rassi''. Born on 29 March 1913 in the village Tigaria of Hoshangabad district in er ...

– Poet (1913–1985) *

Godabarish Mishra Pandit Godabarish Mishra (26 October 1886 – 26 July 1956) was a poet and notable socialist from Odisha, India. He is known for his contribution to Odia literature. Early life Godabarish Mishra was born to Lingaraj Mishra & Apsara Devi in a ...

– 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 Keshavdas Mishra (1555–1617), usually known by the mononym Keshavdas or Keshavadasa, was a Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet, best known for his ''Rasik Priya'', a pioneering work of the ''riti kaal'' (procedure period) of Hindi literature. Li ...

–

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

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 The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

Rambhadracharya Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Pandit Giridhar on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwrigh ...

, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, Founder

Tulsi Peeth Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas (, literally ''Service trust at the seat of Tulsi'') is an Indian religious and social service institution based at Janki Kund, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established by the Hindu religious leader Jagadguru R ...

and Founder Chancellor Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakoot * Srivatsanka Mishra – also called Koorathazhwar, Philosopher in

Vishishtadvaita Vishishtadvaita ( IAST '; sa, विशिष्टाद्वैत) is one of the most popular schools of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. Vedanta literally means the in depth meaning ''of the Vedas.'' ''Vishisht Advaita'' (literal ...

philosophy & disciple of

Ramanuja Ramanuja ( Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmanuja; 1017 CE – 1137 CE; ; ), also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer. He is noted to be one of the most important exponents ...

charya * 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 Chaturanan Mishra (7 April 1925 – 2 July 2011)''The Economic Times''. Former Minister Chaturanan Mishra passes away' was an Indian politician and trade unionist. Mishra, who was born in Nahar, Madhubani District,Lok Sabha. Biographical Sk ...

– Former Indian Agriculture Minister * Dwarka Prasad Mishra – Politician, former

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

* Gajaraj Mishra, Nepalese politician and courtier allied to Prince Chautariya

Bahadur Shah of Nepal Prince Bahadur Shah ( ne, बहादुर शाह) was the youngest son of King Prithvi Narayan Shah of modern Nepal. He became the regent of Nepal for a brief period after the death of his predecessor Queen Rajendra Laxmi of Nepal and acce ...

and

Vamsharaj Pande Vamsharaj Pande (a.k.a. Bamsa Raj Pande, Vansha Raj Pande, or Bangsha Raj Pande) ( ne, वंशराज पाँडे; translit. ''vaṃśarāja pām̐ḍe'') was a Nepalese politician, military officer and minister of state. He was a signifi ...

* Hari Shankar Mishra – Nepali politician, former MP and Governor of Province No 2 (son of Ram Narayan Mishra) *

Jagannath Mishra Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 – 19 August 2019) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar and as Minister in the Union Cabinet. He was also Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha between 1988 - 1990 and 1994 - 2000. His invo ...

– Politician, former chief minister of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

Janeshwar Mishra Janeshwar Mishra (5 August 1933 – 22 January 2010) was a politician from Samajwadi Party. He was a member of the Parliament of India and also represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was ...

(Samajwadi Party Leader) * Kalraj Misra – Former Union Minister for MSME *

Lalit Narayan Mishra Lalit Narayan Mishra (2 February 1923 – 3 January 1975) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of Railways in the government of India from 1973 to 1975. He was brought into politics by the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Krishna Sinh ...

– Former Indian Rail Minister * 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 The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

politician and former Bihar

NSUI The National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress), was established on 9 April 1971. The organisation was founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Ben ...

Chief. *

Rabindra Mishra Rabindra Mishra ( ne, रवीन्द्र मिश्र) is a Nepali philanthropist, ex-journalist, writer, poet, and politician. Currently, Mishra is the Senior Vice-Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, after having resigned as a gene ...

, 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 –

politician, eminent Parliamentarian and Central Minister * Sripati Misra (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh) *

Surjya Kanta Mishra Surjya Kanta Mishra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of Wes ...

– CPIM Leader, Leader of Opposition Bengal Assembly

Sportsperson

Amit Mishra Amit Mishra (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is an right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and currently appears for the T20 franchise Delhi Capitals ...

– Indian cricketer * Mohnish Mishra – Indian cricketer * Suresh Kumar Mishra – Former Indian

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

team captain * Tanmay Mishra – Kenyan cricketer *

Abhimanyu Mishra Abhimanyu Mishra (born February 5, 2009) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became the youngest player ever to qualify for the grandmaster title on June 30, 2021, at the age of 12 years 4 months and 25 days, beating Sergey ...

- US Chess player of Indian origin holding the record of being the youngest Chess Grandmaster in the world.

Writers

Govind Mishra Govind Mishra (born 1 August 1939) is an Indian novelist, who has written more than 53 books. He was also a civil servant with Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and retired as Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes in 1997. Over the years, he ...

– Indian novelist. *

Jaishree Misra Jaishree Misra is an Indian author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and who ...

– Indian essayist and novelist *

Pankaj Mishra Pankaj Mishra FRSL (born 1969) is an Indian essayist and novelist. He was awarded the Windham–Campbell Prize for non-fiction in 2014. Early life and education Mishra was born in Jhansi, India. His father was a railway worker and trade unioni ...

– Indian essayist and novelist * Pratap Narayan Mishra – Indian writer * Yatindra Mishra - Indian poet

Other notable persons

- as of July 2021, youngest

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

grandmaster ever * Anupam Mishra – Environmentalist & water conservationist * Neelesh Misra – Journalist * RK Misra – Lead India winner * Vishal Misra – Indian-American scientist at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

* Rahul Mishra – Indian fashion designer * Rakesh Mishra – Indian scientist specializing in genomics and

epigenetics In biology, epigenetics is the study of stable phenotypic changes (known as ''marks'') that do not involve alterations in the DNA sequence. The Greek prefix '' epi-'' ( "over, outside of, around") in ''epigenetics'' implies features that are ...

Sameer Mishra The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The competition began in 1925, and was initially organiz ...

–

81st Scripps National Spelling Bee The 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee finals took place on May 30, 2008. Competition Two hundred eighty-eight champion spellers competed in the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., a new record. Most of the spellers were fr ...

champion (USA) * Sourav Mishra –

Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was esta ...

journalist, one of the first witnesses of 2008 Mumbai Attacks * Sudhir Kumar Mishra – Aerospace engineer, CEO of BrahMos Aerospace

References

{{surname Surnames Indian surnames Hindu surnames Surnames of Indian origin Brahmin communities Surnames of Nepalese origin Culture of Bihar Bihari-language surnames Surnames of Hindustani origin Mithila Culture of Mithila