Mishra is a surname found among Hindu 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 ...

and in Nepal.

Army personnel

Avijit Misra Avijit Misra (born 3 April 1962) is an Indian Army colonelhttp://www.aftkolkata.nic.in/upload/court/Court-29.PDF from Pandapara, Kalibari, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. In April 2012, he shot to national limelight in India when the Kolkata bench o ...

– 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 B. D. Mishra is a former brigadier of the Indian Army. He is the present governor of Arunachal Pradesh. and also has additional charge of Governor of Meghalaya. Career Mishra retired from the Indian Army on 31 July 1995, after a career that be ...

– former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

Doctors

Anoop Misra Anoop Misra is an Indian endocrinologist and a former honorary physician to the Prime Minister of India. He is the chairman of ''Fortis Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol'' (C-DOC) and heads, National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol F ...

–

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 Dr. Basant Kumar Misra is a neurosurgeon specialising in treating brain, spine, cerebrovascular and peripheral nervous system disorders, injuries, pathologies and malformations. He is the Vice-President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical ...

– Neurosurgeon *

Mohan Mishra Mohan Mishra (19 May 1937 - 6 May 2021) was an Indian physician, known for his studies on Visceral leishmaniasis, (''Kala Azar'') and its treatment using Amphotericin B, regarded by many as a pioneering attempt. The Government of India honoured h ...

– 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'' Set ...

– 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 Aw ...

– 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 c ...

– 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 Darl ...

– 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 S. K. Misro (born January 1945), popularly known as Misro, is an Indian actor known for his works exclusively Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Television. He is one of the pioneers of modern Telugu social theatre, and has received six state Na ...

– 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 Govern ...

– Indian film director and screenwriter *

Sugandha Mishra Sugandha Santosh Mishra (born 23 May 1988) is an Indian actress, playback singer, television presenter, comedian and radio jockey in the Indian film and television industry. She is known for her character in The Kapil Sharma Show. She was also ...

– Indian singer and television presenter *

Vanya Mishra Vanya Mishra (born 27 February 1992) is a technology entrepreneur, former actress and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India World in 2012. Vanya was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, and raised in Chandigarh. She studied ele ...

–

Femina Miss India Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by '' Femina'', a women's magazine p ...

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 Plann ...

– 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 A ...

(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 Hou ...

-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 Ram sajeevan (13 May 1931 – 8 September 2011) was an IAS officer and renowned scholar. He was the fourth son of Umesh Mishra, the first Vice-Chancellor of Kameshwar Singh Sanskrit University, Darbhanga. He died of a heart attack in New Delhi. ...

–

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. He is the IAS IAS may refer to: Science * Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States * Image Analysis & Stereology, the official ...

–

National Security Advisor A national security advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. The advisor is not usually a member of the government's cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils. National secu ...

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 Economi ...

– former Vice-Chancellor of

Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK) is a university established on 11January 1956 in Kurukshetra, in the Indian state of Haryana, from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities. History The univer ...

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 Hig ...

-Supreme court of India * Justice

Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew ...

– Former Chief Justice of India * Justice

Gyan Sudha Mishra Gyan Sudha Misra is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Misra was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 30 April 2010. She has passed several landmarks and notable judgments in the Supreme Court of India including judg ...

– 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 National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, also called Ranganath Misra Commission, was constituted by Government of India on 29 October 2004 to look into various issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities in India. It ...

' *

Kanhaiya Lal Misra Pt. Kanhaiya Lal Misra (31 August 1903 – 14 October 1975) was an Indian lawyer and independence activist. He was the Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh from 1952 to 1969. Early life Misra was born in a family of Mariyadpur (now in Mau) in ...

– 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 Bhubaneswari Mishra (25 January 1950 — 19 February 2016) was an Odissi classical singer and playback singer. She was a disciple of Adiguru Singhari Shyamsundar Kar. She was married to Dr. Jagamohan Misra, who was a popular physician and poet of ...

–

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

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 of ...

–

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

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, sit ...

singer *

Lalmani Misra Lalmani Misra (11 August 1924 – 17 July 1979) was an Indian classical musician. Initiation into music Lalmani learnt ''Dhruvapada ( Dhrupad) Dhamar'' in the tradition of Shankar Bhatt and Munshi Bhrigunath Lal. He learnt ''Khayal'' singing ...

– Indian classical musician *

Lisa Mishra Lisa Mishra is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her reprise version of the song ''Tareefan'' in the 2018 Indian film ''Veere Di Wedding''. Since then, she has worked on songs like ''The Wakhra Song'' from the 2019 film ''J ...

– 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 Pandit Shivnath Mishra (born 12 October 1943) is an Indian sitarist. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana school of Indian classical music. He was formerly a lecturer and the Head of the Music Department at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit Univer ...

– Indian

sitarist The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

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 Pra ...

- 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 (), l ...

from

Prayagraj Allahabad (), List of renamed Indian cities and states, 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, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut ...

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 Hara Prasad Misra (born 1940) is an American biochemist and Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences and Pathology in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. Misra is currently serving as Vice Presid ...

– Scholar in oxidative free radical research *

Hemanta Mishra Hemanta Mishra is an international advisor for the Humane Society International. He is the author of the books '' The Soul of the Rhino'' and ''Bones of the Tiger''. Over the course of his career in conservation biology, he has worked with the ...

, Nepalese conservation biologist *

Jayamant Mishra Dr. Jaymant Mishra (15 October 1925 – 7 September 2010) was a renowned Sanskrit scholar of India. He was also a well-known Maithili poet. He had been awarded several prestigious honors including "Mahamahopadhyaya", President Award, "Kalidas Sam ...

– 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 , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...

scholar *

Maṇḍana Miśra Mandana Mishra (; c. ) was a Hindu philosopher who wrote on the Mīmāṃsā and Advaita systems of thought. He was a follower of the Karma Mimamsa school of philosophy and a staunch defender of the holistic sphota doctrine of language. He ...

– 8th century Indian philosopher, Maṇḍana Miśra is best known as the author of the Brahmasiddhi *

Madan Mohan Mishra Madan Mohan Mishra ( ne, मदनमोहन मिश्र; 12 December 1931 – 4 July 2013) was a Nepalese author and humorist known for his epic poetry, satirical writings and children's songs. He wrote in Nepali, Nepal Bhasa and English. ...

, Nepalese author *

Prabhat Mishra Prabhat Mishra is a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. Prof. Mishra's research interests are in hardware security, quantum computing, embedded systems, System on a chip, s ...

, 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, playwrig ...

, 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 Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyanga University (JRDU), formerly Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, is a private university in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, Bharat. It was established in 2001 by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya for disabled ...

, 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 o ...

charya * Vācaspati Miśra, 10th century scholar, Author of TattvaBindu

Politicians

Bhadrakali Mishra Bhadrakali Mishra ( ne, भद्रकाली मिश्र; 6 February 1920 – 1 June 2006) was a Nepali politician. In his political career lasting more than 50 years, several of which were in exile, he held numerous ministerial portfol ...

– 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 Ske ...

– Former Indian Agriculture Minister *

Dwarka Prasad Mishra Dwarka Prasad Mishra (1901–1988) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for two terms during the 1960s. An Indian freedom fighter ...

– 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 city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

Gajaraj Mishra Rajguru Gajraj Mishra ( ne, गजराज मिश्र) also spelled Gajaraj Mishra was a Nepalese politician, ambassador, diplomat and a royal priest of Shah dynasty. He was always inclined to his disciple Prince Regent Bahadur Shah of Nepa ...

, 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 Hari Shankar Mishra is a current Governor of Madhesh Province. He was appointed Governor, as per the Article 163 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the Go ...

– Nepali politician, former MP and Governor of Province No 2 (son of

Ram Narayan Mishra Ram Narayan Mishra was the Minister for Industry and Commerce in the BP Koirala cabinet of 1959. He took his office of the Ministry on 27 May 1959. He was also a democratic fighter of Nepal and a founder member of Nepali Congress. He was the fou ...

) *

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 Si ...

– Former Indian Rail Minister *

Navendu Mishra Navendu Prabhat Mishra (born 22 August 1989) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport since 2019. Early life He is of Indian ancestry; his mother is from Gorakhpur and his father is f ...

– British Labour MP *

Nitish Mishra Nitish Mishra (born 9 July 1973) is an Indian politician hailing from eastern Indian state of Bihar, India. He represented Jhanjharpur assembly constituency in Madhubani district in 13th, 14th and 15th Bihar Legislative Assembly. Presently, h ...

– JDU Leader Bihar And state Cabinet minister of Bihar *

Prem Chandra Mishra Prem Chandra Mishra is an Indian politician and member of the Bihar Legislative Council. In the elections on 23 March, 11 candidates were elected unopposed. He is also the AICC media panelist. Early life and career Mishra was born on 25 Decem ...

– 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 ...

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

) *

Satish Chandra Mishra Satish Chandra Mishra (born 9 November 1952) is an Indian politician who was the cabinet minister in Mayawati ministry in Uttar Pradesh, India, and a part of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). He is a lawyer by profession. He was a member of Rajya Sabh ...

(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 Suresh Kumar Mishra is a former Indian volleyball team captain in Asian Games held at Bangkok in 1978. He belongs from Laxmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan. He was born in Laxmangarh on 25 September 1953. He was awarded the Arjuna Award The Arj ...

– 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 Summ ...

team captain *

Tanmay Mishra Tanmay Mishra (born 22 December 1986 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian-born Kenyan former cricketer. A right-handed aggressive middle-order batsman, he made his One Day International debut for Kenya in 2006 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. Early ...

– 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 Ka ...

- 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 h ...

– 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 Yatindra Mishra is an Indian poet, editor, and music and cinema scholar. Career Mishra has published four collections of Hindi poetry: ''Yada-Kada'' (1997), ''Ayodhya Tatha Anya Kavitayen'' (1999), and ''Dyorhi Par Aalaap'' (2005). He has als ...

- 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 Anupam Mishra (1948 – 19 December 2016) was an Indian Gandhian, author, journalist, environmentalist, TED speaker, and water conservationist who worked on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting tech ...

– Environmentalist & water conservationist *

Neelesh Misra Neelesh Misra (born 4 May 1973) is an Indian journalist, author, radio storyteller, scriptwriter and lyricist. He is most known for his radio show, Yaadon Ka IdiotBox with Neelesh Misra on BIG FM 92.7. He is co-founder-editor of Gaon Connectio ...

– Journalist *

RK Misra RK may stand for: Arts and entertainment * Rajesh Khanna, Bollywood film actor * Ram Kapoor, Bollywood film actor * Reality Kings, a North American pornographic website * ''Rurouni Kenshin'', a manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki Science and tech ...

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Lead India ''Lead India'' is an Indian television initiative launched on India's 60th Independence Day by The Times of India Group. Hosted by Anupam Kher, the program aired on STAR One every Saturday evening. Citizens of India aged between 25 and 45 coul ...

winner *

Vishal Misra Vishal Misra is an Indian-American scientist at Columbia University, New York, NY and known for his numerous contributions to Computer Networking. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 ''for co ...

– 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 Manha ...

Rahul Mishra Rahul Mishra (born 7 November 1979) is an Indian fashion designer based in Delhi. He is the first Indian designer to be invited to showcase at the Haute Couture Week in Paris. He won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Wee ...

– Indian fashion designer *

Rakesh Mishra Rakesh Kumar Mishra is an Indian scientist specializing in genomics and epigenetics. Mishra retired as the 6th director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad, India, on the April 30th, 2021. He is currently th ...

– Indian scientist specializing in

genomics Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, three-dim ...

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 organized ...

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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 Sourav Mishra ( or, ସୌରଭ ମିଶ୍ର (saurabh mishra), born 1 July 1979) is an Indian journalist and artist. As a Reuters journalist he was one of the first witnesses and victim of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a three-day rampage in whi ...

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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 est ...

journalist, one of the first witnesses of

2008 Mumbai Attacks The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11, pronounced "twenty six eleven") were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from Pakistan, ...

Sudhir Kumar Mishra Sudhir Kumar Mishra is an Indian engineer, defence scientist and civil servant. He is currently the director general at the Defence Research & Development Organisation, and the chief executive officer and managing director of BrahMos Aerospace, a ...

– Aerospace engineer, CEO of

BrahMos Aerospace The BrahMos Aerospace is an Indo-Russian multinational aerospace and defense corporation, with core manufacturing concentrations in Cruise missiles. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, it was founded as a joint venture between the India's Defe ...

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