This is a list of people who were born in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Mountaineers
[edit]- Tapi Mra – mountaineer from India and the first person from Arunachal Pradesh to scale Everest
- Anshu Jamsenpa – Everester 4 times
- Tine Mena – Everester
Social activists
[edit]Freedom Fighters
[edit]Journalists
[edit]- Mamang Dai – journalist, author, poet, and former civil servant based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
- Dibang – Aaj Tak journalist; his mother is from Arunachal Pradesh; his father is Punjabi
Politics and bureaucracy
[edit]- Pema Khandu – CM of Arunachal Pradesh
- Kalikho Pul – ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
- Gegong Apang – former CM of Arunachal Pradesh
- Mukut Mithi – former CM of Arunachal Pradesh; Lt. Governor of Puducherry
- Rajani Kanta Patir – former Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh
- Kiren Rijiju – BJP Member of Parliament; Union minister [1]
- Takam Sanjoy – INC Member of Parliament
- Jomin Tayeng – first IAS Officer of Arunachal Pradesh; MLA from Dambuk
- Prem Khandu Thungon – first Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
- Nabam Tuki – ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
- Ninong Ering – Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh and Former Union Minister
- Jarbom Gamlin – ex-CM and former MP
- Shakuntala Doley Gamlin – former Chief Secretary and secretary for department of empowerment of person with disabilities
- Daying Ering – politician
Religious leaders
[edit]- Talom Rukbo – father of the Donyi-Polo movement
Philosophers
[edit]- Tamo Mibang – Vice-Chancellor; Head of Department of Tribal Studies of Rajiv Gandhi University
References
[edit]- ^ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.