Eminent Vishwabrahmin Individuals

Spiritual Saints

• Brahmarishi Mayan
• Siddhar Bhogar
• Saint Visobha Khecher (Guru of great Marathi saint Namadev)
• Saint Jalogi & Malogi Maharaj (Two brother saint from Maharashtra)
• Saint Changdev
• Saint Narahari Sonar (Famous saint from Maharashtra, India).
• Saint Sri Potuluri Veera Brahmendra Swami (AP, India. He is considered as Indian Nostradamous)
• Saint Sanari Viswaswara Swamy (AP, India. It is believed that from the past 100 years he is still in tapasya in Nallamala Hills, India)
• Saint Achalananda Yogi
• Swamy Virupaksha (First Swamy of Lohamath set up 778 AD, situated at Goa Karnataka border)
• Saint Bendapudi Swamula Varu( From Andhra Pradesh)
• Saint Eeswaramma Varu( She is grand daughter of Veera Brahmam garu)
• Saint Tadakanapalle Ramayogi( He is From Andhra pradesh)
• Saint Bodabonda Timmagurudu Govinda Swamy ( He is from Andhra pradesh)
• Saint Shivarama Brahmendrula varu (Great saint from AP)
• Saint Ramamadugu Brahmendra swamula Varu
• Saint Mahayogi Yaganteeswara Swamy
• Saint Cherukuri.Shivarama Brahmendra Swamula Varu
• Saint Veeranarayanamma
• Saint Kommuri Balabrahma Ananda Dasu
• Saint Rajupalem Sree Sree Balayogini Amma Varu

[edit] Literature

• BrahmaSri Kandukuri Rudra Kavi- He is one of the Ashtadiggajas of Sree Krishnadevaraya dynasty. He has authored one of te great books of Telugu language NIRANKUSHOPAKHYANAM
• Brahmasri Repaka Ekamabaracharyulu
• Sunkoji Devendrachary, Legendary writer Currently in USA
• Bimal Kar- A well known Bengali writer and novelist and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975

[edit] Shilpacharyulu & Vaasthu

• Amarashilpi Jakanachari - A legendary sculptor credited with building many fine temples for the Kalyani Chalukyas and Hoysalas, including the famous sculptures at Belur and Halebidu
• Bisu Maharana(Vishwakarma Brahmins have Maharana as their last name in Orissa State. Bisu Maharana Is the prathana Shilpacharya of the world heritage temple KONARK)
• Ramappa Acharya (Any one from telangana area of Andhra pradesh would have heard Ramappa. The Siva temple sculpted in 12th century is called as Ramappa temple)
• Late Shree Narayan Sonaodekar (Famous artist who has created the statue of Swami Vivekananda at Kanya Kumari)
• Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati (A great living sage who is translating The Pranava Veda and has built the Thiruvalluvar Statue) - Rediff interview with Shri Ganapati Stapati: http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/mar/13slid1-padma-bhushan-stapathi.htm
• Gorasa Veera Brahma charylu( He is a living legend in AP author of MAYA VAASTHU book)
• Arasivilli Kameshwara charyulu( He is a well renowned vaasthu siddanthi in AP and author of Kameshra vaasthu book)
• Shri Phani Bhooshanacharyulu - He is feliciated by the title UDDANDA PINDA STHAPATHI,He is known for Vigraha Prana pratishta
• Sri Payyannur Keshavachari - Living legend architect from Kerala
• Vastu Bhramha Melpadi Ragavachari-Writer of VASTURAGAVEYAM from Andhra Pradesh Chittor Dist.
• Padmasree M.Muthiah Stapathi- Living Legend architect from Tamilnadu
• Vasabattula Sivram a legendary Vastu advisor living in Draksharam,Andhra Pradesh.

[edit] Vishwakarma Brahmin Priests & Astrologists

• Sri Bantumilli Srirama Murthy Siddhanthi - Worked as Archaka and Purohit in Mandapeta. He trained many Viswabrahmin Purohits all over the state. He was feliciated by the AP state government with the Andhra Rashtra Ugadi Puraskaram by the chief minister Y. S. Raja Sekhar Reddy in the year 2005
• Shri LK Vishwakarma http://www.vishwakarmavaasthu.com/
• Shri Vangipurapu Veera brahma Daivagna - Famous panchangam writer & astrologer
• Gorasa Veera Bhadracharyulu - Famous panchangam writer & famous astrologer
• Iranjal Raghavan Achari :Indian Panchanga ganitam (Calender);Panel member

[edit] Medicine

• Prof.Raveesha, Chairman and HOD,Dept. of Microbiology, University of Mysore,is a renowned plant pathologist in this world.

[edit] Research and Development

• Mukesh Dhiman, Scientific Officer,Reactor Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.

[edit] Film Industry

• K.P Nanjundi(Famous Kannada Serial actor, producer)
• M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (First Tamil super star of Tamil film industry also called as MKT)
• Dr.Brahmanandam (Guinness book of world record holder for the highest number of comedian roles in Telugu language)
• Jagjit Singh (Viswabrahmins have Dhiman as the last name in Northern India)
• Ramanand Sagar (Famous creator of television series Ramayana and Shri Krishna. Sagar is a common Vishwakarma surname in the state of MP and UP)
• Gulzar (Famous Indian poet, lyricist, film-maker, director - Winner of the Academy Award (Oscar) for best original song lyrics in 2008 for the song 'Jai Ho' from the movie Slumdog Millionarie, along with A.R. Rahman)
• Ajay Devgan (He is of Sikh Ramgarhia origin, Vishwakarma)
• Prakash Jha (He is of Vishwakarma caste from Bihar. Jha is usually a Brahmin surname but is used by Vishwakarmas too)
• Udit Narayan (He is of Vishwakarma caste from Bihar. Jha is usually a Brahmin surname but is used by Vishwakarmas too)
• Kadaru nagabhushanam (great producer and great director from telugu industry)
• Eswar (the famous and great artist publicity designer.)
• Anupoju brothers - famous still photographers in film industry.
• Haridas (famous malayalam film industry singer and judge of so many programs)
• Ammu (famous malayalalm film industry and TV child artist)
• Asha Parekh {Hindi movies superstar actress. Parekh are the Goldsmith caste from Gujarat state)
• Chalam and his son anand sai (famous art directors)
• Jagati Sreekumar. versatile Actor,Orator, Genius par excellence.http://www.jagathysreekumar.com/jg/files/photo.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagathy_Sreekumar#Trivia
• Chintada Girinadh produced movies in telugu film industry
• V Santharam famous hindi film director
• K Vijayabhaskar famous film Director telugu industry (directed mallisweri ,nuvvu naaku nachhav,jai chiranjeeva etc films)
• Chintada mohan basheer babu asst art director Tamil film industry
• Prabhakar famous T V anchor and film artist (father is traditional carpentor)
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma(well known actress in Malayalm movies since 1965, still in field and well known for Mother roles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaviyoor_Ponnamma
• Kaviyoor Revemma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma's younger sisiter
• KP.Nanjundachar ( Film Financiar for Kannada Industry)
• Jimmy Mistry (British Actor of Indian origin) Debt Film The "Guru"
• Shruthi - Famous Kannada Actress
• Kaveri Zhaa - upcoming heroine
• Sharath - Famous malayalam music director/composer,judge of Asianet Idea star singer(music reality show)
• Charan
• Elanchezhian (A great patriot of karikala cholan dynasty and plays a major role in constructing kallanai dam)
• Jaya Suriya ( Malayalam actor )
• Veeru Devgan (Veteran Bollywood Action composer and father of Ajay Devgan)
• Preity Zinta (Indian Film Actress, Zinta is a Tarkhan Vishwakarma surname from Punjab)
• Ameet Channa (British Film Actor)
• Kulvinder Ghir (Actor/Comedian Goodness Gracious Me)
• Satnam Bhogal (Actor - Holby City)
• Vicky Bhogal (UK TV Chef & Author)
• Harbhajan Jabbal (TV/Theater artist)
• Kanwaljeet Singh (Punjabi film star, acted in a number of serials and Punjabi films with Harbhajan Maan)
• Kanwaljit Singh Virdi (Journalist at Chandigarh(Buerau Chief North with Standard World TV
• Dev Sagoo (TV/Theater actor and director)
• Jaikishen (Jaikishen Panchal of the famous Hindi music duo of Shankar Jaikishan fame) Sharan - A famous kannada comedy Actor and a brother of Shruthi-a famous kannada film actress

Bavya - a famous kannada film actress

• K P Brahmanandan - The noted malayalam & tamil playback singer rose to prominence at a time when K.J.Yesudas & Jayachandran virtually monopolised playback singing, sang very few songs but just about every one of them became a hit. A recipient of the All-India Radio Award for the best light music singer and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award.
• Ayroor Sadashivan - Malayalam playback singer

[edit] Administration

• P D Thankappan Achari: The Indian Loksabha Secretary General since 2005 http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/13biodata/sg.htm ,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._T._Acharya
• Somanathan IPS Kerala Cadre IPS Officer
• P.Srinivasa Chari - IAS Officer - Karnataka - India
• Prabakar - IAS Officer - Karnataka - India
• Sridhar Achar - Journalist - Karnataka - India

[edit] Politics

• Giani Zail Singh (VII th President of Indian Republic 1982-87)
• Dalip Singh Saund - He was the first Asian American, Indian American and Sikh member of the United States Congress
• Professor Kottapalli Jayashankar - He is Siddantha kartha for TRS party in Andhra Pradesh
• Madhusudan Mistry Ex-M P (Sabarkanta), Politician from Gujarat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhusudan_Mistry
• Tengamam Balakrishnan (CPI) Ex-M L A Kerala Legislative Assembly.
• Kadakampally Surendran (CPI(M)) Ex-M L A Kerala Legislative Assembly.
• T.U.Radhakrishnan (Indian National Congress) Ex-M L A Kerala Legislative Assembly.

[edit] Sports

• Harbhajan Singh Indian spin bowler
• Monty Panesar English spin bowler of Indian origin
• Gursharan Singh (Played for the Indian test team)
• Virender Singh (Famous right-half of the Indian hockey team that won the 1975 World Cup)
• Joginder Singh Gindi (Member, Indian Hockey Team in the 60s)
• Praveen Pragnaan Ozha - India's left arm spinner

[edit] Television Personalities

• Suzanne Virdee - Famous BBC News Presenter.
• Ravi Dhiman - Famous Star News India Presenter.

[edit] Artists

• Sobha Singh (painter) - Artist and Famous Religious Painter.
• Kirpal Singh (Artist par excellence who painted the bulk of the Sikh Museum at the Golden Temple, Amritsar)
• [ Praveen Dubbaka ] - Excellent Fine Art Personality