Yadav (surname)
Indian surname
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Religion
- Swami Ramdev, born Ram Krishna Yadav[2]
Freedom fighters
- Rao Gopal Dev, general in the army of Rao Tula Ram during the Indian rebellion of 1857[3]
- Mahendra Gop, freedom revolutionary
Academicians
Civil servants and bureaucrats
- Vinod Kumar Yadav, Former Chairperson of the Railway Board, First Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India[5]
- Bhupendra Yadav, IPS, former DGP of Rajasthan Police, chairman, Rajasthan Public Service Commission[6]
- Gaurav Yadav, IPS, DGP of Punjab Police[7]
- Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Police[8]
- Manoj Yadava, IPS, DG/Chief of Railway Protection Force,[9] former DGP of Haryana Police[10]
- Meera Yadav, IFS, 22nd Ambassador of India to the United States
- Dinesh Kumar Yadav, IPS, Inspector General of Police Himachal Pradesh[11]
- Neera Yadav, IAS, Former Chief Secretary Of Uttar Pradesh[12]
- Pranjal Yadav, IAS[13]
- Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS, DGP of Chandigarh Police,[14] Former DGP of Andaman and Nicobar Police[15]
- V.S. Yadav, IPS, DGP of Tripura Police[16]
- Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, IPS, most decorated Police officer[17][18][19]
Law
- Sanjay Yadav, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court[20]
- Shekhar Kumar Yadav[21]
- Surendra Kumar Yadav[22]
Film and television
Folk singers
- Hiralal Yadav[38]
- Baleshwar Yadav[39]
- Bihari Lal Yadav, father of folk genre Birha, invented Khartal Instrument which is used in Folk songs[40][41]
First in their fields
- Santosh Yadav, first woman to climb Mount Everest twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from Kangshung Face[42]
- Dr.Raj Vir Singh Yadav, performed the first kidney transplant in India at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research at Chandigarh in 1973
- Surekha Yadav, India's first female train driver (Loco Pilot)[43]
- Bhakti Yadav, the first female MBBS from Indore, India[44]
- Ram Baran Yadav, the first president of Nepal[45]
- Vinod Kumar Yadav, First Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India[46]
- Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, first chief minister of Delhi[46]
- Ram Saroj Yadav, first deputy chief minister of Madhesh Province, Nepal[47]
Politicians
Political Party Founders
Chief Ministers
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Ministers, MPs and MLAs
- Athai Ram Yadav, former MLA from Handia, Prayagraj
- Akhilesh Yadav, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh[57]
- Ajay Singh Yadav, former Union Minister[61]
- Ajesh Yadav, AAP member for Badli in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi[62]
- Annapurna Devi Yadav, Union Minister of Women and Child Development[63]
- Anil Kumar Yadav, a politician from Bihar[64]
- Anil Kumar Yadav, Minister of Irrigation(Water Resources) Government of Andhra Pradesh[65]
- Anjan Kumar Yadav, former M.P. for Secunderabad[66]
- Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, former Union Minister[67]
- Baba Ram Adhar Yadav, former MLA from Allahabad North, Prayagraj
- Babulal Gaur Yadav, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh(BJP)[53]
- Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav, Member of the Parliament and leader Telangana Rashtra Samithi party[68]
- Balram Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader, UP[69]
- Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change[70]
- Bhagabat Behera Yadav, former Cabinet Minister of Government of Odisha[71]
- Brajendra Singh Yadav, BJP leader, Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly[72]
- Chandrajit Yadav, former Union Minister Ministry of Mines (India) & Ministry of Steel
- Chandrapal Singh Yadav, MP, Jhansi, SP[73]
- Choudhary Awadh Bihari Yadav, Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly[74]
- Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, SP Politician, Shaurya Chakra awardee[75]
- Darshan Singh Yadav, former Rajya Sabha MP of Uttar Pradesh[76]
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav, former Minister of Bihar and Member of Parliament[77]
- Dinesh Yadav, former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly[77]
- Deo Narayan Yadav, 12th Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly[78]
- Devender Yadav, President Delhi Congress Committee, Indian National Congress[79]
- Dharmananda Behera Yadav, former MLA of Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha)[80]
- Dharmendra Yadav, M.P., Samajwadi Party[81]
- D. P. Yadav, leader of Rashtriya Parivartan Dal[82]
- Gopal Das Yadav, former MLA from Allahabad West, Prayagraj
- Girish Yadav, State Minister, Uttar Pradesh, A BJP Leader[83]
- Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State[84]
- Hemchand Yadav, Former Cabinet Minister of Chhattishgarh Government[85]
- Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State for Water Resources[86]
- Jawahar Singh Yadav, former member of Legislative Assembly from Nawabganj, Prayagraj[87]
- Jawahar Yadav (Pandit), former MLA from Jhusi, Prayagraj[88][89]
- Jokhu Lal Yadav, former MLA from Handia and Pratappur, Prayagraj
- Kailash Nath Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh[90]
- Lalita Yadav, Minister of State of Madhya Pradesh Government[91]
- Laxmi Narayan Yadav, M.P., Sagar, Madhya Pradesh[92]
- Mahendra Singh Yadav, Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh[54]
- Madhusudan Yadav, former Lok Sabha MP and Mayor of Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation[93]
- Manoj Kumar Yadav, MLA of Jharkhand[94]
- Mitrasen Yadav, Communist Party leader[95]
- Mulayam Singh Yadav (Auraiya politician), former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) for 3 times(he is not the father of Akhilesh Yadav)[96]
- Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav, M.L.A., Samajwadi Party, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh[97]
- Nand Kishore Yadav, Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha[98]
- Neera Yadav (politician), leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and the minister in government of Jharkhand.
- Om Prakash Yadav JDU, Bihar[99]
- Pappu Yadav, Independent M.P. From Purnia[100][101]
- Pradeep Yadav, 13th Lok Sabha MP and MLA of Jharkhand state[102]
- Ram Harakh Yadav, Former Member of Parliament from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Ramakant Yadav, Former Member of Parliament and MLA[103]
- Ram Krishna Yadav, former Member of Parliament from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Ramesh Prasad Yadav, former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly[104]
- Rampal Yadav, SP leader[105]
- Ram Gopal Yadav, Rajya Sabha member[106]
- Ram Kripal Yadav, former Union Minister of State[107]
- Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav, former member of Lok Sabha and Ex-MLA of Bihar[108]
- Ram Naresh Yadav, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Former Governor of Chhattisgarh[55]
- Ranjan Prasad Yadav, RJD politician, Bihar[109]
- Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh[110]
- Roop Nath Singh Yadav, politician and freedom fighter
- Sadhu Yadav, politician, Bihar[111]
- Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (U)[112]
- Shivpal Singh Yadav, former Cabinat Minister of Uttar Pradesh[113]
- Shyamlal Yadav, Leader of Congress (I), Former Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha[114]
- Subhash Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh[115]
- Subhash Prasad Yadav, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Bihar[116]
- Sudha Yadav, BJP leader[111]
- Sunil Kumar Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh[117]
- Surendra Prasad Yadav, former Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand and Ex-MLA of Bihar he also served as an MP of 12th Lok Sabha[118]
- Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister of State in Government of Telangana(Telangana Rashtra Samithi)[119]
- Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar State[120]
- Tej Pratap Yadav, Ex-Minister for Health, Bihar[121]
- Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, M.P. for Mainpuri[122]
- Umakant Yadav, former MP from Macchlishahr
- Uma Kant Yadav, Bihar Legislative Assembly[123]
- Umlesh Yadav, former MLA for Bisauli Uttar Pradesh[124]
- Vijama Yadav, MLA, Pratappur, Prayagraj [125][126]
- Vijay Bahadur Yadav, MLA, Gorakhpur Rural[127]
Literature
- Anand Yadav, a Marathi-language writer[128]
- Kulpreet Yadav, Indian author and actor[129]
- Lalai Singh Yadav, writer and playwright from UP
- Rajendra Yadav, a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi Kahani[130]
- Ramashankar Yadav, Hindi poet[131]
- K. C. Yadav (1936–2021), Indian historian
Military
- Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav, Param Veer Chakra[132]
- Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Leading Indian Navy officer In Operation Trident operation that attacked Karachi, Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971[133]
- Petty officer Chiman Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Operation Cactus Lily, Indo-Pakistan War of 1971[134]
- Brigadier Rai Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Tiger of Nathu La, Hero of Nathu La and Cho La clashes[135]
- Parachute Commando Kaushal Yadav, Vir Chakra[136]
- Kulbhushan Yadav, Indian Navy officer[137]
- Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashoka Chakra[138]
- Commando Suresh Chand Yadav, Ashoka Chakra, Operation Vajra Shakti[139]
- Sujjan Singh (soldier), Ashoka Chakra[140]
- Captain Umrao Singh, Victoria Cross recipient in Second World War[141]
- Lt. Gen. J.B.S. Yadava, former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff[142]
- Air Marshal A.K.Bharti, Deputy Chief of Air Staff
Nepali politics
- Bijay Kumar Yadav[143]
- Bodhmaya Kumari Yadav, Member of Parliament[144]
- Chitra Lekha Yadav, former minister for Education[145]
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Nepal) member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly[146]
- Ganga Prasad Yadav, Governor of Sudurpashchim Province[147]
- Gita Kumari Yadav[148]
- K.P. Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
- Mahendra Yadav, former Union Minister for Water Supply, Leader of Nepali Congress[149]
- Mina Yadav, Member of Parliament, Leader of CPN Maoist (Centere)[150]
- Mukta Kumari Yadav, Member of Parliament[151]
- Omprakash Yadav
- Pradeep Yadav, Union Minister for Forests and Environment[152]
- Ram Saroj Yadav, first Deputy Chief Minister of Madhesh Province[153]
- Radhe Chandra Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly[154]
- Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly[154]
- Ram Sahaya Yadav, Vice President of Nepal[155]l
- Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, First President of Nepal[156]
- Rekha Yadav Thapa, Member of Parliament[157]
- Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister of Education. member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum[158]
- Matrika Yadav, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, A Nepal Communist Party Leader[159]
- Saroj Kumar Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhesh Province[160]
- Sita Devi Yadav, Member of Parliament, National Treasurer of Nepali Congress[161]
- Upendra Yadav, Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, chairperson, People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020), Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal House Leader in Pratinidhi Sabha, Former External Affairs Minister of Nepal Government[162]
Professionals
- Bhakti Yadav, Padma Shri awardee gynaecologist[163]
- Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav, Leading Agriculturist, Padma Shri Awardee[164]
- Raj Vir Singh Yadav, Kidney transplant surgeon, Padma Shri Awardee, 1982
- Rahul Yadav, Ex CEO, Housing.com and founder of Intelligent Interfaces for e-commerce[165]
Science and technology
Social workers
- Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Worker in Chhattisgarh, Padma Shri Awardee, Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awardee[168]
- Kunwar Bai Yadav[169]
Sports
- Virender Singh Yadav, wrestling[170]
- Abhishek Yadav, football[171]
- Abhishek Yadav, table-tennis[172]
- Ajay Yadav, cricket[173]
- Ajeet Singh Yadav, Silver Medalist in 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Akash Yadav, cricket[174]
- Amit Raj Kumar Yadav, cricket[175]
- Arjun Yadav, cricket[176]
- Ashwin Yadav, cricket[177]
- Avinash Yadav, cricket[178]
- Bani Yadav, car rallyist, India's fastest women car racer[179]
- Chinki Yadav, Indian sport shooter[180]
- Dharmendra Singh Yadav, boxing[181]
- Guru Hanuman aka Vijay Pal Yadav, wrestling coach[182][183][184]
- Hemulal Yadav, cricket[185]
- Jai Prakash Yadav, cricket[186]
- Jayant Yadav, cricket[187]
- Jyoti Yadav, cricket[188]
- Kapil Yadav, cricket[189]
- Kavita Yadav, air-rifle shooting[190]
- Krishnappa Gowtham, cricket[191]
- Kuldeep Yadav, cricket[192]
- Kuldip Yadav, cricket[193]
- Lalit Yadav, Delhi cricketer[194]
- Lalit Yadav, Vidharbha cricketer
- Laxmi Yadav, cricketer in the WPL
- Mayank Yadav, cricket[195]
- Narsingh Pancham Yadav, wrestling[196]
- Poonam Yadav, cricket[197]
- Punam Yadav, weightlifting[198]
- Puneet Yadav, cricket[199]
- Radha Yadav, cricket[200]
- Rahul Yadav (cricketer)[201]
- Rakesh Kumar Yadav (athlete), athletics[202]
- Ram Singh Sanjay Yadav, cricket[203]
- Ram Singh Yadav, marathon runner[204]
- Renuka Yadav, hockey[205]
- Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, wrestling[206]
- Sanjay Yadav, cricket[207]
- Sanju Yadav, footballer[208]
- Santosh Yadav (cricketer), cricket[209]
- Santosh Yadav, mountaineering[210]
- Satish Kumar Yadav, boxing[211]
- Sat Prakash Yadav, basketball[212]
- Shivlal Yadav, cricket
- Sonam Yadav, cricketer in the WPL
- Suryakumar Yadav, cricket[213]
- Swapnali Yadav, swimming[214]
- Umesh Yadav, cricket[215]
- Vidhya Yadav, cricket administration[216]
- Vijay Yadav, cricket[217]
- Vikas Krishan Yadav, boxing[218]
- Vishal Yadav, cricket[219]
Criminals
- Chavviram Singh Yadav, bandit[220]
- Kalua, dacoit[221]
- Akku Yadav[222] gangster and serial rapist[223]
Vice Chancellors
- G. D. Yadav, vice-chancellor of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) from 2009 until November 2019[224]
- Ramesh Kumar Yadava, vice chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana[225]
- Raja Ram Yadav former vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University[226]
- Ramakant Yadav (neurologist), vice-chancellor, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences[227]
- J. P. Yadav, vice-chancellor, Indira Gandhi University, Rewari, Haryana
