• Source: Yadav (surname)

This is a list of notable people using Yadav surname.




Religion


Swami Ramdev, born Ram Krishna Yadav
Mahant Balaknath




Freedom fighters


Rao Gopal Dev, general in the army of Rao Tula Ram during the Indian rebellion of 1857
Mahendra Gop, freedom revolutionary
Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav (1918–1993), Indian politician, first chief minister of Delhi, and freedom fighter




Academicians


K. C. Yadav
Usha Yadav




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
Bhupendra Yadav, IPS, former DGP of Rajasthan Police, chairman, Rajasthan Public Service Commission
Gaurav Yadav, IPS, DGP of Punjab Police
Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Police
Manoj Yadava, IPS, DG/Chief of Railway Protection Force, former DGP of Haryana Police
Dinesh Kumar Yadav, IPS, Inspector General of Police Himachal Pradesh
Neera Yadav, IAS, Former Chief Secretary Of Uttar Pradesh
Pranjal Yadav, IAS
Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS, DGP of Chandigarh Police, Former DGP of Andaman and Nicobar Police
V.S. Yadav, IPS, DGP of Tripura Police
Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, IPS, most decorated Police officer




Judiciary


Sanjay Yadav, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Shekhar Kumar Yadav
Surendra Kumar Yadav




Film and television


Baba Yadav
Dinesh Lal Yadav
Khesari Lal Yadav
Leena Yadav
Manisha Yadav
Narsing Yadav
Neha Yadav
Parul Yadav
Pragya Yadav
Rajkummar Rao
Rajesh Yadav
Raghubir Yadav
Rajpal Yadav
Ravi Yadav
Shrikant Yadav
Shyam Yadav




Folk singers


Hiralal Yadav
Baleshwar Yadav
Bihari Lal Yadav, father of folk genre Birha, invented Khartal Instrument which is used in Folk songs




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
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
Bhakti Yadav, the first female MBBS from Indore, India
Ram Baran Yadav, the first president of Nepal
Vinod Kumar Yadav, First Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India
Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, first chief minister of Delhi
Ram Saroj Yadav, first deputy chief minister of Madhesh Province, Nepal




Indian politics


Akhilesh Yadav, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Ajay Singh Yadav, former Union Minister
Ajesh Yadav, AAP member for Badli in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
Annapurna Devi Yadav, Union Minister of Women and Child Development
Anil Kumar Yadav, a politician from Bihar
Anil Kumar Yadav, Minister of Irrigation(Water Resources) Government of Andhra Pradesh
Anjan Kumar Yadav, former M.P. for Secunderabad
Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, former Union Minister
Babulal Gaur Yadav, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh(BJP)
Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav, Member of the Parliament and leader Telangana Rashtra Samithi party
Balram Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader, UP
Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Bhagabat Behera Yadav, former Cabinet Minister of Government of Odisha
Brajendra Singh Yadav, BJP leader , Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Chandrajit Yadav, former Union Minister Ministry of Mines (India) & Ministry of Steel
Chandrapal Singh Yadav, MP, Jhansi, SP
Choudhary Awadh Bihari Yadav, Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly
Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, former chief minister of Delhi
Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, SP Politician, Shaurya Chakra awardee
Daroga Prasad Rai, 10th chief minister of Bihar
Darshan Singh Yadav, former Rajya Sabha MP of Uttar Pradesh
Deo Narayan Yadav, Former speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Dinesh Chandra Yadav, former Minister of Bihar and Member of Parliament
Dinesh Yadav, former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Deo Narayan Yadav, 12th Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Devender Yadav, Indian National Congress
Dharmananda Behera Yadav, former MLA of Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha)
Dharmendra Yadav, M.P., Samajwadi Party
D. P. Yadav, leader of Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
Girish Yadav, State Minister, Uttar Pradesh, A BJP Leader
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Chairperson, National Commission for Backward Classes
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State
Hemchand Yadav, Former Cabinet Minister of Chhattishgarh Government
Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, former Union Minister of State for Water Resources
Kailash Nath Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
Lalita Yadav, Minister of State of Madhya Pradesh Government
Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Union Cabinet Minister of India, former chief minister of Bihar
Laxmi Narayan Yadav, M.P., Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Mahendra Singh Yadav, Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Union Defence Minister of India and Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Madhusudan Yadav, former Lok Sabha MP and Mayor of Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation
Manoj Yadav, former MLA of Bihar and MLA of Jharkhand
Mitrasen Yadav, Communist Party leader
Mulayam Singh Yadav (Auraiya politician), former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) for 3 times(he is not the father of Akhilesh Yadav)
Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav, M.L.A., Samajwadi Party, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Nand Kishore Yadav, Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha
Nityanand Rai, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, BJP Yadav face in Bihar
Neera Yadav (politician), leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and the minister in government of Jharkhand.
Om Prakash Yadav JDU, Bihar
Pappu Yadav, former RJD M.P
Pradeep Yadav, 13th Lok Sabha MP and MLA of Jharkhand state
Ram Harakh Yadav, Former Member of Parliament from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Ramakant Yadav, Former Member of Parliament and MLA
Ram Krishna Yadav, former Member of Parliament from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Ramesh Prasad Yadav, former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Rampal Yadav, SP leader
Ram Gopal Yadav, Rajya Sabha member
Ram Kripal Yadav, former Union Minister of State
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav, former member of Lok Sabha and Ex-MLA of Bihar
Ram Naresh Yadav, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Former Governor of Chhattisgarh
Ranjan Prasad Yadav, RJD politician, Bihar
Rao Birender Singh, Former Chief Minister of Haryana
Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
Roop Nath Singh Yadav, politician and freedom fighter
Sadhu Yadav, politician, Bihar
Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (U)
Shivpal Singh Yadav, former Cabinat Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Shyamlal Yadav, Leader of Congress (I), Former Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Subhash Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Subhash Prasad Yadav, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Bihar
Sudha Yadav, BJP leader
Sunil Kumar Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
Surendra Prasad Yadav, former Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand and Ex-MLA of Bihar he also served as an MP of 12th Lok Sabha
Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister of State in Government of Telangana(Telangana Rashtra Samithi)
Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar State
Tej Pratap Yadav, Ex-Minister for Health, Bihar
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, M.P. for Mainpuri
Uma Kant Yadav, Bihar Legislative Assembly
Umlesh Yadav, former MLA for Bisauli Uttar Pradesh
Vijama Yadav, MLA, Pratappur, Prayagraj
Vijay Bahadur Yadav, MLA, Gorakhpur Rural
Yogendra Yadav, Leader of Swaraj Abhiyan.




Literature


Anand Yadav, a Marathi-language writer
Kulpreet Yadav, Indian author and actor
Lalai Singh Yadav, writer and playwright from UP
Rajendra Yadav, a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi Kahani
Ramashankar Yadav, Hindi poet
K. C. Yadav (1936–2021), Indian historian
Mannu Bhandari, Indian writer




Military


Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav, Param Veer Chakra
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
Petty officer Chiman Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Operation Cactus Lily, Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Brigadier Rai Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, Hero of Nathu La and Cho La clashes
Parachute Commando Kaushal Yadav, Vir Chakra
Kulbhushan Yadav, Indian Navy officer
Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashoka Chakra
Commando Suresh Chand Yadav, Ashoka Chakra, Operation Vajra Shakti
Sujjan Singh (soldier), Ashoka Chakra
Captain Umrao Singh, Victoria Cross recipient in Second World War
Kaushal Yadav
Lt. Gen. J.B.S.Yadava, former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff




Nepali politics


Bijay Kumar Yadav
Bodhmaya Kumari Yadav, Member of Parliament
Chitra Lekha Yadav, former minister for Education
Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Nepal) member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Ganga Prasad Yadav, Governor of Sudurpashchim Province
Gita Kumari Yadav
Mahendra Yadav, former Union Minister for Water Supply, Leader of Nepali Congress
Mina Yadav, Member of Parliament, Leader of CPN Maoist (Centere)
Mukta Kumari Yadav, Member of Parliament
Pradeep Yadav, Union Minister for Forests and Environment
Ram Saroj Yadav, first Deputy Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
Radhe Chandra Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Ram Sahaya Yadav, Vice President of Nepall
Dr.Ram Baran Yadav, First President of Nepal
Rekha Yadav Thapa, Member of Parliament
Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister of Education. member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum
Matrika Yadav, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, A Nepal Communist Party Leader
Saroj Kumar Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
Sita Devi Yadav, Member of Parliament, National Treasurer of Nepali Congress
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




Professionals


Bhakti Yadav, Padma Shri awardee gynaecologist
Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav, Leading Agriculturist, Padma Shri Awardee
Ramakant Yadav is a professor of neurology
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
Yogendra Yadav, Psephology
Jhillu Singh Yadav




Science and technology


Jhillu Singh Yadav
Rajpal Singh Yadav




Social workers


Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Worker in Chhattisgarh, Padma Shri Awardee, Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awardee
Kunwar Bai Yadav




Sports


Virender Singh Yadav, wrestling
Abhishek Yadav, football
Abhishek Yadav, table-tennis
Ajay Yadav, cricket
Ajeet Singh Yadav, Silver Medalist in 2024 Summer Paralympics
Akash Yadav, cricket
Amit Raj Kumar Yadav, cricket
Arjun Yadav, cricket
Ashwin Yadav, cricket
Avinash Yadav, cricket
Bani Yadav, car rallyist, India's fastest women car racer
C. Rohit Yadav, badminton
Chinki Yadav, Indian sport shooter
Dharmendra Singh Yadav, boxing
Guru Hanuman aka Vijay Pal Yadav, wrestling coach
Hemulal Yadav, cricket
Jai Prakash Yadav, cricket
Jayant Yadav, cricket
Jyoti Yadav, cricket
Kapil Yadav, cricket
Kavita Yadav, air-rifle shooting
Krishnappa Gowtham, cricket
Kuldeep Yadav, cricket
Kuldip Yadav, cricket
Lalit Yadav, Delhi cricketer
Lalit Yadav, Vidharbha cricketer
Laxmi Yadav, cricketer in the WPL
Mayank Yadav, cricket
Narsingh Pancham Yadav, wrestling
Poonam Yadav, cricket
Punam Yadav, weightlifting
Puneet Yadav, cricket
Radha Yadav, cricket
Rahul Yadav (cricketer)
Rahul Yadav Chittaboina, badminton
Rakesh Kumar Yadav, athletics
Ram Singh Sanjay Yadav, cricket
Ram Singh Yadav, marathon runner
Renuka Yadav, hockey
C. Rohit Yadav, badminton
Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, wrestling
Sanjay Yadav, cricket
Sanju Yadav, footballer
Santosh Yadav (cricketer), cricket
Santosh Yadav, mountaineering
Satish Kumar Yadav, boxing
Sat Prakash Yadav, basketball
Shivlal Yadav, cricket
Sonam Yadav, cricketer in the WPL
Suryakumar Yadav, cricket
Swapnali Yadav, swimming
Tejashwi Yadav, cricket
Umesh Yadav, cricket
Vidhya Yadav, cricket administration
Vijay Yadav, cricket
Vikas Krishan Yadav, boxing
Vishal Yadav, cricket




Criminals


Chavviram Singh Yadav
Kalua, Dacoit
Akku Yadav who faced a disproportionate level of difficulty in receiving justice for cases of sexual assault




Vice Chancellors


G. D. Yadav, vice-chancellor of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) from 2009 until November 2019
Ramesh Kumar Yadava, vice chancellor of Baba Mast Nath University, Rohtak, Haryana
Raja Ram Yadav former vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University
Ramakant Yadav (neurologist), vice-chancellor, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences
J. P. Yadav, vice-chancellor, Indira Gandhi University, Rewari, Haryana




See also


All pages with titles containing Yadav




References

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