List of Telugu Vaishyas

This is a list of notable Vaishyas ( ) who are from the vaishya varna and predominantly from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in Telugu-speaking India (or) closely connected with Vaishyas.
Politicians
* Potti Sreeramulu - Revolutionary, fasted to death in protest
* P. Theagaroya Chetty - One of the founders of the Justice Party, famous T Nagar in Chennai named after him.
* Konijeti Rosaiah - Governor, State of Tamilnadu, Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
*Gireesh Kumar Sanghi - Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh.
* Madhusudan Gupta - MLA(INC) from Guntakal
* M.S. Partha Sarathi - Ex-MLA, Kadiri(BJP). Secretary, BJP, Andhra Pradesh.
* Vellampalli Srinivas - MLA(PRP) from Vijayawada East
Academics and intellectuals
*Nerella Venu Madhav - Padmasri and Kalaprapoorna awards, Famous Mimic from India
*Vishnu Prabhakar - PadmaBhushan in 2005 and Sahitya Akademi Award
*Jainendra Kumar - PadmaBhushan in 1971 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1966
*Modadugu Vijay Gupta - 2005 World Food Prize Laureate for Development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater fish farming (using tilapia species) by the rural poor.
*Ramesh Gelli - Padmasri, Founder of GTB Bank
Sports and games
*Pendyala Harikrishna: Youngest grand master from India
Business
*Ramesh Gelli Founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank
*Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao - Chairman, GMR Group, First Telugu Person in Forbes Magazine
*Gireesh Kumar Sanghi - Founder, Vaartha News Paper.
Media and entertainment
*Singanamala Ramesh - Producer.
*Suman Setty - Actor
*Shashank - Actor - "Anukokunda Oka Roju, Ayithe" fame
*Kavitha - Film actress.
*Jamuna - Popular Heroine in Telugu

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