Freedom fighter •
Veer Kunwar Singh, leader of the
Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar. •
Hare Krishna Singh, commander-in-chief of Kunwar Singh's forces during the rebellion. •
Sachchidananda Sinha, interim President of the
Constituent Assembly of India, member of the
Imperial Legislative Council and the
Indian Legislative Assembly. •
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, freedom fighter, President of All India Momin conference; fought against Jinnah's two nation theory, cabinet minister of Bihar, member of parliament. •
Professor Abdul Bari, freedom fighter, head of Tata worker's union , founders of Bihar
Politics •
Babu Jagjivan Ram,
Deputy Prime Minister of India, Defense Minister of India during
1971 India Pakistan war. •
Meira Kumar, first woman Speaker of the
Lok Sabha; former Union Minister and former Indian ambassador to Spain and the UK. •
Jagat Narain Lal, general secretary of
Hindu Mahasabha. •
Ram Subhag Singh, former Union Minister; He was the leader of India's first Opposition in the Lok Sabha (1969-1970). •
Shailendra Nath Shrivastava Former MP of Patna •
Bindeshwari Dubey, Chief Minister of Bihar. Union minister for Law and Justice in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet •
Anant Sharma, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal; former Union Minister in Government of India during Indira Gandhi's time. •
Amrendra Pratap Singh, Cabinet Minister of Agriculture in Government of Bihar. •
Brahmeshwar Singh, head of
Ranvir Sena. •
Jagdish Mahto, founder of Naxal movement in Ekwari, member of CPI (ML). •
Shivanand Tiwari, ex-Cabinet Minister in Government of Bihar and former Rajya Sabha MP on JDU ticket.
Government office holders •
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th
Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). •
B.P. Singh, Judge at the
Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of
Bombay High Court, Grandson of
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha. • Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh, Ex-Chief Justice of the
Patna High Court from 1976 to 1982. (a native of
Kulharia) •
Anil Sinha, Director of the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from 2014 to 2016. •
Shashi Bhushan Sahai (IPS), Director-General of
Bihar Police. •
Muni Lall (IAS), Ex-Union Minister of India and Lok Sabha MP of
Sasaram from 1996 to 2004. •
Ravi Sinha (IPS), Secretary of
RAW from 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2025.
Academia & literature •
Vashishtha Narayan Singh, mathematician. •
Amitava Kumar, English writer, Helen D. Lockwood Chair Professor at
Vassar College •
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Hindi novelist. •
Mithileshwar, Hindi writer.
Television & film personalities •
S. H. Bihari, Bollywood lyricist. •
Shailendra (lyricist), Bollywood lyricist. •
Vinay Pathak, actor. •
Pawan Singh, singer and actor. •
Neeraj Pandey, filmmaker. •
Vishal Aditya Singh, actor. == Villages ==