List of Kammas
This is a list of notable Kammas (that is, notable members of the Kamma caste or social group distributed predominantly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in India).
Rulers and Warriors
- Musunuri Prolaaneedu
- Musunuri Kapaaneedu
- Pemmasani Timmanayudu
- Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu
- Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu
- Jayapa Nayudu
Philanthropists
- Raja of Muktyala
- Gorantla Venkanna
- Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy
- Gottipati Brahmaiah
- Gutta Muniratnam
- Kodali Punnaiah
- Gogineni Venkaiah
- Kalluri Chandramouli
- Ramineni Ayyanna
- Guttikonda Ramabrahmam
- Kollu Papaiah
Academics and intellectuals
- Avula Sambasiva Rao
- Ravipudi Venkatadri
- Narla Tata Rao
- Yelavarthy Nayudamma
- Kotha Satchidananda Murty
- Vasireddy Srikrishna
- K. Rajaramamohana Rao
- Koneru Ramakrishna Rao
- Alapati Apparao
- Tumati Donappa
Literature
- Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
- Tripuraneni Gopichand
- Tummala Seetharama Murthy
- Vasireddy Seethadevi
- Pitcheswara Rao Atluri
Freedom Fighters
- Acharya N. G. Ranga (Guntur)
- Late Dukkipati Nageswara Rao (Nandamuru, Krishna district)
- Prajabandhu Veeramachaneni Venkata Narayana (Eluru, West Godavari Dt.)
Business
- Velagapudi Ramakrishna — civil servant and industrialist, KCP group
- Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad — industrialist, Andhra Sugars group
- Rajshree Pathy — businesswoman, sugar
- Ramoji Rao — businessman, media, chit funds, pickles
- Panda Punnaiah — Industrialist, Navabharat Ventures Ltd., Beardsell ltd.
- Chalasani Venkateswara Rao (C.V.Rao) — Industrialist, Naturol Bio-Energy LTD,Coastal Papers LTD
- Nama Nageswara Rao Industrialist, MADHUCON Group of Companies.
Media and entertainment
- Dr. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao — film actor, director, producer, studio owner
- Nandamuri Balakrishna — Film Actor
- Jr. NTR — film actor
- Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao — film actor, studio owner,
- Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna — film actor, studio owner
- Kongara Jaggayya — film actor
- Gummadi Venkateswara Rao— film actor
- Sobhan Babu — film actor
- Akkineni Nagarjuna — film actor, producer, and studio owner
- Daggubati Venkatesh — film actor
- Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu— film actor
- Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao — director, producer
- Maganti Murali Mohan — producer
- Bhagyaraj — actor, director, producer
- Gadde Rajendra Prasad— actor
- Veeramachaneni Jagapati Babu — film actor
- Alur Chakrapani — writer and film producer
- Akkineni L. V. Prasad — actor, producer, and director
- Raju Narisetti — journalist
- Narla Venkateswara Rao — journalist and politician
- Paruchuri Brothers — writers
- Manchu Mohan Babu — actor, producer
- Cherukuri Ramoji Rao — Eenadu Group Chairman
- Tatineni Rama Rao — Director
- Tatineni Prakasa Rao — Director
- Y.V.S. Chowdary — Director and Producer
- S.S Rajamouli — Director and Producer
- Chakravarthi — Music Director
- M.M. Keeravani — Music Director
Medicine
- G. Bakthavathsalam — surgeon
- Yarlagadda Nayudamma
- Kakarla Subba Rao
- Pothineni.Ramesh babu , Heart surgeon, citi cardiac research centre, vijayawada
- Kodali Punnaiah, Tenali
- Atluri GopalaKrishna Murthy, Mangalagiri
Politics
- Dr. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao — former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- N. Chandrababu Naidu — former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu— former BJP chief
- Paritala Ravindra— former Minister
- Malik Maqbul — Wazir (prime minister) of the Delhi Sultanate (roughly present day India)
- Kotha Raghuramaiah — Union Cabinet minister and Congress stalwart.
- Nadendla Bhaskara Rao — former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Vaiko — founder MDMK Party
- Makineni Basavapunnaiah — Central polit bureau member CPI (M)
- R. Prabhu — former minister
- N. G. Ranga
- Koratala Satyanarayana — communist politician
- Renuka Chowdary — Union Minister
- Daggubati Purandareswari — Union Minister
- Kakani Venkata Ratnam — former Minister
- Alapati Venkataramaiah — former Minister, Freedom Fighter
- Bodapati Veera. Raghavulu — CPI(M) Politburo member
- Parvathaneni Upendra — Former Union Cabinet Minister
- Kavuri Sambasiva Rao — Contractor and Congress MP
- P.Ramachandran;Former Union Cabinet Minister&Governor
- Dr Kodela Siva Prasad Rao - Ex Home Minister of AP
- Rayapati sambasiva Rao - Member of Parliament Guntur
Science and technology
- Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu — engineer and inventor
- Yelavarthy Nayudamma — chemical engineer and leather scientist par excellence
Sports
- Koneru Humpy — chess grandmaster
- Narain Karthikeyan — Formula One driver
- V.R.Naren Kumar — five times National Motorrally Champion
- Pullela Gopichand — All England Badminton Champion; currently a coach
- Akkineni Adithya — Gocarting racer
- Pentyala Harikrishna chess champion
External links
- Kammavelugu — History and information about Kamma people
- Kammasworld — Daily news, related to Kammas and online poll
- International Kamma Service Society