Independence Advocates
- Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian National Flag
- Alluri Sita Rama Raju – revolutionary, lead the Rampa Rebellion
- Vuyalavada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule
- Komaram Bheem – revolutionary, fought for liberation of Hyderabad
- Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest
- Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
- Arutla Ramchandra Reddy - Indian freedom fighter & Telangana movement leader from Nalgonda
- N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter
- Tanguturi Prakasam – known as Andhra Kesari
- Potu Narsimha Reddy - Social Reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader from Adilabad
- Kaloji Narayana Rao – freedom fighter
- Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist
- Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
- Raavi Narayana Reddy – freedom fighter
- Makhdoom Mohiuddin – revolutionary poet
- Suravaram Pratapareddy - Freedom fighter and social historian
- Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader
- Madapati Hanumantha Rao – first mayor of Hyderabad
- Koratala Satyanarayana – Communist politician
- Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter
- Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter
- Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter
- Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
- Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter
- Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet (Bengali, married to a Telugu person)
- Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician
- Raja Sri V R G K M Prasad – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
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