Famous People With Links To Nainital
- Elsie Inglis, physician and social reformer
- Jim Corbett, hunter of man-eating tigers, author, conservationist and namesake of Jim Corbett National Park
- Govind Ballabh Pant, statesman and leader of India's independence movement, first Indian Premier of British India, the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the first Home Minister of India
- Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, first secretary general of NATO
- Percy Hobart, British major general and military engineer
- Orde Charles Wingate, British general and commander of the Chindits in Burma during World War II
- Soham Swami, guru and yogi
- Niralamba Swami, guru and yogi
- Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj, guru and yogi, guru of Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu
- Swami Swarupananda, first president of Advaita Ashrama and direct disciple of Swami Vivekananda
- Sam Manekshaw, Indian Army Chief of Staff during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
- Som Nath Sharma, India's first Param Vir Chakra award winner
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Indian leader and politician, former Governor of Andhra Pradesh, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, and former Finance Minister of India.
- Krishna Chandra Pant, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Vandana Shiva, philosopher, environmental activist and eco feminist
- Sudhir Kakar, renowned psychoanalyst
- Anup Jalota, singer
- Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood actor
- Naseeruddin Shah, Bollywood actor
- Kabir Bedi, Bollywood Actor
- Ruskin Bond, writer and novelist
- Danny Denzongpa, Bollywood actor
- Nirmal Pandey, Bollywood actor and singer
- Dilip Tahil, Bollywood actor
- Chandra 'Channi' Kumar Arora, former hockey international and coach
- Manish Pandey, cricketer who plays for Karnataka and Bangalore
- Lalit Modi, Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman
- Manasvi Mamgai, Miss India World 2010
- Khushi Ram,Social reformer,Associate of Lala Lajpat Rai and first Dalit MLA from Nainital
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