Tenali - Notable Personalities

Notable Personalities

• Nannapaneni Venkat Rao, Ex M.L.A, Ex Municipal Chairman, Founder, Nannapaneni group of Institutions, Tenali
• Nannapaneni Linga Rao, Chairman, NVR CO-Operative Sugars, Jampani
• Alapati Venkataramaiah, ex-Minister, Yadlapalli
• Avula Sambasiva Rao, former Chief Justice Andhra Pradesh High Court, ex-VC Andhra University; Mulpuru
• Ghattamaneni Krishna, film actor, director, producer
• Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, film actor
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, movie actor, Ravikampadu
• Kalluri Chandramouli, ex-Minister, Moparru
• Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao, Telugu writer
• Kongara Jaggayya, movie actor, Morampurdi
• Konijeti Rosaiah - Former Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and two-time Finance Minister, Vemuru
• Lankapalli Bullayya - ex-VC Andhra University
• Chandu Sambasivarao, politician
• M. S. Rama Rao, aka Sundara Dasu, from Moparru
• Nadendla Bhaskara Rao,Former chief Minister(Donepudi)
• Nadendla Manohar- Speaker of Andhra pradesh
• Savitri, South Indian actress from Chirravuru
• Raghavulu Divi chairman of the DIVI trust Bhattiprollu, bhattiprollu.
• Sharada, actress
• Tenali Ramakrishna, court poet of the Vijayanagara dynasty during the reign of Sri Krishnadevaraya
• Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, ex-Municipal chairman, poet and social reformer
• Veluvolu Sitaramaiah,Founder president,V.S.R.&N.V.R college and Freedom fighter
• Yelavarthy Nayudamma - Scientist
• Professor Rambabu Kodali - Director, NIT - Jamshedpur
• Grandhi Gopala Krishna Murthy - District & Sessions Judge, Chief legal Advisor C.I.D.
• Chandu Sambasivudu famous Doctor (MS gold medalist)
• Bharadwaja Chakkilam

Modern Literature

In the area of modern literature, contributions from Tenali are laudable with the works of;

• Chakrapani
• Chalam
• G. V. Rao
• Gopichand
• Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao
• Natarajan (Sarada)
• Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
• Bollimunta Sivarama Krishna
• Jonnalagadda Satyanarayana Moorthy {Vihaari}

Artists

Tenali (and nearby villages) has contributed the major share of artists to Telugu stage. There are quite a few extraordinary artists who later moved on to film industry such as;

• Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam (AVS, Telugu Comedian)
• Bhanumathi
• Chittor V. Nagaiah
• Dr. Govindarajula Subba Rao
• Bollimunta Sivarama Krishna
• Ghattamaneni Krishna
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
• Jamuna
• Kanchanamala
• Kongara Jaggayya
• Mahesh Babu
• M. S. Ramarao (Sundara Dasu)
• Mudigonda Lingamurthy
• Prabha
• Sarada
• Savitri
• Vangara Venkata Subbaiah

Scientists

• Dr. Y. Nayudamma (after whose name the "Nayudamma Award" has been instituted )
• Prof. D. Basavaiah from University of Hyderabad
• Padmasree Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, former Director of IICT.
• Prof. Sambasiva Rao Kotha from IIT Bombay
• Professor Rambabu Kodali, Director, NIT - Jamshedpur