Tenzing Norgay
1914 – 1986
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
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Born May 29Wikipedia →Famous People from Nepal
35 notable historical figures from Nepal, including leaders, artists, scientists, and other influential people.
politician (21)film actor (3)essayist (2)judge (2)monarch (2)poet (2)autobiographer (1)explorer (1)linguist (1)military personnel (1)
Suman Pokhrel
1967 – Present
Nepalese poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
linguistessayistliterary scholarliterary critictrainerresearcherpainterlyricistsongwritertranslatorplaywrightpoetwriter
Born September 21Wikipedia →Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
1952 – Present
Prime Minister of Nepal (2015–2016; 2018–2021; 2024–2025)
politician
Born February 22Wikipedia →Sushila Karki
1952 – Present
interim prime minister of Nepal since 2025
politicianjudge
Born June 7Wikipedia →Pushpa Kamal Dahal
1954 – Present
Nepalese politician and former prime minister
politicianmilitary personnel
Born December 11Wikipedia →Manisha Koirala
1970 – Present
Nepalese actress (born 1970)
film actordancerfilm producerpublic figureactor
Born August 16Wikipedia →Dipendra of Nepal
1971 – 2001
Prince turned King of Nepal, Mass Murderer and Assassin
king
Born June 27Wikipedia →Udit Narayan Jha
1955 – Present
Nepalese playback singer
recording artistfilm actorfilm producerplayback singertelevision presentersinger
Born December 1Wikipedia →Sushil Koirala
1939 – 2016
former Prime Minister of Nepal (1939-2016)
politician
Born August 12Wikipedia →Chandra Bahadur Dangi
1939 – 2015
Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history (1939–2015)
weaver
Born November 30Wikipedia →Madhav Kumar Nepal
1953 – Present
Nepalese politician, former prime minister
politician
Born March 12Wikipedia →B. P. Koirala
1914 – 1982
Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)
politicianwriter
Born September 8Wikipedia →Laxmi Prasad Devkota
1909 – 1959
Nepali poet (1909-1959)
short story writeressayistnovelistlyricisttranslatorplaywrightpoet
Born November 12Wikipedia →Nirmal Purja
1983 – Present
former Gurkha and Special Forces Soldier, Mountaineer
mountaineersoldiermountain guidewriter
Born July 25Wikipedia →Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
1924 – 2011
Nepalese politician (1924-2011)
journalistpolitician
Born December 24Wikipedia →Surya Bahadur Thapa
1928 – 2015
Prime Minister of Nepal (1928-2015)
civil servantpolitician
Born March 21Wikipedia →Bhanubhakta Acharya
1814 – 1868
The First-ever poet of Nepali Language
translatorpoet
Born July 13Wikipedia →Bhimsen Thapa
1775 – 1839
Mukhtiyar and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837
politician
Born August 1Wikipedia →Aishwarya of Nepal
1949 – 2001
Queen of Nepal (1949-2001)
songwriterpoetwriter
Born November 7Wikipedia →