Banaras Hindu University alumni

Ahmad Hasan Dani

Historian

University of Dhaka, University of Peshawar

Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist (1920–2009)

Bhupen Hazarika

Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly

Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor and filmmaker (1926–2011)

B. P. Koirala

Writer

Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)

Chantal Maillard

Writer

Spanish poet

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao

Physicist

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Indian chemist

Colin Turnbull

Author

British American anthropologist (1924-1994)

Dev Kant Baruah

Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly

Indian politician (1914-1996)

Frits Staal

University teacher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley

Dutch indologist (1930–2012)

Jagjivan Ram

Member of the 8th Lok Sabha

Indian independence activist and politician (1908-1986)

Janaki Ballav Patnaik

Chief Minister of Odisha

Politician from Odisha, India (1927-2015)

Jayant Narlikar

Astronomer

Collège de France, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Indian astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025)

Kapila Vatsyayan

Member of Rajya Sabha

Indian politician and art historian (1928-2020)

Koenraad Elst

Writer

Belgian author

Krishan Kant

Member of the Lok Sabha

Vice President of India from 1997 to 2002

Man Mohan Adhikari

Prime Minister of Nepal

Prime minister of Nepal (1920-1999) · Batch 1942

Mannu Bhandari

Writer

Indian writer (1931–2021)