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The clans of Brahmins belonging to [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] region of the Indian Subcontinent are known as '''[[Maithil Brahmin]]s'''.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Pranava K. Chaudhary|date=Apr 3, 2007|title=Family records of Maithil Brahmins lost {{!}} Patna News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/family-records-of-maithil-brahmins-lost/articleshow/1848092.cms|access-date=2021-08-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Civil service ==<br />
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* [[Lakshmi Kant Jha]] (1913–1988), Governor of the Reserve Bank of India<ref>http://shivakantjha.org/pdfdocs/gopi_kant_jha_autobiography_of_a_freedom_fighter.pdf</ref><br />
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* [[Udit Narayan|Udit Narayan Jha]] (born 1955), [[Bollywood]] playback singer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Shri Ram |title=Exclusive – Udit Narayan on completing 40 years in Bollywood: Bitterness of struggle makes success sweeter |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/exclusive-udit-narayan-on-completing-40-years-in-bollywood-bitterness-of-struggle-makes-success-sweeter-qd00cc |access-date=17 November 2020 |publisher=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |date=5 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Historical characters==<br />
*[[Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura]]<ref>{{cite journal | title=Political Thought of Chandesvara (A fourteenth-century philosopher-diplomat) | first= Bimanbehari |last=Majumdar | journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |volume = 23| year=1962 | issue= 1/4 | pages= 295–301 |jstor = 41853940}}</ref><br />
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== Poets and scholars ==<br />
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* [[Vidyapati]] - Maithili poet and a Sanskrit writer<ref>{{Britannica|627989|Vidyapati}}</ref><br />
*[[Gangesha Upadhyaya]] - 12th-century Indian mathematician and philosopher<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lG85RD9YZoC|title=A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools|last=Vidyabhusana|first=Satis Chandra|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1920|isbn=9788120805651|location=Delhi|pages=405–6|language=en}}</ref><br />
* [[Vachaspati Mishra]] - Philosopher<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bagchi |first1=Jhunu |title=The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, Cir. 750 A.D.-cir. 1200 A.D. |date=1993 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-301-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7RKoMeAtpUC&dq=maithili+brahmin&pg=RA1-PA75 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Politicians ==<br />
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* [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]] – Former Indian Rail Minister<ref>{{cite news |date=31 July 2010|first=Mohammed |last=Wajihuddin |title=Former Union railway minister L N Mishra, a Maithil Brahmin |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/decline-of-brahmin-dulha-bazaar-in-bihar/articleshow/6239330.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
* [[Sripati Mishra|Sripati Misra]] (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Pankaj |date=17 November 2021 |first2=Arvind |last2=Chauhan |title=Mishra: Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi accuses Congress of 'humiliating' its Brahmin CM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-pm-modi-accuses-congress-of-humiliating-its-brahmin-cm/articleshow/87750133.cms |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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