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{{Alumni|date=October 2013}}
This is a '''list of notable people related to the [[Osmania University]]'''. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an [[honorary degree]].

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== Arts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[Ananda Shankar Jayant]]
|
|
|
|classical dancer and a recipient of [[Padma Shri]] and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramnath |first=Ambili |date=2019-03-28 |title=The different shades of Ananda Shankar Jayant |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/ananda-shankar-jayant-says-her-passion-for-dance-has-helped-her-take-on-the-odds-in-life-without-missing-a-beat/article26663498.ece |access-date=2022-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908201327/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/ananda-shankar-jayant-says-her-passion-for-dance-has-helped-her-take-on-the-odds-in-life-without-missing-a-beat/article26663498.ece |archive-date=2022-09-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bholekar Srihari]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dubey |first=Palak |date=2018-08-24 |title=Pride of Telugus: Srihari, a great loss to art world |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/240818/pride-of-telugus-srihari-a-great-loss-to-art-world.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125135612/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/240818/pride-of-telugus-srihari-a-great-loss-to-art-world.html |archive-date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Diana Hayden]]
|
|
|
|former [[Miss World]] and actress
|
|-
|[[J. D. Chakravarthy]]
|1986
|
|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology|CBIT]]
|actor
|
|-
|[[Kader Khan]]
|
|
|
|actor and screenwriter
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cyril |first=Grace |title=Kader Khan had to sleep on empty stomach 3 days a week. The story, on Throwback Thursday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/kader-khan-had-to-sleep-on-empty-stomach-3-days-a-week-the-story-on-throwback-thursday-1734108-2020-10-22 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=India Today |date=22 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-30 |title=Multifaceted genius |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/article26119801.ece |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kandikonda]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Popular Tollywood lyricist Kandikonda is no more |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2022/mar/13/popular-tollywood-lyricist-kandikonda-is-no-more-2429485.html |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=The New Indian Express|date=13 March 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Manasa Varanasi]]
|2018
|BE (CSE)
|[[Vasavi College of Engineering|Vasavi]]
|[[Femina Miss India|Miss India]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaffer|first=Askari|date=2021-02-14|title=Hyderabad City beauty is Miss India-2020|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/life-style/hyderabad-city-beauty-is-miss-india-2020-671994|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=हिंदी|first=क्विंट|date=2021-02-11|title=इंजीनियरिंग की स्टूडेंट हैं मिस इंडिया 2020 मानसा वाराणसी|url=https://hindi.thequint.com/entertainment/cinema/manasa-varanasi-crowned-femina-miss-india-2020|access-date=2021-04-05|website=TheQuint|language=hi}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nandamuri Balakrishna]]
|
|
|
|[[Cinema of India|Indian film]] actor, works in Telugu cinema
|<ref name="Nizam alumni">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021958240200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304010048/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021958240200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2008|title=Nizam College fete from tomorrow|date=19 February 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Neeraj Ghaywan]]
|2002
|BE (EE)
|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology|CBIT]]
|film director
|
|-
|[[Nikhil Siddharth]]
|
|
|[[Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology|MJCET]]
|actor
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mubeenjazlaan|date=2020-02-05|title=Nikhil Siddharth Tollywood actor gets engaged to Girlfriend Pallavi » scrollsocial.in|url=https://www.scrollsocial.in/nikhil-siddharth-tollywood-actor-gets-engaged-to-girlfriend-pallavi/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=scrollsocial.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Santosh Kumar (actor)|Santosh Kumar]]
|
|
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|Pakistani film actor
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-11 |title=Santosh Kumar remembered on 37th death anniversary |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/410110/santosh-kumar-remembered-on-37th-death-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sekhar Kammula]]
|1991
|
|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology|CBIT]]
|film director
|
|-
|[[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|
|
|director and screenwriter, recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991
|<ref name="Nizam alumni" />
|}

==Business==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!class="unsortable"|Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria|Karan Bilimoria]]
|1981
|B.Com.
|
|founder of [[Cobra Beer]]; Member of the [[House of Lords]]; seventh Chancellor of the [[University of Birmingham]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2014/05/lord-bilimoria.aspx|title=Lord Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham|publisher=Birmingham University|accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy|G. V. K. Reddy]]
|
|
|
|GVK Group Chairman
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-12-29/news/27659656_1_gvk-group-gv-krishna-reddy-entrepreneur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101081150/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-12-29/news/27659656_1_gvk-group-gv-krishna-reddy-entrepreneur|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2013|title=GV Krishna Reddy entrepreneur of the year|last=Hema Ramakrishnan|first=Deepika Amirapu|date=29 December 2009|newspaper=The Economic Times|accessdate=12 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/GVK-Reddy-many-firsts-to-his-credit/article15533922.ece|title=GVK Reddy: many firsts to his credit|date=2011-01-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sanjiv Sidhu]]
|
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|Chairman and CEO, i2 Technologies
|
|-
|[[Shantanu Narayen]]
|
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|President and CEO, [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-04-11|title=The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley|access-date=2021-07-10|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Humanities, social science, and literature==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[Bhadriraju Krishnamurti]]
|
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|Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university
|
|-
|[[Bhoopal Reddy]]
|
|
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|Telugu writer
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=G. Venkataramana |date=2015-10-15 |title=Telugu writer decides to return Sahitya Akademi Award |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/First-Telugu-writer-decides-to-return-Sahitya-Akademi-Award/article60218284.ece |access-date=2022-09-09 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mahe Jabeen]]
|
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|social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award
|
|-
|[[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]]
|
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|[[Urdu poet]]; [[Communist Party of India|Communist]] activist; recipient of the 1969 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Urdu|Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|author=Mir Ayoob Ali Khan|date=Aug 16, 2015|title=Makhdoom —poet of labour and love {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/makhdoom-poet-of-labour-and-love/articleshow/48498197.cms|access-date=2021-07-10|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Masud Husain Khan]]
|
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|linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]]
|
|-
|[[Muhammad Hamidullah]]
|
|
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|scholar on [[Islamic law]] (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946)
|
|-
|[[Pilli Alfred James]]
|
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|Public Administrator
|
|}

== Law ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[B. Subhashan Reddy]]
|
|
|
|Chief Justice of madras and Kerala High Court.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Sri Justice B. Subhashan Reddy |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/bsrj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703200820/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/bsrj.html |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[B. Sudarshan Reddy]]
|1971
|LLB
|
|Judge of the Supreme Court of India and 2025 vice presidential candidate
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Sri Justice B. Sudershan Reddy |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/brsrj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703201033/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/brsrj.html |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gopal Rao Ekbote]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Sri Justice Gopal Rao Ekbote |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/grej.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627195021/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/grej.html |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ghulam Mohammed (judge)|Ghulam Mohammed]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/gmj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703201338/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/gmj.html |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[M. S. Ramachandra Rao (judge)|M. S. Ramachandra Rao]]
|1989
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honourable Sri Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao |url=https://tshc.gov.in/judprofile.action?judcode=114 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908155525/https://tshc.gov.in/judprofile.action?judcode=114 |archive-date=2022-09-08 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[N. Kumarayya]]
|
|
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|retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Sri Justice N. Kumarayya |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/nkj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627195008/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/nkj.html |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Justice Sardar Ali Khan|Sardar Ali Khan]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Sri Justice Mohd. Sardar Ali Khan |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/msakj.html |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri]]
|
|LLB
|
|Judge of the Supreme Court of India
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Sri Justice Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/ssmqj.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627200135/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/ssmqj.html |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Subodh Markandeya]]
|1956; 1963
|
|
|Indian Senior Advocate
|
|-
|[[T. Amarnath Goud]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honourable Sri Justice T Amarnath Goud |url=https://tshc.gov.in/fcjjudprofile.action?judcode=7&cjornot=N |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116115638/https://tshc.gov.in/fcjjudprofile.action?judcode=7&cjornot=N |archive-date=2023-01-16 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[T. Meena Kumari]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/tmkj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703201229/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/tmkj.html |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande]]
|
|
|
|Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr. V.S. Deshpande |url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?bhcpar=amdldGlkPTE2MyZwYWdlbm89OQ== |website=High Court of Bombay}}</ref>
|}

==Politicians and civil servants==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[Abid Hasan]]
|
|
|University College of Law
|former Indian Ambassador to Egypt
|
|-
|[[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
|
|BA
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|Politician, [[Member of Parliament]] of [[Lok Sabha]]
|
|-
|[[Ausaf Sayeed]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wahab |first=Siraj |date=2022-02-15 |title=Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia promoted to new job at home |url=https://arab.news/4j3sd |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Ch Sushil |date=2019-03-08 |title=Ausaf Sayeed appointed Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ausaf-sayeed-appointed-indian-ambassador-to-saudi-arabia/articleshow/68323229.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230343/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ausaf-sayeed-appointed-indian-ambassador-to-saudi-arabia/articleshow/68323229.cms |archive-date=2020-11-07 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ayesha Rubina]]
|1991
|BA, MA
|
|Social Worker
|
|-
|[[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
|
|
|
|former [[Governor of Haryana]] and [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Somasekhar|first=M.|title=Bandaru Dattatreya: Patience & loyalty pay off|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/bandaru-dattatreya-patience-loyalty-pay-off/article29320295.ece|access-date=2021-07-10|website=@businessline|date=2 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar]]
|
|BE
|[[University College of Engineering, Osmania University|University College of Engineering]]
|[[Member of Parliament|MP]] from [[Nanded (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nanded]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4375|title=Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao Bapurao|publisher=Lok Sabha|accessdate=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203951/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4375|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
|
|LLB
|
|former [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|title=Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao sworn in as Maharashtra Governor|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chennamaneni-vidyasagar-rao-sworn-in-as-maharashtra-governor/articleshow/41275037.cms|access-date=2021-07-10}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dharam Singh]]
|
|
|
|17th [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Karnataka CM Dharam Singh passes away|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/jul/27/former-karnataka-cm-dharam-singh-passes-away-1634298.html|access-date=2021-07-10|website=The New Indian Express|date=27 July 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Jaipal Reddy]]
|
|
|
|[[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
|
|-
|[[Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao|K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
|
|
|
|1st [[Chief Minister of Telangana]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cm.telangana.gov.in/profile.do|title=Chief Minister of Telangana - Official Site - By Centre for Good Governance|website=cm.telangana.gov.in|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>
|-
|[[K. T. Rama Rao]]
|
|B. Sc.
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|Minister for Information Technology (IT), Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), Textiles and NRI Affairs, Telangana
|
|-
|[[Kadiyam Srihari]]
|1975
|M.Sc
|
|former [[List of deputy chief ministers of Telangana|Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana]]
|
|-
|[[Keshavrao Sonawane]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref name="loksatta">{{cite web|url=http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20061109/raj03.htm|title=Loksatta(Marathi Newspaper)|work=loksatta.com|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[Komatireddy Venkat Reddy]]
|
|
|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology|CBIT]]
||[[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
|-
|[[Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy]]
|
|
|
|[[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
|
|-
|[[Madhu Yaskhi]]
|
|
|
|Member of Parliament; New York attorney
|
|-
|[[Muralidhar Rao]]
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP new national general secretary hails from Karimnagar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2013/apr/01/bjp-new-national-general-secretary-hails-from-karimnagar-463864.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520155023/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2013/apr/01/bjp-new-national-general-secretary-hails-from-karimnagar-463864.html |archive-date=2022-05-20 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The New Indian Express|date=April 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Nadendla Manohar]]
|
|BA; MBA
|[[Nizam College]], [[University College of Commerce & Business Management]]
|Former [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Speaker]], Former [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], PAC Chairman - [[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|-
|[[Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
|
|B.Com.; LLB
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]], University College of Law
|16th [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cm.ap.gov.in/cmprofile.asp|title=Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy|publisher=Office of the Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920162753/http://cm.ap.gov.in/cmprofile.asp|archivedate=20 September 2013|url-status=dead|accessdate=1 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|
|
|University College of Arts
|9th [[Prime Minister of India]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_rao.htm|title=P. V. Narasimha Rao – A Profile|work=Indian PM's official website|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162710/http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_rao.htm|archivedate=2009-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Revanth Reddy]]
|
|
|[[Andhra Vidyalaya College]]
| 2nd [[Chief Minister of Telangana]]
|-
|[[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|
|LLB
|
|5th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] and former [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
|
|-
|[[Shivraj Patil]]
|
|
|[[City College Hyderabad|City College]]
|former [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Minister for Home Affairs]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Somasekhar|first=M.|title=The politics and politicians of Osmania University|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/the-politics-and-politicians-of-osmania-university/article9680956.ece|access-date=2021-07-10|website=@businessline|date=4 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy]]
|
|
|
|Politician, General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India]]
|
|-
|[[Syed Akbaruddin]]
|1980
|
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohammed |first=Syed |date=2019-08-22 |title=Son-of-the-soil diplomat does nation proud |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/son-of-the-soil-diplomat-does-nation-proud/article61580221.ece |access-date=2022-09-09 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|[[V. Hanumantha Rao]]
|
|
|
|Politician, [[Member of Parliament]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]
|
|-
|[[Y. S. Chowdary]]
|1984
|BE (Mechanical Engineering)
|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology|CBIT]]
|Politician, [[Member of Parliament]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]
|
|-
|[[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
|
|B.Com.
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|17th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneta.info/andhra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=2497|title=Education|publisher=myneta|accessdate=17 April 2014}}</ref>
|
|-
|}

==Science and Technology==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur|Ali Nawaz Jung]]
|
|
|
|engineer
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/nawab-ali-nawaz-jang-unsung-great-indian-engineer-607377/|title=Nawab Ali Nawaz Jang: an unsung great Indian engineer|last=Ahmed|first=Mohammed Riyaz|date=2014-07-09|website=The Siasat Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bunyan Edmund Vijayam|B. E. Vijayam]]
|
|
|
|geologist
|
|-
|[[D. Srinivasa Reddy]]
|
|
|
|chemist
|
|-
|[[Garikapati Narahari Sastry]]
|
|BSc; MSc
|
|chemist
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/organisms-objects-&-ocean-are-their-work/852772/2|title=Organisms, objects & ocean are their work|last1=Shoba|first1=V|date=28 September 2011|newspaper=The Indian Express|accessdate=31 October 2013|last2=Singh|first2=Shiv Sahay|last3=Basu|first3=Mihik|last4=Janyala|first4=Sreenivas|last5=Sinha|first5=Amitabh}}</ref>
|-
|[[Manju Bansal]]
|
|
|
|molecular biologist
|
|-
|[[Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui]]
|
|
|
|Pakistani theoretical physicist
|
|-
|[[Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie]]
|
|
|
|marine geologist, [[Padma Shri]] recipient and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
|
|-
|[[J. N. Reddy (engineer)|J. N. Reddy]]
|1968
|
|
|Distinguished and Regents' Professor, Texas A&M University
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reddy, J.N. {{!}} Texas A&M University Engineering |url=https://engineering.tamu.edu/mechanical/profiles/reddy-jn.html |access-date=2018-09-25 |website=engineering.tamu.edu |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Patcha Ramachandra Rao]]
|
|
|
|metallurgist
|
|-
|[[Rafi Ahmed]]
|1968
|
|
|virologist and immunologist
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://med.emory.edu/gamechangers/researchers/ahmed/bio.html|title=Biography of Rafi Ahmed|last=|first=|date=|website=School of Medicine, Emory University|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rakesh Sharma]]
|
|
|
|cosmonaut, [[Firsts in India|first Indian]] to travel in space
|<ref name="Nizam alumni" />
|-
|[[Undurti Narasimha Das]]
|1981
|[[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]
|[[Osmania Medical College|Osmania Medical]]<ref group="note">The [[Osmania Medical College]] was affiliated to the Osmania University between 1918 and 1986.</ref>
|immunologist, endocrinologist
|
|}

*[[Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao]], plant breeder, popularly known as the ''Father of Hybrid Sorghum'', [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] recipient
*[[Vadapalli Chandrasekhar]], organometallic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[G. Naresh Patwari]], chemist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Biographical Information - Naresh Patwari">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chem.iitb.ac.in/people/Faculty/prof/gnp.html |title=Biographical Information - Naresh Patwari |date=2017-11-09 |website=Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |access-date=2017-11-09}}</ref>

==Sports==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!class="unsortable"|Notability
!class="unsortable"|References
|-
|[[Arshad Ayub]]
|
|
|[[City College Hyderabad|City College]]
|Cricketer
|
|-
|[[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
|
|B.Com.
|[[St. Mary's College, Hyderabad|St. Mary's]]
|Badminton player
|
|-
|[[Asif Iqbal (Pakistani cricketer)|Asif Iqbal]]
|
|
|
|Cricketer
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/39010.html|title=Asif Iqbal|last=|first=|date=|website=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gagan Narang]]
|
|BCA
|
|Shooter
|
|-
|[[Kenia Jayantilal]]
|
|
|
|Cricketer
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waingankar |first=Makarand |date=2011-05-25 |title=The distinctly unlucky ones |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/the-distinctly-unlucky-ones/article2049176.ece |access-date=2022-09-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|[[Khlid Qayyum]]
|1980
|B.Com.
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|Cricketer
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Somasekhar |first=M. |date=2020-11-10 |title=Khalid who lives in US dreams of returning to Hyderabad cricket one more time |url=https://www.siasat.com/khalid-who-lives-in-us-dreams-of-returning-to-hyderabad-cricket-one-more-time-2019964/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Harsha Bhogle]]
|
|B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering
|
|Cricket commentator
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/harsha-bhogle-the-gifted-voice-of-cricket|title=Harsha Bhogle, the gifted voice of Cricket|last=Das|first=AuthorN Jagannath|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mohammed Azharuddin]]
|
|B.Com.
|[[Nizam College|Nizam]]<ref name=":0" group="note">The [[Nizam College]] is affiliated to the Osmania University since 1947.</ref>
|Cricketer
|<ref name="Nizam alumni" />
|-
|[[Mumtaz Hussain (cricketer)|Mumtaz Hussain]]
|
|
|
|Cricketer
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Sankhya |title=Mumtaz Hussain: Unusual but Unlucky |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mumtaz-hussain-unusual-but-unlucky-90812 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|-
|[[Murtuza Baig]]
|
|
|
|Cricketer
|
|-
|[[Nikhat Zareen]]
|
|
|[[A. V. College]]
|Boxer
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2015-11-13 |title=Lalith, Nikhat to lead OU teams |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sports/2015-11-13/Lalith-Nikhat-to-lead-OU-teams/186184 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2015-02-25 |title=Zareen strikes gold for OU |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad/2015-02-24/Zareen-strikes-gold-for-OU/133582 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Pullela Gopichand]]
|
|
|[[A. V. College]]
|Badminton player
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.webindia123.com/personal/sports/gopi.htm|title=P.Gopichand, Indian personalities, sports|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref>
|-
|[[Samaresh Jung]]
|
|
|
|Shooter
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hillpost.in/2006/03/samaresh-jung-bags-five-golds-at-commonwealth-games/257/|title=Samresh Jung bags five golds at Commonwealth games – Hill Post|date=22 March 2006 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sania Mirza]]
|
|
|[[St. Mary's College, Hyderabad|St. Mary's]]
|Tennis player
|
|-
|[[Sultan Saleem]]
|
|
|
|Cricketer
|<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-08-23 |title=Sultan belonged to that exclusive club of cricketers |url=https://telanganatoday.com/sultan-belonged-exclusive-club-cricketers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428214643/https://telanganatoday.com/sultan-belonged-exclusive-club-cricketers |archive-date=2021-04-28 |access-date=26 April 2021 |work=Telangana Today}}</ref>
|-
|[[Syed Abdul Rahim]]
|
|
|
|Football coach
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2012/jul/04/the-wonder-that-was-rahim-383284.html|title=The wonder that was Rahim|website=The New Indian Express|date=4 July 2012 |access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>
|}

==Others==
*[[Mahzarin Banaji]], psychologist and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at [[Harvard University]]
* [[Kancha Ilaiah]], [[Dalit]] scholar
* [[K. Venkata Ramiah]], founder Vice Chancellor of [[Kakatiya University]]; member of [[Union Public Service Commission]]
* [[G. Ram Reddy]], father of [[Open Learning]] in India
* [[George Reddy]], student leader
*Ramachandru Tejavath, Retired bureaucrat and Former [[Principal secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] Industries [[Government of Odisha]], and Special Representative of [[Government of Telangana]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osmania University: Distinguished Alumni|url=https://www.osmania.ac.in/ou/Alumni/Public%20Figures.html|last=|first=|date=|website=www.osmania.ac.in|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>
* [[Yaga Venugopal Reddy]], former Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] (PhD)<ref>{{cite news|last=Naga Sridhar|first=G|title=Y.V. Reddy starts new innings|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-economy/yv-reddy-starts-new-innings/article1045317.ece|accessdate=31 October 2013|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|date=26 March 2009}}</ref>
* [[B Chandrakala|Bhukhya Chandarakala Niru]], [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vatsa |first=Aditi |date=2019-01-06 |title=Tough UP IAS officer booked by CBI is known for fighting corruption & good administration |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/tough-up-ias-officer-booked-by-cbi-is-known-for-fighting-corruption-good-administration/173778/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani]], Islamic scholar

== Notable faculty ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Affiliation
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[D. C. Reddy]]
|
| Vice Chancellor 1999-2002
|
|-
| [[Manazir Ahsan Gilani]]
| Former Dean of Theology
| Islamic scholar and author
|<ref name="history1">{{cite book |author1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator=Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraish |title=Tārīkh Dārul Uloom Deoband|trans-title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband|volume=2|publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam|location= [[Darul Uloom Deoband|Dar al-Ulum Deoband]]|pages=85–86}}</ref>
|-
|[[Masud Husain Khan]]
|Head of the Department of Urdu between 1962 and 1968
|[[Urdu]] linguist
|
|-
|[[Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy]]
|
|former Chief Justice of the [[Telangana High Court|Hyderabad High Court]]
|
|-
|[[Justice Sardar Ali Khan|Sardar Ali Khan]]
|Dean of the Faculty of Law between 1984 and 1991
|acting Chief Justice of the [[Telangana High Court|Hyderabad High Court]]
|
|-
|[[Suri Bhagavantam]]
|Head of the Physics Department between 1949 and 1952; Vice Chancellor between 1952 and 1957
|scientist and science administrator
|
|-
|[[Zubaida Yazdani]]
|Served at various positions in the [[University College for Women, Koti|Women's College]] and University College of Arts
|historian
|
|}

==References==

=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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