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{{Infobox surname
| name = {{lang|hi|यादव}}
| image = 
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| romanization = Yadav
| pronunciation = 
| gender = 
| feminine = 
| masculine = 
| languageorigin = Sanskrit
| origin = [[Yadu]]
| derivation = [[Yadava]]
| meaning = descendant of [[Yadu]]
| motto =
| region = [[India]], [[Nepal]]
| variant = 
| cognate = 
| anglicisation = 
| derivative = 
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| footnotes = <ref name="Hanks Coates McClure 2016">{{cite book
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| first = Patrick
| author-link = Patrick Hanks
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| first2 = Richard
| authorlink2 = Richard Coates
| last3 = McClure
| first3 = Peter
| title = The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| year = 2016
| isbn = 978-0-19-252747-9
| oclc = 964412220
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2973
| page = 2973
| access-date = 2018-12-19
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This is a list of notable members of the [[Yadav]] community.

== Gods ==
[[File:Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan (MET 70694) cropped.png|thumb|Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill]]
[[File:Radharani 10.JPG|thumb|Murti of Radharani at ISKCON Temple, Pune]]
[[File:Balarama Mural.jpg|thumb|Balarama mural depiction]]
*[[Krishna|Lord Krishna]]
*[[Radha|Devi Radha]]
*[[Balarama]]

== Saints ==
== Historical figures ==
== Freedom fighters ==
[[File:Rao_Tula_Ram.jpg|thumb|250px|Rao Tula Ram, leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[File:Rao_Gopal_Dev,_Rewari.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Rao Gopal Dev in Rewari, Haryana]]
[[File:Mahendra_Gop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mahendra Gop]]

==Academicians==

== Civil servants and bureaucrats ==
* [[Bhupendra Yadav]], IPS, DGP of Rajasthan
* [[Jagmohan Yadav]], IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh
* [[Manoj Yadava]], IPS, DGP of Haryana
* [[Navniet Sekera]], IPS, ADG Uttar Pradesh
* [[Neera Yadav]], IAS
* [[Pranjal Yadav]], IAS

== Film and television and entertainment ==
[[File:Actor Rajkummar Rao.jpg|thumb|Rajkummar Rao, Indian actor]]

* [[Elvish Yadav]]
* [[Baba Yadav]]
* [[Dinesh Lal Yadav]]
* [[Dwij Yadav]]
* [[Khesari Lal Yadav]]
* [[Leena Yadav]]
* [[Manisha Yadav]]
* [[Narsing Yadav]]
* [[Neha Yadav]]
* [[Parul Yadav]]
* [[Pragya Yadav]]
* [[Rajkummar Rao]]
* [[Rajesh Yadav (cinematographer)|Rajesh Yadav]]
* [[Raghubir Yadav]]
* [[Rajpal Yadav]]
* [[Ravi Yadav]]
* [[Shrikant Yadav]]
* [[Shyam Yadav]]

== First in their fields ==
[[File:The_renowned_mountaineer,_Smt._Santosh_Yadav_releasing_a_book_‘Parvatarohan_Ka_Romanch’,_brought_by_the_Publications_Division,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_04,_2008_(cropped).jpg|thumb|250px|Santosh Yadav releasing the book “Parvatarohan Ka Romanch” in New Delhi (2008)]]
[[File:Ram_Baran_Yadav_2008-08-26.jpg|thumb|250px|Ram Baran Yadav speaking at a public event (2008)]]
* [[Santosh Yadav]], first woman in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]] twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from [[Kangshung Face]].
* [[Surekha Yadav]], India's first female train driver
* [[Bhakti Yadav]], The first female MBBS from Indore, India
* [[Ram Baran Yadav]], The first president of Nepal

== Indian politics ==
* [[Ajay Singh Yadav]], former Union Minister
* [[Ajesh Yadav]], [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] member for [[Badli (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Badli]] in the [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
* [[Akhilesh Yadav]], Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* [[Akshay Yadav]], M.P. in the [[16th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Anand Sen Yadav]], BSP politician
* [[Anil Kumar Yadav]], a politician from Bihar
* [[Anil Kumar Poluboina|Anil Kumar Yadav]], Minister of Irrigation(Water Resources) [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Anita Yadav]], politician, Former Minister Haryana Congress
* [[Anjan Kumar Yadav]], former M.P. for [[Secunderabad]]
* [[Arun Subhashchandra Yadav]], former Union Minister
* [[Arvind Singh Yadav]], MLA, Chhibramau, SP
* [[Annapurna Devi Yadav]], Union Minister of State for Education
* [[Ashok Kumar Yadav]], [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]]
* [[Babulal Gaur | Babulal Gaur Yadav]], 16th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]([[BJP]])
* [[Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav]], Member of the Parliament and leader Telangana Rashtra Samithi party
* [[Balram Yadav]], Samajwadi Party leader, UP
* [[Balram Singh Yadav]], former Union Minister
* [[Bhupender Yadav]], Union Minister of Labour and Employment
* [[Bhagabat Behera|Bhagabat Behera Yadav]], former Cabinet Minister of [[Government of Odisha]]
* [[Chandrapal Singh Yadav]], MP, Jhansi, SP
* [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav]], former Chief Minister of Delhi
* [[Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav]], SP Politician, [[Shaurya Chakra]] awardee
* [[Daroga Prasad Rai]], 10th Chief Minister of Bihar
* [[Darshan Singh Yadav]], former [[Rajya Sabha]] MP of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Dinesh Chandra Yadav]], former Minister of [[Government of Bihar|Bihar]] and Member of [[Lok Sabha|Parliament]]
* [[Dinesh Kumar Singh|Dinesh Yadav]], former member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Deo Narayan Yadav]], 12th [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Devender Yadav]], Indian National Congress
* [[Devendra Prasad Yadav]], former RJD Leader
* [[Devendra Singh Yadav]], former M.P. for [[Etah (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Etah]]
* [[Dharmananda Behera|Dharmananda Behera Yadav]], former MLA of [[Choudwar-Cuttack]] (Odisha)
* [[Dharmendra Yadav]], M.P., Samajwadi Party
* [[Dimple Yadav]], M.P. for Kannauj
* [[D. P. Yadav]], leader of [[Rashtriya Parivartan Dal]]
* [[Girish Yadav]], State Minister, Uttar Pradesh, A BJP Leader
* [[Hitesh Kumar Bagartti|Hitesh Kumar Bagartti Yadav]], former Member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]](BJP)
* [[Hukmdev Narayan Yadav]], former Union Minister of State
* [[Hemchand Yadav]], Former Cabinet Minister of Chhattishgarh Government
* [[Jagadambi Prasad Yadav]], former Minister of State in PM Morarji Desai Ministry
* [[Jaswant Singh Yadav]], BJP, Rajasthan
* [[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]], former Union Minister of State for Water Resources
* [[Kailash Nath Singh Yadav]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], Uttar Pradesh
* [[Kanti Singh|Kanti Singh Yadav]], former Union Minister
* [[Lalita Yadav]], Minister of State of [[Madhya Pradesh Government]]
* [[Laloo Prasad Yadav]], former Union Cabinet Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Bihar
* [[Laxmi Narayan Yadav]], M.P., [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Madhusudan Yadav]], former [[Lok Sabha]] MP and Mayor of [[Rajnandgaon|Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Mahinder Yadav]], MLA, AAP
* [[Manoj Yadav]], former MLA of Bihar and MLA of [[Jharkhand]]
* [[Mandakini Behera|Mandakini Behera Yadav]], former MLA of [[Odisha]] [[Nayagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nayagarh]]
* [[Mitrasen Yadav]], Communist Party leader
* [[Mousadhi Bag|Mousadhi Bag Yadav]], member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Dharmagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmagarh]]
* [[Mulayam Singh Yadav (Auraiya politician)]], former Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC)]] for 3 times(he is not the father of Akhilesh Yadav)
* [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], former Union [[Defence Minister of India]] and Ex-[[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav]], M.L.A., Samajwadi Party, [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Nand Kishore Yadav (SP)|Nand Kishore Yadav]], Member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Neera Yadav (politician)]], leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and the minister in government of [[Jharkhand]]
* [[Nityanand Rai| Nityanand Rai Yadav]], Minister of State for [[Home Affairs]]
* [[Om Prakash Yadav]] JDU, Bihar
* [[Pappu Yadav]], former RJD M.P
* [[Pradeep Yadav (Indian politician)|Pradeep Yadav]], 13th Lok Sabha MP and MLA of [[Jharkhand]] state
* [[Pramila Giri|Pramila Giri Yadav]], former Member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from Baisinga ([[Mayurbhanj]])
* [[Ramakant Yadav (politician)|Ramakant Yadav]], BJP
* [[Ramesh Prasad Yadav]], former Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Rampal Yadav]], SP leader
* [[Ram Gopal Yadav]], Rajya Sabha member
* [[Ram Kripal Yadav]], former Union Minister of State
* [[Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav]], former member of [[Lok Sabha]] and Ex-MLA of Bihar
* [[Ram Naresh Yadav]], former Chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Ranjan Prasad Yadav]], RJD politician, Bihar
* [[Rekha Yadav]], [[Bharatiya Janshakti Party]] [[Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[Chhatarpur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Sadhu Yadav]], politician, Bihar
* [[Sharad Yadav]], leader of Janata Dal (U)
* [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]], former Cabinat Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh Government|Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Shyamlal Yadav]], Leader of Congress (I), Former [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Subhash Yadav]], former Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
* [[Subhash Prasad Yadav]], former [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)]] from [[Bihar]]
* [[Sudha Yadav]], BJP leader
* [[Sunil Kumar Singh Yadav]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], Uttar Pradesh
* [[Surendra Prasad Yadav]], former Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand and Ex-MLA of Bihar he also served as an MP of 12th [[Lok Sabha]]
* [[Talasani Srinivas Yadav]], Minister of State in [[Government of Telangana]](Telangana Rashtra Samithi)
* [[Tejashwi Yadav]], Ex-Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar State
* [[Tej Pratap Yadav]], Ex-Minister for Health, Bihar
* [[Tej Pratap Singh Yadav]], M.P. for [[Mainpuri]]
* [[Uma Kant Yadav]], [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Umlesh Yadav]], former MLA for [[Bisauli]] [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Vijay Bahadur Yadav]], MLA, Gorakhpur Rural
* [[Yogendra Yadav]], Leader of [[Swaraj Abhiyan]]

== Literature ==
* [[Anand Yadav]], a Marathi-language writer
* [[B. D. Yadav]], historian
* [[J. N. Singh Yadav]], English- and [[Hindi]]-language writer
* [[Lalai Singh Yadav]], writer and playwright from [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
* [[Rajendra Yadav]], a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi Kahani.
* [[Ramashankar Yadav]], Hindi poet
* [[S. D. S. Yadava|S. D. S. Yadav]], writer of "Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India"

== Military ==
[[File:Sub Maj & Hony Capt Yogendra Singh Yadav, PVC.jpg|thumb|Yogendra Singh Yadav, Param Vir Chakra awardee]]
* [[Yogendra Singh Yadav]]
* [[Kaushal Yadav]]
* [[Kulbhushan Yadav]]

== Nepali politics ==
[[File:Ram_Baran_Yadav_2008-08-26.jpg|thumb|250px|Ram Baran Yadav speaking at a public event (2008)]]
* [[Upendra Yadav]], [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal]]
* [[Chitra Lekha Yadav]], minister
* [[Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Nepal)]] member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
* [[Radhe Chandra Yadav]], member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
* [[Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav]], member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
* [[Ram Baran Yadav]], President
* [[Renu Kumari Yadav]], Minister of Education. member of the [[Madhesi Janadhikar Forum]]
* [[Upendra Yadav]] President of [[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal]]
*[[Matrika Prasad Yadav|Matrika Yadav]], [[Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (Nepal)|Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies]], A [[Nepal Communist Party]] Leader

== Professionals ==
* [[Bhakti Yadav|Dr. Bhakti Yadav]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee gynaecologist
* [[Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav]], Leading [[Agriculturist]], Padma Shri Awardee
* [[Ramakant Yadav (neurologist)|Ramakant Yadav]] is a professor of Neurology.
* [[Raj Vir Singh Yadav]], Kidney transplant surgeon, [[Padma Shri]] Awardee, 1982
* [[Rahul Yadav]], Ex CEO, Housing.com and founder of Intelligent Interfaces for e-commerce
* [[Yogendra Yadav]], [[Psephology]]

== Science and technology ==
* [[Jhillu Singh Yadav]]
* [[Rajpal Singh Yadav]]

== Social workers ==
[[File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Stree_Shakti_Puruskar_2009_to_Mrs._Phoolbasan_Bai_Yadav_(Rajnandgaon,_Chhattisgarh),_in_New_Delhi_on_March_08,_2010.jpg|thumb|250px|Phoolbasan Bai Yadav receiving Stree Shakti Puraskar from President Pratibha Patil (2010)]]
* [[Phoolbasan Bai Yadav]] Social Worker in [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Padma Shri]] Awardee, Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awardee

== Sports ==
[[File:Suryakumar_Yadav_in_PMO_New_Delhi.jpg|thumb|250px|Suryakumar Yadav with PM Narendra Modi at PMO, New Delhi (2024)]]
[[File:Kuldeep_Yadav_in_PMO_New_Delhi.jpg|thumb|250px|Kuldeep Yadav with PM Narendra Modi at PMO, New Delhi (2024)]]
* [[Abhishek Yadav (footballer)|Abhishek Yadav]], football
* [[Abhishek Yadav (table tennis)|Abhishek Yadav]], table-tennis
* [[Ajay Yadav]], cricket
* [[Akash Yadav]], cricket
* [[Amit Yadav|Amit Raj Kumar Yadav]], cricket
* [[Arjun Yadav]], cricket
* [[Ashwin Yadav]], cricket
* [[Avinash Yadav]], cricket
* [[Bani Yadav]], Car rallyist, India's fastest women car racer
* [[Chinki Yadav]], Indian sport shooter
* [[Dharmendra Singh Yadav]], boxing
* [[Hemulal Yadav]], cricket
* [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai Prakash Yadav]], cricket
* [[Jayant Yadav]], cricket
* [[Jyoti Yadav]], cricket
* [[Kapil Yadav]], cricket
* [[Kavita Yadav]], air-rifle Shooting
* [[Kuldeep Yadav]], cricket
* [[Lalit Yadav (Delhi cricketer)|Lalit Yadav]], [[Delhi]] cricketer
* [[Lalit Yadav (Vidarbha cricketer)|Lalit Yadav]], [[Vidarbha|Vidharbha]] cricketer
* [[Narsingh Pancham Yadav]], wrestling
* [[Poonam Yadav (cricketer)|Poonam Yadav]], cricket
* [[Punam Yadav]], weightlifting
* [[Puneet Yadav]], Cricket
* [[Radha Yadav]], Cricket
* [[Rahul Yadav (cricketer)]]
* [[Rahul Yadav Chittaboina]], Badminton
* [[Rakesh Kumar Yadav]], athletics
* [[Sanjay Yadav (cricketer)|Ram Singh Sanjay Yadav]], Cricket
* [[Ram Singh Yadav]], Marathon Runner
* [[Renuka Yadav]], hockey
* [[Rohit Yadav C.]], Badminton
* [[Sandeep Tulsi Yadav]], wrestling
* [[Santosh Yadav (cricketer)]], cricket
* [[Santosh Yadav]], mountaineering
* [[Satish Kumar (boxer)|Satish Kumar Yadav]], boxing
* [[Shivlal Yadav]], cricket
* [[Suryakumar Yadav]], cricket
* [[Swapnali Yadav]], swimming
* [[Tejashwi Yadav]], cricket
* [[Umesh Yadav]], cricket
* [[Vidhya Yadav]], cricket admintration
* [[Vijay Yadav (cricketer)|Vijay Yadav]], cricket
* [[Vikas Krishan Yadav]], boxing
* [[Vishal Yadav]], cricket

== Vice Chancellors ==
[[File:2019-11-16_Professor_Raja_Ram_Yadav_at_Jaunpur.jpg|thumb|250px|Raja Ram Yadav inaugurating Aryabhatt Auditorium in Jaunpur (2019)]]
[[File:Prof._(Dr.)_Ramakant_Yadav.jpg|thumb|250px|Prof. (Dr.) Ramakant Yadav, former Vice-Chancellor of UPUMS, Saifai]]
* [[G. D. Yadav]] vice chancellor of the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]], Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) from 2009 until November 2019.
* [[R. S. Yadav|R.S. Yadav]] was Vice Chancellor of [[Baba Mastnath University|Baba Mast Nath University]], Rohtak, Haryana in 2018.
* [[Raja Ram Yadav]] former vice-chancellor of [[Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University]].
* [[Ramesh Kumar Yadava]] is Vice Chancellor of [[Baba Mastnath University|Baba Mast Nath University]], Rohtak, Haryana since 28 June 2021.
* [[Sumer Singh Yadav]] Vice-Chancellor of [[Jagan Nath University, NCR]].
* [[Sushma Yadav]] Vice-Chancellor of [[Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya]], Sonepat.

== See also ==
* {{intitle|Yadav}}

== References ==
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