Independence advocates

Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule
Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter
Chowdary Satyanarayana - Freedom fighter, Human rights activist, Legislator
Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter
Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter
Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter
Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
Chandra Pulla Reddy – Communist Leader
Gouthu Latchanna – freedom fighter
Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader
Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person
Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
Muktyala Raja – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter
Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician
Koratala Satyanarayana – Communist politician
Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh
Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist
Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag
Kommareddi Suryanarayana - freedom activist
Kotagiri Venkata Krishna Rao - Freedom fighter, poet
Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao - Freedom fighter, lawyer, historian and writer

Reserve Bank of India Governors

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – vice-chancellor of Andhra University
Arjula Ramachandra Reddy – biologist, first vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University
Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy – founder and vice-chancellor of Andhra University; Vice-chancellor of Mysore University
G. Ram Reddy – former University Grants Commission chairman
Vasireddy Sri Krishna – former vice-chancellor of Andhra University

Kallam Anji Reddy – founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Prathap C. Reddy – founder of Apollo Hospitals, India
G. Pulla Reddy – businessman, philanthropist, educationist
Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy – founder of GVK
P Obul Reddy – founder of Nippo batteries
Prem Reddy – founder of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns several hospitals in the United States
Ramesh Gelli – founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank
Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad – founder of Andhra Sugars
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder of Satyam Computers
T. Subbarami Reddy – founder of Gayatri group; philanthropist
S. P. Y. Reddy – Chairman of Nandi Pipes, Panyam Cements and S.P.Y. Agro Industries
Nimmagadda Prasad – founder of Chairman of Matrix Laboratories
Lagadapati Rajagopal – founder and Chairman of Lanco Group
Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – chairman, GMR Group; first Telugu person on Forbes magazine's billionaires list
Ramoji Rao – Head of Eenadu Group, Ramoji Film city
Rayapati Sambasiva Rao – Jayalaxmi Group of companies
Galla Ramachandra Naidu – founder of Amar Raja Group

Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence
U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad
N N Murthy – quality and environment expert
Yelavarthy Nayudamma – chemical engineer
Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – engineer
Yellapragada Subbarow – cancer researcher
A. S. Rao – scientist, founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited
C.R.Rao – statistician and professor emeritus at Penn State University
K.L. Rao – civil engineer, irrigation expert and political leader
Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao – physicist (spectroscopy)
Praveen Kumar Gorakavi - Chemical Engineer
Kumar Biradha - researcher in the field of crystal engineering
Aparajita Datta (born 1970), conservation scientist with the Nature Conservation Foundation

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna – Carnatic singer and musician
Nataraja Ramakrishna – dance guru; revived ancient Andhra Natyam and Perini styles of dance; Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy
Ghantasala – playback singer of old classical Indian movies, predominantly Telugu
Emani Sankara Sastry – Veena player of Carnatic music
Vempati Chinna Satyam – dance guru of the Kuchipudi dance form
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – male singer
Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi dancers
Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi dancer
S. Janaki – female playback singer
M. M. Keeravani – music director
Yamini Krishnamurthy – Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancer
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu – violinist
P. B. Sreenivas – playback singer
P. Susheela – playback singer