Seth Pal Singh
A Saharanpur farmer who turned to water chestnut, lotus, fish and mushrooms to make small farms pay, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Heroes from Uttar Pradesh
People from the state of Uttar Pradesh whose work we have profiled.
Showing 49–64 of 64 heroes
Sheesh Ram
A 1971 war veteran from Meerut who served 40 years in the Army and now paints soldiers' courage and sacrifice, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Shivnath Mishra
A Benaras gharana sitarist who plays Dhrupad, Khayal, Thumri and Tappa styles on the sitar, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Shyam Bihari Agrawal
A Prayagraj painter and art historian who has worked in Indian miniature and mural traditions for six decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Shyam Sundar
A BHU physician whose kala-azar research changed how the disease is diagnosed and treated, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- Uttar Pradesh
Sivananda
A Varanasi yoga practitioner who served leprosy-affected people in Puri for five decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Soniya Nityanand
A haematologist who set up Uttar Pradesh's first bone-marrow transplant programme and now heads KGMU, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Sudha Hari Narayan Singh
A steeplechaser and marathon runner who ran at two Olympics and set nine national records, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Uttar Pradesh
Surendra Mohan Mishra
A Banaras gharana classical singer, composer and teacher, a Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024 (posthumous)
- Uttar Pradesh
Syed Ainul Hasan
A Persian scholar and poet who heads Maulana Azad National Urdu University, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Uma Shankar Pandey
A Banda water conservationist who turned drought-hit Jakhni into a water village, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh
Urmila Srivastava
A Mirzapur kajri singer with five decades on radio and Doordarshan who taught music for forty years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Uttar Pradesh
Usha Yadav
An Agra educationist and Hindi writer of about 100 books for children and adults, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Uttar Pradesh
Vashishth Tripathi
A Varanasi scholar of Nyaya, the classical Indian school of logic, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Vidya Vindu Singh
A Hindi and Awadhi writer from Ambedkar Nagar who has documented folk traditions, songs and stories, with over 118 books, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
A Hindi poet and critic from Gorakhpur, the first Hindi writer to lead the Sahitya Akademi, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh