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HonoursAward winners

A. Kanyakumari

Listed among notable Telugu people in award winners.

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CinemaFilms

A. Kodandarami Reddy

Film Director

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SportSports

A. Ramana Rao

He was the head coach for the Indian men's volleyball team at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship at Perth in 1991. He was also the first Indian volleyball coach to qualify as FIVB Instructor in the German Democratic Republic in 1986

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04
Public LifeChief Ministers

A. Revanth Reddy

Current Chief Minister of Telangana

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HonoursAward winners

A. S. Rao

Listed among notable Telugu people in award winners.

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06
CinemaFilms

A. Sreekar Prasad

Film Editor

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Public LifeChief Ministers

A. Subbarayalu Reddiar

Former Chief Minister of Madras Presidency

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HonoursAward winners

A. V. Rama Rao

Listed among notable Telugu people in award winners.

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CinemaFilms

A.M. Rathnam

Producer

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10
MusicMusicians and Composers

Aadibhotla Narayana Das

Listed among notable Telugu people in musicians and composers.

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Literature & LanguageSahitya Akademi Award Winners

Aarudhra

Sahitya Akademi Award winner (1987)

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Literature & LanguageSahitya Akademi Award Winners

Abburi Chayadevi

Sahitya Akademi Award winner (2005)

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HonoursAward winners

Achanta Srinivasa Rao

Table Tennis (2018)

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CinemaFilms

Acharya Aatreya

Poet and Lyricist

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SpiritualityReligious Leaders and Philosophers

Acharya Nagarjuna

Buddhist philosopher and alchemist

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Literature & LanguageSahitya Akademi Award Winners

Acharya Rayaprolu Subbarao

Sahitya Akademi Award winner (1965)

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CinemaFilms

Aditi Rao Hydari

Telugu, Hindi and Tamil actress (Telugu mother)

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18
Arts & CultureArtists

Adivi Baapiraju

Listed among notable Telugu people in artists.

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CinemaFilms

Adivi Sesh

Tollywood actor, director and screenwriter

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Public LifeMilitary Chiefs

Admiral Ram Dass Katari

Chief of the Naval Staff , 1958–1962

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21
CinemaFilms

Adurthi Subba Rao

Film Producer/Director

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CinemaFilms

Aishwarya Rajesh

Tamil and Telugu actress

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23
Public LifeInternational Positions

Ajay Naidu

Tollywood actor

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Public LifeInternational Positions

Akash Vukoti

TV personality

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