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- Prabal Gurung - fashion designer
- Tenzing Norgay - climber
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Biplav
Tenzing Norgay is controversial one because he chose to be identified as an Indian later in life. The Indian Goverment has an award in his name.
quickly off the top of my head:
Kiran Chettry, CNN Anchor, is half Nepali.
Araniko
Buddha (Kapilvastu)
Sita (Janakpur) - of Ramayana fame
Mahabir Pun won the "Asian" Nobel Prize (Ramon Magsaysay Award)
Kul Chandra Gautam was Assistant Secretary General of the UN
Manisha Koirala - bollywood actress
Udit Narayan - bollywood singer
Denny - bollywood villain
The gentleman who spearheaded Nepal's world renowned Vitamin A initiative (forget the name)
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sthapit
@openak - what is professor lohani famous for?
@biplav - nice list! but (a) who is araniko and (b) any idea why tenzing chose to be identified as indian? and as far as sita, i thought the rayamayana was just a story! and btw my wife has met with mahabir pun - nice guy (but very quiet).
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Biplav
@sthapit - you're surely pulling my leg on Araniko (sometimes spelled Arniko) the famous architect who went to China? Don't know the full story on Tenzing, think the Indian government offered him a nice relocation package to settle in Darjeeling and obtain an Indian passport. That way Indian history books could write that the first person to reach the peak of Everest was an Indian. I read his autobiography a long time ago but don't recall if he touched on the subject. As for Sita, while the Ramayana is embellished, I believe the characters actually existed - not positive though.
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sthapit
@biplav - the only arnico i knew before your post today was the store in thamel. but now i know better :) that's awesome! my brain just expanded and my nepali pride went up a bit...
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Biplav
Corrections - Danny (I spelled it wrong above) is actually from Sikkim, India.
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sthapit
@biplav - fyi you can edit your comments on sodne - haven't had time to add to the faq
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sthapit
+1 for coolgal.
In general I think it would be helpful if people put in what each person is famous for so we're not googling for them :)
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alokt
It's just a silly joke, anyways he's the guy who stole 1 million dollars from a lottery prize ( before taxes). more info here.
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chapagain
The sherpas of Nepal(lot of people and lot of records on climbing the Everest)
Upendra Mahato (One of the richest Nepali, former president of NRN Association)
Tul Bahadur Pun (winner of Vicotia cross)
Gurkhas (The soldiers in British Army, Indian army)
Sushma Shrestha (Female playback singer in bollywood known as poornima)
Rakesh Shrestha and Binod pradhan (Cinematographer,Bollywood)
Bharat Dutt Koirala (Journalist, winner of Raman Magsaysay Award)
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (Great Poet)
Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal)
I am not sure about the nationality of all above people,in case if they are not, they are of nepali origin at least.
ashis
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Biplav
@chapagain - With all those Bollywood links, I would expect Nepali cinema to deliver better products.
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chapagain
@ashis -Thanks for the correction
@Biplav- Lets hope, but the reality is the quality of nepali cinema is degrading than what it used to be.
sedaii
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Sagar
Dr. Upendra Devkota famous neuro surgeon
Well, Are we listing those who r famous in present context all around the world or those who r famous with nepalese. Won't Koirala family and Mr. G.P. Koirala himself go into this list?
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Sagar
I guess its just Budhha then. Though India would argue Buddha is Indian.:D
May be, Parijat is famous but she was also born in Darjeeling. And what about Bhrikuti ??
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Nishi
The lists might be longer those I think
Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma- V.C.- K.U.
Dr. Sanduk Ruit
Mahabir Pun
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
BP Koirala
Shriddhar Lohani - Professor
8 months ago