Kumaonis are people from the Kumaon, a region in the Indian Himalayas.

• Murli Manohar Joshi
• B. D. Pande
• V. C. Pande
• N.D. Tiwari

• Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Mahavir Chakra awardee. Hero Battle of Tololing, Kargil war
• Vice Admiral Harish Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy.
• Lucky Bisht, former Indian spy.
• Bahadur Singh Bohra, Lawanz Operation: 25 Sep 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient
• Mohan Nath Goswami, Operation : CI & IS Ops, Sep 03, 2015, Ashoka Chakra recipient
• General Bipin Chandra Joshi, 17th Chief of Army Staff (COAS), First Army Chief from Uttarakhand
• Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
• Captain Ummed Singh Mahra, Operation : Op Orchid, 6 July 1971, Ashoka Chakra recipient
• Mohan Chand Sharma, Batla House Encounter, 19 September 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient

• Kashi Singh Airy
• Yashpal Arya
• K. C. Singh Baba
• Mohan Singh Bisht
• Ajay Bhatt
• Ganesh Joshi
• Murli Manohar Joshi, He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993.
• Puran Chand Joshi, general secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
• Bhagat Singh Koshyari, governor of Maharashtra, chief minister of Uttarakhand
• Kalu Singh Mahara, freedom fighter, led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Mahendra Singh Mahra, served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand (April 2012 to April 2018).
• Badri Datt Pandey, He was popularly known as, and remains remembered in the region as, the Kumaon Kesari.
• Govind Ballabh Pant, freedom fighter, considered one of the architects of modern India
• Hargovind Pant
• Ila Pant
• K. C. Pant, former defence minister and vice chairman of the Planning Commission
• Prakash Pant
• Sheila Irene Pant or Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan
• Bachi Singh Rawat
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand
• Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
• N. D. Tiwari, three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh(1976–77, 1984–85, 1988–89) and also served once as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2002–2007)
• Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Founder of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, A political party which started Uttarakhand movement, led to formation of state.

• Prafulla Chandra Pant, author and former judge of the Supreme Court of India, and a former member of the National Human Rights Commission of India

• Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archaeologist, Padma Shri recipient
• Anupam Joshi, cyber security expert and Professor
• J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
• Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
• M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.
• Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
• Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
• Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
• Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
• Ghananand Pande, scientist
• Govind Chandra Pande, Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and Buddhist periods
• M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
• Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
• Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
• Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
• Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
• Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist

• Uma Bhatt
• Namita Gokhale
• Namrata Joshi, Journalist^[1]
• Manohar Shyam Joshi
• Manoj Joshi
• Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India
• Shekhar Joshi
• Shailesh Matiyani
• Mrinal Pande
• Gaura Pant, who wrote under the name Shivani
• Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
• Sumitranandan Pant
• Shekhar Pathak, historian
• Girish Tiwari, also known as Girda

• Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
• Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
• B. K. Samant, folk singer
• Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baro Masa
• Naima Khan Upreti

• Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer, Padma Shri, Arjun and Rung Ratna Awardee. Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ekta Bisht, cricketer
• Kavinder Bisht, boxer
• Madhumita Bisht, badminton
• Unmukt Chand, cricketer
• Rohit Danu, footballer
• Deepak Dhapola, cricketer
• MS Dhoni, cricketer (former captain of Indian cricket team, born to Kumaoni parents)^[2]
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti, cricketer
• Mir Ranjan Negi, hockey player
• Pawan Negi, cricketer
• Manish Pandey, cricketer
• Rishabh Pant, cricketer
• Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
• Lakshya Sen, badminton
• Anirudh Thapa football

• Sapna Awasthi, Bollywood playback singer
• Sonam Bajwa, Bollywood Actress
• Nidhi Bisht, casting director
• Gopal Datt, actor and writer
• Roop Durgapal, Indian television actress, best known for her role as Sanchi in the serial Balika Vadhu
• Prasoon Joshi, advertisement guru and lyricist
• Sukirti Kandpal, television actress
• Vinod Kapri, filmmaker
• Dev Negi, singer
• Hemant Pandey, actor
• Nitesh Pandey, actor
• Nirmal Pandey, actor
• Sudhanshu Pandey, actor
• Sudhir Pandey, actor
• Diksha Panth, Indian film actress
• Disha Patani, actress
• Sunita Rajwar, film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama
• B. M. Shah, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner
• Mohan Upreti, dramatist
• Naima Khan Upreti, dramatist

• Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
• Lakshman Singh Jangpangi, former trade agent
• Deep Joshi, social activist, recipient of Padma Shri.
• Vinayak Lohani, National Award for Child Welfare 2011
• Lalit Pande, social worker, Padma Shri recipient
• Kamla Pant, social activist
• Ridhima Pandey, activist for action against climate change

• Ranjan Pant, chief executive officer, advisor, global strategy management consultant and a change management expert
• Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
• Muktesh Pant, former chief executive officer of Yum China.

• Baba Hari Dass, yoga master, silent monk, and commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha
• Satyananda Saraswati, Sannyasin, yoga teacher and guru