People from Dhanbad district

Meenakshi Seshadri (born 16 November 1963) is an Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films. She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17.

Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer who has written the story and co-written the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film Gangs of Wasseypur, directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri has also acted in Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2. He has directed and produced the film Meeruthiya Gangsters.

Shiv Khera is an Indian author, activist and motivational speaker. He launched a movement against caste-based reservation in India, founded an organization called Country First Foundation, and started the Bhartiya Rashtravadi Samanta Party. In 2004, he lost in a bid as an independent candidate for the South Delhi constituency in India's general election. He also filed several public interest lawsuits in the Indian Supreme Court and unsuccessfully contested the country's 2009 general election.

Ashutosh Tudu is an Indian Maoist politician and politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Sanjeev Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Sumitra Marandi (born 25 October 1996) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender for SSB Women Football Club. She has been a member of the India women's national team.

Purnima Niraj Singh (born 21 November 1985) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Jharia constituency in Dhanbad district. She married late Niraj Singh, the ex-Deputy of Dhanbad.

Raj Kishore Mahato is an Indian politician and member of the All Jharkhand Students Union. Mahato is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Tundi constituency in Dhanbad district.

Suryadeo Singh (27 December 1939 – 15 June 1991) was an Indian politician and union leader from Jharkhand. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Jharia constituency between 1977 and 1991. He was the founder and chairman of Janta Majdoor Sangh, a trade union in Jharkhand.

Sanjiv Kumar (born 15/01/1958 in Maniadih, District Dhanbad (Jharkhand) in India) is the politician from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Party.