Notable Personalities from Tenali 

Tenali Ramakrishna

Vikatakavi
Native name	తెనాలి రామకృష్ణ
Born	Garalapati Ramakrishna 16th century Garalapadu, Guntur DistrictAndhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Poet
Language	Telugu
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Religion, Folk,
Subject	Telugu Literature

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Born	15 January 1887 Angaluru, Krishna district
Died	16 January 1943
Pen name	Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary
Nationality	Indian
Ethnicity	Hindu
Citizenship	India
Education	Matriculation
Alma mater	Noble College, Machilipatnam
Genre	Lawyer, Playwright, Poet, Avadhanam
Notable works	Kurukshetra Sangramam
Spouse	Punnamma
Children	Tripuraneni Gopichand,Chouda Rani
Relatives	Pitcheswara Rao Atluri

Kalluri Chandramouli

Kalluri Chandramouli (Telugu: కల్లూరి చంద్రమౌళి) (November 15, 1898 – January 21, 1992) was a freedom fighter, philanthropist, scholar and a great devotee of Lord Rama, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India.

Avula Sambasiva Rao

Avula Sambasiva Rao
Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office 1967–76
Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
In office 1980–83
Personal details
Born	16 March 1917
Died	27 July 2003 (aged 86)

Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna Murthy

Born	Siva Rama Krishna Ghattamaneni May 31, 1943 (age 72) Burripalem, Guntur, Madras Presidency, British India
Other names	Nata Shekhar Super Star Krishna
Spouse(s)	Indira Devi-1 Nov 1961 Vijaya Nirmala-1969[1]
Children	Ramesh Babu - 1965 Padmavathi-1969 Manjula - 1970 Mahesh Babu - 1975 Priyadarsini - 1979

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (Actor)

Born	Mahesh Ghattamaneni 9 August 1975 (age 40) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence	Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India
Ethnicity	Telugu
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1979–1990, 1999–present
Spouse(s)	Namrata Shirodkar
Children	Gautham Krishna (b.2006), Sitara Ghattamaneni (b.2012)
Parent(s)	Krishna Indira

Savitri

Born	Savitri Nissankara 6 December 1936 Chirravuru Village, TadepalleMandalam, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	26 December 1981 (aged 45) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Savitri Kommareddy, Savitri Ganesan
Spouse(s)	Gemini Ganesan (1955–1981)
Children	Vijaya Chamundeswari Sathish kumar

Occupation	Actress

Sharada

Born	Saraswati Devi 25 June 1945 (age 70) Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959–present
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)	Chalam (divorced)
Parent(s)	Venkateswar Rao Satyavathi Devi
Awards	National Film Award for Best Actress

Kongara Jaggayya

Born	31 December 1926 Tenali, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	5 March 2004 (aged 77) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Kalavachaspati, Kanchu Kantam
Occupation	Actor, dubbing artist, littérateur, journalist, poet

Yelavarthy Nayudamma

Born	Yelavarthy Nayudamma September 10, 1922 Yelavarru, Guntur dt., AP, India
Died	June 23, 1985 Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland

Lankapalli Bullayya

Lankapalli Bullayya (1918–1992) was an innovative Indian educator and vice-chancellor of Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh. He was the first Dalit to be appointed vice-chancellor of an Indian university.

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao

Born	9 July 1928 Ravikampadu, Kollur mandal,Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh,India
Died	26 January 2010 (aged 82) Hyderabad, India
Occupation	Character actor
Years active	1950–2010

Konijeti Rosaiah

18th Governor of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 August 2011
Preceded by	Surjit Singh Barnala
17th Governor of Karnataka
In office 28 June 2014 – 31 August 2014
Preceded by	H. R. Bhardwaj
Succeeded by	Vajubhai Vala
15th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Constituency	Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India (MLC)
In office 3 September 2009 – 25 June 2011
Preceded by	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Succeeded by	Kiran Kumar Reddy
Member of the Indian Parliament for Narasaraopet
In office 10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999
Preceded by	Kota Saidiah
Succeeded by	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
Personal details
Born	4 July 1933 (age 82) Vemuru, Madras Presidency,British India (now in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party	INC
Spouse(s)	Sivalaxmi
Children	K S Subba Rao P Rama Devi K S N Murthy
Residence	Ameerpet, Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Religion	Hindu

Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao

Born	Kutumba Rao 28 October 1909 Tenali, Guntur district
Died	17 August 1980 Madras
Pen name	Wrote Political essays under pseudonyms, Äswini"& "Brihaspati"
Occupation	Journalism
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	India
Education	Bachelor of Science
Alma mater	Maharajah College,Vizianagaram
Period	1926–1928
Genre	Writer, novelist, author & journalist
Subjects	Sociology, Music, Science, Politics, Cinema & a couple of scripts for films.
Literary movement	Active part in "Virasama"( Viplava Rachayitula Sangham" )- revolutionary writers association.
Notable works	"Chaduvu", Vaarasatvam"", "Gaddu Rozulu" & Editor of the most popular Telugu monthly for children-the "Chandamama"for 28 years
Notable awards	Andhra Sahitya Academy Award,
Spouses	Padmavathy, Sundaramma & Varudhini
Children	Ramachandra Rao, Santa Sundari, Rohini Prasad, Venkatarama Rao
Relatives	Siblings – Venkatasubbaiah, Krishnamurty, Annapurna.

Nadendla manohar

Sri Nadendla Manohar, Hon'ble Ex Speaker, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India
Succeeded by	Mitul Nadendla
Constituency	Tenali Assembly Constituency.
Personal details
Born	Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Congress party
Spouse(s)	Dr.Nadendla Manoharam
Children	Mitul Nadendla, Lalith nadendla
Religion	Hindu