Bharadwaja (Sanskrit: भरद्वाज, IAST Bharadvāja, also spelled Bhardwaj) was one of the greatest Hindu sages (Maharshis) descendant of rishi Angirasa, whose accomplishments are detailed in the Puranas. He was one of the Saptarshis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the present Manvantara; with others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Kashyapa.

Bharadwaja Barhaspatya is the progenitor of the Bharadwaja family and the family is attributed as the composers of Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda. Mandala 6 is known as the Bharadwaja Family Book as all its 75 hymns are composed by a member of this family over several centuries. He is believed to be a contemporary of King Bharata. Bharadwaja and his descendants were respected and powerful priests/rishis of several clans/dynasties of the Puru tribe, such as the Bharatas and the Panchalas.

Bhardwaj Maharishi, a sage of the Vedic period, and son of Brihaspati is renowned for his thirst for knowledge. He attained extraordinary scholarship and the power of meditation. He is also the author of Ayurveda. His Ashram still exists at the holy Prayag (Allahabad).

Raghu Babu is a Telugu comedian, who is the elder son of famous comedian and character actor Giri Babu. He got married in 1988.

Rāvūri Bharadvāja (born 1927) is a Telugu writer. He has written 24 volumes of short stories, nine novels, four play-lets, and five radio plays. He has also contributed profusely to children's literature. Paakudu Raallu, a graphic account of life behind the screen in film industry, is considered his magnum opus. Jeevana Samaram is another of his popular works.

He was chosen for Lok Nayak Foundation’s Literary Award in 2009.

The 1987 Raja Lakshmi Literary Award amount has been increased from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.25 lakh and it would be presented at a function in Visakhapatnam on January 18, the death anniversary day of N.T. Rama Rao and noted Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Gnana Peeth Awardee C. Narayanareddy, former Governor V. S. Ramadevi and Chief Justice of Assam High Court Justice Chalameswar comprised the selection committee.

Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja (1938–1989)(Telugu: ఎక్కిరాల భరద్వాజ)(Affectionately called by his followers as 'Mastergaru'(Telugu: మాస్టర్ గారు) is a well known personality and is considered as one of the greatest of all time spiritual explorers. He is the pioneer in introducing Shirdi Sai Baba in a major scale to Andhra Pradesh. He deeply studied the lives of many saints of all the religions, and personally met several saints who are alive at his time.

He is the youngest of the four sons to a great scholar of the time, Sri Ananthacharya whose writings like 'The Vision of Aryan Glory' which is once the non detail subject in German Universities.His mother died when he is just four years and he grew up under the guidance and care of his father. He shown his genius attitude from his childhood. At the age of 15 or so, loss of his beloved brother's son has made him think about life and god. After five years of rigorous thought process he suddenly experieced a state of completeness where all his questions were met with answers. After few years, he just accompanies his brother to Shirdi. He experienced Samadhi sthithi before Baba^{[disambiguation needed ]}. Ever since he oriented towards saints and their lives. He personally met many true saints(called Avadhutas) and told about them to normal people who can not recognise them. He is well prepared for ascetic life, but forced to get married by few avadhutas, who assured him of his spiritual endeavours even after the marriage. He put great efforts in works, in preparing life history of Shirdi Sai Baba and various other valuable spiritual books. With the good support of wife Smt. Alivelumanga, he restlessly worked to preach people about Baba and what actually want people to do. He attained samadhi in 1989.

Lagadapati Rajagopal (Telugu: లగడపాటి రాజగొపాల్ ;Born 16 February 1964) is an Indian industrialist, entrepreneur and Politician, who is currently serving as the 15th Loksabha Member for Vijayawada constituency in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He is a politician belonging to the Indira Congress party. He is the son-in-law of ex-MP P. Upendra. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada which happens to be the first private engineering in Andhra Pradesh. He was in the news recently for his fast-unto-death for Samaikhyandhra. He spearheaded the Samaikhya Andhra movement.

He is also the founder-chairman of the Rs. 12,000 crore Lanco Infratech group of companies, which has been growing rapidly in the construction and infrastructure segment. The company is currently under investigation for irregularities related to re-negotiating insurance contracts.