Notable residents
- Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (Sri Sri) - poet
- Alluri Sita Rama Raju - revolutionary
- Tenneti Viswanadham - revolutionary
- Dr. C.V. Raman - physicist
- Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan - Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
- Dr MVVS Murthi Ex MP,President GITAM University
- Gollapudi Maruthi Rao - film actor, writer
- Subhaleka Sudhakar - film actor
- Sobha Naidu - Padma Shri winner, classical dancer
- Gouthami - film actress
- Rajashri - Film Writer & Guru in Dubbing who also named as "Anuvada Chitra Chakravarthi"