From Dharmendra & Mammootty to KT Thomas: Here's full list of 2026 Padma Award winners

Actors Dharmendra (L) & Mammootty.

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The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian awards of the nation, are given out in three categories -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

The awards are given in various disciplines including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, literature and education, sports, civil service, medicine and more.

Here is the list of the Padma awardees for 2026:

Padma Vibhushan

1. Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)

2. K T Thomas

3. N Rajam

4. P Narayanan

5. V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

1. Alka Yagnik

2. Bhagat Singh Koshyari

3. Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy

4. Mammootty

5. Nori Dattatreyudu

6. Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)

7. S K M Maeilanandhan

8. Shatavadhani R Ganesh

9. Shibu Soren (Posthumous)

10. Uday Kotak

11. V K Malhotra (Posthumous)

12. Vellappally Natesan

13. Vijay Amritraj

Padma Shri

1. A E Muthunayagam

2. Anil Kumar Rastogi

3. Anke Gowda M.

4. Armida Fernandez

5. Arvind Vaidya

6. Ashok Khade

7. Ashok Kumar Singh

8. Asok Kumar Haldar

9. Baldev Singh

10. Bhagwandas Raikwar

11. Bharat Singh Bharti

12. Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda

13. Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)

14. Brij Lal Bhat

15. Buddha Rashmi Mani

16. Budhri Tati

17. Chandramouli Gaddamanugu

18. Charan Hembram

19. Chiranji Lal Yadav

20. Deepika Reddy

21. Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya

22. Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad

23. Gafruddin Mewati Jogi

24. Gambir Singh Yonzone

25. Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)

26. Gayatri Balasubramanian & Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)

27. Gopal Ji Trivedi

28. Guduru Venkat Rao

29. H V Hande

30. Hally War

31. Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous)

32. Haricharan Saikia

33. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar

34. Inderjit Singh Sidhu

35. Janardan Bapurao Bothe

36. Jogesh Deuri

37. Juzer Vasi

38. Jyotish Debnath

39. K Pajanivel

40. K Ramasamy

41. K Vijay Kumar

42. Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous)

43. Kailash Chandra Pant

44. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon

45. Kewal Krishan Thakral

46. Khem Raj Sundriyal

47. Kollakal Devaki Amma G

48. Krishnamurty Balasubramanian

49. Kumar Bose

50. Kumarasamy Thangaraj

51. Lars-Christian Koch

52. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova

53. Madhavan Ranganathan

54. Maganti Murali Mohan

55. Mahendra Kumar Mishra

56. Mahendra Nath Roy

57. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

58. Mangala Kapoor

59. Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai

60. Mohan Nagar

61. Narayan Vyas

62. Naresh Chandra Dev Varma

63. Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala

64. Nuruddin Ahmed

65. Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan

66. Padma Gurmet

67. Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy

68. Pokhila Lekthepi

69. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore

70. Prateek Sharma

71. Praveen Kumar

72. Prem Lal Gautam

73. Prosenjit Chatterjee

74. Punniamurthy Natesan

75. R Krishnan (Posthumous)

76. R V S Mani

77. Rabilal Tudu

78. Raghupat Singh (Posthumous)

79. Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar

80. Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar

81. Rajendra Prasad

82. Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous)

83. Ramamurthy Sreedher

84. Ramchandra Godbole & Ms. Suneeta Godbole (Duo)

85. Ratilal Borisagar

86. Rohit Sharma

87. S G Susheelamma

88. Sangyusang S Pongener

89. Sant Niranjan Dass

90. Sarat Kumar Patra

91. Saroj Mandal

92. Satish Shah (Posthumous)

93. Satyanarayan Nuwal

94. Savita Punia

95. Shafi Shauq

96. Shashi Shekhar Vempati

97. Shrirang Devaba Lad

98. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar

99. Shyam Sundar

100. Simanchal Patro

101. Sivasankari

102. Suresh Hanagavadi

103. Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj

104. T T Jagannathan (Posthumous)

105. Taga Ram Bheel

106. Tarun Bhattacharya

107. Techi Gubin

108. Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam

109. Tripti Mukherjee

110. Veezhinathan Kamakoti

111. Vempaty Kutumba Sastry

112. Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous)

113. Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous)