Renowned Rai people

• Two senior cabinet ministers — Narad Muni Thulung and Bal Bahadur Rai — acted as Prime ministers of Nepal


• Indian Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling


• Indian Member of Parliament Prem Das Rai


• Former Chancellor of the Royal Nepal Academy Lain Singh Bangdel


• Former Government Secretary and Chairman of Public Service Commission Santa Bahadur Rai


• Diplomat and scholar Professor Dr. Nobel Kishor Rai was ambassador to Germany


• Writer and literary critic Indra Bahadur Rai


• Writer and poet Pradip Rai wrote the national anthem of Nepal


• Plastic surgeon Shankar Man Rai


• Pop and rock singers like Dhiraj Rai


• National politicians like the vice-chairman of UML party Ashok Rai


• Army and police general Ram Kaji Bantawa


• Chief of Intelligence Department Chand Bahadur Rai


• Scholar of vedas Dr. Swami Prapannacharya


• Assam Assembly Government Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai


• Vishal Rai