Notable Personalities

1-Maulana Habibur-rahman Azmi a well known Islamic Scholar belongs to this city.His books are taught in famous universities like Madina University.
2-The famous Hindi poet Shyam Narayan Pandey was from the village Dumroun.
3-The famous politician Kalpanath Rai was from village Semari, considered hero of mau.
4-Famous urdu shayar Faiz ibn faizi belongs to mau.
One of the BSP leader changed from the party BJP is Vijay Pratap Singh
5-Famous Play Back Singer VIdhhan Pandey belongs to mau. Recently he had performed in MAU Mahotsav.
6-Shri Ramashraya singh is one of the Braveheart Personality frome most famous vill Kanso in mau.