Famous People with Name Koda

Koda Shigeyuki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Koda Shigeyuki: was a Japanese author. He wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Elegant Buddha", in 1889.A house (Kagyu-an or "snail cottage") in which Koda lived was rebuilt in 1972 by the Meiji Mura museum.

Kodai Sakurai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kodai Sakurai: a baseball player from Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan for the Hanshin Tigers. He was drafted by the Tigers in 2001.

Kodandera "Kipper" Madappa Cariappa            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kodandera "Kipper" Madappa Cariappa: was the first Indian Chief of Staff and led the Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1947.He is among only two Indian military officers to hold the highest rank of Field Marshal (the other being Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw). His distinguished military career spanned almost three decades, at the highest point of which, he was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Military in 1949.

Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao: was a prolific Telugu writer. He believed that literature which criticizes and enriches human life and ultimately reforms the human thought of its time is the only relevant form of literature.His elder brother Venkatasubbiah (out of touch since 1921) was a poet-writer and Ko Ku was introduced to the literary community early through him. He was introduced to western literature too during this time. His early experiments, at the age of thirteen, included an unfinished thriller and poetry, which he would soon abandon. He married eleven-year-old Padmavathy in 1925, before he graduated from high school.

Madhu Koda            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Madhu Koda: is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2006 to 2008. He was sworn in as the fifth Chief Minister of Jharkhand on September 18, 2006 and remained in office until he resigned on 23 August 2008; he was succeeded by Shibu Soren. He h