Famous People with Name Uppal

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju: a former popular Telugu film actor. He is the uncle of fellow actorPrabhas .He starred in some 183 Telugu films in his career and was a prominent actor of the 1970s and 1980s in Tollywood.He has since become active in politics.He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to Lok Sabha from Narasapur.He served as a minister of state for external affairs in Third Vajpayee Ministry.[1]

Tim Uppal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tim Uppal: is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Sherwood Park in the 2008 federal election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada, and currently serves as the Minister for Democratic Reform in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.Uppal ran for the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 federal election in Edmonton Southeast, where he lost to David Kilgour by less than 5,000 votes. In a re-match in the 2004 federal election in Edmonton—Beaumont, Kilgour defeated Uppal, who was now running for the Conservative Party of Canada, by just 134 votes. Uppal later requested a recount, as the number of rejected ballots was greater than Kilgour's margin of victory, but the recount ultimately confirmed Kilgour's victory.