K. B. Tilak - an Indian independence activist, film director and producer was born here.
Mr Rao was born in Pothunuru, a village near Denduluru in the West Godavari District on 11 July 1956, the elder son of Swargeeya Kalagara Venkateswara Rao and Jaya Lakshmi.He is from Prominent Kamma(Chowdary)Forward caste Zamindaris family in Andhra Pradesh.
To have an immediate access to the Kalinga region, he shifted his capital from Bezwada to Lenduluru (modem Denduluru in the West Godavari district).