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Turlapaty Kutumba Rao (1931 – 11 January 2021) was an Indian journalist and orator. He was known for his journalism in the Telugu language. He was said to have written 4,000 biographies and delivered over 16,000 public speeches which has been recorded by the Telugu Book of Records as a world record.

He was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri making him the first journalist from the state of Andhra Pradesh to receive the award.

Rao died on 11 January 2021 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh at the age of 89.

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