Kona Prabhakara Rao (10 July 1916 – 20 October 1990) was born on 10 July 1916 in Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Congress, From 2 Sep 1983 to 17 Jun 1984Governor of Sikkim from 18 June 1984 to 30 May 1985, and Governor of Maharashtra from 31 May 1985 to 2 April 1986. He died on 20 October 1990, at National Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad due to cardio-respiratory failure He did most of his schooling in his native place Bapatla, and then graduated from the Loyola College, Madras and completed his law degree from the ILS Law College, Pune.