List of Marathi people

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This is a list of notable Marathi people an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language as their native language.

Rulers and generals[]

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj
Tarabai
Baji Prabhu Deshpande
Peshwa Bajirao
The ancient kingdoms
  • Chalukya dynasty
  • Satavahana Empire
  • Kadamba dynasty
  • Vakataka dynasty
  • Shilahara
  • Rashtrakuta dynasty
The Jadhav (Sindkhed Raja-Maharashtra)
The Bhosales (Maharashtra)
The Peshwe
The Bhosales (Thanjavur-Tamil Nadu)
The Holkars (Indore-Madhya Pradesh)
  • Ahilyabai Holkar
  • Malhar Rao Holkar
  • Shivajirao Holkar
  • Tukojirao Holkar (II)
  • Krishna Bai Holkar
  • Hari Rao Holkar
  • Tukojirao Holkar III
  • Yashwantrao Holkar[5]
  • Yeshwantrao Holkar II
The Shinde/Scindia (Gwalior-Madhya Pradesh)
  • Daulatrao Scindia
  • Jankoji Rao Scindia I
  • Dattaji Rao Scindia
  • Kadarji Rao Scindia
  • Manaji Rao Scindia
  • George Jivaji Rao Scindia
  • Madho Rao Scindia
  • Jayajirao Scindia
  • Jayapparao Scindia
  • Mahadji Shinde[6]
  • Ranojirao Scindia
The Newalkars (Jhansi-Uttar Pradesh)
Rani Lakshmibai
  • Gangadhar Rao Newalkar
  • Lakshmibai[7]
The Gandekars (Bhor-Maharashtra)
  • Shankarrao Chimnajirao Gandekar
  • Raghunathrao Shankarrao Gandekar
The Pawar (Dhar-Madhya Pradesh)
The Ghorpade (Sandur-Karnataka)
  • Murari Rao
  • Shivashanmukha Rao
  • Ramachandra Vitthala Rao
  • Venkata Rao III
  • Yeshwantrao Ghorpade
The Gaekwad (Baroda-Gujarat)
  • Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad
  • Pilaji Rao Gaekwad
  • Gayatri Devi
  • Damaji Rao Gaekwad
  • Indira Raje
  • Sayajirao Gaekwad III[8]
  • Pilaji Rao Gaekwad[9]
  • Pratap Singh Gaekwad

Historic warriors[]

During 17th century and Shivaji's reign
[10]Peshwa Baji Rao I
During 18th century and Peshwa rule
The 27-year war - India's longest fought war (1680–1707)
Leaders of Anglo Maratha Wars I, II, III (1775–1818)
  • Bapu Gokhale
  • Mahadji Shinde
  • Raghunath Rao
  • Raghoji II Bhonsale
  • Yashwantrao Holkar
  • Daulat Scindia
  • Peshwa Baji Rao II
  • Mudhoji II Bhonsle
  • Janoji Bhonsle
  • Malharrao Holkar III

Indian independence movement[]

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Shahu of Kolhapur
Jyotirao Phule
Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Leaders of Ist War of Indian Independence (1857)
Revolutionaries
  • B R Ambedkar
  • Bhaurao Patil
  • Anant Laxman Kanhere
  • Panjabrao Deshmukh
  • Abasaheb Khedkar
  • Babarao Savarkar
  • Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
  • Hari Shivaram Rajguru
  • Krishnaji Gopal Karve
  • Nana Patil
  • Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
  • Veer Bhai Kotwal
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  • Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Father of Indian unrest
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Father of Indian armed struggle
  • Vasudev Balwant Phadke
First political murder in Indian freedom struggle
  • Chapekar brothers
Others
  • Yashwantrao Chavan
  • Keshavrao Jedhe
  • K. B. Hedgewar
  • Achyut Patwardhan
  • Gangadhar Adhikari
  • Shankarrao Chavan
  • B. S. Moonje
  • Babu Genu
  • Shripad Amrit Dange
  • Dada Dharmadhikari
  • Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Rango Bapuji Gupte
  • Narahar Vishnu Gadgil
  • Madhav Shrihari Aney
  • Gangadharrao Balkrishna Deshpande
  • Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar
  • Thakurdas Bang
  • Narayan Malhar Joshi
  • Ravindra Kelekar
  • Senapati Bapat
  • Mohan Ranade
  • Vasukaka Joshi
  • Shankarrao Deo
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Reuben Dhondji Ashtumkar
  • Vasantdada Patil
  • Nagnath Naikwadi

Humanitarians and reformers[]

Babasaheb Ambedkar
Jyotirao Phule
Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj
Father of renaissance of western India
  • Mahadev Govind Ranade
First Asian to receive Magsaysay Award (Asia's Nobel)
  • Vinoba Bhave
Reformers
  • B. R. Ambedkar
  • Dhondo Keshav Karve
  • Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
  • Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Atmaram Pandurang
  • Jyotiba Phule
  • Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj
  • Panjabrao Deshmukh
  • Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar
  • Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde
  • Savitribai Phule
Social activists
  • Abhay and Rani Bang
  • Anna Hazare
  • Annabhau Sathe
  • Baba Amte
  • Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil
  • Nana Patekar
  • Nanaji Deshmukh[21]
  • Nanasaheb Parulekar
  • Narayan Chandavarkar
  • Narendra Dabholkar
  • Pandita Ramabai
  • Prakash Amte
  • Mandakini Amte
  • Raghunath Karve
  • R. G. Bhandarkar
  • Sharad Anantrao Joshi
  • Eknath Ranade
  • Durgabai
  • Shobhana Ranade
  • Damodar Bapat
Philanthropists
  • Nirmala Deshpande
  • Gopal Baba Walangkar
  • Sindhutai Sapkal
  • Jagannath Shankarshet
  • Sane Guruji
  • Purushottam Kakodkar
  • V. M. Tarkunde
  • Kaka Kalelkar

Defence leaders[]

Father of Indian Navy
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
ARMY
Generals
Lieutenant Generals
Param Vir Chakra/Victoria Cross
  • Yeshwant Ghadge
  • Namdeo Jadhav
  • Rama Raghoba Rane
Others
NAVY
Admirals
Vice/Rear Admirals
Others
AIR FORCE
Air Chief Marshal
Air Marshal
Others
  • Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik
  • Flt lt V. V. Tambay

Religion and spirituality[]

Father of Hindu Nationalism in India
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Datta Sampraday
Mahanubhava Sampraday
Warkari Movement
  • Dnyaneshwar
  • Muktabai
  • Nivruttinath
  • Sopan
  • Namdev
  • Chokhamela
  • Eknath
  • Tukaram
  • Savata Mali
Late medieval period Saints (1200-1526)
Early modern period Saints (1526-1858)
  • Swami Samarth
  • Brahma Chaitanya
Swadhyaya Movement
Prarthana Samaj
  • Dadoba Pandurang
  • Atmaram Pandurang
  • Narayan Chandavarkar
  • Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar
Modern period, independence and after (1858-1947)

Politics[]

Speaker of Lok Sabha
  • Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
  • Shivraj Patil
  • Manohar Joshi
  • Sumitra Mahajan
First female President of India
  • Pratibha Patil
Deputy Prime Minister of India
  • Yashwantrao Chavan
Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
  • Keshavrao Jedhe
  • Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi
  • Shripad Amrit Dange
  • Narayan Ganesh Gore
  • Pralhad Keshav Atre
  • Keshav Sitaram Thackeray
  • Pandurang Mahadev Bapat
  • S.K. Patil
Union Cabinet Ministers
  • B. R. Ambedkar
  • R. R. Diwakar
  • N.V. Gadgil
  • B. V. Keskar
  • C. D. Deshmukh
  • Govind Ballabh Pant
  • Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh
  • Hari Vinayak Pataskar
  • Yashwantrao Chavan
  • Madhu Dandavate
  • Tukaram Shrangare
  • Shankarrao Chavan
  • Vasant Sathe
  • Saroj Khaparde
  • Madho Rao Scindia
  • Shivraj Patil
  • Sharad Pawar
  • Nitin Gadkari
  • Manohar Parrikar
  • Suresh Prabhu
Others
  • Ashok Chavan
  • Ajit Pawar
  • Anant Gadgil
  • Babasaheb Ambedkar
  • Bal Thackeray
  • Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
  • Balasaheb Desai
  • Chhagan Bhujbal
  • Devendra Fadnavis
  • Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale
  • Eknath Khadse
  • Eknath Shinde
  • K. B. Hedgewar
  • Dutta Samant
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Gopinath Munde
  • Harshavardhan Patil
  • Krishna Chandra Pant
  • Kapil Moreshwar Patil
  • Lokmanya Tilak
  • Manohar Joshi
  • Mohan Bhagwat
  • Narayan Rane
  • Prakash Ambedkar
  • Pramod Mahajan
  • Pratapsinh Rane
  • Prithviraj Chavan
  • Ramdas Athavale
  • Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
  • Raj Thackeray
  • Ratnappa Kumbhar
  • R. R. Patil
  • Raksha Khadse
  • Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
  • Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil
  • Shivraj Patil
  • Shrikant Shinde
  • Sushilkumar Shinde
  • Vasantdada Patil
  • Vasantrao Naik
  • Vilasrao Deshmukh
  • Vinod Tawde
  • Vitthalrao Gadgil
  • Uddhav Thackeray
  • Sanjay Dhotre
  • Anil Shirole
  • Siddharth Shirole
United Kingdom and Irish politics
  • Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis
  • Leo Varadkar
American politics
  • Ameya Pawar
  • Kumar P. Barve
  • Kshama Sawant
  • Nitin Pradhan
  • Swati Dandekar
  • Ajit V. Pai
  • Shri Thanedar

Bureaucrats and diplomats[]

Leo Varadkar- Irish Fine Gael politician and former Taoiseach
Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar was the second Cabinet Secretary of India.
Foreign Service
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Civil Service
  • N. Vittal
  • Y. N. Sukthankar
  • B.G. Deshmukh
  • Achyut Madhav Gokhale
  • J. W. Bhore
  • Gurunath Venkatesh Bewoor
  • C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Sahib
  • D. S. Joshi
  • R. Ramachandra Rao

Founder, jurists and lawyers[]

Father of Indian Constitution
  • B.R. Ambedkar
Chief Justice of India
  • P. B. Gajendragadkar
  • Y. V. Chandrachud
  • V.N. Khare
  • Sharad Arvind Bobde
Supreme Court Judges
International lawyers
  • Harish Salve
  • M. R. Jayakar
  • Sakharam Ganesh Pandit
Others
  • Moropant Vishvanath Joshi
  • G. S. Khaparde
  • Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai
  • J. R. Mudholkar
  • Naresh Harishchandra Patil
  • Ujjwal Nikam
  • S. B. Tambe
  • V. S. Sirpurkar

Business, trade and industries[]

Baba Kalyani was chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge.
Father of Indian Trade Union Movement
  • Narayan Meghaji Lokhande
Others

Fiscal policy leaders[]

RBI Governors
  • C. D. Deshmukh
  • K. G. Ambegaonkar
  • B. N. Adarkar
Economists

Academicians/educationists[]

Dhondo Keshav Karve
Founder of India's First Women University
  • Dhondo Keshav Karve
First female teacher of India
  • Savitribai Phule
Pioneers in womens education
  • Jyotiba Phule
  • Shalini Moghe
  • Justice Ranade
  • Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Founder of Balwadi
  • Tarabai Modak - One of the earliest child-educationists in India
Indologists
  • Pandurang Vaman Kane
  • V.S. Sukthankar
  • Irawati Karve
  • G. T. Deshpande
  • Malati Shendge
  • R. N. Dandekar
Global Teacher Prize recipient
  • Ranjitsinh Disale
Others

Sciences[]

Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi, first Indian lady doctor and physician
Astrophysicists Jayant Narlikar

Chemistry[]

Earth sciences[]

First Indian Women to Antarctica
  • Aditi Pant
Seed Mother of India
Others

Engineering and technology[]

Father of Indian Super Computers
  • Vijay P. Bhatkar
Others
  • Abhi Talwalkar
  • Aniruddha M. Gole
  • Atul Chitnis
  • Aravind Joshi
  • Girish Wagh
  • Prashant Ranade
  • Satyendra Pakhale
  • Shamkant Navathe
  • Subhash Khot
  • Arun G. Phadke
  • Anil Kamath
  • Suhas Patankar
  • Vikas Joshi
  • Vishnu Madav Ghatage
  • Yashavant Kanetkar
  • Shakuntala Joshi
  • Ramesh Raskar
  • Deepak B. Phatak
  • Sarita Adve
  • Sunil Khandbahale
  • Ashwin Gumaste
  • DJ Patil
  • Achyut Godbole
  • Sanjay Govind Dhande

Mathematics and statistics[]

First Indian to be Senior Wrangler
  • R. P. Paranjpe
Others
  • Chandrashekhar Khare
  • Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
  • Eknath Ghate
  • D. R. Kaprekar
  • Dinesh Thakur
  • Kapil Hari Paranjape
  • M. N. Vartak
  • Narendra Karmarkar
  • Rahul Pandharipande
  • Mangala Narlikar
  • Rajeeva Karandikar
  • S. S. Shrikhande
  • Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar
  • Vinay V. Deodhar
  • Vivek Borkar
  • Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme
  • Subhash Khot
  • Ravindra Shripad Kulkarni
  • Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar
  • Ravindra Bapat

Medicine and surgery[]

First Indian Female Physician
  • Anandi Gopal Joshi
First Indian Female to receive PhD
Father of Pathology and Medical Research
  • V. R. Khanolkar
ICMR Scientists
  • Chintaman Govind Pandit
  • Raman Gangakhedkar
Immunologist
  • K. B. Sainis
  • Dinakar M. Salunke
Others
  • Abhay and Rani Bang
  • Amit Prabhakar Maydeo
  • Atul Gawande
  • Bhau Daji
  • Chetan E. Chitnis
  • Nilima Arun Kshirsagar
  • Dwarkanath Kotnis
  • Himmatrao Bawaskar
  • Iravati Karve
  • Krishna Chandra Chunekar
  • Kamal Ranadive
  • Prakash Amte
  • S. B. Mujumdar
  • Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar
  • Shekhar C. Mande
  • Shashank R. Joshi
  • Shubha Tole
  • Suresh Jayakar
  • Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare
  • Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar
  • Kshama Metre
  • Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande
  • Jayant B. Udgaonkar
  • Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale
  • N. R. Pathak
  • Sanjeev Galande
  • Sakharam Arjun
  • Kshama Metre
  • Tatyarao Lahane
  • Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade
  • Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme
  • Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe
  • Pramod P. Wangikar
  • Jerusha Jhirad
  • Jyeshtharaj Joshi
  • Vikas Mahatme
  • Mansukh C. Wani
  • Maneesha S. Inamdar
  • Milind Vasant Kirtane
  • Jagannath Dixit
  • Nikhil Dhurandhar
  • Prabhu B. Patil
  • Ganesh Bagler

Physics[]

Astronomy
  • Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Nuclear scientists
Fellow of Royal Society
  • Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
  • Subhash Khot
Theoretical physicists
  • Abhay Ashtekar
  • Atish Dabholkar
  • Rohini Godbole
Astro - physicists
ISRO and DRDO scientists
Indian Institute Of Technology(IIT) - Chairman/Directors
Aerospace engineering
  • N. K. Naik
  • Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Others
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Industrial design[]

  • Satyendra Pakhale
  • Sumant Moolgaokar

Arts[]

Cinema and theatre[]

Dadasaheb Phalke, is credited as "The Father of Indian Cinema", made India's first full-length featureRaja Harishchandra

Rajinikanth -Shivaji Rao Gaekwad
Nana Patekar
Dr. Vidyadhar Oke with 22-microtone harmonium
Lata Mangeshkar

First Indian to receive the Oscar - Bhanu Athaiya

First female actress of India - Durgabai Kamat

Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Lifetime Contribution to Cinema
  • Ruby Myers
  • Durga Khote
  • V. Shantaram
  • Lata Mangeshkar
  • Bhalji Pendharkar
  • Asha Bhosle
  • Rajinikanth
Actors
Asha Bhosle
  • Ajinkya Dev
  • Ashok Saraf
  • Amol Palekar
  • Bharat Jadhav
  • Dada Kondke
  • David Abraham Cheulkar
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Kanan Kaushal
  • Kashinath Ghanekar
  • Kuldeep Pawar
  • Laxmikant Berde
  • Mahesh Kothare
  • Makrand Deshpande
  • Milind Gunaji
  • Milind Soman
  • Mohan Agashe
  • Mohan Gokhale
  • Nana Patekar
  • Nagesh Bhosale
  • Nitish Bharadwaj
  • Nilu Phule
  • Prashant Damle
  • Prasad Oak
  • Rajnikant
  • Ramesh Bhatkar
  • Raqesh Vashisth
  • Riteish Deshmukh
  • Sachiin J Joshi
  • Sachin Khedekar
  • Sachin Pilgaonkar
  • Sadashiv Amrapurkar
  • Sanjay Narvekar
  • Sayaji Shinde
  • Shivaji Satam
  • Shreyas Talpade
  • Shriram Lagoo
  • Siddharth Jadhav
  • Subodh Bhave
  • Sudhir Joshi
  • Upendra Limaye
  • Vikram Gokhale
  • Vijayendra Ghatge
  • Viju Khote
  • Vivek Lagoo
  • Mohan Joshi
  • Ankush Chaudhari


Madhuri Dixit
Ashutosh Gowariker, directed Lagaan (nominated for Oscars, has 5 filmfare, 7 international awards)[28][29]
Actresses
  • Aditi Sarangdhar
  • Amruta Khanvilkar
  • Ankita Lokhande
  • Anjana Mumtaz
  • Antara Mali
  • Ashalata Wabgaonkar
  • Ashwini Bhave
  • Bhagyashree Patwardhan
  • Bhargavi Chirmule
  • Durga Khote
  • Durgabai Kamat[30][31]
  • Gauri Pradhan Tejwani
  • Gayatri Joshi
  • Jayshree Gadkar
  • Jyothika
  • Kajal Kiran
  • Kajol
  • Kimi Katkar
  • Kavita Lad
  • Leela Chitnis
  • Lalita Pawar
  • Madhuri Dixit
  • Mamta Kulkarni
  • Manjari Phadnis
  • Mayuri Kango
  • Mithila Palkar
  • Mrinal Kulkarni
  • Mrunal Thakur
  • Mugdha Godse
  • Nagma
  • Namrata Shirodkar
  • Nanda
  • Neha Pendse
  • Nikki Tamboli
  • Nishigandha Wad
  • Nivedita Joshi
  • Nutan
  • Padmini Kolhapure
  • Pallavi Joshi
  • Priya Bapat
  • Priya Tendulkar
  • Radhika Apte
  • Ranjana Deshmukh
  • Reema Lagoo
  • Renuka Shahane
  • Rinku Rajguru
  • Sagarika Ghatge
  • Sakhi Gokhale
  • Sai Tamhankar
  • Saiyami Kher
  • Sandhya Shantaram
  • Sarika
  • Shakuntala Paranjpye
  • Shashikala
  • Shilpa Shirodkar
  • Shilpa Tulaskar
  • Shobhana Samarth
  • Smita Patil
  • Sonali Bendre
  • Sonali Kulkarni
  • Sulochana
  • Sharvari Wagh
  • Shriya Pilgaonkar
  • Supriya Pilgaonkar
  • Sulbha Arya
  • Tanuja
  • Tanvi Azmi
  • Urmila Matondkar
  • Usha Kiran
  • Vandana Gupte
  • Varsha Usgaonkar
  • Shilpa Shinde
  • Vidya Malvade
Directors
  • Abhinay Deo
  • Amol Gupte
  • Amol Palekar
  • Anand Patwardhan
  • Ashutosh Gowariker
  • Bhalji Pendharkar
  • Bhagwan Dada
  • Baburao Mistry
  • Dadasaheb Phalke
  • Deepak Kadam
  • Deepshikha Deshmukh
  • Dinkar D. Patil
  • Dadasaheb Torne
  • Gauri Shinde
  • Jabbar Patel
  • Kunal Deshmukh
  • Madhur Bhandarkar
  • Master Vinayak
  • Mahesh Kothare
  • Mahesh Manjrekar
  • N. Chandra
  • Nagraj Manjule
  • Nishikant Kamat
  • Paresh Mokashi
  • Raja Nawathe
  • Raja Paranjpe
  • Raja Thakur
  • Sachin Kundalkar
  • Sachin Pilgaonkar
  • Sai Paranjpe
  • Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
  • V Shantaram
  • Vishram Sawant
  • Vishnupant Damle
Models and beauty pageant winners
  • Aditi Gowitrikar
  • Anusha Dandekar
  • Madhu Sapre
  • Mugdha Godse
  • Gayatri Joshi
  • Rakhi Sawant
  • Ujjwala Raut
  • Manasi Moghe
  • Lopamudra Raut
  • Namrata Shirodkar
Hollywood

Literature[]

Playwright Vijay Tendulkar
Jnanpith Award Winners - Outstanding Contribution in Literature
  • Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
  • Vinda Karandikar
  • Ravindra Kelekar
  • Bhalchandra Nemade
  • Kusumagraj
Others
  • Acharya Atre
  • Annabhau Sathe
  • Arun Kolatkar
  • Arun Sadhu
  • Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
  • Bahinabai Chaudhari
  • Bal Samant
  • Bhavabhuti
  • Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar
  • Daya Pawar
  • Dilip Chitre
  • D. M. Mirasdar
  • G. A. Kulkarni
  • Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar
  • Ganesh Trimbak Deshpande
  • Gangadhar Gadgil
  • Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
  • Hamid Dalwai
  • Hari Narayan Apte
  • Hemant Divate
  • Indira Sant
  • Irawati Karve
  • Jaywant Dalvi
  • Laxman Mane
  • Madhu Limaye
  • Nirja
  • Madhu Mangesh Karnik
  • Mahesh Elkunchwar
  • Malati Bedekar
  • Manya Joshi
  • Manohar Malgonkar
  • Mohan Samant
  • Anant Kanekar
  • Nagnath S. Inamdar
  • Namdev Dhasal
  • Narayan Gangaram Surve
  • Narayan Hari Apte
  • Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave
  • Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
  • Ram Ganesh Gadkari
  • Ranjit Desai
  • Ratnakar Matkari
  • Sadanand Rege
  • Saleel Wagh
  • Sandeep Khare
  • Satish Alekar
  • Shanta Shelke
  • Shivaji Sawant
  • Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar
  • Shrikrishna Raut
  • Sharmila Rege
  • Suresh Bhat
  • Vasant Abaji Dahake
  • Vasant Purushottam Kale
  • Vasant Kanetkar
  • Vasudha Patil
  • Vijay Tendulkar
  • Vilas Sarang
  • Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
  • Vishram Bedekar
  • Vishwas Patil

Columnists and journalists[]

  • Arun Sadhu
  • Balshastri Jambhekar
  • Govind Talwalkar
  • Nanasaheb Parulekar
  • Madhavrao Bagal
  • Rajdeep Sardesai
  • Sanjay Raut
  • Shobhaa De
  • Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari
  • Uttam Kamble
  • Ganpatrao Jadhav
  • Vidyadhar Gokhale
  • Anubha Bhonsle
  • Raja Shamraj
  • Praful Bidwai
  • Waman Gopal Joshi

Historians[]

  • Anant Sadashiv Altekar
  • Babasaheb Purandare
  • Dattatraya Ganesh Godse
  • V. S. Wakaskar
  • Datto Vaman Potdar
  • Gangadhar Pathak
  • Govind Sakharam Sardesai
  • Ninad Bedekar
  • Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar
  • Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar
  • Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi
  • Dattatray Balwant Parasnis
  • Dinkar G. Kelkar
  • Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
  • Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade
  • V. S. Wakankar
  • Sadashiv Ranade
  • Sethu Madhav Rao Pagadi
  • K. N. Dikshit
  • Conjeevaram Hayavadana Rao
  • M. K. Dhavalikar
  • S. T. Joshi
  • Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar
  • Prachi Deshpande
  • Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar
  • Vidyadhar Johrapurkar
  • D. R. Bhandarkar
  • Amrit Gangar
  • M. N. Deshpande
  • Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar

Other applied arts[]

Father of Indian Circus - Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre

First Ventriloquist in Modern India - Y. K. Padhye

Father of Indian Comic Books - Anant Pai

Photographers/cinematographers
Costume/fashion designers
  • Bhanu Athaiya
  • Nachiket Barve
  • Anita Dongre
Production designers
  • Nitin Chandrakant Desai
  • Vishnupant Govind Damle
Cartoonists
Sculptors
Painters
  • Gopi Kukde
  • Pratap Mullick
  • S. K. Bakre
  • H. A. Gade
  • D. G. Kulkarni
  • N. S. Bendre
  • M. V. Dhurandhar
  • Pralhad Anant Dhond
  • M. R. Acharekar
  • Shripad Damodar Satwalekar
  • Amruta Patil
  • Sawlaram Lakshman Haldankar
  • Ketaki Pimpalkhare
  • Sambhaji Kadam
  • Tryambak Vasekar
  • Sudhir Patwardhan
  • Prafulla Dahanukar
  • S. M. Pandit
  • Prabha Badgelwar
  • Jivya Soma Mashe
  • Vasudeo S. Gaitonde
  • Raghunath Krishna Phadke
Calligraphers/typographers
  • Raghunath K. Joshi
  • Vinay Saynekar

Music[]

Hindustani classical music[]

  • Ajay Pohankar
  • Ajit Kadkade
  • Anand Bhate
  • Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
  • Ashwini Bhide
  • Bal Gandharva
  • Bhimsen Joshi
  • C. R. Vyas
  • Mysore Sadashiva Rao
  • Hirabai Badodekar
  • Jyotsna Bhole
  • Jitendra Abhisheki
  • Kesarbai Kerkar
  • Kishori Amonkar
  • Krishnarao Phulambrikar
  • Kumar Gandharva
  • Mahesh Kale
  • Manik Varma
  • Mogubai Kurdikar
  • Prabha Atre
  • Rahul Deshpande
  • Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil
  • Satish Vyas
  • Sanjeev Abhyankar
  • Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar
  • Shrinivas Khale
  • Shruti Sadolikar
  • Sureshbabu Mane
  • Ulhas Kashalkar
  • Devaki Pandit
  • Uday Bhawalkar
  • V. G. Jog
  • Vasantrao Deshpande
  • Padma Talwalkar
  • Veena Sahasrabuddhe
  • Vidyadhar Oke
  • Vikas Kashalkar
  • Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
  • Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Music directors[]

  • Arun Paudwal
  • C. Ramchandra
  • Datta Naik
  • Hridaynath Mangeshkar
  • Laxmikant Kudalkar
  • Ram Kadam
  • Ram-Laxman
  • Satish Vyas
  • Sudhir Phadke
  • Shrinivas Khale
  • Shridhar Phadke
  • Vasant Desai

Modern music[]

Singers[]

  • Aarya Ambekar
  • Abhijeet Sawant
  • Anupama Deshpande
  • Anuradha Paudwal
  • Arun Date
  • Asha Bhosle
  • Bela Shende
  • Hema Sardesai
  • Kumari Kanchan Dinkarrao Mali-Shah
  • Lata Mangeshkar
  • Manik Varma
  • Meena Mangeshkar
  • Nihira Joshi
  • Sudesh Bhosle
  • Prajakta Shukre
  • Rahul Vaidya
  • Rohit Shyam Raut
  • Sadhana Sargam
  • Sanjivani
  • Shalmali Kholgade
  • Shahir Vitthal Umap
  • Sudhir Phadke
  • Shridhar Phadke
  • Swapnil Bandodkar
  • Suresh Wadkar
  • Usha Mangeshkar
  • Vaishali Mhade
  • Vaishali Samant

Sports[]

Sachin Tendulkar[32]
Sunil Gavaskar[33]
First Olympic Medal for India
  • Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
First Paralympic Medal for India
First Indian to score 100 international 100's
  • Sachin Tendulkar
First Indian women to cross Gobi Desert
  • Sucheta Kadethankar

Cricket[]

  • Aavishkar Salvi
  • Abey Kuruvilla
  • Ajinkya Rahane
  • Ajit Agarkar
  • Ajit Wadekar
  • Anshuman Gaekwad
  • Armaan Jaffer
  • Ashutosh Agashe
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Baloo Gupte
  • Chandrakant Pandit
  • Chandrasekhar Gadkari
  • Chandrakant Patankar
  • Chandu Borde
  • Dhawal Kulkarni
  • Dattu Phadkar
  • Dattaram Hindlekar
  • Dilip Sardesai
  • Dilip Vengsarkar
  • Eknath Solkar
  • Hemu Adhikari
  • Hemant Kanitkar
  • Hrishikesh Kanitkar
  • Khandu Rangnekar
  • Kiran More
  • Kedar Jadhav
  • Lisa Sthalekar
  • Manohar Hardikar
  • Mona Meshram
  • Nilesh Kulkarni
  • Paras Mhambrey
  • Poonam Raut
  • Pranav Dhanawade
  • Pravin Amre
  • Ramesh Powar
  • Ramnath Parkar
  • Ramakant Achrekar
  • Rohan Gavaskar
  • Rohit Sharma
  • Ruturaj Gaikwad
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Salil Ankola
  • Sameer Dighe
  • Sanjay Bangar
  • Subhash Gupte
  • Sairaj Bahutule
  • Sandeep Patil
  • Sanjay Manjrekar
  • Shubhangi Kulkarni
  • Smriti Mandhana
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Sushil Nadkarni
  • Vinod Kambli
  • Umesh Yadav
  • Vijay Hazare
  • Vijay Manjrekar
  • Zaheer Khan
  • Wasim Jaffer

Others[]

  • Abhijit Kunte - Chess
  • Vidit Gujrathi - Chess
  • Aditi Mutatkar – Badminton
  • Anjali Bhagwat - Shooter
  • Anupama Gokhale - Chess
  • Ashish Mane - Mountaineer
  • Brahmanand Sankhwalkar – Footballer
  • Damayanti Tambay – Badminton
  • Gaurav Natekar – Tennis
  • Kavita Raut – Runner
  • Krushnaa Patil – Mountaineer
  • Mahesh Gawli – Footballer
  • Mrunalini Kunte - Chess
  • Nandu M. Natekar – Badminton
  • Nikhil Kanetkar – Badminton
  • Praveen Thipsay - Chess
  • Rahi Sarnobat - Shooter
  • Raju Gaikwad - Footballer
  • Ramchandra Parab – Footballer
  • Ramesh Gokhale - Bridge
  • Rohini Khadilkar - Chess
  • Sameer Naik – Footballer
  • Tejaswini Sawant - Shooter
  • Tushar Khandekar – Field hockey
  • Harsha Bhogle – Commentator
  • Meghana Erande - Voice artist
  • Shridhar Chillal – Longest fingernails
  • Savitri Khanolkar – Designer of PVC
  • Arundhati Pantawane – Badminton
  • Tanvi Lad – Badminton
  • Sanjivani Jadhav – Runner
  • Sundeep Waslekar - Strategic Foresight Group
  • Jyoti Amge - Smallest women
  • Akshayraj Kore - Chess
  • Bhimrao Kesarkar - Silver medalist in men's javelin at Summer Paralympics 1984

Outside Maharashtra[]

Bene Israel
  • Eli Ben-Menachem
  • Ruby Myers
  • Liora Itzhak
  • Samson Kehimkar
  • Eban Hyams
  • Nissim Ezekiel
  • Jerusha Jhirad
  • Ezra Mir
  • Leela Samson
  • Reuben Dhondji Ashtumkar
  • David Abraham Cheulkar
Thanjavur
Uttarkhand
United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe
  • Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis
  • Leo Varadkar - Ireland P.M
  • Atul Chitnis
  • Satyendra Pakhale
  • Mangesh Panchal
  • Arvinn Gadgil
South East and Far East
  • Dwarkanath Kotnis
  • Yogendra Puranik
Canada
Australia
  • Anusha Dandekar
  • Neel Kolhatkar
  • Minoti Apte
  • Lisa Sthalekar
United States
  • Sakharam Ganesh Pandit
  • Pramod Khargonekar
  • Dinesh Thakur
  • Chandrashekhar Khare
  • Anil Nerode
  • Avinash Kamalakar Dixit
  • Aravind Joshi
  • Abhay Ashtekar
  • Ashok Gadgil
  • Shrinivas Kulkarni
  • Janina Gavankar
  • Nivedita Kulkarni
  • Deep Katdare
  • Omi Vaidya
  • DJ Patil
  • Karsh Kale
  • Shirish Korde
  • Abhi Talwalkar
  • Sachin Lawande
  • Srikant Datar
  • Vikram Pandit
  • Vivek Ranadivé
  • Suhas S. Patil
  • Arun G. Phadke
  • S. T. Joshi
  • Kumar P. Barve
  • Swati Dandekar
  • Kshama Sawant
  • Ameya Pawar
  • Ramesh Raskar
  • Atul Gawande
  • Sushil Nadkarni
  • Nalini Nadkarni
  • Devika Bhise
  • Shreeram Abhyankar
  • Narendra Karmarkar
  • Nitin Pradhan
  • Gopal H. Gaonkar
  • Rahul Pandharipande
  • Ajit V. Pai
  • Samir Mitragotri
  • Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande
  • Bharti Kirchner
  • Saurabh Netravalkar
  • Aditya J Patwardhan
  • Shya Chitaley
  • Shri Thanedar
  • Raj Date
  • Michelle Khare

Awardee[]

Ramon Magsaysay - Asia's Noble
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Pandurang Shastri Athavale
  • Baba Amte
  • Rajanikant Arole
  • Mabelle Arole
  • Prakash Amte
  • Mandakini Amte
  • Harish Hande
Bharat Ratna - Highest Civilian Award
  • Govind Ballabh Pant
  • Dhondo Keshav Karve
  • Pandurang Vaman Kane
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • B. R. Ambedkar
  • Lata Mangeshkar
  • Bhimsen Joshi
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Nanaji Deshmukh

See also[]

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