Gavai or Gawai is the surname of the following people B. R. Gavai, current Chief Justice of India Panchakshara Gawai (1892–1944), Indian blind singer Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai, a 1995 Indian Kannada biographical film Puttaraj Gawai (1914–2010), Indian musician R. S. Gavai (1929–2015), Indian politician Rajendra Gavai, Indian politician, son of R. S. Gavai Szonja Gávai (born 1993), Hungarian handball player