The following is a list of notable people from and/or related to Nagpur, India.
Academia Surendra Sheodas Barlingay (1919–1997), logician and Marathi writer Vidyadhar Johrapurkar, Sanskritist, social anthropologist and historian D. Raghavarao (1938–2013), Indian statistician, known for his contributions in design of experiments Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande (1917–2020), mathematician
Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy Moreshwar Vasudeo Abhyankar (1886–1935), lawyer and freedom fighter Nirmala Deshpande (1929–2008), social activist Ram Ingole, social activist Shankar Mahale (1925–1943), young revolutionary R. K. Patil (1907–2007), Gandhian and freedom fighter Ram Puniyani, communal harmonist Varun Shrivastava, social activist
Art, literature Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918–1992), Kannada poet Raja Badhe (1912–1977), Marathi poet Suresh Bhat (1932–2003), Marathi poet and ghazal poet Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave (1910–1980), Marathi writer Neelam Saxena Chandra, children's poet Eknath Easwaran (1910–1999), writer and spiritual teacher Mahesh Elkunchwar, playwright Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), abstract painter Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919), Marathi poet Manik Sitaram Godghate (Grace) (1937–2012), Marathi poet Dhanashree Halbe, translator, poet and children's writer Gauri Jog, Kathak dancer Shahid Kabir (1932–2001), Urdu-language poet Akshaykumar Kale, modern Marathi poetry critic Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Hindi poet Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte (1908–1998), Marathi writer; former vice-chancellor of Nagpur University Bhau Panchbhai (1944–2016), Marathi poet, writer, and Dalit activist Harishankar Parsai (1924–1995), Hindi writer Shishir Parkhie, ghazal singer and composer Wasudev Waman Patankar (1908–1997), Marathi shayar
Business Jamnalal Bajaj (1889–1942), founder of the Bajaj Group Dinesh Keskar, president of Boeing Asia and vice-president of Boeing International Vikram Pandit, former chief executive officer of Citigroup Subramaniam Ramadorai, vice-chairman of Tata Consultancy Services Chandir Khemchandani, Partner and CEO, PEB360 Solutions LLP Street vendor Dolly Chaiwala
Film industry
Jyoti Amge, actress and shortest woman currently alive Tarun Bose (1928–1972), actor Basanta Choudhury (1928–2000), actor Purushottam Darvhekar (1926–1999), playwright and songwriter Vaishnavi Dhanraj, television actress Mahesh Elkunchwar, playwright Subhash Ghai, film director, producer and screenwriter Sai Gundewar, actor Samidha Guru, Marathi theater, film and television actress Sharman Joshi, actor Rajkumar Hirani, film director, screenwriter and film editor Gayatri Joshi, model turned Bollywood actress Paras Kalnawat, Hindi television and web actor Abhijit Kokate, film editor and Bollywood director Ketaki Mategaonkar, Marathi playback singer and Marathi cinema actress Jag Mundhra (1948–2011), filmmaker Manava Naik, actress Salim Nasir (1944–1989), Pakistani actor Girija Oak, Marathi and Hindi film actress Shiv Panditt, Bollywood actor Piyush Ranade, Marathi film and television actor Ronit Roy, television actor Ruchi Savarn, television actress Aarti Shrivastava, documentary filmmaker Sunaina, Tamil actress Sanjay Surkar (1959–2012), Marathi film director Vaibbhav Tatwawdi, Marathi actor Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, bollywood and Marathi director
Health and medicine Zulekha Daud, physician-turned-entrepreneur; founder and chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospital UAE; Alexis Multispeciality Hospital, India and Zulekha Colleges, India Kamalabai Hospet (1896–1981), co-founder of Matru Sewa Sangh, and Vidya Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Vikram Marwah, orthopedic surgeon, social worker, and founder of Handicapped Children's Rehabilitation Centre and Children's Orthopedic Hospital of Matru Sewa Sangh Dr. Kshama Metre, founder of the Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development
Marketing and sales Sanjay Arora Sanjay Singh Saiyed Farhan
Military and policing Shirish Baban Deo, Vice Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar, Air Vice Marshall Edgar Peacock (1893–1955), decorated British Army officer Hemant Karkare (1954–2008), chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad Ghulam Mansoor Subedar-major and scholar Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army
Modeling Manasi Moghe, Miss India Universe 2013 Lopamudra Raut, model and Miss United Continents 2016 Madhu Sapre, Miss India Universe 1992
Music
Varsha Bhosle (1956–2012), singer and journalist Vasantrao Deshpande (1920–1983), Hindustani classical vocalist and performer of Natya Sangeet Ulhas Kashalkar, Hindustani classical vocalist Shishir Parkhie, playback ghazal bhajan singer and composer Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan, musicologist Altaf Raja, singer Pandit Sudhir, sitar player of Hindustani classical music Usha Timothy, playback singer Rahul Vaidya, singer Vidyadhar Vyas, Hindustani classical vocalist
Politics and government Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880–1968), politician Mohite Subodh Baburao, member of 14th Lok Sabha Bakht Buland Shah, founder and ruler of gond Kingdom of Nagpur Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (1924–2016), politician C. B. Bhave, financial regulator Raghoji I Bhonsle (1695–1755), Maratha general who took control of the Nagpur Kingdom in east-central India during the reign of Chattrapati Shahu Mudhoji II Bhonsle (?–1840), ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur Raghoji II of Nagpur, Maratha ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur in Central India from 1788 to 1816 Baka Bai (1774–1858), Maratha stateswoman and favourite wife of Raghoji II Bhonsle, the king of Nagpur Raghuji Bhonsle III (c.1806–1853), ruler of the Principal States of Nagpur from 1818 to 1853 Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis (1862–?), president of First and Second Legislative Council of Central Provinces Shankar Madhav Chitnavis (1867–?), deputy commissioner of Central Provinces Swati Dandekar, Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board Pravin Datke, former mayor of Nagpur, current BJP Nagpur City president Bhavna Kardam Dave, member of 12th Lok Sabha Narendra R Deoghare, member of 4th Lok Sabha Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1915–1996), third Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Ashish Deshmukh, member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ranjeet Deshmukh, member of 10th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Sudhakar Deshmukh, member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Parinay Fuke, member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister and former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis, councillor and member of 4th Lok Sabha K. B. Hedgewar (1889–1940), founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992), Vice-President of India; former Chief Justice of India Shrikant Jichkar (1953–2004), politician, civil servant Sanjay Joshi, politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, former national general secretary (organisation) Narayan Bhaskar Khare (1884–1970), member of the Indian National Congress Jogendra Kawade, founder and President of Peoples Republican Party Saroj Khaparde, member of Rajya Sabha Krishna Khopde, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Vikas Kumbhare, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Vikas Mahatme, member of the Rajya Sabha Milind Mane, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Sameer Meghe, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Gargi Shankar Mishra, member of 8th Lok Sabha Rajendra Mulak, former Minister of State for Finance & Planning, Energy, Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and State Excise Vilas Muttemwar, former Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India Avinash Pandey, member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Vinod Gudadhe Patil, former Minister in the Narayan Rane ministry Shantaram Potdukhe, former Member of Parliament and Union Minister of State, Finance Rajani Rai, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004), former Prime Minister of India Nitin Raut, Energy Minister N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012), Minister of State and BCCI president Ajay Sancheti, former member of Rajya Sabha Vasant Sathe (1925–2011), former Minister of Information and Broadcasting V Satish, National Jt. General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Abdul Shafee (1925-2004), former Indian National Congress politician Rajendra Shingne, state vice-president of Nationalist Congress Party Anil Sole, Member of Legislative Council, Nagpur graduates constituency Sumatitai Sukaklikar (?–2011), a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Vimla Verma, member of 12th Lok Sabha Mukul Wasnik, General Secretary of the Indian National Congress; former Union Minister
Religion and spirituality Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin (1861–1925), Muslim Sufi master Eyre Chatterton (1863–1950), Anglican bishop Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1906–1973), second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Leader) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Alec Hardy (1891–1970), Anglican bishop Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mufti Zameen Misbahi, Ismamic scholar Eknath Ranade (1914–1982), founder of Vivekananda Kendra George Sinker (1900–1986), Anglican bishop Alex Wood (1871–1937), Anglican bishop
Science Ramanath Cowsik, astrophysicist Ramesh Jain, scientist, professor and entrepreneur in the field of computer science Yashavant Kanetkar, computer scientist largely responsible for popularizing the C programming language in the whole of India; author of several computer books, including Let Us C Shekhar C. Mande, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award winner; scientist in the field of x-ray crystallography and biophysics S. Pancharatnam (1934–1969), physicist
Sport Anilkumar Abhayankar, cricketer Malvika Bansod, badminton player Divya Deshmukh, chess player and Grandmaster (GM) Shashank Manohar, lawyer; president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Mona Meshram, international cricket player C. K. Nayudu (1895–1967), first captain of the India national cricket team in Test matches Arundhati Pantawane, international badminton player R. T. Ramachandran, former cricket umpire Raunak Sadhwani, chess grandmaster N.K.P. Salve (1921–2012), former BCCI chief Rohit Sharma, cricketer Azhar Sheikh, cricketer Yash Thakur, cricketer (playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL) Prashant Vaidya, former cricketer S. K. Wankhede (1914–1988), former BCCI president Umesh Yadav, cricketer
See also List of people from Maharashtra List of Marathi people
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