Pandit or Pandith is an Indian and Nepalese Brahmin surname.
Usage When prefixed to a name, it denotes a scholar, for example, Pandita Ramabai or Pandit Nehru. A Hindu priest is also respectfully called Pandit ji.
Film Anand Pandit, Indian film producer Ashoke Pandit (born 1966), Indian filmmaker and social activist Chetan Pandit, Bollywood actor Gaurie Pandit Dwivedi (born 1982), Indian actress Jatin Pandit, Bollywood film composer Kalpana Pandit (born 1967), Indian film actress, model, and emergency physician Radhika Pandit (born 1984), Indian actress Ridhima Pandit (born 1990), Indian actress and model Santhosh Pandit (born 1973), Malayalam film actor, singer Shiv Panditt (born 1984), Indian actor Shraddha Pandit (born 1982), Indian playback singer Shweta Pandit (born 1986), Indian actress and singer Sulakshana Pandit (1954–2025), Indian actress and singer Surbir Pandit, Nepalese actor Tejaswini Pandit (born 1990), Indian actress Vijayta Pandit (born 1967), Indian actress Yash Pandit (born 1981), Bollywood actor
Sports Arjun Pandit (athlete) (born 1959), Nepalese marathon runner Chandrakant Pandit (born 1961), Indian cricketer Krishna Pandit (born 1998), Indian footballer Nitin Pandit (born 1975), Indian cricketer Ravinder Pandit (born 1959), Indian cricketer Rohan Pandit (born 1981), Indian cricketer Ronak Pandit (born 1985), Indian shooter Shobha Pandit (born 1956), Indian cricketer
Other Agam Manohar Pandit (born 1981), Indian cricketer and entrepreneur Balraj Pandit, Indian playwright in Hindi and Punjabi Bansi Pandit (born 1942), Indian writer and speaker on Hinduism Devaki Pandit (born 1965), Indian playback singer Farah Pandith (born 1968), American academic Korla Pandit (1921–1998), American musician, composer and TV personality Lal Babu Pandit, Nepalese politician M. P. Pandit (1918–1993), Indian spiritualist, teacher and Sanskrit scholar Nin Pandit, British civil servant Rahul Pandit (born 1956), Indian physicist Rajani Pandit (born 1962), Indian private investigator Sarat Chandra Pandit (1879–1968), commonly known as 'Dada Thakur' — Indian columnist and satirist Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990), Indian diplomat and politician Vikram Pandit (born 1957), Indian-American banker Yadav Pandit, Nepalese research scholar
See also Pandita (disambiguation) Bhat
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