This is a list of notable members of the Chitpavan Brahmin community.

Balaji Vishwanath and his descendants, Bajirao I, Chimaji Appa, Balaji Bajirao, Raghunathrao, Sadashivrao Bhau, Madhavrao I, Narayanrao, Madhavrao II, and Bajirao II Nana Fadnavis (1742–1800), regent to Madhavrao II The Patwardhans, military leaders under the Peshwa and later rulers of various princely states Balaji Pant Natu, spied for the British against the Peshwa era Maratha Empire and raised the Union Jack over Shaniwar Wada. Lokhitwadi (Gopal Hari Deshmukh) (1823–1892), social reformerKavlekar, K., 1983. Politics of Social Reform in Maharashtra. Political Thought and Leadership of Lokmanya Tilak, p.202 Vishnubawa Brahmachari (1825–1871), 19th-century Marathi Hindu revivalist Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842–1901), judge and social reformer Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar (1850–1882), Marathi writer Vasudev Balwant Phadke (1845–1883), Indian independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920), Indian self-rule activist Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856 – June 1895), journalist, educator and social reformer Keshavsut (Krishnaji Keshav Damle) (15 March 1866 – 7 November 1905), Marathi-language poetKeshavsut, Prabhakar Machwe, Indian Literature, Vol. 9, No. 3 (July–September 1966), pp. 43–51 Vaman Shivram Apte (1858–1892), Indian lexicographer Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962), social reformer and advocate of women's education Anandibai Joshi (1865–1887), first Indian woman to get a medical degree Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915), Indian political leader and social reformer Ramabai Mahadev Ranade (1862–1925), Indian social worker and women's rights activist Chapekar brothers (1873–1899), (1879–1899), brothers who assassinated British plague commissioner W. C. Rand Gangadhar Nilkanth Sahasrabuddhe, Indian social reformer Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (1872–1947),Sri Narasimha Chintaman "Alias" Tatyasaheb Kelkar, K. N. Watve, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 28, No. 1/2 (January–April 1947), pp. 156-158, published by Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute writer, journalist, and nationalist leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966), Indian politician and ideologue Senapati Bapat (12 November 1880 – 28 November 1967), Indian independence activist Dadasaheb Phalke (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944), Indian producer, directorm and screenwriter Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (25 November 1872 – 26 August 1948), editor of Kesari and Navakal Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860–1936), Indian musical theorist Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863–1926), Indian historianKulkarni, A.R., 2002. Trends in Maratha Historiography: Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863–1926). Indian Historical Review, 29(1–2), pp.115–144. Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972), Indologist Anant Laxman Kanhere (1891–1910), Indian nationalist and revolutionary Vinoba Bhave (1895–1982), Gandhian leader and freedom fighter D. R. Bendre (1896–1981), poet and writer in the Kannada language Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (10 January 1896 – 12 January 1966), Congress leader and Member of Nehru's cabinet Babasaheb Apte (1903–1971), an early leader in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindutva paramilitary organisation Irawati Karve (1905–1970), Indian sociologist and anthropologist Nathuram Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949), Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Narayan Apte (1911–1949) – co-conspirator in the assassination of Gandhi Gopal Godse (1919–2005) – co-conspirator in the assassination of Gandhi and Nathuram Godse's younger brother Ramchandra Dattatreya Ranade (1886–1956), Indian scholar and philosopher Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920–2003), Indian philosopher, spiritual leader, and religious reformer Dr Dhananjay Gadgil, a pioneer of Indian economic planning Sumitra Mahajan (Sathe), former Lok Sabha speaker Digambar Dandekar, co founder of Camlin Raghunath Chitale, Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale Ganesh Gadgil, founder of Purushottam Narayan Gadgil (PNG) jewellers D.B Deodhar, known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket Dr Shreeram Lagoo, iconic Marathi actor Sudhir Phadke, prominent Marathi music composer Dr Madhav Gadgil, highly respectable ecologist Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), a Bollywood actress Milind Soman (04 November 1969), a Bollywood actor Vidyadhar Gokhale, Indian Politician and Writer Ramkrishna Buva Vaze, classical vocal musician Manoj Naravane, 28th Chief of Army Staff Sai Paranajpye, Acclaimed movie director and screenwriter Vikram Gokhale, Veteran film, television, and stage actor Vinda Karandikar, Jnanpeeth awardee Chintamanrao Appasaheb Patwardhan, ruler of Sangli and Padmabhushan Dr Narendra Karmarkar, Renowned mathematician and theoretical computer scientist best known for discovering Karmarkar’s algorithm Dr Suhas Patankar, a pioneer in computational fluid dynamics Dr Vishnu Bhide, a highly distinguished physicist References