Kothari is an Indian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ashish Kothari, Indian environmentalist Brij Kothari (born 1964), Indian social entrepreneur Daulat Singh Kothari (1905–1993), Indian scientist. D. P. Kothari (born 1944), Indian educationist and professor Neelam Kothari (born 1968), Indian actress and jewellery designer Jehangir Kothari (1857-1934), Parsi merchant Komal Kothari (1929 – 2004), Indian folklorist and ethnomusicologist from Jodhpur Meghna Kothari, Indian film actress Miloon Kothari, former United Nations Special Rapporteur Priyanka Kothari also known as Nisha Kothari (born 1983), Indian film actress Rajni Kothari (died in 2015), Indian political scientist, political theorist and academic S. P. Kothari, Indian academic Shuchi Kothari, New Zealand-based Indian scriptwriter, and producer Sunil Kothari, Indian dance historian, scholar and critic
See also Kothari (disambiguation)