Chakraborty
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Chakraborty (Bengali: চক্রবর্তী) is a common surname/family name of Bengali Hindus in India and Bangladesh. Usually people with the surname Chakraborty belong to Brahmin caste. It is spelt in various ways, including Chakraborti, Chakravarty, Chakravarti, Chakrabarti, and Chakravorty. It is also a surname for Tamil mandyam iyengars In other parts of India, it is a given name.
Some notable personalities with this surname are:
- Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor
- Ajoy Chakraborty, classical singer
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, professor
- Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Indian actor
- Thakur Anukulchandra, an Indian guru
- Sasthi Brata Chakraborty, the writer
- Nripen Chakraborty, the politician
- Nirendranath Chakraborty, the poet
- Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakur, religious leader
Some notable personalities with this given name are:
- Chakravarati Rajagopalachari, Indian freedom fighter and politician