List of people from Maharashtra
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Maharashtra, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity. For the list of notable Marathi people, see this list of people from the Marathi ethnic group.
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[edit] Award Winners
[edit] Business and Industry
- Seth Walchand Hirachand
- Aabasaheb Garware
- Anil Ambani
- Mukesh Ambani
- Ratan Tata
- Dr.Yunus Langha
- Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar
[edit] Movies & Modelling
[edit] Actors
- Ajinkya Dev
- Amol Palekar
- Ashwini Bhave
- Ashok Saraf
- Atmaram Bhende
- Atul Kulkarni
- Chandrakant Gokhale
- Chandrakant Mandare
- Dilip Kulkarni
- Dilip Prabhavalkar
- Emraan Hashmi
- John Abraham
- Kuldeep Pawar
- Laxmikant Berde
- Mahesh Kothare
- Milind Gunaji
- Mohan Gokhale
- Nana Patekar
- Nikhil Ratnaparkhi
- Niloo Phule
- Prashant Damle
- Pratiksha Lonkar
- Raja Gosavi
- Ramesh Dev
- Sachin Khedekar
- Sachin Pilgaonkar
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar
- Sandeep Sawant
- Sanjay Narvekar
- Dr. Shriram Lagoo
- Shreyas Talpade
- Sudhir Joshi
- Vikram Gokhale
[edit] Actresses
- Sri Devi
- Hema Malini
- Pallavi Joshi
- Sridevi
- Hema Malini
- Aditi Govitrikar
- Aishwarya Rai
- Amrita Rao
- Archana Joglekar
- Ashwini Bhave
- Durga Khote
- Isha Koppikar
- Lalita Pawar
- Kajol
- Kimi Katkar
- Madhubala
- Madhuri Dixit
- Mamta Kulkarni
- Meena Kumari
- Mrunal Deo
- Namrata Shirodkar
- Nina Kulkarni
- Nishigandha Wad
- Nivedita Joshi
- Nutan
- Padmini Kolhapure
- Rohini Hattangadi
- Shilpa Shirodkar
- Smita Patil
- Smita Talwalkar
- Sonali Bendre
- Sonali Kulkarni
- Supriya Pathak
- Tanuja
- Usha Chavan
- Vandana Gupte
- Varsha Usgaonkar
[edit] Male Models & Mr (India/World/Universe)
- Milind Soman 41-year-old Soman first shot to fame with his campaign for Thackersey fabrics. A national-level swimmer, Soman was briefly engaged to model Madhu Sapre with whom he had shot the controversial Tuff Shoes advertisement, which showed the couple apparently nude and wrapped with a python.
- Aliasgar Raja Aliasgar is one of over 1000 models worldwide . http://modelwatch.indiatimes.com/profilepage/msid-300356,voteid-0,type-0.cms
- Divyaman Singh Divyaman is a rising star in the modeling industry in India. Divyaman has been with Stagecraft Models and Talent since 2003. [[1]]
[edit] Female Models & Miss (India/World/Universe)
- Mehr Jessia
- Madhu Sapre
- Meher Bhasin
[edit] Music
- Sudhir Phadke, Music Director/Singer
- Zakir Hussain, Tabla maestro
- Zubin Mehta, Composer and Performer
- Mohammed Rafi (Singer)
- Asha Bhosle (Singer)
- Sadhana Sargam (Singer)
- Lata Mangeshkar (Singer)
- Asha Bhosle (Singer)
- Shri Vasant Prabhu (Music Director)
- Shri Vasant Pawar (Music Director)
- Shri Ram Kadam (Music Director)
- Shri Shrinivas Khale (Music Director)
- Shri Ram Phatak (Music Director)
- Suman Kalyanpur (Singer)
- Padmaja Phenani (Singer)
- Manik Varma (Singer)
- Anuradha Paudwal (Singer)
- Bhimsen Joshi (Classical Singer)
- Vasantrao Deshpande (Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana)
- Bal Gandharva (Theater)
- Dinanath Mangeshkar (Theater)
- Ashutosh Phatak (Music Director)
[edit] Politics
- B. R. Ambedkar, Dalit leader
- Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo
- Datta Meghe, NCP
- Gurudas Kamat, Congress
- Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian National Congress
- Manohar Joshi, Shiv Sena
- Narayan Rane, Congress
- Late.Pramod Mahajan, BJP
- Nitin Gadkari, BJP
- R R Patil, NCP
- Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
- Sagar Meghe, BJP
- Shrikant Jichkar, (1954-2004)
- Sharad Pawar, NCP
- AJIT RAO PAWAR , (Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
- Suresh Kalmadi, Indian National Congress
- Sushilkumar Shinde, Energy Minister Government of India
- Vilasrao Deshmukh, chief minister of Maharashtra
- Dr Vimal Mundada, health minister of Maharashtra
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Hindu Mahasabha supremo
[edit] Social activists
- Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, doctor
- Manibhai Desai, agriculturalist
- Bittu Sahgal, Environmentalist - Editor, Sanctuary Magazine
[edit] Defence Forces
[edit] Religion
- Akkalkot Niwasi Swami Samartha
- Shri Nrusimha Saraswati, Lad Karanja
- Samartha Ramdas Swami, Sajjangad
- Sant Tukaram, Dehu
- Sant Namdeo, Pandharpur
- Sant Dnyaneshwar, Aalandi
- Sant Eknath, Paithan
- Sai Baba of Shirdi
- Shri Gajanan Maharaj, Shegaon
- Shri Chokha Mela, Mangalvedhe
- Shri Gora Kumbhar, Terdhoki
- Saint Bahinabai
- Saint Adkoji Maharaj
- Saint Zingraji Maharaj
- Saint Maniram Baba
- Saint Lala Maharaj
- Saint Dev Mamledar
- Saint Ramanand Bidkar Maharaj
- Saint Raka Kumbhar
- Saint Damajipant, Mangalvedhe
- Saint Janabai, Pandharpur
- Saint Kanhopatra, Pandharpur
- Saint Shankar Maharaj
- Sant Sakhu, Karad
- Saint Manik Prabhu, Maniknagar
- Saint Manakoji Bodhale
- Saint Amrutrai
- Saint Ramavallabhadas
- Saint Janardan Swami, Daulatabad
- Saint Gaurishankar Maharaj, Shindhi (near Nagpur)
- Saint Gulabrao Maharaj, Madhan
- Shri Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj, Gondavale
- Shri Paramhmachaitanya Kane Maharaj, Belgao
- Saint Tukamai
- Shri Ranganath Maharaj, Dharkalyan
- Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati, Managaon
- Shri Krishna Saraswati, Kolhapur
- Shri Devanath Maharaj, Anjangaon Surji
- Shri Prahlad Maharaj Ramdasi, Sakharkherda,Buldhana
[edit] Sports
[edit] Cricket
- Abey Kuruvilla
- Ajit Agarkar
- Ajit Wadekar
- Anshuman Gaekwad
- Baloo Gupte
- Chandrasekhar Gadkari
- Chandrakant Pandit
- Chandrakant Patankar
- Chandu Borde
- Dattaram Hindlekar
- Dattu Phadkar
- Dilip Vengsarkar
- Hemu Adhikari
- Hemant Kanitkar
- Hrishikesh Kanitkar
- Khandu Rangnekar
- Kiran More
- Manohar Hardikar
- Nilesh Kulkarni
- Paras Mhambrey
- Phiroze Palia
- Pravin Amre
- Polly Umrigar
- Ramnath Parkar
- RAMESH PAWAR
- RAJESH PAWAR
- KIRAN PAWAR
- Ravi Shastri
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Salil Ankola
- Sameer Dighe
- Sanjay Bangar
- Subhash Gupte
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Sairaj Bahutule
- Sandip Patil
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Vijay Hazare
- Vijay Manjrekar
- Vijay Merchant
- Vinod Kambli
- Vinoo Mankad
[edit] Shooting
[edit] Tennis
- Nitin Kirtane
[edit] Chess
- Bhagyashree Thipse
[edit] Literature
- Aarti Prabhu
- Acharya Atre
- Arun Kolatkar
- Arvind Gokhale
- Baburao Bagul
- B. S. Mardhekar
- Bhau Padhye
- Daya Pawar
- Dilip Chitre
- G. A. Kulkarni
- G. D. Madgulkar
- Gangadhar Gadgil
- Indira Sant
- Kiran Nagarkar
- Mangesh Padgaonkar
- Manik Godghote,`Grace'
- Manohar Oak
- Namdev Dhasal
- Narayan Surve
- P. L. Deshpande
- P. S. Rege
- Sadanand Rege
- Satish Alekar
- Shanta Shelke
- Shyam Manohar
- Vasant Abaji Dahake
- Vasant Bapat
- Vasant Kanetkar
- Vijay Tendulkar
- Vilas Sarang
- Vinda Karandikar
See also: List of people by India state