List of Saraswats
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This list comprises prominent Saraswat Brahmins (includes Gaud Saraswat Brahmins) divided by area of prominence.
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[edit] Prominent Northern Saraswats(Saraswats living north of Vindhyas)
[edit] Politics
- Motilal Nehru
- Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
- Sir Sukhdev Prasad Kak
- Kailash Nath Kathju
- Ajodhya Nath Kunzru
- Jawaharlal Nehru (Prime minister of India 1947-64)
- Indira Gandhi (Prime minister of India 1966-77, 1980-84)
- P N Haksar
- P N Dhar
- T N Kaul
- D P Dhar
- S L Shakdher
- M N Kaul
- M L Fotedar
- Shiela Kaul
- Swaroop Kumari Bakshi
[edit] Films
- Anupam Kher
- Raj Zutshi
- Raj Kumar
- Ulhas MN Kaul
- Sapru
- Jeevan Omkarnath Dhar
- Mahesh Kaul
- Mani Kaul
- Arun Kaul
- KK Raina
- MK Raina
[edit] Academics/Scientists
- P N Kaula
- Triloki Nath Khoshoo
- Dr Kumar Krishan
- Subhash Kak
- Triloki Nath Madan
- Ratan Parimoo
- Dr P K Kaw
- Dr M K Sahib
- Dr Awtar Krishen Ganju
[edit] Armed Forces
- Lt.Gen.Brij Mohan Kaul
- Gen.Tapishwar Narain Raina
- Air Chief Marshal S K Kaul
- Col. PN Kak
- Maj Gen TK Kaul
- Maj Gen. SK Kaul, VSM
- Lt. Gen. Moti Dhar
- Lt. Gen. Sapru
[edit] Art/Literature/Poetry/Music
- Pt. Brij Narayan Chakbast
- Pt. Anand Narain Mulla
- Pt. Rattan Nath Sarshar
- Pt.Uppendranath Ashk
- Pt. Anand Koul Bamzai
- Prof Jia Lal Kaul
- Pt. Lala Laxman
- Pt. Dinanath Nadim
- Pushkar Bhan
- Somnath Sadhu
- Shamboo Nath Bhat Haleem
- Pandit Bhajan Sopori
- Hari Kunzru
- Pt.M N Kaul
[edit] Prominent southern saraswats (Saraswats living south of Vindhyas)
[edit] Academics
- B.R.Shenoy (Famous economist, first ever economist to speak against socialist planning of India governments)
- D. V. Rege (Dinanath Vasudeo Rege). Father of Indian Food Industry. Former Director of UICT or UDCT (University Department of Chemical Technology, Vadala, Mumbai, INDIA).
- Dr. T M A Pai. Founder of Manipal Empire
[edit] Armed forces/Police
- Vice Admiral V.A.Kamath PVSM, (first Commandant of the Indian Coast Guard)
- Laxman Mohan Katre (Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force)
- Jayant Nadkarni (Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy)
- Daya Nayak (Encounter specialist of Mumbai Police)
[edit] Arts and culture
- Upendra Bhat (Hindustani classical singer)
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
- Kaka Kalelkar
- Suman Kalyanpur (Playback singer)
- Bharat Kamath (Famous tabla player)
- Kogga Kamath (Famous puppeteer enacting Yakshagna through puppets)
- Ramchandra Pandurang Kamat (Famous sculptor from Goa, only Indian sculptor to get Gold medal from the Royal Academy of Arts)
- Anuradha Paudwal (Famous playback singer)
- Hema Sardesai (Playback singer)
- Malbarao Sardesai (Famous musicologist and musician)
- Ranjal Gopal Shenoy (Master sculptor)
- Lalita Shivram Ubhayaker (Prominent Hindustani classical singer)
- Rohini Prabhakar Wagle (Dancer)
- Gautam Rajadhyaksha
- Achyut Palav
[edit] Corporate
- R. K. Baliga (Father of the Electronics City in Bangalore (Ex.CMD Keonics))
- K V Kamath (CEO, ICICI bank)
- Vijay Mallya
- Suman Mulgaonkar (Ex CMD TELCO)
- Nandan Nilekani (CEO Infosys)
- T.V. Mohandas Pai (CFO: Infosys)
- N.D.Prabhu (Ex-Chairman of Canara Bank)
- V.G.Rajadhyaksha (ex-Chairman, Hindustan Lever)
- Kotacherry Manmohan Shenoy (Ex-Chairman UCO Bank)
- Vitthal Kamat( Hotel management, CEO Hotel Orchid)
- Dhruvakanth Shenoy (Vice-President-Marketing- Monster India.com)
- Atul Pai- Chief Financial Officer- honeywell Automation.
- Sandeep Deshpande- Chief Credit officer- Honeywell Automation.
V Leeladhar (Currently Dpty Governor, Reserve Bank of India), Ex- Chairman Union bank of India
[edit] Films/TV
- Shyam Benegal
- Leena Chandavarkar (actress)
- Rohini Hattangadi (actress)
- Isha Koppikar
- Anant Nag
- Urmila Matondkar
- Shankar Nag
- Gurudutt (Padukone)
- Amol Palekar (Actor/Director)
- Sachin Pilgaonkar (Actor)
- Amrita Rao
- Priya 'Rajni' Tendulkar (Famous TV actress of cult serial Rajni)
- Sneha Ullal
- Dilip Prabhavalkar (Stage and film actor, Bapu "Gandhi" of Munna Bhai Lage Raho)
- Manorama Wagle (Famous Marathi actress)
- Madhur Bhandarkar
[edit] Journalism/Media
- Shobha De (Famous author and columnist)
- M V Kamath (editor, Times of India & Chairman, Prasar Bharathi)
- Anant Pai (Amarachitra Katha fame)
- Rajdeep Sardesai (Prominent TV personality of IBNLive)
- T.V.R Shenoy (Famous journalist)
- Sanjeev Kabeer (Journalist)
[edit] Literature
- P. L. Deshpande (Famous Marathi author)
- Manjeswar Govinda Pai (Famous Kannada Poet)
- R V Pandit (Jnanapeetha award recipient)
- Girish Karnad (Jnanapeetha Award recipient and eminent actor)
- Mangesh Padgaonkar(Famous Marathi poet)
- Jaywant Dalvi(Famous Marathi author)
- Madhu Mangesh Karnik(Famous Marathi author)
- Ravindra Pinge(Famous Marathi author)
- Ratnakar Matkari(Famous Marathi author, playwright)
- Dwarakanath Sanzgiri(Famous Marathi sports critic)
- Mangesh V. Rajadhyaksh(Famous Marathi author)
- Vijaya Rajadhyaksh(Famous Marathi author, critic)
- Vijay Tendulkar(Famous Marathi author, playwright, scriptwriter)
- Ramesh Tendulkar (Famous Marathi poet, father of Sachin Tendulkar)
- Bhargavram Vithalalias Mama Varerkar (Famous Marathi playwright)
- D.V. Tendulkar alias Prafulldatt (Famous Marathi poet)
- Motiram G. Rangnekar (Famous Marathi playwright, Director)
- Ananat Samant
- Chintrya Khanolkar Alias Aarati Prabhu
[edit] Politics
- U. Srinivas Mallya
- Karnad Sadashiv Rao
- T. A. Pai
- R V DESHPANDE - EX- INDUSTRY MINISTER OF KARNATAKA, GOLDEN ERA 1985- 2005.
- B. Vaikunta Baliga (Speaker of erstwhile Mysore Legislative Assembly)
- H.V.Kamath (Freedom fighter and famous parliament member)
- Gurudas Kamath (Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee Chief, MP)
- Manohar Prabhu Parrikar (ex Chief Minister of Goa)
- Suresh Prabhu (Former Cabinet Minister, MP from Rajapur LS constituency)
- Barrister Nath Pai (Freedom fighter and famous parliament member)
- Ahilya Rangnekar
- Late N.Subramanya Shenoy (Freedom fighter, Communist veteran, MLA)
- Avadhut Wagh - Spokesperson (Mumbai NCP)
- Eknath Thakur -MP (Rajya Sabha)
- Uday Samant - MLA from Ratnagiri
- Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar - Ex-Mayor (Mumbai)
[edit] Scholars
- R.G.Bhandarkar (Sanskrit scholar)
- Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi (Famous Marxist historian of India)
- Seshagiri Prabhu (Famous Malayalam grammarian)
- Kashinath Trimbak Telang
- Vittal Rajgopal Bhat (Sanskrit scholar & philosopher)
- Appu Bhat, Ranga Bhat, and Vinayak Pandit - The trio who helped Dutchman Van Reede to compile HORTUS MALABARICUA, complete study on the herbs and other medicinal plants of Kerala. Wrote Treatise on Ayurveda in Konkani.
- Purushottam Mangesh Lad (Great scholar, ICS officer during 1928-57)
- Bapurao Shivram Naik (Proficient in Marathi literature printing, publishing)
- Govind Mangesh Lad (Journalist, economist, editor of Financial Times)
- Dr.Shrirang Padmnanabh Adarkar
- Sharadkumar alias Sharu Shantaram Rangnelkar (Business management consultant)
- Dr Anjali Mehta-Tendulkar
[edit] Sports
- Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer
- Khandu Rangnekar - Cricketer
- Sunil Gavaskar - Cricketer
- Rohan Gavaskar - Cricketer
- Madhav Mantri - Cricketer
- Prakash Padukone - Badminton
- Dilip Vengsarkar - Cricketer
- Dilip Sardesai - Cricketer
- Bapu Nadkarni - Cricketer
- Milind Rege - Cricketer
- Ajit Pai - Cricketer
[edit] Saraswats/GSBs famous on Internet
- Shrikant Shenoy (Website Owner - GSB Temple- Mahalasa)
- Girish Gavaskar (Website Owner - GSB Temple- Navadurga)
- Sanjay Shanbhag (Website Owner - GSB Temple- GSBworld)
- Naveen Bhakta (Website Owner - GSB Temple-Manjeshwar)
- Girish Nayak (Website Owner - GSB Temple- SVT Temple)
- Venkatesh Kamath (Website Owner - GSB Temple -Kuldevatha Complex)
- Mahesh Kalyanpur (Webmaster www.kanarasaraswat.org)
- Rajesh Kalyanpur (Website Owner www.kanarasaraswat.org)
- Sanmesh Kalyanpur (Winner of National Bravery award 2005)
[edit] Others
- Bhadragiri Achyutdas (Famous Keertankar)
- Bhau Daji Lad
- Padmashri K.Narayana Pai (Famous doctor from Kerala)
- Vitthal Dasopant Sukhtankar (Freedom fighter)
- Bal Mangesh Wagle, the "First Advocate of the High Court of Bombay"
- Padmashri Dr. Aalaka Keshav Deshpande (Research Scholar in AIDS)
[edit] Historical figures [Saraswats]
- Lalaji Gulgule (An officer of Sindhia army)
- Rama Kamath
- Timaji kamath (An admiral of Vijayanagar empire)
- Jivbadada Kerkar (Bakshi of Sindhia army)
- Lakhbadada Lad (An office of Sindhia army)
- Lakshman Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty, built Banaganga tank and Walkeshwar temple)
- Ramachandra Baba Sukthankar (official in Peshwa court)
- Appaji Ram (Diplomat of Hyder Ali/Tippu Sultan)
- Baloba Tatya (official of Sindhia court)
- Dadasaheb(Ramchandra Gopal)Torne, 1st motion picture in India (Pundlik), 1st to open distribution offices, 1st Talkie in India along with Ardeshir Irani(Alam Ara), 1st double role cinema in India (Aout ghatkecha raja), 1st silver jubilee film in India(Shyam Sunder)
[edit] Prominent Catholic Saraswats (Catholics who claim saraswat descent)
- Margaret Alva (Famous politician)
- Mario Miranda (Famous cartoonist)
- Maxwell Pereira Kamath (Police)
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- Julio Ribeiro (Police)
