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. This list also includes people from ethnicities other than Maharashtrians and those naturalized. For the list of notable Marathi people, see this list of people from the Marathi ethnic group.

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[edit] Business and Industry

  • Prasad Pabrekar - Spykar Jeans
  • D P Dandekar - Camlin
  • K V Pendharkar - Vicco Labs
  • Abasaheb Garware - Garware group
  • Dr. Anand Deshpande - Founder, Chairman and MD Persistent Systems
  • Rajendra Pawar - NIIT
  • Vivek Ranadive - TIBCO
  • Vitthal Kamat - Kamat Group of Hotels
  • Deepak Ghaisas - Iflex
  • Ram Bhogale - Nirlep Industries
  • D S Kulkarni - DSK Group
  • Ravi Pandit - KPIT Cummins
  • Dr Ramesh Keskar - CEO Oerlikon India
  • Shantanurao Kirloskar - Kirloskars group
  • Gokhale - Tortoise Mosquito Repellant Fame
  • Sameer Bodas - Disha Technologies
  • Ranjit Date - Co-founder, Precision Automation and Robotics India Ltd
  • Vivek Pandit - Citicorp
  • Amol Hatwar - CEO, Pixelmunge
  • Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave SEBI Chairman
  • Ameet NivsarkarNASSCOM Vice President
  • Kiran KarnikFormer president of NASSCOM for 2007–08

[edit] Media

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Movies & modelling

[edit] Actors

{Nandkishore Sawant}

[edit] Actresses

[edit] Male models & Mr (India/World/Universe)

[edit] Female models & Miss (India/World/Universe)

[edit] Music

[edit] Politics

  • Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena leader
  • Madhukarao Dhanaji Chaudhari, Khiroda,Tal:-Rawer, Dist:-
 Jalgaon
  • Eknathrao Ganapat Khadase BJP Muktainagar Jalgaon Good &
 Strong Leader BJP

[edit] Social activists

  • Baba Amte of Anandvan
  • Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, doctor
  • Kisan Mehta
  • Manibhai Desai, agriculturalist
  • Bittu Sahgal, Environmentalist - Editor, Sanctuary Magazine
  • Anna Hazare
  • Dr. V. S. Mahajan
  • Bindumadhav Joshi, Founder of Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat: Consumer Movement
  • Gulabrao Kale, President of Govind Gramin Vikas Pratishthan: Jartropha plantation revolution and rural development
  • Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Mumbai

[edit] Nature conservaion

  • Prashant Mahajan, Bombay Natural History Society
  • B.S.Kulkarni, Friends of Birds and W A society Solapur The GIB expert
  • Vijay Diwan, Nisarg Mitra Mandal, Aurangabad. Nature Conservation & protection

[edit] Defence Forces

[edit] Religion

  • [[Saint Gadge Maharaj, Anjangaon Surji
  • Saint Tukdiji Maharaj, Mozri
  • Akkalkot Niwasi Swami Samartha
  • Shri Nrusimha Saraswati, Lad Karanja
  • Samarth Ramdas , Sajjangad
  • Saint Ruplal Maharaj, Anjangaon Surji
  • Sant Tukaram, Dehu
  • Sant Namdeo, Pandharpur
  • Sant Dnyaneshwar, Alandi
  • Sant Eknath, Paithan
  • Sai Baba of Shirdi
  • Shri Gajanan Maharaj, Shegaon
  • Shri Chokha Mela, Mangalvedhe
  • Shri Gora Kumbhar, Terdhoki
  • Saint Bahinabai
  • Saint Adkoji Maharaj, Varkhed
  • Saint Zingraji Maharaj, Murha
  • Saint Maniram Baba, Baggi
  • Saint Lala Maharaj, Daravha, Yewatamal
  • Saint Dev Mamledar, Nashik
  • Saint Ramanand Bidkar Maharaj, Pune
  • Saint Raka Kumbhar, Pandharpur
  • Saint Damajipant, Mangalvedhe
  • Saint Janabai, Pandharpur
  • Saint Kanhopatra, Pandharpur
  • Saint Shankar Maharaj, Pune
  • Sant Sakhu, Karad
  • Saint Manik Prabhu, Maniknagar
  • Saint Manakoji Bodhale, Dhamangaon
  • Saint Amrutrai, near Aurangabad
  • 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 Tukaramchaitanya alias Tukamai, Yehalegaon, near Naded
  • Shri Ranganath Maharaj, Dharkalyan
  • Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati, Managaon
  • Shri Krishna Saraswati, Kolhapur
  • Shri Devanath Maharaj, Anjangaon Surji
  • Shri Prahlad Maharaj Ramdasi, Sakharkherda,Buldhana
  • Shri Shriram Maharaj Ramdasi, Badwaha,Near Indore
  • Shri Tajuddinbaba, Nagpur
  • Shri Dhondibua, Palus
  • Shri Nana Barawa, Sonagir
  • Shri Manik Prabu, Humnabad
  • Shri Jangli Maharaj, Pune
  • Hajarat Babajan, Pune
  • Shri Nana Barawa, Songir
  • Shri Sakharam, Amalaner
  • Shri Lahanuji Maharaj
  • Parampoojya KalavatiAai, Angol, Belgaum
  • Shri Narayan Maharaj, Kedgaon
  • Shri Satam Maharaj, Danoli [Sindhudurg]
  • Shri Balumama, Bidri, Kolhapur

[edit] Sports

[edit] Badminton

[edit] Bridge

  • Anand Mehta
  • Anil Padhye
  • Avinash Gokhale
  • Jaggy Shivdasani
  • Ramesh Gokhale
  • R. Shridharan
  • Balu Ukidawe
  • Raju Tolani
  • Subhash Dhakras
  • Suhas Vaidya
  • Ashok vaidya
  • Jimmy Mehta
  • Ajit Chakradeo
  • Mansoor Tyabjee
  • Sandeep Karmarkar
  • J. M. Shah (JM)
  • Rajendra Gokhale
  • Ajay Khare

[edit] Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar


[edit] Shooting

[edit] Tennis

  • Nitin Kirtane
  • Rohini Lokhande

[edit] Chess

  • Pravin Thipse
  • Bhagyashree Thipse
  • Narayan Rao Joshi
  • Girish Wagh (chess)

[edit] Literature

Prof. Fredrck Sequeira

[edit] Rulers

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj- established Hindavi Raj chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj - Maratha ruler Bajirao Peshwa I- extended Maratha rule from Pune to Attock in Pakistan, Madhavrao Peshwa - ruled with dignity

[edit] Doctors

[edit] Scientists

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Awarding Talent. The Hindu (Saturday, December 23, 2006).