List of Parsis
This is a list of Parsis with a Wikipedia article. The Parsis constitute one of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent.
In science and industry
- Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) (1827–1900): entrepreneur; founder of the modern port of Aden
- Byram Dinshawji Avari (19??- ): Pakistani hotelier, founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies.
- Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909–1966): nuclear scientist; first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission.
- Adi Bulsara (1952-): Physicist
- Keki Dadiseth (1946- ): Home and Personal Care Director, Unilever plc
- Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (18??-1924?): industrialist and philanthropist; NED Engineering College,
- Ardeshir Godrej (1868–1936): inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industrial empire
- Pirojsha Godrej (1882–1972): entrepreneur; co-founder (with his brother Ardeshir) of the Godrej industrial empire
- Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir (1783–1859): opened sea trade with China; philanthropist
- Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir (1879–1962): civil engineer; master constructor of Bombay
- Fardunjee Marzban (1787–1847): publisher, founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent Bombay Samachar
- Pallonji Mistry (1929- ): construction tycoon
- Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Sir (1838–1911): financier and industrialist in Hong Kong
- Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir (1823–1901): founded the first textile factories in India
- Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee (1880–1960): industrialist; founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east
- Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (1924-2010): Padma Vibhushan awardee, chemical engineer; guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
- Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff (1899–1965): economist; delegate at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; co-author of the Bombay Plan; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the Bank of India
- Dorabji Tata, Sir (1859–1932): industrialist and philanthropist
- Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839–1904): industrialist; founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Nehru
- Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata (1904–1993): industrialist; founder of India's first commercial airline: Air India
- Ratan Naval Tata (1937- ): Chairman of the Tata Group of companies; member of the central board of the Reserve Bank of India
- Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702–1774): shipwright and naval architect; builder of the first dry-dock in Asia
- Ness Wadia (1970-): joint-Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing.
- Jamshyd D. F. Lam (1942- ) : Retd. Senior Vice President, Indian Hotels Company Limited
In academia
In entertainment, religion, sports and astrology
- Aruna Irani : Bollywood actress.
- Boman Irani : Bollywood actor
- Arshad Warsi : Bollywood actor
- Shiamak Davar : Bollywood choreographer
- Homi Adajania (1972- ): Film Director, Writer and SCUBA Diving Instructor (CMAS Three Star)
- Erick Avari (1952- ): Hollywood actor.
- Ardeshir Irani - Filmmaker
- Cyrus Broacha (1971- ): MTV India VJ and stand-up comedian.
- Behram "Busybee" Contractor (1930–2001): journalist and columnist.
- Nariman "Nari" Contractor (1934- ): cricketer; coach at the CCI Academy.
- Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926- ): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist.
- Nauheed Cyrusi (1982- ): model, film actress, television presenter
- Bejan Daruwalla (1931- ): astrologer.
- Keki Daruwalla (1937- ), poet and writer
- Sam Dastor (1941- ): television actor and director.
- Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla (1875–1956): high priest and religious scholar.
- Farrukh Dhondy (1944- ): novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist.
- Diana Eduljee (1956 - ): first captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993
- Farokh Engineer (1938- ): cricketer.
- Zerbanoo Gifford (1950- ): human rights campaigner
- Kaizad Gustad (1968- ): film director.
- Aban Marker Kabraji (1953-) : Pakistani ecologist, Asian regional director of IUCN
- Firdaus Kanga (1960- ): author, actor and screenwriter.
- Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia (1912–2008): Journalist & editor, founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz.
- Persis Khambatta (1950–1998): actress and model. Miss India in 1965.
- Firdaus Kharas (1955–): animation, television and film producer and director.
- Mehr Jesia Indian model
- Shapur Kharegat (1932–2000): Journalist, editor and director of The Economist (Asia).
- Behramji Malabari (1853–1912): poet, publicist, author, and social reformer.
- Meher Baba (Merwan Sheriar Irani, 1894-1969)Indian Mystic
- Eruch Jessawala, Meher Baba's interpreter
- Mehli Mehta (1908–2002): musician; founder of the Bombay Philharmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
- Zarin Mehta (1938- ): musician; executive director of the New York Philharmonic since 2000
- Zubin Mehta (1936- ): musician; Musical Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, former director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Bavarian State Opera.
- Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara, 1946–1991): rock icon and lead singer for Queen.
- Deena M. Mistri (19??- ): author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal.
- Rohinton Mistry (1952- ): novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
- Sohrab Modi (1897–1984): stage and film actor, director and producer.
- Ray Panthaki (1979- ): actor and film producer
- Cyrus Poncha (1976- ): Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003-4.
- Bapsi Sidhwa (1938- ): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
- Godrej Sidhwa (1925- ): theologian, historian and high priest.
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988): composer, music critic, pianist, and writer.
- Sooni Taraporevala (1957- ): screenwriter, author and photographer.
- Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar (1926–2006): cricketer.
- Zubin Varla (19??- ): stage actor.
- Nina Wadia (1968- ): British-Indian comedienne and television actress, currently and most notably from EastEnders.
Politicians, activists and bureaucrats
- Minocher Bhandara (1937?-2008): Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
- Mancherjee Bhownagree (1851–1933): politician, second Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Conservative).
- Jamsheed Marker (1922- ): Pakistani diplomat, ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
- Minoo Masani (1905–1998): author, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly.
- Frene Ginwala (1932- ): Is a member of the ANC and aided Nelson Mandela in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. Later served for 7 years as Speaker Of the House of Parliament in South Africa
- Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (1886–1952): former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
- Justice Dorab Patel (1924–1997): Former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and human rights campaigner.
- Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney) (1812–1878): J.P.; introduced income tax in India; first baronet of Bombay.
- Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936): socialist, workers' welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour).
- B. P. Wadia (1881-1958), Indian theosophist and labour activist. Pioneered the creation of workers unions in India.
- Indian Independence Movement
Law
Military
Others
In arts