List of people from Nagpur

The following is a list of notable people from and/or related to Nagpur, India.

Academia[edit]

Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy[edit]

Art, literature[edit]

• Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918–1992), Kannada poet
• Raja Badhe (1912–1977), Marathi poet
• Suresh Bhat (1932–2003), Marathi poet and Ghazal Samrat
• Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave (1910–1980), Marathi writer
• Neelam Saxena Chandra, children’s poet and author
• Eknath Easwaran (1910–1999), author and spiritual teacher
• Mahesh Elkunchwar, playwright and author
• Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), abstract painter
• Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919), Marathi poet
• Manik Sitaram Godghate (Grace) (1937–2012), Marathi poet
• Dhanashree Halbe, translator, poet and children’s author
• Gauri Jog, Kathak dancer
• Shahid Kabir (1932–2001), Urdu language poet
• Akshaykumar Kale, modern Marathi poetry critic
• Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Hindi poet and writer
• Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte (1908–1998), Marathi writer; former Vice-Chancellor of Nagpur University
• Bhau Panchbhai (1944–2016), Marathi poet, writer, and Dalit activist
• Harishankar Parsai (1924–1995), Hindi writer
• Wasudev Waman Patankar (1908–1997), Marathi Shayar
• Shishir Parkhie – Ghazal Singer & Composer

Business[edit]

Indian Film Industry[edit]

• Jyoti Amge, actress
• Tarun Bose (1928–1972), actor
• Basanta Choudhury (1928–2000), actor
• Purushottam Darvhekar (1926–1999), playwright and songwriter
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj, television actress
• Mahesh Elkunchwar, playwright
• Subhash Ghai, film director, producer and screenwriter
• Sai Gundewar, actor
• Samidha Guru, Marathi theater, film and television actress
• Sharman Joshi, actor
• Rajkumar Hirani, film director, screenwriter and film editor
• Gayatri Joshi, model turned Bollywood actress
• Abhijit Kokate, film editor and Director in Bollywood
• Ketaki Mategaonkar, Marathi playback singer and Marathi cinema actress
• Jag Mundhra (1948–2011), Indian filmmaker
• Manava Naik, actress
• Salim Nasir (1944–1989), Pakistani actor
• Girija Oak, Marathi and Hindi film actress
• Shiv Panditt, Bollywood actor
• Piyush Ranade, Marathi film & television actor
• Ronit Roy, television actor
• Ruchi Savarn, television actress
• Aarti Shrivastava, documentary filmmaker
• Sunaina, Tamil actress
• Vaibbhav Tatwawdi, Marathi actor
• Sanjay Surkar (1959–2012), Marathi film director
• Paras Kalnawat, Indian Hindi television and web actor

Health and medicine[edit]

• Kamalabai Hospet (1896–1981), co-founder of Matru Sewa Sangh, and Vidya Shikshan Prasarak Mandal
• Vikram Marwah, orthopedic surgeon, social worker, and founder of Handicapped Children’s Rehabilitation Centre and Children’s Orthopedic Hospital of Matru Sewa Sangh
• Dr. Kshama Metre, founder of Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development
• Zulekha Daud, physician-turned-entrepreneur, Founder and Chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospital UAE; Alexis Multispeciality Hospital, India and Zulekha Colleges, India

Military and policing[edit]

Modeling[edit]

• Varsha Bhosle, (1956 – 2012) singer and journalist
• Vasantrao Deshpande (1920–1983), Hindustani classical vocalist and performer of Natya Sangeet
• Ulhas Kashalkar, Hindustani classical vocalist
• Shishir Parkhie, playback ghazal bhajan singer and composer
• Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan, musicologist
• Rahul Vaidya, singer
• Altaf Raja, singer
• Pandit Sudhir, sitar player of Hindustani classical music
• Usha Timothy, playback singer
• Vidyadhar Vyas, Hindustani classical vocalist

Politics and government[edit]

• Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880–1968), politician
• Mohite Subodh Baburao, member of 14th Lok Sabha
• Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (1924–2016), politician
• C. B. Bhave, financial regulator
• Raghoji I Bhonsle (1695–1755), Maratha general who took control of the Nagpur Kingdom in east-central India during the reign of Chattrapati Shahu
• Mudhoji II Bhonsle (?–1840), ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur
• Raghuji Bhonsle III (c.1806–1853), ruler of the Principal States of Nagpur from 1818 to 1853.
• Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis (1862–?), President of First and Second Legislative Council of Central Provinces
• Shankar Madhav Chitnavis (1867–?), Deputy commissioner of Central Provinces
• Swati Dandekar, Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board
• Pravin Datke, former mayor of Nagpur, current BJP Nagpur City president
• Bhavna Kardam Dave, member of 12th Lok Sabha
• Narendra R Deoghare, member of 4th Lok Sabha
• Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1915–1996), third Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
• Ashish Deshmukh, member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Ranjeet Deshmukh, member of 10th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Sudhakar Deshmukh, member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Devendra Fadnavis, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• Parinay Fuke, member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
• Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister and former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis, councillor and member of 4th Lok Sabha
• K. B. Hedgewar (1889–1940), founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
• Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992), Vice-President of India; former Chief Justice of India
• Shrikant Jichkar (1953–2004), politician, civil servant
• Sanjay Joshi, politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, former national general secretary (organisation)
• Narayan Bhaskar Khare (1884–1970), member of Indian National Congress
• Jogendra Kawade, founder and President of Peoples Republican Party
• Saroj Khaparde, member of Rajya Sabha
• Krishna Khopde, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Vikas Kumbhare, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Vikas Mahatme, member of the Rajya Sabha
• Milind Mane, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Sameer Meghe, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Gargi Shankar Mishra, member of 8th Lok Sabha
• Rajendra Mulak, former Minister of State for Finance & Planning, Energy, Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and State Excise
• Vilas Muttemwar, former Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India
• Avinash Pandey, member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Vinod Gudadhe Patil, former Minister in Narayan Rane ministry
• Shantaram Potdukhe, former Member of Parliament and Union Minister of State, Finance
• Rajani Rai, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
• P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004), former Prime Minister of India
• Nitin Raut, Energy Minister
• N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012), Minister of State and BCCI president
• Ajay Sancheti, Former member of Rajya Sabha
• Vasant Sathe (1925–2011), former Minister of Information and Broadcasting
• V Satish, National Jt. General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
• Abdul Shafee (1925-2004), former Indian National Congress politician
• Rajendra Shingne, state vice-president of Nationalist Congress Party
• Anil Sole, Member of Legislative Council, Nagpur graduates constituency
• Sumatitai Sukaklikar (?dash;2011), a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party
• Tahawar Ali (?dash;1854), noble in the court of Bhonsle Dynasty
• Vimla Verma, member of 12th Lok Sabha
• Mukul Wasnik, General Secretary of the Indian National Congress; former Union Minister
• Amit Telang, Indian Foreign Service, Diplomat

Religion and spirituality[edit]

Science[edit]

• Anilkumar Abhayankar, cricketer
• Shashank Manohar, Indian lawyer and President of the BCCI
• Mona Meshram, international cricket player
• C. K. Nayudu (1895–1967), first captain of the India national cricket team in Test matches
• Arundhati Pantawane, international badminton player
• R. T. Ramachandran, former cricket umpire
• N.K.P. Salve (1921–2012), former BCCI chief
• Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Azhar Sheikh, cricketer
• Prashant Vaidya, former Indian cricketer^[1][2]
• S. K. Wankhede (1914–1988), former BCCI president
• Umesh Yadav, Indian cricketer^[3][4]
• Raunak Sadhwani, Chess Grandmaster
• Divya Deshmukh, Chess player and Woman Grandmaster(WGM)
• Malvika Bansod, badminton player
• Mallika Bhandarkar , international table tennis player [ participated in Youth Olympic Games 2010]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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