List of Chitpavans

This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2007)

This is a list of Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins

Advertising

• Aditya Lele

Philosophy/Religion/Social Reformation

Pandurangshastri Athawale

Politics/Social Reform

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Chapekar brothers
• Dhondo Keshav Karve
• Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale
• Mahadev Govind Ranade
• N. V. Tilak (Reverend Tilak)
• Sane Guruji
• Pandita Ramabai
• Raghunath Dhondo Karve
• Senapati Bapat
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
• Vinoba Bhave
• D.K. Kunte
• Balaji Vishwanath (Bhatt)
• Vasant Sathe
• Irawati Karve
• Shivram Ganesh Barve
• Jayantrao Tilak

Nathuram Vinayak Godse

• Shree Vitthalrao Ganesh Josi(Shree Digambardas Maharaj)the founder of Dervan shiv Shrushti and Walawalkar hospital,Ratnagiri)
• Dr.Ravin Thatte(One of the best Plastic Surgen from India)
• Dr.Jayraj Fatak(Comminsoner of Mumbai)

Sport

• Ajit Agarkar (Indian National Cricket team)
• D. B. Deodhar (Cricket Maharshi Deodhar)
• Hemant Kanitkar (Indian National Cricket team)
• Hrishikesh Kanitkar (Indian National Cricket team)
• Harsha Bhogle (International Cricket Analyst, Commentator, Television Host)
• C. K. Sathe (Indian National Cricket Umpire)
• Jay Ranade (Two times ISKA World Champion Martial Arts Breaking, 4 times World Champion Arm Wrestling)
• Sheena Ranade (Youngest Chitpavan Taekwondo Blackbelt in the World, Received at age 7)
• Rohini Khadilkar (ex-Indian Women's Chess Champion)

Information Technology

• Deepak Ghaisas (CEO, India Operations and Chief Financial Officer i-flex solutions)
• Kaustubh Raghunath Gadre
• Achyut Godbole
• Jay Ranade

Cinema/Theatre

• Aditi Govitrikar
• Asawari Joshi
• Ashvini Bhave-Bopardikar
• Bhakti Barve
• Dadasaheb Phalke
• Madhuri Dixit-Nene
• Mohan Agashe
• Mohan Gokhale
• Prashant Damle
• Vikram Gokhale
• Sudhir Joshi
• Govind Ballal Deval (Natyacharya)
• Vishnudas Bhave
• Rakesh Bapat (Hindi Movie: Tum Bin)
• Milind Soman
• Bhagyashree Patwardhan
• Atul Pethe
• Gajanan Paranjpe
• Dr. Shriram Lagoo
• Chandrakant Gokhale
• Vishram Bedekar
• Raja Paranjape

Music

• Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
• D. V. Paluskar
• Pandit Vishnu Narain Bhatkhande
• Sudhir Phadke
• Sanjeev Abhyankar
• Bhakti Barve
• Asha Khadilkar
• Sandeep Khare
• Milind Date
• Anuradha Marathe
• Hrishikesh Ranade

Literature

• G. N. Dandekar
• Madhav Kanitkar
• Acharya Atre (Maratha press)
• Anil Avachat
• Hari Narayan Apte
• Gangadhar Gadgil
• S. J. Joshi
• Raghunath D. Joshi
• Na Si Phadke
• Malti Bedekar
• Shripad Narayan Pendse
• Vasant Kanetkar
• Vinda Karandikar
• Krishnaji Keshav Damle
• Adv. Madhav Gajanan Kanitkar

Arvind V.Gokhale : Gokhale is Prolific writer, who recently wrote Mandalecha Rajbandi. He is a Deputy Editor of Loksatta, A progressive Marathi newspaper published by The Inidan Express Limited. Gokhale wrote many books including Pakistannama, Pardeshat Shikaychay, Aksharanjali, IC-814, Kargil Te Kandahar etc. His book Mandalecha Rajbandi has received four prizes in 9 months. Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Award of Nashik, N.C.Kelkar award of The Kesari-Mahratta Trust,Ra.Bhi.Joshi award of Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh and K.B.Hedgewar Award of the Utkarsh Mandal, Vile Parle, were presented to him for his book 'Mandalecha Rajbandi'.

Adv. Madhav Gajanan Kanitkar : Being B.A.L.L.B, Adv. Kanitkar was a well-known Lawyer with a specialization as Criminal Lawyer. Subsequently, got opportunity to work as Public Prosecutor. His way of interrogation was so special and interesting, that even the honorable judge use to keep his pen down and just quietly listen Adv. Kanitkar's counter questions. Beside, being an Criminal Lawyer, Adv. Kanitkar was a famous writer of stories again specialized in Criminal Stories. His various stories was published in marathi magazines at that time, "MANINI', 'KATHASHREE', 'PRAPANCHA' etc. and later on he managed to write his own book called 'RUPAVATI BARYA SHATRU'. His many famous criminal cases was published in another well known magazine, 'MANUS'. It will not be just boasting, if I say, that time Manus was famous because Adv. Kanitkar's way of making criminal stories more and more interesting. Even he use to scribble his own day to day life's experience in these stories. Adv. Kanitkar was born on 27th July 1938, and his sudden death happened on 15th June 1976. Even after 33 years of his death, this book (RUPAVATI BHARYA SHATRU) is still famous and the publisher is continuously publishing many editions of this books and needless to say, all the books are getting sold. At the time of his death, he was considered for the promotion of HONORABLE JUDGE OF MUMBAI JUDICIAL COURT, but the story written by destiny was something different, and at the age of 38, he was appointed at the COURT OF GODS.

Pralhad Keshav Atre or "Acharya" Atre was a Deshastha Brahmin

Academics

• Pandurang Vaman Kane
• Vi Ka Rajwade
• R. P. Paranjpe
• Prabhakar Shankar Sane