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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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Business and Industry

  • Vikram Pandit - Citigroup CEO
  • Prasad Pabrekar - Spykar Jeans
  • D P Dandekar - Camlin
  • K V Pendharkar - Vicco Labs
  • Milind Godbole - Aditya Birla group
  • Abasaheb Garware - Garware group
  • Dr. Anand Deshpande - Founder, Chairman and MD Persistent Systems
  • Anupam Bhide - Founder, Calsoft Inc.
  • 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
  • S L Kirloskar (Shantanurao)- Kirloskar group
  • Baburaoji Parkhe - Parkhe group
  • Gokhale - Tortoise Mosquito Repellant Fame
  • Sameer Bodas - Disha Technologies
  • Ranjit Date - Co-founder, Precision Automation and Robotics India Ltd
[Hansraj S. Landge]]Mastek Ltd.
  • Santosh Mahadik - Deutsche bank

Chougule Brothers - Maruti Industries Ltd.

  • Pradeep Pendse - Dean - Welingkar Institute of Management

Media

Journalists

  • Rohit Viswanath- CNN Young Journalist of the Year 2006 [1]. Editorial Page writer with The Times of India.
  • Dadasaheb alias Dattatraya Shankar Potnis Founder Editor of Gavkari
  • Rajendra Joshi, Team, Mumbai/Aurangabad(documentary Films)
  • Nanasaheb Parulekar, Founder Editor of Sakal
  • Dilip Padgaonkar - Editor, [Times of India]]
  • Rajendra Joshi, Team, Mumbai/Aurangabad(documentary Films)
  • Sandeep Ramdasi,7/12 chya Batmya,Star maza.
  • Nishikant Bhalerao,Editor,Agrowon
  • Pramod Chavan - Principal Correspondent,PLANET POWAI Newspaper Planet Powai

Movies & modelling

Actors

Actresses

kanchan satpute

Male models & Mr (India/World/Universe)

Female models & Miss (India/World/Universe)

Music

Politics

Social activists

  • Baba Amte
  • 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
  • Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Mumbai
  • Ashok Bang, Agriculturist & Social reformer, Director: Chetana Vikas Alternative Agriculture Resource Centre, Wardha
  • Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
  • Savitribai Phule
  • Rajshree Shahu Maharaj
  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • Abhay Bang
  • Dhananjay Aditya, Anti-Superstition Movement, 22 Pratigya Abhiyaan, Rationalist Movement
  • Nirmala Kulkarni, Founder of Handicapped Institute in Sangli, Maharastra India.

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

Defence Forces

Religion

Sports

Badminton

Bridge

  • Ajay Khare
  • Anand Mehta
  • Anil Padhye
  • Ashok Kulkarni
  • Ashok Ruia
  • Ashok Vaidya
  • Avinash Gokhale
  • Balu Ukidawe
  • Bhalachandra Tavkar
  • J. M. Shah (JM)
  • Jaggy Shivdasani
  • Jimmy Mehta
  • Keshav Samant - more popularly known as Anand Samant
  • Mansoor Tyabjee
  • Orlando Campos
  • Prakash Paranjape
  • R. Shridharan
  • Rajendra Gokhale
  • Raju Tolani
  • Ramesh Gokhale
  • Sandeep Karmarkar
  • Sharad Mhatre
  • Suneeta Tembulkar
  • Subhash Dhakras
  • Suhas Vaidya
  • Vivek Bhand

Chess

  • Pravin Thipse
  • Bhagyashree Thipse
  • Narayan Rao Joshi
  • Girish Wagh
  • Abhijit Kunte
  • Mrunalini Kunte

Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar

Shooting

Abhishek Nayar

Tennis

Wrestling

Literature

Prof. Fredrck Sequeira Rajendra Joshi. scripts, translations, documentray films.

  • Principal Ram Shewalkar
 [2]Jagnath Kunte Guruji

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

Doctors

Scientists

See also

References

  1. ^ "Awarding Talent". The Hindu. December 23, 2006. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122300530300.htm. 
  2. ^ Narmade har Har,Sadhana Mast,

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