Notable Gujaratis List
Below are a list of influential people who trace their ancestory back to Gujarat, India. There are undoubtly many more Gujaratis how have become pioneers in the community worldwide.
Business
- Anil Ambani
- Dhirubhai Ambani
- Mukesh Ambani
- Kasturbhai Lalbhai
- Karsanbhai Patel
- Ramanbhai Patel
- Azim Premji
- Sam Pitroda
- Ambalal Sarabhai
- Meena Shah
- Tulsi Tanti
- Jamsetji Tata
- Ratan Tata
Film and Entertainment
- Vasant Rai (sarod player)
- Parveen Babi (actress)
- Sanjay Lila Bhansali (director)
- Deepika Chikhalia (actress)
- Ismail Darbar (music director)
- Bindu Desai (actress)
- Manmohan Desai (director)
- Sanjay Gadhvi (director)
- Sharman Joshi (actor)
- Kalyanji Anandji (composers)
- Dimple Kapadia (actress)
- Ben Kingsley (Gujarati and Russian-Jewish descent)
- Sanjeev Kumar (actor and comedian)
- Ketan Mehta (director)
- Freddie Mercury
- Karishma Modi (actress)
- Tina Munim (actress)
- Namitha (actress)
- Neelam (actress)
- Asha Parekh (actress)
- Amisha Patel (actress)
- Upen Patel (model and actor) (British-born)
- Falguni Pathak (singer)
- Kal Penn (American-born to Gujarati parents)
- Paresh Rawal (actor)
- Himesh Reshammiya (music director)
- Nirupa Roy (actress)
- Mallika Sarabhai (dancer)
- Shruti Seth (actress)
- Satish Shah (actor)
- Farooq Shaikh (actor)
- Shravan (music director)
- Ayesha Takia (actress)
- Alka Yagnik (singer)
Literature and Philosophy
- Narsinh Mehta
- Homi Bhabha
- Premanand
- Narmad
- K. M. Munshi
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Jagdish Bhagwati
- Bhikhu Parekh
- Ravji Patel
- Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh
- Harilal Upadhyay
Politics
- Lal Krishna Advani
- Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria
- Mahadev Desai
- Meghnad Desai & Baron Desai
- Morarji Desai
- Kasturba Gandhi
- Narendra Modi
- K. M. Munshi
- H.M. Patel
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Vithalbhai Patel
- Abbas Tyabji
- Shyamji Krishna Varma
Science
- Homi J. Bhabha
- Amar Gupta
- Vikram Sarabhai
Sports
- Chandu Borde
- Nari Contractor
- Anshuman Gaekwad
- Karsan Ghavri
- Vijay Hazare
- Ajay Jadeja
- Zaheer Khan
- Vinoo Mankad
- Nayan Mongia
- Kiran More
- Irfan Pathan
- Jasu Patel
- Parthiv Patel
- Munaf Patel
- Geet Sethi
Source:
"List of notable people from Gujarat." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
