This page is a list of notable Marathi people. This list contains people with Marathi ethnicity and may not have lived in Maharashtra. For people living in Maharashtra see
List of people from Maharashtra. The Marathi people or Maharashtrians (
Marathi: मराठी माणसं or महाराष्ट्रीय) are an
Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the
Maharashtra region and state of western
India. Their language
Marathi is part of the southern group of
Indo-Aryan languages. Although their history goes back more than a millennium, the community came to prominence when
Maratha warriors under
Shivaji Maharaj established the
Maratha Empire in
1674. Mee Marathi (मी मराठी, I am Marathi) are two words that have always inculcated Marathi pride.
Raghunath Rao - Gifted Maratha General who defeated the Afghans and expanded the Maratha empire to its maximum limit, i.e. Attock(ahead of Peshawar)[23]
Santaji Ghorpade - One of the most valorous Maratha sardars who fought the Moghals in the great battle of 27 years.[24]
Dhanaji Jadhav - One of the most valorous Maratha sardars who fought the Moghals.[25]
Military leaders
Air Chief Marshal Hrishikesh Moolgavkar, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
Shankarrao Chavan former Home Minister, Government of India and Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar - An Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian ConstitutionArchitect of Indian Constitution. Received
Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1990
Vishwanath (Tatyasaheb) Kore - He is considered the father of the farmers co-operative culture. He established the affluent Warna empire, transforming Warnan-nagar into a self contained industrial and educational hub through the co-operative movement
Dhondo Keshav Karve - Maharshi Karve fought for the upliftment of women, started a college for them and established the first Indian University for women, named SNDT Women's University. He was awarded
Bharat Ratna in 1958
Gadge Maharaj - He dedicated his life for fight against social evils. He built inns, schools, animal shelters and medical centres. Cleanliness was his
mantra
Jyotiba Phule (April 11, 1827 — November 28, 1890) - Mahatma Jyotiba Phule started education for women and struggled hard for the upliftment of the depressed classes
Dr. Dattaprasad Dabholkar - Propagated scientific,progressive and realistic education among school children
Shyam Manav - Keeps alive the torch of Rationalist thinking in society started by Phule and Ambedkar removing superstitious thoughts from the mind of ordinary people of rural as well as urban Maharashtra
Pandita Ramabai - She championed the cause of emancipation of Indian women
Savitribai Phule - She was the first female teacher of the first women's school in India.
Anant Gulve,Founder of Kamdhenu Kutumbkam,SAVE COW < SAVE MANKIND.www.kamdhenu.org
Anandibai Joshi - She was one of the two first Indian women to obtain a medical degree through training in Western medicine.
Bharat Ratna Recipients
Dhondo Keshav Karve - Recipient in 1958 - Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year
Suhas Patankar - Inventor of the groundbreaking SIMPLE algorithm for solution of Navier-Stokes equation that revolutionalized the world of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Dr.
Vijay P. Bhatkar - Founder and Former Executive Director of the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (
C-DAC), member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet of the Indian government and recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award. Instrumental in developing
India's first
supercomputer, the
Param10,000
Sant Tukadoji Maharaj - Classical rural poet. Well known Sahityik and Bal-sahityakar
Prof. Dr. Sharad Rane - "Kandil" well known novel. Bal-sahitya puraskar of Maharashtra Government for his book "Pachamukhi Pandu"
Ashok R. Shinde - Journalist and Editor ARTHNITI marathi magazine
Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar - Over 40 books, novels, travellogues, popular science philosophy Namasmaran, Shambhavi, Bhovara, Suryashodh, Sahasranetra, stress management, kamajeevan, superliving, arogyadeep, smiling Sun etc. and articles and scientific research papers
Rahul Bhide- Over ten short stories.Known for his descriptive style and grisly murders
Vasant Ranjane - Former Indian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1958 to 1964.Ranjane had a fabulous start to his first class career when he took nine wickets in an innings on his debut (13 for 71 in the match) including a hat-trick for Maharashtra against Saurashtra in 1956-57.
Sunil Gavaskar - Cricketer
batsman, former
Indian captain who was the leading run-scorer in Test cricket and was the first to reach 10,000 runs in test cricket
Nandu Natekar - Badminton champion, first Indian to win a title abroad - the Men's singles in the Selangor International Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1956. The first Arjuna Award winner in 1961.
N Vittal - Former CVC (
Chief Vigilance Commissioner) of India. Also served as Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Electronics, Chairman of the Telecom Commission and Secretary to the Department of Telecommunications[30]
Narendra Jadhav - Member of
National Advisory Council(in the rank and status of Union Minister of State). Served as Vice Chancellor of
University of Pune. Served the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for 31 years with position of Principal Adviser and Chief Economist (in the rank of Executive Director). Worked for four and half years at the International MonetaryFund (IMF)[31]
Arvind Jadhav - CMD of Air India. He has also served as Chief Vigilance Officer.[32]
Vijay Kelkar - worked as Advisor to Finance Minister, Finance Secretary, and also as the secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry.[33]
This page is a list of notable Marathi people. This list contains people with Marathi ethnicity and may not have lived in Maharashtra. For people living in Maharashtra see
List of people from Maharashtra. The Marathi people or Maharashtrians (
Marathi: मराठी माणसं or महाराष्ट्रीय) are an
Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the
Maharashtra region and state of western
India. Their language
Marathi is part of the southern group of
Indo-Aryan languages. Although their history goes back more than a millennium, the community came to prominence when
Maratha warriors under
Shivaji Maharaj established the
Maratha Empire in
1674. Mee Marathi (मी मराठी, I am Marathi) are two words that have always inculcated Marathi pride.
Raghunath Rao - Gifted Maratha General who defeated the Afghans and expanded the Maratha empire to its maximum limit, i.e. Attock(ahead of Peshawar)[23]
Santaji Ghorpade - One of the most valorous Maratha sardars who fought the Moghals in the great battle of 27 years.[24]
Dhanaji Jadhav - One of the most valorous Maratha sardars who fought the Moghals.[25]
Military leaders
Air Chief Marshal Hrishikesh Moolgavkar, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
Shankarrao Chavan former Home Minister, Government of India and Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar - An Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian ConstitutionArchitect of Indian Constitution. Received
Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1990
Vishwanath (Tatyasaheb) Kore - He is considered the father of the farmers co-operative culture. He established the affluent Warna empire, transforming Warnan-nagar into a self contained industrial and educational hub through the co-operative movement
Dhondo Keshav Karve - Maharshi Karve fought for the upliftment of women, started a college for them and established the first Indian University for women, named SNDT Women's University. He was awarded
Bharat Ratna in 1958
Gadge Maharaj - He dedicated his life for fight against social evils. He built inns, schools, animal shelters and medical centres. Cleanliness was his
mantra
Jyotiba Phule (April 11, 1827 — November 28, 1890) - Mahatma Jyotiba Phule started education for women and struggled hard for the upliftment of the depressed classes
Dr. Dattaprasad Dabholkar - Propagated scientific,progressive and realistic education among school children
Shyam Manav - Keeps alive the torch of Rationalist thinking in society started by Phule and Ambedkar removing superstitious thoughts from the mind of ordinary people of rural as well as urban Maharashtra
Pandita Ramabai - She championed the cause of emancipation of Indian women
Savitribai Phule - She was the first female teacher of the first women's school in India.
Anant Gulve,Founder of Kamdhenu Kutumbkam,SAVE COW < SAVE MANKIND.www.kamdhenu.org
Anandibai Joshi - She was one of the two first Indian women to obtain a medical degree through training in Western medicine.
Bharat Ratna Recipients
Dhondo Keshav Karve - Recipient in 1958 - Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year
Suhas Patankar - Inventor of the groundbreaking SIMPLE algorithm for solution of Navier-Stokes equation that revolutionalized the world of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Dr.
Vijay P. Bhatkar - Founder and Former Executive Director of the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (
C-DAC), member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet of the Indian government and recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award. Instrumental in developing
India's first
supercomputer, the
Param10,000
Sant Tukadoji Maharaj - Classical rural poet. Well known Sahityik and Bal-sahityakar
Prof. Dr. Sharad Rane - "Kandil" well known novel. Bal-sahitya puraskar of Maharashtra Government for his book "Pachamukhi Pandu"
Ashok R. Shinde - Journalist and Editor ARTHNITI marathi magazine
Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar - Over 40 books, novels, travellogues, popular science philosophy Namasmaran, Shambhavi, Bhovara, Suryashodh, Sahasranetra, stress management, kamajeevan, superliving, arogyadeep, smiling Sun etc. and articles and scientific research papers
Rahul Bhide- Over ten short stories.Known for his descriptive style and grisly murders
Vasant Ranjane - Former Indian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1958 to 1964.Ranjane had a fabulous start to his first class career when he took nine wickets in an innings on his debut (13 for 71 in the match) including a hat-trick for Maharashtra against Saurashtra in 1956-57.
Sunil Gavaskar - Cricketer
batsman, former
Indian captain who was the leading run-scorer in Test cricket and was the first to reach 10,000 runs in test cricket
Nandu Natekar - Badminton champion, first Indian to win a title abroad - the Men's singles in the Selangor International Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1956. The first Arjuna Award winner in 1961.
N Vittal - Former CVC (
Chief Vigilance Commissioner) of India. Also served as Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Electronics, Chairman of the Telecom Commission and Secretary to the Department of Telecommunications[30]
Narendra Jadhav - Member of
National Advisory Council(in the rank and status of Union Minister of State). Served as Vice Chancellor of
University of Pune. Served the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for 31 years with position of Principal Adviser and Chief Economist (in the rank of Executive Director). Worked for four and half years at the International MonetaryFund (IMF)[31]
Arvind Jadhav - CMD of Air India. He has also served as Chief Vigilance Officer.[32]
Vijay Kelkar - worked as Advisor to Finance Minister, Finance Secretary, and also as the secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry.[33]