Name
|
Occupation
|
Known As
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Jalaram Bapa
|
Hindu Saint
|
Jogi Jalaram, Jalaram Bapa
|
Mahatma Gandhi |
Politician, writer, philosopher, lawyer |
Independence activist and Father of the Nation of India
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
Politician, lawyer |
Indian Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister Of India, Loh Purush (Iron man of India)
|
Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik |
Politician, writer, editor |
Independence activist and founder of Gujarat state
|
Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
Lawyer, politician |
Father of the Nation of Pakistan, first Governor-General of Pakistanfounder of Pakistan
|
Vikram Sarabhai |
Scientist |
Father of India's space program
|
Azim Premji |
Industrialist |
Chairman of Wipro
|
Amit Shah |
politician |
Home minister of India
|
Sujan R. Chinoy |
Ambassador/diplomat |
|
Praful Bhavsar |
Scientist |
Director, Space Applications Center, ISRO
|
C. Kumar N. Patel |
Electrical engineering |
IEEE Medal of Honor
|
Narendra Modi |
Politician |
Prime Minister of India & Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
|
Dhirubhai Ambani |
Business |
Reliance Industries
|
Mukesh Ambani |
Business |
Reliance Industries Ltd.
|
Anil Ambani |
Business |
Reliance Industries (ADAG Group)
|
Uday Kotak |
Business |
Kotak Mahindra Bank
|
Dilip Shanghvi |
Business |
Sun Pharmaceutical
|
Pranav Mistry |
Scientist |
inventor and computer scientist
|
P. N. Bhagwati |
Justice |
chief justice of India
|
Gulzarilal Nanda |
Politician |
Bharat Ratna for his contribution in the field of public affairs
|
Mansukh Mandaviya |
Politician |
Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India
|
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai |
Politics |
Bharat Ratna for his contribution in public affairs
|
Hanif Mohammad |
Cricketer |
Born in Junagadh, First Triple Century by a Pakistani, First Pakistani First Class Cricketer to make a quadruple century
|
Homai Vyarawalla |
Photojournalist |
Padma Vibhushan
|
Dashrath Patel |
Designer |
established National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, Padma Bhushan
|
Mallika Sarabhai |
Dancer, activist |
Padma Bhushan
|
Umashankar Joshi |
Literature or philosophy |
|
Gulabdas Broker |
Literature or philosophy |
Padma Shri
|
Zaverchand Meghani |
Literature or philosophy |
Known as "Rashtraiya Shayar", title given by Gandhiji
|
Thakkar Bapa |
Misc-Social Worker |
famous for his works for the upliftment of tribes
|
Abbas Tyabji |
Politics |
|
Ahmed Patel |
Politics |
|
Chimanbhai Patel |
Politics |
|
H. M. Patel |
Politics |
|
K. M. Munshi |
Politics |
Lawyer
|
Karan Bilimoria |
Politics |
|
Kasturba Gandhi |
Politics |
|
Mahadev Desai |
Politics |
|
Meghnad Desai |
Politics |
|
Morarji Desai |
Politics |
Indian Prime Minister who got highest civilization award (Bharat Ratna, Nishan-e-Pakistan from India and Pakistan respectively)
|
Savjibhai Korat |
Politics |
|
Shyamji Krishna Varma |
Politics |
|
Suresh Mehta |
Politics |
|
Vithalbhai Patel |
Politics |
|
Gitaben Rathva |
Politics |
|
Mohansinh Chhotubhai Rathava |
Politics |
|
Nautamlal Bhagavanji Mehta |
Business, Activism |
Gujarati businessman
|
Shrimad Rajchandra |
Religion |
revered Jain poet, philosopher and the spiritual guru of Mahatma Gandhi
|
Zain Bhikha |
Religion |
|
Ahmed Deedat |
Religion |
|
Dayananda Saraswati |
Social reformer |
founder of Arya Samaj
|
Morari Bapu |
Religion |
|
Shastriji Maharaj |
Religion |
spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha
|
Yogiji Maharaj |
Religion |
4th spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha
|
Pramukh Swami Maharaj |
Religion |
5th spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha
|
Ankita Raina |
Sports |
tennis, India No.1 singles player
|
Ajay Jadeja |
Sports |
cricketer, all-rounder
|
Irfan Pathan |
Sports |
cricketer, all-rounder
|
Munaf Patel |
Sports |
cricker, bowler
|
Nari Contractor |
Sports |
cricketer, bowler
|
Nayan Mongia |
Sports |
cricketer, wicket keeper
|
Parthiv Patel |
Sports |
cricketer, wicket keeper
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
Sports |
cricketer, bowler, all-rounder
|
Vinoo Mankad |
Sports |
cricketer, All-rounder
|
Yusuf Pathan |
Sports |
cricketer, All-rounder
|
Cheteshwar Pujara |
Sports |
cricketer, Batsman
|
Jaydev Unadkat |
Sports |
cricketer, Bowler
|
Hardik Pandya |
Sports |
cricketer, All rounder
|
Krunal Pandya |
Sports |
cricketer, All rounder
|
Pondy |
Advertising |
Razor sharp, extremely creative advertising person who is going to change the landscape of advertising
|
Jasprit Bumrah |
Sports |
cricketer, Bowler
|
Axar Patel |
Sports |
cricketer, Bowler
|
Rajesh Chauhan |
Sports |
cricketer, Bowler
|
Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) |
Entrepreneur |
founder of the modern port of Aden
|
Byram Dinshawji Avari |
Hotelier |
founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies
|
Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy |
Philanthropist |
builder of Mahim Causeway, connects two islands of Bombay and Salsette (north Bombay)
|
Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Sir |
Philanthropist |
founder of B.J. Medical College, Pune
|
Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir |
Philanthropist |
opened sea trade with China; J J Hospital
|
Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir |
Civil engineer |
master constructor of Bombay
|
Fardunjee Marzban |
Business |
founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent Bombay Samachar
|
Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Sir |
Business |
financier and industrialist in Hong Kong
|
Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir |
Business |
founded the first textile factories in India
|
Cyrus Poonawalla |
Industrialist, pharmacologist |
co-founder of the Serum Institute of India
|
Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney Sir |
1st Baronet, philanthropist |
including various academic buildings of the Bombay University.
|
Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee |
Industrialist |
founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east
|
Nowroji Saklatwala |
Industrialist |
Chairman of Tata group
|
Ratan Tata |
Industrialist |
Chairman of Tata group (1991–2012)
|
Homi Nusserwanji Sethna Padma Vibhushan awardee |
Chemical engineer |
guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
|
Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff |
Economist |
delegate at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; co-author of the Bombay Plan; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the Bank of India
|
Dorabji Tata, Sir |
Industrialist and philanthropist |
Sir Dorab Tata Trust
|
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata |
Industrialist |
founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Jawaharlal Nehru Known as the Father of Modern Indian Industries
|
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata |
Industrialist |
founder of India's first commercial airline: Air India
|
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia |
Shipwright and naval architect |
builder of the first dry-dock in Asia
|
Ness Wadia |
Business |
joint-Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing
|
Mahipatsinh Chavda |
Academic |
Vice chancellor, psychologist.
|
Mahzarin Banaji |
Professor of Psychology |
Harvard University
|
Jamshed Bharucha |
President, Cooper Union |
formerly, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Dartmouth College (first Indian American to serve as the dean of a school at an Ivy League institution).
|
Homi K. Bhabha |
Cultural-studies theorist; professor |
Harvard University.
|
Rusi Taleyarkhan |
Professor of Nuclear Engineering |
Purdue University.
|
Ardeshir TaraporeLieutenant Colonel |
Military |
Indian Army, winner of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantry
|
Aspy Engineer |
Military |
former Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force.
|
Fali Homi Major |
Military |
former Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force.
|
Sam Manekshaw |
Military |
former Indian Army chief and the Second Indian Field Marshal
|
Jal Cursetji |
Military |
former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy
|
Adi M. Sethna |
Military |
former Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army
|
FN Billimoria |
Military |
Lieutenant General, father of Karan Bilimoria, Lord Bilimoria
|
Behram "Busybee" Contractor |
Journalist and columnist |
|
Nariman "Nari" Contractor |
Cricketer |
coach at the CCI Academy.
|
Ardeshir Cowasjee |
Investigative journalist and newspaper columnist |
|
Nauheed Cyrusi |
Arts and entertainment |
model, film actress, television presenter
|
Bejan Daruwalla |
Astrology |
|
Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla |
High priest and religious scholar |
Zoroastrisms
|
Diana Eduljee |
Cricketer |
first captain of the Indian women's Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993
|
Farokh Engineer |
Cricketer |
|
Zerbanoo Gifford |
Human rights campaigner |
|
Aban Marker Kabraji |
Pakistani ecologist |
Asian regional director of IUCN
|
Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia |
Journalist and editor |
founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz.
|
Jivanji Jamshedji Modi Sir |
Religion |
Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D. from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary.
|
Cyrus Poncha |
Sports |
Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003–4.
|
Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar |
Sports |
cricketer.
|
Minocher Bhandara |
Politician |
Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
|
Mancherjee Bhownagree |
Politician |
second Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Conservative).
|
Jamsheed Marker |
Politician |
Pakistani diplomat, ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
|
Minoo Masani |
Politician |
author, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly.
|
Frene Ginwala |
Politician |
member of the ANC and aided Nelson Mandela in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. Later served for 7 years as Speaker Of the House of Parliament in South Africa
|
Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta |
Politician |
former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
|
Justice Dorab Patel |
Justice |
former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and human rights campaigner.
|
Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney) |
Justice |
J.P.; introduced income tax in India; first baronet of Bombay.
|
Rustam S. Sidhwa |
Justice |
judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as one of the original eleven judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
|
Shapurji Saklatvala |
Socialist workers |
welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour).
|
Ajay Bhatt |
Computer architect |
inventor of USB
|
B. P. Wadia |
Indian theosophist and labour activist |
pioneered the creation of workers unions in India.
|
Bhikaiji Cama |
Politician |
political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag.
|
Feroze Gandhi |
Politician |
journalist and politician; Indian MP under Jawaharlal Nehru; father of Rajiv Gandhi and grandfather of Rahul Gandhi.
|
Rajiv Gandhi |
Politician |
Prime minister of India and father of Rahul Gandhi
|
Rahul Gandhi |
Politician |
Indian Politician, Member of Parliament
|
Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir |
Politician |
political activist, co-founder and first President of the Indian National Congress, founder of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.
|
Kalubhai Maliwad
|
Politician
|
Member of 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly
|
Dadabhai Naoroji |
Economist, political activist |
first Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence from Great Britain.
|
Khurshed Framji Nariman |
Politician |
social activist, Mayor of Bombay. Member of the Indian National Congress.
|
Sam Piroj Bharucha |
Justice |
Chief Justice of India
|
S. H. Kapadia |
Justice |
Chief Justice of India
|
Fali Sam Nariman |
Justice |
jurist, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan
|
Nanabhoy ("Nani") Palkhivala |
Justice |
prominent jurist and economist
|
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee |
Justice |
former Attorney-General of India
|
Rattanbai Petit |
Justice |
second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
|
Dossabhoy Muncherji Raja |
Justice |
first Indian to be appointed appraiser of precious stones to British Indian customs. Awarded the title of Khan Sahib.
|
Bukhtyar Rustomji |
Justice |
Mumbai-born Lancaster doctor executed for murdering his wife and a maid
|
Jehangir Sabavala |
Arts and entertainment |
painter
|
Keshubhai Patel |
Politician |
former Chief Minister of Gujarat
|
A. D. Patel |
Politician |
Fiji politician
|
Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford |
Politician |
British politician
|
S. B. Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Vithalbhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Praful Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Priti Patel |
Politician |
British politician, Member of Parliament since 2010
|
R. D. Patel |
Politician |
Indo-Fijian lawyer
|
Eboo Patel |
Politician |
American political consultant
|
Haribhai M. Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Dinsha Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Dahyabhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian freedom fighter, politician
|
Vinod Patel |
Politician |
Fiji-Indian politician
|
Sone Lal Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Navin Patel |
Politician |
Fiji-Indian politician
|
Somchandbhai Solanki |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Pasha Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Babubhai J. Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Kanjibhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Vinubhai Patel |
Politician |
Fiji-Indian politician
|
Dipak Patel |
Politician |
Zambian politician
|
Harilal Madhavjibhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Patel Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Babubhai Jashbhai Patel |
Politician |
Chief Minister, Gujarat
|
R. K. Singh Patel |
Agriculturist and politician |
|
Parthiv Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Mitesh Patel |
Sports |
Indian hockey player
|
Samit Patel |
Sports |
English cricketer
|
Jayant Patel |
Sports |
Indian doctor
|
Min Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Brijesh Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Jasu Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Jyotsna Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Malhar Patel |
Sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
Nandikishore Patel |
Sports |
Ugandan cricketer
|
Jitendra Patel |
Sports |
Canadian cricketer
|
Mohan Patel |
Sports |
New Zealand hockey player
|
Dinesh Patel |
Sports |
American baseball player
|
Rakep Patel |
Sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
Brijal Patel |
Sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
Kalpesh Patel |
Sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
Ashish Patel |
Sports |
Canadian cricketer
|
Ashok Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Niraj Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Rakesh Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Dipak Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Kalpesh Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
R. D. Patel |
Sports |
Tanzanian cricketer
|
C. D. Patel |
Sports |
Tanzanian cricketer
|
Ashok Sitaram Patel |
Sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
Ramesh Patel |
Sports |
New Zealand hockey player
|
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel |
Sports |
Tanzanian obstetrician
|
I. G. Patel |
Economist |
Indian economist
|
Chimanbhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Manibehn Patel |
Politician |
Indian freedom fighter
|
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel |
Politician |
Indian freedom fighter, activist
|
Amit Patel |
Doctor |
American surgeon
|
Vimla L. Patel |
Doctor |
Canadian psychologist
|
Ramanbhai Patel |
Doctor |
Indian chemist
|
Nisha Patel |
Police |
British police officer
|
Akhil Patel |
Sports |
English cricketer
|
Chai Patel |
Doctor |
British doctor and businessman
|
Hemish Shah |
Business |
British stock brocker
|
Nand Kumar Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Rita Patel |
Sports |
Indian cricketer
|
Sameer Patel |
Sports |
English cricketer
|
Karsanbhai Patel |
Business |
Indian industrialist
|
A. K. Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
V. G. Patel |
Economist |
Indian author, economist
|
Harilal Manilal Patel |
Judiciary |
Fiji-Indian lawyer
|
Patel Sudhakar Reddy |
Politician |
Indian revolutionary
|
Surendra Motilal Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Jivabhai Ambalal Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Apoorva D. Patel |
Doctor |
Indian physicist
|
Prahlad Singh Patel |
Politician |
Indian politician
|
Shiv Kumar Patel |
Judiciary |
Indian outlaw
|
Framjee Nasarwanjee Patel |
Business |
Indian merchant, philanthropist
|
Chandrakant T. Patel |
Science |
|
Sheela Patel |
Politician |
Indian activist
|
Sam Pitroda |
Telecommunications engineering |
Padma Bhusan
|
Ratilal Chandaria |
Businessman and philanthropist |
Gujarati Lexicon founder
|
Juned Patel |
Indian Politician |
Indian National Congress
|
Ranchhodlal Chhotalal |
Business |
|
Ramesh Oza |
Hindu preacher |
Bhagwad Kathakar
|
Morari Bapu |
Hindu preacher |
Ram Charit Manas Kathakar
|
Hardik Patel |
Politician |
social and political leader
|
Anandiben Patel
|
politician
|
Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and former CM of Gujarat
|