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Eminent/Famous Konkanastha Brahmins
Literature/Scholars
Vasant Sathe (Ex. Union Cabinet Minister of India )
Prin. V.K. Joag (Modern Education Society)
Na. Si. Phadke
Vi Ka Rajwade (Itihasacharya Rajwade)
Vishram BedekarKrishnaji Keshav Damle(Keshavsoot)Wrangler ParanjpeDurga Bhagwat, Writer, Scholar and Critic of Indological studies
Politics/Social Reform
Achyutrao PatwardhanAnant Kanhere
Bhai VaidyaChintamanrao Appasaheb Patwardhan(Padmabhushan, ruler of Sangli)
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Kakasaheb GadgilKrantiveer ChapekarLaxmibai Tilak
G. N. Dandekar (Go Ni Dandekar)
Irawati KarveHari Narayan ApteGangadhar GadgilShri. Ja. Joshi
Malti Bedekar, feminist and Marathi novel writerPandurang Vaman Kane (Bharat Ratna awardee)S N Pendse (Shri Nā)
Vasant KanetkarVinda Karandikar (Jnanapeeth Awardee 2003)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Dhondo Keshav KarveRaghunath Keshav Khadilkar (Union Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation, Member of Parliament)Veer SavarkarR. N. Mandlik{Ramabhau Mandlik} (IS THIS PERSON A KONKANASTHA BRAHMIN ??)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Mahadev Govind Ranade
N.G.GoreNarubhau Limaye
Peshawas
Ramray Kelkar MaharajS.M. Joshi
Shivram Paranjape (Kaal Karte Paranjape)Shivajirao Patwardhan{Padmashri}
Swami SwaroopanandaVasant Bapat
Vitthalrao Gadgil
Industry
Chitale Bandhu (makers of fine sweets)Dandekars (CAMLIN)P. N. Gadgil (Bullionaires since 1832)Waman Hari Pethe (Bullionaires since last 100 years)Dadasaheb Velankar (coaching class owner)Vikram PanditMohan Vijay Vaze (Vaze Consultancy)Mangesh Vijay Vaze (Vaze Consultancy)Sathe (Sathe biscuits and chocolates co.)Mr. Mukund Bhogale MD, Nirlep Industries
Sport
Information Technology
Cinema/Theatre
Kashinath Ghanekar
Sane GurujiNathuram Godse (Hutatma Pandit Nathuram Godse)Pandita Ramabai
Raghunath Dhondo Karve
Senapati Bapat
Sudhir Joshi
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Swatantryaveer Savarkar)Vinoba Bhave
C.V. Joag (Bank of Maharashtra)
Ajit Agarkar (Indian National Cricket team)D. B. Deodhar (Cricket Maharshi Deodhar)Harsha Bhogle(International Cricket Analyst, Commentator, Television Host)
Archana JoglekarAsawari JoshiAshvini BhaveAtul ParchureBhakti BarveChittaranjan Kolhatkar
Mohan GokhaleMohan JoshiMrunal DevDr.Girish OakNishigandha WadPradeep Bhide
Sai ParanjapeSanjay MoneRima LagooVidyadhar Gokhale
Govind Ballal Deval (Natyacharya)Vishnudas BhaveNachiket and Jayoo PatwardhanMilind Soman
Music
Ramkrishnabua Vaze(Vazebua)
Meena JoshiShreedhar PhadkeVasant SatheGajanan WatveYashawant DevVeena SahasrabudheArun Date
Aditi Govitrikar
Dadasaheb PhalkeMadhuri DixitMohan Agashe
Prashant Damle
Vikram GokhaleShriram LagooSudhir Joshi
Pandit Vishnu Digambar PaluskarPandit Vishnu Narain Bhatkhande
Sadhana Sargam (Ghanekar)Sudhir Phadke
Shaila DatarSanjeev AbhyankarAshwini Bhide
Saraswat BrahminsAshok Saraf -famous marathi actor in films/theatre as well as hindi serials
Amol Palekar -actor/director hindi filmsP L Deshpande -famous writer/actor
Prakash PadukoneVijay MallyaDilip Prabhavalkar (Bapu of "Lage Raho Munnabhai)-marathi/hindi film actorGirish Karnad
Jayant NadkarniAnuradha Paudwal
Kashmiri Pandits
Khalique Ibrahim Khalique
Sir Muhammad Iqbāl (Saare Jahan Se Achcha)
Kannada Brahmins
Sunil Gavaskar -the world famous best Cricketer so far
Sachin Tendulkar
Motilal NehruSir Tej Bahadur SapruAnupam Kher
Vijay MallyaShyam BenegalLeena Chandavarkar (actress)Rohini Hattangadi (actress)Isha KoppikarAnant NagUrmila MatondkarShankar NagGurudutt (Padukone)Amol Palekar (Actor/Director)Sachin Pilgaonkar (Actor)Prakash Padukone - Badminton
Satish KaulAnupam KherRaaj KumarJeevanKiran Kumar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohyal Brahmins
Karhade Brahmin
Prabhakar Panshikar - Well known Marathi stage ActorBhalji Pendharkar - Well known Marathi Film Personality
Dattovaman Potdar (Historian, welknown writer)Lakshman Balwant Bhopatkar (Lawyer, Past President of Hindu MahaSabha)Golvelkar Guruji (Past Sarsanghachalak - Rashtriya Swayamsevak sangha)
Deshastha Brahmin
N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys)U.R.Rao (Former Chairman of ISRO)Bhimsen Joshi (Singer)Anil Kumble (Cricket)Javagal Srinath (Cricket)Rahul Dravid (cricketer)Venkatesh Prasad (crickter)
Barkha DuttLara DuttaSanjay Dutt
Lata MangeshkarSmita Talvalkar (Actress,Director,Producer)
Rima Lagoo
Ashutosh Gowariker
Dr. SukhatmeBhaskar KulkarniSubhash AvachatShrikant Bahulakarshankar PalashikarSameer NerlekarRaja Gosavi Prominent Marathi Movie Actor/ComedianSulabha DeshpandeSavita PrabhuneSonali KulkarniAtul KulkarniMrinal Dev-KulkarniMakarand DeshpandeSamir DharmadhikariMakrand AnaspureAvinash DharmadhikariBalgandharva[famous singer]Jagadish Khebudakar
N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of InfosysGururaj Deshpande founder of Sycamore Networks
Jayavant KulakarniErapally Srinivasa Prasanna(E.A.S. Prasanna), Cricket PlayerRahul Dravid, Captain of Indian Cricket team.D.S.Kulakarni [DSK Udyoga Samuha]
Abasaheb Garware (Garware Industries)Dadoji KondadevMoropant Pingale['Pradhan' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Annaji Datto['Sachiv' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Ramachandrapant Amatya['Amatya' in Shivaji Maharaja's Asthapradhan mandal]Moreshwer Pandirao ['Panditrao' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Niraji Rawaji ['Nyayadhish' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Dattaji Trimbak Vakanis ['Mantri' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Ramchandra Trambak Dabir ['Sumant' in Shivaji Maharaj's Ashapradhan mandal]Sakharambapu BokilTatya TopeRajaguru
Dr. K.B. Hedgewar, founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)Balasaheb DevarasDr.B.S.MunjeComred Shripad Amrut Dange[great communist leader of India]Dadasaheb DharmadhikariBaba AmteNanaji DeshamukhBalasaheb Kesakar Former Information & Broadcasting Minister Of IndiaMadhu DandavateManohar JoshiPramod MahajanNitin GadakariVilas AvachatAnant Bhalerao [Famous Editor Of 'Marathawada']Dadasaheb Potanis [owner & Editor of 'Gaokari',NasikBinduMadhav Joshi [Founder of Grahak Panchayat]
Prof. Vishnu Govind Vijapurkar [First Promotor Of National Education in Maharashtra. Founder of 'Samarth Vidyalay'at Kolhapur
S.V.(Mamasaheb)Gandhe [Founder of 'Maitraban'residential village for old age people,Nagpur.]Anil Avachat [Founder Of 'Muktangan']Medha PatkarJyoishrana Vidya.A.Rajandekar, Maharashtriya PanchangaUddhav Vishnu Ruikar, Ruikar Panchang
Saints
Dr. S. B. Mujumdar (President , Founder Director, Symboisis Society)Bhaskaracharya[great mathematician]Hemadapanta[architect&father of modi script]Kamalakarbhatta[great Sanskrit scholarin 13th century]Nagojibhatta[great Sanskrit scholar in 16th century]Gagabhatta[great Sanskrit scholar of Kashi in 17th century]MukundrajMukteshwarShahir Patthe Bapurao(Shridhar Krushnaji Kulakarni)
Dr.Ramchandra Dekhane Famous Scholar, Orator of "Santa-Vangmay",as well as authority in the field of "Santa-Vangmay"Laxaman Ramachandra PangarkarBalakavi[Tryambak Bapuji Thombare]Datta Raghunath KavthekarPralhad Keshav AtreB.S.MardhekarG. A. KulkarniIndira SantVishnu Vaman Shirwadkar [Jnanapeeth Award winner poet&writter]Tarkatirtha Lakshamanshastri Joshi[great Sanskrit scholar]MahaMahopadhyaya Siddheshwarshastri Chitrao[great Sanskrit scholar]Babasaheb Purandare[famous historian]G D Madgulkar[modern Valmiki of India]Vyankatesh madgulkar[famous writter]Suresh BhatNarahar KurundakarProf. Ram Shewalkar
NivruttinathDnyaneshwarSopandevMuktabaiChangdevVisobakhecharBhanudasEknathMadhvamunishwarJanardanswamiDasopantDamajipantaSamarth RamdasNarasimha Saraswati
Bengali BrahminsChaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534), ascetic, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833), Hindu reformer and founder of Brahmo SamajDebendranath Tagore (1817-1905) A leading proponent of Brahmo Samaj
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2000.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, founder president, Bhartiya Jana Sangh
Somnath Chatterjee (born 1929) - Speaker of the Lok SabhaBankim Chandra Chatterjee (Vande Matram)
Moraya GosawiKrushanadayarnavSwami SamarthGondawalekar MaharajGulawani MaharajShreedharswamiUpasani MaharajPant Maharaj BalekundrikarRamanand Bidkar MaharajChimad MaharajDhunda Maharaj
Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820 - 1891) PolymathBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838-1894), author and one of the founders of Indian nationalismRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), poet, philosopher and nationalistJatindra Nath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin) (1879-1915), revolutionary leader
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay (Ramakrishna Paramahansa) (1836-1886), Revered Religious leader, led Hindu revivalSir Ashutosh Mukherjee
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938) popular and sometimes controversial novelistShyama Prasad MukherjeeRakhal Das Banerjee (1885-1930) archaeologist, Mohenjo‑daro excavationsManabendra Nath Roy (1887-1954), a founder of Indian CommunismKishore kumar Ganguly , Great Singer, ActorAshok kumar Ganguly, Actor
Rani MukherjeeKajolpopular singer ShaanPranab MukherjeeSourav Ganguly, former captain of Indian cricket team
Sarojini Naidu nee Chattopadhyay (1879-1949) - freedom fighter, poet
Rajapur Saraswat BrahminsSuresh Prabhu (Former Union Minister in Vajapayee Government)
Tamil Brahmin (Mulukanadu Brahmins)Srinivasa RamanujanPamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (P. V.Narasimha Rao)
North Indian Brahmins.
Madan Mohan MalaviyaLaLa Lajpat Rai (Khatri)
Namboothiri BrahminK. J. YesudasBhaaskaraachaaryanAadi Sankaran
Bharatratna Pandurang KaneDr. Viswanath S. Naravane- PhilosopherMs. Vaiju Naravane Journalist/Europe ExpertNinad Bedekar - HistorianGajanan Mehendale - HistorianDr. M. S. Naravane -HistorianBhau MahajanVishnushastri Chiplunkar -EssayistYadunath ThatteP R BehereG V BehereP B BhaveVasant KaneH M MaratheNarayan DharapVidya Bal
Bipin Chandra Pal
Daya Nayak (Famous Mumbai Police Inspector)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
The Chitpavan community are known for scholarly leaning and being writers and philosophers.This list is very basic , we would appreciate any information on persons not included in this list. Small biography of each entry will be soon added.
L N GokhaleSamba Joshi - Historian Belgaum KarnatakaS R DateyRajwade - HistorianBharatratna P V KaneMahamopadhyay AbhyankarRaghunathshastri Patwardhan-Tilak AlmanacDate-Date AlmanacMoro Keshav DamleShankar Balkrishna DikshitN R PhatakK N WatveMadhav AchvalMahadevshashtri JoshiAnant ManoharDr. Anil AwachatDr. Anita AwachatMalatibai BedekarChi Vi JoshiShri Na PendseN C Phadke(Nasi)N.C.Kelkar(Na.Chi)Durga BhagwatKumar KetkarGangadhar GadgilYogini JogalekarMandakini GogateP.G.SahastrabuddheH.N.ApteNarendra Karmarkar (Maths wizard & Nominated for Nobel)Dr. Anand Karve(British Award Ashden winner)Dr. Srikant Datar(Professor at Harvard University)Dr. R. V. Sathe (Past President of World Health Organisation,U.S.)Dr.Smita Sudhir Datye(president award winner)Kiran Nagarkar(Sahitya Acadami Award for English Novel,Cuckold)Mrs.Sujata Vasant Manohar(Supreme Court Judge in New Delhi)Dr.Vasant Gadre(Dean of School of Language,JN University,Delhi)
Brahmin
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(1) Pancha-Gaur, i.e., five main subgroups of Brahmins stemming from the erstwhile Gaur subgroup. Considering west, north-west to east, these were:
Saraswat BrahminsGaur BrahminsKanyakubja BrahminsMaithili BrahminsUtkal Brahmins
(2) Pancha-Dravida, i.e., five main subgroups of Brahmins originating from the earlier mentioned Dravida subgroup. These subgroups seem to be reckon with regional languages.
Maharashtrian BrahminsKannada BrahminsTelugu BrahminsTamil BrahminsMalayali Brahmins
Bengali BrahminsBhargav BrahminsBhumihar BrahminsDadhich BrahminsGaur BrahminsGautam BrahminsKashmiri PanditsKhandelwal BrahminsKhedaval BrahminsMohyal BrahminsKanyakubja BrahminsKota BrahminsKulin BrahminsMaithili BrahminsRajapur Saraswat BrahminsSanadhya BrahminsSaraswat BrahminsSaryupareen BrahminsShrimali Brahmins
Some of the existing sub-castes from Panch-Dravida group of Brahmins are:
Bardai BrahminsChitpavan Brahmins (Konkanasth)Daivajna BrahminDhima BrahminsDeshastha BrahminGouda Saraswat Brahmins
789 Iyers, Iyengar (Vadakalai Thenkalai )
101112131415161718 Pushpaka Brahmins (Ambalavasi Brahmins)1920212223 Telugu Brahmins (Vaidiki, Niyogi)24
3) Daivajna Brahmins4) Deshastha Brahmins
7) Gouda SaraswatBrahmins
9) Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins
11) Kandavara Brahmins12) Karade Brahmins13) Karhada Brahmins14) Kashmiri Saraswat Brahmins15) Kayastha Brahmins16) Khandelwal Brahmins17) Konkanastha Brahmins18) Kota Brahmins19) Koteshwara Brahmins20) Nagar Brahmins21) Namboothiri Brahmins22) Padia Brahmins23) Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins24) Saklapuri Brahmins25) Sanketi Brahmins
Havyaka BrahminsHoysala Karnataka Brahmins
Kandavara BrahminsKannada BrahminsKarhade BrahminsKoota BrahminsKoteshwara BrahminsNagar BrahminsNamboothiri (Namboodiri, Namboodiripad, Bhatathiripad)Padia Brahmins
Saklapuri BrahminsSanketi BrahminsShivalli BrahminsSthanika Brahmins
Tuluva Brahmins
1) Andhra Brahmins
i) Niyogi Brahmins
ii) Vaidiki Brahmins
2) Chitpavana Brahmins
5) Dhima Brahmins
6) Gaur Brahmins
8) Havyaka Brahmins
10) Iyers
26) Saraswat Brahmins
a) The Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins
b) Kashmiri Saraswat Brahmins or Kashmiri Pandits
c) Rajapur/Balawalikar Saraswat Brahmins
d) Haryana Saraswat Brahmins
27) Shivalli Brahmins28) Smarta Brahmins29) Sthanika Brahmins
31)Vaishnava Brahmins
Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan, Vaid
30) Tuluva Brahmins
Mohyal clans
INDIAN BRAHMINSaraswata 1) Saraswat Brahmins
2) Kashmiri Pandits3) Mohyal Brahmins4) Dhima Brahmins5) Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins6) Gouda Saraswat Brahmins7) Shakdwipi Brahmins
Kanyakubja 1) Kanyakubja Brahmins2) Saryupareen Brahmins
Gauda 1) Khandelwal Brahmins2) Kota Brahmins3) Dadhich Brahmin4) Gaur Brahmin5) Sanadhya Brahmins
Utkal 1) Utkala BrahminsPurvi 1) Bhumihar Brahmins
2) Maithili Brahmins3) Kulin Brahmins4) Bengali Brahmins5) Bardai Brahmins
Pancha-Dravida 1) Those from Dakshinapatha (South India, including Gujarat).Gujarat 2) Nagar Brahmins
3) Bardai Brahmins4) Girinarayan Brahmins5) Shrimali Brahmins6) Khedaval7) Anavil Brahmin8) Awadhich Brahmins
Maharashtra 1) Chitpavan Brahmins (Konkanasth)2) Deshastha Brahmin3) Karhade Brahmins4) Samvedi Brahmins5) Devrukhe Brahmins
Karnataka 1) Kannada Brahmins2) Daivajna Brahmins3) Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins4) Badaganadu Brahmins5) Babburu Kamme Brahmins6) Ulucha Kamme Brahmins7) Niyogi Brahmins8) Madhva Brahmins9) Vaishnava Brahmins10) Sri Vaishnava or Hebbar Sri Vaishnava or Mysore Iyengars11) Mysore Iyers12) Mulukanadu Brahmins13) Sankethi Brahmins
15) Gauda Saraswat Brahmins (Generally considered Pancha-Gauda)[1]16) Tuluva Brahmins[2]
Note: Gauda is sometimes taken to mean a region of Bengal. However the original meaning of the term coincides with region termed as Brahmakshetra:
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14) Sarawat Brahmins, totally different from Gowda Saraswat Brahmins and one of the smallest groups of Brahmins in terms of population.
17) Shivalli Brahmins18) Sthanika Brahmins19) Koteshwara Brahmins20) Padia Brahmins21) Saklapuri Brahmins22) Kandavara Brahmins23) Koota Brahmins24) Havyaka Brahmins25) Maratha Brahmins26) Karadiga Brahmins
Andhra Pradesh 1) Telugu Brahmins2) Niyogi Brahmins3) Vaidiki Brahmins
Dravida 1) Iyers(Tamil Nadu and Kerala) 2) Iyengars (of Vadakalai and Thenkalai sects)
3) Namboothiri Brahmins4) Pushpaka Brahmins (Ambalavasis)
Brahmin Bodhisattvas
Aryadeva (successor of Nagarjuna) Asangha (from Hinayana sect and Peshwar city founded the Yogacarya and established the Classical age of Buddhism)
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Bodhidharma (royalty of Pallava, from Kanchi) that went to China
Brahmadatta
Nagarjuna (founded the Shunyata concept and considered along with Asvaghosa to have founded the Mahayana)
Kusanda Buddha
Konagamana Buddha
Kasyapsa Buddha
Kshitagarbha
Maitreya (Bodhisattva to come)
Parmasambhava (founder of Vajrayana Buddhism)
[edit] Scriptures dedicated to Brahmin bhikkus
Dravid (Captain)
| 2 Sehwag |
3 Tendulkar | 4 Ganguly | 5 Yuvraj |
6 Uthappa |
7 Dhoni |
8 Karthik |
9 Kumble |
10 Harbhajan |
11 Pathan |
12 Patel |
13 Zaheer |
14 Sreesanth |
15 Agarkar |
Aryadeva (successor of Nagarjuna) Asangha (from Hinayana sect and Peshwar city founded the Yogacarya and established the Classical age of Buddhism)