List of people from Ahmedabad

This is a list of notable residents of Ahmedabad, India. Residents may be known as Ahmedabadi or Amdavadi.

Business

 * Shantidas Jhaveri, jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender
 * Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, first industrialist and mill-owner of Ahmedabad
 * Lalbhai Dalpatbhai, industrialist and first-generation mill-owner
 * Ambalal Sarabhai, industrialist
 * Kasturbhai Lalbhai, industrialist
 * Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai - Indian businessman and philanthropist, known for his contributions to education and research in India.
 * Karsanbhai Patel - Indian billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Nirma, a consumer goods company that specializes in soaps, detergents, and other household products
 * Pankaj Patel - Indian businessman and former chairman of Cadila Healthcare, a leading pharmaceutical company in India
 * Gautam Adani - Industrialist and chairman and founder of the Adani Group
 * Komal Shah (art collector), art collector, philanthropist, computer engineer, and businessperson in Silicon Valley

Entertainment

 * Alisha Chinai, an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
 * Darshan Raval, an Indian singer & composer.
 * Disha Vakani, Actor and Worked in The Show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
 * Tapas Relia - Indian Music Director
 * Naresh Kanodia - Indian actor and politician, known for his work in Gujarati cinema
 * Mrinalini Sarabhai - Padma Shri in 1965, Padma Bhushan 1992
 * Kumudini Lakhia - awarded Padma Shri in 1987
 * Taarak Mehta - awarded Padma Shri in 2015

Politics

 * Brahmkumar Bhatt - Indian independence activist, Mahagujarat movement activist, Member of parliament, Member of Legislative Assembly, Former Chairman of Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) and Former Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative(IFFCO)
 * Gulzarilal Nanda - Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1997
 * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Indian independence nationalist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1991
 * Mallika Sarabhai - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010
 * Sakharam Ganesh Pandit, an Indian-American lawyer and civil rights activist
 * M. C. Bhatt - Human rights lawyer
 * Girishbhai Patel - Human rights lawyer
 * Shamshad Pathan - Human rights lawyer
 * Jhinabhai Desai - Gujarati poet better known as Snehrashmi, author, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist
 * Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai - Indian demographer, economist and independence activist
 * Subramaniam Hariharan Iyer - Human rights lawyer
 * Mukul Sinha - Human rights lawyer
 * Nirjhari Sinha - Human rights activist
 * Achyut Yagnik - Journalist, academic and activist
 * Ela Bhatt - Padma Shri in 1985, Padma Bhushan in 1986
 * Keshavram Kashiram Shastri - awarded Padma Shri in 1976

Science

 * George Joseph - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1999
 * Pramod Kale - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1984
 * P.R. Pisharoty - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1970
 * Satya Prakash - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1982
 * Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India; awarded Padma Bhushan in 1966; posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1972

Sports

 * Jasprit Bumrah (born 1993), cricketer
 * Geet Sethi - Awarded Padma Shri in 1986
 * Jasu Patel - Awarded Padma Shri in 1960
 * Jay Shah - BCCI Secretary (administrator)

Other

 * Dr. Vikran I. Shah, an Indian orthopedic surgeon, based in Ahmedabad. Shah established Shalby Hospitals in 1994.
 * Prakash K. Desai - Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force
 * Narhari Parikh (born 1891, died 1957), writer, activist, and social reformer
 * Jyotsna Yagnik - Judge
 * Balkrishna Doshi - awarded Padma Shri in 1976
 * Haku Shah - awarded Padma Shri in 1989
 * Kartikeya Sarabhai - awarded Padma Shri in 2012
 * Tejas Patel - awarded Padma Shri twice
 * Anil K Gupta - awarded Padma Shri in 2004