List of people from Nagpur

The following is a list of notable people from and/or related to Nagpur, India.

Academia

 * Surendra Sheodas Barlingay (1919–1997), logician and Marathi writer
 * Vidyadhar Johrapurkar, Sanskritist, social anthropologist and historian
 * D. Raghavarao (1938–2013), Indian statistician, known for his contributions in design of experiments
 * Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande (1917–2020), mathematician

Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy

 * Moreshwar Vasudeo Abhyankar (1886–1935), lawyer and freedom fighter
 * Nirmala Deshpande (1929–2008), social activist
 * Amruta Fadnavis, social activist and banker
 * Shankar Mahale (1925-1943), young revolutionary
 * R. K. Patil (1907–2007), Gandhian and freedom fighter
 * Ram Puniyani, communal harmonist
 * Varun Shrivastava, Social Activist
 * Ram Ingole, social activist

Art, literature

 * Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918–1992), Kannada poet
 * Raja Badhe (1912–1977), Marathi poet
 * Suresh Bhat (1932–2003), Marathi poet and Ghazal Samrat
 * Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave (1910–1980), Marathi writer
 * Neelam Saxena Chandra, children's poet and author
 * Eknath Easwaran (1910–1999), author and spiritual teacher
 * Mahesh Elkunchwar, playwright and author
 * Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), abstract painter
 * Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919), Marathi poet
 * Manik Sitaram Godghate (Grace) (1937–2012), Marathi poet
 * Dhanashree Halbe, translator, poet and children's author
 * Gauri Jog, Kathak dancer
 * Shahid Kabir (1932–2001), Urdu language poet
 * Akshaykumar Kale, modern Marathi poetry critic
 * Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Hindi poet and writer
 * Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte (1908–1998), Marathi writer; former Vice-Chancellor of Nagpur University
 * Bhau Panchbhai (1944–2016), Marathi poet, writer, and Dalit activist
 * Harishankar Parsai (1924–1995), Hindi writer
 * Wasudev Waman Patankar (1908–1997), Marathi Shayar
 * Shishir Parkhie - Ghazal Singer & Composer

Business

 * Jamnalal Bajaj (1889–1942), founder of Bajaj Group of industries
 * Satyanarayan Nuwal, Chairman, Solar Industries India Ltd.
 * Dinesh Keskar, President of Boeing Asia and Vice-President of Boeing International
 * Basant Lal Shaw Jayaswal, Chairman of NECO Group of Ind. Ltd]]
 * Shiv Kisan Agrawal, Haldirams
 * Subramaniam Ramadorai, Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services
 * Vikram Pandit, Former CEO of Citigroup

Indian Film Industry

 * Jyoti Amge, actress
 * Tarun Bose (1928–1972), actor
 * Basanta Choudhury (1928–2000), actor
 * Purushottam Darvhekar (1926–1999), playwright and songwriter
 * Vaishnavi Dhanraj, television actress
 * Mahesh Elkunchwar, playwright
 * Subhash Ghai, film director, producer and screenwriter
 * Sai Gundewar, actor
 * Samidha Guru, Marathi theater, film and television actress
 * Sharman Joshi, actor
 * Rajkumar Hirani, film director, screenwriter and film editor
 * Gayatri Joshi, model turned Bollywood actress
 * Abhijit Kokate, film editor and Director in Bollywood
 * Ketaki Mategaonkar, Marathi playback singer and Marathi cinema actress
 * Jag Mundhra (1948–2011), Indian filmmaker
 * Manava Naik, actress
 * Salim Nasir (1944–1989), Pakistani actor
 * Girija Oak, Marathi and Hindi film actress
 * Shiv Panditt, Bollywood actor
 * Piyush Ranade, Marathi film & television actor
 * Ronit Roy, television actor
 * Ruchi Savarn, television actress
 * Aarti Shrivastava, documentary filmmaker
 * Sunaina, Tamil actress
 * Vaibbhav Tatwawdi, Marathi actor
 * Sanjay Surkar (1959–2012), Marathi film director
 * Paras Kalnawat, Indian Hindi television and web actor

Health and medicine

 * Kamalabai Hospet (1896–1981), co-founder of Matru Sewa Sangh, and Vidya Shikshan Prasarak Mandal
 * Vikram Marwah, orthopedic surgeon, social worker, and founder of Handicapped Children's Rehabilitation Centre and Children's Orthopedic Hospital of Matru Sewa Sangh
 * Dr. Kshama Metre, founder of Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development
 * Zulekha Daud, physician-turned-entrepreneur, Founder and Chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospital UAE; Alexis Multispeciality Hospital, India and Zulekha Colleges, India

Law

 * Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, 47th Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court of India
 * Bipin Krishna Bose (1851–1933), advocate
 * Siraj Mehfuz Daud (1931–2010), Judge and senior advocate
 * S. P. Kotval (1910–1987), Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court
 * Ruma Pal, retired Justice of the Supreme Court
 * Ananda Prakash Sen (1923–?), Justice of the Supreme Court of India
 * Harish Salve, solicitor general of India(1999-2002), senior advocate

Military and policing

 * Shirish Baban Deo, Vice Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
 * Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar, Air Vice Marshall
 * Edgar Peacock (1893–1955), decorated British Army officer
 * Hemant Karkare (1954–2008), chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad
 * Ghulam Mansoor Subedar-major and scholar
 * Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army

Modeling

 * Manasi Moghe, Miss India Universe 2013
 * Lopamudra Raut, model and Miss United Continents 2016
 * Madhu Sapre, Miss India Universe 1992

Music

 * Varsha Bhosle, (1956 - 2012) singer and journalist
 * Vasantrao Deshpande (1920–1983), Hindustani classical vocalist and performer of Natya Sangeet
 * Ulhas Kashalkar, Hindustani classical vocalist
 * Shishir Parkhie, playback ghazal bhajan singer and composer
 * Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan, musicologist
 * Rahul Vaidya, singer
 * Altaf Raja, singer
 * Pandit Sudhir, sitar player of Hindustani classical music
 * Usha Timothy, playback singer
 * Vidyadhar Vyas, Hindustani classical vocalist

Politics and government

 * Bakht Buland Shah founder and ruler of gond Kingdom of Nagpur,Ruler
 * Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880–1968), politician
 * Mohite Subodh Baburao, member of 14th Lok Sabha
 * Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (1924–2016), politician
 * C. B. Bhave, financial regulator
 * Raghoji I Bhonsle (1695–1755), Maratha general who took control of the Nagpur Kingdom in east-central India during the reign of Chattrapati Shahu
 * Mudhoji II Bhonsle (?–1840), ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur
 * Raghuji II was the Maratha ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur in Central India from 1788 to 1816
 * Baka Bai(1774-1858) was a Maratha stateswoman and favourite wife of Raghoji II Bhonsle, the king of Nagpur
 * Raghuji Bhonsle III (c.1806–1853), ruler of the Principal States of Nagpur from 1818 to 1853.
 * Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis (1862–?), President of First and Second Legislative Council of Central Provinces
 * Shankar Madhav Chitnavis (1867–?), Deputy commissioner of Central Provinces
 * Swati Dandekar, Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board
 * Pravin Datke, former mayor of Nagpur, current BJP Nagpur City president
 * Bhavna Kardam Dave, member of 12th Lok Sabha
 * Narendra R Deoghare, member of 4th Lok Sabha
 * Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1915–1996), third Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
 * Ashish Deshmukh, member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Ranjeet Deshmukh, member of 10th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Sudhakar Deshmukh, member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
 * Parinay Fuke, member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
 * Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister and former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis, councillor and member of 4th Lok Sabha
 * K. B. Hedgewar (1889–1940), founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
 * Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992), Vice-President of India; former Chief Justice of India
 * Shrikant Jichkar (1953–2004), politician, civil servant
 * Sanjay Joshi, politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, former national general secretary (organisation)
 * Narayan Bhaskar Khare (1884–1970), member of Indian National Congress
 * Jogendra Kawade, founder and President of Peoples Republican Party
 * Saroj Khaparde, member of Rajya Sabha
 * Krishna Khopde, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Vikas Kumbhare, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Vikas Mahatme, member of the Rajya Sabha
 * Milind Mane, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Sameer Meghe, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Gargi Shankar Mishra, member of 8th Lok Sabha
 * Rajendra Mulak, former Minister of State for Finance & Planning, Energy, Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and State Excise
 * Vilas Muttemwar, former Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India
 * Avinash Pandey, member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
 * Vinod Gudadhe Patil, former Minister in Narayan Rane ministry
 * Shantaram Potdukhe, former Member of Parliament and Union Minister of State, Finance
 * Rajani Rai, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
 * P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004), former Prime Minister of India
 * Nitin Raut, Energy Minister
 * N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012), Minister of State and BCCI president
 * Ajay Sancheti, Former member of Rajya Sabha
 * Vasant Sathe (1925–2011), former Minister of Information and Broadcasting
 * V Satish, National Jt. General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Abdul Shafee (1925-2004), former Indian National Congress politician
 * Rajendra Shingne, state vice-president of Nationalist Congress Party
 * Anil Sole, Member of Legislative Council, Nagpur graduates constituency
 * Sumatitai Sukaklikar (?dash;2011), a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Tahawar Ali (?dash;1854), noble in the court of Bhonsle Dynasty
 * Vimla Verma, member of 12th Lok Sabha
 * Mukul Wasnik, General Secretary of the Indian National Congress; former Union Minister
 * Amit Telang, Indian Foreign Service, Diplomat

Religion and spirituality

 * Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin (1861–1925), Muslim Sufi master
 * Eyre Chatterton (1863–1950), Anglican bishop
 * Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1906–1973), second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Leader) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
 * Alec Hardy (1891–1970), Anglican bishop
 * Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
 * Eknath Ranade (1914–1982), founder of Vivekananda Kendra
 * George Sinker (1900–1986), Anglican bishop
 * Alex Wood (1871–1937), Anglican bishop

Science

 * Ramanath Cowsik, astrophysicist
 * Ramesh Jain, scientist, professor and entrepreneur in the field of computer science
 * Shekhar C. Mande, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award winner; scientist in the field of x-ray crystallography and biophysics
 * S. Pancharatnam (1934–1969), physicist
 * Yashavant Kanetkar Computer Scientist largely responsible for popularizing the C programming language in the whole of India. Author of several computer books including "Let Us C."
 * Sagar Jamane, chemical element collector

Sport

 * Anilkumar Abhayankar, cricketer
 * Shashank Manohar, Indian lawyer and President of the BCCI
 * Mona Meshram, international cricket player
 * C. K. Nayudu (1895–1967), first captain of the India national cricket team in Test matches
 * Arundhati Pantawane, international badminton player
 * R. T. Ramachandran, former cricket umpire
 * N.K.P. Salve (1921–2012), former BCCI chief
 * Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
 * Azhar Sheikh, cricketer
 * Prashant Vaidya, former Indian cricketer
 * S. K. Wankhede (1914–1988), former BCCI president
 * Umesh Yadav, Indian cricketer
 * Raunak Sadhwani, Chess Grandmaster
 * Divya Deshmukh, Chess player and Woman Grandmaster(WGM)
 * Malvika Bansod, badminton player
 * Mallika Bhandarkar, international table tennis player (participated in Youth Olympic Games 2010)
 * Yash Thakur, Cricket player (playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL)