Pandit (surname)

Pandit (also spelled as Pandita or Pandith) is an Indian and Nepalese Brahmin surname. When prefixed to a name, it denotes a scholar, for example, Pandita Ramabai or Pandit Nehru. A Hindu priest is also respectfully called Pandit ji.

It is also a Kashmiri clan or surname used by both Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims, native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India.Multiple sources:
 * "Sheikh: local converts, subdivided into numerous subgroups. Most largely retain their family names, or patronyms (kram), indicating their original profession, locality or community-such as Khar (carpenter), Pampori (a place), Butt and Pandit (Brahmin), Dar (kshatriya)-but with increasing Islamization, some have dropped these"

Usage
When prefixed to a name, it denotes a scholar, for example, Pandita Ramabai or Pandit Nehru. A Hindu priest is also respectfully called Pandit ji.

Film

 * Anand Pandit, Indian film producer
 * Ashoke Pandit (born 1966), Indian filmmaker and social activist
 * Chetan Pandit, Bollywood actor
 * Gaurie Pandit Dwivedi (born 1982), Indian actress
 * Jatin Pandit, Bollywood film composer
 * Kalpana Pandit (born 1967), Indian film actress, model, and emergency physician
 * Radhika Pandit (born 1984), Indian actress
 * Ridhima Pandit (born 1990), Indian actress and model
 * Santhosh Pandit (born 1973), Malayalam film actor, singer
 * Shiv Panditt (born 1984), Indian actor
 * Shraddha Pandit (born 1982), Indian playback singer
 * Shweta Pandit (born 1986), Indian actress and singer
 * Sulakshana Pandit (born 1954), Indian actress and singer
 * Surbir Pandit, Nepalese actor
 * Tejaswini Pandit (born 1990), Indian actress
 * Vijayta Pandit (born 1967), Indian actress
 * Yash Pandit (born 1981), Bollywood actor

Sports

 * Arjun Pandit (athlete) (born 1959), Nepalese marathon runner
 * Chandrakant Pandit (born 1961), Indian cricketer
 * Krishna Pandit (born 1998), Indian footballer
 * Nitin Pandit (born 1975), Indian cricketer
 * Ravinder Pandit (born 1959), Indian cricketer
 * Rohan Pandit (born 1981), Indian cricketer
 * Ronak Pandit (born 1985), Indian shooter
 * Shobha Pandit (born 1956), Indian cricketer

Other

 * Agam Manohar Pandit (born 1981), Indian cricketer and entrepreneur
 * Balraj Pandit, Indian playwright in Hindi and Punjabi
 * Bansi Pandit (born 1942), Indian writer and speaker on Hinduism
 * Devaki Pandit (born 1965), Indian playback singer
 * Farah Pandith (born 1968), American academician
 * Korla Pandit (1921–1998), American musician, composer and TV personality
 * Lal Babu Pandit, Nepalese politician
 * M. P. Pandit (1918–1993), Indian spiritualist, teacher and Sanskrit scholar
 * Rahul Pandit (born 1956), Indian physicist
 * Rajani Pandit (born 1962), Indian private investigator
 * Sarat Chandra Pandit (1879–1968), commonly known as 'Dada Thakur' — Indian columnist and satirist
 * Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990), Indian diplomat and politician
 * Vikram Pandit (born 1957), Indian-American banker
 * Yadav Pandit, Nepalese research scholar