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This page is a list of notable Marathi people. This list contains people with Marathi ethnicity and may not have lived in Maharashtra. For people living in Maharashtra see List of people from Maharashtra. The Marathi people or Maharashtrians (मराठी माणसं or महाराष्ट्रीय) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages. Although their history goes back more than a millennium, the community came to prominence when Maratha warriors under Shivaji Maharaj established the Maratha Empire in 1674. Mee Marathi (मी मराठी, I am Marathi) are two words that have always inculcated Marathi pride.

Rulers

 * Gautamiputra Satkarni (78AD-102AD) - A Satavahana emperor, defeated Vikramaditya and started the Shalivahan Shaka Calendar which is still used by Maharashtrians
 * Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1630–1680) - Founder of the Maratha Empire
 * Chattrapati Sambhaji Maharaj(1657-1689) - Son of Shivaji; Second Emperor of Maratha Empire
 * Rajaram Chhatrapati (1670-1700) - Third Emperor of the Maratha Empire
 * Tarabai (1675–1761) - Queen of the Maratha Empire. Wife of Chhatrapati Rajaram
 * Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj (1682–1749)- fourth ruler of the Maratha Empire
 * Ramaraja (1749–1777) fifth ruler of the Maratha Empire
 * Peshwa Bajirao (1700–1740) - Expanded the Maratha empire in the North
 * Shrimant Sardar Malharrao Holkar (1693–1766) - Ruler of Indore
 * Rajmata Ahilyabai Holkar (1725-1795) - Queen of Malwa
 * Srimant Mahadji Shinde Srinath Bahadur (1730–1794) - Ruler of Gwalior state
 * Serfoji II (1777–1832) - Maratha King of Thanjavur, Pioneer in ophthalmology
 * Lakshmibai (1828–1858) - The queen of Jhansi
 * Shrimant Maharaja Sir Sayajirao III Gaekwad(1863–1939) - Ruler of Baroda

Generals

 * Kanhoji Jedhe - Key succor to Shivaji in Battle of Pratapgarh
 * Moropant Pingle - First Peshwa Prime Minister in the court of Shivaji
 * Baji Prabhu Deshpande - General in the army of Shivaji who sacrificed his life saving shivaji at Siege of Panhala.
 * Rango Narayan Orpe - Shivaji's administrative officer on Vishalgad. known for defeating the Bijapur army in the battle of Vishalgad
 * Firangoji Narsala- Military leader in the army of Shivaji, famous for his defence of fort Sangram Durg
 * Haider Ali Kohari - Most trusted general in all Shivaji's campaigns
 * Murarbaji Deshpande - Remembered for his defense of the Purandar Fort
 * Netaji Palkar - Second Sarnaubat (Commander-in-chief) in the army of Shivaji
 * Prataprao Gujar - Third royal Sarnaubat (Commander-in-chief) of Shivaji's army
 * Tanaji Malusare - Trusted ally of Shivaji,famous for Battle of Sinhagad
 * Hambirrao Mohite - General and War Minister in the cabinet (ashtapradhan) of Shivaji Maharaj
 * Chimnaji Appa - Defeated the Portuguese in 1740 ending their rule in North Konkan
 * Kanhoji Angre - First notable chief of the Maratha Navy and popularly known as “Samudratla Shivaji” (Shivaji of Indian ocean).
 * Tatya Tope - Freedom fighter and martyr during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
 * Raghunath Rao - Gifted Maratha General who defeated the Afghans and expanded the Maratha empire to its maximum limit, i.e. Attock(ahead of Peshawar)
 * Santaji Ghorpade - One of the most valorous Maratha sardars who fought the Moghals in the great battle of 27 years.
 * Dhanaji Jadhav - One of the most valorous Maratha sardars who fought the Moghals.

Military leaders

 * Air Chief Marshal Hrishikesh Moolgavkar, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
 * Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
 * Pradeep Vasant Naik, current Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
 * General Arun Shridhar Vaidya, former Chief of the Staff of the Indian Army
 * Naik Yashavantrao Ghadge, recipient of Victoria Cross
 * Namdev Jadhav, recipient of Victoria Cross
 * Rama Raghoba Rane, recipient of Paramveer Chakra
 * Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, former chief of Indian Navy
 * Vice Admiral Bhaskar S. Soman, former Chief of Naval Staff, India
 * Anil Tipnis, Former Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force
 * Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni - Former Chief of Indian Navy
 * Arunkumar Vaidya - Chief of Army Staff from 83 through 86

Religion

 * Gadge Maharaj (February 13, 1876 - December 20, 1956) Social reformer.
 * Swami Samarth of Akkalkot (?? - 1878) - Guru of Shankar Maharaj etc.
 * Shirdi Sai Baba of Shirdi (circa 1838 - October 15, 1918)
 * Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon
 * Saraswati Gangadhar - Author of Shri GuruCharitra, an important Hindu text
 * Sant Tukaram - 17th Century Warkari saint
 * Sant Dnyaneshwar - (1275–1296) - Vedic Saint from Alandi
 * Sant Namdev - Saint of Sanatana Dharma - Influenced Sikh guru Bani
 * Sant Eknath - Hindu Saint (1533–1599)
 * Chokhamela - A saint in Maharashtra, India in the 14th century
 * Samarth Ramdas - (1608–1681)
 * Brahma Chaitanya of Gondavale
 * Ezekiel Isaac Malekar - Current Jewish Rabbi of the Judah Hyam Synagogue
 * Tukdoji Maharaj - Popular rural poet and saint
 * Pandurang Shastri Athavale - Active Philosopher and advocator of Bhagavad Geeta
 * Bahinabai Chaudhari - Famous Ahirani poetry writer
 * Kanhopatra

Politics

 * Ashok Chavan current Chief Minister of Maharashtra
 * Rajaram Raut (Bhausaheb Raut) - Founder - Shetkari Kamgar Paksha
 * Shankarrao Chavan former Home Minister, Government of India and Chief Minister of Maharashtra
 * Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar - An Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian ConstitutionArchitect of Indian Constitution. Received Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1990
 * Lokmanya Tilak (1856 - 1920) - Nationalist leader of from the pre-Gandhi era
 * Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - Freedom Fighter; Revolutionary; Creator of political "Hindutva"
 * Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi
 * Late Yashwantrao Chavan - First Chief Minister of Maharashtra,Former Deputy Prime Minister of India
 * Dr. K. B. Hedgewar - Founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
 * Balasaheb Thackeray - "Hindu Hriday Samrat" ; Founder of Shiv Sena
 * Raj Thackeray - Youth Leader ; Founder of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
 * Late Pramod Mahajan - Senior leader, Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Sharad Pawar - Founder of NCP, head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
 * Late Vasantdada Patil - Former CM, Maharashtra
 * Vasundhara Raje - Former CM, Rajasthan
 * Pratapsinh Rane - Current CM, Goa
 * Dutta Samant - Trade union leader
 * Sushil Kumar Shinde - Former CM, Maharashtra
 * Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar - Member of Parliament, 1952, Jhansi, Speaker, Vidhan Parishad, 1958, Uttar Pradesh
 * Maharani Gayatri Devi - Granddaughter of Sayajirao Gaekwad and Maharani of Jaipur
 * Balasaheb Desai - Former CM of Maharashatra
 * Vasantrao Naik - Former CM of Maharashtra
 * Vinay Kore - Current Minister of NonConventional Energy
 * Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje - Member of the Ghadar Party
 * Late Madhavrao Scindia - former cabinet minister of India
 * Jyotiradiyta Scindia - Current cabinet minister of India
 * Nitin Gadakari - Current National President Of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
 * Mohan Bhagwat - Current Sarsanghachalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
 * Pratibha Patil - First Lady President of India and Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces
 * Late C D Deshmukh - First Finance Minister of India
 * Vilasrao Deshmukh - Former CM, Maharashtra
 * Late Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar - RSS leader
 * Late Madhavrao Schindia (Shinde), Gwalior, Mandya Pradesh - Congress Leader
 * Narayanrao Rane: former CM and currently revenue minister of maharashtra

Activists

 * Baba Amte - Activist who worked for people suffering from leprosy. Awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1986
 * Shivajirao Patwardhan - Started first aashram - Anandvan - for leprosy patients
 * Vinoba Bhave - Gandhian activist. Awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1983
 * Anna Hazare - Gandhian activist; Anti-corruption crusader
 * Medha Patkar
 * Baba Adhav
 * Narendra Dabholkar
 * Abhay Bang
 * Rani Bang
 * Priyanand Agale - Working for Environmental protection & ECO REVOLUTION through the ECO NEEDS FOUNDATION
 * Ulka Mahajan - SEZ activist; Raigad
 * Dr. Prakash & Mandakini Amte - Tribals- Education & Health activist; Bhamragarh, Dist Chandrapur

Reformers

 * All Saints of Maharashtra
 * Vishwanath (Tatyasaheb) Kore - He is considered the father of the farmers co-operative culture. He established the affluent Warna empire, transforming Warnan-nagar into a self contained industrial and educational hub through the co-operative movement
 * Gopal Krishna Gokhale - He established the Servants of India Society and represented Indian interests in the Imperial Legislative Council. Mahatma Gandhi considered him his guru
 * Dhondo Keshav Karve - Maharshi Karve fought for the upliftment of women, started a college for them and established the first Indian University for women, named SNDT Women's University. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1958
 * Raghunath Karve - Pioneer of Family Planning and Birth Control clinics in India
 * Gadge Maharaj - He dedicated his life for fight against social evils. He built inns, schools, animal shelters and medical centres. Cleanliness was his mantra
 * Jyotiba Phule (April 11, 1827 — November 28, 1890) - Mahatma Jyotiba Phule started education for women and struggled hard for the upliftment of the depressed classes
 * Mahadev Govind Ranade
 * Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj - Prince of Kolhapur, known for his social work.
 * Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil - Worked to spread education to the last person
 * Dr. Babasaheb Ambedakar - Outstanding work for untouchables
 * Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde - Selfless work for the removal of untouchability and other suppressed casts
 * Sharad Joshi - Great work for farmers
 * Shripad Dange - Revolutionary Communist leader against casts, religion etc.
 * Nanasaheb Parulekar - Great work for orphanage
 * Dr. Datta Samant - Selfless Trade unions leader
 * Ram Ganesh Agarkar - Reformist
 * Dr. Dattaprasad Dabholkar - Propagated scientific,progressive and realistic education among school children
 * Shyam Manav - Keeps alive the torch of Rationalist thinking in society started by Phule and Ambedkar removing superstitious thoughts from the mind of ordinary people of rural as well as urban Maharashtra
 * Pandita Ramabai - She championed the cause of emancipation of Indian women
 * Savitribai Phule - She was the first female teacher of the first women's school in India.
 * Anant Gulve,Founder of Kamdhenu Kutumbkam,SAVE COW < SAVE MANKIND.www.kamdhenu.org
 * Anandibai Joshi - She was one of the two first Indian women to obtain a medical degree through training in Western medicine.

Bharat Ratna Recipients

 * Dhondo Keshav Karve - Recipient in 1958 - Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year
 * Pandurang Vaman Kane - Recipient in 1963 - Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
 * Vinoba Bhave - Recipient in 1983 - Posthumous, Social Reformer, independence activist.
 * B R Ambedkar - Recipient in 1990 - Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution,Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar
 * Lata Mangeshkar - Recipient in 2001 - Famous Singer
 * Bhimsen Joshi - Recipient in 2008 - Indian Vocalist

Ramon Magsaysay Award

 * Vinobha Bhave - Recipient in 1958 for community leadership.
 * C. D. Deshmukh - Recipient in 1959 for public administration.
 * Rajnikant Arole and Mabelle Arole - Recipient in 1979 for community leadership.
 * Baba Amte - Recipient in 1985 for public service.
 * Pandurang Shastri Athavale - Recipient in 1996 for community leadership.
 * Dr.Prakash Amte and Dr.Mandakini Amte - Recipient in 2008 for community leadership.

Business and industry

 * Vikram Pandit - current CEO of Citigroup, previously founded Old Lane Partners
 * Dinesh Keskar - Boeing India
 * Anand Deshpande - Persistent Systems
 * Baburaoji Parkhe - (Parkhe Group)
 * Deepak Ghaisas - Iflex
 * Rajendra Pawar - NIIT
 * Dr. Shrinivas Thanedar - CEO, The Chemir Group
 * Suhas Patil - Cirrus Logic
 * Vivek Ranadive - TIBCO
 * Talwalkars - Talwalkars chain of gyms
 * Gokhale - Tortoise Mosquito Repellant Fame
 * Manohar Joshi - Kohinoor Group
 * Kulkarni - Kulkarni Power Tools Ltd
 * Kiran Karnik - Ex President, NASSCOM
 * Girish Paranjpe - Joint CEO, Wipro Limited
 * Sanjay Kirloskar - Chairman and Managing Director - Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
 * Manoj Tirodkar - Chairman and Managing Director - GTL limited
 * Vijay Raut - CEO and MD - Central Depository Services (India) Ltd - CDSL
 * Pramod Deshpande - Chief Technology Officer- Central Depository Services (India)Ltd. - CDSL
 * V. B. Samant - CEO of Vical Incorporated, a biotechnology company based in La Jolla, California

Academics

 * Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar - Orientologist. The historical research institute, BORI was named in his honor.
 * Pandurang Vaman Kane - Sanskrit scholar. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of Bombay University. Recipient of Bharat Ratna 1963
 * Dattatreya Gopal Karve - Professor and economist. First Principal of the Brihan Maharastra College of Commerce
 * Irawati Karve - Eminent Anthropologist
 * R. P. Paranjpe - First Indian to become a Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University. He sacrificed higher salaries and worked as the principal of Fergusson College for over twenty years
 * Suhas Patankar - Inventor of the groundbreaking SIMPLE algorithm for solution of Navier-Stokes equation that revolutionalized the world of Computational Fluid Dynamics
 * Yashavant Kanetkar Author of many computer language books
 * Pramod Khargonekar - Dean, College of Engineering at the University of Florida, and well known researcher in the field of control systems
 * Dr. PV Sukhatme - Eminent International Statistician
 * mr .madhur mohite-feauter's Author of triyacharitra & aatmmanthan, vampire's angel ,glani ,hunnk,yuva vichardhara

Science and technology

 * Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar - Mathematician. Known for his contributions to singularity theory and Abhyankar's conjecture
 * Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar - Founder and Former Executive Director of the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet of the Indian government and recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award. Instrumental in developing India's first supercomputer, the Param10,000
 * Ashok Gadgil - Inventor of UV-disinfection method
 * Anil Kakodkar - Director of BARC and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy
 * Raghunath Anant Mashelkar - former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
 * D. R. Kaprekar - Mathematician. Famous for his work on Number Theory
 * Narendra Karmarkar - Mathematician. Renowned for developing Karmarkar's algorithm
 * Dr. Jayant Narlikar - Prominent Astrophysicist His work on conformal gravity theory with Sir Fred Hoyle, called Hoyle-Narlikar theory, demonstrated a synthesis can be achieved between Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and Mach's principle
 * Prof. Abhay Ashtekar - Known for 'Ashtekar Variables'. He is also regarded as a founder of the theory of Loop quantum gravity
 * Dr.Vasant Gowarikar - Former scientific advisor to prime minister and former ISRO scientist
 * Dr. Iravati Karve - Famous Anthropologist
 * Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar - Orientologist
 * Madhav Gadgil - Famous Ecologist

Cinema and theatre

 * Shriram Lagoo - A legend
 * Aditi Govitrikar - Model
 * Ajinkya Dev - Bollywood Actor
 * Amol Gupte - Bollywood director
 * Amol Palekar - 70s Bollywood's thinking man's actor and then critically acclaimed director
 * Ashok Saraf - Leading Marathi actor
 * Ashutosh Gowarikar - Director of an Indian film nominated for Oscars
 * Ashwini Bhave - Bollywood Actress
 * Atul Kasbekar - Fashion Photographer
 * Atul Kulkarni - Bollywood actor, theatre artist
 * Bhagwan Dada - Film director, producer and actor
 * Bhanu Athaiya - Costume Designer. Recipient of Oscar for her work in the movie Gandhi
 * Bhagyashree Patwardhan - Bollywood Actress
 * Bharat Jadhav - leading Marathi theatre performer
 * Dada Kondke - Revolutionised Marathi comedy
 * Dadasaheb Phalke - Directed the first Indian feature film
 * David Abraham Cheulkar - Jewish Bollywood character actor of the 60s who died in Toronto, Canada.
 * Dilip Prabhavalkar - Leading stage artiste. Last seen as Gandhi in Lage Raho Munnabhai
 * Durga Khote - Famous actress
 * Gautam Rajadhyaksha - Photographer
 * Gayatri Joshi - Lead actress in Swades
 * Isha Koppikar - Bollywood Actress
 * Dr. Jabbar Patel - Director, 'SaamnaSinhasanDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar''.
 * Kanan Kaushal (Indumati Paingankar) - Noted Bollywood actress of 60/70's
 * Kimi Katkar - Bollywood Actress
 * Kuldeep Pawar - Actor
 * Kashinath Ghanekar Actor
 * Kunal Vijayakar Theatre Actor, Film Director, Television Anchor
 * Leela Chitnis Actress
 * Laxmikant Berde - Leading Marathi actor of 80s and 90s
 * Madhu Sapre - Former Supermodel
 * Madhur Bhandarkar - Bollywood director
 * Madhuri Dixit - Leading actress in Indian cinema in the 90s
 * Manjari Phadnis - Actress.
 * Mahesh Manjrekar - Bollywood director
 * Makrand Deshpande - Actor
 * Makrand Anaspure - Popular Actor & Comedy Hero
 * Mamta Kulkarni - Bollywood Actress
 * Milind Soman - Model and Actor
 * Mohan Agashe - Leading art film and Bollywood actor
 * Mohan Gokhale(1953–1999) - Mr. Yogi
 * Mrinal Kulkarni - Model & Actress
 * N. Chandra - Bollywood director
 * Namrata Shirodkar - Bollywood Actress
 * Nana Patekar - Bollywood and leading stage actor
 * Nanda - actress
 * Nikhil Kamkolkar - Hollywood director
 * Nilu Phule - Bollywood actor. A shrewd villain in Marathi cinemas
 * Nishikant Kamat Director of movies like Dombivli Fast and Mumbai Meri Jaan
 * Nitin Chandrakant Desai - art director of Indian cinema
 * Nivedita Joshi - Actress
 * Padmini Kolhapure - Bollywood actress
 * Priya Tendulkar - Bollywood Actress
 * Rajnikant - Tamil / South Indian Cinema Superstar. Original name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad
 * Rakhi Sawant - Model and actress
 * Ramesh Bhatkar - Actor
 * Reema Lagoo - Acted in various Marathi dramas, Marathi movies, Bollywood
 * Renuka Shahane - Bollywood actress
 * Ritesh Deshmukh - Bollywood actor
 * Rohini Hattangadi - Bollywood actress
 * Sachin Khedekar - Bollywood actor movies Subhas Chandra BoseAstitva
 * Sagarika Ghatge - Actress
 * Salman Khan -Bollywood Actor -Marathi from his mother's side
 * Sai Paranjpe - Director, scriptwriter & theatre personality, starring in movies like Sparsh and Katha
 * Sanjay Narvekar- Marathi and Bollywood actor
 * Sarika - Actress


 * Shakuntala Paranjpye - Marathi Actress - 1930s and '40s
 * Shilpa Shirodkar - Bollywood Actress
 * Shilpa Tulaskar - Television actress
 * Shivaji Satam - Actor
 * Shobhana Samarth - Actress and mother of Nutan and Tanuja
 * Shreyas Talpade - Bollywood actor
 * Smita Patil - Bollywood actress
 * Sonali Bendre - Bollywood actress
 * Sonali Kulkarni - Bollywood actress; was the first Indian actor to work as a lead actress in an all-foreign crew movie, the Italian movie Fuoco Di Su Me
 * Sulochana - Popular Character actress
 * Tanuja - Bollywood actress
 * Urmila Matondkar - Popular Bollywood actress
 * Vandana Gupte - Highly acclaimed stage and television actress, daughter of Manik Varma
 * Varsha Usgaonkar -  Bollywood actress who ruled Marathi cinema in the 90s
 * Vikram Gokhale - Reputed actor
 * Vikram Phadnis - Fashion Designer
 * Vishram Sawant - Bollywood director
 * Viju Khote - Bollywood Actor famous for his role as Kaalia in Sholay
 * Vijayendra Ghatge - Famous Bollywood Actor
 * Sudhir Joshi - Late Marathi actor
 * Ujjwala Raut - Current supermodel
 * antara mali - bollywood actress
 * Rakesh Bapat - bollywood actor
 * Kunal Deshmukh - bollywood director
 * Sachin Pilgaonkar - actor and director
 * Supriya Pilgaonkar - actress
 * Harshwardhan Nawathe - 1st person to win "Kaun Banega Corepati" KBC
 * Vidya Malvade -bollywood actress

Literature

 * 'Riyasatkar' Govind Sakharam Sardesai - Great Historian and Writer
 * 'Mahamahopadhyaya' Datto Vaman Potdar - Historian and Editor
 * Bhalachandra Nemade - Well known novelist. First novel is "Kosala". Other novels include Bidhar, Jarila and Jhool.
 * Ram Ganesh Gadkari - One of the best Playwrights
 * Vijay Tendulkar - Contemporary Indian playwright, Screen and Television Writer, Literary Essayist, Political Journalist and Social Comentator
 * Vasant Kanetkar - One of the best Playwrights
 * Acharya Atre - Popular satirist, editor, activist, writer, also known for his work in "Maharashtra Ekkikaran Chalwal"
 * Satish Alekar - Brilliant playwright of Theater Academy
 * Vishram Bedekar - Novelist
 * Malati Bedekar - Feminist story writer.
 * Jaywant Dalvi - Acclaimed playwright
 * Dr. R. C. Dhere - Historian and Writer.
 * Hamid Dalwai - Acclaimed novelist and social activist
 * P. L. DeshpandePu La Deshpande - FamousMarathiwriter, playwright, actor and musician
 * Mahesh Elkunchwar
 * Gangadhar Gadgil - Popular writer
 * Chi. V. Joshi - Marathi P.G. Woodhouse
 * V. P. Kale - Famous writer known for his touching stories on middle class
 * Vinda Karandikar - Jnanapeeth awardee
 * G. A. Kulkarni - Great Short stories
 * Madhu Mangesh Karnik - Great writer.
 * Irawati Karve - Writer, Critic
 * Datta Raghunath Kavthekar
 * Arun Kolatkar - Great poet of 20th century Marathi poetry
 * V.S. Khandekar - Jnanapeeth awardee
 * Ga Di Ma - Modern Valmiki of India
 * Vyanktesh Madgulkar - Very brilliant writer whose stories are translated in Russian
 * Na Dho Mahanor - Popular poet
 * Shahir Sable - Famous "Shahir", known for his popular song "Jai Jai Maharashtra Mazaa"
 * Namdeo Dhasal - World class Dalit poet
 * Shivaji Sawant
 * Shahir Shaikh - Famous poet and "Shahir", known for his work in "Maharashtra Ekkikaran Chalwal"
 * Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar - "Kusumagraj", Jnanapeeth awardee
 * D. M. Mirasdar - Brilliant writer on rural characters.
 * Harshad Sarpotdar - Talented Humorous writer
 * Ratnakar Matkari - Supernatural story writer
 * Suhas Shirvalkar - Popular story writer & Novelist
 * Shayam Manohar
 * Dilip Chitre - One of the Great poets, translators, filmmakers, thinkers, critics. Should get 1st Literary Nobel price for Marathi
 * Mangesh Narayanrao Kale
 * Sachin Ketkar - Surrealistic poet. Translated Recent Marathi Poetry Anthology-Live Update
 * Saleel Wagh - Influential poet. Published 3 books.
 * Anirudha Punarvasu - Famous writer. His stories are always about sophisticated people
 * Shankar Patil Famous Brilliant writer on rural characters and a well-known story-teller
 * Vishwas Patil - Wrote the famous book "Panipat"
 * Daya Pawar - Autobiographical writer of "Balut"
 * Mangesh Padgavkar - Famous Marathi poet
 * Bahinabai Chaudhari - Famous Marathi (Ahirani language) poet
 * Hemant Divate - Pathbeaking and Influential Poet and Editor/Publisher of Poetry
 * Manya Joshi - Pathbreaking new generation poet
 * sandeep deshpande - new generation poet
 * Vilas Sarang
 * Gangadhar Mahambare - Very classical poet
 * Shanta Shelke - Classical Poet
 * Arun Sadhu - Non Fictional writer. Biographies, journalistic work
 * RamShastri or Kanetaker - Non Fictional writer, Nazi Bhasmasuracha Udayasta etc.
 * Sant Tukadoji Maharaj - Classical rural poet. Well known Sahityik and Bal-sahityakar
 * Prof. Dr. Sharad Rane - "Kandil" well known novel. Bal-sahitya puraskar of Maharashtra Government for his book "Pachamukhi Pandu"
 * Ashok R. Shinde - Journalist and Editor ARTHNITI marathi magazine
 * Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar - Over 40 books, novels, travellogues, popular science philosophy Namasmaran, Shambhavi, Bhovara, Suryashodh, Sahasranetra, stress management, kamajeevan, superliving, arogyadeep, smiling Sun etc. and articles and scientific research papers
 * Rahul Bhide- Over ten short stories.Known for his descriptive style and grisly murders
 * Satyajit Deshmukh- An English author

Music

 * Aarya Ambekar (Singer)
 * Lata Mangeshkar (born September 28, 1929) - Playback singer, recipient of Bharat Ratna in 2001
 * Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933) - Playback singer
 * Kesarbai Kerkar Title of Soorshri (Legendary Singer from Jaipur Gharana)
 * Mogubai Kurdikar(Legendary Singer from Jaipur Gharana)
 * Kishori Amonkar (born April 10, 1931) - Classical singer
 * Digambar V Paluskar Singer from Gwalior Gharana
 * Dr.Prabha Atre - Classcical Singer and Trainer
 * Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (August 10, 1860 – September 19, 1936) - Indian classical musicologist
 * Laxmikant Kudalkar (1937–1998) - of the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal
 * Amey Date (born March 31, 1979) - Playback singer, contestant for Indian Idol 2
 * Arun Date - Marathi playback singer
 * Milind Date Flautist and composer in Classical and Fusion music
 * Haribhau Deshpande - 'Organ player'
 * Rahul Deshpande
 * Satyasheel Deshpande
 * Vamanrao Deshpande
 * Vasantrao Deshpande - classical singer
 * Bal Gandharva - singer
 * Sawai Gandharva - singer
 * Milind Ingle - Marathi and Hindi Music
 * Ajit Kadkade - folk vocalist
 * Sameep Kulkarni - Sitarist from Pune
 * Dr.Salil kulkarni - Composer
 * Hridayanath Mangeshkar - Music director (and brother of Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar)
 * Anand Modak - Music Director, Theatre Academy
 * Devaki Pandit - classical singer
 * Arun Paudwal - Music Director of Marathi Cinemas
 * Ashok Patki - Marathi music composer
 * Master. Krushanarao Phulambrikar - singer
 * C. Ramchandra(or Ramchandra Chitalkar) (1918–1977) - Hindi film Music director
 * Ramlaxman - Music composer of hits like Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hai Kaun
 * Hema Sardesai- bollywood playback singer
 * Anuradha Paudwal - devotional and Bollywood playback singer
 * Sadhana Sargam - Bollywood playback singer
 * Sudhir Phadke (25 July 1919, Kolhapur - 29 July 2002) - Marathi music composer, composed music for "Geet Ramayan"
 * Abhijeet Sawant - Indian Idol Season 1 Winner.
 * Suresh Wadkar - classical singer
 * Amar Mohile -music director
 * Kaushal Inamdar - Music composer, director.
 * Sandeep Khare -poet, songwriter, Copywriter and singer.

Pop music

 * Avdhoot Gupte - Music Composer, Singer
 * Vaishali Samant - Singer
 * Ajay Atul - Music Composer
 * Abhijit Sawant - The first Indian Idol
 * Rahul Vaidya - Indian Idol runner-up
 * Mahesh Tinaikar - Lead vocalist/guitarist of popular Indian rock band Indus Creed
 * Prajakta Shukre
 * Mangesh Borgaokar

Chess

 * Abhijit Kunte - Chess Grandmaster
 * Bhagyashree Thipsay - Chess Champion
 * Narayan Rao Joshi - Chess Champion
 * Pravin Thipsay - Grandmaster

Shooting sports-

 * Anjali Bhagwat - Former World No. 1 ranked Rifle sharp-shooter
 * Tejaswini Sawant - First Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships. Gold medalist at Commonwealth Games at Melbourne.
 * Suma Shirur - Former Rifle Sharp-Shooter, partner of Anjali Bhagwat



Swimming (sport)-

 * Virdhawal Khade - Tabbed as "Fastest 15-year-old in the world" in 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle in 2006. Asian Champion in Swimming.



Hockey-

 * Tushar Khandekar - Hockey Forward, often referred to as "The Goal Poacher"
 * Dhananjay Mahadik - Current Indian National Hockey Team Player



Cricket

 * Vasant Ranjane - Former Indian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1958 to 1964.Ranjane had a fabulous start to his first class career when he took nine wickets in an innings on his debut (13 for 71 in the match) including a hat-trick for Maharashtra against Saurashtra in 1956-57.
 * Ajit Agarkar - National and Mumbai cricket team bowler
 * Ajit Wadekar - Cricketing batsman, former Indian cricket team(captain)
 * Bapu Nadkarni - Bombay and India cricketer
 * Chandrakant Pandit - Former India Wicket Keeper
 * Chandu Borde - Former Indian Cricketer batsman
 * Dilip Sardesai - National and Bombay cricketer
 * Dilip Vengsarkar - Cricketing batsman. First batsman to score three back-to-back centuries at Lord's
 * Eknath Solkar - National and Bombay cricketer
 * Zaheer Khan - Medium Fast Bowler
 * Kiran More - Former India Wicket Keeper and chairman, selection committee
 * Pravin Amre - Attacking batsman
 * Sachin Tendulkar - cricketing batsman former Indian captain, scorer of most Test and ODI centuries, most ODI and Test runs in history.
 * Sandeep Patil - Former India Cricketer
 * Sanjay Manjrekar - Indian cricket batsman
 * Sunil Gavaskar - Cricketer batsman, former Indian captain who was the leading run-scorer in Test cricket and was the first to reach 10,000 runs in test cricket
 * Vijay Hazare - Cricketing batsman
 * Vijay Manjrekar - Indian cricket batsman
 * Vinod Kambli - Cricketing batsman.



Mountaineering

 * Surendra Chavan - First Maharashtrian to climb Mt. Everest.
 * Krishna Patil - First Maharashtrian Woman to climb Mt. Everest



Parachute Jump-

 * Shital Mahajan - North Pole's free fall parachute jump record holder, awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.
 * Gaurav Natekar - Former Davis Cup player



Badminton

 * Nandu Natekar - Badminton champion, first Indian to win a title abroad - the Men's singles in the Selangor International Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1956. The first Arjuna Award winner in 1961.
 * Nikhil Kanetkar - Badminton Player
 * Sayali Gokhale - Reigning National Champion, Currently Rank No. 2 - Women's Badminton National Ranking
 * Mudra Dhainje - Currently Rank No. 12 - Women's Badminton National Ranking
 * Neha Pandit - Badminton Player
 * Trupti Murgunde - Badminton Player
 * Gayatri Vartak - Badminton Player Currently Rank No. 3
 * Anand Pawar - Among top 5 Male Badminton Players in India Currently



Table Tennis

 * Divya Deshpande - Currently Rank no. 1 - Women's singles National Ranking
 * Madhurika Patkar - Currently Rank no. 2 - Women's singles National Ranking
 * Pooja Sahastrabuddhe - Currently rank no. 3 - Women's singles National Ranking
 * Aniket Koparkar - Table Tennis Player



Football

 * Mahesh Gawli - Indian National Football Team Player
 * Sameer Naik - Indian National Football Team Player


 * Prakash Kamble - Mr. India title winner. Pune
 * Prakash Koyande - Mr. India title winner, Runner up at Mr. Asia. Mumbai
 * Jimmy Patel - Mr. India title winner. Pune
 * Dr. Vedprakah Dhand - Mr. India title winner. Pune

Wrestlers

 * HindKesari Chaboo pandhari Ranboke - A very famous wrestler of AhmadNager
 * HindKesari Shreepati Khanchanale - Famous Wrestler Who won against sadik Punjabi
 * HindKesari Ganpat Andalkar - Famous Wrestler who won against Goga Punjabi. Also Asian Games winner
 * Hindkesari Marooti Mane - A very famous Wrestler from Sangli and a national champion
 * Khashaba Jadhav - First Olympic medal for India in 1952
 * Prof.Khaniwale - 7 Dan/ Degrees BlackBelt in 1936 Judo (Japanese Martial Art Wrestling). He started Judo for the first time in India at Pune
 * Double maharashtra kesari Chandrhar patil - A famous wrestler who won consective maharshtra kesari.

Bureaucracy

 * C. D. Deshmukh - First Indian Governor of Reserve Bank of India, also served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950 -1956). Awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1975.
 * C B Bhave - Chairman of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
 * Madhav Godbole - Union Home Secretary who resigned during Demolition of Babri Masjid citing incompetence of Government.
 * N Vittal - Former CVC (Chief Vigilance Commissioner) of India. Also served as Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Electronics, Chairman of the Telecom Commission and Secretary to the Department of Telecommunications
 * Narendra Jadhav - Member of National Advisory Council(in the rank and status of Union Minister of State). Served as Vice Chancellor of University of Pune. Served the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for 31 years with position of Principal Adviser and Chief Economist (in the rank of Executive Director). Worked for four and half years at the International MonetaryFund (IMF)
 * Arvind Jadhav - CMD of Air India. He has also served as Chief Vigilance Officer.
 * Vijay Kelkar - worked as Advisor to Finance Minister, Finance Secretary, and also as the secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry.

Others

 * Rahul Deshpande - Painter, Illustrator, Designer
 * Anandi Gopal Joshi - She was one of the two first Indian women to obtain a medical degree through training in Western medicine.
 * Ramdas Padhye - Puppet Master. Was Asian representative at Marilyn Monroe Puppet Fest in 2006
 * Dwarkanath Kotnis - A well-known doctor in China who helped the Chinese communists army during World War II. A well-known doctor in China who helped the Chinese and died in 1942 at the age of 32
 * Rajdeep Sardesai - Senior Journalist and Editor of CNN-IBN
 * Sundeep Waslekar- President of Strategic Foresight Group. Indian thought leader on conflict resolution and global future