List of Brahmins
Historical figures
- Moropant Pingle -was the Peshwe in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal[1]
- Peshwa Bajirao I - Peshwa of Maratha Empire
Actors
- Victor Banerjee,[6] actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
India Independence Movement
- Mangal Pandey, associated with the 1857 rebellion[7]
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale, political guru of Mahatma Gandhi[11]
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member of the Indian National Congress[11]
- C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor-General of India; former Chief Minister of Madras State[12]
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
- Srinivasa Ramanujan,[13] Indian mathematician
- C. V. Raman,[14][15] Winner of Nobel Prize for Physics, 1930
- Shakuntala Devi,[16] Indian Mathematician
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,[17] Winner of Nobel Prize for Physics, 1983
- Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, space scientist and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, son of C.V. Raman
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan,[18] Winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009
- K. S. Krishnan,[14] Co-discoverer of Raman Effect
- G. N. Ramachandran,[14] (1922-2001), Bio-physicist
- L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer[14] (1861–1937), Indian anthropologist.
Economics
- H. V. R. Iyengar,[19] Indian economist and 6th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- P. C. Bhattacharya,[20] Indian economist and 7th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- S. Venkitaramanan,[21] Indian economist and 18th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- Raghuram Rajan,[22][23] Indian economist, 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
- Arvind Subramanian,[23] Indian economist and former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India
- B. B. Bhattacharya,[20] Indian economist and educationist
Social Sciences
- Ramachandra Guha,[24] Indian historian and writer
Military
- Somnath Sharma, First recipient of India's highest gallantry award Param Vir Chakra[25]
- Adhar Kumar Chatterji,[8] Indian Navy Chief between 1966 and 1970.
Musicians
- Thyagaraja, composer[26]
- Bhimsen Joshi, singer[27]
- Bharathwaj, composer[28]
- Shankar Mahadevan, singer[29]
- Abhijeet Bhattacharya,[20] Bollywood playback singer and composer
Politicians
- Surendranath Banerjee,[6] one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress[6]
- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee,[6] first president of Indian National Congress[6]
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee,[10] founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, later Bharatiya Janata Party
- Somnath Chatterjee,[8] former Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament), expelled member of CPI(M), senior parliamentarian, prominent barrister
MPs and MLAs
- Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya- engineer, Diwan of Mysore[30]
- Murli Manohar Joshi, Member of the 16th Lok Sabha[31]
- Pramod Mahajan, minister in the government of Vajpayee[32]
- Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs under PM Narendra Modi[33]
- Nirmala sitharaman, Minister of Defence under PM Narendra Modi[33]
- Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation under PM Narendra Modi
- Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs of India under PM Narendra Modi[33]
- Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation under PM Narendra Modi[33]
- Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha
- Prakash Javdekar, Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under PM Narendra Modi
- Ananth Kumar, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs under PM Narendra Modi[33]
- Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under PM Narendra Modi[34]
- Anant Kumar Hegde, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship under PM Narendra Modi
- Subramanian Swamy,[23] Indian economist, statistician, politician and Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha
Chief Ministers
| Photo | Name | Born | Death | Brahmin Sub-Caste | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manohar Joshi [35] | 2 December 1937 | Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1995–99), Speaker of Loksabha (2002–04) | |||
| Tanguturi Prakasam [36] | 23 August 1872 | 20 May 1957 | Telugu Brahmin | Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1946–47), Chief Minister of Andhra state (1953–54) | |
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C. Rajagopalachari[24] | 10 December 1878 | 25 December 1972 | Tamil Brahmin | 2nd Chief Minister of Madras State (10 April 1952 – 13 April 1954)last Governor-General of India |
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E. M. S. Namboodiripad[37] | 13 June 1909 | 19 March 1998 | Nambudiri Brahmin | Chief Minister of Kerala (1957–59 & 1967–69) |
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Jayalalithaa Jayaraman[38] | 24 February 1948 | 5 December 2016 | Iyengar | Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–96, May 2001-Sept 2001, 2002–06, 2011–16) |
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Mamata Banerjee[39][40] | 5 January 1955 | Bengali Brahmin | Chief Minister of West Bengal (2011-present) | |
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Vijay Bahuguna | 28 February 1947 | Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2012-14) | ||
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Govind Ballabh Pant[41] | 10 September 1887 | 7 March 1961 | Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1950-54) | |
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Sushma Swaraj[33] | 14 February 1952 | Saraswat Brahmin | Chief Minister of Delhi (13 October 1998 to 3 December 1998) | |
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee[40] | 1 March 1944 | Bengali Brahmin | Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000-2011) | |
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Sheila Dikshit[42] | 31 March 1938 | Chief Minister of Delhi (1998-2013) | ||
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Ajoy Mukherjee[10] | 15 April 1901 | 27 May 1986 | Bengali Brahmin | Chief Minister of West Bengal (2 April 1971 to 28 June 1971) |
Presidents of India
| Photo | Name | Born | Death | Brahmin Sub-Cast | In Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[43] | 5 September 1888 | 17 April 1975 | Telugu Brahmin | Second President (13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967) |
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R. Venkataraman[44] | 4 December 1910 | 27 January 2009 | Tamil Brahmin | Eighth President (25 July 1987 – 25 July 1992) |
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Shankar Dayal Sharma[45] | 19 August 1918 | 26 December 1999 | Gaur Brahmin | Ninth President (25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997) |
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Pranab Mukherjee[10] | 11 December 1935 | Bengali Brahmin | Thirteenth President | |
Prime Ministers of India
| Photo | Name | Born | Death | Brahmin Sub-Cast | In Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889 | 27 May 1964 | Saraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit) | First PM
(15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964) |
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Indira Gandhi | 19 November 1917 | 31 October 1984 | Saraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit) | Third PM
(24 January 1964 - 24 March 1977 and 14 January 1980 - 31 October 1984) |
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Morarji Desai[46] | 29 February 1896 | 10 April 1995 | Fourth PM (24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979) | |
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P V Narasimha Rao | 28 June 1921 | 23 December 2004 | Telugu Brahmin | Ninth PM |
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 25 December 1924 | Kanyakubja Brahmin | 10th PM (16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 and 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004) |
Spiritual people
- Adi Shankara[47]
- Dayanand Saraswati[48]
- Swaminarayan[49]
- Ramanujacharya[50]
- Tulsidas[51]
- Eknath, according to legend[52]
- Madhvacharya[53]
- Ram Mohan Roy, co-founder of the Brahmo Samaj movement in 1828[54]
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, a social reformer who promoted widow remarriage[55]
- Vallabha Acharya[56]
Writers and poets
Business
- Indra Nooyi,[62][63] CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo
- Sundar Pichai,[64] CEO of Google LLC
- Arundhati Bhattacharya,[20] Chairman, State Bank of India
Sports
- Sourav Ganguly,[9] former Indian captain, ace batsman, prolific commentator and cricket administrator
- Rahul Banerjee,[6] archer
- Bhaskar Ganguly,[9] Indian footballer
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly,[9] Indian chess grandmaster
- Ravichandran Ashwin,[14] cricket player
- Shreyas Iyer,[14] cricket player
List of Notable Brahmins from Nepal
- Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal
- Khadga Prasad Oli, Prime Minister & President of CPN-UML.
- Former Prime Ministers:
- Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leader of CPN-UML
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal, president of CPN Maoist
- Baburam Bhattarai, CPN Maoist, now leader of Naya Shakti
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Nepali Congress
- Matrika Prasad Koirala, Nepali Congress
- Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepali Congress
- Man Mohan Adhikari, CPN UML
- Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepali Congress
- Khil Raj Regmi, Chairman of Cabinet, also Chief Justice
- Former Chief Justices
- Gopal Prasad Parajuli, (2017-2018)
- Damodar Prasad Sharma (2014)
- Khil Raj Regmi (2011-2014)
- Anup Raj Sharma (2010)
- Dilip Kumar Poudel (2005-2007)
- Hari Prasad Sharma (2005)
- Kedar Nath Upadhyaya (2002-2004)
- Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (1999-2002)
- Mohan Prasad Sharma (1998-1999)
- Bishwonath Upadhyaya(1990-1995)
- Chief Ministers
- Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Mahakavi of Nepali language
- Bhanubhakta Acharya, Aadikavi of Nepali Language
- Lekhnath Paudyal, Kavi Shiromani of Nepali Literature
- Hari Bansha Acharya, veteran actor
- Sitaram Kattel & Kunjana Ghimire (actor-actress duo)
- Koirala family, Manisha Koirala, Bollywood actress
Notable Maithail Brahmin from Nepal
- Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha, Governor of Province No. 2
- Umakanta Jha, Governor of Province No. 5
- Parmanand Jha, Ex Vice President of Nepal (2008-2015)
- Durgananda Jha
See also
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