List of people from Pune
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This is a categorized list of notable people who were born or have dwelt in Pune, India. Only people who are sufficiently notable to have individual entries on Wikipedia have been included in the list.[1]
Authors and writers
- Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar (1850–1882)[2] – essayist; editor of Nibandha Mala, a Marathi journal; educator; mentor to Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar; founder of the influential Chitrashala press[3]
- Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (1872–1947)[4] – writer, journalist, Nationalist leader; served on the Viceroy's Executive Council (1924–29)
- Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (1872–1948) – editor of Kesari and Navakal[5]
- Shripad Mahadev Mate (1886–1957) – writer and former teacher[6]
- Chintaman Vinayak Joshi (1892–1963) – Marathi humorist and a researcher in Pali literature
- Pralhad Keshav Atre (1898-1969), a Marathi writer, poet, educationist, newspaper founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language daily), political leader, movie producer–director–script writer and a noted orator.
- Muktabai Dixit (1901–1980) – writer in Marathi
- Malati Bedekar (née Baltai Khare) (1905-2001) – writer in Marathi
- P. L. Deshpande (1919-2000) – Marathi author, actor, music composer, singer
- Shanta Shelke (1922–2002) – Marathi poet
- Prahlad Narhar Joshi (born 1924) – writer[7]
- Shirish Pai (1929-2017) – writer in Marathi and English
- Mangesh Tendulkar (1934-2017) – cartoonist[8]
- Ninad Bedekar (1949-2015), a writer, historian and orator.[9]
- Subhash Awchat (born 1950), an Indian artist and author.
- Vinayak Kulkarni (born 1950) – Marathi writer and researcher on Marathi saint literature
- Shaiju Mathew (born 1980) – author, film maker
Education and research
- Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863–1926) – historian; founder of Pune-based Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal[10]
- Anandibai Joshi (1865–1887)[11] – first Maharashtrian and Hindu woman to get a medical degree from a foreign university[12]
- Rebecca Reuben (1889–1957) – Bene Israel educationalist; taught at the school for three years[13]
- Datto Vaman Potdar (1890–1979) – historian
- Tarabai Modak (1892–1973) – advocate of Montessori education; recipient of Padmabhushan[14]
- Sonopant (Shankar Vaman) Dandekar (1896–1969) – philosopher and educationalist
- Irawati Karve (1905–1970) – anthropologist[15]
- Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme (1911–1997) – statistician, recipient of Padmabhushan award[16]
- Kamal Ranadive (1917–2001) – biologist specialising in cancer research
- B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014) – yoga teacher; developed internationally popular Iyengar Yoga
- Jayant Narlikar (born 1938) - astrophysicist
- Raghunath Mashelkar (born 1943) – scientist
- P. A. Inamdar (born 1945) – educationalist
- Rohini Godbole (born 1952) – particle physicist
- Narendra Karmarkar (born 1957) – mathematician and creator of Karmarkar's algorithm
Entertainment
Film and Theatre
- Sharad Talwalkar (1918–2001) – film, TV and theatre comedy actor
- Spike Milligan (1919–2000) – Irish comedian who spent his childhood in the city.
- Shriram Lagoo (born 1927) – film and stage actor[17]
- Nilu Phule (1931–2009) – film and theatre actor
- Sai Paranjpye (born 1938) – broadcaster and film director
- Roopesh Kumar (1946–1995) – film actor
- Mohan Agashe (born 1947), an Indian theater artist, film actor and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee.
- Reema Lagoo (1958–2017) – stage and rilm actress; was a student at Huzurpaga high school[18]
- Mrunal Kulkarni (born 1971) – actress
- Subodh Bhave (born 1975) – Marathi film actor and director
- Mukta Barve (born 1979), an Indian film, television and theater actress and a producer.[19]
- Yogesh Dattatraya Gosavi (born 1981), an Indian film writer, director.[20]
- Gauhar Khan (born 1983), an Indian model and actress.[21]
- Radhika Apte (born 1985), an Indian film and stage actress.[22]
- Pooja Chopra (born 1986) – Femina Miss India, 2009[23]
- Deepika Samson (born 1986) – actress
- Sanskruti Balgude (born 1992), an Indian film actress who appears in Marathi movies.[24]
- Parth Bhalerao (born 2000), an Indian child actor who appears in Bollywood films.[25]
- Parth Samthaan – television actor and Bollywood aspirant
- Ashwin Chitale – actor[26]
Music and dance
- Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860–1936) – eminent maestro of Hindustani classical music; student at Deccan College[27]
- Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011) – Hindustani classical vocalist and recipient of Bharat Ratna
- Prabha Atre (born 1932) – [Hindustani classical music]] vocalist from the Kirana gharana and a Padma Shri awardee.[28]
- Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936-2009) – musician
- Neela Bhagwat (born 1942) – Hindustani musician of the Gwalior Gharana.
- Vineet Alurkar (born 1949) – musician and singer-songwriter.[29]
- Shama Bhate (born 1950) – Kathak dancer and is among the Kathak exponents in India today.
- Sanjeev Abhyankar (born 1969) – Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Mewati Gharana.[30]
- Mandar Agashe (born 1969) – musician, music producer and businessman.[31]
- Anand Bhate (born 1971) – Hindustani classical vocalist from the Kirana Gharana.[32]
- Ajay−Atul (born 1976 and 1974) – music alias of Indian music director-composer duo of brothers Ajay and Atul Gogavale.[33]
Industrialists
Cyrus S. Poonawalla.
- Laxmanrao Kirloskar (1869–1956) – founder of Kirloskar Group
- Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (1903–1994) – industrialist
- Rahul Bajaj (born 1938) – industrialist
- Anu Aga (born 1942) - businesswoman and social worker.[34]
- Cyrus S. Poonawalla (born 1945) - businessman, chairman of Poonawalla Group, which includes Serum Institute of India.[35]
- Baba Kalyani (born 1949) – industrialist
- Ivan Menezes (born 1959) – CEO of Diageo
- Ajaypal Singh Banga (born 1960) – USA-based corporate executive and political advisor to former US President Barack Obama and Padma Shri awardee.[36]
- Rajiv Bajaj (born 1966) - businessman and Managing Director of Bajaj Auto.[37]
- Saurabh Gadgil (born 1977) - businessman and jeweler, and owner of P.N.Gadgil Jewellers.
Political figures
Maratha Empire
Baji Rao II
- Dadoji Konddeo (1577-1649) – responsible for the rebuilding and administration of Pune in 1640s as the manager of the Bhosale family jagir
- Jijabai (1598-1674) – wife of Bhosale Jagirdar of Pune, Shahajiraje; mother of Shivaji; raised Shivaji during 1640s in Pune.
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1627/1630-1680) – spent part of his childhood here in the 1630s and 40s.
- Peshwa Bajirao I (1700–1740) – responsible for moving the seat of his administration to Pune in the 1720s; his notable relations and descendants who dominated Pune for the next century include Chimaji Appa, Balaji Bajirao, Raghunathrao, Sadashivrao Bhau, Madhavrao I, Narayanrao, Madhavrao II, and Bajirao II
- Nana Phadnavis (1742–1800) – regent to young Peshwa Madhavrao II and de facto ruler of the Peshwa holdings[38]
Indian independence struggle
- Lokhitwadi (Gopal Hari Deshmukh) (1823-1892) – social reformer[39]
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920) – Indian Nationalist leader
- Vasudev Balwant Phadke (1845–1883)[40] – educator; led an armed rebellion against the British[41]
- Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856–1895) – journalist, educator and social reformer[42]
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915)[43] – early Nationalist leader on the moderate wing of the Congress party; founder of the Servants of India Society
- Chapekar brothers (1873–1899, 1879–1899) – brothers who assassinated British plague commissioner Walter Rand for his heavy handed approach to plague relief in Pune in 1897[44]
- Senapati Bapat (born Pandurang Mahadev Bapat) (1880-1967) was a figure in the Indian independence movement.[45]
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar(1883-1966)[46][47] (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) – Freedom fighter, social reformer and formulator of the Hindutva philosophy. He studied at Ferguson College in Pune.
- Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (1896–1966) – Congress leader; member of Nehru's cabinet[48]
- Nanasaheb Parulekar (1898–1973) – founding editor of the Pune-based Sakal newspaper
- Pandurang Sadashiv Sane (1899–1950) – Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, teacher, author and poet in Marathi literature.
Post independence
- Nathuram Godse (1910–1949) – Mahatma Gandhi's assassin[49]
- Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (1920–2008) – longest-serving Chief Justice of India[50]
- Bal Thackeray (1926-2012) – founder of the Shiv Sena; born in Pune.
- Girish Bapat (born 1950) - politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Dimple Yadav (born 1978) – Member of Parliament from Kannauj; wife of Akhilesh Yadav
- Mahadeo Babar - politician and member of the Shiv Sena.
Social reformers
- Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (1827–1890)– social reformer
- Savitribai Phule (1831–1897) – social reformer
- R. G. Bhandarkar (1837–1925) – Orientalist, and social reformer; a founder of Huzurpaga girls' high school; taught at Deccan College
- Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842–1901)[51] – judge and social reformer
- Pandita Ramabai Dongre (1858–1922)[11] – social reformer and Christian convert
- Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962) – social reformer and advocate of women's education[52]
- Kashibai Herlekar (1874–1936) – social reformer, educationalist and sage[53][54]
Spiritual leaders
- Meher Baba (1894–1969) – spiritual leader
- Rajneesh (Osho) (1931-1990)
Sports
- Dnyaneshwar Agashe (1942-2009) - businessman, cricketer, cricket administrator and philanthropist.[55]
- Maninder Singh (born 1965) – cricketer
- Dhanraj Pillay (born 1968) – hockey player
- Ashutosh Agashe (born 1972) - cricket player and businessman.[56]
- Hrishikesh Kanitkar (born 1974) – former cricketer
- Nikhil Kanetkar (born 1979) – badminton player and Olympian
- Eban Hyams (born 1981) – Indian-born Australian professional basketball player
- Kedar Jadhav (born 1985) - cricketer who plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket.[57]
- Pankaj Advani (born 1985) – billiards and snooker world champion
See also
References
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ज्येष्ठ अभिनेत्री रिमा लागू १९७० ते १९७४ या कालावधीत हुजुरपागा शाळेत शिकत होत्या
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