List of people from Gujarat
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This is a list of famous and notable people who can trace their ancestry to Gujarat, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
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Literature/Philosophy
- Bhojalram Bapa of Fatepur, Gujarat (He is Guru of Jalaram Bapa and popular for his literature known as "Bhoja bhagat naa chaabakhaa")
- Narsinh Mehta
- Hemchandracharya
- Padmanabh
- Mirabai
- Akho Bhagat
- Premanand
- Narmad
- Govardhanram Tripathi
- K. M. Munshi (also a freedom fighter, politician, educationist and environmentalist)
- Jagruti Desai
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Zhaverchand Meghani
- Manubhai Pancholi `Darshak'
- Suresh Joshi
- Sitanshu Mehta
- Ravji Patel
- Manilal Desai
- Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh
- Labhshankar Thakar
- Madhu Rye Thaker
- Suresh C. Dave
Religious Personalities
- Morari Bapu
- Mohammed Shafi Madani
- Ratan Singhji Ratan
- Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj
- Acharya Shree Rakeshprasadji Maharaj
- Pramukh Swami Maharaj
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj
Films and entertainment
- Amisha Patel (Actress)
- Asha Parekh (Actress)
- Ben Kingsley (Gujarati and Russian-Jewish descent)
- Bindu Desai (Actress)
- Deepika Chikhalia (Ramayan serial fame - Actress)
- Dimple Kapadia (Actress)
- Falguni Pathak (Dandiya Queen)
- Himesh Reshammiya (Music Director)
- Ismail Darbar (Music Director)
- Kal Penn (American born to Gujarati parents)
- Kalyanji & Anandji (Music director duo)
- Ketan Mehta (Director)
- Mallika Sarabhai (Dance and culture)
- Manmohan Desai (Director)
- Ketan desai (Director)(panto)
- Nirupa Roy (Actress)
- Paresh Rawal (Actor)
- Parvin Babi (Actress)
- Ravi Parikh (American musician born to Gujarati parents, in the group Shocker Zulu)
- Ravi Patel (Actor/Comedian)
- Sanjay Lila Bhansali (Director)
- Sanjeev Kumar (Haribhai Jhariwala)(Actor)
- Satish Shah (Actor)
- Karishma Modi (Actress)
- Tina Munim (Actress)
- Farooq Shaikh (Actor)
- Viju Shah (Music director)
- [Shravan] (Music director of Nadeem-Shravan duo)
Business
- Jamshetji Tata (founder of Tata group)
- Dhirubhai Ambani (founder of Reliance Industries Limited)
- Mukesh Ambani (Reliance)
- Anil Ambani (Reliance)
- Karsanbhai Patel (NIRMA)
- Gautam Adani (Adani Group)
- Shashi Ruia (Essar)
- Nigel Shaw (British Gas)
- Kasturbhai Lalbhai (Arvind Mills)
- U.N. Mehta (Torrent (Group))
- Mafatlal Patel (Mafatlal Group)
- Ramanbhai Patel (Zydus Cadila)
- Sarabhai (Sarabhai Group)
- Aspi Godrej (Godrej Group)
- Nilanshu Raja (Medicomm Inc/Foundation)
Politics
- Narendra Modi, chief minister (2001-)
- Lal Krishna Advani, Former deputy prime minister, Originally from neighbouring state of Sindh(now in Pakistan)
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel First Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947-1950)
- Vithalbhai Patel (1871 - 1935)
- Mohandas Gandhi Father of the Nation, Spiritual Leader of the Independence Movement
- Mahadev Desai, personal secretary of Gandhi
- Morarji Desai, Fourth Prime Minister of India
- Kasturba Gandhi, Mahatma's wife and freedom fighter.
- Kanialal Munshi, freedom fighter
- Shyamji Krishna Varma, noted freedom fighter
- Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
Sports
Music
- Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen (his parents are Parsis from Valsad, Gujarat)
- Bhikhubhai Bhavsar
Scientists
See also: List of people by India state, Bhatt
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