Eminent/Famous Konkanastha Brahmins

Literature/Scholars

Vasant Sathe (Ex. Union Cabinet Minister of India )

Prin. V.K. Joag (Modern Education Society)

Na. Si. Phadke

Vi Ka Rajwade (Itihasacharya Rajwade)

Vishram BedekarKrishnaji Keshav Damle(Keshavsoot)Wrangler ParanjpeDurga Bhagwat, Writer, Scholar and Critic of Indological studies

Politics/Social Reform

Achyutrao PatwardhanAnant Kanhere

Bhai VaidyaChintamanrao Appasaheb Patwardhan(Padmabhushan, ruler of Sangli)

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Kakasaheb GadgilKrantiveer ChapekarLaxmibai Tilak

G. N. Dandekar (Go Ni Dandekar)

Irawati KarveHari Narayan ApteGangadhar GadgilShri. Ja. Joshi

Malti Bedekar, feminist and Marathi novel writerPandurang Vaman Kane (Bharat Ratna awardee)S N Pendse (Shri Nā)

Vasant KanetkarVinda Karandikar (Jnanapeeth Awardee 2003)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Dhondo Keshav KarveRaghunath Keshav Khadilkar (Union Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation, Member of Parliament)Veer SavarkarR. N. Mandlik{Ramabhau Mandlik} (IS THIS PERSON A KONKANASTHA BRAHMIN ??)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Mahadev Govind Ranade

N.G.GoreNarubhau Limaye

Peshawas

Ramray Kelkar MaharajS.M. Joshi

Shivram Paranjape (Kaal Karte Paranjape)Shivajirao Patwardhan{Padmashri}

Swami SwaroopanandaVasant Bapat

Vitthalrao Gadgil

Industry

Chitale Bandhu (makers of fine sweets)Dandekars (CAMLIN)P. N. Gadgil (Bullionaires since 1832)Waman Hari Pethe (Bullionaires since last 100 years)Dadasaheb Velankar (coaching class owner)Vikram PanditMohan Vijay Vaze (Vaze Consultancy)Mangesh Vijay Vaze (Vaze Consultancy)Sathe (Sathe biscuits and chocolates co.)Mr. Mukund Bhogale MD, Nirlep Industries

Sport

Information Technology

Cinema/Theatre

Kashinath Ghanekar

Sane GurujiNathuram Godse (Hutatma Pandit Nathuram Godse)Pandita Ramabai

Raghunath Dhondo Karve

Senapati Bapat

Sudhir Joshi

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Swatantryaveer Savarkar)Vinoba Bhave

C.V. Joag (Bank of Maharashtra)

Ajit Agarkar (Indian National Cricket team)D. B. Deodhar (Cricket Maharshi Deodhar)Harsha Bhogle(International Cricket Analyst, Commentator, Television Host)

Archana JoglekarAsawari JoshiAshvini BhaveAtul ParchureBhakti BarveChittaranjan Kolhatkar

Mohan GokhaleMohan JoshiMrunal DevDr.Girish OakNishigandha WadPradeep Bhide

Sai ParanjapeSanjay MoneRima LagooVidyadhar Gokhale

Govind Ballal Deval (Natyacharya)Vishnudas BhaveNachiket and Jayoo PatwardhanMilind Soman

Music

Ramkrishnabua Vaze(Vazebua)

Meena JoshiShreedhar PhadkeVasant SatheGajanan WatveYashawant DevVeena SahasrabudheArun Date

Aditi Govitrikar

Dadasaheb PhalkeMadhuri DixitMohan Agashe

Prashant Damle

Vikram GokhaleShriram LagooSudhir Joshi

Pandit Vishnu Digambar PaluskarPandit Vishnu Narain Bhatkhande

Sadhana Sargam (Ghanekar)Sudhir Phadke

Shaila DatarSanjeev AbhyankarAshwini Bhide

Saraswat BrahminsAshok Saraf -famous marathi actor in films/theatre as well as hindi serials

Amol Palekar -actor/director hindi filmsP L Deshpande -famous writer/actor

Prakash PadukoneVijay MallyaDilip Prabhavalkar (Bapu of "Lage Raho Munnabhai)-marathi/hindi film actorGirish Karnad

Jayant NadkarniAnuradha Paudwal

Kashmiri Pandits

Khalique Ibrahim Khalique

Sir Muhammad Iqbāl (Saare Jahan Se Achcha)

Kannada Brahmins

Sunil Gavaskar -the world famous best Cricketer so far

Sachin Tendulkar

Motilal NehruSir Tej Bahadur SapruAnupam Kher

Vijay MallyaShyam BenegalLeena Chandavarkar (actress)Rohini Hattangadi (actress)Isha KoppikarAnant NagUrmila MatondkarShankar NagGurudutt (Padukone)Amol Palekar (Actor/Director)Sachin Pilgaonkar (Actor)Prakash Padukone - Badminton

Satish KaulAnupam KherRaaj KumarJeevanKiran Kumar

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mohyal Brahmins

Karhade Brahmin

Prabhakar Panshikar - Well known Marathi stage ActorBhalji Pendharkar - Well known Marathi Film Personality

Dattovaman Potdar (Historian, welknown writer)Lakshman Balwant Bhopatkar (Lawyer, Past President of Hindu MahaSabha)Golvelkar Guruji (Past Sarsanghachalak - Rashtriya Swayamsevak sangha)

Deshastha Brahmin

N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys)U.R.Rao (Former Chairman of ISRO)Bhimsen Joshi (Singer)Anil Kumble (Cricket)Javagal Srinath (Cricket)Rahul Dravid (cricketer)Venkatesh Prasad (crickter)

Barkha DuttLara DuttaSanjay Dutt

Lata MangeshkarSmita Talvalkar (Actress,Director,Producer)

Rima Lagoo

Ashutosh Gowariker

Dr. SukhatmeBhaskar KulkarniSubhash AvachatShrikant Bahulakarshankar PalashikarSameer NerlekarRaja Gosavi Prominent Marathi Movie Actor/ComedianSulabha DeshpandeSavita PrabhuneSonali KulkarniAtul KulkarniMrinal Dev-KulkarniMakarand DeshpandeSamir DharmadhikariMakrand AnaspureAvinash DharmadhikariBalgandharva[famous singer]Jagadish Khebudakar

N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of InfosysGururaj Deshpande founder of Sycamore Networks

Jayavant KulakarniErapally Srinivasa Prasanna(E.A.S. Prasanna), Cricket PlayerRahul Dravid, Captain of Indian Cricket team.D.S.Kulakarni [DSK Udyoga Samuha]

Abasaheb Garware (Garware Industries)Dadoji KondadevMoropant Pingale['Pradhan' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Annaji Datto['Sachiv' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Ramachandrapant Amatya['Amatya' in Shivaji Maharaja's Asthapradhan mandal]Moreshwer Pandirao ['Panditrao' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Niraji Rawaji ['Nyayadhish' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Dattaji Trimbak Vakanis ['Mantri' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal]Ramchandra Trambak Dabir ['Sumant' in Shivaji Maharaj's Ashapradhan mandal]Sakharambapu BokilTatya TopeRajaguru

Dr. K.B. Hedgewar, founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)Balasaheb DevarasDr.B.S.MunjeComred Shripad Amrut Dange[great communist leader of India]Dadasaheb DharmadhikariBaba AmteNanaji DeshamukhBalasaheb Kesakar Former Information & Broadcasting Minister Of IndiaMadhu DandavateManohar JoshiPramod MahajanNitin GadakariVilas AvachatAnant Bhalerao [Famous Editor Of 'Marathawada']Dadasaheb Potanis [owner & Editor of 'Gaokari',NasikBinduMadhav Joshi [Founder of Grahak Panchayat]

Prof. Vishnu Govind Vijapurkar [First Promotor Of National Education in Maharashtra. Founder of 'Samarth Vidyalay'at Kolhapur

S.V.(Mamasaheb)Gandhe [Founder of 'Maitraban'residential village for old age people,Nagpur.]Anil Avachat [Founder Of 'Muktangan']Medha PatkarJyoishrana Vidya.A.Rajandekar, Maharashtriya PanchangaUddhav Vishnu Ruikar, Ruikar Panchang

Saints

Dr. S. B. Mujumdar (President , Founder Director, Symboisis Society)Bhaskaracharya[great mathematician]Hemadapanta[architect&father of modi script]Kamalakarbhatta[great Sanskrit scholarin 13th century]Nagojibhatta[great Sanskrit scholar in 16th century]Gagabhatta[great Sanskrit scholar of Kashi in 17th century]MukundrajMukteshwarShahir Patthe Bapurao(Shridhar Krushnaji Kulakarni)

Dr.Ramchandra Dekhane Famous Scholar, Orator of "Santa-Vangmay",as well as authority in the field of "Santa-Vangmay"Laxaman Ramachandra PangarkarBalakavi[Tryambak Bapuji Thombare]Datta Raghunath KavthekarPralhad Keshav AtreB.S.MardhekarG. A. KulkarniIndira SantVishnu Vaman Shirwadkar [Jnanapeeth Award winner poet&writter]Tarkatirtha Lakshamanshastri Joshi[great Sanskrit scholar]MahaMahopadhyaya Siddheshwarshastri Chitrao[great Sanskrit scholar]Babasaheb Purandare[famous historian]G D Madgulkar[modern Valmiki of India]Vyankatesh madgulkar[famous writter]Suresh BhatNarahar KurundakarProf. Ram Shewalkar

NivruttinathDnyaneshwarSopandevMuktabaiChangdevVisobakhecharBhanudasEknathMadhvamunishwarJanardanswamiDasopantDamajipantaSamarth RamdasNarasimha Saraswati

Bengali BrahminsChaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534), ascetic, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833), Hindu reformer and founder of Brahmo SamajDebendranath Tagore (1817-1905) A leading proponent of Brahmo Samaj

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2000.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, founder president, Bhartiya Jana Sangh

Somnath Chatterjee (born 1929) - Speaker of the Lok SabhaBankim Chandra Chatterjee (Vande Matram)

Moraya GosawiKrushanadayarnavSwami SamarthGondawalekar MaharajGulawani MaharajShreedharswamiUpasani MaharajPant Maharaj BalekundrikarRamanand Bidkar MaharajChimad MaharajDhunda Maharaj

Ramakrishna Paramhansa

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820 - 1891) PolymathBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838-1894), author and one of the founders of Indian nationalismRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), poet, philosopher and nationalistJatindra Nath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin) (1879-1915), revolutionary leader

Gadadhar Chattopadhyay (Ramakrishna Paramahansa) (1836-1886), Revered Religious leader, led Hindu revivalSir Ashutosh Mukherjee

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938) popular and sometimes controversial novelistShyama Prasad MukherjeeRakhal Das Banerjee (1885-1930) archaeologist, Mohenjo‑daro excavationsManabendra Nath Roy (1887-1954), a founder of Indian CommunismKishore kumar Ganguly , Great Singer, ActorAshok kumar Ganguly, Actor

Rani MukherjeeKajolpopular singer ShaanPranab MukherjeeSourav Ganguly, former captain of Indian cricket team

Sarojini Naidu nee Chattopadhyay (1879-1949) - freedom fighter, poet

Rajapur Saraswat BrahminsSuresh Prabhu (Former Union Minister in Vajapayee Government)

Tamil Brahmin (Mulukanadu Brahmins)Srinivasa RamanujanPamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (P. V.Narasimha Rao)

North Indian Brahmins.

Madan Mohan MalaviyaLaLa Lajpat Rai (Khatri)

Namboothiri BrahminK. J. YesudasBhaaskaraachaaryanAadi Sankaran

Bharatratna Pandurang KaneDr. Viswanath S. Naravane- PhilosopherMs. Vaiju Naravane Journalist/Europe ExpertNinad Bedekar - HistorianGajanan Mehendale - HistorianDr. M. S. Naravane -HistorianBhau MahajanVishnushastri Chiplunkar -EssayistYadunath ThatteP R BehereG V BehereP B BhaveVasant KaneH M MaratheNarayan DharapVidya Bal

Bipin Chandra Pal

Daya Nayak (Famous Mumbai Police Inspector)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee,

The Chitpavan community are known for scholarly leaning and being writers and philosophers.This list is very basic , we would appreciate any information on persons not included in this list. Small biography of each entry will be soon added.

L N GokhaleSamba Joshi - Historian Belgaum KarnatakaS R DateyRajwade - HistorianBharatratna P V KaneMahamopadhyay AbhyankarRaghunathshastri Patwardhan-Tilak AlmanacDate-Date AlmanacMoro Keshav DamleShankar Balkrishna DikshitN R PhatakK N WatveMadhav AchvalMahadevshashtri JoshiAnant ManoharDr. Anil AwachatDr. Anita AwachatMalatibai BedekarChi Vi JoshiShri Na PendseN C Phadke(Nasi)N.C.Kelkar(Na.Chi)Durga BhagwatKumar KetkarGangadhar GadgilYogini JogalekarMandakini GogateP.G.SahastrabuddheH.N.ApteNarendra Karmarkar (Maths wizard & Nominated for Nobel)Dr. Anand Karve(British Award Ashden winner)Dr. Srikant Datar(Professor at Harvard University)Dr. R. V. Sathe (Past President of World Health Organisation,U.S.)Dr.Smita Sudhir Datye(president award winner)Kiran Nagarkar(Sahitya Acadami Award for English Novel,Cuckold)Mrs.Sujata Vasant Manohar(Supreme Court Judge in New Delhi)Dr.Vasant Gadre(Dean of School of Language,JN University,Delhi)

Brahmin

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(1) Pancha-Gaur, i.e., five main subgroups of Brahmins stemming from the erstwhile Gaur subgroup. Considering west, north-west to east, these were:

Saraswat BrahminsGaur BrahminsKanyakubja BrahminsMaithili BrahminsUtkal Brahmins

(2) Pancha-Dravida, i.e., five main subgroups of Brahmins originating from the earlier mentioned Dravida subgroup. These subgroups seem to be reckon with regional languages.

Maharashtrian BrahminsKannada BrahminsTelugu BrahminsTamil BrahminsMalayali Brahmins

Bengali BrahminsBhargav BrahminsBhumihar BrahminsDadhich BrahminsGaur BrahminsGautam BrahminsKashmiri PanditsKhandelwal BrahminsKhedaval BrahminsMohyal BrahminsKanyakubja BrahminsKota BrahminsKulin BrahminsMaithili BrahminsRajapur Saraswat BrahminsSanadhya BrahminsSaraswat BrahminsSaryupareen BrahminsShrimali Brahmins

Some of the existing sub-castes from Panch-Dravida group of Brahmins are:

Bardai BrahminsChitpavan Brahmins (Konkanasth)Daivajna BrahminDhima BrahminsDeshastha BrahminGouda Saraswat Brahmins

789 Iyers, Iyengar (Vadakalai Thenkalai )

101112131415161718 Pushpaka Brahmins (Ambalavasi Brahmins)1920212223 Telugu Brahmins (Vaidiki, Niyogi)24

3) Daivajna Brahmins4) Deshastha Brahmins

7) Gouda SaraswatBrahmins

9) Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins

11) Kandavara Brahmins12) Karade Brahmins13) Karhada Brahmins14) Kashmiri Saraswat Brahmins15) Kayastha Brahmins16) Khandelwal Brahmins17) Konkanastha Brahmins18) Kota Brahmins19) Koteshwara Brahmins20) Nagar Brahmins21) Namboothiri Brahmins22) Padia Brahmins23) Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins24) Saklapuri Brahmins25) Sanketi Brahmins

Havyaka BrahminsHoysala Karnataka Brahmins

Kandavara BrahminsKannada BrahminsKarhade BrahminsKoota BrahminsKoteshwara BrahminsNagar BrahminsNamboothiri (Namboodiri, Namboodiripad, Bhatathiripad)Padia Brahmins

Saklapuri BrahminsSanketi BrahminsShivalli BrahminsSthanika Brahmins

Tuluva Brahmins

1) Andhra Brahmins

         i) Niyogi Brahmins          

         ii) Vaidiki Brahmins

2) Chitpavana Brahmins

5) Dhima Brahmins

6) Gaur Brahmins

8) Havyaka Brahmins

10) Iyers

26) Saraswat Brahmins

        a) The Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins

        b) Kashmiri Saraswat Brahmins or Kashmiri Pandits

        c) Rajapur/Balawalikar Saraswat Brahmins

        d) Haryana Saraswat Brahmins

27) Shivalli Brahmins28) Smarta Brahmins29) Sthanika Brahmins

31)Vaishnava Brahmins

Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt, Lau, Mohan, Vaid

30) Tuluva Brahmins

Mohyal clans

INDIAN BRAHMINSaraswata 1) Saraswat Brahmins

2) Kashmiri Pandits3) Mohyal Brahmins4) Dhima Brahmins5) Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins6) Gouda Saraswat Brahmins7) Shakdwipi Brahmins

Kanyakubja 1) Kanyakubja Brahmins2) Saryupareen Brahmins

Gauda 1) Khandelwal Brahmins2) Kota Brahmins3) Dadhich Brahmin4) Gaur Brahmin5) Sanadhya Brahmins

Utkal 1) Utkala BrahminsPurvi 1) Bhumihar Brahmins

2) Maithili Brahmins3) Kulin Brahmins4) Bengali Brahmins5) Bardai Brahmins

Pancha-Dravida 1) Those from Dakshinapatha (South India, including Gujarat).Gujarat 2) Nagar Brahmins

3) Bardai Brahmins4) Girinarayan Brahmins5) Shrimali Brahmins6) Khedaval7) Anavil Brahmin8) Awadhich Brahmins

Maharashtra 1) Chitpavan Brahmins (Konkanasth)2) Deshastha Brahmin3) Karhade Brahmins4) Samvedi Brahmins5) Devrukhe Brahmins

Karnataka 1) Kannada Brahmins2) Daivajna Brahmins3) Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins4) Badaganadu Brahmins5) Babburu Kamme Brahmins6) Ulucha Kamme Brahmins7) Niyogi Brahmins8) Madhva Brahmins9) Vaishnava Brahmins10) Sri Vaishnava or Hebbar Sri Vaishnava or Mysore Iyengars11) Mysore Iyers12) Mulukanadu Brahmins13) Sankethi Brahmins

15) Gauda Saraswat Brahmins (Generally considered Pancha-Gauda)[1]16) Tuluva Brahmins[2]

Note: Gauda is sometimes taken to mean a region of Bengal. However the original meaning of the term coincides with region termed as Brahmakshetra:

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14) Sarawat Brahmins, totally different from Gowda Saraswat Brahmins and one of the smallest groups of Brahmins in terms of population.

17) Shivalli Brahmins18) Sthanika Brahmins19) Koteshwara Brahmins20) Padia Brahmins21) Saklapuri Brahmins22) Kandavara Brahmins23) Koota Brahmins24) Havyaka Brahmins25) Maratha Brahmins26) Karadiga Brahmins

Andhra Pradesh 1) Telugu Brahmins2) Niyogi Brahmins3) Vaidiki Brahmins

Dravida 1) Iyers(Tamil Nadu and Kerala) 2) Iyengars (of Vadakalai and Thenkalai sects)

3) Namboothiri Brahmins4) Pushpaka Brahmins (Ambalavasis)

Brahmin Bodhisattvas

Aryadeva (successor of Nagarjuna) Asangha (from Hinayana sect and Peshwar city founded the Yogacarya and established the Classical age of Buddhism)

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Bodhidharma (royalty of Pallava, from Kanchi) that went to China

Brahmadatta

Nagarjuna (founded the Shunyata concept and considered along with Asvaghosa to have founded the Mahayana)

Kusanda Buddha

Konagamana Buddha

Kasyapsa Buddha

Kshitagarbha

Maitreya (Bodhisattva to come)

Parmasambhava (founder of Vajrayana Buddhism)

[edit] Scriptures dedicated to Brahmin bhikkus

Dravid (Captain) 

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3 Tendulkar | 4 Ganguly | 5 Yuvraj |

6 Uthappa |

7 Dhoni |

8 Karthik |

9 Kumble |

10 Harbhajan |

11 Pathan |

12 Patel |

13 Zaheer |

14 Sreesanth |

15 Agarkar |

Aryadeva (successor of Nagarjuna) Asangha (from Hinayana sect and Peshwar city founded the Yogacarya and established the Classical age of Buddhism)