Go List of Brahmins This is a list of notable Brahmins—that is, notable members of the Brahmin caste or social groups across India. Freedom Fighters Yogendra Shukla- Revolutionary Baikuntha Shukla- Revolutionary Jawaharlal Nehru- Was also part of Indian national congress Chandra Shekhar Azad- Was part of Hindiustan Republican Association Lokmanya Tilak- Was also part of Indian national congress Mangal Pandey- Associated with 1857 rebellion Rani Lakshmibai- Associated with 1857 rebellion Swami Sahajanand Saraswatifreedom fighter, peasant leader Vasudev Balwant Phadke Vanchinathan V.V.S. Iyer Subramanya Bharathi C. Rajagopalachari Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Sports Athletics Vandana Shanbagh Archery Dola Banerjee Badminton Prakash Padukone Nandu Natekar Hrishikesh Kanitkar Dipankar Bhattacharya Chess Viswanathan Anand- World champion Praveen Thipsay- Chess Grand Master Rohini Khadilkar Krishnan Sasikiran Moheschunder Bannerjee Umakant Sharma Anupama Gokhale Cricket Sachin Tendulkar(opener/ all rounder) Master Blaster Ajit Agarkar- all rounder Anil Kumble- Spin Bowler Avasarala Rao Bhavaraju Venkata Krishna Rao Chetan Sharma- Fast Bowler D. B. Deodhar Dhawal Kulkarni- Fast Bowler Dinesh Karthik- Wicket keeper/Batsman E.A.S. Prasanna- Spin Bowler S. Venkataraghavan- Spin Bowler/All rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar- Batsman Ishant Sharma- Fast Bowler Jhulan Goswami- Womens cricketer Joginder Sharma- Medium Pacer Krishnamachari Srikanth- Opener Murali Kartik- Slow Left Arm orthodox Bowler Nilesh Kulkarni- Fast Bowler Rahul Dravid- Batsman Raju Kulkarni Ravi Shastri- Opener/Batsman Ravichandran Ashwin- Spin Bowler Rohit Sharma- Batsman Shubhangi Kulkarni- Womens Cricketer Sourav Ganguly- Opener/All Rounder/Former Captain Sunil Joshi- Spin Bowler Suresh Raina- Batsman Javagal Srinath- Fast Bowler Venkatesh Prasad- Fast Bowler Vedam Jaishankar- Cricket Correspondent V.V.S. Laxman- Batsman B.S. Chandrasekhar- Bowler Martial arts Jay Ranade- Breaking World Master Shooting Vijay Kumar-olympic medalist Tennis Ramanathan Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan Jaideep Mukherjea Nirupama Vaidyanathan Gaurav Natekar Media and entertainment Arnab Goswami- Editor in Chief,News TImes Rajdeep Sardesai Nidhi Razdan- Journalist at NDTV 24x7 Rajeev Shukla T P Kailasam- Playwright Puttanna Kanagal- Director Girish Kasaravalli- Director K. Balachander Kota Srinivasa Rao Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao(Suthivelu)- Comedian Jandhyala Veera Venkata Durga Siva Subramanya Sastry- Playwright, Director Trivikram Srinivas- Director, Playwright Charu Sharma Film stars Actors Paresh Rawal Mithun Chakraborty Vikram Gokhale Manoj Joshi Tanikella Bharani Mohan Joshi Manoj Vajpai Saurabh Shukla Ravi Kisan-- Bhojpuri Actor Manoj Tiwari Vinay Pathak Manoj Kumar Kamal Haasan Ajith Kumar R. Madhavan Chandra Mohan Siddharth Narayan- Playwright C. Krishna Rao Gundu Rao(Nagesh) Kanta Rao Varun Sandesh J V Somayajulu Upendra- Director, Playwright Vishnuvardhan K. Viswanath- Director Chittor V. Nagaiah- Actor, Singer Cho Ramaswamy S. V. Shekhar R. S. Manohar Gemini Ganesan Sanjay Dutt Sunil Dutt Soumitra Chatterjee Uttam Kumar Kishore Kumar Ashok Kumar Crazy Mohan- Drama Actor/Dialogue Writer Srikanth- Tamil Actor Prasanna- Tamil Actor Ananth Nag Shankar Nag bharat Satish Kaushik- director and famous comedian Vishal Bhardwaj Actress Bhanumathi Ramakrishna- Actor, Producer & Director Hema Malini Madhuri Dixit Deepika Padukone Jaya Bachchan Rekha Urmila Matondkar Rani Mukherjee Meenakshi Seshadri Padma Lakshmi Anushka Sharma Vidya Balan Prachi Desai Vasundhara Das Priyamani Trisha Krishnan Suhasini Maniratnam Ramya Krishnan Soundarya Vimala Raman Madhoo Radhika Pandit Rati Agnihotri Udita Goswami Jayalalitha filmography Sonali Bendre Musicians Shreya Ghoshal-singer Pritam Chakraborty-composer Kumar Sanu-singer Amit Trivedi-composer Thyagaraja- Composer Bhimsen Joshi- Singer Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna- Singer, Actor and Composer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao- Singer and Composer K. V. Mahadevan-Composer P. B. Sreenivas-Singer T. M. Soundararajan-Singer P. Susheela-Singer S. Janaki-Singer Harini-Singer S. P. Balasubramanyam- Singer, Actor and Composer Vani Jayaram-Singer Usha Uthup-Singer S. P. Sailaja- Singer and Actor Sunitha Upadrashta- Singer/Anchor/Dubbing Artist Vidyasagar-Composer Bharathwaj-composer Hariharan-Singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan-Singer Salil Kulkarni-Singer and Composer UnnikrishnanSinger Karthik-Singer and Composer Mahalaxmi Iyer-Singer Vijay Prakash-Singer Suresh Wadkar-Singer Machas With Attitude-Rap Artists Shishir Parkhie- Singer & Composer Lata Mangeshkar Asha Bhonsle Suresh Bhonsle Jatin Lalit(Jatin Pandit & Lalit Pandit) (Rajasthani) Vikram Pandit(Maharashtrian) Shrradha Pandit(Rajasthani/Hindi/Haryanvi) Shweta Pandit(Rajasthani/Hindi/Haryanvi) Yash Pandit(Rajasthani/Hindi/Haryanvi) Ravi Shankar Pandit W D Amaradewa(Sri Lankan vocalist and musical composer) Recipients of the Civilian awards Bharat Ratna: M. S. Subbulakshmi- Carnatic Classical Music Vocalist Bharat Ratna: Chakravarti Rajgopalachari- Independence Activist Bharat Ratna: C. V. Raman- Physicist Bharat Ratna: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan- Philosopher Bharat Ratna: Bhagwan Das- Author Bharat Ratna: Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya- Civil Engineer Bharat Ratna: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi- Hindustani Classical Music Vocalist Padmashree: Vempati Chinna Satyam- Dancer Padma Bhushan: S.P.Balasubramanyam- Singer Padma Bhushan: Rahul Dravid-Indian Cricketer Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Sachin Tendulkar-Indian Cricketer Padmashree: Kamal Hassan-Actor Padmashree: Kaasinathuni Viswanath- Director Literature Authors Girish Karnad S. L. Bhyrappa Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy- Critic Nannayya Bhattaraka- Author Kota Shivaram Karanth- Environmentalist, Artist Jiddu Krishnamurti- Philosopher Sudha Murty- Social Worker, Philanthropist Samethanahalli Rama Rao B.V.K. Sastry- Critic Bhagavatula Siva Sankara Sastry(Arudra) P.L. Deshpande Novelists Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham- Playwright Poets Potana Chikkupadhyaya Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu- Philosopher Pingali Lakshmikantamu Veturi Sundararama Murthy- Lyricist Gurazada Appa Rao- Playwright Srirangam Srinivasa Rao(Sri Sri) Sirivennala Seetha Rama Sastry- Composer Divakarla Tirupathi Sastry Challapilla Venkata Sastry Garimella Satyanarayana- Freedom Fighter Viswanatha Satyanarayana Rayaprolu Subbarao Intellectuals Pingali Venkaiah- Designer of Indian National Flag Srinivasa Ramanujan- Renowned mathematician. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan- Space scientist Shakuntala Devi- Human computer fame N. R. Narayana Murthy- Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder Infosys Lakshmi Narayanan- Vice Chairman and former CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions Raja Ramanna- Nuclear scientist Udipi Ramachandra Rao- Space Scientist, Former Chairman of ISRO K. V. Kamath- Chairman Infosys& ICICI Bank Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya- Founder Andhra Bank Politics Pre Independence (British Raj) Peshwas (Appointed as ministers by Maratha Kings) Baji Rao I- Appointed as minister by Chhatrapati Shahu Nanasaheb Peshwa Madhavrao I Narayanrao Peshwa Raghunathrao Madhavrao II Baji Rao II Nana Sahib- Associated with 1857 rebellion Indian national congress Gopal Krishna Gokhale- Also associated with Indias Independence movement Lokmanya Tilak- First famous leader of Indias Independence movement Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee- 1stpresident of Indian national congress Governor General C Rajagopalachari Speaker (Lok Sabha) G. V. Mavalankar M. A. Ayyangar Manohar Joshi Somnath Chatterjee MPs and MLAs Ananth Kumar- BJP MP from Bangalore, Karnataka K. V. Krishna Rao- Former Chief of the Indian Army, Former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Saluva Timmarusu- Former Prime Minister of Krishna Deva Raya Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya- Engineer, Diwan of Mysore Tenneti Viswanadham- Freedom Fighter, Former Minister for Finance and Law Arun Jaitley Vundavalli Aruna Kumar- Congress MP, Rajahmundry, AP Chief Ministers PhotoNameBornDeathBrahmin Sub-CastIn OfficeNotes Tanguturi Prakasam23 August 187220 May 1957 Telugu Brahmin30 April 1946 – 23 March 1947 1 October 1953 – 15 November 1954Chief Minister of Madras Presidency Chief Minister of Andhra state P. V. Narasimha Rao28 June 192123 December 2004 Telugu Brahmin30 September 1971 - 10 January 1973 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister of India E. M. S. Namboodiripad13 June 190919 March 1998 Nambudiri Brahmin5 April 1957 – 31 July 1959 6 March 1967 – 1 November 1969Chief Minister of Kerala Ramakrishna Hegde29 August 192612 January 2004 Havyaka Brahmin10 January 1983 – 10 August 1988Chief Minister of Karnataka Jayalalithaa Jayaraman24 February 1948Brahmin-Iyengar24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996 14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001 2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006 16 May 2011 – PresentActor Current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu R. Gundu Rao8 April 193722 August 1993Haryanvi Brahmin12 January 1980 – 6 January 1983Chief Minister of Karnataka Mamata Banerjee5 January 1955 Bengali Brahmin20 May 2011 – PresentChief Minister of West Bengal Members of Parliament/Legislative Assembly Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya- Andhra Pradesh MP Presidents of India PhotoNameBornDeathBrahmin Sub-CastIn OfficeNotes Pranab Mukherjee11 December 1935 Bengali Brahmin25 June 2012 – Presentcurrent president Ramaswamy Venkataraman4 December 191027 January 2009 Tamil Brahmin25 July 1987 - 25 July 1992Eighth President of India, Seventh Vice President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan5 September 188817 April 1975 Telugu Brahmin13 May 1962 - 13 May 1967 Shankar Dayal Sharma19 August 191826 December 1999 North Indian Brahmin25 June 1992 - 25 July 1997Ninth President of India V V Giri Prime Ministers of India PhotoNameBornDeathBrahmin Sub-CastIn OfficeNotes Atal Bihari Vajpai25 December 1924 U. P. Brahmin16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 - 19 May 2004 Indira Gandhi*19 November 191731 October 1984 Kashmiri Pandit24 January 1966 - 24 March 1977 14 January 1980 - 31 October 1884First Women Prime Minister of the Republic of India Jawaharlal Nehru14 November 188927 May 1964 Kashmiri Pandit15 August 1947 - 14 November 1964First Prime Minister of the Republic of India Morarji Desai29 February 189610 April 1995 Anavil Brahmin24 March 1977 - 28 July 1979 Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao28 June 192123 December 2004 Telugu Brahmin21 June 1991 - 16 May 1996 Note =* - Prime Ministers who were murdered.
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