List of Marathi people in the performing arts

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== Cinema and theatre ==
'''Film directors'''
[[File:Phalke.jpg|thumb|Producer-Director-Screenwriter [[Dadasaheb Phalke]] known as ''The Father of Indian cinema''|342x342px]]
* [[Abhinay Deo]] – film director
* [[Amol Palekar]] – Bollywood director & actor, received award for best actor of 1979 for film "Gol Maal"
* [[Amole Gupte|Amol Gupte]] – Bollywood director & actor, received award for best screen play for film "Taare Zameen Par"
* [[Anand Patwardhan]] – documentary filmmaker, known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics such as corruption, slum dwellers, etc.
* [[Ashutosh Gowariker|Ashutosh Gowarikar]] – director of ''[[Lagaan]]'' (nominated for [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], has bagged 5 filmfare, 7 international awards)<ref name="Ashutosh Gowariker- Biography IMDb">{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332950/|title = Ashutosh Gowariker- Biography IMDb}}</ref><ref name="imdb_tt0169102">{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169102/awards|title = Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) Awards}}</ref>
* [[Baburao Painter|Baburao Mistry]] – Wrote his own screenplays; first Indian filmmaker to adopt the method of "Stenographic", the method Satyajit Ray adopted for ''Pather Panchali''{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
* [[Bhagwan Dada]] – film director, producer and actor
* [[Bhalji Pendharkar]] – director, was associated with [[Prabhat Film Company]], also received [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award|Dadasahab Phalke Award]]
* [[Dadasaheb Phalke]] – directed the first Indian feature film, the "father of Indian cinema"; directed 95 movies and 26 short films in a span of 19 years<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zTZnAAAAMAAJ|title = Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema – Bāpū Vāṭave, National Book Trust – Google Books|isbn = 9788123743196|year = 2004|last1 = Vāṭave|first1 = Bāpū}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/vadodara/32456429_1_godhra-dadasaheb-phalke-father-of-indian-cinema|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130419032237/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/vadodara/32456429_1_godhra-dadasaheb-phalke-father-of-indian-cinema|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2013-04-19|work = [[The Times of India]]|title = Godhra forgets its days spent with Dadasaheb Phalke}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Vilanilam|first = J. V.|title = Mass Communication in India: A Sociological Perspective|year = 2005|publisher = Sage Publications|location = New Delhi|isbn = 81-7829-515-6|page = 128|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XBU6pN7toHsC&q=dadasaheb+phalke+father+indian+cinema&pg=PA128}}</ref>
* [[Dadasaheb Torne]]- made first Indian film named ''Shree Pundlik'' in the year 1912
* [[Deepak Kadam]] – Director of various Video Albums, Ad films, TV serials & Marathi Feature Films. His upcoming movie ''WAAKYA'' has been chosen from 280 films from 35 country for navi [[Mumbai International Film Festival|Mumbai international film festival]]-2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmiff.in/selected_films.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-02-10 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218211742/http://www.nmiff.in/selected_films.php |archive-date=2014-02-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://acee-thethirdeye.org/true-review-wakya/|title = True Review: Wakya|publisher = The Third Eye|access-date = 18 February 2014|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140218172459/http://acee-thethirdeye.org/true-review-wakya/|archive-date = 18 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Dinkar D. Patil|Dinkar D patil]] – had an illustrious career as a filmmaker for almost five decades; introduced Marathi [[Lavani]] folk dance in his films
* [[Gauri Shinde]] – Bollywood director; made her directional debut through the highly acclaimed ''[[English Vinglish]]''
* [[Jabbar Patel]] – director, maker of classics films in Marathi, received Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration
* [[Kavita Lad]] - Marathi television and theatre actress
* [[Kunal Deshmukh]] – Bollywood director
* [[Madhur Bhandarkar]] – Bollywood director, Script Writer, producer, also 3 times recipient of national filmfare award for best director
* [[Mahesh Kothare]] – Bollywood director
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] – Bollywood director, actor, screenwriter, producer, has won 2 star awards & 1 national award
* [[Master Vinayak]] – Bollywood director
[[File:Ashutosh Gowariker at the launch of T P Aggarwal's trade magazine 'Blockbuster' 15.jpg|thumb|[[Ashutosh Gowariker]] directed ''[[Lagaan]]'' (nominated for [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], and has won five [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare]] and seven international awards)<ref name="Ashutosh Gowariker- Biography IMDb"/><ref name="imdb_tt0169102"/>|259x259px]]
* [[N. Chandra]] (Chandrakant Narvekar) – Bollywood director
* [[Nishikant Kamat]] – director of movies like ''[[Dombivali Fast|Dombivli Fast]]'', ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]'' and ''[[Drishyam (2015 film)|Drishyam]]''
* [[Paresh Mokashi]] – his film ''[[Harishchandrachi Factory]]'' was the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film official entry to [[82nd Academy Awards]] in the [[List of common film awards categories|Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[Pralhad Keshav Atre|Acharya Atre]] – his [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]], ''[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]'' (श्यामची आई) won the 1954 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]], received the First National Film Award<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040899/awards Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref>
* [[Prasad Oak]] – Marathi actor, film director, film producer, poet, singer, writer, singer
* [[Raja Nawathe]]-Bollywood director, Regarded as one of the finest female actors in the history of [[Hindi cinema]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020526/spectrum/main9.htm|title = The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Article|publisher = Tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/feb/05din.htm|title = rediff.com, Movies: Forever Nutan|publisher = Rediff.com}}</ref>[[File:Madhuridixit.jpg|thumb|[[Madhuri Dixit]], a leading actress of Bollywood in the 1980s, 1990s and early-2000s, Dixit has been praised by critics for her acting and dancing skills, and achieved mass popularity due to her beauty.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/06/stories/2007120650170200.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071209113840/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/06/stories/2007120650170200.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2007-12-09|title = Dancing to her tunes|author = Kumar, P.K. Ajith|work = [[The Hindu]]|date = 2007-12-06|location = Chennai, India}}</ref>]]
* [[Raja Paranjape|Raja Paranjpe]] – Had a career spanning over 40 years, also was associated with about 80 [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]] and Hindi film
* [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] – Actor and director, started acting in films at the age of 4, directed several films & TV Soaps
* [[Sachin Kundalkar]] – Bollywood director, is a [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]] director and screenplay writer, received the Best Screenplay for his film [[Gandha (film)|Gandha]] in 2009
* [[Sai Paranjpye|Sai Paranjpe]] – Director, scriptwriter & theatre personality, received Padma Bhushan in 2006[[File:FILM DIRECTOR MADHUR BHANDARKAR.JPG|thumb| [[Madhur Bhandarkar]] - film director, script writer, and producer |192x192px]]
* [[Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni]] – Famous director of acclaimed Marathi films like [[Deool]], [[The Well (2010 film)|Vihir]] and Valu
* [[V. Shantaram|V Shantaram]] – Bollywood director, He directed his first film, ''"Netaji Palkar"'' in 1927. In 1929, he founded the Prabhat Film Company
* [[Vishnupant Govind Damle|Vishnupant Damle]] – Was a [[Scenic design|set designer]], film director of [[Marathi cinema|Marathi Cinema]], was also one of the co-founders for Prabhat Film Company
* [[Vishram Sawant]] – Bollywood director

'''Film actresses'''
* [[Aditi Sarangdhar]] – Marathi actor known as Angry Young Woman
* [[Amruta Khanvilkar]] – Marathi actress and dancer who also appeared in Bollywood films
* [[Antara Mali]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Ashwini Bhave]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Bhagyashree Patwardhan]] – Bollywood actress, known for ''[[Maine Pyar Kiya|Maine Pyaar Kiya]]'' (1989)
* [[Bhargavi Chirmule]] – Marathi actress; worked in movies like ''Kass'' and ''One room kitchen''
* [[Durga Khote]] – actress; marks the pioneering phase for women in Indian cinema; ''India Today'' named her among "100 people who shaped India"
* [[Durgabai Kamat]] (1899–1997), first actress of [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]], in ''[[Mohini Bhasmasur]]'' (1913), second movie of Phalke
* [[Gauri Pradhan Tejwani]] – television actress
* [[Jayshree Gadkar]] – acted in several Marathi films, also acted in Ramanand Sagar's TV Series Ramayana as Kaushalya, mother of Rama
* [[Kajal Kiran]] - Bollywood actress of 70s
* [[Kavita Lad]] - Actress
* [[Kimi Katkar]] – Bollywood Actress
* [[Lalita Pawar]]-Noted actress in Indian cinema
* [[Leela Chitnis]] – First Indian Film Star to endorse popular soap brand "LUX", concession then only granted to top Hollywood heroines
* [[Madhuri Dixit]] – Leading actress in Indian cinema in the 90s, Forbes named her among ''"Top 5 most powerful Indian Movie Stars"''[[File:UrmilaMatondkar.jpg|thumb|[[Urmila Matondkar]]|233x233px]][[File:Anousha Dandekar unveils MTV The ONE (13).jpg|thumb| [[Anusha Dandekar]] is an [[India]]n [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] |285x285px]]
* [[Mamta Kulkarni]] – Bollywood Actress
* [[Manjari Phadnis]] – Actress
* [[Mayuri Kango]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Mrinal Dev-Kulkarni|Mrinal Kulkarni]] – Model & Actress
* [[Mugdha Godse]] – Model & Actress
* [[Namrata Shirodkar]] – Bollywood Actress
* [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] – actress
* [[Nivedita Joshi Saraf|Nivedita Joshi]] – Actress
* [[Nutan]] – Bollywood Actress (Tanuja's elder sister and shobhana samarth's daughter), role model for many Bollywood Heroines, received [[Padma Shri]] in 1974
* [[Padmini Kolhapure]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Pallavi Joshi]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Priya Bapat]]- Leading Marathi Actress
* [[Priya Tendulkar]] – Bollywood Actress, Social Activist, her father was eminent popular writer Vijay Tendulkar
* [[Radhika Apte]] – actress
* [[Ranjana Deshmukh]] – popular Marathi actress
* [[Reema Lagoo]] – acted in various Marathi dramas, Marathi movies, and Bollywood
* [[Renuka Shahane]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Ruby Myers|Sulochana]] – actress, received the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" in 1973
* [[Sagarika Ghatge]] – actress
* [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] – appeared in popular films like ''Navrang'', ''Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' and ''Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje''
* [[Sarika]] – actress, worked in more than 50 Hindi films, married to Kamal Hasan (Tamil superstar)
* [[Shakuntala Paranjpye]] – actress
* [[Shashikala|Shashikala Jawalkar]] – Bollywood actress who performed character roles in the 60s and 70s
* [[Shilpa Shirodkar]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Shilpa Tulaskar]] – Television actress
* [[Shobhna Samarth|Shobhana Samarth]] – actress and mother of Nutan and Tanuja
* [[Shraddha Kapoor]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Smita Patil]] – Bollywood actress nominated for several Filmfare and national awards, received Padma Shri in 1985
* [[Sonali Bendre]] – Bollywood actress; acted in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films; received star screen best actress award in 2004
* [[Sonali Kulkarni]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] – actress
* [[Tanuja]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] – Bollywood actress, started acting from the age of 9 and has acted in several Hindi, Telugu films
* [[Vandana Gupte]] – stage and television actress
* [[Varsha Usgaonkar]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Vidya Malvade]] - Bollywood actress
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'''Beauty queens and supermodels'''
* [[Aditi Gowitrikar|Aditi Govitrikar]] – model
* [[Anusha Dandekar]]- MTV VJ and model
* [[Madhu Sapre]] – former supermodel
* [[Mugdha Godse]] – Bollywood actress
* [[Pooja Chitgopekar]]- Miss India Earth 2007 and later Miss Earth Air 2007
* [[Rakhi Sawant]] – model and actress
* [[Ujjwala Raut]] – international ramp model

'''Film actors'''
[[File:Raqesh Vashisth.jpg|thumb|[[Raqesh Vashisth|Rakesh Bapat]], Bollywood actor, also holds the title of Grasim Mr. India.|304x304px]]
* [[Ajinkya Dev]] – Bollywood actor
* [[Ashok Saraf]] – leading Marathi actor
* [[Atul Kulkarni]] – Bollywood actor; theatre artist; acted in several Marathi, Hindi, and Kannada films; nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor for Marathi film ''Natarang''
* [[Bhanu Athaiya]] – costume designer, recipient of Oscar for her work on the movie ''Gandhi''
* [[Bharat Jadhav]] – leading Marathi theatre performer
* [[Dada Kondke]] – revolutionised Marathi comedy
* [[David Abraham Cheulkar]] – [[Bene Israel|Jewish]] Bollywood character actor of the 60s
* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] – leading stage artist. Last seen as Gandhi in Lage Raho Munnabhai
* [[Kanan Kaushal]]
* [[Kashinath Ghanekar]] - veteran stage actor
* [[Kuldeep Pawar]] – actor
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] – leading Marathi actor of 80s and 90s
* [[Milind Soman]] – model and actor
* [[Mohan Agashe]] – leading art film and Bollywood actor
* [[Mohan Gokhale]] (1953–1999) – Mr. Yogi
[[File:Kochadaiiyaan Rajini.jpg|thumb|"[[Superstar]]" [[Rajinikanth]]|203x203px]]
[[File:Nana Patekar snapped at the press meet for movie on Baba Amte 06.jpg|thumb|[[Nana Patekar]]|212x212px]]
* [[Nana Patekar]] – Bollywood and leading stage actor
* [[Omi Vaidya]] – Bollywood actor
* [[Rajinikanth|Rajnikant]] – Tamil/South Indian cinema superstar and second highest paid Asian actor as of 2017<ref name="mass_popularity">{{cite news|title=Rajini is simple, stylish, spiritual, that explains his uniqueness |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |newspaper=[[Asian Tribune]] |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215034339/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |archive-date=2009-12-15 }}</ref>
* [[Ramesh Bhatkar]] – actor
* [[Raqesh Vashisth|Rakesh Bapat]] – Bollywood actor, also holds the title of Grasim Mr. India
* [[Riteish Deshmukh|Ritesh Deshmukh]] – Bollywood actor
* [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] - film and television actor, director, singer and producer. Winner of four [[Filmfare Awards]]
* [[Sachin Khedekar]] – Bollywood actor movies Subhas Chandra Bose, Astitva
* [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] – Bollywood and Marathi film actor
* [[Sanjay Narvekar]]- Marathi and Bollywood actor
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] – Marathi, Bollywood, Tollywood actor & film producer
* [[Shivaji Satam]] – actor
* [[Shreyas Talpade]] – Bollywood actor
* [[Shriram Lagoo]] - Marathi and Bollywood actor
* [[Sudhir Joshi]] – late Marathi actor, acted in several Marathi films
* [[Swanand Kirkire]] – Bollywood lyricist
* [[Vijayendra Ghatge]] – Bollywood actor
* [[Viju Khote]] – Bollywood actor
* [[Vikram Gokhale]] – actor

== Indian classical musicians ==
[[File:Dr Vidyadhar Oke.jpg|thumb|Dr. Vidyadhar Oke with 22-microtone harmonium]]
* [[Ajay Pohankar]] – classical vocalist
* [[Ajay−Atul]] – music composer brothers (Natrang)
* [[Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar]] – classical singer
* [[Arun Paudwal]] – music director of Marathi cinema
* [[Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande|Ashwini Bhide]] – classical Vocalist
* [[Bal Gandharva]] (1888–1967) singer and stage actor
* [[Bhimsen Joshi]] (1922–2011) - Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition, recipient of the Bharat Ratna
[[File:Arati Ankalikar Tikekarji.jpg|thumb|[[Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar|Arati Ankalikar Tikekar]]|266x266px]]
[[File:Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.jpg|thumb|[[Vishnu Digambar Paluskar]] sang the original version of the bhajan "[[Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram]]", and founded the [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]] in 1901.]]
[[File:Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Bhimsen Joshi]]|206x206px]]
* [[C. R. Vyas]] (1924–2002)- Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition, recipient of the Padma Bhushan
* [[C. Ramchandra]] (or Ramchandra Chitalkar) (1918–1977) – Hindi film music director
* [[Datta Naik]] – Hindi film music director
* [[Hirabai Barodekar]] (1905–1989) – Indian Hindustāni classical music singer, pioneer of concerts by women artists in India, from the Kirana Gharana
* [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]] – music director
* [[Jyotsna Keshav Bhole|Jyotsna Bhole]] – singer, actor
* [[Kesarbai Kerkar]] – singer, born at Keri in Goa
* [[Kishori Amonkar]] (born 1931) – classical singer
* [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal|Laxmikant Kudalkar]] (1937–1998) – of the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal
* [[Mogubai Kurdikar]] – singer from Jaipur Gharana born at Kurdi Goa.
* [[Prabha Atre]] (born 1932) - Indian classical vocalist; awarded Padmabhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi award
* [[Ram Kadam (composer)|Ram Kadam]] (1916–1997) – Marathi music composer (''Pinjra'' 1972, ''Sangte Aika'' 1959)
* Sameep Kulkarni - Sitarist
* [[Sanjeev Abhyankar]] – classical singer
* [[Satish Vyas]] – Santoor player, recipient of the Padma Shri
* [[Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar]] (1899–1974) – Indian classical musicologist, Vocalist, composer, Padmabhushan 1957
* [[Shrinivas Khale]] - music director
* [[Shruti Sadolikar]]-Katkar
* [[Sudhir Phadke]] (1919–2002) – Marathi music composer, composed music for ''Geet Ramayan''
* [[Sureshbabu Mane]] – vocalist of [[Kirana gharana]]
* [[Uday Bhawalkar]] – Dhrupad vocalist
* [[Ulhas Kashalkar]] – Hindustani Classical Vocalist
* [[V. G. Jog]] – violinist
* [[Vasant Desai]] – music director of Hindi/Marathi films
* [[Vasantrao Deshpande]] – classical singer
* [[Veena Sahasrabuddhe]] – classical vocalist
* [[Vidyadhar Oke]] - harmonium player, musicologist, musical instrument inventor
* [[Vishnu Digambar Paluskar]] – singer of [[gwalior gharana]], reformer of Indian Classical Music
* [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande]] (10 August 1860 – 19 September 1936) – Indian classical musicologist and reformer

== Singers ==
* [[Aarya Ambekar]] – singer
* [[Abhijeet Sawant]] – singer
* [[Anupama Deshpande]] – playback singer
* [[Anuradha Paudwal]] - singer
* [[Arun Date]] – singer
* [[Asha Bhosle]] – playback singer
* [[Bela Shende]] – playback singer
* [[Devaki Pandit]] – singer
* [[Hema Sardesai]]- Bollywood playback singer
* [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]] – playback singer, was awarded Padmashri by Government of India in 2009
* [[Kaushal Inamdar]] – music composer, director
* [[Lata Mangeshkar]] – one of the most prominent female playback artists of Indian cinema; music composer; first Indian singer to enter the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' for having made most recordings in the world (1974–1991)
[[File:Lata Mangeshkar - still 29065 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]|225x225px]]
[[File:Asha Bhosle - still 47160 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Asha Bhosle]]|249x249px]]
[[File:Rahul Vaidya 2008 - still 29246 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Rahul Vaidya]]]]
[[File:Abhijeet Sawant2015.jpg|thumb|[[Abhijeet Sawant]]|217x217px]]
* [[Manik Varma]] – Classical singer, awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1974
* [[Meena Khadikar|Meena Mangeshkar]] – playback singer
* [[Milind Ingle]] – Marathi and Hindi music composer and singer
* [[Nihira Joshi]] – singer
* [[Prajakta Shukre]] – singer
* [[Rahul Vaidya]] – singer
* [[Sadhana Sargam]] – Bollywood playback singer
* [[Sandeep Khare]] – poet and singer
* [[Saleel Kulkarni]] - singer, musician, author, director
* [[Sanjivani (singer)|Sanjivani]] - singer
* [[Shalmali Kholgade]] – singer
* [[Shridhar Phadke]] – Marathi music composer and singer, son of Sudhir Phadke
* [[Sudesh Bhonsle|Sudesh Bhosle]] - Bollywood playback singer
* [[Sudhir Phadke]] (25 July 1919, Kolhapur – 29 July 2002) – Marathi music composer and singer
* [[Suresh Wadkar]] – playback singer
* [[Usha Mangeshkar]] – singer
* [[Vaishali Samant]] – singer

=== Modern music ===
* [[Avadhoot Gupte|Avdhoot Gupte]] – music composer, singer
* [[Gaurav Dagaonkar]] – music composer, also does pock, Pop, as music director his first release Lanka
* [[Karsh Kale]] – New Age musician, fusion, electronica from US
* [[Milind Date]] – flautist, composer, Known for his collaborations with many international artists and flamboyant performances
* [[Saleel Kulkarni|Salil Kulkarni]] – music composer, singer (Aggobai Dhaggobai)
* [[Sandeep Khare|Sandip Khare]] – poet, songwriter and singer (Ayushyawar bolu kahi, Diwas Ase Ki)

== Applied arts - fashion, photography, art direction, advertisement ==
* [[Atul Kasbekar]] – first Indian to win the International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (FAB Awards) 2005, held at London
* [[Bhanu Athaiya]] – first Indian to win the [[Academy Award for Costume Design]] for the film ''Gandhi'' (1982)
* [[Gautam Rajadhyaksha]] – one of India's leading [[Fashion photography|fashion photographer]]s
* [[Gopi Kukde]] – advertising veteran, prominently recognised for the advertising character of the [[Onida Electronics|Onida Devil]]
[[File:Atul Kasbekar.jpg|thumb|[[Atul Kasbekar]]|261x261px]]
* [[M. V. Dhurandhar|M.V. Dhurandhar]] – painter and postcard artist
* [[Nitin Chandrakant Desai]] – art director, first Indian to receive the Genie Award for his film ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]''
* [[Pralhad Anant Dhond]] – later a teacher; in 1958 became the Dean of Sir. J. J. School of Art
* [[Ram V. Sutar]] – sculptor; his first work of note was the 45 feet Chambal monument at the Gandhi Sagar Dam, in Madhya Pradesh; received [[Padma Shri|Padmashri]] in 1999
* [[Sambhaji Kadam (artist)|Sambhaji Kadam]] – painter; also studied musicology, especially the "Shruti" intervals or the micro-tonic intervals in Indian music
* [[Vasudeo S. Gaitonde|V. S. Gaitonde]] – painter, received First prize at the Young Asian Artists Exhibition, [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller Fellowship]] and [[Padma Shri]] in 1971

== Historians ==
* [[Anant Sadashiv Altekar]] – in 1947, elected the First Chairman of the Numismatic Society of India
* [[Annabhau Sathe]] –a founder member of the Lal Bawta Kalapathak of the Communist Party in Maharashtra; people conferred the epithet ''Lok Shahir''
* [[Babasaheb Purandare]] – historian who researched [[Shivajij]]
* [[D. R. Bhandarkar|Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar]] - archaeologist and epigraphist; [[Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture]] in the [[University of Calcutta]]
* [[Dattatraya Ganesh Godse]] – historian, playwright, art critic; received a [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1988
* [[Datto Vaman Potdar]] – due to vast knowledge he was called as ''[[Samuel Johnson|Dr. Johnson]] of [[Maharashtra]]'' or ''a living encyclopaedia''; the Government of India honoured Potdar with the title ''Mahamahopadhyaya'' (महामहोपाध्याय) in 1946, and ''[[Padma Bhushan|Padma bhushan]]'' in 1967
* [[Govind Sakharam Sardesai]] – historian and writer
* [[Ninad Bedekar]] – historian and writer
[[File:Babasaheb Purandare Wax Statue.JPG|thumb|[[Babasaheb Purandare]] wax statue at Wax Museum, Lonavala|263x263px]]
* [[Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar]] – His doctoral thesis was later published as ''The History of Caste in India (volume 1)'', which determines the date of ''Manusmriti''
* [[Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar]], was the first historian to study the Third Battle of Panipat
* [[Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi]] – For his vital contribution to the Indian history he was honoured with the title ''Mahamahopadhyaya'' (महामहोपाध्याय) by the British Indian Government in 1941. He was also awarded Padmabhushan in 1975 by the President of India.
* [[Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar]] – His articles introduced reader to "Western" tradition of literacy criticism
* [[Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade]] – He was considered to be the first in real sense to undertake an immense research of Maratha history
* [[Vishwas Patil]] – "Panipatkar", recipient of Bhartiya Parishad Award, Gadkari Award & several other prestigious awards
* [[Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar]] – Was one of the founders of [[Prarthana Samaj]] in Bombay & original author of a book later published The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas

== Others ==
* [[Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre]] - Father of Indian circus
* [[Y. K. Padhye]] - Founder of modern-day ventriloquism in India

== See also ==
* [[List of Marathi people in science, engineering and technology]]
* [[List of Marathi Social reformers]]
* [[List of Marathi People in literature and journalism]]
* [[List of Marathi People in sports]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of Marathi people]]

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List of Marathi people in the performing arts