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{{short description|List of adherents of Jainism}}
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'''Jain''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|n}} is the title and name given to an adherent of [[Jainism]]. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term jina ("conqueror" or "victor"). This article lists prominent individuals who have self-identified as a follower of Jainism.
[[File:Virachand Raghavji Gandhi.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Virchand Gandhi]]]]
[[File:Vikram Sarabhai.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Vikram Sarabhai]]]]
[[File:Veerendra Heggade Potrit.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Veerendra Heggade]]]]
[[File:Devaki Jain.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Devaki Jain]]]]

==Ascetics==
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{{Main|List of Jain ascetics}}
* [[Rajneesh]] - Acharya Rajneesh or Chandra Mohan Jain commonly Known OSHO
* [[Bhadrabahu]] – last {{transl|hi|shrutkevali}} (knower of all [[Jain Agamas]]) and spiritual teacher of Emperor [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]]
* [[Kumudendu Muni]] – author of ''[[Siribhoovalaya]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=ConchSolutions |url=http://www.conchsolutions.com/siribhoovalaya.html |title=Siribhoovalaya | Siribhoovalaya Information | Siribhoovalaya reference and meaning |publisher=Conchsolutions.com |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Kundakunda]] – Jain scholar monk, 2nd century CE, composer of spirituals such as ''Samayasara'', ''Niyamasara'', ''Pancastikayasara'', ''Pravacanasara'', ''Atthapahuda'' and ''Barasanuvekkha''
* [[Pujyapada]]- Acharya Pujyapada (philosopher monk)
* [[Siddhasena Divakara]] – author of ''Sanmatitarka Prakarana''
* [[Virasena]] – 9th-century mathematician
* [[Hiravijaya]] – influential Jain monk, title 'jagatguru'(influenced mughal Emperor Akbar)
* [[Yashovijay]]- "Nyayvisharad", "Nyayacharya" influenced masses through writings, mastery on logics 17th century Jain Sadhu
* [[Kanji Swami]] - Known as [[Koh-i-Noor]] of [[Kathiawar]], prominent digamber teacher.
* [[Acharya Chandana]] – The first female Jain Acharya
* Acharya [[Anand Rishiji]] – Rashtra Sant & Acharya of Shwetambar [[Sthānakavāsī]] Jain Shraman Sangh
* [[Mahāprajña|Acharya Shri Mahapragya]] – 10th Acharya of Terapanth sect
* [[Acharya Mahashraman]] – 11th Acharya of Terapanth sect
* [[Acharya Shantisagar]] – 20th century [[Digambara]] Acharya
* [[Acharya Vidyasagar]] – Digambara Jain Acharya
* [[Sushil Kumar (Jain monk)|Sushil Kumar]] – 20th-century Acharya and yogi; spread Jainism outside India
* [[Gyanmati|Gyanmati Mataji]] – Digambara Jain Aryika Mahasatiji
* [[Jinendra Varni]]—Author of ''Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha'' and ''[[Saman Suttam]]'' compilation<ref>Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan</ref>
* [[Prabhācandra]]—11th century CE [[Digambara monk]]

==Business leaders==
[[File:Ajit Gulabchand - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2011.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Ajit Gulabchand]]]]

===India===
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* [[Gautam Adani]] – Chairman, [[Adani Group]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chandna |first1=Himani |title=The Rise of the Tycoon |url=http://www.businessworld.in/amp/article/The-Rise-Of-The-Tycoon/05-02-2018-139609/ |access-date=11 April 2020 |work=BW Businessworld |date=5 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Mehul Choksi]] - Owner of [[Gitanjali Group]] of Diamond Business.
* [[Ashwin Dani]] – Chairman and Non Executive Directors of [[Asian Paints]] ltd.
* [[Vijay J. Darda]] - Managing Director of [[Lokmat]] Media Group
* [[Ajit Gulabchand]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-leisure-lounge/wine-and-wondering-with-ajit-gulabchand-of-hindustan-construction/articleshow/3173736.cms |title=Wine and wondering with Ajit Gulabchand of Hindustan Construction - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=28 June 2008 |access-date=14 February 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times }}</ref> – Chairman and Managing Director of [[Hindustan Construction Company]] Limited
* [[Seth Hukumchand]] - Cotton King of India.
* [[Anand Jain]] – owner of Jai Corporations ltd., Mumbai{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Arun Jain]] – Chairman and managing director of Intellect Design Arena<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jitopreneurs.com/team/|title=Team|website=Jitopreneurs|language=en-US|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Bhavarlal Jain]] – Chairman of [[Jain Irrigation Systems]] Ltd. {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Devendra Jain]] - Chairman of [[Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited]]
* [[Indu Jain]] & [[Vineet Jain]]– Chair person and MD of [[Times of India]] Group.
* [[Nirmal Jain]] – Managing Director of [[India Infoline]] Ltd.
* [[Pradeep Jain]] – owner of [[karbonn Mobiles]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Tarang Jain]] – Managing Director of [[Varroc]] Engineers Ltd.
* [[Shantidas Jhaveri]] — businessman during [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Era
* [[Nimesh Kampani]] - Chairman of [[JM Financial Group]] Ltd.
* [[Karpoor Chandra Kulish]] - Founder of [[Rajasthan Patrika]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] – founders of [[Arvind (company)]] & [[Atul (company)]](1931){{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mangal Lodha]] – owner of [[Lodha Group]], Mumbai{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Vinay Maloo]] – Chairman of [[Enso Group]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Sudhir Mehta]] & [[Samir Mehta]] – Chair Person of [[Torrent Power]] & [[Torrent Pharmaceuticals]]
* [[Russell Mehta]] - Managing Director of [[Rosy Blue]] world leading diamond trading company
* [[Harshad Mehta]] - India Leading Stockbroker of [[Bombay Stock Exchange]].
* [[Rajesh Mehta]] - Chairman of [[Rajesh Exports]] Ltd.
* [[Nirav Modi]] - Owner of Firestar Diamond Inc.
* [[Motilal Oswal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motilaloswal.com/ |title=Financial Services, Stock Market Research & Advice by Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> – Co-Founder and CEO of [[Motilal Oswal Financial Services]] Group
* [[S. P. Oswal]] - Chairman & Managing Director of [[Vardhman Group of Companies]] Ltd.
* [[Madhukar Parekh]] - Executive Chairman of [[Pidilite Industries]] Ltd.
* [[Thakkar Pheru]] — Treasurer of [[Alauddin Khalji]]<ref>Itihas ki Amarbel Oswal, Mangilal Bhutoria</ref><ref>Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, trans., with introduction, Sanskrit chāyā and commentary, ''Ṭhakkura Pherūʼs Rayaṇaparīkkhā: A Medieval Prakrit Text on Gemmology'' (Aligarh: Viveka, 1984).</ref>
* [[Raja Harsukh Rai]] — a builder of several Jain temples in and around Delhi<ref>Jain Jagran ke Agradut, A.P. Goyaliya, 1952</ref>
* [[Premchand Roychand]] – founding member of The [[Bombay Stock Exchange]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Subhash Runwal]] - Founder & Chairman of Runwal Group Mumbai.
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Sarabhai group of Companies{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Jagat Seth]] - India's richest men during Mughals and British Rule
* [[Rashesh Shah]] - Chairman and CEO of [[Edelweiss Group]]
* [[Dilip Shanghvi]] – Managing Director of [[Sun Pharma]] Industries
* [[Devendra Surana]]- Managing Director of Surana Group of companies
* [[Sahu Todar]] — Supervisor of the royal mint at [[Agra]] during the rule of [[Akbar]]<ref>Jyotiprasad Jain, Pramukh Jain Etihasik Purush aur mahilayen,
Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1975, p. 284-285</ref>
* [[Bhavin Turakhia]] - Founder of [[Flock (messaging service)|Flock]] & [[Zeta (company)|Zeta]]
* [[Divyank Turakhia]] - Founder of [[Media.net]]
* [[Abhay Vakil]] Non Executive Director of [[Asian Paints]] ltd.



===Overseas===
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* [[Ambika Bumb]] – CEO and founder of [[Bikanta]], USA{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Rakesh Gangwal]] - Co-founder of [[Indigo]] Airlines.
* [[Ajit Jain]] – President of [[Berkshire Hathaway]] Group, USA{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Ankur Jain]]- Founder of [[Kairos]] Society
* [[Anshu Jain]] – former co-CEO of [[Deutsche Bank]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Naveen Jain]] – founder of [[InfoSpace]] and [[Intelius]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Raj Jain]] – co-founder of Nayna Networks Inc., USA{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Sanjay Jain]]— British Economist

==Indian independence struggle==

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* [[Daulat Mal Bhandari]] – Gandhian, first Member of Parliament from Jaipur, later Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Ajit Prasad Jain]] - (1902-1977) Union Minister UP congress president, Governor of Kerala and four-time member of parliament
* [[Jagdish Chandra Jain]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]] – independence activist{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mool Chand Jain]] – often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana"{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] – Indian independence activist<ref>{{Cite book|last=Agarwal|first=Dr Meena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V81EDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT9&dq=lala+lajpat+rai++jain&hl=en|title=Lala lajpat rai: राष्ट्रीय जीवनी माला - लाला लाजपत राय|date=2017-12-29|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5278-756-2|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mridula Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Political leaders==

===Monarchs===

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* [[Amoghavarsha]]<ref>Reu (1933), p. 72.</ref> – Rashtrakuta Emperor (Karnataka), India
* [[Veera Ballala I|Veera Ballala]] – Hoysala king from [[Malenadu]] Karnataka, India{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Bhamashah]] – adviser of [[Maharana Pratap]] hero of Mewar (Rajasthan).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Bhoja II (Shilahara dynasty)|Bhoja II]] - [[Shilahara]] King{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Bimbisara]] – Magadh Emperor{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/jainism/digam.html |title=Digambaras |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html |title=Overview of World Religions |url-status=dead |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110100604/http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html |archive-date=10 January 2011 }}</ref> – founder of the Mauryan empire
* [[Chavundaraya]]<ref>Kamath (2001), p. 45.</ref> - General of Ganga King Marsinha who built the [[Gomateshwara]], [[Shravanabelagola]], Karnataka, India{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Abbakka Chowta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boloji.com/history/028.htm |access-date=25 July 2007 |title=The Intrepid Queen-Rani Abbakka Devi of Ullal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807132003/http://www.boloji.com/history/028.htm |archive-date=7 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Queen of [[Ullal]]
* [[Durvinita]] – western Ganga king ([[Western Ganga Dynasty]]), Karnataka, India{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Kharavela]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page6.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=Maharaja Kharavela |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DWyUATrR?url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page6.htm |archive-date=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page13.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=Maharaja Kharavela's Family |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DWyUf87C?url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page13.htm |archive-date=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Kalinga Emperor (Kalinga is today known as Orissa)
* [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Kumarapala]]<ref name="Luniya1978">{{cite book|author=Bhanwarlal Nathuram Luniya|title=Life and culture in medieval India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a8JAQAAIAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Kamal Prakashan |page=385 |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> – Solanki King
* [[Mahendravarman I]]<ref>KAN Sastri, A History of South India, pp. 382-383.</ref><ref>Stein, p. 122.</ref>
* [[Dhana Nanda]] - nanda dynasty
* [[Samprati]] – Mauryan Emperor{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

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===Politicians===



*[[Pradeep Jain Aditya]] – politician from Uttar Pradesh
*[[Prashant Bamb]]- politician from Maharashtra
*[[Sunder Singh Bhandari]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Kailash Bhansali]]- politician from Rajasthan
*[[Dharamchand Chordia]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Rajendra Darda]] – politician from Maharashtra
*[[Vijay J. Darda]] – politician from Maharashtra
*[[Shanti Kumar Dhariwal]] - politician from Rajasthan
*[[Dilipkumar Gandhi]] – politician from Maharasthra
*[[Mishrilal Gangwal]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Abhayachandra Jain]] – politician from Karnataka
*[[Anil Jain (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Anil Jain]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Anil Jain (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Anil Jain]] politician from Uttar Pradesh
*[[Geeta Bharat Jain]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain]] – politician from Maharashtra
*[[Kavita Jain]] – politician from Haryana
*[[Meghraj Jain]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Mewaram Jain]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Milap Chand Jain]]- politician from Rajasthan
*[[Nirmal Chandra Jain]]- politician from Madhya pradesh
*[[Paras Chand Jain]]- politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Pusp Jain]]- politician from Rajasthan
*[[Satya Pal Jain]] – politician from Punjab
*[[Satyendra Kumar Jain]] – politician from New Delhi
*[[Sudha Jain]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Suresh Jain]] – politician from Maharashtra
*[[Virdhi Chand Jain]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Gulab Chand Kataria]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]-politician from Kerala
*[[V. Dhananjaya Kumar]] – politician from Karnataka
*[[Mangal Prabhat Lodha]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]] – politician from of Madhya Pradesh
*[[Prakash Mehta]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale]] – politician from Maharashtra
*[[Gyanchand Parakh]] - politician from Rajasthan
*[[Rajendra Sukhanad Patni]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Surendra Patwa]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[A. Rajendran]] – politician from Tamil Nadu
*[[Vijay Rupani]] – [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]]
*[[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Parag Shah]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Raju Shetti]]- politician from Maharastra
*[[L. M. Singhvi]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Subhash Kumar Sojatia]]- politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Motilal Vora]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Piyush Goyal]]- politician from Maharashtra



==Entertainment==
[[File:Gundecha Brothers 02A.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Gundecha Brothers]]]]
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* [[Sooraj Barjatya]] – Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
* [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] – Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and music director<ref name="Jains01"/>
* [[K. C. Bokadia]] - Indian film director, producer
* [[Harshad Chopda]] – actor
* [[Anand Gandhi]] – film director
* [[Bhavya Gandhi]] – child artist
* [[Gundecha Brothers]] – exponent of dhrupad style of Indian classical music
* [[Abigail Jain]] – actress
* [[Ashok Kumar Jain]] – host
* [[Chandulal Jain]] – producer
* [[Mrunal Jain]] – actor
* [[Nishtha Jain]] – Indian film director
* [[Nivedita Jain]] – Kannada film actress
* [[Palak Jain]] – child artist
* [[Prateik Jain]] – Mr India World 2014, Top 10 in Mr World 2014
* [[Ravindra Jain]] – music director<ref name="Jains01">{{cite web|title=Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jains-steal-the-show-with-7-Padmas/articleshow/46856659.cms|author=TNN|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 April 2015|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Saurabh Raj Jain]] – actor
* [[Umang Jain]] – actress
* [[Shailesh Lodha]]- actor
* [[Taarak Mehta]] -writer
* [[Darsheel Safary]] – child artist
* [[Anandji Virji Shah]] – music director
* [[Babla & Kanchan|Babla Virji Shah]] – music performer, singer
* [[Bharat Shah]] – diamond merchant and film producer
* [[Kalyanji Virji Shah]] – music director
* [[Bharat Shah]]- Indian film financer and producer
* [[Kiran Shah]]- actor
* [[Nirav Shah]] – cinematographer
* [[Viju Shah]]-music composer
* [[V. Shantaram]]<ref>Dwyer, Rachel. (2005). ''100 Bollywood films. BFI screen guides.'' London:British Film Institute. {{ISBN|1-84457-098-3}} p. 82.</ref> – filmmaker, film producer and actor
* [[Disha Vakani]] - actress

==Sports==
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* [[Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule]] – marathon runner
* [[Dilip Doshi]] – Indian Test and one-day cricketer
* [[Anju Jain]] – Indian cricketer
* [[Karu Jain]] – Indian cricketer

==Authors==
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[[File:Champat Rai Jain.jpg|thumb|175px|[[Champat Rai Jain]], 20th-century Jain scholar]]


* [[Ilango Adigal]] (Jain monk)
* [[Banarasidas]] – poet, spiritualist and thinker; composed the ''Banarasivilasa, Nataka Samayasara'' and his magnum opus, ''Ardhakathanaka'', the first autobiography in Hindi literature.<ref>Ardhakathanaka: Half a Tale by Mukund Lath (Translator), Rupa & Co, 2005</ref>
* [[Virchand Gandhi]] – represented Jainism in 1893's parliament of world religions, delivered 535 speeches in USA and Europe, and initiated education of Indian women in USA under banner of SEWI<ref>{{cite web|last=Jain|first=Pankaz|title=Virchand Gandhi, A Gandhi Before Gandhi|url=http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=80894|work=A german e-magazine|publisher=herenow4u|access-date=9 August 2011|author2=Dr. Bipin Doshi |author3=Priti Shah }}</ref>
* [[Bhagchandra Jain]] – scholar of Jainism, Buddhism and ancient languages.; recipient of the President's (Rastrapati) Award; has written over 40 books and published more than 300 research papers
* [[Champat Rai Jain]] – influential Jain writer and apologist of the 20th century
*[[Pankaj Jain]] - Indian American professor of religious studies, film studies, and sustainability
* [[Padmanabh Jaini]] – author, Professor Emeritus Berkeley University
* [[Janna]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[Jainendra Kumar]]
*[[Taarak Mehta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/in-pics-a-look-at-the-life-of-popular-columnist-taarak-mehta-1882280/|title=In pics: A look at the life of popular columnist Taarak Mehta|last=Talreja|first=Vinod|date=1 March 2017|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Adikavi Pampa]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[Bal Patil]]<ref>{{cite web| title=History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration |publisher=Indologica |date=3 December 2010 |url=http://indologica.de/drupal/?q=node/1052 |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref> – author, journalist, Jain activist and ex-member of Minority Commission, Government of Maharashtra
* [[Nathuram Premi]] – publisher and scholar of Jainism, founder of [[Hindi Granth Karyalay]] and Manikchandra Jain Granthamala, historian, researcher, social reformer and editor of ''Jain Mitra'' and ''Jain Hitaishi'
* [[Kanhaiyalal Sethia]]
* [[Shivakotiacharya]]

==Other==
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* [[Vastupala]] – Gujarati Prime Minister under the [[Vaghela dynasty]], Minister of [[Dholka]], launched construction of the [[Dilwara Temples]] in [[Mount Abu]].
* [[Chandraswami]]
* [[Chitrabhanu]] – scholar
* [[Jyotindra Jain]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFZ7vQ2jwlEC&q=Jyotindra+Jain&pg=PP1 |title=Jaina Iconography - Jyotindra Jain, Eberhard Fischer - Google Books |access-date=14 February 2013|isbn=9004052593 |last1=Jain |first1=Jyotindra |last2=Fischer |first2=Eberhard |year=1978 }}</ref> – cultural historian, museologist
* [[Jivaraj Papriwal]]—Installed 100,000 [[Jain]] images in the 15th century<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA2730|title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes]|last1=Melton|first1=J. Gordon|last2=Baumann|first2=Martin|date=21 September 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598842043|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Rajneesh|Acharya Rajneesh – "Osho"]] – mystic and spiritual teacher

==Military==
* Wing Commander [[Abhinandan Varthaman]].<ref name=Abhinandan>[https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/tamil-nadu-village-prays-for-safe-return-of-pilot-abhinandan/ar-BBUcbaE Tamil Nadu village prays for safe return of pilot Abhinandan]</ref>

==Scientists and mathematicians==

===Ancient===


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* [[Mahāvīra (mathematician)|Mahāvīrachārya]]
* [[Yativṛṣabha]]
* [[Mahendra Sūri]]

===Modern===


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* [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Father of Indian space technology.
* [[Jainendra K. Jain]]
* [[Piyare Jain]]
* [[Rakesh Jain]]
* [[Ramesh Jain]]
* [[Sachin H. Jain]]
* [[Vandana Jain]]
* [[Sohan Lal Jain]]
* [[Rishab Jain]], named [[Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge|America's Top Young Scientist]] in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://time.com/5429621/rishab-jain-young-scientist-challenge/|title=This 13-Year-Old's Tool Could Change Pancreatic Cancer Treatment|website=Time|language=en|access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

==Social workers==
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* [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]]
* [[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]]
* [[Neelam Jain]]
* [[Acharya Chandana]]
* [[Harakh Chand Nahata]]
* [[Veerendra Heggade]]

===Activists===
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* [[Ajit Prasad Jain]]
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]]
* [[Anasuya Sarabhai]] – pioneer of the women's labour movement in India
* [[Dhulappa (Anna) Bhaurao Navale]] – first individual Satyagrahi of Mahatma Gandhi from Satara District in which Sangli
* [[Jagdish Chandra Jain]]
* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=The 1989 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, BIOGRAPHY of Lakshmi Chand Jain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611024946/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Ramon Magsaysay Award winner

==Padma Shri awardees==
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* [[Mag Raj Jain]]
* [[Bhavarlal Jain]]
* [[Rahul Jain]]
* [[Ravindra Jain]]
* [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
* [[Yashpal Jain]]
* [[Gyan Chand Jain]]
* [[Nemi Chandra Jain]]
* [[Om Prakash Jain]]
* [[Sunita Jain]]
* [[Sharayu Daftary]]

==Padma Bhushan awardees==
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* [[Veerendra Heggade]] - Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of [[Dharmasthala Temple]],<ref name="Rons Bantwal">{{cite news |last=Rons Bantwal |title=Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade Lauds Social Welfare of Bunts Sangh |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=118641 |newspaper=Daijiworld |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> Karnataka, India
* [[Devaki Jain]]
* [[Girilal Jain]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]
* [[Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania]] - scholar, writer and philosopher
* [[Bhaurao Patil]] - educationalist, founder of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha
* [[Ratnasundarsuri]] – Jain spiritual leader
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]] – space scientist

==Padma Vibhushan awardees==


* [[Veerendra Heggade]] - for social work and Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of [[Dharmasthala Temple]], Karnataka, India<ref name="Rons Bantwal"/>
* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |title=1989 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service - Lakshmi Chand Jain |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611024946/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]]

==See also==
* [[Jainism]]
* [[Jain community]]
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