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This is a categorized '''list of notable people''' who were born or have dwelt in '''[[Pune]]''', India. Only people who are sufficiently notable to have individual entries on Bharatpedia have been included in the list.<ref name="Pune population">{{cite news|title=Pune population|publisher=www.censusindia.gov.in|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2725_PART_B_DCHB_PUNE.pdf}}</ref>

==Authors and writers==
* [[Chintaman Vinayak Joshi]] (1892–1963) – [[Marathi people|Marathi]] humorist and a researcher in [[Pali]] literature
* [[Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar]] (1872–1948) – editor of ''Kesari'' and ''Navakal''<ref>Jeffrey, R., 1997. Marathi: Big Newspapers Are Elephants. Economic and Political Weekly, pp.384–38</ref>
* [[Malati Bedekar]] (née Baltai Khare) (1905-2001) – writer in Marathi
* Dr.[[Sarojini Babar]] (1920-2008) A prominent folk literater, poetess and writer
* [[Mangesh Tendulkar]] (1934-2017) – [[cartoonist]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/thank-you-for-teaching-us-laughter-say-friends-of-late-cartoonist-mangesh-tendulkar/story-Fc8BWxOvsdWfHgMY0AQWPM.html|title='Thank you for teaching us laughter,' say friends of late cartoonist Mangesh Tendulkar|date=2017-07-12|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2017-12-22|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Muktabai Dixit]] (1901–1980) – writer in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
* [[Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar]] (1872–1947)<ref>SRI NARASIMHA CHINTAMAN "ALIAS" TATYASAHEB KELKAR, K. N. Watve, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 28, No. 1/2 (January–April 1947), pp. 156–158, published by Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44028058]</ref> – writer, journalist, Nationalist leader; served on the [[Viceroy's Executive Council]] (1924–29)
* [[Ninad Bedekar]] (1949-2015), a writer, historian and orator.<ref name="Ninad Gangadhar Bedekar">{{cite news|title=Ninad Gangadhar Bedekar|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/noted-historian-ninad-bedekar-passes-away-in-pune/}}</ref>
* [[P. L. Deshpande]] (1919-2000) – Marathi author, actor, music composer, singer
* [[Pralhad Keshav Atre]] (1898-1969), a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer, poet and educationist.
* [[Shaiju Mathew]] (born 1980) – author, film maker
* [[Shanta Shelke]] (1922–2002) – [[Marathi language|Marathi]] poet
* [[Shirish Atre-Pai|Shirish Pai]] (1929-2017) – writer in Marathi and English
* [[Shripad Mahadev Mate]] (1886–1957) – writer and former teacher<ref>[http://namesdatabase.com/schools/IN/MA/Pune%20-%20Pune/Nutan%20Marathi%20Vidyalaya%20High%20School "Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya High School Pune – Pune, Maharashtra, India"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714231448/http://namesdatabase.com/schools/IN/MA/Pune%20-%20Pune/Nutan%20Marathi%20Vidyalaya%20High%20School |date=14 July 2010 }}, [[Names Database]], ''accessed 10 September 2009''.</ref>
* [[Subhash Awchat]] (born 1950), an Indian artist and author.
* [[Vinayak Kulkarni]] (born 1950) – Marathi writer and researcher on Marathi saint literature
* [[Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar]] (1850–1882)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolpert|first1=Stanley A.|title=Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India |date=April 1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0195623925|page=9}}</ref> – essayist; editor of ''Nibandha Mala'', a Marathi journal; educator; mentor to Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar; founder of the influential Chitrashala press<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pinney|first1=Christopher|title=Photos of the gods : the printed image and political struggle in India|date=2004|publisher=Reaktion|location=London|isbn=978-1-86189-184-6|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8hhXq7hpzSwC&pg=PA7}}</ref>
* [[Rohit Gore]] - (born 1977), author in Hindi
* [[Dinkar G. Kelkar]] (1896–1990), Indian writer, art collector and historian

==Education and research==

* [[Anandibai Joshi]] (1865–1887)<ref name="Kosambi, Meera 1988"/> – first indian and Hindu woman to get a medical degree from a foreign university<ref>{{cite book|last1=Forbes|first1=Geraldine|title=Women in modern India|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9780521612401|page=162|edition=1st South Asian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PR10}}</ref>
* [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] (1918–2014) – yoga teacher; developed internationally popular [[Iyengar Yoga]]
* [[Datto Vaman Potdar]] (1890–1979) – historian
* [[Irawati Karve]] (1905–1970) – anthropologist<ref>Zelliot, E., 2004. Caste in contemporary India. Contemporary Hinduism, p.243.</ref>
* [[Jayant Narlikar]] (born 1938) - astrophysicist
* [[Kamal Ranadive]] (1917–2001) – biologist specialising in cancer research
* [[Narendra Karmarkar]] (born 1957) – [[mathematician]] and creator of [[Karmarkar's algorithm]]
* [[P. A. Inamdar]] (born 1945) – educationalist
* [[Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme]] (1911–1997) – statistician, recipient of [[Padmabhushan]] award<ref>http://library.isical.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10263/5211/2/P%20V%20Sukhatme.pdf</ref>
* [[Raghunath Mashelkar]] (born 1943) – scientist
* [[Rohini Godbole]] (born 1952) – particle physicist
* [[Sonopant Dandekar|Sonopant (Shankar Vaman) Dandekar]] (1896–1969) – philosopher and educationalist
* [[Tarabai Modak]] (1892–1973) – advocate of Montessori education; recipient of Padmabhushan<ref>{{cite book|last1=Srivastava|first1=Gouri|title=Women's higher education in the 19th century|date=2000|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7022-823-3|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgHEF9QhJo8C&pg=PA1}}</ref>
* [[Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade]] (1863–1926) – historian; founder of Pune-based [[Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal]]<ref>Kulkarni, A.R., 2002. Trends in Maratha Historiography: Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863–1926). Indian Historical Review, 29(1–2), pp.115–144.</ref>
* [[Shivrampant Damle]] (1900–1977), Indian educationist
* [[Jyoti Gogte]] (born 1956), Indian academician

==Entertainment==

* [[Prajakta Mali]] (born 1989) - Indian Television/Film/Theatre Actor, Anchor, Producer, Bharatnatyam Dancer.
* [[Dipika Kakar]] (born 1986) – actress
* [[Gauahar Khan]] (born 1983), an Indian model and actress.<ref name="Gauhar Khan">{{cite news|title=Gauhar Khan|publisher=[[The Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/kushal-wishes-gauahar-on-her-birthday-with-roses/story-UnS1SCIWuJlqBOVs8dblmO.html}}</ref>
* [[Mohan Agashe]] (born 1947), an [[India]]n theater artist, film actor and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee]].
* [[Mrinal Dev-Kulkarni|Mrunal Kulkarni]] (born 1971) – actress
* [[Mukta Barve]] (born 1979), an Indian film, television and theater actress and a producer.<ref name="Mukta Barve">{{cite news|title=Mukta Barve|publisher=PuneMirror|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/The-Debunair-Artist/articleshow/31576907.cms}}</ref>
* [[Nilu Phule]] (1931–2009) – film and theatre actor
* [[Pooja Chopra]] (born 1986) – Femina Miss India, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/My-husband-threw-us-out-Neera-Chopra/articleshow/4451333.cms |title=Neera Chopra: My Husband threw us out |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=26 April 2009 |accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref>
* [[Radhika Apte]] (born 1985), an [[India]]n film and stage actress.<ref name="Radhika Apte">{{cite news|title=Radhika Apte|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Radhika-Apte-Anurag-Kashyap-bonding-well/articleshow/25990330.cms?}}</ref>
* [[Reema Lagoo]] (1958–2017) – stage and film actress; was a student at Huzurpaga high school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/marathi/news/kallabaji/reema-lagoo-and-her-school-memory-at-pune-school/365274|title=फोटो आणि रिमा लागूंची पुण्यातली एक आठवण|publisher=[[Zee News]]|language = Marathi|quote=''ज्येष्ठ अभिनेत्री रिमा लागू १९७० ते १९७४ या कालावधीत हुजुरपागा शाळेत शिकत होत्या''|date=18 May 2017|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>
* [[Roopesh Kumar]] (1946–1995) – film actor
* [[Sai Paranjpye]] (born 1938) – broadcaster and film director
* [[Sanskruti Balgude]] (born 1992), an [[India]]n film actress who appears in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] movies.<ref name="Sanskruti Balgude">{{cite news|title=Sanskruti Balgude|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Sanskruti-Balgude-Satish-Rajwade-Sachin-Pilgaonkar-Sangto-Aika-Pinjara/articleshow/38618719.cms?}}</ref>
* [[Sharad Talwalkar]] (1918–2001) – film, TV and theatre comedy actor
* [[Shriram Lagoo]] (1927–2019) – film and stage actor<ref name="dna-lagoo">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/interview-the-secret-of-my-acting-is-that-i-m-a-thief-dr-shreeram-lagoo-2161642|title=The secret of my acting is that I'm a thief: Dr Shreeram Lagoo {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2016-01-03|work=dna|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Spike Milligan]] (1919–2000) – Irish comedian who spent his childhood in the city.
* [[Kashmira Irani]] (born 1986)- Television and theatre actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/you-cannot-succeed-life-making-your-parents-unhappy-kashmira-manmarziyan-irani-150414|title = You cannot succeed in life by making your parents unhappy: Kashmira 'Manmarziyan' Irani}}</ref>
* [[Anjali Mukhi]] - Television and Theatre actress
* [[Bharati Achrekar]]- Actress and singer
* [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]]- Director, script writer and actor associated with Marathi theatre and film.

===Music and dance===
* [[Ajay−Atul]] (born 1976 and 1974) – music alias of Indian music director-composer duo of brothers '''Ajay''' and ''' Atul Gogavale '''
* [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]] (1936-2009) – musician
* [[Neela Bhagwat]] (born 1942) – [[Hindustani music|Hindustani]] musician of the [[Gwalior Gharana]].
* [[Pandit Bhimsen Joshi]] (1922–2011) – Hindustani classical vocalist and recipient of [[Bharat Ratna]]
* [[Prabha Atre]] (born 1932) – [[Hindustani classical music]] vocalist from the [[Kirana gharana]] and a [[Padma Shri]] awardee.<ref name="Prabha Atre">{{cite news|title=Prabha Atre |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]] website |accessdate=24 December 2016 |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Sanjeev Abhyankar]] (born 1969) – [[Hindustani classical music]] [[vocalist]] of the [[Mewati Gharana]].<ref name="Sanjeev Abhyankar">{{cite news|title=Sanjeev Abhyankar|publisher=chembur.com|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/sanjeev.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202511/http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/sanjeev.htm|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Shama Bhate]] (born 1950) – [[Kathak]] dancer and is among the [[List of Kathak exponents|Kathak exponents in India today]].
*[[Vineet Alurkar]] (born 1949) – musician and singer-songwriter.<ref name="Vineet Alurkar">{{cite news|title=Vineet Alurkar|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/pune/tales-from-vienna/}}</ref>
* [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande]] (1860–1936) – eminent maestro of Hindustani classical music; student at Deccan College<ref>Subramanian, L., 2000. The master, muse and the nation: The new cultural project and the reification of colonial modernity in India. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 23(2), pp.1–32.</ref>

== Industrialists ==
* [[Ajaypal Singh Banga]] (born 1960) – USA-based corporate executive and political advisor to former [[US President]] [[Barack Obama]] and [[Padma Shri]] awardee.<ref name="Ajaypal Singh Banga">{{cite news|title=Ajaypal Singh Banga|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] website|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783}}</ref>
* [[Anu Aga]] (born 1942) - businesswoman and social worker.<ref name="Anu Aga">{{cite news|title=Anu Aga|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/oldStory/56382/}}</ref>
* [[Baba Kalyani]] (born 1949) – industrialist
* [[Chandrashekhar Agashe]] (1888–1956), founder of [[Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate]]
* [[Cyrus S. Poonawalla]] (born 1945) - businessman, chairman of Poonawalla Group, which includes [[Serum Institute of India]].<ref name="Poonawalla: India's 100 Richest People">{{cite news|title=Poonawalla: India's 100 Richest People|publisher=[[Forbes list of Indian billionaires]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/cyrus-poonawalla/}}</ref>
* [[Dajikaka Gadgil]] (1915–2014), founder of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers
* [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] (1792-1864) - Treasurer of [[Baghdad]] (1817-1829) and leader of Jewish community in [[Mumbai]]
* [[Ivan Menezes]] (born 1959) – CEO of Diageo
* [[Laxmanrao Kirloskar]] (1869–1956) – founder of [[Kirloskar Group]]
* [[Rahul Bajaj]] (born 1938) – industrialist
* [[Rajiv Bajaj]] (born 1966) - businessman and Managing Director of [[Bajaj Auto]].<ref name="Rajiv Bajaj">{{cite news|title=Rajiv Bajaj|work=Forbes.com|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/12/07/forbes-india-rajiv-bajaj-honda-bajaj-auto.html}}</ref>
* [[Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar]] (1903–1994) – industrialist

==Business Leaders==

* [[Ravi Pandit]] - He is Chairman & Group CEO at [[KPIT Technologies]].
* [[Natasha Poonawalla]] (born 1981) - She is an Indian businesswoman, chairperson of the Villoo Poonawalla Foundation.

==Political figures==
=== Maratha Empire ===
* [[Jijabai]] (1598-1674) – wife of Shahajiraje Bhosale Jagirdar of Pune, [[Shahaji]]raje; mother of Shivaji who raised him during 1640s in Pune.
* [[Peshwa]] Bajirao- was a minister in the court of Shahu of Satara, responsible for shifting the administrative capital to Pune

===Indian independence struggle===
* Mahatma Jyotiba Phule-Prominent leader of modern india responsible for women's educational rights and eradicating caste discrimination
* [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] (1856–1920) indian nationalist leader
* [[Gopal Ganesh Agarkar]] (1856–1895) – journalist, educator and social reformer<ref>Wolpert, Stanley A. (April 1991). Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 19. {{ISBN|978-0195623925}}.</ref>
* [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] (1866–1915)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolpert|first1=Stanley A.|title=Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India |date=April 1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0195623925|page=2}}</ref> – early Nationalist leader on the moderate wing of the Congress party; founder of the Servants of India Society
* [[Lokhitwadi]] (Gopal Hari Deshmukh) (1823-1892) – social reformer<ref>KAVLEKAR, K., 1983. POLITICS OF SOCIAL REFORM IN MAHARASHTRA. Political Thought and Leadership of Lokmanya Tilak, p.202 [https://books.google.com/books?id=NPLBbZSYXXEC&pg=PA325].</ref>
*[[Senapati Bapat]] (born ''Pandurang Mahadev Bapat'') (1880-1967) was a figure in the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref name="Senapati Bapat">{{cite news|title=Senapati Bapat|date=January 1975|publisher=University of California Press (Page 190)|isbn=9780520024076|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=905gbgzGN1EC}}</ref>

==Post independence==
* [[Bal Thackeray]] (1926-2012) – founder of the [[Shiv Sena]]; born in Pune.
* Bhausaheb Shirole (1923-1985) - Ex-Mayor of Pune in 1957 and Ex-Member of Legislative Council, Former Big Leader of Pune and Congress.
* Balasaheb Shirole - Ex-Mayor of Pune in 1983, Former Leader of Pune and Congress.
* [[Anil Shirole]] - Ex-Member of Parliament from Pune, Former Big Leader of Pune and BJP.
* [[Siddharth Shirole]] - Present Member of Legislative Assembly from Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency Pune, Present Leader of Shivajinagar, Pune and BJP.
* [[Vitthalrao Gadgil]] – Leader of [[Indian National Congress]]

==Social reformers==
* [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule]] (1827–1890)– Social reformer, prominently known for modern educational ideas & eradicating caste discrimination
* [[Savitribai Phule]] (1831–1897) – Social reformer & responsible for women's educational rights after a great revolt against society
* [[R. G. Bhandarkar]] (1837–1925) – Orientalist and social reformer
* [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]] (1842–1901)<ref>Wolpert, Stanley A. (April 1991). Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 32. {{ISBN|978-0195623925}}.</ref> – judge and social reformer
* [[Pandita Ramabai]] Dongre (1858–1922)<ref name="Kosambi, Meera 1988">Kosambi, Meera. "Women, Emancipation and Equality: Pandita Ramabai's Contribution to Women's Cause." Economic and political weekly (1988): WS38-WS49.</ref> – social reformer and Christian convert

==Spiritual leaders==
* [[Aga Khan II]] (1830-1885) - [[Imam]] of the [[Ismailis]]
* [[Meher Baba]] (1894–1969) – spiritual leader
* [[Rajneesh]] (Osho) (1931-1990)
* [[Jangali Maharaj]] (1804-1890) Great Sadhguru.

==Sportspeople==
* [[Shubhangi Kulkarni]] (born 1959) - cricketer
* [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] (born 1965) – cricketer
* [[Dhanraj Pillay]] (born 1968) – hockey player
* [[Ashutosh Agashe]] (born 1972) - cricket player and businessman.<ref name="Ashutosh Agashe">{{cite news|title=Ashutosh Agashe|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/suvarna-sahakari-bank-placed-under-moratorium/177877/}}</ref>
* [[Dnyaneshwar Agashe]] (1942–2009) – cricketer and cricket administrator
* [[Chinmay Gupte]] (born 1972) – former cricketer
* [[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]] (born 1974) – former cricketer
* [[Nikhil Kanetkar]] (born 1979) – badminton player and Olympian
* [[Eban Hyams]] (born 1981) – Indian-born Australian professional basketball player
*[[Kedar Jadhav]] (born 1985) - cricketer who plays for India in international cricket.<ref name="Kedar Jadhav">{{cite news|title=Kedar Jadhav|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|accessdate=24 December 2016|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/290716.html}}</ref>
* [[Pankaj Arjan Advani|Pankaj Advani]] (born 1985) – billiards and snooker world champion
* [[Lisa Sthalekar]] (born 1979) – former Indian-born Australian international cricketer

==See also==
* [[Pune]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of people by city in India|Pune]]
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