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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.
'''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:Virachand Raghavji Gandhi.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Virchand Gandhi]]]]
[[File:Vikram Sarabhai.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Vikram Sarabhai]]]]
[[File:Vikram Sarabhai.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Vikram Sarabhai]]]]
[[File:Veerendra Heggade Potrit.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Veerendra Heggade]]]]
[[File:Veerendra Heggade Potrit.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Veerendra Heggade]]]]
[[File:Devaki Jain.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Devaki Jain]]]]


==Ascetics==
==Ascetics==
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{{Main|List of Jain ascetics}}
{{Main|List of Jain ascetics}}
* [[Rajneesh]] - Acharya Rajneesh or Chandra Mohan Jain commonly Known OSHO  
* [[Rajneesh]] - Acharya Rajneesh or Chandra Mohan Jain commonly Known OSHO<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nagaraj |first=Anil Kumar Mysore |date=January 2013 |title=Osho - Insights on sex |journal=Indian Journal of Psychiatry |volume=55 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=S268–S272 |doi=10.4103/0019-5545.105549 |issn=0019-5545 |pmc=3705694 |pmid=23858266}}</ref>
* [[Bhadrabahu]] – last {{transl|hi|shrutkevali}} (knower of all [[Jain Agamas]]) and spiritual teacher of Emperor [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]]
* [[Shrimad Rajchandra]] – Jain saint, scholar and poet
* [[Bhadrabahu]] – last {{transliteration|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 &#124; Siribhoovalaya Information &#124; Siribhoovalaya reference and meaning |publisher=Conchsolutions.com |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Kumudendu Muni]] – author of ''[[Siribhoovalaya]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=ConchSolutions |url=http://www.conchsolutions.com/siribhoovalaya.html |title=Siribhoovalaya &#124; Siribhoovalaya Information &#124; 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''
* [[Kundakunda]] – Jain scholar monk, 2nd century CE, composer of spirituals such as ''Samayasara'', ''Niyamasara'', ''Pancastikayasara'', ''Pravacanasara'', ''Atthapahuda'' and ''Barasanuvekkha''
* [[Pujyapada]]- Acharya Pujyapada (philosopher monk)
* [[Pujyapada]]- Acharya Pujyapada (philosopher monk)
* [[Siddhasena Divakara]] – author of ''Sanmatitarka Prakarana''
* [[Siddhasena Divakara]] – Jain monk and author of ''Sanmatitarka Prakarana''
* [[Virasena]] – 9th-century mathematician
* [[Virasena]] – 9th-century mathematician
* [[Hiravijaya]] – influential Jain monk, title 'jagatguru'(influenced mughal Emperor Akbar)
* [[Hiravijaya]] – influential Jain monk, title 'jagatguru'(influenced mughal Emperor Akbar)
* [[Yashovijay]]- "Nyayvisharad", "Nyayacharya" influenced masses through writings, mastery on logics 17th century Jain Sadhu
* [[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.
* [[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
* Acharya [[Anand Rishiji]] – Rashtra Sant & Acharya of Shwetambar [[Sthānakavāsī]] Jain Shraman Sangh
* [[Mahāprajña|Acharya Shri Mahapragya]] – 10th Acharya of Terapanth sect
* [[Mahāprajña|Acharya Shri Mahapragya]] – 10th Acharya of Terapanth sect
* [[Acharya Mahashraman]] – 11th Acharya of Terapanth sect
* [[Acharya Shantisagar]] – 20th century [[Digambara]] Acharya
* [[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
* [[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>
* [[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]]
* [[Prabhācandra]]—11th century CE [[Digambara monk]]


==Business leaders==
==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]] – Founder of [[Adani Group]] and one of the richest people in Asia.
* [[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.
* [[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}}
* [[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.
* [[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
* [[Shantidas Jhaveri]] — businessman during [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Era
* [[Nimesh Kampani]] - Chairman of [[JM Financial Group]] Ltd.
* [[Karpoor Chandra Kulish]] - Founder of [[Rajasthan Patrika]]
* [[Karpoor Chandra Kulish]] - Founder of [[Rajasthan Patrika]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] – founders of [[Arvind (company)]] & [[Atul (company)]](1931){{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[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}}
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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}}
* [[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}}
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Sarabhai group of Companies{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Jagat Seth]] - India's richest men during Mughals and British Rule
* [[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,  
* [[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>
   Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1975, p. 284-285</ref>
* [[Bhavin Turakhia]] - Founder of [[Flock (messaging service)|Flock]] & [[Zeta (company)|Zeta]]
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* [[Divyank Turakhia]] - Founder of [[Media.net]]
* [[Abhay Vakil]]  Non Executive Director of [[Asian Paints]] ltd.
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===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==
==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}}
* [[Daulat Mal Bhandari]] – Gandhian, first Member of Parliament from Jaipur, later Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
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* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]] – 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}}
* [[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>
* [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] – Indian independence activist<ref>{{Cite book|last=Agarwal|first=Dr Meena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V81EDwAAQBAJ&dq=lala+lajpat+rai++jain&pg=PT9|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}}
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mridula Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mridula Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
==Constitutional Office-Holders==
* [[Rajendra Mal Lodha]] - 41st Chief Justice of India
* [[Karam Chand Jain]] - first Legal Advisor of the War & Supply Department of India and Special Police Establishment (SPE), which later developed into the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI).


==Political leaders==
==Political leaders==


===Monarchs===
===Monarchs===
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* [[Amoghavarsha]]<ref>Reu (1933), p. 72.</ref> – Rashtrakuta Emperor (Karnataka), India
* [[Amoghavarsha]]<ref>Reu (1933), p. 72.</ref> – Rashtrakuta Emperor (Karnataka), India
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* [[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]]
* [[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}}
* [[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)
* [[Kharavela]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page6.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=Maharaja Kharavela |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813081742/http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page6.htm |archive-date=13 August 2012 |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://web.archive.org/web/20120813081735/http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page13.htm |archive-date=13 August 2012 |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
* [[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>
* [[Mahendravarman I]]<ref>KAN Sastri, A History of South India, pp. 382-383.</ref><ref>Stein, p. 122.</ref>
* [[Dhana Nanda]] - nanda dynasty
* [[Dhana Nanda]] - nanda dynasty
* [[Samprati]] – Mauryan Emperor{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Samprati]] – Mauryan Emperor<ref>{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Jainism in South India |url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/affiliates/jainism/article/south.htm }}</ref>


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===Politicians===
===Politicians===


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*[[Pradeep Jain Aditya]] – politician from Uttar Pradesh
*[[Prashant Bamb]]- politician from Maharashtra
*[[Sunder Singh Bhandari]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Sunder Singh Bhandari]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Kailash Bhansali]]- politician from Rajasthan
*[[Dharamchand Chordia]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[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
*[[Dilipkumar Gandhi]] – politician from Maharasthra
*[[Mishrilal Gangwal]] –  politician from Madhya Pradesh  
*[[Mishrilal Gangwal]] –  politician from Madhya Pradesh  
*[[Abhayachandra Jain]] – politician from Karnataka
*[[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
*[[Milap Chand Jain]]- politician from Rajasthan
*[[Nirmal Chandra Jain]]- politician from Madhya pradesh
*[[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
*[[Virdhi Chand Jain]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Gulab Chand Kataria]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]-politician from Kerala
*[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]-politician from Kerala
*[[V. Dhananjaya Kumar]] – politician from Karnataka
*[[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  
*[[Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale]] – politician from Maharashtra  
*[[Gyanchand Parakh]] - politician from Rajasthan
*[[Gyanchand Parakh]] - politician from Rajasthan
*[[Rajendra Sukhanad Patni]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]] –  politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]] –  politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Surendra Patwa]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[A. Rajendran]] – politician from Tamil Nadu
*[[A. Rajendran]] – politician from Tamil Nadu
*[[Vijay Rupani]] – [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]]
*[[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Virendra Kumar 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
*[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Parag Shah]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Raju Shetti]]- politician from Maharastra 
*[[L. M. Singhvi]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[L. M. Singhvi]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Subhash Kumar Sojatia]]- politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]] –  politician from Rajasthan  
*[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]] –  politician from Rajasthan  
*[[Motilal Vora]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Motilal Vora]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Piyush Goyal]]- politician from Maharashtra
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==Entertainment==
==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
* [[Ashok Kumar Jain]] – host
* [[Chandulal Jain]] – producer
* [[Chandulal Jain]] – producer
* [[Mrunal Jain]] – actor
* [[Nishtha Jain]] – Indian film director
* [[Nivedita Jain]] – Kannada film actress
* [[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>
* [[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
* [[Taarak Mehta]] -writer
* [[Darsheel Safary]] – child artist
* [[Anandji Virji Shah]] – music director
* [[Babla & Kanchan|Babla Virji Shah]] – music performer, singer
* [[Babla & Kanchan|Babla Virji Shah]] – music performer, singer
* [[Bharat Shah]] – diamond merchant and film producer
* [[Kalyanji Virji Shah]], music director
* [[Kalyanji Virji Shah]] – music director
* [[Bharat Shah]]- Indian film financer and producer
* [[Kiran Shah]]- actor
* [[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
* [[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
* [[Madan Jain]] – actor
* [[Tarachand Barjatya]] – producer


==Sports==
==Sports==
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* [[Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule]] – marathon runner
* [[Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule]] – marathon runner<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uday |date=2018-07-03 |title=Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule Belagavi's Olympic Hero {{!}} All About Belgaum |url=https://allaboutbelgaum.com/sports/phadeppa-dareppa-chaugule-belgaums-olympic-hero/,%20https://allaboutbelgaum.com/sports/phadeppa-dareppa-chaugule-belgaums-olympic-hero/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Dilip Doshi]] – Indian Test and one-day cricketer
* [[Anju Jain]] – Indian cricketer
* [[Karu Jain]] – Indian cricketer


==Authors==
==Authors==
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[[File:Champat Rai Jain.jpg|thumb|175px|[[Champat Rai Jain]], 20th-century Jain scholar]]
[[File:Champat Rai Jain.jpg|thumb|175px|[[Champat Rai Jain]], 20th-century Jain scholar]]
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* [[Ilango Adigal]] (Jain monk)
* [[Ilango Adigal]] (Jain monk)
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* [[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
* [[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
* [[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
* [[Padmanabh Jaini]] – author, Professor Emeritus Berkeley University
* [[Janna]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[Janna]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[Jainendra Kumar]]
* [[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>
*[[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> – columnist, humourist and writer
* [[Adikavi Pampa]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[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
* [[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'
* [[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]]
* [[Kanhaiyalal Sethia]]
* [[Shivakotiacharya]]
* [[Shivakotiacharya]] - 9th-10th century writer, is considered the author of didactic Kannada language Jain text ''Vaddaradhane''


==Other==
==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]].
* [[Vastupala]] – Gujarati Prime Minister under the [[Vaghela dynasty]], Minister of [[Dholka]], launched construction of the [[Dilwara Temples]] in [[Mount Abu]]{{snf|Sandesara|1953|p=26}}{{sfn|Laughlin|2011|p=298}}<ref name=":GVK">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Shukla|first=Jaykumar R.|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|year=1990|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XIX|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|pages=619–620|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopedia|language=gu|oclc=552367205}}</ref>
* [[Chandraswami]]
* [[Chandraswami]]
* [[Chitrabhanu]] – scholar
* [[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
* [[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> – art and 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>
* [[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==
==Scientists and mathematicians==
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===Ancient===


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* [[Mahāvīra (mathematician)|Mahāvīrachārya]]
* [[Mahāvīra (mathematician)|Mahāvīrachārya]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahāvīra - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mahavira/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Yativṛṣabha]]
* [[Mahendra Sūri]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahendra Suri - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mahendra_Suri/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mahendra Sūri]]
* [[Yativṛṣabha]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yativrsabha - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Yativrsabha/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>


===Modern===
===Modern===
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* [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Father of Indian space technology.
* [[Sohan Lal Jain]]
* [[Jainendra K. Jain]]
* [[Piyare Jain]]
* [[Rakesh Jain]]
* [[Ramesh Jain]]
* [[Sachin H. Jain]]
* [[Vandana Jain]]
* [[Vandana Jain]]
* [[Sohan Lal Jain]]
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Father of Indian space technology<ref name="indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in">{{Cite web |title=Remembering Vikram Sarabhai: The father of Indian Space Programme {{!}} India Science, Technology & Innovation |url=https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/listingpage/remembering-vikram-sarabhai-father-indian-space-programme |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in}}</ref>
* [[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==
==Social workers==
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* [[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]]
* [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]]
* [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]]
* [[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]]
* [[Neelam Jain]]
* [[Acharya Chandana]]
* [[Harakh Chand Nahata]]
* [[Harakh Chand Nahata]]
* [[Veerendra Heggade]]


===Activists===
===Activists===
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* [[Ajit Prasad Jain]]
* [[Ajit Prasad Jain]]
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]]<!-- broken reference<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books|title=Google Books}}</ref>-->
* [[Jagdish Chandra Jain]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jain|first=Jagdish Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4MeAAAAMAAJ|title=Gandhi, the Forgotten Mahatma|date=1987|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-037-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Jagdish Chandra Jain|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/dr-jagdish-chandra-jain/|access-date=2020-06-13|website=www.istampgallery.com}}</ref> - scholar, indologist, educationist, writer
* [[Anasuya Sarabhai]] – pioneer of the women's labour movement in India
* [[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
* [[Dhulappa (Anna) Bhaurao Navale]] – first individual Satyagrahi of Mahatma Gandhi from Satara District in which Sangli<!-- broken reference<ref>
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* [[Jagdish Chandra Jain]]
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]]<!-- broken reference<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books|title=Google Books}}</ref>--> - Industrialist, philanthropist, institution builder
* [[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
* [[Anasuya Sarabhai]] – pioneer of the women's labour movement in India


==Padma Shri awardees==
==Padma Shri awardees==
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* [[Mag Raj Jain]]
* [[Mag Raj Jain]]
* [[Bhavarlal Jain]]
* [[Bhavarlal Jain]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=E-Book |url=http://www.bhavarlaljain.in/E_Book.htm?bk=Marubhoomi%20tun%20Baher.swf |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.bhavarlaljain.in}}</ref>
* [[Rahul Jain]]
* [[Ravindra Jain]]
* [[Ravindra Jain]]
* [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
* [[Yashpal Jain]]
* [[Yashpal Jain]]
* [[Gyan Chand Jain]]
* [[Gyan Chand Jain]]
* [[Nemi Chandra Jain]]
* [[Nemi Chandra Jain]]
* [[Om Prakash Jain]]
* [[Sunita Jain]]
* [[Sunita Jain]]
* [[Sharayu Daftary]]


==Padma Bhushan awardees==
==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
* [[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]]
* [[Girilal Jain]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Piramal |first=Gita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gt5WXOQ08DYC&q=kasturbhai+lalbhai |title=Business Legends |date=1999 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-027187-4 |pages=309 |language=en}}</ref> – industrialist and philanthropist
* [[Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania]] - scholar, writer and philosopher
* [[Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania]] - scholar, writer and philosopher<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jain Scholars and Research Centers |url=https://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/jainscholars.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.cs.colostate.edu}}</ref>
* [[Bhaurao Patil]] - educationalist, founder of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha
* [[Bhaurao Patil]] - educationalist, founder of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-27 |title=Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Marg: This road encompasses Telegraph Office, High Court |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/karmaveer-bhaurao-patil-marg-this-road-encompasses-telegraph-office-high-court-4956251/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ratnasundarsuri]] – Jain spiritual leader
* [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singhvi |first1=Abhishek Manu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_xdDwAAQBAJ&dq=Laxmi+Mall+Singhvi+born+jain&pg=PT35 |title=India's Vibgyor Man: Selected Writings and Speeches of L.M. Singhvi |last2=Malik |first2=Lokendra |date=2018-04-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-909407-3 |language=en}}</ref> - jurist, parliamentarian, scholar, writer and diplomat
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]] – space scientist


==Padma Vibhushan awardees==
==Padma Vibhushan awardees==
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* [[Veerendra Heggade]] - for social work and Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of [[Dharmasthala Temple]], Karnataka, India<ref name="Rons Bantwal"/>
* [[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>
* [[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> -  political activist, writer, member of the Planning Commission and Indian High Commissioner to South Africa
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]]
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-29 |title=BJP veteran Sunderlal Patwa dies, MP CM Chouhan calls him 'father figure' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-veteran-sunderlal-patwa-dies-mp-cm-chouhan-calls-him-father-figure-4449540/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> -  11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India.
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Space scientist who is considered Father of [[Indian space program|Indian Space Program]]<ref name="indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in"/>


==See also==
==See also==

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Jain (/ˈdʒeɪn/) 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.

Virchand Gandhi
Vikram Sarabhai
Veerendra Heggade

Ascetics

Main article: List of Jain ascetics

Business leaders

Indian independence struggle

Constitutional Office-Holders

Political leaders

Monarchs

Politicians

Entertainment

Sports

Authors

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.[23]
  • 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[24]
  • 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
  • Padmanabh Jaini – author, Professor Emeritus Berkeley University
  • Janna – earliest Kannada literature
  • Jainendra Kumar
  • Taarak Mehta[25] – columnist, humourist and writer
  • Adikavi Pampa – earliest Kannada literature
  • Bal Patil[26] – 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 - 9th-10th century writer, is considered the author of didactic Kannada language Jain text Vaddaradhane

Other

Scientists and mathematicians

Ancient

Modern

Social workers

Activists

Padma Shri awardees

Padma Bhushan awardees

Padma Vibhushan awardees

See also

References

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