List of Jains

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.

Ascetics

Rajneesh - Acharya Rajneesh or Chandra Mohan Jain commonly Known OSHO
Bhadrabahu – last shrutkevali (knower of all Jain Agamas) and spiritual teacher of Emperor Chandragupta
Kumudendu Muni – author of Siribhoovalaya^[1]
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
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 – 20th-century Acharya and yogi; spread Jainism outside India
Gyanmati Mataji – Digambara Jain Aryika Mahasatiji
Jinendra Varni—Author of Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha and Saman Suttam compilation^[2]
Prabhācandra—11th century CE Digambara monk

Business leaders

India

Gautam Adani – Chairman, Adani Group^[3]
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^[4] – 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]}
Arun Jain – Chairman and managing director of Intellect Design Arena^[5]
Bhavarlal Jain – Chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. ^{[citation needed]}
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]}
Tarang Jain – Managing Director of Varroc Engineers Ltd.
Shantidas Jhaveri — businessman during 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]}
Mangal Lodha – owner of Lodha Group, Mumbai^{[citation needed]}
Vinay Maloo – Chairman of Enso Group^{[citation needed]}
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^[6] – 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^[7]^[8]
Raja Harsukh Rai — a builder of several Jain temples in and around Delhi^[9]
Premchand Roychand – founding member of The Bombay Stock Exchange^{[citation needed]}
Subhash Runwal - Founder & Chairman of Runwal Group Mumbai.
Ambalal Sarabhai – Sarabhai group of Companies^{[citation needed]}
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^[10]
Bhavin Turakhia - Founder of Flock & Zeta
Divyank Turakhia - Founder of Media.net
Abhay Vakil Non Executive Director of Asian Paints ltd.

Overseas

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

Indian independence struggle

Daulat Mal Bhandari – Gandhian, first Member of Parliament from Jaipur, later Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court^{[citation needed]}
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]}
Lakshmi Chand Jain – independence activist^{[citation needed]}
Mool Chand Jain – often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana"^{[citation needed]}
Lala Lajpat Rai – Indian independence activist^[11]
Ambalal Sarabhai – Indian independence activist ^{[citation needed]}
Mridula Sarabhai – Indian independence activist ^{[citation needed]}

Political leaders

Monarchs

Amoghavarsha^[12] – Rashtrakuta Emperor (Karnataka), India
Veera Ballala – Hoysala king from Malenadu Karnataka, India^{[citation needed]}
Bhamashah – adviser of Maharana Pratap hero of Mewar (Rajasthan).^{[citation needed]}
Bhoja II - Shilahara King^{[citation needed]}
Bimbisara – Magadh Emperor^{[citation needed]}
Chandragupta Maurya^[13]^[14] – founder of the Mauryan empire
Chavundaraya^[15] - General of Ganga King Marsinha who built the Gomateshwara, Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India^{[citation needed]}
Abbakka Chowta^[16] – Queen of Ullal
Durvinita – western Ganga king (Western Ganga Dynasty), Karnataka, India^{[citation needed]}
Kharavela^[17]^[18] – Kalinga Emperor (Kalinga is today known as Orissa)
Kumarapala^[19] – Solanki King
Mahendravarman I^[20]^[21]
Dhana Nanda - nanda dynasty
Samprati – Mauryan Emperor^{[citation needed]}

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 - politician from Madhya Pradesh
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

Sooraj Barjatya – Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and music director^[22]
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^[22]
Saurabh Raj Jain – actor
Umang Jain – actress
Shailesh Lodha- actor
Taarak Mehta -writer
Darsheel Safary – child artist
Anandji Virji Shah – music director
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^[23] – filmmaker, film producer and actor
Disha Vakani - actress

Sports

Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule – marathon runner
Dilip Doshi – Indian Test and one-day cricketer
Anju Jain – Indian cricketer
Karu Jain – Indian cricketer

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.^[24]
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^[25]
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^[26]
Adikavi Pampa – earliest Kannada literature
Bal Patil^[27] – 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

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^[28] – cultural historian, museologist
Jivaraj Papriwal—Installed 100,000 Jain images in the 15th century^[29]
Acharya Rajneesh – "Osho" – mystic and spiritual teacher

Military

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.^[30]

Scientists and mathematicians

Ancient

Modern

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 America's Top Young Scientist in 2018^[31]

Social workers

Activists

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^[32] – Ramon Magsaysay Award winner

Padma Shri awardees

Padma Bhushan awardees

Veerendra Heggade - Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of Dharmasthala Temple,^[33] 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^[33]
Lakshmi Chand Jain^[34]
Sunder Lal Patwa

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[2] Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan

[3] Chandna, Himani (5 February 2018). "The Rise of the Tycoon". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[4] "Wine and wondering with Ajit Gulabchand of Hindustan Construction - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

[5] "Team". Jitopreneurs. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

[6] "Financial Services, Stock Market Research & Advice by Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd". Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[7] Itihas ki Amarbel Oswal, Mangilal Bhutoria

[8] Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, trans., with introduction, Sanskrit chāyā and commentary, Ṭhakkura Pherūʼs Rayaṇaparīkkhā: A Medieval Prakrit Text on Gemmology (Aligarh: Viveka, 1984).

[9] Jain Jagran ke Agradut, A.P. Goyaliya, 1952

[10] Jyotiprasad Jain, Pramukh Jain Etihasik Purush aur mahilayen, Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1975, p. 284-285

[11] Agarwal, Dr Meena (29 December 2017). Lala lajpat rai: राष्ट्रीय जीवनी माला - लाला लाजपत राय (in हिन्दी). Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-5278-756-2.

[12] Reu (1933), p. 72.

[13] "Digambaras". Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[14] "Overview of World Religions". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[15] Kamath (2001), p. 45.

[16] "The Intrepid Queen-Rani Abbakka Devi of Ullal". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.

[17] "Maharaja Kharavela". Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[18] "Maharaja Kharavela's Family". Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[Luniya1978-19] Bhanwarlal Nathuram Luniya (1978). Life and culture in medieval India. Kamal Prakashan. p. 385. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[20] KAN Sastri, A History of South India, pp. 382-383.

[21] Stein, p. 122.

[Jains01-22] 22.0 ^22.1 TNN (9 April 2015). "Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[23] Dwyer, Rachel. (2005). 100 Bollywood films. BFI screen guides. London:British Film Institute. ISBN 1-84457-098-3 p. 82.

[24] Ardhakathanaka: Half a Tale by Mukund Lath (Translator), Rupa & Co, 2005

[25] Jain, Pankaz; Dr. Bipin Doshi; Priti Shah. "Virchand Gandhi, A Gandhi Before Gandhi". A german e-magazine. herenow4u. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

[26] Talreja, Vinod (1 March 2017). "In pics: A look at the life of popular columnist Taarak Mehta". India.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[27] "History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration". Indologica. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[28] Jain, Jyotindra; Fischer, Eberhard (1978). Jaina Iconography - Jyotindra Jain, Eberhard Fischer - Google Books. ISBN 9004052593. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

[29] Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (21 September 2010). Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842043.

[Abhinandan-30] Tamil Nadu village prays for safe return of pilot Abhinandan

[31] "This 13-Year-Old's Tool Could Change Pancreatic Cancer Treatment". Time. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[32] "The 1989 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, BIOGRAPHY of Lakshmi Chand Jain". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

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