Pant (Hindi: पंत) or Panta (Nepali: पन्त) are a group of surnames which are prevalent in India and Nepal.
Notable people[edit | edit source]
- Aditi Pant First Indian Lady to visit Antarctica
- Aditya Bhushan Pant, Indian toxicologist, neurobiologist and a scientist
- Anju Panta, Nepali Famous Singer
- Apa Pant, Diplomat, freedom fighter
- Diksha Panth, actress
- Garima Panta, Nepali Actress
- Govind Ballabh Pant, the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Hargovind Pant Indian Freedom Fighter
- Hari Pant General of the Maratha Empire
- Hemad Pant Prime Minister of Seuna (Yadava) dynasty
- Ila Pant, Indian politician
- K. C. Pant, former Indian Member of Parliament
- Kamla Pant, Women Activist, uttrakhand mahila manch, prominent role in making uttrakhand
- Maheshwar Panta, Army General of Gorkha Kingdom
- Manoj Pant Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
- M. C. Pant, Indian radiation oncologist and Padma Shri recipient
- Meghna Pant, fiction author and financial journalist
- Muktesh Pant, businessman
- Pitambar Pant, Indian independence activist, civil service officer and writer
- Prakash Pant Uttarakhand Politician
- Raghuji Pant, CPN-UML politician
- Ram Raj Pant, Linguist of the Nepali language, literary writer and promoter of legal education in Nepal
- Ranjan Pant, CEO Advisor and Global Strategy Management Consultant
- Pushpesh Pant, academic, food critic and historian
- Rishabh Pant, Indian cricketer
- Sheila Irene Pant, 10th Governor of Sindh, wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan.
- Shivani, Gaura Pant, story writer for women's magazines
- Sorabh Pant Indian standup comic and writer
- Sumitranandan Pant, poet and philosopher
- Sunil Babu Pant, Social Activist In Nepal
- Yadav Pant, Nepalese economist, politician and former Governor (Fifth) of Nepal Rastra Bank