List of Brahmins

Historical figures

  • Moropant Pingle -was the Peshwe in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal[1]
  • Peshwa Bajirao I - Peshwa of Maratha Empire.
  • Lakshmibai - Rani of Jhansi[2]

Actors

  • Anupam Kher[3]
  • Hema Malini[4]
  • Mani Kaul[5]
  • Raaj Kumar[6][7]
  • Radhika Pandit[8]
  • Vasundhara Das[9]

India independence movement

  • Mangal Pandey, associated with the 1857 rebellion[10]
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale, political guru of Mahatma Gandhi[11]
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member of the Indian National Congress[11]
  • C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor-General of India; former Chief Minister of Madras State[12]

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

  • C. V. Raman,[13] awarded Nobel Prize for Physics, 1930
  • Srinivasa Ramanujan,[14] Indian mathematician
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,[15] American astrophysicist, awarded 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics
  • Shakuntala Devi,[16] Indian Mathematician.

Social sciences

  • Ramachandra Guha,[17] Indian historian and writer

Military

  • Somnath Sharma, First recipient of India's highest gallantry award Param Vir Chakra[18]

Musicians

  • Thyagaraja, composer[19]
  • Bhimsen Joshi, singer[20]
  • Bharathwaj, composer[21]
  • Shankar Mahadevan, singer[22]

Politicians

MPs and MLAs

  • Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya- engineer, Diwan of Mysore[23]
  • Pramod Mahajan, minister in the government of Vajpayee[24]

Chief Ministers


Name
Brahmin Sub-CasteNotes
Manohar Joshi [25]
Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1995–99),
Speaker of Loksabha (2002–04)

Tanguturi Prakasam [26][27][verification needed]Niyogi BrahminChief Minister of Madras Presidency (1946–47),
Chief Minister of Andhra state (1953–54)

C. Rajagopalachari[17]Tamil Brahmin2nd Chief Minister of Madras State (10 April 1952 – 13 April 1954)last Governor-General of India

E. M. S. Namboodiripad[28]Nambudiri BrahminChief Minister of Kerala (1957–59 & 1967–69)
Jayalalithaa Jayaraman[29]IyengarChief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–96, May 2001-Sept 2001, 2002–06, 2011–16)

Govind Ballabh Pant[30]
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1950-54)

Devendra Fadnavis[31]
Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2014-)

P. V. Narasimha Rao[32]
Niyogi BrahminFourth Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
(30 September 1971 – 10 January 1973 )

Presidents of India

PhotoNameBrahmin Sub-CastIn Office
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanSarvepalli Radhakrishnan[33][34]Niyogi BrahminSecond President
(13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967)
Shankar Dayal SharmaShankar Dayal Sharma[35]
Gaur BrahminNinth President
(25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997)
Pranab MukherjeePranab Mukherjee[36]
Kulin BrahminThirteenth President
(25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017)
VV Giri 1974 stamp of India.jpgV. V. Giri[37]
Niyogi Brahminfourth president
24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974

Prime Ministers of India

PhotoNameBrahmin Sub-CastIn Office
Jnehru.jpgJawaharlal NehruSaraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit)First PM
(15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)
Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpgIndira GandhiSaraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit)Third PM
(24 January 1964 - 24 March 1977 and 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984)
Morarji DesaiMorarji Desai[38]
Fourth PM
(24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979)
Atal Bihari VajpayeeAtal Bihari Vajpayee[39]
Tenth Prime Minister
(16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 and 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004)
P. V. Narasimha RaoP. V. Narasimha Rao[32]Niyogi BrahminNinth Prime Minister
(21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 )

Spiritual people

  • Adi Shankara[40]
  • Dayanand Saraswati[41]
  • Swaminarayan[42]
  • Ramanujacharya[43]
  • Tulsidas[44]
  • Eknath, according to legend[45]
  • Madhvacharya[46]
  • Ram Mohan Roy, co-founder of the Brahmo Samaj movement in 1828[47]
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, a social reformer who promoted widow remarriage[48]
  • Vallabha Acharya[49]

Writers and poets

  • D. R. Bendre[50]
  • Masti Venkatesha Iyengar[51]
  • Rabindranath Tagore,[52] winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913

Business

  • Indra Nooyi,[53] CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo


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