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-Caste | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manohar Joshi [25] | Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1995–99), Speaker of Loksabha (2002–04) | ||||
| Tanguturi Prakasam [26][27][verification needed] | Niyogi Brahmin | Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1946–47), Chief Minister of Andhra state (1953–54) | |||
| C. Rajagopalachari[17] | Tamil Brahmin | 2nd Chief Minister of Madras State (10 April 1952 – 13 April 1954)last Governor-General of India | |||
| E. M. S. Namboodiripad[28] | Nambudiri Brahmin | Chief Minister of Kerala (1957–59 & 1967–69) | |||
| Jayalalithaa Jayaraman[29] | Iyengar | Chief 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 Brahmin | Fourth Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (30 September 1971 – 10 January 1973 ) |
Presidents of India
| Photo | Name | Brahmin Sub-Cast | In Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[33][34] | Niyogi Brahmin | Second President (13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967) | |||
| Shankar Dayal Sharma[35] | Gaur Brahmin | Ninth President (25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997) | |||
| Pranab Mukherjee[36] | Kulin Brahmin | Thirteenth President (25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017) | |||
| V. V. Giri[37] | Niyogi Brahmin | fourth president
24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974
|
Prime Ministers of India
| Photo | Name | Brahmin Sub-Cast | In Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jawaharlal Nehru | Saraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit) | First PM
(15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)
| |||
| Indira Gandhi | Saraswat Brahmin (Kashmiri Pandit) | Third PM
(24 January 1964 - 24 March 1977 and 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984)
| |||
| Morarji Desai[38] | Fourth PM (24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979) | ||||
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee[39] | Tenth Prime Minister (16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 and 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004) | ||||
| P. V. Narasimha Rao[32] | Niyogi Brahmin | Ninth 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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