Shetty
Appearance
'Shetty is a title used by trading and land owning communities in the coastal regions of Maharashtra and Tulunadu. It is also used in Karnataka by the Kannada Vaishya and other Banajiga communities. It is found among Tulu speaking Hindus and Jain's of the Bunt community.[1][2]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname Shetty, who may or may not be members of the Bunt community, include:
- A. B. Shetty (1883–1960), politician and philanthropist
- Ajit Shetty (born 1946), Indian-Belgian entrepreneur
- Anushka Shetty (born 1981), actress
- Atulya Shetty (born 1996), American chess player
- B. R. Shetty (born 1942), entrepreneur
- B. Vithal Shetty, American scientist
- Balkrishna Shetty (born 1950), diplomat
- Chandan Shetty, music artist
- Dayanand Shetty (born 1969), actor, model and entrepreneur
- Devi Shetty, philanthropist and cardiac surgeon
- Gurukiran Shetty, music director
- K. K. Shetty (1901–?), journalist
- K Madhukar Shetty (1971-2018), IPS officer
- Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty (1926–2015), former judge, Supreme Court of India
- M. B. Shetty (1938–1982), Indian choreographer and actor
- Manmohan Shetty, entrepreneur
- Manohar Shetty, Goa based poet
- Prakash Shetty (born 1960), cartoonist
- R. N. Shetty (born 1928), Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist
- Raju Shetty, MLA Maharashtra who is Jain
- Rakshit Shetty, Indian actor and film director
- Reshma Shetty (born 1977), British-American actress and singer
- Rishab Shetty, Indian actor and film director
- Rohit Shetty, film director
- Salil Shetty (born 1961), Secretary General of Amnesty International
- Sanchita Shetty, actress
- Shamita Shetty (born 1979), interior designer, former actress and model
- Shashi Kiran Shetty (born 1959), former chairman of Allcargo Logistics
- Shilpa Shetty (born 1975), actress
- Shweta Shetty (born 1970), German based singer
- Srinidhi Shetty, Indian Model & Kannada Film Actress
- Sudarshan Shetty (born 1961), artist
- Suniel Shetty (born 1961), actor, producer and entrepreneur
- V. P. Shetty, Indian banker
- Yagna Shetty, Kannada actress
References
- ^ "Shetty Family History". Oxford University Press. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti, Part-1, Page-221 by B.D. Satoskar, Shubhada Publication