| Name
|
Field
|
Comments
|
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
Politics |
Indian Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister Of India, Loh purush (Iron man of India)
|
| Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
politician, writer, philosopher, lawyer |
Independence activist and Father of the Nation of India
|
| Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik |
politician, writer, editor |
Independence activist and founder of Gujarat state
|
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
lawyer, politician |
Father of the Nation of Pakistan, first Governor-General of Pakistan
|
| Vikram Sarabhai |
Science |
father of India's space program
|
| Azim Premji |
Industrialist |
Chairman of Wipro
|
| Sunita Williams |
Astronaut |
NASA, Her paternal ancestry is from Jhulasan, Mehsana district in Gujarat, India.
|
| Praful Bhavsar |
Science |
Director, Space Applications Center, ISRO
|
| Bhargav Gajjar |
Aerospace Robotics |
NASA, Kennedy Space Center, MIT Media Lab, MIT
|
| C. Kumar N. Patel |
Electrical engineering |
IEEE Medal of Honor
|
| Narendra Modi |
Politics |
Prime Minister of India & Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
|
| Dhirubhai Ambani |
Business |
Reliance Industries
|
| Mukesh Ambani |
Business |
Reliance Industries Ltd.
|
| Anil Ambani |
Business |
Reliance Industries (ADAG Group)
|
| Uday Kotak |
Business |
Kotak Mahindra Bank
|
| Pranav Mistry |
Science |
inventor and computer scientist
|
| Falgun Rathod |
Science |
Ethical Hacker, Cyber Security
|
| P. N. Bhagwati |
justice |
chief justice of India
|
| Sam Manekshaw |
Military |
Chief of Army Staff, and India's first Indian Field Marshal
|
| Gulzarilal Nanda |
Politics |
Bharat Ratna for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs
|
| Morarji Ranchhodji Desai |
Politics |
Bharat Ratna for his contribution in Public Affairs
|
| Hanif Mohammad |
Cricketer |
Born in Junagadh, First Triple Century by a Pakistani, First Pakistani First Class Cricketer to make a quadruple century
|
| Homai Vyarawalla |
Photojournalist |
Padma Vibhushan
|
| Dashrath Patel |
Designer |
established National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, Padma Bhushan
|
| Mallika Sarabhai |
Dancer, activist |
Padma Bhushan
|
| Umashankar Joshi |
Literature or philosophy |
|
| Gulabdas Broker |
Literature or philosophy |
Padma Shri
|
| Zaverchand Meghani |
Literature or philosophy |
|
| Thakkar Bapa |
Misc -Social Worker |
|
| Abbas Tyabji |
Politics |
|
| Ahmed Patel |
Politics |
|
| Chimanbhai Patel |
Politics |
|
| H. M. Patel |
Politics |
|
| K. M. Munshi |
Politics |
|
| Karan Bilimoria |
Politics |
|
| Kasturba Gandhi |
Politics |
|
| Mahadev Desai |
Politics |
|
| Meghnad Desai |
Politics |
|
| Morarji Desai |
Politics |
Indian Prime Minister who got highest civilization award (Bharat Ratna, Nishan-e-Pakistan from India and Pakistan respectively).
|
| Savjibhai Korat |
Politics |
|
| Shyamji Krishna Varma |
Politics |
|
| Suresh Mehta |
Politics |
|
| Vithalbhai Patel |
Politics |
|
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati |
Religion |
Founder of the Arya Samaj
|
| Zain Bhikha |
Religion |
|
| Ahmed Deedat |
Religion |
|
| Swaminarayan |
Religion |
|
| Morari Bapu |
Religion |
|
| Pramukh Swami Maharaj |
Religion |
PRAMUKH OF BAPS SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA
|
| Ajay Jadeja |
Sports |
Cricketer, All-rounder
|
| Irfan Pathan |
Sports |
Cricketer, All-rounder
|
| Munaf Patel |
Sports |
Cricket, Bowler
|
| Nari Contractor |
Sports |
Cricket, Bowler
|
| Nayan Mongia |
Sports |
Cricket, Wicket Keeper
|
| Parthiv Patel |
Sports |
Cricket, Wicket Keeper
|
| Ravindra Jadeja |
Sports |
Cricket, Bowler, All-rounder
|
| Vinoo Mankad |
Sports |
Cricket, Allrounder
|
| Yusuf Pathan |
Sports |
Cricket, Allrounder
|
| Cheteshwar Pujara |
Sports |
Cricket, Batsman
|
| Jaydev Unadkat |
Sports |
Cricket, Bowler
|
| Rajesh Chauhan |
Sports |
Cricket, Bowler
|
| Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) |
entrepreneur |
founder of the modern port of Aden
|
| Byram Dinshawji Avari |
hotelier |
founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies.
|
| Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy |
philanthropist |
builder of Mahim Causeway, connects two islands of Bombay and Salsette (north Bombay.)
|
| Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Sir |
philanthropist |
founder of B.J. Medical College, Pune.
|
| Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir |
philanthropist |
opened sea trade with China; J J Hospital,
|
| Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir |
civil engineer |
master constructor of Bombay
|
| Fardunjee Marzban |
business |
founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent Bombay Samachar
|
| Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Sir |
business |
financier and industrialist in Hong Kong
|
| Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir |
business |
founded the first textile factories in India
|
| Cyrus Poonawalla |
industrialist, pharmacologist |
co-founder of the Serum Institute of India
|
| Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney Sir |
1st Baronet, philanthropist |
including various academic buildings of the Bombay University.
|
| Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee |
industrialist |
founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east
|
| Nowroji Saklatwala |
Industrialist |
Chairman of Tata group
|
| Ratan Tata |
Industrialist |
Chairman of Tata group (1991–2012)
|
| Homi Nusserwanji Sethna Padma Vibhushan awardee |
chemical engineer |
guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
|
| Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff |
economist |
delegate at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; co-author of the Bombay Plan; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the Bank of India
|
| Dorabji Tata, Sir |
industrialist and philanthropist |
Sir Dorab Tata Trust.
|
| Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata |
industrialist |
founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Jawaharlal Nehru
|
| Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata |
industrialist |
founder of India's first commercial airline: Air India
|
| Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia |
shipwright and naval architect |
builder of the first dry-dock in Asia
|
| Ness Wadia |
business |
joint-Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing
|
| Mahzarin Banaji |
Professor of Psychology |
Harvard University
|
| Jamshed Bharucha |
President, Cooper Union |
Formerly, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Dartmouth College (first Indian American to serve as the dean of a school at an Ivy League institution).
|
| Homi K. Bhabha |
cultural-studies theorist; Professor |
Harvard University.
|
| Rusi Taleyarkhan |
Professor of Nuclear Engineering |
Purdue University.
|
| Ardeshir TaraporeLieutenant Colonel |
Military |
Indian Army, winner of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantry
|
| Aspy Engineer |
Military |
Former Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force.
|
| Fali Homi Major |
Military |
Former Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force.
|
| Sam Manekshaw |
Military |
Former Indian Army chief and the Second Indian Field Marshal
|
| Jal Cursetji |
Military |
Former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy
|
| Adi M. Sethna |
Military |
Former Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army
|
| FN Billimoria |
Military |
Lieutenant General, father of Karan Bilimoria, Lord Bilimoria
|
| Behram "Busybee" Contractor |
journalist and columnist |
|
| Nariman "Nari" Contractor |
cricketer |
coach at the CCI Academy.
|
| Ardeshir Cowasjee |
investigative journalist and newspaper columnist |
|
| Nauheed Cyrusi |
Arts and entertainment |
model, film actress, television presenter
|
| Bejan Daruwalla |
astrology |
|
| Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla |
high priest and religious scholar |
Zoroastrisms
|
| Diana Eduljee |
cricketer |
first captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993
|
| Farokh Engineer |
cricketer |
|
| Zerbanoo Gifford |
human rights campaigner |
|
| Aban Marker Kabraji |
Pakistani ecologist |
Asian regional director of IUCN
|
| Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia |
Journalist & editor |
founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz.
|
| Eruch Jessawala |
Interpreter |
Meher Baba's interpreter
|
| Jivanji Jamshedji Modi Sir |
religion |
Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary.
|
| Cyrus Poncha |
sports |
Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003-4.
|
| Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar |
sports |
cricketer.
|
| Minocher Bhandara |
politician |
Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
|
| Mancherjee Bhownagree |
politician |
second Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Conservative).
|
| Jamsheed Marker |
politician |
Pakistani diplomat, ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
|
| Minoo Masani |
politician |
author, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly.
|
| Frene Ginwala |
politician |
Is a member of the ANC and aided Nelson Mandela in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. Later served for 7 years as Speaker Of the House of Parliament in South Africa
|
| Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta |
politician |
former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
|
| Justice Dorab Patel |
justice |
Former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and human rights campaigner.
|
| Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney) |
justice |
J.P.; introduced income tax in India; first baronet of Bombay.
|
| Rustam S. Sidhwa |
justice |
judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as one of the original eleven judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
|
| Shapurji Saklatvala |
socialist workers |
welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour).
|
| B. P. Wadia |
Indian theosophist and labour activist |
Pioneered the creation of workers unions in India.
|
| Bhikaiji Cama |
politician |
political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag.
|
| Feroze Gandhi |
politician |
journalist and politician; Indian MP under Jawaharlal Nehru; father of Rajiv Gandhi and grandfather of Rahul Gandhi.
|
| Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir |
politician |
political activist, co-founder and first President of the Indian National Congress, founder of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.
|
| Dadabhai Naoroji |
economist, political activist |
first Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence from Great Britain.
|
| Khurshed Framji Nariman |
politician |
social activist, Mayor of Bombay. Member of the Indian National Congress.
|
| Sam Piroj Bharucha |
justice |
Chief Justice of India.
|
| S. H. Kapadia- Current |
justice |
Chief Justice of India.
|
| Fali Sam Nariman |
justice |
jurist, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
|
| Nanabhoy ("Nani") Palkhivala |
justice |
prominent jurist and economist.
|
| Soli Jehangir Sorabjee |
justice |
former Attorney-General of India.
|
| Rattanbai Petit |
justice |
second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
|
| Dossabhoy Muncherji Raja |
justice |
first Indian to be appointed appraiser of precious stones to British Indian customs. Awarded the title of Khan Sahib.
|
| Bukhtyar Rustomji |
justice |
Mumbai-born Lancaster doctor executed for murdering his wife and a maid
|
| Jehangir Sabavala |
arts and entertainment |
painter
|
| Keshubhai Patel |
politician |
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
|
| Vithalbhai Patel |
politician |
Member of Parliament
|
| A. D. Patel |
politician |
Fiji politician
|
| Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford |
politician |
British politician
|
| S. B. Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Vithalbhai Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Praful Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Priti Patel |
politician |
British politician
|
| Lilian Patel |
politician |
Malawian politician
|
| R. D. Patel |
politician |
Indo-Fijian lawyer
|
| Eboo Patel |
politician |
American political consultant
|
| Haribhai M. Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Dinsha Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Dahyabhai Patel |
politician |
Indian freedom fighter, politician
|
| Vinod Patel |
politician |
Fiji-Indian politician
|
| Sone Lal Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Navin Patel |
politician |
Fiji-Indian politician
|
| Somchandbhai Solanki |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Pasha Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Babubhai J. Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Kanjibhai Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Vinubhai Patel |
politician |
Fiji-Indian politician
|
| Dipak Patel (politician) |
politician |
Zambian politician
|
| Harilal Madhavjibhai Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Patel Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Babubhai Jashbhai Patel |
politician |
Chief Minister, Gujarat
|
| R. K. Singh Patel |
Agriculturist & Politician |
|
| Parthiv Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Mitesh Patel |
sports |
Indian hockey player
|
| Samit Patel |
sports |
English cricketer
|
| Jayant Patel |
sports |
Indian Doctor
|
| Min Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Brijesh Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Jasu Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Jyotsna Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Malhar Patel |
sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
| Nandikishore Patel |
sports |
Ugandan cricketer
|
| Jitendra Patel |
sports |
Canadian cricketer
|
| Mohan Patel |
sports |
New Zealand hockey player
|
| Dinesh Patel |
sports |
American baseball player
|
| Rakep Patel |
sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
| Brijal Patel |
sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
| Kalpesh Patel |
sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
| Ashish Patel |
sports |
Canadian cricketer
|
| Ashok Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Niraj Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Rakesh Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Dipak Patel (cricketer, born 1961) |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Kalpesh Patel (Indian cricketer) |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| R. D. Patel (cricketer) |
sports |
Tanzanian cricketer
|
| C. D. Patel |
sports |
Tanzanian cricketer
|
| Ashok Sitaram Patel |
sports |
Kenyan cricketer
|
| Ramesh Patel |
sports |
New Zealand hockey player
|
| Narendra Patel, Baron Patel |
sports |
Tanzanian obstetrician
|
| I. G. Patel |
economist |
Indian economist
|
| Chimanbhai Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Manibehn Patel |
politician |
Indian freedom fighter
|
| Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel |
politician |
Indian freedom fighter, activist
|
| Amit Patel |
doctor |
American surgeon
|
| Kamal Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Vimla L. Patel |
doctor |
Canadian psychologist
|
| Ramanbhai Patel |
doctor |
Indian chemist
|
| Nisha Patel |
police |
British police officer
|
| Akhil Patel |
sports |
English cricketer
|
| Chai Patel |
Doctor |
British doctor and businessman
|
| Hemish Shah |
business |
British stock brocker
|
| Nand Kumar Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Rita Patel |
sports |
Indian cricketer
|
| Sameer Patel |
sports |
English cricketer
|
| Karsanbhai Patel |
business |
Indian industrialist
|
| Chetan Patel |
sports |
English cricketer
|
| A. K. Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| V. G. Patel |
economist |
Indian author, economist
|
| Harilal Manilal Patel |
judiciary |
Fiji-Indian lawyer
|
| Patel Sudhakar Reddy |
politician |
Indian revolutionary
|
| Surendra Motilal Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Jivabhai Ambalal Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Apoorva D. Patel |
doctor |
Indian physicist
|
| Prahlad Singh Patel |
politician |
Indian politician
|
| Shiv Kumar Patel |
judiciary |
Indian outlaw
|
| Rustomji Dorabji Patel |
politician |
Indian community leader
|
| Framjee Nasarwanjee Patel |
business |
Indian merchant, philanthropist
|
| Chandrakant T. Patel |
Science |
|
| Sheela Patel |
politician |
Indian activist
|
| Sam Pitroda |
Telecommunications engineering |
Padma Bhusan
|
| Ratilal Chandaria |
Businessman and philanthropist |
GujaratiLexicon founder
|
| Ranchhodlal Chhotalal |
business |
|
| Ramesh Oza |
Hindu preacher |
Bhagwad Kathakar
|
| Morari Bapu |
Hindu preacher |
Ram Charit Manas Kathakar
|
