Banerjee Explained
Banerjee, also known as Bandyopadhyay, is a Bengali Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The surname belongs to the Rarhi clan of Bengali Brahmin caste.[1] [2]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:
- Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961) Nobel laureate economist
- Abhishek Banerjee (actor)
- Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
- Alapan Bandyopadhyay (born 1961) IAS Officer
- Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (1871 – 1950) an Indian civil servant and administrator
- Ambica Banerjee (1928 – 2013) a member of the 15th Lok Sabha
- Anjan Bandyopadhyay (1965 – 2021) journalist
- Audrish Banerjee (born 1975) Indian former cricketer
- Bhanu Banerjee (1920 – 1983) actor and freedom activist
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1895 – 1950), Indian writer
- Bidisha Bandyopadhyay (born 1978) writer, broadcaster
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956) Indian-born American author, poet, and professor.
- Dibakar Banerjee (born 1969) Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker.
- Dola Banerjee (born 1980) Indian sportswoman who competes in archery
- Gargi Banerjee, cricketer
- Gooroodas Banerjee (1844 –1918) aka Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, Bengali Indian High Court judge
- Gopeshwar Banerjee (1880–1963) an Indian classical singer and musicologist,
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay (1926 – 2013) a Bengali Indian actor
- Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (1820 – 1891) Indian educator and social reformer
- Jenni Banerjee, (born 1981) Finnish actress with Indian ancestry.
- John Banerjee (1873 – ?) the second non-European bishop of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon
- Kali Banerjee, actor
- Kali Charan Banerjee
- Kalyan Banerjee
- Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924–2000) singer
- Kanu Banerjee (1905–1985) actor (Pather Panchali)
- Karuna Banerjee (1919–2001) actress (Pather Panchali)
- Krishna Mohan Banerjee
- Kaushik Banerjee, actor
- Kaustav Banerjee, American electrical engineer
- Mamata Banerjee, politician and Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Manik Bandopadhyay, writer and novelist
- Nikhil Banerjee, composer and musician
- Nyra Banerjee, Indian television actress and assistant director.
- Pradip Kumar Banerjee
- Prith Banerjee
- Pooja Banerjee, television actress
- Pratyusha Banerjee, television actress
- Puja Banerjee, film and television actress
- Pulak Bandyopadhyay, lyricist and songwriter
- Rachna Banerjee, Indian actress
- Raghab Bandyopadhyay, prose writer
- Rahul Banerjee, archer
- R D Banerji, The discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
- Reba Bandyopadhyay (born 1972) American astronomer and science policy analyst
- Rina Banerjee
- Ruprekha Banerjee
- San Banarje, film director, producer, photographer
- Sanjay Banerjee, Indian engineer
- Sara Banerji, writer
- Sarnath Banerjee, artist
- Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973) German journalist
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
- Sid Banerjee, Indian-American pop singer, songwriter, and producer
- Somen Banerjee
- Subir Banerjee (born 1946) Indian actor
- Subir Kumar Banerjee (born 1939) Indian-American geophysicist
- Surendranath Banerjee, first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination
- Sushmita Banerjee, writer
- Syagnik Banerjee, scholar, author, and professor
- Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, novelist
- Victor Banerjee, actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
- Vikram Banerjee
- Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, first president of the Indian National Congress
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath. Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. 1896. Thacker, Spink. 38. en. 3 May 2021. 13 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230313094609/https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&q=Bandopadhyay. live.
- Book: Hopkins, Thomas J. . Krishna consciousness in the West . David G. . Bromley . Larry D. . Shinn . The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West . Bucknell University Press . 1989 . 978-0-8387-5144-2 . https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 . 35–36 . 28 February 2022.
