This is a list of notable people whose ancestry has been traced to Gujarat, India.
| Name | Occupation | Known As | |||
| Jalaram Bapa | Hindu Saint | Jogi Jalaram, Jalaram Bapa | |||
| Politician, writer, philosopher, lawyer | Independence activist and Father of the Nation of India | ||||
| Politician, lawyer | Indian Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister Of India, Loh Purush (Iron man of India) | ||||
| Politician, writer, editor | Independence activist and founder of Gujarat state | ||||
| Lawyer, politician | Father of the Nation of Pakistan, first Governor-General of Pakistanfounder of Pakistan | ||||
| Scientist | Father of India's space program | ||||
| Industrialist | Chairman of Wipro | ||||
| politician | Home minister of India | ||||
| Ambassador/diplomat | |||||
| Scientist | Director, Space Applications Center, ISRO | ||||
| Gymnast | Olympics Bronze Medalist | ||||
| Electrical engineering | IEEE Medal of Honor | ||||
| Narendra Modi | Politician | 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 | |||
| Dilip Shanghvi | Business | Sun Pharmaceutical | |||
| Pranav Mistry | Scientist | inventor and computer scientist | |||
| P. N. Bhagwati | Justice | chief justice of India | |||
| Gulzarilal Nanda | Politician | Bharat Ratna for his contribution in the field of public affairs | |||
| Mansukh Mandaviya | Politician | Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India | |||
| Morarji Ranchhodji Desai | Politics | Bharat Ratna for his contribution in public affairs | |||
| 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 | Known as "Rashtraiya Shayar", title given by Gandhiji | |||
| Thakkar Bapa | Misc-Social Worker | famous for his works for the upliftment of tribes | |||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Nautamlal Bhagavanji Mehta | Business, Activism | Gujarati businessman | |||
| Religion | revered Jain poet, philosopher and the spiritual guru of Mahatma Gandhi | ||||
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| Social reformer | founder of Arya Samaj | ||||
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| Religion | spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha | ||||
| Religion | 4th spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha | ||||
| Religion | 5th spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha | ||||
| Sports | tennis, India No.1 singles player | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, all-rounder | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, all-rounder | ||||
| Sports | cricker, bowler | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, bowler | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, wicket keeper | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, wicket keeper | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, bowler, all-rounder | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, All-rounder | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, All-rounder | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, Batsman | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, Bowler | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, All rounder | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, All rounder | ||||
| Advertising | Razor sharp, extremely creative advertising person who is going to change the landscape of advertising | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, Bowler | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, Bowler | ||||
| Sports | cricketer, Bowler | ||||
| Entrepreneur | founder of the modern port of Aden | ||||
| Hotelier | founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Philanthropist | opened sea trade with China; J J Hospital | ||||
| Civil engineer | master constructor of Bombay | ||||
| Business | founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent Bombay Samachar | ||||
| Business | financier and industrialist in Hong Kong | ||||
| Business | founded the first textile factories in India | ||||
| 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. | |||
| Industrialist | founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east | ||||
| Industrialist | Chairman of Tata group | ||||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Industrialist and philanthropist | Sir Dorab Tata Trust | ||||
| Industrialist | founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Jawaharlal Nehru Known as the Father of Modern Indian Industries | ||||
| Industrialist | founder of India's first commercial airline: Air India | ||||
| Shipwright and naval architect | builder of the first dry-dock in Asia | ||||
| Business | joint-Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing | ||||
| Mahipatsinh Chavda | Academic | Vice chancellor, psychologist. | |||
| Professor of Psychology | Harvard University | ||||
| 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). | |||||
| Cultural-studies theorist; professor | Harvard University. | ||||
| Professor of Nuclear Engineering | Purdue University. | ||||
| Military | Indian Army, winner of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantry | ||||
| 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. | |||
| Military | former Indian Army chief and the Second Indian Field Marshal | ||||
| Military | former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy | ||||
| Military | former Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army | ||||
| FN Billimoria | Military | Lieutenant General, father of Karan Bilimoria, Lord Bilimoria | |||
| Journalist and columnist | |||||
| Cricketer | coach at the CCI Academy. | ||||
| Investigative journalist and newspaper columnist | |||||
| Arts and entertainment | model, film actress, television presenter | ||||
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| High priest and religious scholar | Zoroastrisms | ||||
| Cricketer | first captain of the Indian women's Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993 | ||||
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| Human rights campaigner | |||||
| Pakistani ecologist | Asian regional director of IUCN | ||||
| Journalist and editor | founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz. | ||||
| Jivanji Jamshedji Modi Sir | Religion | Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D. from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary. | |||
| Sports | Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003–4. | ||||
| Sports | cricketer. | ||||
| Politician | Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery. | ||||
| Politician | second Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Conservative). | ||||
| Politician | Pakistani diplomat, ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz. | ||||
| Politician | author, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly. | ||||
| Politician | 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 | ||||
| Politician | former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years. | ||||
| Justice | former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and human rights campaigner. | ||||
| Justice | J.P.
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| 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. | ||||
| Socialist workers | welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour). | ||||
| Computer architect | inventor of USB | ||||
| Indian theosophist and labour activist | pioneered the creation of workers unions in India. | ||||
| Politician | political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag. | ||||
| Politician | journalist and politician; Indian MP under Jawaharlal Nehru; father of Rajiv Gandhi and grandfather of Rahul Gandhi. | ||||
| Politician | Prime minister of India and father of Rahul Gandhi | ||||
| Politician | Indian Politician, Member of Parliament | ||||
| Politician | political activist, co-founder and first President of the Indian National Congress, founder of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. | ||||
| Kalubhai Maliwad | Politician | Member of 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |||
| Economist, political activist | first Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence from Great Britain. | ||||
| Politician | social activist, Mayor of Bombay. Member of the Indian National Congress. | ||||
| Justice | Chief Justice of India | ||||
| Justice | Chief Justice of India | ||||
| Justice | jurist, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan | ||||
| Justice | prominent jurist and economist | ||||
| Justice | former Attorney-General of India | ||||
| Justice | second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah | ||||
| Justice | first Indian to be appointed appraiser of precious stones to British Indian customs. Awarded the title of Khan Sahib. | ||||
| Justice | Mumbai-born Lancaster doctor executed for murdering his wife and a maid | ||||
| Arts and entertainment | painter | ||||
| Keshubhai Patel | Politician | former Chief Minister of Gujarat | |||
| Politician | Fiji politician | ||||
| Politician | British politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | British politician, Member of Parliament since 2010 | ||||
| Politician | Indo-Fijian lawyer | ||||
| Politician | American political consultant | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian freedom fighter, politician | ||||
| Politician | Fiji-Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Fiji-Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Fiji-Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Zambian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Chief Minister, Gujarat | ||||
| Agriculturist and politician | |||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian hockey player | ||||
| Sports | English cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian doctor | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Kenyan cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Ugandan cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Canadian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | New Zealand hockey player | ||||
| Sports | American baseball player | ||||
| Sports | Kenyan cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Kenyan cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Kenyan cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Canadian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Kalpesh Patel | Sports | Indian cricketer | |||
| Sports | Tanzanian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Tanzanian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | Kenyan cricketer | ||||
| Sports | New Zealand hockey player | ||||
| Sports | Tanzanian obstetrician | ||||
| Economist | Indian economist | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian freedom fighter | ||||
| Politician | Indian freedom fighter, activist | ||||
| Doctor | American surgeon | ||||
| Doctor | Canadian psychologist | ||||
| Doctor | Indian chemist | ||||
| Police | British police officer | ||||
| Sports | English cricketer | ||||
| Doctor | British doctor and businessman | ||||
| Business | British stock brocker | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Sports | Indian cricketer | ||||
| Sports | English cricketer | ||||
| Business | Indian industrialist | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Economist | Indian author, economist | ||||
| Judiciary | Fiji-Indian lawyer | ||||
| Politician | Indian revolutionary | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Doctor | Indian physicist | ||||
| Politician | Indian politician | ||||
| Judiciary | Indian outlaw | ||||
| Business | Indian merchant, philanthropist | ||||
| Science | |||||
| Politician | Indian activist | ||||
| Telecommunications engineering | Padma Bhusan | ||||
| Businessman and philanthropist | Gujarati Lexicon founder | ||||
| Juned Patel | Indian Politician | Indian National Congress | |||
| Business | |||||
| Hindu preacher | Bhagwad Kathakar | ||||
| Hindu preacher | Ram Charit Manas Kathakar | ||||
| Politician | social and political leader | ||||
| Anandiben Patel | politician | Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and former CM of Gujarat |
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Ameesha Patel | Actress | |
| Alia Bhatt | Movie actress | |
| Abhijat Joshi | Movie script writer | |
| Adil Mansuri | Poet | |
| Aishwarya Majmudar | Singer | |
| Aditya Pancholi | Actor | |
| Alka Yagnik | Singer | |
| Ajit Merchant | Music composer | |
| Alpesh Patel | American film director | |
| Ami Trivedi | Theatre and TV actor | |
| Amit Trivedi | Music composer | |
| Anandji Virji Shah | Music composer | |
| Anand Pandit | Movie Producer | |
| Anshul Trivedi | Bollywood actor | |
| Anuradha Patel | Indian actress | |
| Ardeshir Irani | Filmmaker | |
| Aruna Irani | Bollywood actress | |
| Asha Parekh | Bollywood actress | |
| Ashmit Patel | Bollywood actor | |
| Ayesha Takia | Bollywood actress | |
| Babubhai Mistry | Special Effect -Bollywood film -Trick Scene Master | |
| Bapsi Sidhwa | Author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights | |
| Behramji Malabari | Poet, publicist, author, and social reformer | |
| Ben Kingsley | Movie actor | |
| Boman Irani | Bollywood actor | |
| Bhikhudan Gadhvi | Gujarati folk singer, Sahityakar | |
| Bhoomi Trivedi | Singer | |
| Cyrus Broacha | MTV India VJ and stand-up comedian | |
| Darshan Jariwala | Movie actor | |
| Darshan Raval | Singer | |
| Deena M. Mistri | Author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal | |
| Dev Patel | Movie actor | |
| Devang Patel | Indian singer | |
| Dhvani Desai | Animation filmmaker | |
| Dina Pathak | Bollywood actress | |
| Disha Vakani | Television actress, best known for her role in the TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.[1] | |
| Dilip Joshi | Television actor, best known for his role in popular TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah | |
| Erick Avari | Hollywood actor | |
| Fagun Thakrar | Movie director, actress | |
| Falguni Pathak | Singer; also referred as Garba Queen | |
| Vipul K Rawal | Scriptwriter of the movie Iqbal (film) | |
| Farah Khan | Bollywood choreographer, actress and director | |
| Farrukh Dhondy | Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist | |
| Firdaus Kanga | Author, actor and screenwriter | |
| Gayatri Patel | Actress | |
| Gieve Patel | Poet | |
| Godrej Sidhwa | Theologian, historian and high priest | |
| Harish Patel | Actor | |
| Hemant Chauhan | Singer | |
| Himesh Patel | British actor | |
| Himesh Reshammiya | Music composer, singer, actor, producer | |
| Homai Vyarawalla | First woman photojournalist of India[2] | |
| Homi Adajania | Film director and writer | |
| Indra Kumar | Movie director | |
| Ishu Patel | Animated film director | |
| Ismail Darbar | Music composer | |
| Ismail Merchant | Movie producer | |
| Jayant Parikh | Painting, printmaker, muralist | |
| Jashwant Gangani | Film Director,Government Award Winner[3] | |
| Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji | Composer, music critic, pianist, and writer | |
| Kaizad Gustad | Film director | |
| Kalpen Modi | American actor | |
| Kalyanji Virji Shah | Music composer | |
| Karan Patel | Actor | |
| Kavi Kant | Poet | |
| Keki Daruwalla | Poet and writer | |
| Ketan Mehta | Movie director | |
| Ketan Mehta | Movie director | |
| Kiran Shah | Actor and stunt player | |
| Kunal Ganjawala | Singer | |
| Mahesh Bhatt | Movie director | |
| Mahesh Kanodia | Singer | |
| Mahesh Kanodia | Music director | |
| Malhar Thakar | Film actor | |
| Mallika Sarabhai | Dancer | |
| Manhar Udhas | Singer | |
| Manmohan Desai | Movie director | |
| Mauli Dave | Indian singer, actor, dancer, and television host | |
| Mehli Mehta | Musician, founder of the Bombay Philharmonic and Bombay String Orchestras. | |
| Mehr Jesia | Model | |
| Mukesh Bhatt | Movie producer | |
| Nanabhai Bhatt | Bollywood director | |
| Nandan Mehta | Musician, founder of 'Saptak'. Shri Nandan Mehta was an outstanding tabla exponent of the Banaras Baaj. Apart from being a noted performer and a guru, he was respected as an institution builder who helped promote our rich musical heritage. | |
| Naresh Kanodia | Film actor | |
| Narsinh Mehta | Poet-saint | |
| Natvar Bhavsar | American painter[4] | |
| Neil Patel | American scenic designer | |
| Neeraj Vora | Film director, writer, actor and composer | |
| Nikki Patel | British actress | |
| Nina Wadia | British comedian and television actress, currently and most notably from EastEnders | |
| Television actress and dancer | ||
| Pan Nalin (Nalin Kumar Pandya) | International filmmaker, director | |
| Pannalal Patel | Writer | |
| Paresh Rawal | Bollywood actor | |
| Parveen Babi | Bollywood actress and model | |
| Persis Khambatta | Actress and model, Miss India in 1965 | |
| Pooja Bhatt | Bollywood actress | |
| Pooja Shah | British actress | |
| Prachi Desai | Television and Bollywood actress | |
| Pratik Gandhi | Actor, Theatre Artist | |
| Priya Saraiya | Bollywood lyricist | |
| Rajendra Keshavlal Shah | Poet | |
| Ranjit Barot | Music composer | |
| Ratna Pathak | Bollywood actress | |
| Ravi Patel | American actor | |
| Rihaan Patel | Film director | |
| Rohinton Mistry | Novelist, short story author, screenplay writer | |
| Robin Bhatt | Bollywood writer, Screenplay, Producer, Dialogues | |
| Sachin–Jigar | Bollywood music composer | |
| Sajid Nadiadwala | Movie producer | |
| Salim–Sulaiman | Music composer, singer | |
| Sam Dastor | Television actor and director | |
| Sanjay Gadhvi | Movie director | |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Movie director | |
| Shapur Kharegat | Journalist, editor and director of The Economist (Asia) | |
| Shefali Shah | Movie actress | |
| Shekhar Ravjiani | Music composer, singer | |
| Shiamak Davar | Bollywood choreographer | |
| Shivam Pathak | Singer | |
| Shravan Rathod | Music composer | |
| Siddharth Randeria | Theater and film actor | |
| Sohrab Modi | Theater and film actor, director and producer | |
| Sooni Taraporevala | Screenwriter, author and photographer | |
| Supriya Pathak | Bollywood and television actress | |
| Salil Desai | Novelist | |
| Tiku Talsania | Actor Hindi Gujarati film | |
| Tanmay Shah | Director, producer, writer, editor, cinematographer[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |
| Tinu Suresh Desai | Director film Rustom,Mission Raniganj[13] [14] | |
| Tanvi Vyas | Model | |
| Tulip Joshi | Bollywood actress | |
| Urvashi Dholakia | Television and Bollywood actress | |
| Vasant Rai | Sitar player | |
| Vatsal Sheth | Bollywood actor | |
| Vikram Bhatt | Bollywood writer, producer | |
| Vipul Shah | Movie director | |
| Viraf Patel | Model | |
| Yatin Patel | Photographer | |
| Zarin Mehta | Musician, executive director of the New York Philharmonic since 2000 | |
| Jhinabhai Desai | Poet and author better known by his pen name Snehrashmi, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist | |
| Zubin Mehta | Musician, musical director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maggio Musicale | |
| Zubin Varla | Stage actor | |
| Sanjeev Kumar | Bollywood actor, (real name Harihar Jariwala) | |
| Namitha | Model, Tollywood actor, Miss India 4th | |
| Naomi Scott | English singer and actress |
In June 2013, Gujarat came to the media fore when it was discovered that the British monarchy have Indian mitochondrial DNA traced through Princess Diana which has been maternally inherited by both her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The connection traces back eight generations, to Eliza Kewark, who was housekeeper to Prince William's ancestor Theodore Forbes, born in 1788, a Scottish merchant from a landowning family who had travelled to India to work for the East India Company in Surat, a port north of Bombay. The DNA was passed down through Eliza's daughters and granddaughters to Princess Diana.[15] Eliza is variously described in contemporary documents as "a dark-skinned native woman", "an Armenian woman from Bombay", and "Mrs. Forbesian".[16] Genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner assumed she was Armenian.[17] In June 2013, BritainsDNA announced that genealogical DNA tests on two of William's distant cousins in the same direct maternal line confirm that Eliza Kewark was of Indian descent, via her direct maternal line.[18] [19] [20] [21]