Patnaik Explained
Patnayak/ Pattnaik/ Pattanayak/ Patnaik is a native Odia surname native to Odisha, northeastern districts of Andhra Pradesh and southern districts of West Bengal in India.[1] This surname mainly found among the Karan caste. [2]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, currently serving on the Supreme Court of India
- Arup Patnaik (born 1955), Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post
- Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), Indian politician
- D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
- Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
- Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
- Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
- Ellora Patnaik (born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
- Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 1937), Former Chief Justice of India
- Hara Patnaik (1958–2015), Oriya actor, film director and screenwriter
- Ila Patnaik, Indian economist and a financial journalist
- Jagabandhu Patnaik, dewan of Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927-2015), was leader of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Orissa
- Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), the Chief Minister of Orissa, India
- Niranjan Patnaik - Indian politician. OPCC chief
- Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian Marxist economist and political commentator
- R. P. Patnaik, Indian film music director
- Raghunath Patnaik - veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik - diversified business, print media, electronic media, FM radio and operas; member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
- Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
- Sudhir Pattnaik - journalist and a social activist of Odisha
- Utsa Patnaik - Indian Marxist economist
See also
References
- Book: Formation of the Province of Orissa: The Success of the First Linguistic Movement in India. S. C. Patra. Punthi Pustak. 1979. 58.
- Book: Hust, Evelin . Women's Political Representation and Empowerment in India: A Million Indiras Now? . 2004 . Manohar . 978-81-7304-575-2 . en.