Bhardwaj

For Vedic rishi (sage) Bhardwaj, see Bharadvaja. For the gymnastics move, see Bhardwaj (gymnastics).

Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins^[1] relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra and Vishwabrahmins^[2] in India.

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

• Anil Bhardwaj (cricketer) (born 1954), Indian cricketer
• B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj (born 2000), Indian badminton player
• Manu Bhardwaj, Indian cricketer
• Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), American gymnast
• Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj (born 1935), Sikh Kenyan field hockey player
• Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Indian boxing coach
• Ravi Bharadwaj (born 1992), Indian basketball player
• Shapath Bharadwaj (born 2002), Indian sport shooter
• Vijay Bharadwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer

Entertainers

• Anasuya Bharadwaj (born 1982), Indian television presenter and actress
• Ankit Bhardwaj, Indian film and television actor
• Hetu Bhardwaj, Indian writer
• Hitesh Bharadwaj (born 1991), Indian television actor, model, anchor, RJ and poet
• Janani Bharadwaj (born 1989), Indian playback singer
• Krishna Bharadwaj (actor) (born 1989), Indian television actor
• Lavanya Bhardwaj, Indian actor and model
• Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Indian musician
• Nitish Bharadwaj (born 1963), Indian television and film actor, director, screenwriter, film and TV programme producer, veterinarian and politician
• Radha Bharadwaj, Indian filmmaker, film producer and screenwriter
• Bharadwaj (composer) (born 1960), Indian music director, composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer, born Ramani Bharadwaj
• Reena Bhardwaj, British singer
• Rekha Bhardwaj, Indian singer
• Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian actor
• Shweta Bhardwaj, Indian actress
• Sumit Bhardwaj (born 1992), Indian actor
• Vedanth Bharadwaj (born 1980), Indian vocalist and composer
• Vishal Bhardwaj (born 1965), Indian film director and musician
• Vinay Bharadwaj (born 1983), Indian-Singapore-based ex-banker turned filmmaker, television host, motivational speaker, and fashion stylist
• Vishal Bharadwaj (born 1965), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer

Politicians

• Abhay Bharadwaj (1954–2020), Indian advocate turned politician
• Deepak Bharadwaj (1950–2013), Indian politician
• H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020), Indian politician
• Jagannath Bharadwaj (1916–1987), Indian politician
• Naresh Bhardwaj (born 1959), Canadian politician
• Ram Chandra Bharadwaj (died 1918), Indian politician
• Saurabh Bhardwaj (born 1979), Indian politician
• Suresh Bharadwaj (born 1952), Indian politician

Others

• Anita Bharadwaj, Indian high altitude rescue doctor
• Babu Bharadwaj (1948–2016), Indian writer in Malayalam-language
• Chaitan Bharadwaj (born 1988), Indian music composer
• Girish Bharadwaj (born 1950), Indian social worker
• Krishna Bharadwaj (economist) (1935–1992), Indian Neo-Ricardian economist
• Raman Bhardwaj, Scottish broadcast journalist
• Somnath Bharadwaj (born 1964), Indian theoretical physicist
• Sudha Bharadwaj (born 1961), Indian trade-unionist, activist and lawyer