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This is a list of notable people whose ancestry has been traced to Gujarat, India.
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| Name | Occupation | Known As |
|---|---|---|
| Jalaram Bapa | Hindu Saint | Jogi Jalaram, Jalaram Bapa |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Politician, writer, philosopher, lawyer | Independence activist and Father of the Nation of India |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | Politician, lawyer | Indian Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister Of India, Loh Purush (Iron man 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 Pakistanfounder of Pakistan |
| Jaydeep Dabgar | Actor, Musical Artist, Modasa ,Gujarat | |
| Azim Premji | Industrialist | Chairman of Wipro |
| Amit Shah | politician | Home minister of India |
| Sujan R. Chinoy | Ambassador/diplomat | |
| Praful Bhavsar | Scientist | Director, Space Applications Center, ISRO |
| Raj Bhavsar | Gymnast | Olympics Bronze Medalist |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | 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 |
| Faruk G Patel | Business | KPI Green Energy, KP Energy |
| 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 |
| 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 | Known as "Rashtraiya Shayar", title given by Gandhiji |
| Thakkar Bapa | Misc-Social Worker | famous for his works for the upliftment of tribes |
| Abbas Tyabji | Politics | |
| Ahmed Patel | Politics | |
| Chimanbhai Patel | Politics | |
| H. M. Patel | Politics | |
| K. M. Munshi | Politics | Lawyer |
| 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 | |
| Gitaben Rathva | Politics | |
| Mohansinh Chhotubhai Rathava | Politics | |
| Nautamlal Bhagavanji Mehta | Business, Activism | Gujarati businessman |
| Shrimad Rajchandra | Religion | revered Jain poet, philosopher and the spiritual guru of Mahatma Gandhi |
| Zain Bhikha | Religion | |
| Ahmed Deedat | Religion | |
| Dayananda Saraswati | Social reformer | founder of Arya Samaj |
| Morari Bapu | Religion | |
| Shastriji Maharaj | Religion | spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha |
| Yogiji Maharaj | Religion | 4th spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha |
| Pramukh Swami Maharaj | Religion | 5th spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha |
| Ankita Raina | Sports | tennis, India No.1 singles player |
| Ajay Jadeja | Sports | cricketer, all-rounder |
| Irfan Pathan | Sports | cricketer, all-rounder |
| Munaf Patel | Sports | cricketer, bowler |
| Nari Contractor | Sports | cricketer, bowler |
| Nayan Mongia | Sports | cricketer, wicket keeper |
| Parthiv Patel | Sports | cricketer, wicket keeper |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Sports | cricketer, bowler, all-rounder |
| Vinoo Mankad | Sports | cricketer, All-rounder |
| Yusuf Pathan | Sports | cricketer, All-rounder |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Sports | Cricketer, Batsman |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Sports | Cricketer, bowler |
| Hardik Pandya | Sports | Cricketer, All rounder |
| Krunal Pandya | Sports | Cricketer, All rounder |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Sports | Cricketer, bowler |
| Axar Patel | Sports | Cricketer, bowler |
| Rajesh Chauhan | Sports | Cricketer, 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 Known as the Father of Modern Indian Industries |
| 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 |
| Mahipatsinh Chavda | Academic | Vice chancellor, psychologist. |
| 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 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. |
| 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 | 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). |
| Ajay Bhatt | Computer architect | Inventor of USB |
| 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. |
| Rajiv Gandhi | Politician | Prime minister of India and father of Rahul Gandhi |
| Rahul Gandhi | Politician | Indian politician, Member of Parliament |
| Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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, Member of Parliament since 2010 |
| 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 | 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 and 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 | Sports | Indian cricketer |
| Kalpesh Patel | Sports | Indian cricketer |
| R. D. Patel | 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 |
| 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 broker |
| Nand Kumar Patel | Politician | Indian politician |
| Rita Patel | Sports | Indian cricketer |
| Sameer Patel | Sports | English cricketer |
| Karsanbhai Patel | Business | Indian industrialist |
| 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 |
| 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 | Gujarati Lexicon founder |
| Juned Patel | Indian politician | Indian National Congress |
| Ranchhodlal Chhotalal | Business | |
| Ramesh Oza | Hindu preacher | Bhagwad Kathakar |
| Morari Bapu | Hindu preacher | Ram Charit Manas Kathakar |
| Hardik Patel | Politician | Social and political leader |
| Anandiben Patel | politician | Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and former CM of Gujarat |
| Hariprakashdasji Swami | Hindu preacher | Swaminarayan Saint and Kathakar |
| Savjibhai Dholakia | Business | Hari Krishna Exports |
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Arts and entertainment
More information Name, Notes ...
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Alia Bhatt | Movie actress |
| Abhijat Joshi | Movie script writer |
| Jaydeep Dabgar | Actor |
| 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 to 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 |
| Ghanashyam Nayak | Singer and Actor |
| 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 | Painter, 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] |
| Navnit Bham | Film director, producer |
| 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 |
| Niyati Fatnani | 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 |
| Manish Dayal | American actor |
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Gujarat's British royalty connection
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]
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