List of Baniyas
This is a partial list of notable/famous people from Baniya community.
Freedom fighters
- Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence activist.
- Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Karamchand Gandhi, - Father of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Ram Manohar Lohia - Quit India Movement fame and General Secretary of Praja Socialist Party
- Lala Lajpat Rai - Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as "Punjab Kesari"
Arts
- Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna awardee
- Sita Ram Goel, historian, religious and political activist, writer, and publisher in the late twentieth century
- Bharatendu Harishchandra, Known as the "father of modern Hindi literature and Hindi theatre"
Corporate and business
Technology and startups
- Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and CEO, Ola Cabs and Ola Electric
Other businesses
- Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, Reliance Industries
- Jamnalal Bajaj, the adopted son of Mahatma Gandhi and the founder of the Bajaj Group of Industries
- Lalbhai Dalpatbhai, Gujarati industrialist
- Ramnath Goenka and family, Indian Express Limited
- Walchand Hirachand, Indian industrialist and founder of Walchand group
- Seth Hukumchand, Indian industrialist
- Khushalchand Jhaveri, Indian jeweller and financier
- Shantidas Jhaveri, Indian jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender
- Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Indian billionaire investor, stock trader, and Chartered Accountant, founder of Akasa Air
- Premchand Roychand, 19th century Indian businessman and founder of Bombay Stock Exchange
- Sarabhai family, a prominent Business family
- Jagat Seth family, merchant, banker and money lender family in Bengal
Politics and activists
Activists
- Sir Ganga Ram Agrawal, civil engineer and architect known as "the father of modern-day Lahore"
India
- Rekha Gupta, Politician, Chief Minister of Delhi
- Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi
- Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Co-operation, Member of Parliament, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, chairman of the National Democratic Alliance, Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Minister of State, Government of Gujarat