List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins

Politicians

• Kashinath Trimbak Telang - judge, politician, writer and educationalist
• N. G. Chandavarkar - judge, politician and social reformer
• Manohar Parrikar -Ex Defence Minister of India, and Chief Minister of Goa for multiple term.
• Suresh Prabhu, Ex Minister of Railways Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, former chairman of Saraswat Bank

Writers and academics

• Shenoi Goembab, popularly known as Shenoi Goembab, was a Konkani writer and activist.
• M. Govinda Pai, also known as Rastrakavi Govinda Pai, was a Kannada poet
• R.G. Bhandarkar - orientalist, and social reformer
• Vijay Tendulkar - playwright, screenplay writer and journalist
• Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi - scholar of Buddhism and Pali language
• Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi - polymath
• Meera Kosambi - writer and sociologist. Daughter of Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
• Girish Karnad, Indian playwright, actor, director, and writer.
• Gopalakrishna Pai, Pai has received the Karnataka Sahitya Academic award, Centre's Kendra Sahitya Academi Award
• Dhairya Dand, Indian American inventor and artist, multiple international awards.

Film actors and directors

• Guru Dutt - Hindi film actor and director
• Shyam Benegal, Film director
• Anant Nag, Kannada Actor
• Shankar Nag, Kannada Actor and director.
• Girish Karnad, Kannada Actor and director.

Businessmen

• Dayananda Pai, Indian billionaire real estate developer, philanthropist and educationist in Bangalore, India
• T. M. A. Pai, founder of Manipal University and founder of syndicate bank.
• Vittal Mallya, former chairman of United breweries Group.
• Vijay Mallya - Failed businessman son of Vittal Mallya.
• Ammembal Subba Rao Pai -Founder of Canara Bank.