List of Marathi people


This is a list of notable Marathi people an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language as their native language.

Dynasties

;Ancient Maharashtrian kingdoms
;Mediaeval Maratha kingdoms
;;The Bhosales
;;The Jadhavs
;;The Peshwe
;;The Bhosales
;;The Holkars
;;The Shinde/Scindia
;;The Newalkars
;;The Gandekars
;;The Pawar
;;The Ghorpade
;;The Gaekwad

Historic warriors

;Satavahana Empire
;Vakataka dynasty
;Rashtrakuta Empire
;Shilahara dynasty of North Konkan
;Yadava Empire
;During 17th century and Shivaji's reign
;During 18th century and Peshwa rule
;The 27-year war - India's longest fought war
;Leaders of Anglo Maratha Wars I, II, III

Indian independence movement

;
;Leaders of Ist War of Indian Independence
;Revolutionaries
;Father of Indian unrest
;Father of Indian armed struggle
;First political murder in Indian freedom struggle
;First Secret Society for Independence
;Others

Humanitarians and reformers

;Father of renaissance of western India
;Reformers
;Bene Israeli reformer and scholar
;Social activists
;Philanthropists

Defence leaders

;Father of Indian Navy
;First living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
;Third woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank
;ARMY
;Generals
;Lieutenant Generals
;Others
;NAVY
;Admirals
;Vice/Rear Admirals
;Others
;AIR FORCE
;Air Chief Marshal
;Air Marshal
;Others

Religion and spirituality

;Father of Hindu Nationalism in India
;Datta Sampradaya
;Mahanubhava Sampradaya
;Warkari Movement
;Ganapatyas
;Late medieval period Saints
;Early modern period Saints
;Swadhyaya Movement
;Prarthana Samaj
;Modern period, independence and after
;RSS Members
; Marathi Kirtankar

Politics

;Speaker of Lok Sabha
;First female President of India
;Deputy Prime Minister of India
;First female Chief Minister of Goa
;First female Chief Minister of Rajasthan
;First Chief Minister of Goa
;First Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
;First Chief Minister of Bombay State
;First Hindu and first man of Indian descent to be elected to the Scottish Parliament
;First General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.
;Founder of All India Trade Union Congress
;Goa's first woman parliamentarian
;Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
;Union Cabinet Ministers
;Others
;United Kingdom and Irish politics
;American politics
;Goa legislative Assembly

Bureaucrats and diplomats

;Foreign Service
;Indian Administrative Service
;Indian Civil Service

Founder, jurists and lawyers

;Law and Justice Minister
;Chief Justice of India
;Supreme Court Judges
;International lawyers
;Others

Business, trade and industries

;Father of Indian Trade Union Movement
;Founder of the Asia's first Cooperative sugar factory.
;Others

Fiscal policy leaders

;First Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

;RBI Governors
;Economists

Academicians/educationists

;Ancient Maharashtrian academicians
;Founder of India's First Women University
;Founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India
;Founder and president of the Symbiosis Society
;Founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
; Founder of Fergusson College
;First female teacher of India
;First female Indian anthropologist
;Most qualified person of India
;Pioneers in women's education
;Founder of Balwadi
;Indologists
;Global Teacher Prize recipient
;Father of Marathi journalism.
;Others

Sciences

Earth sciences

;First Indian Women to Antarctica
;Seed Mother of India
;Father of the Indian Seed Industry
;Others

Engineering and technology

;Father of Indian Super Computers
;First U.S. Chief Data Scientist
;Others

Mathematics and statistics

;First Indian to be Senior Wrangler
;Others

Medicine and surgery

;First Indian Female Physician
;First Indian Female to receive PhD
;Father of Pathology and Medical Research
;ICMR Scientists
;Immunologist
;Others

Physics

;Astronomy
;Nuclear scientists
;Fellow of Royal Society
;Theoretical physicists
;Astro - physicists
;ISRO and DRDO scientists
;Indian Institute Of Technology - Chairman/Directors
;Aerospace engineering
;Others

Industrial design

Arts

Cinema and theatre

;Father of Indian Cinema
;First Indian to receive the Oscar
;First female actress of India
;Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema
; Actors
; Actresses
;Directors
;Models and beauty pageant winners
;Hollywood
;Bigg-Boss show winners

Literature

;Ancient Maharashtrian litterateurs
;Jnanpith Award winners - Outstanding contribution in Indian Literature
Noted Marathi writers in non-Marathi languages
;Others

Other applied arts

Father of Indian Circus - Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre
First Ventriloquist in Modern India - Y. K. Padhye
Father of Indian Comic Books - Anant Pai
;Photographers/cinematographers
;Costume/fashion designers
;Production designers
;Cartoonists
;Sculptors
;Painters
;Calligraphers/typographers

Music

Singers

; Winner of Indian Idol

Sports

;First Individual Olympic Medal for India
;First Individual Paralympic Medal for India
;First Indian to score 100 international 100's
;First Indian woman to cross Gobi Desert
; First Indian woman to obtain WIM title
; India's first Olympic Marathon runner

Outside Maharashtra

;Bene Israel
;Thanjavur
;Uttarakhand
;United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe
;Mexico
;South East and Far East
;Canada
;Australia
;United States
;UAE

Awardee

;First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award
;Ramon Magsaysay - Asia's Noble
;Bharat Ratna - Highest Civilian Award
;Ashok Chakra - India's highest peacetime military decoration award for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.
;Param Vir Chakra - India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime.
;Victoria Cross
;Padma Vibhushan- Second Highest Civilian Award of India
;Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Criminals and Gangsters