Pandey
Pandey, Pande, Panday or Pandya is primarily a Hindu Brahmin surname commonly found in India and Nepal. The term is used to refer to an individual with specialized knowledge in any of the domains of Hinduism, particularly the Vedas. In Hindi, in addition to being a surname, pāṇḍe is used to denote Pandit or expert and derived from the Sanskrit term ''Pandita.''
India
Most people with this surname in India are classified under the Brahmin varna. It is mainly found in people of the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh, but also in Karnataka in South India.Nepal
People with this surname are found in the Bahun and the Chhetri Kshatriya communities of Nepal. The famous Pande dynasty of Nepal were a Chhetri aristocratic family that dominated the Nepalese administration and military up until the 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar.Notable people
- Aditya Pande, Indian contemporary artist
- Alok Pandey, Indian actor
- Ananya Panday, Indian actress
- Basdeo Panday, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001
- B. D. Pande, former governor of Punjab and West Bengal
- Bhim Bahadur Pande, Nepalese aristocrat, diplomat and historian, awarded title of Sardar
- Brij Bihari Pandey, Indian political leader
- Chhavi Pandey, Indian actress and anchor
- Chittu Pandey, Freedom fighter from Baliya
- Chunky Panday, Bollywood film star
- Dalbhanjan Pande, Nepalese politician, military officer and senior minister from Gora Pande clan
- Damodar Pande, Mulkaji of Kingdom of Nepal; Son of Kaji Kalu Pande
- Ganesh Pandey, first Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom
- Ganpath Rai Pandey, Indian revolutionary, rebel leader and zamindar
- Ghanshyam Pande, religious leader, commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers
- Govind Chandra Pande, Indianhistorian
- Gyanendra Pandey , Indian cricketer
- Kabinga Pande, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zambia
- Kalu Pande ; Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom, one of the Nepalese military leaders of Unification of Nepal, leader of aristocratic Pande family of Nepal
- Kedar Pandey, politician, Chief Minister of Bihar
- Kedar Nath Pandey, Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India
- Rahul Sankrityayan, polyglot writer, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy Award winner
- Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, Nepali politician
- Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier who played a key part in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Great Rebellion of 1857
- Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
- Manish Raj Pandey, Nepalese cricketer
- Capt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Indian Army officer from 11th Gorkha Rifles; winner of Param Vir Chakra, India's highest bravery award
- Mike Pandey, Indian wildlife film maker
- Mrinal Pande, Indian journalist, editor, columnist
- Neeraj Pandey, Bollywood film director, writer & producer
- Nirmal Pandey, Bollywood actor from Nainital in Uttarakhand
- Nitesh Pandey, Indian TV/films actor
- Piyush Pandey, advertising executive, Mumbai, India
- Poonam Pandey, Bollywood actor, Mumbai, India
- Pradeep Pandey, Indian film actor
- Prem Chand Pandey, scientist and founder director, NCAOR-Indian Antarctic Program
- Prithvi Bahadur Pande, Chairman of Nepal Investment Mega Bank Limited
- Rahul Pandey, Indian playback singer
- Raj Mangal Pande, politician, former Central HRD Cabinet Minister, Government of India
- Rajkumar R. Pandey, Indian film director, producer, music composer and screenwriter
- Rana Jang Pande , Prime Minister of Nepal, Son of Kaji Damodar Pande
- Ranajit Pande, Nepalese Mulkaji from aristocratic Pande family
- Rangaraj Pandey, Tamil journalist, political analyst, actor, TV anchor
- Rati Pandey, Indian actress and anchor
- Ravish Kumar, Journalist at NDTV
- Ritesh Pandey, Indian politician
- Ritesh Pandey , Indian singer
- Rohini Pande, American economist
- Sandeep Pandey, Indian social activist
- Santosh Pandey
- Santosh Pandey
- Saroj Pandey, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shikha Pandey, Indian female cricketer
- Sudip Pandey, Indian film actor and producer
- Sunil Pandey, Indian politician
- Surendra Pandey, Nepali politician
- Tansen, one of navratnas of Akbar and scholar of ragas and India's great musician
- Tarkeshwar Pandey, former Indian Member of Parliament
- V. C. Pande, former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
- Vamsharaj Pande, Dewan of Kingdom of Nepal
- Vijay Kumar Pandey, Nepali media personality
- Vijay S. Pande, Trinidadian–American protein biochemist
- Vinod Pande, Indian film maker and author
- Members of Pande family
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