List of people from Gujarat

This is a list of notable people whose ancestry has been traced to Gujarat, India. The list includes actors and actresses, contributors to the Indian independence movement, trade/business tycoons, politicians, and others.Dev Thakkar is one of the most important person from this list

Notable persons of Gujarati origin

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Name	Field	Comments
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	Politics	Indian Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister Of India, Loh purush (Iron man of India)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	politician, writer, philosopher, lawyer	Independence activist and Father of the Nation 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 Pakistan
Ashish Mankad	Chartered Accountant	First blind C.A of Asia
Vikram Sarabhai	Science	father of India's space program
Azim Premji	Industrialist	Chairman of Wipro
Sunita Williams	Astronaut	NASA, Her paternal ancestry is from Jhulasan, Mehsana district in Gujarat, India.
Praful Bhavsar	Science	Director, Space Applications Center, ISRO
Bhargav Gajjar	Aerospace Robotics	NASA, Kennedy Space Center, MIT Media Lab, MIT
C. Kumar N. Patel	Electrical engineering	IEEE Medal of Honor
Narendra Modi	Politics	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
Pranav Mistry	Science	inventor and computer scientist
Falgun Rathod	Science	Ethical Hacker, Cyber Security
P. N. Bhagwati	justice	chief justice of India
Sam Manekshaw	Military	Chief of Army Staff, and India's first Indian Field Marshal
Gulzarilal Nanda	Politics	Bharat Ratna for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs
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
Thakkar Bapa	Misc -Social Worker
Abbas Tyabji	Politics
Ahmed Patel	Politics
Chimanbhai Patel	Politics
H. M. Patel	Politics
K. M. Munshi	Politics
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
Swami Dayananda Saraswati	Religion	Founder of the Arya Samaj
Zain Bhikha	Religion
Ahmed Deedat	Religion
Swaminarayan	Religion
Morari Bapu	Religion
Pramukh Swami Maharaj	Religion	PRAMUKH OF BAPS SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA
Ajay Jadeja	Sports	Cricketer, All-rounder
Irfan Pathan	Sports	Cricketer, All-rounder
Munaf Patel	Sports	Cricket, Bowler
Nari Contractor	Sports	Cricket, Bowler
Nayan Mongia	Sports	Cricket, Wicket Keeper
Parthiv Patel	Sports	Cricket, Wicket Keeper
Ravindra Jadeja	Sports	Cricket, Bowler, All-rounder
Vinoo Mankad	Sports	Cricket, Allrounder
Yusuf Pathan	Sports	Cricket, Allrounder
Cheteshwar Pujara	Sports	Cricket, Batsman
Jaydev Unadkat	Sports	Cricket, Bowler
Rajesh Chauhan	Sports	Cricket, 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
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
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 & editor	founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz.
Eruch Jessawala	Interpreter	Meher Baba's interpreter
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	Is a 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).
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.
Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir	politician	political activist, co-founder and first President of the Indian National Congress, founder of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.
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- Current	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
Vithalbhai Patel	politician	Member of Parliament
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
Lilian Patel	politician	Malawian politician
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)	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 & 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 (cricketer, born 1961)	sports	Indian cricketer
Kalpesh Patel (Indian cricketer)	sports	Indian cricketer
R. D. Patel (cricketer)	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
Kamal Patel	politician	Indian politician
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 brocker
Nand Kumar Patel	politician	Indian politician
Rita Patel	sports	Indian cricketer
Sameer Patel	sports	English cricketer
Karsanbhai Patel	business	Indian industrialist
Chetan Patel	sports	English cricketer
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
Rustomji Dorabji Patel	politician	Indian community leader
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	GujaratiLexicon founder
Ranchhodlal Chhotalal	business
Ramesh Oza	Hindu preacher	Bhagwad Kathakar
Morari Bapu	Hindu preacher	Ram Charit Manas Kathakar

Arts and entertainment

Name	Field	Notes
Abhijat Joshi	Arts and entertainment	Movie script writer
Aishwarya Majmudar	Arts and entertainment	Singer
Aditya Pancholi	Arts and entertainment	Actor
Alia Bhatt	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress
Alka Yagnik	Arts and entertainment	Singer
Ajay Sinh Rathod	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actors(Angry Young Man)
Ajit Merchant	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Alpesh Patel	Arts and entertainment	American film director
Ami Trivedi	Arts and entertainment	Theatre actor and currently a TV actor
Amit Trivedi	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Anandji Virji Shah	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Anees Bazmee	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Anuradha Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian actress
Ardeshir Irani	Arts and entertainment	Filmmaker
Aruna Irani	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress.
Asha Parekh	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood Actress
Ashmit Patel	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actor
Ayesha Takia	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress
Bapsi Sidhwa	Arts and entertainment	author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
Behramji Malabari	Arts and entertainment	poet, publicist, author, and social reformer
Ben Kingsley	Arts and entertainment	Movie actor
Boman Irani	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actor
Cyrus Broacha	Arts and entertainment	MTV India VJ and stand-up comedian.
Darshan Jariwala	Arts and entertainment	Movie actor
Deena M. Mistri	Arts and entertainment	author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal.
Dev Patel	Arts and entertainment	Movie actor
Devang Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian singer
Dhvani Desai	Arts and entertainment	animation film maker
Dina Pathak	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress
Disha Vakani	Arts and entertainment	Television actress, best known for her role in the TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.
Erick Avari	Arts and entertainment	Hollywood actor.
Fagun Thakrar	Arts and entertainment	Movie Director, International Actress
Falguni Pathak	Arts and entertainment	Singer ; Also referred as Garba Queen
Vipul K Rawal	Arts and entertainment	Scriptwriter of the movie Iqbal (film)
Farah Khan	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood Choreographer, Actress and Director
Farrukh Dhondy	Arts and entertainment	novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist
Firdaus Kanga	Arts and entertainment	author, actor and screenwriter
Firdaus Kharas	Arts and entertainment	Aimation, Television and Film producer and Director
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara)	Arts and entertainment	rock icon and lead singer for Queen.
Gayatri Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian Actress
Gieve Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian poet
Godrej Sidhwa	Arts and entertainment	theologian, historian and high priest.
Harish Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian actor
Hemant Chauhan	Arts and entertainment	Singer
Himesh Patel	Arts and entertainment	British actor
Himesh Reshammiya	Arts and entertainment	Music composer, singer, actor, producer
Homai Vyarawalla	Arts and entertainment	1st woman photojournalist of India
Homi Adajania	Arts and entertainment	Film Director, Writer and SCUBA Diving Instructor (CMAS Three Star)
Indra Kumar	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Ishu Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian animated film director
Ismail Darbar	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Ismail Merchant	Arts and entertainment	Movie producer
Jemish Patel	Arts and entertainment	British TV personality
John Abraham	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood Actor
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji	Arts and entertainment	composer, music critic, pianist, and writer.
Kaizad Gustad	Arts and entertainment	film director
Kalpen Modi	Arts and entertainment	Fictional TV character
Kalyanji Virji Shah	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Karan Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian actor
Kavi Kant	Arts and entertainment	poet
Keki Daruwalla	Arts and entertainment	poet and writer
Ketan Mehta	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Kiran Shah	Arts and entertainment	actor and stunt player
Kunal Ganjawala	Arts and entertainment	Singer
Mahesh Bhatt	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Mahesh Kanodia	Arts and entertainment	Singer
Mahesh Kanodia	Arts and entertainment	Music Director
Mallika Sarabhai	Arts and entertainment	Dancer
Manhar Udhas	Arts and entertainment	Singer
Manmohan Desai	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Mauli Dave	Arts and entertainment	Indian singer, actor, dancer, and television host
Mehli Mehta	Arts and entertainment	musician, founder of the Bombay Philharmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
Mehr Jesia	Arts and entertainment	Indian model
Mukesh Bhatt	Arts and entertainment	Movie producer
Naresh Kanodia	Arts and entertainment	Film actor
Natvar Bhavsar	Arts and entertainment	Indian-American painter
Neil Patel	Arts and entertainment	American scenic designer
Neeraj Vora	Arts and entertainment	Indian film director, writer, actor and composer
Nikki Patel	Arts and entertainment	British actress
Nina Wadia	Arts and entertainment	British-Indian comedian and television actress, currently and most notably from EastEnders
Pannalal Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian writer
Paresh Rawal	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actor
Parveen Babi	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood Actress and model
Persis Khambatta	Arts and entertainment	actress and model Miss India in 1965.
Pooja Bhatt	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress
Pooja Shah	Arts and entertainment	British actress
Prachi Desai	Arts and entertainment	Television & Bollywood Actress
Rajendra Keshavlal Shah	Arts and entertainment	poet
Ranjit Barot	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Ratna Pathak	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress
Ravi Patel	Arts and entertainment	American actor
Rihaan Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian film director
Rohinton Mistry	Arts and entertainment	novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
Sajid Nadiadwala	Arts and entertainment	Movie producer
Salim-Sulaiman	Arts and entertainment	Music composer, singer
Sam Dastor	Arts and entertainment	television actor and director.
Sanjay Gadhvi	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Shapur Kharegat	Arts and entertainment	Journalist, editor and director of The Economist (Asia)
Shefali Shah	Arts and entertainment	Movie actress
Shekhar Ravjiani	Arts and entertainment	Music composer, singer
Shiamak Davar	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood choreographer
Shravan Rathod	Arts and entertainment	Music composer
Siddharth Randeria	Arts and entertainment	Theater & film actor
Sohrab Modi	Arts and entertainment	stage and film actor, director and producer.
Sooni Taraporevala	Arts and entertainment	screenwriter, author and photographer.
Supriya Pathak	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood & Television actress
Salil Desai	Chartered Accountant
Tanvi Vyas	Arts and entertainment	Model
Tulip Joshi	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actress
Urvashi Dholakia	Arts and entertainment	Television & Bollywood Actress,
Vasant Rai	Arts and entertainment	Sitar player
Vatsal Sheth	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actor
Vikram Bhatt	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood writer, producer
Vipul Shah	Arts and entertainment	Movie director
Viraf Patel	Arts and entertainment	Indian model
Vishvesh Parmar	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood - Playback Singer, Music Composer & Producer, Sound Engineer Popular for his Gujarati Rock Song "Pankhida" for the film 'Kevi Rite Jaish'
Yatin Patel	Arts and entertainment	Photographer
Zarin Mehta	Arts and entertainment	musician, executive director of the New York Philharmonic since 2000
Zubin Mehta	Arts and entertainment	musician, Musical Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maggio Musicale
Zubin Varla	Arts and entertainment	stage actor.
Sanjeev Kumar	Arts and entertainment	Bollywood actor, Real name Harihar jariwala
Namitha	Arts and entertainment	Indian mode, Tollywood actor, Miss India 4th

Gujarat's British Royals 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 just eight generations, with the woman, Eliza Kewark, who was housekeeper to Prince William's fifth great-grandfather 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.

In his direct maternal line, William descends from Eliza Kewark, a housekeeper for his great-great-great-great-great grandfather Theodore Forbes, a Scottish merchant who worked for the East India Company in Surat. She is variously described in contemporary documents as "a dark-skinned native woman", "an Armenian woman from Bombay", and "Mrs. Forbesian". Genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner assumed she was Armenian. 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.

See also

• List of Gujarati poets
• Lists of Indians by state
• List of Parsis