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'''Goswami''' is an Indian surname and honorific title<ref name=nb>{{Citation |last=Bond |first=N. |title=Exploring pilgrimage and religious heritage tourism experiences. |date=January 2015 |work=Religious tourism and pilgrimage management: an international perspective |pages=118–129 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780645230.0118 |access-date=2024-09-28 |place=UK |publisher=CABI |doi=10.1079/9781780645230.0118 |isbn=978-1-78064-523-0|url-access=subscription }}</ref> used by [[Brahmin]]s<ref name=nb/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pushtimarg |url=https://archive.org/stream/Pushtimarg/APrestigiousPathToGraceClassModernityAndFemaleReligiosityInPustimargVaisnavism_djvu.txt |title=Pushtimarg |pages=v}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Saha |first=Shandip |date=2004-01-01 |title=Creating a Community of Grace: A History of the Pusti Marga in Northern and Western India (1493-1905) |url=https://www.academia.edu/9013858 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32182/page/n135/mode/1up?view=theater |title=A History Of Dasnami Naga Sanyasis |pages=110}}</ref> and Hindu [[Asceticism|ascetics]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Giri |first=Madhu |date=2019-12-22 |title=Cultural Crisis of Caste Renouncer: A Study of Dasnami Sanyasi Identity in Nepal |url=https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/mef/article/view/33588 |journal=Molung Educational Frontier |volume=9 |pages=91–108 |doi=10.3126/mef.v9i0.33588 |issn=2542-2596|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bayly |first=C. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfo3AAAAIAAJ |title=Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770-1870 |date=1988-05-19 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-31054-3 |language=en}}</ref> It is also pronounced as, [[Gosains]], Gosine, [[Gossain]], [[Gosain]], Gossai, and Gosavi.

==Notables==
Notable people with the surname or title Goswami include:<!--Only add notable people to this list; this usually means they have their own Wikipedia article. See Wikipedia:Notability (people)-->
*[[Six Goswamis of Vrindavana]]
*[[Abhishek Goswami]], Indian cricketer
*[[Abir Goswami]], Indian actor
*[[Alpana Goswami]], Indian actress
*[[Anay Goswamy]], cinematographer
* [[Amar Goswami]] (1945–2012), Indian journalist and Hindi fiction writer
* [[Anil Goswami]], Union Home Secretary of India
*[[Anjali Goswami]], Honorary Professor of paleobiology at University College London
*[[Arup Kumar Goswami]], Indian judge, chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
* [[Arnab Goswami]], Indian television journalist
*[[Ashokpuri Goswami]], Gujarati poet and writer 
*[[B. N. Goswamy]], Indian art critic, art historian
* [[Bhairavi Goswami]], model
* [[Bindiya Goswami]], actress
* [[Brindaban Goswami]], Indian politician
*[[Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami]], founder of the religious organization Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
*[[Bhakti Vijnana Goswami]], Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and a leader
*[[Bhupendra Nath Goswami]], Indian meteorologist, climatologist
*[[Bijoy Krishna Goswami]], Hindu social reformer and religious figure
*[[Chuni Goswami]], Indian professional footballer
* [[Dharendra Yogi Goswami]], Indo-American scholar, inventor
*[[Dulal Chandra Goswami]], Indian politician
*[[Debashish Goswami]], Indian mathematician
*[[Debabrata Goswami]], Indian chemist
*[[Dinesh Chandra Goswami]], scientist, author
*[[Dinesh Goswami]], Indian politician
* Acharya Dr. [[Gokulotsavji Maharaj]] Goswami, Indian classical singer, composer, and musicologist  of Hindustani classical music
* [[Golok Chandra Goswami]], academic, journalist
* [[Gopala Bhatta Goswami]], foremost disciple of the Vaishnavasaint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and a leading historical figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism
* [[Gracy Goswami]], Indian child actress
*[[Hardwar Goswami]], Gujarati language poet, writer, and playwright
*[[Hemant Goswami]], social activist
* [[Himanish Goswami]], Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist
*[[Hitendra Nath Goswami]], Indian politician
* [[Indu Goswami]], India politician
* [[Jhulan Goswami]], ICC Women's Player of the Year 2007
* Acharya [[Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy]], Indian vocalist 
* [[Joy Goswami]], Indian Bengali-language poet
* [[Joyasree Goswami Mahanta]], India politician
*[[Jitendra Nath Goswami|Jitendranath Goswami]], Indian scientist
*[[Jiva Goswami]], philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition
*[[Karunamaya Goswami]], musicologist and litterateur
* [[KK Goswami]], television actor
*[[Kunal Goswami]], actor, businessman
* [[Lajja Goswami]], Indian markswoman
* [[Madhumita Goswami]], badminton player
* [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]], Indian Assamese-language writer and Jnanpith Award winner
*[[Manoj Kumar]] (born Harikrishna Giri Goswami), Bollywood actor
*[[Mukunda Goswami]], spiritual leader
*[[Morya Gosavi]], prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect
* [[Mohan Nath Goswami]], Ashok Chakra Awardee, Para 9 commando
*[[Manish R Goswami]], television producer
* [[Moloya Goswami]], Indian actress in Assamese-language movies and National Film Award winner
* [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]], Indian editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer
*[[Mihir Goswami]], Indian politician
*[[Meenakshi Goswami]], Indian film actress
* [[Nabha Dass|Goswami Nabha Dass]], saint, theologian and author
*[[Nipon Goswami]], Indian actor
*[[Omkar Goswami]], Indian economist and journalist
*[[Parbati Kumar Goswami]], Indian Jurist, Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge
*[[Pitambar Deva Goswami]], spiritual leader and social reformer
*[[Prabodh Chandra Goswami]], mathematician and teacher
*[[Prahlad Giri Goswami]], politician
*[[Prashant Goswami]], computational geoscientist, climatologist
* Acharya [[Radhika Prasad Goswamy]], Indian Hindustani classical vocalist
*[[Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami]], saint and Hindu philosopher
*[[Raghunatha dasa Goswami]], Hindu saint and philosopher
* [[Rajiv Goswami]], student leader
*[[Ram Narayan Goswami]], Indian politician
* [[Rama Tirtha|Rama Tirtha Goswami]], saint and Hindu philosopher
* [[Ramakant Goswami]], Indian National Congress politician
*[[Ravinder Goswami]], Indian endocrinologist and professor
* [[Runki Goswami]], Indian classical singer and composer
*[[Rupa Goswami]], devotional teacher (guru), poet, and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
*[[Sanatana Goswami]], principal disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
*[[Satsvarupa dasa Goswami|Satsvarupa das Goswami]], writer, poet, and artist
*[[Shahana Goswami]], actress
* [[Shivanand Goswami]], poet and scholar
* [[Shreevats Goswami]], Indian cricketer
*[[Shantidas Adhikari|Shantidas Goswami]], Hindu preacher
*[[Shyam Manohar Goswami]], sanskritist, philosopher, spiritual leader, reformer and guru of the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism
*[[Shyam Sundar Goswami]], Indian classical vocalist
*[[Srubabati Goswami]], Indian scientist
*[[Sriman Prafulla Goswami]], politician
*[[Ugrashravas|Suta Goswami (Ugrashravas)]], disciple of Vyasa
*[[Tamal Krishna Goswami]], spiritual leader
*[[Tulsidas|Goswami Tulsidas]], Hindu saint and poet author of the epic ''[[Ramcharitmanas]]''
* [[Udita Goswami]], Bollywood actress
* [[Usha Goswami]], nNeuroscientist
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