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This is a list of notable people who belong to the Hindu [[Brahmin]] [[Caste system in India|caste]].

== Artist ==
*[[Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar]], artist<ref>{{Cite web|title=K K Hebbar {{!}} Indianartideas.in|url=https://indianartideas.in/artist-detail/KKHebbar|access-date=24 May 2021|website=indianartideas.in}}</ref>
*[[M. V. Dhurandhar]], Indian artist known for his postcard arts<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gallery|first=Dhoomimal|date=1 November 2019|title=M. V. Dhurandhar and Post Card Art form in 20th century India|url=https://www.dhoomimalgallery.com/post.php?id=100|access-date=24 August 2021|website=Dhoomimal Gallery}}</ref>
*[[Ravishankar Raval]], Indian artist<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desai|first=Nachiketa|title=Chhaganlal Jadhav, Dalit artist who sketched history of Gandhi's times|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/dalit-artist-who-captured-history-in-his-sketchbook|access-date=24 August 2021|website=National Herald|date=30 September 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*[[S. Rajam|S.Rajam]], Indian artist and Carnatic musician. He is the older brother of Tamil film director and musician [[S. Balachander]] and actress [[S. Jayalakshmi]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 March 2019|title=S Rajam: The Complete Aesthete|url=https://openthemagazine.com/art-culture/music/s-rajam-the-complete-aesthete/|access-date=23 June 2021|website=Open The Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Y.G. Srimati]], Indian artist whose painting figures were [[Hindu mythology]] and her style was influenced by [[Nandalal Bose]] & frescoes of the [[Ajanta Caves]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Melwani|first=Lavina|date=7 January 2017|title=Renaissance woman|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/Renaissance-woman/article17004330.ece|access-date=28 August 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Bureaucrats ==
*[[Brajesh Mishra]], India's first [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security advisor]], Indian diplomat for [[Indian Foreign Service]] and Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|principal secretary]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 October 2012|title=Brajesh Mishra: The last bureaucrat|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-mainstream-maverick/brajesh-mishra-the-last-bureaucrat/|access-date=29 June 2021|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Joshi |first=Joshi |date=29 September 2012 |title=Brajesh Mishra, former National Security Advisor, passes away|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-national-security-advisor-brajesh-mishra-dead-117341-2012-09-28|access-date=29 June 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dhanvanthi Rama Rau]], founder and former president of [[Family Planning Association of India|Family Planning Association India]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 July 2021|title=A pioneer to remember|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/a-pioneer-to-remember-1003803.html|access-date=16 September 2021|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Durga Prasad Dhar]], Indian diplomat who was the [[List of ambassadors of India to Russia|Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union]], minister in [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir|Government of J&K]] and [[Government of India|India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=DPS in Kashmir: understanding the real mission {{!}} KashmirDispatch|url=https://kashmirdispatch.com/2016/06/23/dps-in-kashmir-understanding-the-real-mission/144208/|access-date=6 August 2021|website=kashmirdispatch.com}}</ref>
*[[Hemant Karkare]], [[Indian Police Service]] who was the chief of [[Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 April 2019|title=Hemant Karkare does not need a certificate from Sadhvi who cursed him|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/hemant-karkare-sadhvi-pragya-mumbai-attack-lok-sabha-elections-5689220/|access-date=31 July 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cop and an Ascetic|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/cop-and-an-ascetic-1502757260.html/amp|access-date=31 July 2021|website=www.thestatesman.com|date=20 May 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Mannem Nageswara Rao]], former-interim director officer [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Desk|first1=NH Web|date=12 September 2020|title=Former CBI Director Nageswara Rao under fire for rejoicing at the death of Swami Agnivesh|language=en|work=National Herald|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/former-cbi-director-nageswara-rao-under-fire-for-rejoicing-at-the-death-of-swami-agnivesh|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya]], Indian [[civil engineer]] and [[List of Diwans of Mysore|Diwan of Mysore]].He was the chief engineer of [[Krishna Raja Sagara]] dam. He is considered "Father of Indian Civil Engineering"<ref>{{cite book|author=Nath, Pandri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pv63AAAAIAAJ|title=Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya: life and work|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|year=1987|page=47}}</ref>
*[[P. N. Dhar]], Indian economist who was the head of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s secretariat and one of her closest advisers<ref>{{Cite news |last=Padgaonkar |first=Dileep |date=28 July 2001|title=Remembering Sheila |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/remembering-sheila/articleshow/871982908.cms|access-date=6 August 2021|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
*[[P. N. Haksar]], first [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]] (1971–1973) and deputy chairman of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] (1975–1977). He was the first chancellor of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 October 2011|title=Obituary: P. N. Haksar|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-p-n-haksar-1188604.html|access-date=23 July 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>
*[[P. V. Gopalan]], Indian bureaucrat who served as director of relief measures & refugees in the [[government of Zambia]], advisor to 1st president of Zambia [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary to the Government of India]]. He is the grandfather of [[Kamala Harris]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shepherd|first=Kancha Ilaiah|date=10 November 2020|title=Kamala Harris' journey from 'Brahmin' to Blackhood is rarest of the rare|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/kamala-harris-journey-from-brahmin-to-blackhood-is-rarest-of-the-rare/540624/|access-date=20 December 2021|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Ravindra Kaushik]], Spy & [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] operative famously known as Black Tiger, He is regarded as [[India]]'s greatest spy to be engaged in [[Undercover operation]] at [[Pakistan Armed Forces]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=rashid|first=sumaira|title=Ravindra Kaushik, 'The Black Tiger'- India's Greatest Spy|url=https://theindianness.com/ravindra-kaushik-the-black-tiger-indias-greatest-spy/|access-date=19 June 2021|website=The Indianness|date=12 April 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118034935/https://theindianness.com/ravindra-kaushik-the-black-tiger-indias-greatest-spy/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[R. N. Kao]], Indian spymaster and the first founder chief of India's external intelligence agency [[Research and Analysis Wing]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pal|first=Sanchari|date=3 February 2017|title=The Secret Life of a Spymaster: Remembering R. N. Kao, the Legendary Founder Chief of RAW|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/85102/r-n-kao-legendary-spymaster-first-intelligence-chief-founder-raw-india/|access-date=23 July 2021|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Satyendra Dubey]], [[Indian Engineering Services|IES]] officer and was the project director in the [[National Highways Authority of India]] at [[Koderma district|Koderma]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=3 sentenced to life in Satyendra Dubey murder case – Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/3-sentenced-to-life-in-satyendra-dubey-murder-case/596419/|access-date=9 July 2021|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>
*[[Sukumar Sen (civil servant)|Sukumar Sen]], Indian civil servant who was the first [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] & first Chief Election Commissioner in [[Sudan]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lather|first=Vikas|title=The extraordinary man who set up India's extraordinary electoral system|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/ls-election-the-extraordinary-man-who-set-up-indias-extraordinary-electoral-system/20140409.htm|access-date=24 July 2021|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Suresh Tendulkar]], Indian economist and former chief of the [[National Statistical Commission]]. He was a member of Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]]'s [[Economic Advisory Council]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moneycontrol.com|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/news_print.php?autono=560565&sr_no=0&classic=true|access-date=6 July 2021|website=www.moneycontrol.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mitra |first=Sumit |date=15 April 1997 |title=Professor Tendulkar doesn't mince words when it comes to slamming government|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19970415-professor-tendulkar-doesnt-mince-words-when-it-comes-to-slamming-government-831291-1997-04-15|access-date=6 July 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*[[T. N. Seshan]], Indian bureaucrat who was the 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] & 18th [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 June 1994|title=ASIA : Film-Star Famous, Indian Reformer Is Facing a Fall : The public loves crusading election official T.N. Seshan. But his imperious ways have irked the ruling party.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-11-mn-2808-story.html|access-date=12 September 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit|Vijay Lakshmi Pandit]], Indian diplomat who was the first female [[governor of Maharashtra]] and first female president of the [[United Nations General Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 August 2018|title=Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit {{!}} The Great Daughter of India|url=https://prakharjeevan.com/vijaya-lakshmi-pandit-the-great-daughter-of-india/|access-date=18 July 2021|website=Prakhar Jeevan|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=3 October 2017|title=How Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Built a Political Career in British India's Man's World|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/117110/vijaya-lakshmi-pandit/|access-date=18 July 2021|website=The Better India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[V. K. R. V. Rao]], Indian economist and educator who founded the [[Delhi School of Economics]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sunday Tribune – Books|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080824/spectrum/book6.htm|access-date=18 February 2022|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

== Business ==
*[[Dwarkanath Tagore]], first Indian industrialists to form an enterprise with British partners. He is the founder of [[Carr, Tagore and Company]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100425/spectrum/book3.htm|access-date=24 August 2021|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref> 
*[[Vijay Shekhar Sharma]] born 15 July 1978) is an Indian technology entrepreneur and [[billionaire]] businessman. He is the chairman, managing director and CEO of [[One97 Communications]] and its consumer brand [[Paytm]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/vijay-shekhar-sharma-reappointed-as-md-ceo-of-paytm-till-dec-2027/91732089|title=Vijay Shekhar Sharma reappointed as MD & CEO of Paytm till Dec 2027|work=Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/at-37-he-has-a-billion-dollar-firm-what-vijay-sharma-overcame-1209157|title=Began College at 15, Has Billion-Dollar Firm at 37|first=Natasha|last=Jog|date=20 August 2015|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>
*[[Indra Nooyi]], Indian-American business executive and former CEO of [[PepsiCo]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gelles|first1=David|date=21 March 2019|title=Indra Nooyi: 'I'm Not Here to Tell You What to Eat'|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/business/indra-nooyi-corner-office-pepsi.html|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nilekani|first1=Nandan|date=7 February 2007|title=Personal side of Indra Nooyi|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/personal-side-of-indra-nooyi/articleshow/1576115.cms|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Sheela Gautam]], founder and owner of Sheela Foam Limited. She was the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (June 1991 – May 2004).<ref>{{Cite web|last=University|first=Sheela Bhatt at the Aligarh Muslim|title=Reading the Muslim mind in UP and Bihar|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2009/apr/22loksabhapoll-reading-the-muslim-mind-in-up-and-bihar.htm|access-date=25 July 2021|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref>
*[[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]] was a lawyer, Indian Independence activist and managing director of [[The Hindu]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=V K Narasimhan|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.220049|title=Kasturi Ranga Iyengar|date=1963}}</ref>
*[[Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist)]], is a [[Bangalore]]-based [[entrepreneur]], [[motivational speaker]], and [[animal welfare]] activist who runs a home for over 700 rescued dogs.<ref>{{cite news|title=TWB gives chance to rewrite your success story|url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news/twb-gives-chance-to-rewrite-your-success-story-5723109854_1.html|access-date=26 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[S. S. Vasan]], founder of the Tamil-language magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' and the film production company [[Gemini Studios]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2016|title=S. S. Vasan|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/s-s-vasan/|access-date=14 August 2021|website=www.istampgallery.com|language=en-US |author1=Admin }}</ref>
*[[T. T. Krishnamachari]], founder of [[TTK Group|TTK group]] and [[TTK Prestige|Prestige]]. He also served as finance minister (1956–1966) and founded [[National Council of Applied Economic Research|NCAER]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=India Infoline – Finance-Ministers-Of-India|url=https://www.indiainfoline.com/finance-ministers-of-india/t-t-krishnamachari|access-date=11 August 2021|website=www.indiainfoline.com}}</ref>
*[[T. V. Ramasubbaiyer]], Indian philanthropist & Founder of the popular Tamil daily newspaper ''[[Dinamalar]]''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ&dq=T.+V.+Ramasubbaiyer+brahmin&pg=PT226|title=INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=25 November 2018|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-280-0|language=en}}</ref>
*[[T. V. Sundaram Iyengar]], founder of [[TVS Motor Company|TVS Co]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketingmind.in/8-most-successful-indian-family-businesses-running-over-a-century/|title = 8 Most Successful Indian Family Businesses Running over a Century|date = 7 October 2019}}</ref>

== Dancers ==
* [[Rekha Raju]], Indian dancer who was specialised in both [[Bharatanatyam|Bharatnatyam]] and [[Mohiniyattam]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Soumyabrata |date=26 May 2018 |title=Dance is not just natyam, its life, says danseuse Dr Rekha Raju |url=https://www.asianage.com/newsmakers/260518/dance-is-not-just-natyam-its-life-says-danseuse-dr-rekha-raju.html |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=The Asian Age}}</ref>
* [[Rukmini Devi Arundale|Rukmini Devi]], Indian Classical Dancer who catalysed the renaissance of [[Bharatanatyam]] dance. She was the first woman in Indian to be nominated as member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]. She received [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2017|title=Know the Only Indian in Today's Google Doodle? She Could Have Been India's First Female President!|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/90623/rukmini-devi-arundale-bharatnatyam-kalakshetra-president/|access-date=4 July 2021|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Sitara Devi]], eminent Indian dancer of classical [[Kathak]] style. She received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Unforgettable Sitara Devi|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/weekend/the-unforgettable-sitara-devi|access-date=25 December 2021|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Uday Shankar]], Indian dancer who is considered as Pioneer of Modern Dance in India. He received [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Essay, Biography of "Uday Shankar", Career Information, Achievements, Family, Marriage, Age, Facts and Other Information.|url=https://www.hindigatha.com/2021/11/essay-biography-of-uday-shankar-career.html|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kothari|first=Sunil|date=27 December 2018|title=Reliving the classic film Kalpana by dance great Uday Shankar|url=https://www.asianage.com/life/more-features/271218/reliving-the-classic-film-kalpana-by-dance-great-uday-shankar.html|access-date=17 December 2021|website=The Asian Age}}</ref>
* [[Vempati Chinna Satyam]], Indian dancer who was the guru of the [[Kuchipudi]] dance form. He received [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 July 2012|title=Dance guru Chinna Satyam passes away {{!}} Hyderabad News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/dance-guru-chinna-satyam-passes-away/articleshow/15261890.cms|access-date=17 December 2021|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Film industry ==
=== Actors ===
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*[[Atul Agnihotri]], Indian Hindi film actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Priya |date=12 March 2014 |title=Salim uncle replaced my father: Atul Agnihotri |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Atul-Agnihotri-O-Teri-Salman-in-O-Teri-Salim-uncle-replaced-my-father-Atul-Agnihotri/articleshow/31841326.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=10 August 2016 |quote=We are Brahmins from Punjab.}}</ref>
*[[Crazy Mohan]], Indian actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crazy Mohan, King of One-Liners, No More|url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/crazy-mohan-king-of-one-liners-no-more/57409.html|access-date=25 November 2021|website=Moneylife NEWS & VIEWS|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]], Indian actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 2013 |title=Dharmavarapu passes away |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Cinema/2013-12-08/Dharmavarapu-passes-away/78904 |access-date=11 April 2022 |newspaper=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jayaram]], Indian actor who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Waking up to the Dosa Alarm|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/food/features/2018/06/30/waking-up-to-the-dosa-alarm.html|access-date=4 July 2021|website=Onmanorama}}</ref>
*[[Jeevan (Hindi actor)|Jeevan]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2020 |title=Remembering Jeevan, Indian cinema's favourite villain who also played Narad Muni 61 times |url=https://theprint.in/features/remembering-jeevan-indian-cinemas-favourite-villain-who-also-played-narad-muni-61-times/437769/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Major Sundarrajan]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pandya|first1=Haresh|date=15 March 2003|title=Obituary: 'Major' Sundararajan|language=en|work=the Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/15/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Manoj Bajpayee]], Indian actor who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Manoj Bajpayee believes in Lord Shiva – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Manoj-Bajpayee-believes-in-Lord-Shiva/articleshow/9063387.cms|access-date=4 July 2020|work=The Times of India|date=2 July 2011|quote=I was born in a devout Brahmin family and so religion has always been a way of life}}</ref>
*[[Mohit Raina]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 June 2020|title=I am living a bairagee jeevan like Lord Shiva: Mohit Raina|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/interviews/i-am-living-bairagee-jeevan-lord-shiva-mohit-raina|access-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623055542/https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/interviews/i-am-living-bairagee-jeevan-lord-shiva-mohit-raina|archive-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Paresh Rawal]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite news |title=Rahul is a fake Brahmin: Paresh Rawal |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.com/rahul-is-a-fake-brahmin-paresh-rawal/68946598.html |work=Ahmedabad Mirror |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Raaj Kumar]], Indian film actor who acted in [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominated movie [[Mother India]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 July 2008|title=The true avatar of 'Mother India'!|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/The-true-avatar-of-lsquoMother-Indiarsquo/article15399249.ece|access-date=24 May 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Sanjeev Kumar]], Indian actor who is the seventh greatest actor of Indian cinema of all time in a poll conducted by [[Rediff.com]]<ref>{{Cite web|title="Sanjeev Kumar had lots of women around him…"|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/sanjeev-kumar-had-lots-of-women-around-him-14412.html|access-date=6 December 2021|website=filmfare.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sharman Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 October 2011|title=A Gujarati Brahmin who experiments with crocodile meat|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-a-gujarati-brahmin-who-experiments-with-crocodile-meat-1602242|access-date=19 June 2021|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Shankar Nag]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 October 2011|title=An Actor and Visionary – Shankar Nag|url=https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/shankar-nag-kannada-actor/|access-date=28 August 2021|website=Karnataka.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Sidharth Shukla]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Karan Johar is like Narendra Modi in my life: Sidharth Shukla – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Karan-Johar-is-like-Narendra-Modi-in-my-life-Sidharth-Shukla/articleshow/36888125.cms|access-date=4 July 2020|website=The Times of India|date=21 June 2014 |language=en|quote=We are Brahmins originally from Allahabad}}</ref>
*[[Uday Kiran]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Big '4' blamed for Uday Kiran suicide |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140107/news-current-affairs/article/big-4%E2%80%99-blamed-uday-kiran-suicide-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108064444/http://deccanchronicle.com/140107/news-current-affairs/article/big-4%E2%80%99-blamed-uday-kiran-suicide-0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2014 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=7 January 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Unnikrishnan Namboothiri]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Unnikrishnan Nampoothiri: Actor, 'pious Brahmin, equally pious Communist' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/jan/21/unnikrishnan-nampoothiri-actor-pious-brahmin-equally-pious-communist-2252880.html |access-date=17 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[Y. V. Rao|Y.V Rao]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

[[File:Phalke.jpg|thumb|[[Dadasaheb Phalke]]]]

=== Directors, cinematographers and producers ===
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*[[B. V. Karanth]], film director who received [[Padma Shri|Padma shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joshi|first=Lalit Mohan|date=17 September 2002|title=Obituary: BV Karanth|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/sep/17/guardianobituaries|access-date=26 November 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dadasaheb Phalke]], producer and Father of Indian Cinema.[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] named after him for lifetime contribution to cinema and is the highest official recognition for film personalities in the country<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 April 2018|title=Dadasaheb Phalke: Some lesser known facts about the father of Indian cinema|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/dadasaheb-phalke-some-lesser-known-facts-about-the-father-of-indian-cinema/|access-date=20 May 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Girish Karnad]], film director who received India's top literary prize, the [[Jnanpith Award]], [[Padma Shri]] in 1974 and [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/www.livemint.com/news/india/the-untold-story-of-girish-karnad-1560438038742.html|title=The untold story of Girish Karand}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[G. V. Iyer]], Indian film director called "Kannada [[Bheeshma]]" who was the only person who made [[Sanskrit cinema|films]] in [[Sanskrit]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=A file picture of the Kannada film maker G.V. Iyer who passed away in Mumbai... {{!}} The Hindu Images|url=https://www.ywc.thehindu.com/details-page.php?id=2102779|access-date=9 August 2021|website=www.ywc.thehindu.com|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809173213/https://www.ywc.thehindu.com/details-page.php?id=2102779|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], film director who received [[Golden Bear]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], [[NTR National Award]] and [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award|DadaSaheb Phalke Award]]. Chairman of the [[Central Board of Film Certification|CBFC]] and [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 September 2011|title=Hrishikesh Mukherjee|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hrishikesh-mukherjee-413774.html|access-date=21 May 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>
*[[K. Viswanath]], film director. Recipient of Padma Shri, [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]], and Dadasaheb Phalke Award<ref>Srinivasa Rao Yenda (2022). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360774673_K_Viswanath's_Telugu_Films-_Tools_of_Gandhian_Reform_of_Caste_and_Culture_and_Revival_of_Classicism_and_Brahminism ''K Viswanath’s Telugu Films- Tools of Gandhian Reform of Caste and Culture and Revival of Classicism and Brahminism'']. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2022.2076526

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*[[K. Balachander]], filmmaker who is called Iyakkunar Sigaram (Director Paramount). He received [[Padma Shri]] and [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award|DadaSaheb Phalke Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=K Balachander's 2nd death anniversary: Remembering the revolutionary filmmaker|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/k-balachander-director-birthday-328279-2016-07-09|access-date=28 August 2021|website=India Today|date=9 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kidar Sharma]], Indian film director<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kidar Sharma|url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/kidar-sharma|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Cinemaazi|language=en}}</ref>
*[[K. Subramanyam]], Indian film director<ref>{{Cite web|last=VISWANATHAN|first=S.|title=A progressive film-maker|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30223402.ece|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Frontline|date=15 July 2004 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nanabhai Bhatt]], film director and producer who was the first to feature twins in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] & Patriarch of [[List of Hindi film clans#Bhatt family|Bhatt Film Family]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 March 2021|title=On Alia Bhatt's birthday, tracing her Kashmiri, Gujarati, German roots|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/did-you-know-birthday-girl-alia-bhatt-has-kashmiri-gujarati-german-roots-101615730031240.html|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Puttanna Kanagal]], Kannada film director. [[Puttanna Kanagal Award|Puttanna Kanangal Award]] was named after his contribution<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandalwood Director Puttanna Kanagal Biography, News, Photos, Videos|url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/kannada/director/puttanna-kanagal|access-date=14 August 2021|website=nettv4u|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vivek Agnihotri]], film director<ref>{{Cite web|title=Agnihotri's 'dalit-brahmin' tweet sparks Twitter outrage|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/agnihotri-dalit-tweet-brahmin-flight-economy-class-business-class-neeraj-ghaywan-cannes-twitter-sparks-outrage-twitter.html|access-date=20 May 2021|website=theweek.in}}</ref>
*[[V. K. Murthy]], first [[cinematographer]] to be chosen for the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 January 2010|title=Guru Dutt and Me|url=https://openthemagazine.com/essays/true-life/guru-dutt-and-me/|access-date=6 July 2021|website=Open The Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Actress ===
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[[File:Deepika Padukone Cannes 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Deepika Padukone]]]]
[[File:Bhanu Athaiya (nee Rajopadhye).jpg|thumb|[[Bhanu Athaiya]]]]
*[[Adah Sharma]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Adah Sharma talks about her roots – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Adah-Sharma-talks-about-her-roots/articleshow/47070358.cms|access-date=29 August 2020|website=The Times of India|date=15 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Deepika Padukone]]<ref name="Padukone">{{Cite news|last=Gupta|first=Priya|date=18 April 2014|title=I don't have an issue marrying an actor: Deepika Padukone|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-Prakash-Padukone-Madhuri-Dixit/articleshow/33391212.cms|access-date=29 August 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Divyanka Tripathi]], Indian television actress<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm a Brahman girl |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/divyanka-tripathi-lashes-out-at-a-woman-user-promoting-no-bindi-no-business-tweets-it-should-be-a-womans-choice-what-she-wants-to-wear/articleshow/87452452.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Amrita Rao]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm a Brahman girl |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/did-you-know-deepika-padukone-and-amrita-rao-are-related-to-each-other-1510875-2019-04-26 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dr. Sharmila]], Indian television and Film actress<ref>{{Cite web|title='என் அடையாளம் மனிதமும் சமூக நீதியும்தான்… பிராமணராக பிறந்தது அல்ல!' டாக்டர் ஷர்மிளா காரசாரம்|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/dr-sharmila-reply-to-caste-related-questions-social-media-on-fire-308784/|access-date=18 November 2021|website=Indian Express Tamil|date=30 May 2021 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=பிராமணர்கள் சம்பளம் வாங்காம பூஜை பண்ணுவாளா ? : Dr Sharmila Interview On Non Brahmin Priests Issue| date=24 August 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VakVnAJOLGE|language=en|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[Durgabai Kamat|Durga bai Kamat]], the first female actor in Indian cinema. She is known for being India's first heroine<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2018|title=Durgabai Kamat: The First Female Actor In Indian Cinema|url=https://www.idiva.com/womens-month/the-heroes/durgabai-kamat-the-first-female-actor-in-indian-cinema/17074892|access-date=20 May 2021|website=iDiva|language=en-IN}}</ref>
*[[Durga Khote]], Indian actress who received [[Padma Shri]] and [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|date=6 March 2014|title=Divas in a duel|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/divas-in-a-duel/article5757026.ece|access-date=14 July 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Gayathri Raguram]], Indian actress and choreographer<ref>{{Citation|title=gayathri raghuram vs redpix reporter – heated argument| date=21 January 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkO-4nGCPdo|language=en|access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[Hema Malini]], Indian actress who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L8aAQAAIAAJ&q=iyengar|title=India Today International|page=23.<br /> "''I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...''"|publisher=Living Media International Limited|year=2004}}</ref>
*[[Indraja]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 April 2021|title=I Am A Telugu Brahmin .. He Is A Muslim .. It Does Not Hinder Marriage: Heroine Indraja Love Story|url=https://thenewsglory.com/i-am-a-telugu-brahmin-he-is-a-muslim-it-does-not-hinder-marriage-heroine-indraja-love-story/|access-date=22 July 2021|language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=K|first1=Bhumika|date=28 May 2016|title=Changing roles with the years|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/book-on-telugu-actor-krishna-kumari/article8660318.ece|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Lakshmy Ramakrishnan]]<ref>{{cite news|date=19 December 2017|title=Lakshmy Ramakrishnan lashes out at Aruvi – Times of India|language=en|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/lakshmy-ramakrishnan-lashes-out-at-aruvi/articleshow/62131127.cms|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Lavanya Tripathi]]<ref>{{cite news|date=11 September 2019|title=Lavanya Tripathi on her tweet on Brahmin pride: Deleted it as I didn't want to hurt anybody|language=en|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/lavanya-tripathi-on-her-tweet-on-brahmin-pride-deleted-it-as-i-didn-t-want-to-hurt-anybody-1597832-2019-09-11|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Leela Chitnis]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kosambi|first=Meera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ey8rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA366|title=Gender, Culture, and Performance: Marathi Theatre and Cinema before Independence|date=5 July 2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-56590-5|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madhuri Dixit]], Indian actress who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Shah Rukh is not a good dancer but has charisma: Madhuri – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shah-Rukh-is-not-a-good-dancer-but-has-charisma-Madhuri/articleshow/20330177.cms|access-date=29 August 2020|website=The Times of India|date=30 May 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madhuvanti Arun]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=RM|first1=Thiraviaraj|date=19 August 2019|title=பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..!|language=ta|trans-title=Madhuvanthi, who was born as a Brahmin, is arrogant ... arrogant ... Pius Manush ..!...|work=Asianet News|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/tamilnadu-salem/the-brahmin-born-madhuvanti-is-arrogant-furious-fuse-manush-pwh2m0|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Mamta Kulkarni]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mathew|first=Suresh|date=22 July 2016|title=I Am Pure, No Desire For Sex, Films or Drugs, Says Mamta Kulkarni|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/mamta-kulkarni-interview-stardust-vicky-goswami-drug-racketeering-dubai-kenya-bollywood-sex-films-drugs|access-date=29 August 2020|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pallavi Sharda]], Indian Australian Actress<ref>{{Cite news|title=I always regretted not being born in India: Pallavi Sharda – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pallavi-sharda-talks-to-toi-about-her-indian-australian-upbringing-her-observation-on-her-co-star-ranbir-kapoor-and-how-the-indian-australian-issues-were-sensationalised-by-the-indian-medi/articleshow/22117248.cms|access-date=11 July 2021|website=The Times of India|date=29 August 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rashmi Gautam]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 May 2020|title=Rashmi Gautam argues over being a 'privileged Brahmin' – Telugu News|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/rashmi-gautam-argues-over-being-a-privileged-brahmin-telugu-news-259906|access-date=27 November 2021|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref>
*[[Rasika Joshi]]<ref>{{cite news|date=12 September 2019|title=Birthday: This actress is famous by face, not by name, died because of this reason!|language=English|work=News Track|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/rasika-joshi-birthday-special-news-in-hindi-sc90-nu-1035307-1.html|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Shanta Apte]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Shruti Haasan]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Pradeep|date=1 July 2018|title=Kamal Haasan trolled over daughter Shruti's 'I am Iyengar' video; actor asked to start reform at home|language=en|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kamal-haasan-trolled-over-daughter-shrutis-i-am-iyengar-video-actor-asked-to-start-reform-at-home/articleshow/64817994.cms|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Sobhita Dhulipala]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salvadore |first=Sarah |date=26 March 2013 |title=I embody the spirit of Vizag: Sobhita Dhulipala – Beauty Pageants – Indiatimes |url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/i-embody-the-spirit-of-vizag-sobhita-dhulipala/articleshow/19194670.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Soundarya]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exclusive biography of #Soundarya and on her life.|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/soundarya/biography.html|access-date=31 October 2021|website=FilmiBeat|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Soundarya Sharma]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Varma |first=Lipika |date=1 June 2021 |title=Soundarya Sharma opens up about objectification of women on screen, OTT boom, and working amidst the pandemic|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/soundarya-sharma-opens-up-about-objectification-of-women-on-screen-ott-boom-and-working-amidst-the-pandemic|access-date=31 October 2021|work=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=#GoldenFrames: Sumitra Devi, the queen bee of Bengali cinema...|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/goldenframes-sumitra-devi-the-queen-bee-of-bengali-cinema-/articleshow/84667720.cms|access-date=21 August 2021|work=The Times of India|date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Transcript of the chat with Trisha |url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14187784 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Sify |date=19 April 2006|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311014528/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14187784|archive-date=11 March 2008}}</ref>
*[[Vasundhara Das]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |title=Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview |website=[[Sify]] |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209174330/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |url-status=dead |quote= I'm a Tamil Hebbar girl }}</ref>
*[[Vidya Balan]], Indian actress who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=IANS |title=The right man hasn't come along yet: Vidya Balan |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-the-right-man-hasn-t-come-along-yet-vidya-balan-1089724 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=DNA India |date=9 April 2007 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Yami Gautam]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2014|title=Total Siyapaa: Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam at Screen Preview|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/total-siyapaa-ali-zafar-and-yami-gautam-at-screen-preview/1232197/|access-date=29 August 2020|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Fashion models and designers ===
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*[[Bhanu Athaiya]], costume designer who was the first Indian to win [[Academy Awards|Oscar award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kolhapur residents mourn daughter who put town on world map By Nikhil Deshmukh|url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2020/10/15/bom38-mh-bhanu-athaiya-memories.html|access-date=23 May 2021|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kalpana Iyer]], model and actress who became runner-up at [[Miss Indian World|Miss India]] 1978 and [[Miss World]] 1978 beauty pageant where she was a top 15 semi-finalist.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 October 2019|title=Kalpana Iyer: 'I regret not getting married'|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kalpana-iyer-i-regret-not-getting-married-6435711.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027010810/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kalpana-iyer-i-regret-not-getting-married-6435711.html|archive-date=27 October 2019|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[Nethra Raghuraman]], Indian model who won [[Femina (India)|Femina Magazine]] Look of the Year contest 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The Net, Movies: Meet Nethra Raghuraman, Supermodel and Bollywood wannabe|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/nov/12nethra.htm|access-date=21 May 2021|website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>
*[[Poonam Pandey]], erotic model was one of the top 8 contestants of Gladrags 2010 and Kingfisher Calendar Girl Hunt 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poonam Pandey: We welcome a porn star but frown at a daughter of the nation – Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/poonam-pandey-we-welcome-a-porn-star-but-frown-at-a-daughter-of-the-nation/1147810/2|access-date=21 May 2021|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

== Historians and scholars ==
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[[File:Mahamana Malaviya.jpg|thumb|[[Madan Mohan Malaviya]]]]
[[File:Pandurang Vaman Kane 2022 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|[[Pandurang Vaman Kane]]]]
* [[Datto Vaman Potdar]], Indian historian and orator who was the [[vice-chancellor]] of [[University of Pune]]. He received [[Padma Bhushan]] and said to be ''[[Dr. Johnson]] of [[Maharashtra]]'' or ''a living encyclopaedia''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Govind Chimnaji Bhate|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179066|title=History Of Modern Marathi Literature|date=1860}}</ref>
* [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri|K.A. Nilakanta Sastri]], Indian historian known for his works on South Indian history. He also received [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Singaravelu|first=S.|title=Professor K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1892–1975) |date=1982|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41492918|journal=Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|volume=55|issue=1 (242)|pages=94|jstor=41492918 |issn=0126-7353}}</ref>
* [[Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao]], Indian historian<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lakshmanarao Komarraju|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282506066|work=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref>
* [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], Indian scholar and educational reformer. He also received [[Bharat Ratna]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniyal|first=Shoaib|title=Madan Mohan Malviya: how a four-time Congress president became a BJP icon|url=http://scroll.in/article/697640/madan-mohan-malviya-how-a-four-time-congress-president-became-a-bjp-icon|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Scroll.in|date=30 December 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Natesa Sastri]], polyglot, scholar in eighteen languages and authored many books in Tamil, Sanskrit and English<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blackburn |first1=Stuart H. |last2=Dalmia |first2=Vasudha |title=India's Literary History: Essays on the Nineteenth Century |date=2004 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-7824-056-5 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2N046vzK824C&dq=Natesa+Sastri+brahmin&pg=PA130 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pandurang Vaman Kane]], Indologist and Sanskrit scholar.He received India's highest civilian award [[Bharat Ratna]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 November 2020|title=Bharat Ratna P. V. Kane: An Embodiment of Dharmasastra|url=https://starofmysore.com/bharat-ratna-p-v-kane-an-embodiment-of-dharmasastra/|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ramachandra Guha]],<ref name=":9">{{cite web|last1=Harad|first1=Tejas|date=14 June 2017|title=Does Ramachandra Guha have a caste?|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/06/14/response-ramchandra-guha-gandhi-caste|access-date=20 September 2020|website=[[Newslaundry]]}}</ref> Indian historian and writer
* [[S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar]], Indian historian, academician and [[Dravidologist]] who earned the title "[[Dewan Bahadur]]"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Richman|first=Paula|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkifYfljHP4C&dq=s+krishnaswami+aiyangar+brahmin&pg=PA188|title=Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia|date=29 August 1991|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-07589-4|language=en}}</ref>
* [[U. V. Swaminatha Iyer]], Tamil Scholar called ''Tamil Thatha'' (literally, "Tamil grandfather")<ref name="cms.newindianexpress.com">{{Cite web|title=Dravida Nadu to Tamil Nadu: Evolution of the state's identity- The New Indian Express|url=http://cms.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/jan/20/dravida-nadu-to-tamil-nadu-evolution-of-the-states-identity-1759188.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195938/http://cms.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/jan/20/dravida-nadu-to-tamil-nadu-evolution-of-the-states-identity-1759188.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2021|access-date=16 June 2021|website=cms.newindianexpress.com}}</ref>

== Historical figures ==
[[File:Chanakya artistic depiction.jpg|thumb|[[Chanakya]]]]
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*[[Charaka]] an ancient [[Brahmin]] physician was one of the principal contributors to [[Ayurveda]], a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in [[Ancient India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Adirondack Prints and Printmakers: The Call of the Wild|year=1998|publisher=Syracuse University Press}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Sushruta]] was an [[ancient India]]n physician. The ''[[Sushruta Samhita]]'' (''Sushruta's Compendium''), a treatise ascribed to him, is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wujastyk|first=Dominik|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/708372480|title=The roots of Ayurveda selections from sanskrit medical writings|date=2003|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=978-0-14-044824-5|location=London; New York|language=English|oclc=708372480}}.</ref>
*[[Aryabhata]] ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{transliteration|sa|ISO|Āryabhaṭa}}) or '''Aryabhata I'''<ref name="Aryabhata the Elder">{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=J J |last2=Robertson |first2=E F |title=Aryabhata the Elder |publisher=www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk |url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Aryabhata_I.html |access-date=18 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711055702/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Aryabhata_I.html |archive-date=11 July 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Pāṇini]] Since the discovery and publication of his work by European scholars in the nineteenth century, Pāṇini has been considered the "first descriptive linguist",[11] and even labelled as "the father of linguistics.
*[[Varahamihira]], a mathematician born around 505 CE and died 587 CE, who was also known for innovation with Pascal's triangle.'''Varāha''' or '''Mihira''', was an ancient Indian astrologer, astronomer, and polymath who lived in [[Ujjain]] (Madhya Pradesh, India). He was born at Kapitba in a [[Brahmin]] family,<ref>|Book=Sree Varaha Mihira's Brihat Jataka|Published="1986"|Page count="639"</ref>
*[[Basava]], 12th-century Indian statesman, philosopher, poet, social reformer and [[Lingayatism|Lingayat]] saint. [[Basava Jayanthi]] is celebrated after him<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 April 2018|title=Basavanna, the Immortal, Being Invoked by the Mortals to Achieve Political Goals|url=https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/basavanna-the-immortal-invoked-by-the-mortals-to-achieve-political-goals-1722279.html|access-date=18 September 2021|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bhattadeva]] (1558–1638), acknowledged as the father of Assamese prose and known for Katha Bhagavat and Katha Gita<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assams.info/people/bhattadeva|title=Bhattadeva – Assams.Info|website=www.assams.info}}</ref>
*[[Bhai Mati Das]], martyr in [[Sikh history]]<ref name="Sangat">{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Sangat |title=The Sikhs in History |date=1995 |publisher=S. Singh |isbn=978-0-9647555-0-5 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCtuAAAAMAAJ&q=bhai+mati+das+brahmin |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nirankari">{{cite book |last1=Nirankari (dr.) |first1=Maan Singh |title=Sikhism, a Perspective |date=2008 |publisher=Unistar Books |isbn=978-81-7142-621-8 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJO-ACIK_PoC&dq=bhai+mati+das+brahmin&pg=PA1 |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bhai Sati Das]], was martyred with his brother [[Bhai Mati Das]]<ref name="Sangat" /><ref name="Nirankari" />
*[[Chanakya]], teacher of Chandragupta Maurya and also an ancient Indian philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor of the [[Maurya Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Trautmann|first1=Thomas R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3iDAAAAMAAJ|title=Kauṭilya and the Arthaśāstra: A Statistical Investigation of the Authorship and Evolution of the Text|publisher=Brill|year=1971|page=31,32|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kaundinya|Kaundiya]], earliest disciple and follower of [[Gautama Buddha]]. He was the first to become an [[Arhat]]. [[Koundinyasana|Koundiny Asana]] was named after him<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaundinya {{!}} First Disciple of Buddha and first to become Arhant|url=https://www.burmese-art.com/blog/kaundinya-first-disciple-buddha|access-date=4 July 2021|website=www.burmese-art.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kumārila Bhaṭṭa]], was a Hindu philosopher and a scholar of Mimamsa school of philosophy from Kamarupa (present-day Assam)<ref>{{cite news|date=7 July 2011|title=Scholar's origin caught in the web|language=en|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/scholars-origin-caught-in-the-web/articleshow/9140813.cms|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Mohan Lal Kashmiri]], Indian diplomat who played a central role in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] of 1838–1842<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 July 2017|title=PANDIT MOHAN LAL AGHA HASAN JAN KASHMIRI (1812–1877)|url=https://www.kashmirpen.com/pandit-mohan-lal-agha-hasan-jan-kashmiri-1812-1877/|access-date=1 August 2021|website=KashmirPEN|language=en-US |last1=Pen |first1=Kashmir }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Explorer, Scholar, Spy: The Life and Times of Mohan Lal Kashmiri|url=https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/cover-story/mohan-lal-kashmiri/?amp=1|access-date=1 August 2021|website=www.livehistoryindia.com|date = 20 February 2021}}</ref>
*[[Nana Fadnavis]], Influential minister and Statesman of the [[Maratha Empire]] during the [[Peshwa]] administration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ketkar|first=kumar|title=Obediently yours|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/meet/Obediently-yours/article20900332.ece|access-date=12 July 2021|website=@businessline|date=31 October 2014|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Samarth Ramdas]], Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master.<ref>Swami Sivananda (2005). "Samartha Ramdas". Lives of Saints. Divine Life Society.</ref>
*[[Śāriputra|Sariputra]], main [[Ten Principal Disciples|disciple]] and First of the Buddha's two chief disciples.<ref>{{Cite web|last=B. J.|first=Journalism|title=The Life of Sariputra, One of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha|url=https://www.learnreligions.com/life-of-sariputra-449648|access-date=4 July 2021|website=Learn Religions|language=en}}</ref>
*[[T. Madhava Rao]], [[Baroda State|Diwan of Baroda]] [[Indore State|Indore]] and [[Travancore State|Travancore]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sadasivan |first=S. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&dq=M.+K.+Vellodi+brahmin&pg=PA374 |title=A Social History of India |date=2000 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-170-0 |language=en}}</ref>

== Indian independence movement ==
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*[[Bagha Jatin]], Indian independence activist strong man killed a tiger once and British officers many times<ref>{{Cite book|last=Harper|first=Tim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXoWEAAAQBAJ&dq=Jatindranath+Mukherjee+Brahmin&pg=PA224|title=Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire|date=12 January 2021|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-72461-7|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Chandra Shekhar Azad]], freedom fighter and an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)<ref name="khan">{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Mohammad Shabbir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3N7tT5kmOsC&pg=PA8|title=Tilak and Gokhale: A Comparative Study of Their Socio-politico-economic Programmes of Reconstruction|publisher=APH Publishing|year=1992|isbn=978-8-17024-478-3|page=8}}</ref>
*[[Bhai Balmukund]] (1889 – 11 May 1915) was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter. He was sentenced to death and hanged by the [[British Raj]] for his role in [[Delhi conspiracy case]].  He was a cousin of another revolutionary [[Bhai Parmanand]], who was a founder member of [[Ghadar Party]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bhai Parmanand|2009|page=79}}</ref>
*[[Mangal Pandey]], Hero of 1857 sepoy mutiny and started rebellion<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1978989/Mangal-Pandey |title=Mangal Pandey: Indian soldier |first=Shanthie Mariet |last=D'Souza |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Durgawati Devi]], Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. She is best known for having accompanied [[Bhagat Singh]] on the train journey in which he made his escape in disguise after the Saunders killing<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maclean|first=Kama|title=Freedom files: The secret life of Durga Devi Vohra|url=http://scroll.in/article/805597/freedom-files-the-secret-life-of-durga-devi-vohra|access-date=12 July 2021|website=Scroll.in|date=24 March 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], political guru of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<ref name="khan" />
*[[Indulal Yagnik]], Indian independence activist who was the leader of [[All India Kisan Sabha]] who lead the [[Mahagujarat movement]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yajnik |first=Indulal Kanaiyalal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_sYtAEACAAJ |title=The Autobiography of Indulal Yagnik |date=2011 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7304-897-5 |language=en}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2023}}{{request quotation|date=July 2023}}
*[[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]], Indian [[social reformer]] and freedom activist. She received [[Padma Bhushan]], [[Padma Vibhushan]] and [[UNESCO]] honoured her with an award in 1977 for her contribution towards the promotion of handicrafts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 April 2018|title=Who was Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay?|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-5121371/|access-date=13 July 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Krishna Nath Sarmah|Krishna Nath Sharma]], freedom fighter of [[Assam]] who opened schools for Dailts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2019|title=This Forgotten Assam Freedom Fighter Opened Schools for Dalits, Marched in Dandi!|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/200089/india-freedom-fighters-beside-gandhi-assam-dalit-rights-krishna-sharma/|access-date=5 July 2021|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[N. S. Hardikar]], freedom fighter and founder of Rashtriya [[Seva Dal]], a voluntary cadre based organisation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLEZAAAAYAAJ|title=Eminent Indians who was Who, 1900–1980, Also Annual Diary of Events|publisher=Durga Das Pvt. Limited|year=1985|page=134|quote=HARDIKAR, Narayan Subrao (Dr ); Politician (b Dharwar, May 7, 1889) : Padma Bhushan, Rajya Sabha member. Was born in a poor Brahmin family.}}</ref>
*[[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian freedom fighter and who designed [[Flag of India|Indian first national flag]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who is Pingali Venkayya? Meet the man who designed India's first national flag|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/who-is-pingali-venkayya-the-man-who-designed-indias-first-national-flag-115416734.html|access-date=22 January 2022|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|date=13 August 2021 |language=en-SG}}</ref>
*[[Jiban Ghoshal]] was an [[Indian independence activist]] and a member of the armed resistance movement led by ''Masterda'' [[Surya Sen]], which carried out the [[Chittagong armoury raid]] in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f1808989.html|title=Remembering the Legendary Heroes of Chittagong|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref>
*[[Rajendra Lahiri]], Indian revolutionary who was the mastermind behind [[Kakori conspiracy]] and [[Dakshineswar|Dakshineshwar]] bombing<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Rajendranath Lahiri, the Revolutionary Who Threw Away His 'Sacred' Thread|url=https://thewire.in/history/rajendranath-lahiri-indian-revolutionary|access-date=11 July 2021|website=The Wire}}</ref>
*Rao Dhansinghji, warrior and freedom fighter born in an Adi-gaur [[Brahmin]] family at [[Charkhi Dadri]] Haryana fought in the Battle of Nasibpur.<ref name=hargazc1>[http://revenueharyana.gov.in/Portals/0/hr-gaz-ch-5.pdf Haryana Gazetteer], Revenue Dept of Haryana, Chapter-V.</ref>
*[[Shivaram Rajguru]], an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra, known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fsqHxZTZr4C&dq=Shivaram+Rajguru+brahmin&pg=PA14|title=Independence|publisher=Sanbun Publishers|isbn=978-81-89540-80-7|page=14|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vanchinathan]], popularly known as Vanchinathan or Vanchi, was an Indian independence activist.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/madras-miscellany-the-ashe-murder/article2233241.ece |title=Madras miscellany: The Ashe murder – The Hindu |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 July 2011 |last1=Muthiah |first1=S. }}</ref> He is best remembered for assassinating [[Robert Ashe (administrator)|Robert Ashe]], the Tax Collector of [[Thirunelveli]]
*[[Subramaniya Siva]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grewal|first=Kairvy|date=23 July 2019|title=Subramaniya Siva, Tamil nationalist who fought for purity in the language|website=[[ThePrint]] |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/subramaniya-siva-tamil-nationalist-who-fought-for-purity-in-the-language/266635/}}</ref>
*[[Bapu Gokhale]] was army chief (Senapati) of the [[Marathas]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]].{{sfn|Duff|1921|pp=468–469}}
*[[Tagadur Ramachandra Rao]], Indian freedom fighter and social activist<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 December 2020|title=Remembering Tagadur Ramachandra Rao: 'Father of political unrest in Princely Mysore'|url=https://starofmysore.com/remembering-tagadur-ramachandra-rao-father-of-political-unrest-in-princely-mysore/|access-date=9 August 2021|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Tatya Tope]], a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pal|first1=Dharm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDpAAAAAMAAJ&q=Tatya+Tope+brahmin|title=Tatya Tope, the Hero of India's First War of Independence, 1857–1859|publisher=Hindustan Times|year=1955|page=10|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jayi Rajaguru]] was a prominent figure of the [[Indian independence movement]] in the state of [[Odisha]] Rajaguru.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 September 2021|title=Jayee Rajguru- People's hero who kept Britishers scared for decades|url=https://www.odissipost.com/jayee-rajguru-peoples-hero-who-kept-britishers-scared-for-decades/|access-date=11 December 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211083033/https://www.odissipost.com/jayee-rajguru-peoples-hero-who-kept-britishers-scared-for-decades/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was later sentenced to death and executed in Baghitota, [[Midnapore]].<ref name="Pattanaik2005">{{cite book|author=Prafulla Kumar Pattanaik|title=The First Indian War of Independence: Freedom Movement in Orissa, 1804–1825|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0ddg1vMjl8C&pg=PA23|date=1 January 2005|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-911-9|pages=23–}}</ref><ref name="Mishra1983">{{cite book|author=Prasanna Kumar Mishra|title=Political unrest in Orissa in the 19th century: anti-British, anti-feudal, and agrarian risings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wbu1AAAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Punthi Pustak}}</ref>
*[[Vasukaka Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=S. P.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100394|title=Dictionary Of National Biography|date=1973|volume=2 (e-l)|at=345}}</ref>
*[[Bhogilal Pandya]] was a freedom fighter and social worker from [[Dungarpur]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. On 3 April 1976, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]] for his social services.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== Journalism ==
*[[Balshastri Jambhekar]], Indian Journalist considered to be Father of [[Marathi language|Marathi]] journalism for his efforts in starting first [[Marathi language|marathi]] newspaper Darpan<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2015 |title=Today is Journalist day in Maharashtra |url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/today-is-journalist-day-in-maharashtra/01061620 |access-date=14 August 2021 |website=Nagpur Today : Nagpur News |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[M. V. Kamath]], Indian journalist who was the broadcasting executive and chairman of [[Prasar Bharati]]. He received [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashraf |first=Syed Firdaus |title='Only Brahmins can defeat Brahminism' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/column/only-brahmins-can-defeat-brahminism/20180104.htm |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nidhi Razdan]], Indian journalist who was the executive director of [[NDTV 24x7|NDTV24*7]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashmir and a flawed India – Rediff.com |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/kashmir-and-a-flawed-india/20170728.htm |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>
*[[Rahul Pandita]], Indian journalist and author who was Special stories editor of [[The Hindu]]. He was also the co founder of [[Open (Indian magazine)|Open Magazine]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=I am a Kashmiri Pandit who lost everything in 1990, while you were doing God knows what in Bombay. I am the writer of #shikara and I would not let anyone compromise on the Pandit story. I will not betray the memory of those who fell to the bullets of radical Islamists. |number=1219495570496032768 |access-date=17 March 2022 |user=rahulpandita |date=21 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ramananda Chatterjee]], Indian journalist who founded the [[Modern Review (Calcutta)|Modern Review]]. He is considered as Father of Indian Journalism<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 2016 |title=Editor par excellence: How Ramananda Chatterjee's journal Modern Review influenced public opinion across undivided India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/talking-terms/editor-par-excellence-how-ramananda-chatterjees-journal-modern-review-influenced-public-opinion-across-undivided-india/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=Times of India Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Rangaraj Pandey]], Indian journalist who was the former [[editor-in-chief]] [[Thanthi TV]]. He is also the founder of Chanakyaa YouTube Channel<ref>{{Citation |title=அனைத்து சாதியினரும் அர்ச்சகர் ஆக கூடாதா Sir? Rangaraj Pandey-வுடன் காரசார விவாதம் | date=20 August 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zljyhicMYJE |language=en |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>

== Law ==
*[[B. N. Rau]], Indian Judge of [[International Court of Justice]]. He played a key role in drafting the [[Constitution of India]]. He was also the president of the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security council]] and Prime minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu & Kashmir]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Newbigin|first=Eleanor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RajqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA140|title=The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India: Law, Citizenship and Community|date=19 September 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-43475-2|language=en}}</ref>
*[[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]], Advocate General of [[Madras Presidency]] & [[Diwan of travancore|Diwan of Travancore]] (1936–1947)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Attendees – The University of Nottingham|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/conferencing-the-international/delegates/people.aspx?id=e7644f72-75e1-4857-a8ed-a3d3af2ed0ab|access-date=28 July 2021|website=www.nottingham.ac.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography of C. P. Ramaswami Iyer – Winentrance|url=https://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/c-p-ramaswami-iyer.html#gsc.tab=0|access-date=28 July 2021|website=www.winentrance.com}}</ref>
*[[T. Muthuswamy Iyer]], first Indian to become judge of the [[Madras High Court]]<ref>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "[[wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Aiyar, Sir Tiruvarur Mutuswamy|Aiyar, Sir Tiruvarur Mutuswamy]]". ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. '''1''' (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.</ref>
*[[Sambhunath Pandit]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhattacherje |first1=S. B. |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates |date=May 2009 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-4074-7 |page=A140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&pg=SL1-PA138 |language=en}}</ref> First Indian to become judge of [[Calcutta High Court]] in 1863
*[[Seshadri Srinivasa Iyengar]], Indian lawyer who was the [[Advocate General]] of [[Madras Presidency]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=University |first=Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&dq=Seshadri+Srinivasa+Iyengar+brahmin&pg=PA166 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils |date=25 August 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0686-0 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar]], former [[Chief Justice of Bombay]] and [[Madras High Court]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19871115-executive-succeeds-in-having-its-way-imposes-its-will-on-the-judiciary-799516-1987-11-15|title = Executive succeeds in having its way, imposes its will on the judiciary| date=15 November 1987 }}</ref>
*[[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Indian Judge of [[Bombay High Court|Bombay High court]]. He was one of the founder of [[Indian National Congress|Indian national congress]] & considered as "Father of Indian Economics". He received [[Rao Bahadur]] award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahadev Govind Ranade – A Distinguished Scholar and Social Reformer...|url=https://www.beaninspirer.com/mahadev-govind-ranade-distinguished-scholar-social-reformer-india/|access-date=7 November 2021|website=www.beaninspirer.com|date=18 January 2018|language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[Ganesh Dutt]], Indian lawyer who made generous donations from his earnings & development of education in bihar<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 June 2019|title=Ganesh Dutt Singh (1868–1943) – Great Freedom Fighter|url=https://www.jaborejob.com/ganesh-dutt-freedom-fighter/|access-date=13 September 2021|website=Jaborejob|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Bijan Kumar Mukherjea]], 4th [[Chief Justice of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saxena|first=Namit|title=Disproportionate representation at the Supreme Court: A perspective based on Caste and Religion of judges|url=https://www.barandbench.com/columns/disproportionate-representation-supreme-court-caste-and-religion-of-judges|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Bar and Bench – Indian Legal news|date=23 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[P. B. Gajendragadkar]], 7th [[Chief Justice of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 May 2021|title=PRAHLAD BALACHARYA GAJENDRAGADKAR|url=https://www.lawinsider.in/prahlad-balacharya-gajendragadkar/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Law Insider|language=en-US|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727074559/https://www.lawinsider.in/prahlad-balacharya-gajendragadkar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Kailas Nath Wanchoo]], 10th [[Chief Justice of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandrachud|first=Abhinav|title=Former Supreme Court judges discuss the influence of caste in judicial appointments|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/law/supreme-court-judges-influence-caste-judicial-appointments-chandrachud-extract|access-date=21 August 2021|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Y. V. Chandrachud]], 16th [[Chief Justice of India]] who is the longest-serving Chief Justice in India<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 May 2021|title=Y.V Chandrachud|url=https://www.lawinsider.in/y-v-chandrachud/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Law Insider|language=en-US|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727073511/https://www.lawinsider.in/y-v-chandrachud/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Ranganath Misra]], 21st [[Chief Justice of India]] and first chairman of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India]]

== Mathematicians ==
[[File:Srinivasa Ramanujan - OPC - 2 (cleaned).jpg|210px|thumb|[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], [[National Mathematics Day (India)|National Mathematics Day]] of [[India]] is celebrated on 22 December every year to mark his birth anniversary.]]
[[File:Srinivasa Varadhan Heidelberg.JPG|200px|thumb|[[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]] winner of [[Abel Prize]].]]
*[[A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar]], Indian mathematician who wrote an article on the difference between [[Chakravala method]] and [[Continued fraction|Continued Fractions]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ambedkar, Gandhi and the Rise of Subcontinental Philosophy|url=https://thewire.in/society/ambedkar-gandhi-subcontinental-philosophy|access-date=13 August 2021|website=thewire.in}}</ref>
*[[Ashutosh Mukherjee]], Indian mathematician, known for his proof of the 25th proposition of [[Euclid]]'s first book.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mukherji |first1=Purabi |title=Notable Modern Indian Mathematicians and Statisticians: During the 19th and 20th Centuries of Bengal |date=11 October 2022 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-981-19-6132-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfaVEAAAQBAJ&dq=Mathematician+brahmin&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bapudeva Sastri]], Indian mathematician who translated the [[Siddhānta Shiromani]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dauben |first1=Joseph W. |last2=Scriba |first2=Christoph J. |title=Born to a Brahmin parents |date=23 September 2002 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-7643-6167-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXjMYIonXTYC&dq=Mathematician+brahmin&pg=PA312 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bhāskara II]], Indian mathematician and astronomer.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsU7R69gqDIC|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|year=1974|page=30|quote=Deshasthas have contributed to mathematics and literature as well as to the cultural and religious heritage of India. Bhaskaracharaya was one of the greatest mathematicians of ancient India.}}</ref>
*[[C. S. Seshadri]], Indian mathematician, known for his proof of the [[Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Proofs to Transcendence, via Theorems and Rāgas – Bhāvanā|url=https://bhavana.org.in/proofs-transcendence-cs-seshadri/|access-date=30 July 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Kannan Soundararajan]], [[Indian-American]] mathematician, professor at [[Stanford University|Stanford]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ono |first1=Ken |last2=Aczel |first2=Amir D. |title=My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count |date=20 April 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-25568-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZkFDAAAQBAJ&dq=Kannan+Soundararajan+brahmin&pg=PA181 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kiran Kedlaya]], [[William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition#Putnam Fellows|three-time Putnam Fellow]] mathematician, professor at [[University of California, San Diego]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kskedlaya.org/about-my-name/|title=Kiran S. Kedlaya}}</ref>
*[[K. R. Parthasarathy (probabilist)|K. R. Parthasarathy]], Indian mathematician, a pioneer of [[quantum stochastic calculus]] and professor emeritus at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parthasarathy |first1=K. R. |title=The Craft of Probabilistic Modelling |chapter=From Information Theory to Quantum Mechanics |journal=The Craft of Probabilistic Modelling: A Collection of Personal Accounts |series=Applied Probability |date=1986 |volume=1 |pages=235–249 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4613-8631-5_16 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-1-4613-8631-5_16.pdf |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4613-8633-9 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madhava of Sangamagrama]], Indian mathematician known for discovery of [[power series]] Expansions of trigonometric [[Sine and cosine|Sine]], [[Sine and cosine|Cosine]] and Arctangent functions Infinite series summation formulae for π.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Ranjan |title=Sources in the Development of Mathematics: Series and Products from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Century |date=13 June 2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-49775-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8H3CwAAQBAJ&dq=Brahmin+mathematician&pg=PT23 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nilakantha Somayaji]], Indian mathematician who discussed  [[infinite series]] expansions of [[trigonometric functions]] and  problems of [[algebra]] and [[spherical geometry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nilakantha – Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Nilakantha/|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Parameshvara Nambudiri]], Indian mathematician and Astronomer who discovered [[Drigganita]] and [[Cyclic quadrilateral#Parameshvara's circumradius formula|Parameshvara circumradius formula]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parameshvara|url=https://memim.com/parameshvara.html|access-date=8 August 2021|website=memim.com}}</ref>
*[[Rudranath Capildeo]], mathematician and politician of Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Oxaal|first=Ivar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHx6wwjpUwMC&q=rudranath+capildeo+mathematician+brahmin&pg=PA9|title=Race and Revolutionary Consciousness: A Documentary Interpretation of the 1970 Black Power Revolt in Trinidad|date=1 January 1971|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-3265-6|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Shakuntala Devi]], Indian mathematician popularly known as the "[[Mental calculator|Human Computer]]".<ref>{{cite news|date=14 July 1952|title=Science: Numbers Game|newspaper=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822325,00.html|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125202642/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822325,00.html|archive-date=25 November 2010}}</ref> 
*[[Sissa (mythical brahmin)|Sissa]], Indian mathematician who invented  [[Chaturanga]], the Indian predecessor of [[chess]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Toth |first1=Gabor |title=Elements of Mathematics: A Problem-Centered Approach to History and Foundations |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-75051-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJhEEAAAQBAJ&dq=Sessa+mathematician+brahmin&pg=PA142 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], Greatest Indian mathematician who compiled [[Ramanujan prime]], the [[Ramanujan theta function]], [[partition (number theory)|partition]] formulae and [[mock theta function]]s and made substantial contributions to [[mathematical analysis]], [[number theory]], [[infinite series]], and [[continued fraction]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kanigel|first=Robert|title=The Man Who Knew Infinity: a Life of the Genius Ramanujan|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=1991|isbn=978-0-684-19259-8|location=New York|page=11}}</ref>
*[[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]], Indian-American mathematician who received [[Abel Prize]] for his fundamental contributions to [[probability theory]] and in particular for creating a unified [[Large deviations theory|theory of large deviation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Srinivasa Varadhan|url=http://www.abelprisen.no/binfil/download.php?tid=56998|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105070617/http://www.abelprisen.no/binfil/download.php?tid=56998|archive-date = 5 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[Varāhamihira]], Indian astronomer and mathematician who discovered a version of [[Pascal's triangle]] and worked on [[Magic square]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Puttaswamy |first1=T. K. |title=Mathematical Achievements of Pre-modern Indian Mathematicians |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Newnes |isbn=978-0-12-397913-1 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8oVRSu692qoC&dq=varahamihira+brahmin&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref>

== Military ==
*[[Bhandari Ram]] VC (24 July 1919 – 19 May 2002) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.<ref>
Indian Information – Volume 16, (1945)</ref>
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*[[Somnath Sharma]], first recipient of India's highest gallantry award [[Param Vir Chakra]]<ref name="SharmaBrothers">{{cite news |url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/india-s-first-param-vir-chakra-winner-major-som-nath-sharma-20267.html |title=India's first Param Vir Chakra winner Major Som Nath Sharma, the hero of 1947 war |first=Som nath |last=Sharma |work=India TV News |date=16 February 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Lakshmi Sahgal|Captain Lakshmi Sahgal]], Officer of the [[Indian National Army]], and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the [[Azad Hind Government|Azad Hind government]]. She received [[Padma Vibhushan|Padma Vibushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 July 2012|title='She was a true Communist'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/she-was-a-true-communist/|access-date=13 July 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Commodore (India)|Commodore]] [[Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao]], Indian Navy officer who received [[Maha Vir Chakra]] & [[Vishisht Seva Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commodore Gopal Rao -- man who brought Pakistan to its knees in 1971 Indo-Pak war|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/dec/04/commodore-gopal-rao---man-who-brought-pakistan-to-its-knees-in-1971-indo-pak-war-2391598.html|access-date=28 December 2021|website=The New Indian Express|date=4 December 2021 }}</ref>
*[[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]], 5th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]] (1962–1966). After his retirement he served as the Indian [[High commissioner|High Commissioner]] to Canada. He received [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=J. N. Chaudhari : The Military Statesman|url=https://www.thisday.app/en/details/j-n-chaudhari-the-military-statesman.html|access-date=30 June 2021|website=www.thisday.app|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Gopal Gurunath Bewoor]], 8th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff]] (1973–1975). He received [[Padma Bhushan]] and [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Illustrated Weekly of India |date=October 1974 |publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wc6AQAAIAAJ&q=GG+Bewoor+deshastha+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Tapishwar Narain Raina]], 9th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army]] (1975–1978). He received [[Padma Bhushan]] and [[Maha Vir Chakra]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Kashmiri Pandit soldiers to the fore |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/kashmiri-pandit-soldiers-to-the-fore/story-OIwpHJftEaN1m6ed11kKYI.html |access-date=9 January 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=12 February 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[K. V. Krishna Rao]], 11th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]] (1981–1983) and former governor of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kahsmir]], [[Nagaland]], [[Manipur]] and [[Tripura]].He received [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sethi|first=Sunil  |date=30 June 1996 |title=Caste Matters|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19960630-caste-matters-753507-1996-06-30|access-date=4 July 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Krishnaswamy Sundarji]], 13th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]] (1986–1988) and last former [[British Indian Army]] officer to command the [[Indian Army]]. He received [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A general like none other: Krishnaswami Sundarji – Rediff.com|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/a-general-like-none-other-krishnaswami-sundarji/20180607.htm|access-date=30 June 2021|website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>
*[[Vishwa Nath Sharma]], 14th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army]] (1988–1990). He received [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] & [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]<ref name="SharmaBrothers" />
*[[Bipin Chandra Joshi]], 16th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (1993–1994). He received [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] & [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandola |first1=Anoop |title=Discovering Brides |year=2000 |publisher=Writers Club Press |isbn=978-0-595-09900-9 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ol23itTuS5sC&dq=Bipin+Chandra+Joshi+brahmin&pg=PA12 |language=en}}</ref>

== Musicians ==
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*[[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]], composer<ref>{{cite web|author=Movie Buzz|title=Bharadwaj|url=http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=13279767&cid=2408|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415160320/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=13279767&cid=2408|archive-date=15 April 2016|access-date=3 August 2015|website=[[Sify]]|quote=I am a Tamil Brahmin from Tirunelveli}}</ref>
*[[Bhimsen Joshi]], singer<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=5 February 2011|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[C. Ramchandra]], Indian music director and playback singer<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bajaj|first=J. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ&dq=Roshan+%28music+director%29+brahmin&pg=PA2073|title=On & Behind the Indian Cinema|date=26 March 2014|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5083-621-7|language=en}}</ref>
*[[D. K. Pattammal]], Indian Carnatic Musician who was the first woman to have performed [[Ragam Thanam Pallavi]] (male stronghold) in concerts. She has received [[Padma Vibhushan]] and [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='Rebel' who challenged conventions about women singers|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-rebel-who-challenged-conventions-about-women-singers-2648616/amp|access-date=23 June 2021|website=www.dnaindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Priya Menon|date=13 March 2019|title=D K Pattammal: Celebrating 100 years of the doyenne of Carnatic music, DK Pattammal {{!}} Chennai News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/celebrating-100-years-of-the-doyenne-of-carnatic-music-d-k-pattammal/articleshow/68383130.cms|access-date=23 June 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jasraj]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian music maestro Pandit Jasraj dies|website=[[Sify]] |url=https://www.sify.com/news/indian-music-maestro-pandit-jasraj-dies-news-topnews-uirnyxchhgjid.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817184013/https://www.sify.com/news/indian-music-maestro-pandit-jasraj-dies-news-topnews-uirnyxchhgjid.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 April 2014|title=In Chai with Manju, Pandit Jasraj Talks About Love, Music and His Philosophy of Life|url=https://indianewengland.com/2014/04/in-chai-with-manju-pandit-jasraj-talks-about-love-music-and-his-philosophy-of-life/|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422194915/https://indianewengland.com/2014/04/in-chai-with-manju-pandit-jasraj-talks-about-love-music-and-his-philosophy-of-life/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Jitendra Abhisheki]], Indian vocalist who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jitendra Abhisheki – ECLP 2367 – (Condition 85-90%)|url=https://ngh.co.in/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=16758|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205083243/http://ngh.co.in/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=16758|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2014|website=ngh.co.in|access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[Kalki Sadasivam]], Indian singer and husband of [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Iyer|first=Aditya|title=MS Subbulakshmi: 100 years of a Carnatic legend|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/static/ms-subbulakshmi-carnatic-rockstar/|access-date=19 May 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kishore Kumar]], Indian playback singer and actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kishore Kumar|url=https://www.firstpost.com/topics/kishore-kumar-54297.html|access-date=24 May 2021|website=Firstpost|date=4 August 2011 }}</ref>
*[[K. V. Narayanaswamy]], Indian musician and carnatic vocalist who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=University |first=Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&dq=k+v+iyer+born+brahmin&pg=PA246 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils |date=25 August 2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0686-0 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[M. Balamuralikrishna]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sai|first=Veejay|date=23 November 2016|title=Balamurali Krishna: The child prodigy who broke the status quo in Carnatic music|url=http://scroll.in/magazine/822249/balamurali-krishna-the-child-prodigy-who-broke-the-status-quo-in-carnatic-music|access-date=2 May 2021|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Nandikeshvara]], the author of the Abhinaya Darpana lit. 'The Mirror of Gesture'<ref name="MasseyMassey1996">{{cite book|author1=Reginald Massey|author2=Jamila Massey|title=The Music Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yySNDP9XVggC&pg=PA42|access-date=23 July 2013|year= 1996|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-332-8|page=42}}</ref>
*[[Palghat Mani Iyer]]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Krishna|first1=T. m.|date=30 January 2020|title=Keeping the cow and brahmin apart|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/keeping-the-cow-and-brahmin-apart/article30686002.ece}}</ref>
*[[Parassala B. Ponnammal]], Indian Carnatic musician who was the first woman student at [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music]]. She has received [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=P. k Ajith|date=22 June 2021|title=A traditionalist, yet she broke glass ceiling|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/a-traditionalist-yet-she-broke-glass-ceiling/article34914129.ece|access-date=23 June 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Ravi Shankar]], Indian sitar virtuoso and a composer. He received 5 [[Grammy Awards|Grammy awards]], [[Padma Bhushan]], [[Padma Vibhushan]] and [[Bharat Ratna]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Publishing |first1=Britannica Educational |title=The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time |date=October 2009 |publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing |isbn=978-1-61530-056-3 |page=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbucAAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Shankar Mahadevan]], singer<ref>{{cite interview|last=Mahadevan|first=Shankar|interviewer=John Brittas|title=I am a Malayali grew up in Mumbai: Shankar Mahadevan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPcyXZgW8EA|publisher=Kairali TV|date=8 September 2013|quote=Interviewer: You have some connection with Kerala in fact, your family migrated from Palakkad or something like that. Shankar Mahadevan: Yes, I am an Iyer from Palakkad actually|at=0:38|access-date=4 January 2010|via=Kairali Archive on YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Śārṅgadeva]] was the 13th-century Indian musicologist who authored [[Sangita Ratnakara]]<ref>Prithwindra Mukherjee, ''The Scales of Indian Music: A Cognitive Approach to That/ Melakarta'', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2004    (Critical Bibliography, pp411-418)</ref>
*[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], singer<ref>{{cite news|date=26 September 2020|title=SPB was not just a singer, but a multifaceted personality|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/spb-was-not-just-a-singer-but-a-multifaceted-personality/article32699795.ece|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Narayanan|first1=Vivek|date=26 September 2020|title=A man close to his roots|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-man-close-to-his-roots/article32700050.ece|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Subbudu]], Indian Music and dance critic<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 April 2017|title=Kishori Amonkar soared despite media neglect of classical music|url=https://zeenews.india.com/blogs/kishori-amonkar-soared-despite-media-neglect-of-classical-music-1994627.html|access-date=17 February 2022|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Tansen]], Indian musician and composer who was prominent in [[Hindustani classical music]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tansen, Famous Hindustani Classical Singer Tansen|url=https://www.indiaonline.in/about/personalities/singers/tansen|access-date=24 October 2021|website=www.indiaonline.in}}</ref>
*[[Thyagaraja]], composer<ref>{{cite news|date=6 January 2006|title=Tiruvaiyaru gears up|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/tiruvaiyaru-gears-up/article3216630.ece|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[T. M. Krishna]], Indian Carnatic vocalist, writer, activist and author<ref>{{cite web|title=Right to Reject ? I'm a Brahmin by birth, But... Carnatic Vocalist T.M.Krishna against Communalism|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifnrGJReKsc|access-date=11 April 2021|website=YouTube| date=5 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Krishna|first1=T. M.|date=15 September 2016|title=The TM Krishna column: 'I'm upper-caste and I'm proud of it – and that's where the problem lies'|work=Scroll.in|url=https://scroll.in/article/816517/im-upper-caste-and-im-proud-of-it-and-thats-where-the-problem-lies|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Udit Narayan]], Indian playback singer who received [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]], [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shaw |first=Shri Ram |date=5 July 2020 |title=Exclusive – Udit Narayan on completing 40 years in Bollywood: Bitterness of struggle makes success sweeter |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/exclusive-udit-narayan-on-completing-40-years-in-bollywood-bitterness-of-struggle-makes-success-sweeter-qd00cc |access-date=4 April 2022|work=Asianet News |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], Indian lyricist and poet. He received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 July 2013|title=Tamil movie lyricist Vaali dead|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/345563/tamil-movie-lyricist-vaali-dead.html|access-date=27 December 2021|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
*[[V. Dakshinamoorthy]], Carnatic musician, composer and music director<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reminiscing a century-old musical voyage|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/jun/11/reminiscing-a-century-old-musical-voyage-485662.html|access-date=4 July 2021|website=The New Indian Express|date=11 June 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Venkataramana Bhagavathar]], composer of [[Carnatic music]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=7 January 2016|title=20 more keerthanas of Tyagaraja's disciple discovered|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/20-more-keerthanas-of-Tyagaraja%E2%80%99s-disciple-discovered/article13985821.ece|access-date=30 July 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Zubeen Garg]], singer<ref>{{cite news |title='These Brahmins should be killed,' says Assam singer Zubeen Garg; cases filed |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/these-brahmins-should-be-killed-says-assam-singer-zubeen-garg-cases-filed/story-QgaKOmiMcqiCEhzOc8K29O.html |access-date=17 April 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=29 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Nobel laureates ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Image !! Laureate !! Category !! Comment !! Citation
|-
|1913
|[[File:Rabindranath Tagore in 1909.jpg|75px]]
|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nandakumar|first=Prema|date=11 May 2010|title=A legend of Tagore women|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/A-legend-of-Tagore-women/article16299962.ece|access-date=29 August 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|[[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]]
|First Asian to win Nobel prize in [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]]
|"because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."
|-
|1930
|[[File:Sir CV Raman.JPG|75px]]
|[[Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=C. V. Raman – Biography, Facts and Pictures|url=https://www.famousscientists.org/c-v-raman/|access-date=29 August 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bansal|first=Malti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bI2XJA5FjzwC&q=C.+V.+Raman+brahmin&pg=PP3|title=C.V.Raman: The Making of the Nobel Laureates|publisher=Mind Melodies|isbn=978-93-5018-200-0|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]]
||First Asian to win Nobel prize in [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]]
|"for his work on the [[Raman scattering|scattering of light]] and for the discovery of the effect named after him."
|-
|2009
|[[File:Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-08.jpg|75px]]
|[[Venki Ramakrishnan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a Brahmin |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/what-caste-is-a-nobel/262325 |website=outlookindia.com |language=en |date=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dr Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, Tamil Brahmin |url=https://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/oct/12/slide-show-1-brahmins-dominate-all-modern-professions.htm |work=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]]
|First Indian Nobel laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]]
|"for studies of the structure and function of the [[ribosome]]."
|-
|2014
|[[File:Kailash Satyarthi March 2015.jpg|75px]]
|[[Kailash Satyarthi]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gowen|first=Annie|date=10 October 2014|title=Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi has long campaigned against child labor|language=en|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/peace-prize-recipient-kailash-satyarthi-has-long-campaigned-against-child-labor/2014/10/10/358956aa-5078-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_story.html|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
|[[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]]
|First Indian Nobel laureate in [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]]
|"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."
|}

== Poets ==
[[File:Tulsidas composing his famous Avadhi Ramcharitmanas.jpg|thumb|[[Tulsidas|Goswami Tulsidas]]]]
[[File:Bankim Chattapadhyay.jpg|thumb|[[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]]]]
*[[Agyeya]], Indian poet and writer who received [[Jnanpith Award]] & [[Struga Poetry Evenings|Golden Wreath Award]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Malinar|first=Angelika|editor-last=Wagner-Egelhaaf|editor-first=Martina|title=Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction|url=https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/181591|series=De Gruyter Handbook|year=2019|publisher=De Gruyter|location=Berlin, Boston|isbn=978-3-11-038148-1|chapter=Chapter 34 : Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan ["Ajneya"/"Agyeya" ('Unknowable')]|chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110279818/9783110279818-145/9783110279818-145.xml|pages=1762–1776}} {{closed access}}</ref>
*[[Banabhatta]] wrote India's first novel and was a poet in King [[Harsha]]'s court<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kainiraka |first1=Sanu |title=From Indus to Independence – A Trek Through Indian History: Vol III The Disintegration of Empires |date=1 March 2016 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-85563-18-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cc9qCwAAQBAJ&dq=banabhatta+brahmin&pg=PT29 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Indian Poet who wrote India's national song [[Vande Mataram|Vande Matram]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – Indian author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bankim-Chandra-Chatterjee |encyclopedia=Britannica |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="Chattopadhyay9">{{cite book |last=Chattopadhyay |first=Sachishchandra |title=Bankim-Jibani |date=1952 |publisher=Pustak Bipani |page=9}}</ref>
*[[D. R. Bendre]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Amaresh |last=Datta |title =Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo Volume 1 of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA413 |year=1987 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-8-12601-803-1 |page=413}}</ref>
*[[Garimella Satyanarayana]], Telugu poet and freedom fighter<ref>{{Cite web|title=Garimella Satyanarayana Biography – Biography of Garimella Satyanarayana|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/garimella-satyanarayana/biography/|access-date=28 August 2021|website=Poem Hunter|language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[Gopalakrishna Adiga]], Kannada poet who is known as "Pioneer of [[Kannada poetry#Navya (New)|New style]]" poetry<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gopalakrishna Adiga – Gopalakrishna Adiga Biography|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/gopalakrishna-adiga/biography/|access-date=8 August 2021|website=Poem Hunter|language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[Goswami Tulsidas]], the author of the epic poem ''[[Ramcharitmanas]]''.<ref>Lutgendorf 1991, p. 1.</ref>
*[[Jayadeva]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chopra|first=Pran Nath|title=Religions and Communities of India|publisher=East-West Publications|year=1982|isbn=978-0-85692-081-3|location=|pages=79|language=}}</ref>
*[[Kapilar]], Tamil poet o [[Sangam period]] who contributed 10% of [[Sangam era|Sangam Era]] classical corpus<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 September 2020|title=A majority of Hindus are non-vegetarian, as they have always been|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/a-majority-of-hindus-are-non-vegetarian-as-they-have-always-been-111634488209199.html|access-date=4 November 2021|website=Mintlounge|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kavi Pradeep]], Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "[[Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo]]". He received [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award|Dada Saheb Phalke Award]].<ref name="Obituary: Kavi Pradeep">{{Cite web|date=23 October 2011|title=Obituary: Kavi Pradeep|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-kavi-pradeep-1191518.html|access-date=10 July 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>
*[[M. Govinda Pai]], Kannada poet who received first [[National poet|Rashtrakavi]] title by the Madras Government<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gilivindu set to be opened on March 6 in Kasargod|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250216/gilivindu-set-to-be-opened-on-march-6-in-kasargod.html|access-date=25 July 2021|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=25 February 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Muthuswami Dikshitar]], Indian poet and composer<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 November 2017|title=Muthuswami Deekshitar Day at Ganabharathi on Nov. 25|url=https://starofmysore.com/muthuswami-deekshitar-day-ganabharathi-nov-25/|access-date=8 August 2021|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Narsinh Mehta]], Gujarati Saint poet who is considered as Adi Kavi. His bhajan [[Vaishnava Jana To|Vaishnav Jan To]] was [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s favourite<ref>{{Cite web|title=Narsi Mehta: A poet, a saint & a bhakt|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mind-matters/narsi-mehta-a-poet-a-saint-a-bhakt|access-date=14 August 2021|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Poonthanam Nambudiri]], Malayalam poet who is remembered for [[Jnanappana]] which means "the song of divine wisdom" in Malayalam<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 August 2019|title=SREE POONTHANAM NAMBUDIRI {{!}} Saints|url=https://www.hinduscriptures.com/gurus/saints/sree-poonthanam-nambudiri/34634/|access-date=4 November 2021|website=Hindu Scriptures {{!}} Vedic lifestyle, Scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Itihaas, Smrutis, Sanskrit.|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu]], Telugu poet who received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yoan |first=Niek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_meouAAACAAJ |title=Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu |date=9 March 2012 |publisher=Miss Press |isbn=978-620-0-88484-8 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rajendra Bhandari]], Indian Nepalese poet<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global in Gangtok – India – Poetry International|url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/article/7445/Global-in-Gangtok/en/tile|access-date=16 December 2021|website=www.poetryinternational.org}}</ref>
*[[Sambandar]], Tamil Shaiva Poet and who was one of the 63 [[Nayanars]] who composed 16,000 hymns<ref>{{Cite book |date=April 2018 |title=THE NATURE OF THE WORLD – DEPICTED BY THE SAIVITIE CANONICAL LITERATURE – PERIYA PURANAM (THE GREAT ANCIENT TAMIL EPIC) |url=http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/wp-content/uploads/ash_v5n4_017.pdf |volume=5 |pages=4 |via=Shanlax Journals}}</ref>
*[[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]], Indian poet who is known for his works in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] literature and anthology [[Maha Prasthanam]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srihari|first=Gudipoodi|date=6 May 2010|title=In memory of Sri Sri|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/In-memory-of-Sri-Sri/article16298717.ece|access-date=5 September 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Subramania Bharati|Subramani Bharathi]], Tamil poet popularly known as "Mahakavi Bharathi" ("Great Poet Bharathi"), he was a pioneer of modern [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poetry<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Raman|first1=Aroon|date=21 December 2009|title=All too human at the core|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/All-too-human-at-the-core/article16854491.ece}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Why we're so turned off by Bharathiyar's saffron turban: Did the orange fall too far from the tree|url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2019/jun/24/why-were-so-turned-off-by-bharathiyars-saffron-turban-did-the-orange-fall-too-far-from-the-tree-6733.html|website=The New Indian Express|date=24 June 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Suryakant Tripathi]], Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reddiar|first=Mahesh|title=Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' – Biography|date=8 December 2011 |url=https://philaindia.info/suryakant-tripathi-nirala-biography/|access-date=11 July 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Tikkana]], Telugu poet who was the second poet of the [[Kavitrayam|Kavi Trayam]] that translated [[Mahabharata]] into [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Descendents protect Tikkana memory {{!}} Andhra Pradesh First| date=27 June 2013 |url=https://www.hyderabadfirst.in/?p=4986|access-date=8 August 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Veturi]], Indian poet and lyricist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Journalist Veturi Sundararama Murthy's Birthday Today – Shining India News|url=http://shiningindianews.com/2014/01/former-journalist-veturi-sundararama-murthys-birthday-today/|access-date=12 July 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Vidyapati]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]] and [[Sanskrit]] poet, composer, writer, courtier and royal priest<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rakesh |first1=Ram Dayal |title=Vidyapati, the Greatest Poet of Mithila |year=2007 |publisher=Greater Janakpur Area Development Council |isbn=978-9937-2-0148-3 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MbBIAQAAIAAJ&q=Vidyapati+brahmin |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Jha20182">{{cite book|author=Pankaj Jha|title=A Political History of Literature: Vidyapati and the Fifteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8xl9DwAAQBAJ|date=20 November 2018|publisher=OUP India|isbn=978-0-19-909535-3|page=2}}</ref>
*[[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]], Telugu poet who has received [[Padma Bhushan]] & [[Jnanpith Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viswanatha Satyanarayana – Viswanatha Satyanarayana Biography|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/viswanatha-satyanarayana/biography/|access-date=31 July 2021|website=Poem Hunter|language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[Yogmaya Neupane]], Nepali poet considered pioneer of female Nepali poets<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: Recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon &#124; Request PDF|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263344447|journal=ResearchGate|language=en|issn=0958-4935}}</ref>

== Politicians ==
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[[File:WCBonnerjee.jpg|thumb|[[Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee]]]]
[[File:Surendranath Banerjee.jpg|thumb|[[Surendranath Banerjee]]]]
[[File:MotilalNehru4.jpg|thumb|[[Motilal Nehru]]]]
[[File:Shyama Prasad Mukherjee portrait in Parliament.jpg|thumb|[[Syama Prasad Mukherjee|Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]]]]
[[File:Keshav Baliram Hedgewar seated.jpg|thumb|[[K. B. Hedgewar|K.B. Hedgewar]]]]

=== Political party founders ===
*[[Kanu Sanyal]], Indian politician who was the founding member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kaminsky|first1=Arnold P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVxlfDHGTFYC&dq=Kanu+Sanyal+brahmin&pg=PA499|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic|last2=Ph.D|first2=Roger D. Long|date=23 September 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37463-0|language=en}}</ref>
* [[K. B. Hedgewar]], founder of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=7 June 2018|title=Who Was KB Hedgewar to Whom Pranab Mukherjee Hailed as 'Great Son of Mother India' at RSS Event?|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/who-is-kb-hedgewar-to-whom-pranab-mukherjee-hailed-as-great-son-of-mother-india-at-rss-event-3098290/|access-date=31 July 2021|website=India.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Motilal Nehru]] Indian politician who was the 36th president of [[Indian National Congress|Indian congress]].He co founded [[Swaraj Party]]
* [[Shripad Amrit Dange]], co-founder of [[Communist Party of India]]. He was the Member of the [[Indian Parliament]] for Bombay Central and Central South<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/shripad-amrit-dange-the-overshadowed-beacon-of-indian-communism/132432/|title=Shripad Amrit Dange, the overshadowed beacon of Indian Communism|website=[[ThePrint]] |date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[Surendranath Banerjee]], Indian politician who was the 11th president of [[Indian National Congress|Indian congress]]. He founded [[Indian National Association|Indian National association]] and also co founded [[Indian National Congress|Indian National congress]].He was the First Indian to qualify for [[Indian Civil Services]] Examination<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 June 2019|title=Surendranath Banerjee Who Received Respect From British|url=https://www.jaborejob.com/surendranath-banerjee-biography-info/|access-date=30 August 2021|website=Jaborejob|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]], m[[Minister of Industry and Supply|inister of industry and supply]]. He was the founder of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Bharathiya Jana Sangh]] (predecessor of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syama Prasad Mukherjee Death Anniversary: Interesting facts about the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/syama-prasad-mukherjee-death-anniversary-interesting-facts-about-the-founder-of-bharatiya-jana-sangh|access-date=30 June 2021|website=www.freepressjournal.in}}</ref>
* [[Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee]], co-founder and First [[List of presidents of the Indian National Congress|President of Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Time Line {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/lacit-is-another-country/299608|access-date=5 August 2021|website=magazine.outlookindia.com}}</ref>
[[File:VD Savarkar.jpg|thumb| [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]]]]

=== Ministers, MPs and MLAs ===
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*[[Arun Jaitley]], Indian politician and attorney, Minister of Finance (2014–2019).<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Arun Jaitley, the eyes and ears of Modi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/arun-jaitley-the-eyes-and-ears-of-modi/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Deendayal Upadhyaya]], Indian politician who was the 10th President of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sahasrabuddhe|first=Vinay|date=24 September 2016|title=With Focus on Vikas, Deendayal Upadhyaya Went Beyond Public vs Private|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/with-a-focus-on-vikas-deendayal-went-beyond-public-vs-private-deendayal-upadhyaya-bjp-jana-sangh-rss-modi|access-date=24 February 2022|work=BloombergQuint|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Girdhari Lal Bhargava]], Indian politician who was the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] of Rajasthan<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Parihar |first=Rohit |date=30 March 2019 |title=Congress fields woman candidate from Jaipur after 57 years|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/congress-fields-woman-candidate-from-jaipur-after-57-years-1489857-2019-03-30|access-date=26 November 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Gopal Jee Thakur]], Indian Politician, [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament, lok Sabha]] from Darbhanga, Bihar. (Born. 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2019 |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: NDA banking on social equations in Bihar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-nda-banking-on-social-equations-in-bihar/story-fLwEhbL2Of5jxTwCAXCRiN.html |access-date=1 March 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
*[[H. R. Bhardwaj]], 27th [[Minister of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law and Justice]], former [[Governor of Karnataka]] and [[Governor of Kerala|Kerala]]<ref>{{cite news|date=12 September 2010|title=Cow slaughter bill: Bhardwaj sticks to his stand|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2010/sep/12/cow-slaughter-bill-bhardwaj-sticks-to-his-stand-186204.html|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Jana Krishnamurthi]], Indian politician who was the former [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Union Law minister]] and 6th president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharathiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=PARTY GIFT TO BANGARU ON BIRTHDAY|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/party-gift-to-bangaru-on-birthday/cid/933857|access-date=30 August 2021|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
*[[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]], Indian politician who was the 3rd [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]] and 2nd [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]. He is the Founder of [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kulkarni|first=V. B.|url=http://archive.org/details/kmmunshi00kulk|title=K.M. Munshi|date=2014|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|others=Public Resource}}</ref>
*[[K. S. Sudarshan]] was the Fifth Chief/Sarsanghachalak of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 September 2012|title=Sudarshan, a RSS hardliner who wanted to pray in mosque on Eid|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sudarshan-a-rss-hardliner-who-wanted-to-pray-in-mosque-on-eid/story-YTJyKvqtg3MjrCdOPts07H.html|access-date=4 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras]] popularly known as Balasaheb Deoras, was the third Chief/Sarsanghchalak of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/en/document/balasaheb-deoras-madhukar-dattatraya-deoras.html|title = Balasaheb Deoras (Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras) &#124; Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance – Research Network|date = 8 February 2016}}</ref>
*[[M. S. Golwalkar]] better known as Guruji was the second Chief/Sarsanghchalak of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sagar|title=Narendra Modi's Atmanirbhar Bharat is a thinly veiled blueprint of the RSS's "Hindu Economics"|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/narendra-modi-atmanirbhar-bharat-rss-hindu-economics-rashtra|access-date=4 September 2021|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref>
*[[P. Ramamurthi]], Indian politician who was [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] and [[politburo]] member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=VISWANATHAN|first=S.|title=Fighter all the way|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30198194.ece|access-date=7 September 2021|website=Frontline|date=6 November 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Prakash Pant]], Indian Politician who was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] Speaker & Finance Minister of [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Uttarakhand Legislative assembly]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kasniyal |first1=B D |last2=Trivedi |first2=Anupam |date=8 January 2018 |title=Ex-minister Chufal demands cabinet expansion in Uttarakhand to 'maintain regional balance' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/ex-minister-chufal-demands-cabinet-expansion-in-uttarakhand-to-maintain-regional-balance/story-8YXHgB8XD1J0KXXYKgICiK.html |access-date=13 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pramod Mahajan]], minister in the government of Vajpayee<ref>{{cite book|last=French|first=Patrick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bf48JIIoLVoC&pg=PT121|title=India: A Portrait|publisher=Penguin UK|year=2011|isbn=978-0-14-194700-6|edition=Reprinted}}</ref>
*[[Prem Nath Dogra]], Leader of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]] known as Sher-e-Duggar.He was also the president of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (1955)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Pt. Prem Nath Dogra on his 137th birth anniversary – "A man with a nationalist vision"|url=https://www.jammukashmirnow.com/Encyc/2020/10/24/Remembering-Pt-Prem-Nath-Dogra-on-his-137th-birth-anniversary.html|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.jammukashmirnow.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rahul Easwar]], Indian right-wing activist, philosophy author and orator<ref>{{cite tweet|user=RahulEaswar|number=1041217318448058368|title=As a Brahmin myself, i know the rot within our community. Last century the "other" was so called 'lower caste'. This time it is Muslim. I am all for a Great Vision of #HinduUnity with out projecting "Other" / "Enemy". Vivekanandas way, Gandhijis way. A model of "sabka saath"|date=16 September 2018|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Rajendra Trivedi]], speaker of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite news|date=4 January 2020|title=Gujarat Assembly Speaker Claims Brahmins Have 'Different DNA'|work=The Wire|url=https://thewire.in/caste/gujarat-assembly-speaker-rajendra-trivedi-dna|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Sanjay Jha (politician)|Sanjay Jha]],<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=JhaSanjay|number=1171632208291012610|title=Sir, I am a Brahmin, but I think it's preposterous to perpetuate caste and class distinctions and the superiority of one over the other. It is anachronistic. It has divided our society and fostered caste violence. I suggest you withdraw your unwarranted remarks.|date=11 September 2019|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> former national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress
*[[Satish Sharma]], Indian politician who was the [[Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas|Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas]] (1993–1996) and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (2010–2016)<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Kaveree |last1=Bamzai |date=3 November 2001 |title=The flying Dutch woman |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-flying-dutch-woman/articleshow/1007703733.cms|access-date=16 July 2021|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi]], Indian politician who was the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], and leader of [[Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='The Left parties have committed suicide' – Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-the-left-parties-have-committed-suicide-/347064/0|access-date=24 October 2021|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>
*[[Somnath Chatterjee]], Indian politician who was the 14th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (1985–2009)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meira Kumar: Seven things to know about the Opposition's Presidential Candidate|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jun/22/meira-kumar-seven-things-to-know-about-the-oppositions-presidential-candidate-1619739.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622153848/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jun/22/meira-kumar-seven-things-to-know-about-the-oppositions-presidential-candidate-1619739.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2017|access-date=8 September 2021|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
*[[Subhas Chakraborty]], Indian politician who was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Third Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ministry|Minister of Transport, Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of Tourism Government of West Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 September 2006|title=Bengal minister revolts with worship|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/bengal-minister-revolts-with-worship-246773.html|access-date=11 December 2021|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Subramanian Swamy]], Indian politician, [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Can't be Chowkidar, I'm Brahmin: Subramanian Swamy |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/cannot-be-chowkidar-i-am-brahmin-subramanian-swamy-narendra-modi-main-bhi-chowkidar-campaign-1485369-2019-03-24 |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=India Today |date=24 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Uma Shankar Dikshit]], Indian politician who was the 12th [[Governor of West Bengal]], 7th [[List of governors of Karnataka|Governor of Karnataka]] & 10th [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]. He received [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Will campaign in Uttar Pradesh if party wants: Sheila Dikshit|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-campaign-in-uttar-pradesh-if-party-wants-sheila-dikshit/articleshow/56739730.cms?from=mdr|access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[U. Srinivas Mallya]], Indian politician who served as [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] for an 18-year tenure from 1946 to 1965<ref>{{Cite web|title=U S Mallya – MP No.1 of All Times|url=http://www.mangaloretoday.com/opinion/U-S-Mallya-MP-No-1-of-All-Times.html|access-date=22 July 2021|website=www.mangaloretoday.com}}</ref>
*[[Vasant Sathe]], former [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] and he initiated process which led to [[Television in India|Indian television]] moving into colour broadcasting for [[Asian Games]] 1982 and [[Hum Log (television series)|Hum Log]] the first colour Indian soap-opera.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 September 2011|title=Vasant Sathe: A visionary, or a maverick, criticized for his plainspeak |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vasant-sathe-a-visionary-or-a-maverick-criticized-for-his-plainspeak/articleshow/10097259.cms|access-date=4 July 2021|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Padgaonkar |first=Dileep |date=28 March 2005 |title=Book review: 'Memoirs of a Rationalist' by Vasant Sathe|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20050328-book-review-memoirs-of-a-rationalist-by-vasant-sathe-787991-2005-03-28|access-date=4 July 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vijay Mishra (politician)|Vijay Mishra]], represents the [[Gyanpur (Assembly constituency)|Gyanpur constituency]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pandey|first1=Sanjay|date=13 August 2020|title=I may be killed in encounter as I am Brahmin: Muscleman UP MLA says in viral video|language=en|work=Deccan Herald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/i-may-be-killed-in-encounter-as-i-am-brahmin-muscleman-up-mla-says-in-viral-video-872878.html|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]], Indian politician who played developed the [[Hindutva|Hindtuva Ideology]]. He was leading figure in [[Hindu Mahasabha]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 August 2019|title=Savarkar is an unlikely hero of the right|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/savarkar-is-an-unlikely-hero-of-the-right/story-96p9P01RBi0w2ZLjD8vXbK.html|access-date=24 October 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

=== Chief ministers ===
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|[[File:Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Haribhau Upadhyaya]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paṅkaja |first1=Vishṇu |title=Haribhāū Upādhyāya : vyaktitva aura krtitva |date=1966 |publisher=Durlabha Prakāśana Mandira |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=et4hAAAAMAAJ&q=Haribhau%20Upadhyaya%20brahmin |language=hi}}</ref>
|[[Ajmer State]]
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| [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<ref>{{cite book |title=P.V. Narasimha Rao, Years of Power |date=1993 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0136-0 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAVuAAAAMAAJ&q=niyogi |language=en}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]
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| [[File:Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg|102x102px]]
|[[Tanguturi Prakasam]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=96816175 Naajeevitayatrata Tanguturi Prakasham Gari Jeevita Charitra |url=https://pdfslide.us/documents/96816175-naajeevitayatrata-tanguturi-prakasham-gari-jeevita-charitra.html |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=pdfslide.us |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Andhra State]]
|-
|[[File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg|75x75px]]
| [[Gopinath Bordoloi]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Desk |first=Sentinel Digital |date=12 May 2021 |title=New Chief Minister: Letters to The Editor – Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/letters-to-the-editor-537977 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=the Sentinel |language=en}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Assam|Assam]]
|-
|[[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=caste and religion dominate indian presidential election |url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1992/07/06/caste-and-religion-dominate-indian-presidential-election&post_id=41543 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=ucanews.com |date=5 July 1992}}</ref>
|[[Bhopal State (1949–1956)|Bhopal State]]
|-
|[[File:Binodanand Jha portrait.gif|94x94px]]
| [[Binodanand Jha]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prakash |first=Ravi |date=28 September 2019 |title=When Gandhi escaped lynching |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/when-gandhi-escaped-lynching |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=National Herald |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |[[List of chief ministers of Bihar|Bihar]]
|-
|[[File:Kedar Pandey.jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Kedar Pandey]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jaffrelot |first1=Christophe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78rfCgAAQBAJ&dq=kedar+pandey+brahmin&pg=PA80 |title=Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies |last2=Kumar |first2=Sanjay |date=4 May 2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-51662-7 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
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| [[Jagannath Mishra]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Naqshbandi |first=Aurangzeb |date=18 September 2018 |title=After 27 years, Bihar Congress gets a Brahmin president |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/after-27-years-bihar-congress-gets-a-brahmin-president/story-RG6d8KQnI8PsuDxDTy5CiO.html |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:B.dubey(3).jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Angshuman |first=Kumar |date=26 November 2015 |title=Bihar: The Lucky Ally |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/india/bihar-the-lucky-ally/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |magazine=Open The Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg|108x108px]]
| [[Bhagwat Jha Azad|Bhagwat Jha]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 October 2011 |title=For Bhagawat Jha Azad, charity began at home {{!}} Patna News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/for-bhagawat-jha-azad-charity-began-at-home/articleshow/10286575.cms |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|114x114px]]
|[[B. G. Kher]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Vasant Moon|author2=Eleanor Zelliot|title=Growing Up Untouchable in India: A Dalit Autobiography|url=https://archive.org/details/growingupuntouch00vasa|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7425-0881-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/growingupuntouch00vasa/page/86 87]–}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Bombay State]]
|-
|[[File:Morarji Desai portrait.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Morarji Desai]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martel |first1=Gordon |last2=Lavender |first2=Wayne |title=Studies in British Imperial History: Essays in Honour of A.P. Thornton |date=16 June 1986 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-18244-2 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgKxCwAAQBAJ&q=morarji+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Sushma Swaraj in 2014.jpg|98x98px]]
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Shwetha |date=5 June 2014 |title=7 Things About Sushma Swaraj That Will Make You Go "Oh Really?" |url=https://www.idiva.com/career/advice/facts-about-sushma-swaraj/30324 |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=iDiva |language=en-IN}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Delhi|Delhi]]
|-
|[[File:Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg|96x96px]]
| [[Sheila Dikshit]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=8 September 2016 |title=I married into a Brahmin family, I'm now a Brahmin: Sheila Dixit |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-i-married-into-a-brahmin-family-i-m-now-a-brahmin-sheila-dixit-2252844 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=DNA |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|107x107px]]
|[[Manohar Parrikar]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelekar |first1=Samir |title=Forward castes must think forward as well |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-view/forward-castes-must-think-forward-as-well/story-SQ9mT9rE8zOGDSyhO5If3K.html |access-date=17 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=23 November 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Goa|Goa]]
|-
| [[File:Hitendra Desai Lok Sabha photo.jpg|93x93px]]
| [[Hitendra Desai]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vyas |first1=Hariprasad |title=Hitendra Desai: A Political Sketch |date=1970 |publisher=Topic Print. and Publications |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5Q5AQAAIAAJ&q=Hitendra+Kanaiyalal+Desai+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Gujarat|Gujarat]]
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| [[Ghanshyam Oza]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sanghvi |first1=Vijay |title=The Congress, Indira to Sonia Gandhi |date=2006 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-340-1 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npdqD_TXucQC&dq=Ghanshyam+Oza+brahmin&pg=PA82 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma.JPG|93x93px]]
| [[Bhagwat Dayal Sharma]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Asif Ullah |date=4 June 2017 |title='Rank outsider' Khattar brings in reform in a casteist state |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rank-outsider-khattar-brings-in-reform-in-a-casteist-state-2460879 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=DNA |language=en}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Haryana|Haryana]]
|-
|[[File:Shanta Kumar.jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Shanta Kumar]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Congress appoints observers for bypolls in Himachal |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/congress-appoints-observers-for-bypolls-in-himachal-271073 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=Tribune |date=20 June 2021}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
|[[File:Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shepherd |first=Kancha Ilaiah |date=1 October 2021 |title=How Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' rendered Indian Shudra rulers powerless |url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2021/10/how-kautilyas-arthashastra-has-rendered-indian-shudra-rulers-powerless/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |magazine=Forward Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad State]]
|-
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|[[R. Gundu Rao]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Iyer |first=Laxmi |date= 4 July 2018 |title=Rahul Gandhi appoints Dinesh Gundu Rao as Karnataka Congress chief |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/rahul-gandhi-appoints-dinesh-gundu-rao-as-karnataka-congress-chief/articleshow/64855910.cms |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Karnataka|Karnataka]]
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|[[Ramakrishna Hegde]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pandit |first=Sushil |date=25 June 2015 |title=How a charismatic Ramakrishna Hegde was hit by scandal |url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/veerappa-moily-rama-krishna-hegde-karnataka-snooping-chandrababu-naidu-chandrasekhara-rao/story/1/4586.html |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=DailyO}}</ref>
|-

| [[File:E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Nandita |date=19 March 2019 |title=EMS Namboodiripad, the communist CM who laid foundation of 'Kerala model' |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/ems-namboodiripad-the-communist-cm-who-laid-foundation-of-kerala-model/207502/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Kerala]]
|-
|
|[[Liladhar Joshi]]<ref name="RJones">{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Rodney W. |title=Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System |date=8 January 2021 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-31916-5 |pages=82, 106, 121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NK_oDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Madhya Bharat]]
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| [[File:RavishankarShukla.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Ravishankar Shukla]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patel |first=Aakar |date=28 August 2009 |title=When will the Brahmin-Bania hegemony end? |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3u2QUPuXBEFPaBQXU2R8mJ/When-will-the-BrahminBania-hegemony-end.html |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=Mint |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="7" |[[List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]
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|[[Bhagwantrao Mandloi]]<ref name="RJones" />
|-
|[[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|110x110px]]
|[[Kailash Nath Katju]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opinion: Amit Shah's Kashmir Visit Had Two Messages—One for Kashmiris, the Other for Pakistan |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/opinion/opinion-amit-shah-s-kashmir-visit-had-two-messages-one-for-kashmiris-the-other-for-pakistan/ar-AAQ2rC5 |access-date=20 April 2022 |website=MSN |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Stamp_of_India_-_2001_-_Colnect_160764_-_Dwarka_Prasad_Mishra.jpeg|109x108px]]
|[[Dwarka Prasad Mishra]]<ref name="RJones" />
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|[[File:Shyama Charan Shukla 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|[[Shyama Charan Shukla]]<ref name="RJones" />
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|[[File:Kailash Chandra Joshi (cropped).JPG|81x81px]]
|[[Kailash Chandra Joshi]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Śarmā |first1=Devīdatta |title=Linguistic Geography of Kumaun Himalayas: A Descriptive Areal Distribution of Kumauni Language |date=1994 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-529-6 |page=291 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1howAAAAMAAJ&q=Kailash+Chandra+Joshi+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Motilal Vora.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Motilal Vora]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Naidu |first=Chandrakant |date=21 December 2020 |title=Congress veteran Motilal Vora (1927–2020) passes away at 93 |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/congress-veteran-motilal-vora-1927-2020-passes-away-at-93 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=National Herald |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Manohar Joshi cropped.jpg|110x110px]]
|[[Manohar Joshi]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/balasaheb-thackeray-stood-behind-his-men-like-a-mountain/article1-960848.aspx |title=Balasaheb Thackeray stood behind his men like a mountain |first=Manohar |last=Joshi |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 November 2012 |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141109112125/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/balasaheb-thackeray-stood-behind-his-men-like-a-mountain/article1-960848.aspx |archive-date=9 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
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|[[File:Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghadyalpatil |first1=Abhiram |title=I won't be removed merely because I'm Brahmin: Devendra Fadnavis |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/EJPBMvo9MsCmxEl0PiUeDM/I-wont-be-removed-because-Im-Brahmin-Devendra-Fadnavis.html |access-date=17 April 2022 |work=Mint |date=24 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Sadasiva-Tripathy.jpg|85x85px]]
|[[Sadashiva Tripathy]]<ref name="EvilEnvelop">{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=M. I. |date=14 February 2000 |title=rediff.com: The evil that envelopes Orissa |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2000/feb/14oriss.htm |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=Rediff}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" |[[List of chief ministers of Odisha|Odisha]]
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|[[File:Biswanath-Das.jpg|85x85px]]
|[[Bishwanath Das]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rao |first=K. V. |title=Politics in Orissa (Social Ecology and Constitutional Compulsions) |date=1965 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41854127 |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=101–110 |jstor=41854127 |issn=0019-5510}}</ref>
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| [[File:Nandini-Satapathy.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[Nandini Satpathy]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Surhone |first1=Lambert M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdRfYgEACAAJ |title=Nandini Satpathy |last2=Tennoe |first2=Mariam T. |last3=Henssonow |first3=Susan F. |date=10 January 2011 |publisher=VDM Publishing |isbn=978-613-4-75587-0 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Binayak Acharya]]<ref name="EvilEnvelop" />
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|[[Brish Bhan]]
|[[PEPSU]]
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|[[File:Gopi Chand Bhargava.png|93x93px]]
|[[Gopi Chand Bhargava]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Juneja |first1=M. M. |title=History of Hisar: From Inception to Independence, 1935–1947 |date=1989 |publisher=Modern Book Company |page=344 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cL61AAAAIAAJ&q=Gopi+Chand+Bhargava+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
|[[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
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|[[File:Hiralal Shastri 1976 stamp of India.jpg|102x102px]]
|[[Hiralal Shastri]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sisson |first1=Richard |title=The Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution-Building in an Indian State |date=8 January 2021 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-33934-7 |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEnrDwAAQBAJ&dq=Hiralal+Shastri+brahmin&pg=PA134 |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |[[List of chief ministers of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]]
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|[[File:Cadambi Sheshachar Venkatachar.jpg|102x102px]]
|[[C. S. Venkatachar]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=The District Officer in India by Roland Hunt and John Harrison |publisher= |year=1980 |isbn=0-85967-660-9 |location=Solar Press, London|last1= Hunt|first1= Roland|last2= Harrison|first2= John}}</ref>
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|[[File:Jai Narayan Vyas 1974 stamp of India.jpg|102x102px]]
|[[Jai Narayan Vyas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Row over statue in Rajasthan varsity |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970811/22350503.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116093643/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970811/22350503.html |archive-date=16 January 2014 |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=Indian Express |date=11 August 1997}}</ref>
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| [[File:Tika Ram Paliwal.jpg|103x102px]]
|[[Tika Ram Paliwal]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kashyap |first1=Subhash C. |title=The Politics of Power: Defections and State Politics in India |date=1974 |publisher=National Publishing House |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_UdAAAAMAAJ&q=Tika+Ram+Paliwal+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[File:Haridev Joshi.jpg|51x51px]]
|[[Hari Dev Joshi]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Ramananda |title=The Modern Review |date=1977 |publisher=Prabasi Press Private, Limited |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejcZAAAAIAAJ&q=Hari+Dev+Joshi+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[File:Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg|99x99px]]
|[[C. Rajagopalachari]]<ref name=":9" />
| rowspan="3" |[[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]
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|[[File:VNJanaki.jpg|88x88px]]
|[[V. N. Janaki]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Venkatramani |first=S. H. |date=21 November 2013 |title='Janaki Ramachandran has a lot of hidden potential which will slowly become evident' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19880131-janaki-ramachandran-has-a-lot-of-hidden-potential-which-will-slowly-become-evident-769023-2013-11-21 |access-date=19 April 2022 |magazine=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg|88x88px]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why was Iyengar Brahmin J Jayalalithaa buried instead of being cremated |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rip-amma-why-j-jayalalithaa-was-buried-instead-of-being-cremated-2280369 |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=DNA |date=6 December 2016}}</ref>
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|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Govind Ballabh Pant]]<ref>{{cite book|title=B.G. Kher, the Gentleman Premier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EtAAAAAMAAJ&q=pant+karhade|author=M. V. Kamath|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|year=1989|page=5|quote=Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant was a Karhade Brahmin whose ancestors went north from Karhatak to settle in the Kumaon region}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |[[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
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|[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mishra |first=Anand |date=16 August 2020 |title=Big fight for Brahmin votes in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/big-fight-for-brahmin-votes-in-uttar-pradesh-874065.html |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
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|[[File:Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 2018 stamp of India.jpg|101x101px]]
|[[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srivastava |first=Preetam |date=25 September 2021 |title=UP Cong finding it tough to hold its Brahmin leaders |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/india/up-cong-finding-it-tough-to-hold-its-brahmin-leaders.html |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=The Pioneer |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]<ref name="BL2017">{{cite news |title=Congress veteran, four-time Chief Minister, controversial Governor and reluctant father |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/congress-veteran-fourtime-chief-minister-controversial-governor-and-reluctant-father/article9488085.ece |access-date=17 April 2022 |work=Business Line |date=18 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Sripati Mishra]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Pankaj |last2=Chauhan |first2=Arvind |date=17 November 2021 |title=mishra: Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi accuses Congress of 'humiliating' its Brahmin CM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-pm-modi-accuses-congress-of-humiliating-its-brahmin-cm/articleshow/87750133.cms |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Nityanand Swami (politician)|Nityanand Swami]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukul |first1=Akshaya |title=LS polls: The big shakeout: Striking the right brahmin balance |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/the-big-shakeout-striking-the-right-brahmin-balance/articleshow/32393743.cms |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=21 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]
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|[[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]<ref name="BL2017" />
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|[[File:Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Ajoy Mukherjee]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Datta-Ray |first=Sunanda K. |date=31 May 2019 |title=WB Polls: Mamata's triumph, a victory of class over caste |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/wb-polls-mamatas-triumph-a-victory-of-class-over-caste-sunanda-k-datta-ray |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=Free Press Journal}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|West Bengal]]
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|[[File:Mamata Banerjee - Kolkata 2011-12-08 7542 Cropped.JPG|100x100px]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=I am a Brahmin, don't need character certificate from BJP: Mamata Banerjee |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/i-am-a-brahmin-dont-need-character-certificate-from-bjp-mamata-banerjee/840524 |access-date=19 April 2022 |work=Times Now |date=14 December 2021}}</ref>
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=== Presidents of India ===
{| class="wikitable plainlinks"
! Photo
! Name
! Born
! Death
! Brahmin Sub-Cast
! In Office
|-
| [[File:Radhakrishnan.jpg|100px|Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
| [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Gopal |first=Sarvepalli |title=Radhakrishnan: a biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryluAAAAMAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Unwin Hyman |isbn=0-04-440449-2 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Rupal |title=How to be a Good Teacher |date=2013 |publisher=Pustak Mahal |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNCDF7wm8R4C&q=Sarvepalli+radhakrishnan+Niyogi&pg=PA136 |access-date=20 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| 5 September 1888
| 17 April 1975
| [[Niyogi Brahmin]]
| Second President <br /> {{small|(13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967)}}
|-
| [[File:VV Giri 1974 stamp of India.jpg|100px|]]
|[[V. V. Giri]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jai |first1=Janak Raj |title=Presidents of India, 1950–2003 |date=2003 |publisher=Regency Publications |isbn=978-81-87498-65-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2C2InxI0xAC&q=vv+giri+brahmin&pg=PA72 |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|10 August 1894
|24 June 1980
|[[Niyogi Brahmin]]
|[[List of Presidents of India|fourth]] [[President of India|president]]
{{Small|24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974}}
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| [[File:R Venkataraman.jpg|100px|]]
|[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mansingh |first1=Surjit |title=Historical Dictionary of India |date=9 May 2006 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6502-0 |page=665 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HAeAgAAQBAJ&dq=ramaswamy+Venkataraman+iyer+brahmin&pg=PA665 |language=en}}</ref>
|4 December 1910
|27 January 2009
|[[Iyer]] [[Brahmin]]
|[[List of Presidents of India|Eighth]] [[President of India|president]]
{{Small|25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992}}
|-
| [[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|100px|Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sasikala-was-hobsons-choice-for-aiadmk-and-right-one-too/articleshow/56362137.cms |title='Sasikala was Hobson's choice for AIADMK, and right one too' |first=Shankar Dayal |last=Sharma |work=The Times of India |date=6 January 2017 }}</ref>
| 19 August 1918
| 26 December 1999
| [[Gaur]] [[Brahmin]]
| Ninth President <br /> {{small|(25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997)}}
|-
| [[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg|100px|Pranab Mukherjee]]
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pimputkar |first1=Sonali |title=Pranab Mukherjee birthday: 10 interesting facts about the President who spoke his mind |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/webspecial/pranab-mukherjee-birthday-10-interesting-facts-about-the-president-who-spoke-his-mind/1412690 |access-date=19 May 2019 |work=Free Press Journal |date=11 December 2018}}</ref>
| 11 December 1935
| 31 August 2020
| [[Kulin Brahmin|Kulin]] [[Brahmin]]
| Thirteenth President <br /> {{small|(25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017)}}
|}

=== Prime Ministers of India ===
{| class="wikitable plainlinks" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4
! Photo
! Name
! Born
! Death
! Brahmin Sub-Cast
! In Office
|-
|[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg|118x118px]]
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moraes |first1=Frank |title=Jawaharlal Nehru |date=January 2007 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7992-695-6 |pages=17, 18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0us3TambWogC&q=nehru+kashmiri+pandit&pg=PA167 |access-date=16 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|14 November 1889
|27 May 1964
|Saraswat Brahmin ([[Kashmiri Pandit]])
|First PM
(15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)
|-
|[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|150x150px]]
|[[Indira Gandhi]]<ref name="NehruFamily">{{cite book |last1=Jayakar |first1=Pupul |title=Indira Gandhi: A Biography |date=27 November 1992 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-011462-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&q=kashmiri+brahmin&pg=PR9 |access-date=16 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|19 November 1917
|31 October 1984
|Saraswat Brahmin ([[Kashmiri Pandit]])
|Third PM
<small>(24 January 1964 – 24 March 1977 and 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984)</small>
|-
| [[File:Morarji Desai (cropped).jpg|100px|Morarji Desai]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-office-of-prime-minister-a-largely-north-indian-upper-caste-hindu-affair-114050700846_1.html |title=The office of Prime Minister: A largely north Indian upper-caste, Hindu affair |first=Morarji |last=Desai |work=Business Standard |date=7 May 2014 }}</ref>
| 29 February 1896
| 10 April 1995
| [[Anavil|Anavil Brahmin]]
| Fourth PM <br /> {{small|(24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979)}}
|-
| [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|100px|P.V.Narasimha Rao]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<ref name="Reddy">{{cite book|last1=Reddy|first1=Narendra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAVuAAAAMAAJ&q=p+v+narasimha+rao+niyogi+brahmin|title=P.V. Narasimha Rao, years of power|date=1993|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=9788124101360|page=35|language=en|access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref>
| 28 June 1921
| 23 December 2004
| [[Niyogi Brahmin]]
|Ninth Prime Minister <br /> {{small|(21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 )}}
|
|-
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|100px|Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP to bait Brahmins with Vajpayee {{!}} India News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ampnbspBJP-to-bait-Brahmins-with-Vajpayee/articleshow/11187395.cms |access-date=19 May 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=21 December 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
| 25 December 1924
| 16 August 2018
| [[Kanyakubja Brahmin]]
| Tenth Prime Minister <br /> {{small|(16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 and 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004)}}
|}

== Professionals ==
*[[Anant Pai]] (Uncle Pai), pioneer of [[Indian comics|Indian Comics]] whose famous work includes [[Amar Chitra Katha]] and [[Tinkle]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 February 2016|title=Uncle Pai – The Master Storyteller|url=https://shwetankspad.com/2016/02/24/uncle-pai-the-master-storyteller/|access-date=25 July 2021|website=shwetank's-pad|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Daya Nayak]], Indian [[Police Inspector|police inspector]] and detective who is fame for being Encounter specialist. He has gunned down more than 80 criminals in [[Mumbai underworld|Mumbai Underworld]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 January 2007|title=My life resembles a movie: Daya Nayak|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-my-life-resembles-a-movie-daya-nayak-1074904|access-date=19 July 2021|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dhan Gopal Mukerji]], Indian [[Man of letters|Man of Letters]] who was the first Indian in United States to win [[Newbery Medal]] in 1928<ref>{{Cite web|title="The Life and Death of Dhan Gopal Mukerji," a biographical study in the republication of Dhan Gopal Mukerji {{!}} Department of History|url=https://history.stanford.edu/publications/life-and-death-dhan-gopal-mukerji-biographical-study-republication-dhan-gopal-mukerji|access-date=15 July 2021|website=history.stanford.edu|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ganapati Chakraborty]], Indian magician who is considered to be the pioneer of Bengal modern magic. He was the mentor of [[P. C. Sorcar]] & K Lal<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2019|title=This way magic, that way tragic|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-way-magic-that-way-tragic/story-4pynbjhOPypnzF3Pw8FbpJ.html|access-date=3 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kanaka Murthy]], Indian sculptor who received [[Jakanachari Award]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ferrao |first=Christal |date=20 May 2018 |title='People refused to believe in my talent since I am a woman': Sculptor Kanaka Murthy |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/people-refused-believe-my-talent-i-am-woman-sculptor-kanaka-murthy-81624 |access-date=23 April 2022 |work=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
*[[R. K. Laxman]], Indian cartoonist{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Samay Raina]], Indian [[YouTuber]] and [[Stand-up comedy|Stand – Up Comedian]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Standing up' for Kashmir |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2020/jan/23/standing-up-for-kashmir-2093128.html |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[Shashi Kant]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer and former [[Director general of police|DGP]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He played a major role against Illegal drug trade<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=shashikantips54 |title=Now that is sad...I am a Hindu and a brahmin by birth but I don't know a word of Sanskrit. This gentleman, Firoze, had done proud to persons like me...I am disappointed and will call it a sad development indeed... |number=1204644270478516224 |access-date=14 April 2022 |date=11 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Rishi (Sages) ==
[[File:Kashyapa muni statue in Andhra Pradesh.JPG|thumb|Statue of Kashyapa]]
*[[Bharadvaja]], one of the [[Saptarishi|Saptrishi]]<ref name="Dalal2010p86">{{cite book|author=Roshen Dalal|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC |year=2010| publisher=Penguin Books| isbn=978-0-14-341421-6| pages=86–87}}</ref>
*[[Bharata Muni]], Vedic sage who wrote ''[[Natya Shastra]]'' and regarded as the father of Indian theatrical art forms<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bharata – Indian sage and writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bharata-Indian-sage-and-writer |encyclopedia=Britannica |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Katz |first=Jonathan |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Bharata |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48131 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000048131 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}</ref>
*[[Bhrigu]], The first compiler of predictive astrology, and also the author of the ''[[Bhrigu Samhita]]'', the astrological classic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mahabharata, Book 2: Sabha Parva: Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva: Section XI|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m02/m02011.htm|access-date=31 December 2022|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/78 78]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref>
*[[Chandrashekarendra Saraswati]] known as the "Sage of Kanchi" or Mahaperiyava (meaning "The great elder')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati|url=http://hinduonline.co/HinduReligion/Saints/ChandrashekarendraSaraswati.html|access-date=14 August 2021|website=hinduonline.co}}</ref>
*[[Jaimini]], Vedic sage and founder of the [[Mimamsa]] philosophy<ref name="James Lochtefeld">{{Cite book|last=Lochtefeld|first=James G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism|date=2002|publisher=Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-2287-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Klostermaier|first=Klaus K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avYkrkSmImcC&dq=jaimini+bce&pg=PA482|title=A Survey of Hinduism: Second Edition|date=1 January 1994|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-2109-3|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kashyapa]], Rigvedic sage<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mahadevan|first=Thennilapuram P.|date=2011|title=The Ṛṣi index of the Vedic Anukramaṇī system and the Pravara lists: Toward a Pre-history of the Brahmans|journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies|volume=18|pages=131|doi=10.11588/ejvs.2011.2.320|issn=1084-7561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Jamison|first1=Stephanie W.|title=The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India|last2=Brereton|first2=Joel P.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-0-19-937018-4|pages=1233}}</ref>
*[[Marichi]], Father of Kashyapa and the founder of [[Vedanta]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hindi.webdunia.com/article/sanatan-dharma-history/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2-113100800070_1.htm | title=Marichi : Son of Brahma &#124; ब्रह्मा के पहले पुत्र मरीचि का कुल }}</ref>
*[[Valmiki]], attributed author of the [[Ramayan|''Ramayana'']]<ref>{{cite book|title=Sages, Nymphs, and Deities: Excursions in Indian Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DInXAAAAMAAJ&q=agnisharma|publisher=The Author|year=1998|author=Vishwanath S. Naravane|page=86}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=History Of Ancient India (a New Version) : From 7300 Bb To 4250 Bc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7gOBW8oDFgC|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|year=2006|page=720|isbn = 9788126906154}}</ref>
*[[Vashishta]], the first ''rishi'' of [[Vedanta]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Witzel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXHXAAAAMAAJ|title=Inside the Texts, Beyond the Texts: New Approaches to the Study of the Vedas: Proceedings of the International Vedic Workshop, Harvard University, June 1989|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-1-888789-03-4|pages=289 with footnote 145}}</ref>
*[[Vishvamitra]], a [[Rigvedic]] sage who was the chief author of Mandala 3 of the [[Rigveda]]<ref name="jamisonangiras">{{cite book|last1=Jamison|first1=Stephanie|url=|title=The Rigveda: 3-Volume Set|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-0-19-972078-1|pages=464|last2=Brereton|first2 = Joel}}</ref>
*[[Ved Vyas|Vyasa]], attributed author of the [[Mahabharat|''Mahabharata'']] and the ''[[Puranas]]''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Arvind|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnCxH85Vra4C&q=vyasa%2520born%2520yamuna&pg=PA205|title=Essays on the Mahābhārata|date=2007|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|isbn=978-81-208-2738-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=India through the ages |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |last=Gopal |first=Madan |year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/158 158] |editor=K.S. Gautam |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=India through the ages |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |last=Gopal |first=Madan |year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/129 129] |editor=K.S. Gautam |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref>

== Rulers and warriors ==
===Rulers===
[[File:Bharhut Sunga individual.jpg|thumb| [[Pushyamitra Shunga]], Emperor of North India]]
[[File:Gautamiputra Yajna Satakarni.jpg|thumb|Coin of [[Gautamiputra Satakarni]], The lord of Dakshinapatha]]
*[[Pushyamitra Shunga]] – founder and first ruler of the [[Shunga Empire]].<ref name="Lahiri 1974 31">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdu1AAAAIAAJ |title=Indigenous states of northern India, circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D. |first=Bela |last=Lahiri |publisher=University of Calcutta |year=1974 |page=31}}</ref>
*[[Gautamiputra Satakarni]], A [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahana]] Emperor.<ref>{{cite book|last1=P. Raghunatha Rao|first1=Rao P.R. Staff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC&q=chach+632&pg=PA153|title=Indian Heritage and Culture|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. limited|year=1989|isbn=9788120709300|page=26|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kaundinya I]] founder of [[Funan]]<ref name=Coedes>{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref><ref>Rudiger Gaudes, ''Kaundinya, Preah Thong, and the Nagi Soma: Some Aspects of a Cambodian Legend''</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45194224 |author=Chad Raymond |title=Regional Geographic Influence on Two Khmer Polities |journal=Journal of Third World Studies |date=2005 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=135–150 |publisher=University Press of Florida |jstor=45194224 |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[Chach of Alor]] – [[Hindu]] king of [[Sindh]] and was the founder of [[Brahman dynasty of Sindh|Brahman dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wink|first1=André|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC&q=chach+632&pg=PA153|title=Al- Hind: The slave kings and the Islamic conquest. 2|publisher=BRILL|year=1991|isbn=978-90-04-09509-0|page=153|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Raja Dahir]] – last Brahmin king of [[Sindh]] who sacrificed his life fighting for [[Hindustan]] against [[Arab invasion of India|Arab invasion]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2015|title=Hindutva and history: Never the twain shall meet|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/parthian-shot/hindutva-and-history-never-the-twain-shall-meet/|access-date=4 July 2021|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Saraswat|first=Jigar|date=11 March 2021|title=Raja Dahir defeated Muhammad Bin Qasim and Arab troops thrice.|url=https://indiandailypost.com/maharaja-dahir-brahmin-king-of-sindh-who-sacrificed-his-life-fighting-for-hindustan-against-arab-invasion/|access-date=4 July 2021|website=Indian Daily Post|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Hemu]] – Indian king who fought Afghan rebels and Mughal forces of [[Humayun]] and [[Akbar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemu: A National Freedom Fighter & the Hero of 2nd battle of Panipat {{!}} Panipat, Haryana {{!}} India |url=https://panipat.gov.in/hemu-a-national-freedom-fighter-the-hero-of-2nd-battle-of-panipat/ |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[Kulasekara Cinkaiariyan]] – the first of the [[Aryacakravarti dynasty]] kings.<ref>Kunarasa,''The Jaffna Dynasty'', p.66</ref><ref>Gnanaprakasar,''A Critical History of Jaffna'', p.83</ref><ref>Coddrington,''Ceylon Coins and Currency'', p.74</ref><ref>Coddrington,  ''Short history of Ceylon'', p.91-92</ref>
*[[Bhavashankari]] – Rani/Queen of [[Bhurishrestha]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tanima|date=14 September 2020|title=Known Famously As "Raibaghini", This Queen Of Bengal Was No Less A Fighter Than Rani Laxmibai|url=https://lifebeyondnumbers.com/rani-bhavashankari-raibaghini/|access-date=4 July 2021|website=LifeBeyondNumbers|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Cankili II]] – the self-proclaimed last king of the [[Jaffna kingdom]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4sluAAAAMAAJ|title=The Period of Eight Kings|last=Rambukwelle|first=P. B.|date=1996|publisher=P.B. Rambukwelle|isbn=9789559556527|pages=96|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUEKAQAAIAAJ|title=The Portuguese in Ceylon, 1617–1638|last=DeSilva|first=Chandra Richard|date=1972|publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies|location=University of London|pages=95|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Devabhuti]] – last ruler of [[Shunga Empire|Shunga empire]]<ref name="Lahiri 1974 31" />
*[[Gangadhar Rao|Maharaja Gangadhar Rao]], 5th [[Raja|Maharaja]] of [[Jhansi State|Jhansi]] and [[Newalkar]] dynasty<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rana|first=Bhawan Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hKthqa2kkQC&q=gangadhar+rao+jhansi&pg=PA26|title=Rani of Jhansi|date=2005|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-288-0875-3|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Gangu (ruler)|Gangu]] – Brahmin ruler of the [[Deccan]].<ref>{{cite news|date=15 February 2018|title=BJP, Congress Spar Over Bahmani Kings But the Southern Sultanate May Have Secular Origins|language=en|work=News18|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bjp-congress-spar-over-bahmani-kings-but-the-southern-sultanate-may-have-secular-origins-1661459.html|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
*[[Lakshmibai]] – Rani/Queen of [[Jhansi]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Joyce Lebra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuw1Wt1-O7EC&pg=PA2|title=Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment|publisher=Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore|year=2008|isbn=9789812308092|page=2|quote=Myth and history intertwine closely in the life of the Rani of Jhansi, known in childhood as Manu...She was born in the holy city of Varanasi to a Karhada brahmin, Moropant Tambe}}</ref>
*[[Mayurasharma]] – founder of the [[Kadamba dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sonī|first1=Rāmagopāla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5OAJAAAAIAAJ&q=Mayurasharma+brahmin|title=Mahārāshṭrīya kulābidhānoṃ kā bhāshāvaijñānika aura sāṃskr̥tika anuśīlana|publisher=Neśanala Pabliśiṅga Hāusa|year=1996|isbn=978-81-214-0577-5|page=82|language=hi}}</ref>
*[[Rani Bhabani]] – Rani/Queen of [[Natore District|Natore]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=বাংলাদেশ|first=Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি|title='Natorer Rani' Bhabani|url=https://m.daily-bangladesh.com/english/Natorer-Rani-Bhabani/27611|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Daily Bangladesh|language=en|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111082416/https://m.daily-bangladesh.com/english/Natorer-Rani-Bhabani/27611|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Raja Ganesha]] – founder of [[Ganesha dynasty]]. He ended the first [[Ilyas Shahi dynasty|Ilyas Shahi Dynasty]] and started Hindu Empire in [[Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 November 2016|title=Raja Ganesha – The King of Bengal|url=https://pune.gen.in/india/raja-ganesha-king-bengal/146/|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Discover India|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Rudranarayan]] – Maharaja of [[Bhurishrestha]]<ref>Bhattacharya, ''Raybaghini O Bhurishrestha Rajkahini'', pp. xxiv</ref><ref>''Raybaghini o Bhurishrestha Rajkahini, Bhattacharya''</ref>
*[[Singai Pararasasegaram]] most powerful and well known king of [[Aryacakravarti dynasty]].<ref>de Silva,  ''A History of Sri Lanka'', p. 136; {{cite web
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*[[Vasudeva Kanva]] – founder of the Brahmin [[Kanva dynasty]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Vindhyashakti]] – founder of the [[Vakataka dynasty]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

===Warriors===
* [[Dadoji Konddeo]] – administrator of Shahaji's fiefdom and mentor to Shivaji.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Life and Mission of Samarth Ramdas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DonXAAAAMAAJ|page=105|publisher=S. Ramchandra & Company|author=K. S. Thackeray|year=1918|quote=He told her to manage his jagir with the assistance of a Deshatha Brahmmin clerk named Daoji Konddeo}}</ref>
*[[Gopana]] – was the General of Kumara Kampana II who was the son of [[Bukka Raya I|Bukka Raya]] the founder of [[Vijayanagara Empire]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Richard H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3zpDwAAQBAJ&dq=gopana+brahmin&pg=PA131|title=Lives of Indian Images|date=21 July 2020|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-4442-5|page=131|language=la}}</ref>
*[[Mahan Singh Mirpuri]] – famous general in the [[Khalsa Army]], and was the second-in-command general to General Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa.<ref>The history of the Muhiyals: The militant Brahman race of India<nowiki>''</nowiki> (English,1911) by T.P. Russell Stracey</ref>
* [[Khushal Singh Jamadar]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Latif |first= Syed Muhammad |date=1891 |title=History Of The Panjab |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34649/page/n414/mode/1up |publisher=Calcutta Central Press Company Limited |page=391 |access-date=29 November 2009 }}</ref> – was a Military officer and Chamberlain of [[Sikh Empire]]
*[[Misr Diwan Chand]] – A famous general in [[Khalsa Army]] of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Proceedings – Punjab History Conference |date=2007 |publisher=Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. |isbn=978-81-302-0146-7 |page=147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxBDAAAAYAAJ&q=Misr+Diwan+Chand+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Moropant Trimbak Pingle]] – Pingle was the ''Peshwe'' in [[Shivaji]] Maharaj reign excellent warrior and architect accompanied him in many campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iF8MAAAAIAAJ&q=Moropant+Pingle+is+deshastha+brahmin|title=Shivaji and the Maratha Art of War|first=Murlidhar Balkrishna|last=Deopujari|date=20 December 1973|publisher=Vidarbha Samshodhan Mandal|access-date=20 December 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Baji Rao I]] – Peshwa of Maratha Empire.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Stewart |title=The Marathas 1600–1818 |date=February 2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-03316-9 |page=120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&q=Baji+Rao+I+brahmin |language=en}}</ref>

== Science, technology, engineering ==
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*[[Anandi Gopal Joshi]], one of the first Indian female doctors who practised with a degree in [[Western medicine]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jayawardena|first1=Kumari|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DNpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT104|title=The White Woman's Other Burden: Western Women and South Asia During British Rule|date=23 April 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-65714-6|language=en}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Dwarkanath Kotnis]] (1910–1949),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Kirti |title=China commemorates Dr Kotnis, slips in opinion about how Asia's India-China must work together to defeat West |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/china-commemorates-dr-kotnis-slips-in-opinion-about-how-asias-india-china-must-work-together-to-defeat-west/665928 |access-date=17 April 2021 |work=Times Now |date=12 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Indian physician and one of the five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938.
*[[Iravatham Mahadevan]], Indian [[Epigraphy|epigraphist]] known for his decipherment of [[Tamil-Brahmi]] inscriptions and for his expertise of [[Indus Valley civilisation]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Irawati Karve]], first woman [[Anthropology|Anthropologist]] of India<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sci-Illustrate |date=29 June 2019 |title=Irawati Karve |url=https://medium.com/sci-illustrate-stories/irawati-karve-f9e2df40bfc2 |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Janaki Ammal]], Indian botanist whose notable work involved studies on [[sugarcane]] and the [[eggplant]]. She received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pillai|first=Manu S.|date=20 April 2018|title=The seamstress and the mathematician|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/6vJOM00P1sGZgCxV7RIasI/The-seamstress-and-the-mathematician.html|access-date=13 August 2021|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kadambini Ganguly]], one of the first Indian female doctors who practised with a degree in [[Western medicine]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Paranjape|first1=Makarand R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UjZlNCh-qwC&dq=kadambini+ganguly+brahmin&pg=PA108|title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority|date=3 September 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-007-4661-9|page=108|language=en}}</ref>
*[[K. S. Krishnan]], Indian physicist who was the co-discoverer of [[Raman scattering]] and mentor of [[C. V. Raman]]. He also received [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Mahadeva|date=5 June 2012|title=Not for him the second fiddle|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/not-for-him-the-second-fiddle/article3491088.ece|access-date=5 August 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Shyamala Gopalan]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bengali|first1=Shashank|last2=Mason|first2=Melanie|date=25 October 2019|title=The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-25/how-kamala-harris-indian-family-shaped-her-political-career|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> Indian American biomedical scientist and mother of vice-president of United States [[Kamala Harris]]
*[[Udupi Ramachandra Rao]],<ref>V, Jayaraman. (2014). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265708536_LIVING_LEGENDS_IN_INDIAN_SCIENCE_Udupi_Ramachandra_Rao LIVING LEGENDS IN INDIAN SCIENCE: Udupi Ramachandra Rao.] Current science. 106, NO. 11, 10 June 2014 1581. pp 1581–1591.</ref> former [[ISRO]] chairman and one of the pioneer of Indian satellite development programme (developed India's first satellite ''Aryabhata'')

== Social sciences ==
[[File:Portrait of Raja Ram Mohun Roy, 1833.jpg|thumb|[[Raja Ram Mohan Roy]]]]
*[[Agnivesh]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deol|first1=Taran|date=11 September 2020|title=Swami Agnivesh, saffron-clad social justice activist, dies at 80 of multiple organ failure|work=ThePrint|url=https://theprint.in/india/social-activist-swami-agnivesh-dies-of-multi-organ-failure-at-80/500913/|access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha
*[[Arya Pallam]], Social reformer, communist, feminist from Kerala who fought against the oppression of upper class (Brahman) women{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Dhondo Keshav Karve]], social reformer who built India's first school for widows and first university for women. He also received [[Bharat Ratna]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Girish Prabhune]], Indian social worker whose works included towards upliftment of the nomadic Pardhi community. He received [[Padma Shri]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[G. S. Ghurye]], Sociology Professor & considered Founder of Indian [[Sociology]]<ref>{{Cite journal|date=5 June 2015|title=Obituary GS Ghurye|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1984/1/uncategorised/obituary-gs-ghurye.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=19|issue=1|pages=7–8}}</ref>
*[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], Indian educator and social reformer considered the "father of Bengali prose".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=India needs another Vidyasagar now|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/columnists/india-needs-another-vidyasagar-now.html|access-date=30 May 2021|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jaya Arunachalam]], Indian social worker and the founder of [[Working Women's Forum]]. She received [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Boustany|first=Nora|date=6 May 2005|title=A Lifelong Champion Of India's Poorest Women|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2005/05/06/a-lifelong-champion-of-indias-poorest-women/783a7767-91be-40ec-b17b-94ceb980cf11/|access-date=14 July 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*[[Jiddu Krishnamurti]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lutyens|first1=Mary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iG2hHtxiXyoC&q=brahmin|title=Open Door|publisher=Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.|year=2003|isbn=978-0-900506-21-5|page=1|language=en}}</ref> Indian philosopher, speaker and writer
*[[Jnanadanandini Devi]], social reformer who influenced the earliest phase of [[women's empowerment]] in 19th century [[Bengal]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[Laxmi Narayan Tripathi]], Indian [[LGBT]] activist who was the first [[transgender]] person to represent [[Asia-Pacific|Asia Pacific]] in the [[United Nations|UN]] in 2008 and also the Acharya [[Mahamandaleshwar]] of<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 February 2015|title=Interview with Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and her mother|url=https://unaids-ap.org/2015/02/13/interview-with-laxmi-narayan-tripathi-and-her-mother/|access-date=29 June 2021|website=UNAIDS Asia-Pacific|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nanaji Deshmukh]], social reformer and politician. He received [[Padma Vibhushan]] and [[Bharat Ratna]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 January 2019|title=Nanaji Deshmukh: 'Dynamic Pracharak' Who Gave India the First Shishu Mandir Gets Bharat Ratna|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/nanaji-deshmukh-dynamic-pracharak-who-gave-india-the-first-shishu-mandir-gets-bharat-ratna-2014129.html|access-date=23 May 2021|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Shiv Narayan Agnihotri]], founder of Dev Samaj<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kenneth W. Jones|title=Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India, Volume 3|date=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-24986-7|pages=103–104|edition=reprint}}</ref>
*[[Priyamvada Gopal]],<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PriyamvadaGopal|number=1275729810485108737|title=I'm from a Brahmin family. That makes me a Brahmin. I will say this too then, since Brahmins are the whites of India. Brahmin lives don't matter-- not as *Brahmin& lives. Abolish Brahmins and the upper castes. Still unclear to the petitioners asking Cambridge to fire me?|date=24 June 2020|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> professor at [[University of Cambridge]]
*[[Ram Mohan Roy]], co-founder of the [[Brahmo Sabha]] and the precursor of the [[Brahmo Samaj]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 May 2018|title=Raja Ram Mohan Roy: 'The apostle of a religious revival'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-raja-ram-mohan-roy-brahmo-samaj-5186268/|access-date=30 May 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
*[[R. S. Subbalakshmi]] (Sister Subbalakshmi) Indian Social Reformer who received [[Padma Shri]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*[[T. M. A. Pai]], founder of India's first private medical school [[Kasturba Medical College]] who established [[Manipal Institute of Technology]]. He received [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohandas|first=Poornima|date=1 August 2008|title=The Pais of Manipal -- from village to overseas education|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/uGbtNgT2rsuI4X3DTjhJiN/The-Pais-of-Manipal--from-village-to-overseas-education.html|access-date=25 July 2021|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Traffic Ramaswamy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/column/bjp-remains-ambivalent-as-jaya-awaits-runaway-victory-in-by-poll/20150611.htm|title = BJP remains ambivalent as Jaya awaits runaway victory in by-poll}}</ref>
*[[U. G. Krishnamurti]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basnet |first1=Chudamani |title=The Way of Neo-Sannyas: Sociological Perspective on a New Religious Movement in Nepal |year=2002 |publisher=Udaya Books |isbn=978-99933-30-08-0 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SKbXAAAAMAAJ&q=U.+G.+Krishnamurti+brahmin |language=en}}</ref> Indian speaker and spiritual writer

== Spiritual gurus ==
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[[File:Raja Ravi Varma - Sankaracharya.jpg|thumb|[[Adi Shankaracharya]]]]
*[[Adi Shankara]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Lalitha Balasubramanian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yN1iCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT26|title=Kerala, The Divine Destination|year=2015|isbn=9789381576236|page=26| publisher=One Point Six Technology Pvt }}</ref>
*[[Abhinavagupta]], Kashmiri shaiv philosopher<ref>Andrew O. Fort; Patricia Y. Mumme (1 January 1996). Living Liberation in Hindu Thought. SUNY Press. p. 188.</ref>
*[[Bhava Brihaspati]], 12th Century [[Pashupata Shaivism|Pashupata]] ascetic<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaidya |first=C.V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lum1AAAAIAAJ&q=bhava+brihaspati+kanyakubja|title=Downfall of Hindu India(c.1000 to 1200 A.D.)|date=1926|publisher=Aryabhushan Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Thapar |first=Romila |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jFY8wFz-Pj8C&dq=brihaspati+kanyakubja&pg=PT58 |title=Somanatha|date=2008|publisher=Penguin books limited|isbn=978-93-5118-021-0 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Anukulchandra Chakravarty]], Indian Guru who was the founder [[Satsang (Deoghar)]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ainy|date=12 June 2016|title=Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/sri-sri-thakur-anukul-chandra/|access-date=18 September 2021|website=iStampGallery.Com|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Brahmananda Saraswati]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guru Dev Legacy Trust – The life story behind Guru Dev – Biography|url=https://gurudevlegacytrust.com/life/biography/|access-date=30 August 2021|website=Gurudevlegacytrust|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] considered to be Avatar of [[Radha Krishna|Radhe Krishna]].He founded [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] & composed [[Shikshashtakam]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: The evangelist of Bengal|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mind-matters/chaitanya-mahaprabhu-the-evangelist-of-bengal|access-date=24 October 2021|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dayanand Saraswati]], founder of [[Arya Samaj]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice|year=2004|isbn=978-1-57607-905-8|editor-last=Rinehart|editor-first=Robin|page=58|chapter=Introduction: Historical Background|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMPYnfS_R90C&pg=PA58}}</ref>
*[[Eknath]], according to legend<ref>{{cite book|last=Novetzke|first=Christian Lee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SqUdRVOv9TUC|title=Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-231-51256-5|pages=141–142}}</ref>
*[[Dnyaneshwar|Dyaneshwar]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Living Through The Blitz|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1976|isbn=978-0-00-216009-4|pages=39}}</ref>
*[[Gopalanand Swami]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gopalanand Swami|url=https://www.epoojastore.com/devotional-articles/gopalanand-swami|access-date=14 August 2021|website=www.epoojastore.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Krishnananda Saraswati]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 October 2019|title=Krishnananda Saraswati {{!}} Saints|url=https://www.hinduscriptures.com/gurus/saints/krishnananda-saraswati/35359/|access-date=23 August 2021|website=Hindu Scriptures {{!}} Vedic lifestyle, Scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Itihaas, Smrutis, Sanskrit.|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Mandan Mishra]], Mimansic philosopher who debated with [[adi shankara]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Sankara Digvijaya |chapter=8. Controversy with Madana|publisher=adishankaracharya.net |pages=81–104 |url=https://adishankaracharya.net/Sankara-Digvijaya_Chapter_8_Mandana.pdf}}</ref>
*[[Madhvacharya]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=B N Krishnamurti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVtpFMPMulcC&pg=PA79|title=History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature: From the Earliest Beginnings to Our Own Times|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=2000|isbn=978-8-12081-575-9|page=79}}</ref>
*[[Nagarjuna]], one of the most important buddhist philosopher<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lopez|first=Donald S. Jr.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emWMDwAAQBAJ|title=Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas|date=28 May 2019|publisher=Shambhala Publications|isbn=978-0-8348-4212-0|pages=75|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Neem Karoli Baba]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India TV News|date=1 October 2015|title=10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html|access-date=30 August 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nimbarkacharya]], Vaishnav vedantic philosopher<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Nimbarka – Indian philosopher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nimbarka-Indian-philosopher |access-date=14 January 2022 |encyclopedia=Britannica}}</ref>
*[[Raghavan N. Iyer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shri Raghavan Iyer – A Tribute |url=https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophy/2547-shri-raghavan-iyer-a-tribute |access-date=24 March 2022|website=www.theosophyforward.com|date=20 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 July 1995|title=OBITUARY:Raghavan Iyer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-raghavan-iyer-1590756.html |access-date=24 March 2022|website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ramakrishna]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heehs|first1=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTepAfJv_6YC&q=Peter+Heehs+Indian+Religions.+Orient+Blackswan.|title=Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience|publisher=Hurst|year=2002|isbn=978-1-85065-497-1|page=430|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Raghavendra Tirtha|Raghavendra Tirtha]], Indian mystic and a living saint of Mantralayam
*[[Ramananda]],<ref name="lorenzen">[[David Lorenzen]], Who Invented Hinduism: Essays on Religion in History, {{ISBN|978-8190227261}}, pages 104-106</ref> founder of Ramanandi/Vairagi Samprada and prominent saint of Bhakti movement.
*[[Ramanujacharya]]<ref>{{cite book|author=C. J. Bartley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SpTAQAAQBAJ|title=The Theology of Ramanuja: Realism and Religion|date=11 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-85306-7|page=1|access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref>
*[[Sarada Devi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://belurmath.org/sri-sarada-devi/|title=Sri Sarada Devi|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506024304/https://belurmath.org/sri-sarada-devi/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Sitaramdas Omkarnath]] said to be Divine Incarnate/Avatar of [[Kali Yuga]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Petsche|first=Johana J. M.|date=31 July 2014|title=The Divine Life of Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath, by C. Varadarajan, fourth edition. Kinkar Rameshananda (Calcutta), 2010, Rs. 100, 89 pages.|url=https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IJSNR/article/view/12130|journal=International Journal for the Study of New Religions|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=106–107|doi=10.1558/ijsnr.v5i1.106|issn=2041-952X|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[Sri Chinmoy]], Indian guru who established first meditation center in [[Queens, New York]].He started the [[Peace Run]] movement<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poet Seers – Sri Chinmoy – Yoga|url=https://www.poetseers.org/sri-chinmoy/library/sri-chinmoy-yoga/|access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[Swami Haridas]], Vaishnav saint who established [[Bankey Bihari Temple|Bankey Bihari temple]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Reginald Massey|author2=Jamila Massey|author2-link=Jamila Massey|title=The Music of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FSBJWkZofsC|year=1996|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-332-8|page=53}}</ref>
*[[Swami Ramanand]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 January 2014|title=Sikh Bhagats : Swami Ramanand Ji|url=https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/biographies/sikh-bhagats/sikh-bhagats-swami-ramanand-ji/|access-date=14 August 2021|website=Gateway to Sikhism|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Upasni Maharaj]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Purvang|title=The Spiritual Masters: Shri Upasani Maharaj|url=https://www.thenewsagency.in/devotion/spiritual-masters/the-spiritual-masters-shri-upasani-maharaj|access-date=14 August 2021|website=The News Agency|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vadiraja Tirtha]], prominent Dvaita philosopher
*[[Vallabha Acharya]], founder of [[Pushtimarg]] Samprada<ref>{{cite book|last=Prasoon|first=Shrikant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvJa5nTi3VsC&pg=PA114|title=Indian Saints & Sages|publisher=Pustak Mahal|year=2009|isbn=978-8-12231-062-7|page=114}}</ref>

== Sports ==
[[File:Suresh Raina grace the 'Salaam Sachin' conclave.jpg|thumb|[[Suresh Raina]]]]
*[[D. B. Deodhar]], former Indian cricketer<ref name="Kidambi">{{cite book |last=Kidambi |first=Prashant |title=Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire |year=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-884313-9 |page=322 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50KjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA322 |quote=... the ''[[The Bombay Chronicle|Bombay Chronicle]]'' carried a long article on Baloo by his erstwhile teammate D.B. Deodhar.<sup>37</sup> Ironically, a quarter of a century earlier, this Poona Brahmin had been one of the protagonists in the controversy over the captaincy of the Hindu side in the Bombay Quadrangular.}}</ref>
*[[Dilip Sardesai]], Indian cricketer; father of journalist [[Rajdeep Sardesai]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2015|title=Watch: Rajdeep Sardesai's take on his father Dilip Sardesai|url=https://www.crictracker.com/watch-rajdeep-sardesais-take-on-his-father-dilip-sardesai/|access-date=22 July 2021|website=CricTracker|language=en}}</ref>{{request quotation|date=July 2023}}
*[[Kirti Azad]], Indian cricketer turned politician who was a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kirti Azad Supports Suresh Raina Amid Backlash Over 'Brahmin' Comment|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/kirti-azad-supports-suresh-raina-amid-backlash-over-brahmin-comment-3992900.html|access-date=15 December 2021|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lala Amarnath]], first batsman to score a century for India in Test cricket<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhalerao|first=Sarang|date=10 December 2012|title=Lala Amarnath – the life and times of a legend|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/lala-amarnath-the-life-and-times-of-a-legend|access-date=22 July 2021|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mihir Sen]], first Indian to swim the [[English Channel]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Man who swam against the tide|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/man-who-swam-against-the-tide/cid/1285287|access-date=24 July 2021|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
*[[Mukundrao Pai]], Indian cricketer and captain during 1911 tour of England<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 June 2016|title=Mukundrao Pai: First Indian to score hundred on First-Class debut|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/mukundrao-pai-first-indian-to-score-hundred-on-first-class-debut-464333|access-date=20 December 2021|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Prakash Padukone]], Indian badminton player who was the World no.1 player in 1980<ref name="Padukone" />
*[[Subramaniam Badrinath|Subramanian Badrinath]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/jun/02/regional-flavour-cricketers-pad-up-for-microphone-challenge-1611907.html|title=Regional flavour: Cricketers pad up for microphone challenge|website=The New Indian Express|date=2 June 2017 }}</ref>
*[[Suresh Raina]], Indian cricketer<ref name="Misra">{{cite news |last=Misra |first=Itishree |title=Raina is a very caring husband, says wife Priyanka |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Raina-is-a-very-caring-husband-says-wife-Priyanka/articleshow/48739875.cms |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=31 August 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302203705/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Raina-is-a-very-caring-husband-says-wife-Priyanka/articleshow/48739875.cms |archive-date=2 March 2021 |quote=Raina says, " ... I'm a Kashmiri Brahmin. |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Writers ==
*[[Abburi Chayadevi]], Telugu fictional writer<ref>{{Cite news|author=Special Correspondent|date=28 June 2019|title=Writer Abburi Chaya Devi passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/writer-abburi-chaya-devi-passes-away/article28215475.ece|access-date=21 December 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Gurajada Apparao]], Indian playwright who was given title Kavisekhara and Abyudaya Kavitha Pithamahudu<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gandhi|first=Rajmohan|title=A Malayalam novel and a Telugu play went deep into South India's caste question in the 19th century|url=https://scroll.in/article/905017/a-malayalam-novel-and-a-telugu-play-went-deep-into-south-indias-caste-question-in-the-19th-century|access-date=8 August 2021|website=Scroll.in|date=10 December 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]] – [[Hindi]] author, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He received [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bhanot|first=S.D.|date=1968|title=Lofty Humanism of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23329592|journal=Indian Literature|volume=11|issue=3|pages=53–61|issn=0019-5804|jstor=23329592}}</ref>
*[[Kalhana]], Indian author of [[Rajatarangini]] (River of Kings), an account of the [[History of Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 May 2021|title=Rajatarangini and the Study of Kalhana's History of Kashmir: Part I|url=https://www.indictoday.com/long-reads/kashmir-history-rajatarangini-kalhana/|access-date=5 July 2021|website=Indic Today|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]], Indian writer who is considered Father of [[Telugu language|Telugu]] Renaissance movement<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kandukuri, A Great Reformer, Remembered On His Death Centenary{{!}} Countercurrents|date=27 May 2019|url=https://countercurrents.org/2019/05/kandukuri-a-great-reformer-remembered-on-his-death-centenary/|access-date=5 September 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Kalki Krishnamurthy]], Indian writer whose notable works include [[Ponniyin Selvan]] and [[Sivagamiyin Sapatham|Sivagamiyin Sabadham]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhagat|first=Rasheeda|title=A sip of delicious kaapi|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/rasheeda-bhagat/a-sip-of-delicious-kaapi/article22993144.ece|access-date=9 September 2021|website=@businessline|date=19 September 2013|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lalithambika Antharjanam]], Indian author and social reformer best known for her literary works in [[Malayalam]] language<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 March 2019|title=Lalithambika Antharjanam : The Writer Who Helped Shape Kerala's Feminist Literature&#124; #IndianWomenInHistory|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/03/30/lalithambika-antharjanam-kerala-writer/}}</ref>
*[[Mahasweta Devi]], Indian writer who received [[Jnanpith Award]], [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]], [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 August 2021|title=O Tempora! O Mores!|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/o-tempora-o-mores-1503000149.html|access-date=5 September 2021|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]], Indian writer who received [[Padma Shri]], [[Jnanpith Award]] and [[Prince Claus Fund]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=taskin |first=Bismee |date=14 November 2019 |title=Mamoni Raisom Goswami — the voice of the oppressed who fought for peace in Assam |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/mamoni-raisom-goswami-the-voice-of-the-oppressed-who-fought-for-peace-in-assam/320409/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Manilal Dwivedi|Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] writer, philosopher, and social thinker from [[British India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jal Jal Mare Patang Gujarati Play/Drama – www.MumbaiTheatreGuide.com|url=https://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/gujarati/21-jal-jal-mare-patang-gujarati-play-preview.asp|access-date=9 July 2021|website=www.mumbaitheatreguide.com}}</ref>
*[[Masti Venkatesha Iyengar]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Iyengar|first=Masti Venkatesha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6VqgWouUmUC&pg=PA11|title=Masti|publisher=Katha|year=2004|isbn=978-8-18764-950-2|page=11|quote=born&nbsp;... into a priestly brahmin family}}</ref>
*[[Padma Lakshmi]], [[Indian Americans|Indian American]] author and Television Host.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cox|first=Interview by Ana Marie|date=17 March 2016|title=Padma Lakshmi Won't Date Men Who Aren't Feminists|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/padma-lakshmi-wont-date-men-who-arent-feminists.html|access-date=23 June 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[Parithimar Kalaignar]], Tamil professor who was the first to campaign [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Classical language]] and first to use the term [[Kumari Kandam]]<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://www.tntdpc.com/government/tdc.pdf |access-date=7 March 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720083730/http://www.tntdpc.com/government/tdc.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="cms.newindianexpress.com" />
*[[P. N. Oak]], Indian writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Vedic Heritage – P.N.Oak (Book 2) {{!}} PDF |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/102721055/World-Vedic-Heritage-Book2 |access-date=30 December 2021 |website=Scribd |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pralhad Keshav Atre]], Indian writer popularly known as Acharya Atre<ref>{{Cite web|title=P K Atre|url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/p-k-atre|access-date=7 March 2022|website=Cinemaazi|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rahul Sankrityayan]], Indian author who spent 45 years of his life on travels away from home & considered "Father of Indian travelogue"  He received [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Sankrityayan's Work on Caste Is Necessary But Also Invokes Questions of Dalit Agency|url=https://thewire.in/caste/rahul-sankrityayan-on-caste-ambedkar-dalit-agency-upper-caste|access-date=12 September 2021|website=thewire.in|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rajam Krishnan]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swaminathan |first1=G. |title=Rajam Krishnan: A Relentless Raconteur |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tamil-novelist-rajam-krishnan-obituary/article6527772.ece |access-date=20 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=23 October 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
*[[R. K. Narayan]], Indian writer who received [[Benson Medal]], [[Padma Bhushan]] and [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/pioneer-indian-literature-rk-narayan-talent-beyond-swami-and-friends/303238/|title = A pioneer of Indian literature, RK Narayan was a talent beyond Swami and Friends| website=[[ThePrint]] |date = 10 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Seepersad Naipaul]], Indo-Trinidadian writer<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 November 2008|title='The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul'|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122600526199006131|access-date=18 May 2021|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
* [[Shardha Ram Phillauri]] – Indian writer of the Hindu religious hymn "[[Om Jai Jagdish Hare]]" and ''[[Bhagyawati]]'', one of the first Hindi novels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maitray |first1=Mohan |title=The creator of Om Jai Jagdish Hare |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep27/sunday/head6.htm |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=Tribune |date=27 September 1998}}</ref>
*[[Shivaram Karanth]], Indian [[polymath]] and novelist]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Row Rages Over Reference to Shivarama Karanth's Marriage|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/nov/22/2014-685272.html|access-date=26 November 2021|website=The New Indian Express|date=22 November 2014 }}</ref>
*[[Somadeva]], Indian writer who was the author of a famous compendium of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales – the ''[[Kathasaritsagara]]''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Somadeva|url=https://www.amazon.in/Tales-Kathasaritsagara-Penguin-classics-Somadeva-ebook/dp/B06XYMD8MH|title=Tales from the Kathasaritsagara|date=14 October 2000|publisher=Penguin Classics }}</ref>
*[[Vishnubhat Godse]], Indian travelogue writer known for [[Maza Pravas]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishnan|first=Mini|date=28 April 2018|title=A rebellion, riding paperback: The only eye-witness account of the fall of Jhansi from an Indian point of view|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/a-rebellion-riding-paperback/article23685632.ece|access-date=4 December 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Yogi ==
*[[B. K. S. Iyengar|B.K.S. Iyengar]], Indian Yoga guru who founded "[[Iyengar Yoga]] style".He received [[Padma Shri]], [[Padma Bhushan]] & [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kadetsky|first=Elizabeth|title=The unlikely rise and the inner turmoil of the world's best-known yogi|url=https://qz.com/india/252347/the-unlikely-rise-and-the-inner-turmoil-of-the-worlds-best-known-yogi/|access-date=23 August 2021|website=Quartz|date=20 August 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Chidananda Saraswati]], Indian yogi who was president of the [[Divine Life Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=An Instrument of Thy Peace: Swami Chidananda in the West {{!}} Exotic India Art|url=https://www.exoticindia.com/book/details/instrument-of-thy-peace-swami-chidananda-in-west-idj284/?currency=JPY|access-date=15 September 2021|website=www.exoticindia.com}}</ref>
*[[Dhirendra Brahmachari]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yogi Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari Ji {{!}} Yoga Guru of Indira Gandhi – a former prime minister of India|url=http://www.yogaguruswamidhirendrabrahmachari.absyogaindia.com/yogi_swami_dhirendra_brahmachari_ji.html|access-date=23 August 2021|website=www.yogaguruswamidhirendrabrahmachari.absyogaindia.com|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116120400/http://www.yogaguruswamidhirendrabrahmachari.absyogaindia.com/yogi_swami_dhirendra_brahmachari_ji.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[K. Pattabhi Jois]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who is Sri K. Pattabhi Jois? – Definition from Yogapedia|url=http://www.yogapedia.com/definition/9275/sri-k-pattabhi-jois|access-date=23 August 2021|website=Yogapedia.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lahiri Mahasaya]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lahiri Mahasaya Biography|url=https://www.tititudorancea.com/z/lahiri_mahasaya_biography.htm|access-date=23 August 2021|website=www.tititudorancea.com}}</ref>
*[[Sivananda Saraswati]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati Maharaj – The Divine Life Society|url=https://www.dlshq.org/saints/his-holiness-sri-swami-sivananda-saraswati-maharaj/|access-date=22 August 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Swaminarayan]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Raymond|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-521-65422-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/13 13]|url-access=registration}}</ref>
*[[Swami Rama]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swami Rama, Founder {{!}} Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust|url=http://hihtindia.org/founder/|access-date=14 August 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Tirumalai Krishnamacharya]], Indian yoga guru who is considered as "Father of Modern Yoga"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Mel|date=24 January 2016|title=Krishnamacharya, The Father Of Modern Yoga|url=https://yogalondon.net/monkey/krishnamacharya-the-father-of-modern-yoga/|access-date=23 August 2021|website=The YogaLondon Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Biography|url=https://www.tititudorancea.com/z/tirumalai_krishnamacharya_biography.htm|access-date=23 August 2021|website=www.tititudorancea.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
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*[[List of Brahmin dynasties and states]]
*[[Bengali Brahmin#Notable people|List of Bengali Brahmins]]
*[[Chitpavan#Notable people|List of Chitpawan Brahmins]]
*[[Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin#Notable people|List of Saraswat Brahmins]]
*[[List of Deshastha Brahmins]]
*[[List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins]]
*[[Gaur Brahmins#Notable people|List of Gaur Brahmins]]
*[[List of Iyengars]]
*[[List of Iyers]]
*[[List of Kanyakubja Brahmins]]
*[[Karhade Brahmin#Notable people|List of Karhade Brahmins]]
*[[Kashmiri Pandits#Notable Kashmiri Pandits|List of Kashmiri Brahmins]]
*[[Madhva Brahmins#Notable people|List of Madhva Brahmins]]
*[[List of Maithil Brahmins]]
*[[List of Saraswat Brahmins]]
*[[Tamil Brahmin#Notable people|List of Tamil Brahmins]]
*[[Telugu Brahmin#Notable people|List of Telugu Brahmins]]

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== References ==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{Citation|title=A History of the Mahrattas|first= James Grant|last=Duff|volume=2|publisher=H. Milford, Oxford University Press|location=London|oclc=61585379|year=1921|editor=[[Stephen Meredyth Edwardes]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C&q=A+history+of+the+Mahrattas,+Volume+2&pg=PA1}}

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