This is a categorized list of notable people who were born or have dwelt in Pune, India. Only people who are sufficiently notable to have individual entries on Wikipedia have been included in the list.^[1]

Authors and writers

Pralhad Keshav Atre (1898-1969), a Marathi writer, poet and educationist.
Subhash Awchat (born 1950), an Indian artist and author.
Dr.Sarojini Babar (1920-2008) A prominent folk literater, poetess and writer
Malati Bedekar (née Baltai Khare) (1905-2001) – writer in Marathi
Ninad Bedekar (1949-2015), a writer, historian and orator.^[2]
Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar (1850–1882)^[3] – essayist; editor of Nibandha Mala, a Marathi journal; educator; mentor to Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar; founder of the influential Chitrashala press^[4]* P. L. Deshpande (1919-2000) – Marathi author, actor, music composer, singer
Muktabai Dixit (1901–1980) – writer in Marathi
Rohit Gore - (born 1977), author in Hindi
Chintaman Vinayak Joshi (1892–1963) – Marathi humorist and a researcher in Pali literature
Dinkar G. Kelkar (1896–1990), Indian writer, art collector and historian
Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (1872–1947)^[5] – writer, journalist, Nationalist leader; served on the Viceroy's Executive Council (1924–29)
Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (1872–1948) – editor of Kesari and Navakal^[6]
Vinayak Kulkarni (born 1950) – Marathi writer and researcher on Marathi saint literature
Shripad Mahadev Mate (1886–1957) – writer and former teacher^[7]
Shivangi Khedkar (born 1994) - Actress, Model, Dancer
Shaiju Mathew (born 1980) – author, film maker
Shirish Pai (1929-2017) – writer in Marathi and English
Shanta Shelke (1922–2002) – Marathi poet
Mangesh Tendulkar (1934-2017) – cartoonist^[8]

Education and research

Sonopant (Shankar Vaman) Dandekar (1896–1969) – philosopher and educationalist
Shivrampant Damle (1900–1977), Indian educationist
Rohini Godbole (born 1952) – particle physicist
Jyoti Gogte (born 1956), Indian academician
P. A. Inamdar (born 1945) – educationalist
B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014) – yoga teacher; developed internationally popular Iyengar Yoga
Anandibai Joshi (1865–1887)^[9] – first indian and Hindu woman to get a medical degree from a foreign university^[10]
Narendra Karmarkar (born 1957) – mathematician and creator of Karmarkar's algorithm
Irawati Karve (1905–1970) – anthropologist^[11]
Raghunath Mashelkar (born 1943) – scientist
Tarabai Modak (1892–1973) – advocate of Montessori education; recipient of Padmabhushan^[12]
Jayant Narlikar (born 1938) - astrophysicist
Datto Vaman Potdar (1890–1979) – historian
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863–1926) – historian; founder of Pune-based Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal^[13]
Kamal Ranadive (1917–2001) – biologist specialising in cancer research
Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme (1911–1997) – statistician, recipient of Padmabhushan award^[14]

Entertainment

Bharati Achrekar- Actress and singer
Mohan Agashe (born 1947), an Indian theater artist, film actor and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee.
Radhika Apte (born 1985), an Indian film and stage actress.^[15]
Sanskruti Balgude (born 1992), an Indian film actress who appears in Marathi movies.^[16]
Mukta Barve (born 1979), an Indian film, television and theater actress and a producer.^[17]
Pooja Chopra (born 1986) – Femina Miss India, 2009^[18]
Kashmira Irani (born 1986)- Television and theatre actress.^[19]
Dipika Kakar (born 1986) – actress
Gauahar Khan (born 1983), an Indian model and actress.^[20]
Chandrakant Kulkarni- Director, script writer and actor associated with Marathi theatre and film.
Mrunal Kulkarni (born 1971) – actress
Roopesh Kumar (1946–1995) – film actor
Reema Lagoo (1958–2017) – stage and film actress; was a student at Huzurpaga high school^[21]
Shriram Lagoo (1927–2019) – film and stage actor^[22]
Prajakta Mali (born 1989) - Indian Television/Film/Theatre Actor, Anchor, Producer, Bharatnatyam Dancer.
Spike Milligan (1919–2000) – Irish comedian who spent his childhood in the city.
Anjali Mukhi - Television and Theatre actress
Sai Paranjpye (born 1938) – broadcaster and film director
Nilu Phule (1931–2009) – film and theatre actor
Sharad Talwalkar (1918–2001) – film, TV and theatre comedy actor

Music and dance

Sanjeev Abhyankar (born 1969) – Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Mewati Gharana.^[23]
Ajay−Atul (born 1976 and 1974) – music alias of Indian music director-composer duo of brothers Ajay and Atul Gogavale
Vineet Alurkar (born 1949) – musician and singer-songwriter.^[24]
Prabha Atre (born 1932) – Hindustani classical music vocalist from the Kirana gharana and a Padma Shri awardee.^[25]
Neela Bhagwat (born 1942) – Hindustani musician of the Gwalior Gharana.
Shama Bhate (born 1950) – Kathak dancer and is among the Kathak exponents in India today.
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860–1936) – eminent maestro of Hindustani classical music; student at Deccan College^[26]
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936-2009) – musician
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011) – Hindustani classical vocalist and recipient of Bharat Ratna

Industrialists

Anu Aga (born 1942) - businesswoman and social worker.^[27]
Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888–1956), founder of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate
Rahul Bajaj (born 1938) – industrialist
Rajiv Bajaj (born 1966) - businessman and Managing Director of Bajaj Auto.^[28]
Ajaypal Singh Banga (born 1960) – USA-based corporate executive and political advisor to former US President Barack Obama and Padma Shri awardee.^[29]
Dajikaka Gadgil (1915–2014), founder of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers
Baba Kalyani (born 1949) – industrialist
Laxmanrao Kirloskar (1869–1956) – founder of Kirloskar Group
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (1903–1994) – industrialist
Ivan Menezes (born 1959) – CEO of Diageo
Cyrus S. Poonawalla (born 1945) - businessman, chairman of Poonawalla Group, which includes Serum Institute of India.^[30]
David Sassoon (1792-1864) - Treasurer of Baghdad (1817-1829) and leader of Jewish community in Mumbai

Business Leaders

Ravi Pandit - Chairman & Group CEO at KPIT Technologies.
Natasha Poonawalla (born 1981) - Indian businesswoman, chairperson of the Villoo Poonawalla Foundation.
Pankaj Sharma - President of The Lexicon Group and Pune Mirror

Political figures

Maratha Empire

Peshwa Bajirao- a minister in the court of Shahu of Satara, responsible for shifting the administrative capital to Pune
Jijabai (1598-1674) – wife of Shahajiraje Bhosale Jagirdar of Pune, Shahajiraje; mother of Shivaji who raised him during 1640s in Pune.

Indian independence struggle

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856–1895) – journalist, educator and social reformer^[31]
Senapati Bapat (born Pandurang Mahadev Bapat) (1880-1967) - a figure in the Indian independence movement.^[32]
Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915)^[33] – early Nationalist leader on the moderate wing of the Congress party; founder of the Servants of India Society
Lokhitwadi (Gopal Hari Deshmukh) (1823-1892) – social reformer^[34]
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule-Prominent leader of modern india responsible for women's educational rights and eradicating caste discrimination
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920) - indian nationalist leader

Post independence

Vitthalrao Gadgil – Leader of Indian National Congress
Anil Shirole - Ex-Member of Parliament from Pune, Former Big Leader of Pune and BJP.
Siddharth Shirole - Present Member of Legislative Assembly from Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency Pune, Present Leader of Shivajinagar, Pune and BJP.
Bal Thackeray (1926-2012) – founder of the Shiv Sena; born in Pune.

Social reformers

R. G. Bhandarkar (1837–1925) – Orientalist and social reformer
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (1827–1890)– Social reformer, prominently known for modern educational ideas & eradicating caste discrimination
Pandita Ramabai Dongre (1858–1922)^[9] – social reformer
Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842–1901)^[35] – judge and social reformer
Savitribai Phule (1831–1897) – Social reformer & responsible for women's educational rights after a great revolt against society

Spiritual leaders

Meher Baba (1894–1969) – spiritual leader
Aga Khan II (1830-1885) - Imam of the Ismailis
Jangali Maharaj (1804-1890) Great Sadhguru.
Rajneesh (Osho) (1931-1990)

Sportspeople

Pankaj Advani (born 1985) – billiards and snooker world champion
Ashutosh Agashe (born 1972) - cricket player and businessman.^[36]
Dnyaneshwar Agashe (1942–2009) – cricketer and cricket administrator
Chinmay Gupte (born 1972) – former cricketer
Eban Hyams (born 1981) – Indian-born Australian professional basketball player
Kedar Jadhav (born 1985) - cricketer who plays for India in international cricket.^[37]
Hrishikesh Kanitkar (born 1974) – former cricketer
Nikhil Kanetkar (born 1979) – badminton player and Olympian
Shubhangi Kulkarni (born 1959) - cricketer
Dhanraj Pillay (born 1968) – hockey player
Maninder Singh (born 1965) – cricketer
Lisa Sthalekar (born 1979) – former Indian-born Australian international cricketer

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