List of Marathi people

This is a list of notable Marathi people an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language as their native language.

Noted Marathi writers in non-Marathi languages Father of Indian Circus - Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre First Ventriloquist in Modern India - Y. K. Padhye Father of Indian Comic Books - Anant Pai

Gautamiputra Satakarni
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj
Tarabai
Peshwa Bajirao
Rani Lakshmibai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Shahu of Kolhapur
Jyotirao Phule
Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Babasaheb Ambedkar
Jyotirao Phule
Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj
Leo Varadkar- Irish Fine Gael politician and Taoiseach
Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar was the second Cabinet Secretary of India .
Baba Kalyani was chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge .
Dhondo Keshav Karve
Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi, first Indian lady doctor and physician
Astrophysicists Jayant Narlikar
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Rajinikanth -Shivaji Rao Gaekwad
Nana Patekar
Dr. Vidyadhar Oke with 22-microtone harmonium
Lata Mangeshkar
Asha Bhosle
Madhuri Dixit
Ashutosh Gowariker , directed Lagaan (nominated for Oscars , has 5 filmfare , 7 international awards) [ 27 ] [ 28 ]
Playwright Vijay Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar [ 32 ]
Sunil Gavaskar [ 33 ]