List of people from Mumbai

Celebrity list

This is a list of notable residents of Mumbai, India. Residents may be known as Mumbaikars (in Marathi), or Bombayites.

## Sport

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### Cricketers

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* Sachin Tendulkar
* Rohit Sharma
* Sunil Gavaskar
* Ajinkya Rahane
* Shreyas Iyer
* Ajit Agarkar
* Madhav Apte
* Pravin Amre
* Sairaj Bahutule
* Sameer Dighe
* Shivam Dube
* Farokh Engineer
* Subhash Gupte
* Wasim Jaffer
* Vinod Kambli
* Dhawal Kulkarni
* Smriti Mandhana
* Ashok Mankad
* Sanjay Manjrekar
* Vijay Manjrekar
* Vijay Merchant
* Sandeep Patil
* Dattu Phadkar
* Ramesh Powar
* Punam Raut
* Jemimah Rodrigues
* Richard Rutnagur
* Ravi Shastri
* Prithvi Shaw
* Eknath Solkar
* Leonard Stileman-Gibbard
* Shardul Thakur
* Polly Umrigar
* Dilip Vengsarkar
* Ajit Wadekar
* Thomas Wainwright
* Suryakumar Yadav
* Douglas Jardine

### Footballers

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* Steven Dias
* Rahul Bheke
* Shilton D'Silva
* Ashutosh Mehta

### Field hockey

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* Yuvraj Valmiki

### Kickboxing

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* Sarah Avraham, Indian-born Israeli kickboxer, 2014 Women's World Thai-Boxing Champion

### Motor racing

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* Jehan Daruvala, Formula 2 racing driver

### Running

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* Raj Vadgama, ultramarathon runner

### Snooker

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* Aditya Mehta, World Games gold medallist

## Business

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Ajay Piramal

* Anil Agarwal
* Anil Ambani
* Mukesh Ambani
* Nita Ambani
* Kumar Mangalam Birla
* Kishore Biyani
* Ghulam Bombaywala
* Radhakishan Damani
* Adi Godrej
* Sajjan Jindal
* Uday Kotak
* Vurjeevandas Madhowdas
* Anand Mahindra
* Deena Mehta
* Ajay Piramal
* Albert Abdullah David Sassoon
* David Sassoon
* Ronnie Screwvala
* Ratan Tata
* Nusli Wadia
* Sunit Khatau

## Film

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### Actors and directors

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* Abhishek Bachchan
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
* Amitabh Bachchan
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director
* Prarthana Behere
* Tamannaah Bhatia
* Reshma Bombaywala
* Ankush Chaudhari
* David Abraham Cheulkar
* Ileana D'Cruz
* Bobby Deol
* Ritesh Deshmukh
* Dev, Bengali actor
* Varun Dhawan
* Madhuri Dixit
* Sanjay Dutt
* Karan Johar
* Swapnil Joshi
* Bhalchandra Kadam, aka Bhau Kadam
* Kajol
* Urmila Kanitkar
* Arjun Kapoor
* Kareena Kapoor
* Karisma Kapoor
* Ranbir Kapoor
* Rinku Rajguru
* Shraddha Kapoor
* Sonam Kapoor
* Amruta Khanvilkar
* Sonali Kulkarni
* Sonalee Kulkarni
* Tejashri Pradhan
* Aamir Khan
* Salman Khan
* Dada Kondke
* Mahesh Kothare
* Mahesh Manjrekar
* Ishaa Koppikar
* Vierendrra Lalit, director
* Urmila Matondkar
* Amol Palekar
* Ameesha Patel
* Sachin Pilgaonkar
* Dilip Prabhavalkar
* Hrithik Roshan, actor
* Rakesh Roshan
* Nilesh Sable
* Ashok Saraf
* Namrata Shirodkar
* Shilpa Shirodkar
* Zenobia Shroff, Indian-American actress and comedienne
* Ranveer Singh
* Amruta Subhash
* Shreyas Talpade
* Sai Tamhankar
* Preity Zinta
* Manoj Shah
* Shruti Seth
* Winifred Mayo
* Ashmith Kunder
* Jahangir Pestonji Khambhata
* Waris Hussein
* Ravindra Dave
* Manju Bharti
* Harshad Atkari
* Avinash Arun
* Nana_Patekar
* Sachin Pilgaonkar
* Ramesh_Deo
* Seema_Deo

## Music

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### Conductors

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Zubin Mehta

* Zubin Mehta

### Lyricists and singers

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* Javed Akhtar
* Aarya Ambekar
* Asha Bhosle
* Rahul Dev Burman
* Ajay–Atul
* Savani Ravindra
* Rohit Raut
* Sadhana Sargam
* Geeta Dutt
* Lata Mangeshkar
* Usha Mangeshkar
* Freddie Mercury
* Mohammed Rafi
* Geetika Varde, classical singer[1]
* Hridaynath Mangeshkar
* Rahul Vaidya
* Vaishali Samant
* Abhijeet Sawant
* Bela Shende
* Aditya Narayan

## Writers and journalists

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See also: List of poets from Mumbai

* Devyani Chaubal (1942–1995), film journalist and columnist of the 60s and 70s
* Firdaus Kanga
* B. K. Karanjia (1919–2012), film journalist and editor of Filmfare and Screen, chairman of NFDC
* Rudyard Kipling
* Rohinton Mistry
* Gregory David Roberts
* Salman Rushdie
* Melanie Silgardo (born 1956), poet
* Rishi Vohra
* Fareed Zakaria
* Taran Adarsh
* Mahinder Watsa
* Avabai Bomanji Wadia
* J. Clement Vaz
* Rohini Nilekani
* Seshadri Chari
* Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey

## Others

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* Troy Costa (born 1975), fashion designer[2]
* Kekoo Gandhy (1920–2012), art gallery owner, founded Gallery Chemould in 1963[3]
* Chandrakala A. Hate, author, feminist, social worker, and professor
* Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, merchant and philanthropist
* Muhammad Ali Jinnah, lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan
* Abie Nathan, humanitarian and peace activist
* Shibani Dandekar, model, anchor and singer
* Reshma Bombaywala, model, actress and jewellery designer
* Reshma Qureshi, model and vlogger
* Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, community leader, philanthropist and industrialist
* Sandra Samuel, nanny who saved the life of two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg during the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
* Vidya Chavan, politician, and the founder of Ghar Hakk Jagruti Parishad[4][5][6]
* Ranvir Shah, cultural activist and philanthropist[7]
* Jagannath Shankarshet, philanthropist and educationalist
* Rufus Pereira, Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
* Karan Singh (born 1991), Indian magician
* Tarun Tahiliani, fashion designer[8]
* Zakir Naik \- Physician, Islamic preacher, founder of Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Peace TV
* Sameer Wankhede \- Indian officer, worked with NCB
* Regan Gurung (born 1969), author, social psychologist and professor at Oregon State University
* Faheem Ansari, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks
* Edgar Anstey (psychologist)
* Urmila Balawant Apte, Founder of the BhartiyaStree Shakti organisation
* Pravin Varaiya, professor
* Kamila Tyabji, lawyer
* Ashlesha Thakur, model
* Menaka Thakkar, dance, teacher
* Jagannath Shankarseth, educationist
* Aishwarya Sridhar, wild life photographer
* Matthew Spacie, rugby player
* Karan Singh (magician)
* Preeti Simoes, producer
* Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Ambassador
* Ketaki Sheth, photographer and author
* Surabhi Sharma, filmmaker and educator
* Sheetal Sharma, fashion and costume designer
* Vipul D. Shah, TV producer
* Ashiesh Shah, architect and designer
* Afroz Shah, lawyer
* Leonard John Sedgwick, civil servant
* Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, Australian librarian
* Neela Satyanarayanan, author and civil servant
* Amla Ruia, social activist
* Devika Rotawan, survivor of the 2008 Mumbai attacks
* Judah Reuben, cricket umpire
* Pinky Rajgarhia, child psychologist and beauty queen
* Ashish Rajadhyaksha, film scholar
* Rajesh Pullarwar, artist
* Bapsybanoo Pavry, socialite and aristocrat
* Sheela Patel, activist and academic involved with people living in slums and shanty towns
* J.B. Pardiwala, judge
* Aniruddha B. Pandit, inventor
* Marietta Pallis, ecologist
* Satyajit Padhye, puppeteer
* Morobhatt Dandekar, Hindu pandit
* Tarabai Modak, social worker
* Julião Menezes, freedom fighter
* Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha, academic and administrator
* Akshay Laxman, stage magician and mentalist
* Bina Sheth Lashkari doorstep school founder
* Johny Lal, cinematographer
* Pradeep Khosla, computer scientist
* Sanjyot Keer, internet personality
* Mumtaz M. Kazi, Indian train engineer
* Kunal Kamra, standup comedian
* Kamal Shedge, typographer
* Pravin Joshi, stage actor
* Rakesh Jhaveri, spiritual leader
* Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Parsi merchant
* Kim Jagtiani, TV host
* Dinshah Irani, lawyer
* Princess India of Afghanistan, Afghan royal
* R. P. Goyal, banker
* Rachel Goenka, chef
* Natwar Gandhi, CFO
* Cecil Fforde, judge
* Munawar Faruqui, standup comedian
* Stig Engström (suspected murderer)
* Vikas Dilawari, conservation architect
* Keshav Desiraju, bureaucrat
* Monty Desai, cricket coach
* Vidya Dehejia, professor
* Percival David, financier
* Souvid Datta, photographer
* Dhunbai Cowasji Jehangir, philanthropist
* Carlos Cordeiro, sports executive
* Darryl Castelino, air force officer
* Bombae, performer
* Bhima of Mahikavati, King
* Jagdish Bhagwati, economist
* Syed Abdullah Barelvi, freedom fighter
* Damodar Bangera, freedom fighter
* Abhijit Banerjee, economist
* Rosalind Ballaster, scholar
* Kelyn Bacon, judge
* Teji Bachchan, social activist, the wife of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan
* Garima Arora, first Indian woman to win a Michelin star
* Keya Wingfield, Indian American chef[9]
* Usha Desai, environmentalist[10]

## References

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1. ^ "United Colours of India". Hindustan Times. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
2. ^ "Narendra Modi out to make strong fashion statement in US; hires high-profile designer Troy Costa". The Economic Times. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
3. ^ "Chemould celebrates fifty years". The Times of India. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
4. ^ "Squatters seek closure of park breweries". www.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
5. ^ "'पाणीवाली बाई'मुळे आयुष्याला टर्निंग पॉईंट मिळाला; वाचा, कशी आहे विद्या चव्हाणांची राजकीय जडणघडण!". www.tv9marathi.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
6. ^ "Not here to snatch anything: Yogi Adityanath hits back at Uddhav Thackeray". indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
7. ^ Muthalaly, Shonali (30 October 2009). "Best of three worlds". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
8. ^ "Designs on the bride". India Today. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. ^ "Meet the Competitors of Spring Baking Championship Season 10". Food Com. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
10. ^ "Two tree chroniclers help Mumbai unearth its natural treasures". The Times of India. 2 January 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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