18.5194° N, 73.8556° E
PUNE
Most Famous People Born in Pune, India
- Notable people
- 363
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1965
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 11.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pune during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Pune Is Known For
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Actor is Pune's biggest profession — 26% of all notables (93).
Pune over-indexes on cricket — 11.9× the global rate.
Pune under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Pune's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Science
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Other
Meher Baba
1894 - 1969
Twinkle Khanna
Born 1974
Smita Patil
1955 - 1986
B. V. Doshi
Born 1927
John Frost (British Army officer)
1912 - 1993
Sharad Pawar
Born 1940
Thomas Kailath
Born 1935
S. T. Joshi
Born 1958
Gauhar Khan
Born 1981
Michael Craig (actor)
Born 1928
Madhav Gadgil
Born 1942
Deven Verma
1930 - 2014
Sonali Kulkarni
Born 1974
Lillete Dubey
Born 1961
Radhika Apte
Born 1985
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Born 1980
Kunal Ganjawala
Born 1972
Pankaj Advani
Born 1985
Aravind Joshi
1929 - 2017
Gauri Shinde
Born 1974
Ebrahim Alkazi
1925 - 2020
Balaji Baji Rao
1720 - 1761
Kusumagraj
1912 - 1999
Kshama Sawant
Born 1973
Ardeshir Irani
1886 - 1969
Anirban Lahiri
Born 1988
Suhas Patankar
Born 1941
Paresh Mokashi
Born 1969
Nilu Phule
1931 - 2009
Eunice de Souza
1940 - 2017
Dnyaneshwar Agashe
1942 - 2009
Vasant Gowarikar
1933 - 2015
Sharmila Rege
1964 - 2013
Narendra Dabholkar
1945 - 2013
Kedar Jadhav
Born 1985
Prakash Javadekar
Born 1951
Namdeo Dhasal
1940 - 2014
Richard Gregson
1930 - 2019
Sanjeev Abhyankar
Born 1969
Sartaj Sahni
Born 1949
Gauri Deshpande
1942 - 2003
Prabha Atre
Born 1932
Ruby Myers
1907 - 1983
Shanta Shelke
1922 - 2002
Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III
1889 - 1949
Y. V. Chandrachud
1920 - 2008
Lisa Sthalekar
Born 1979
Geeta Iyengar
1944 - 2018
T. V. Raman
Born 1965
Nigaar Khan
Born 1970
Milind Gunaji
Born 1968
Adi Agashé
Born 1997
Surendranath Tagore
1872 - 1940
Ruchi Sanghvi
Born 1982
Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
1888 - 1915
Manik Varma
1926 - 1996
A. G. Macdonell
1895 - 1941
Mrinal Kulkarni
Born 1968
Eesha Karavade
Born 1987
Mugdha Godse
Born 1986
Gauri Pradhan Tejwani
Born 1977
Vikram Gokhale
Born 1940
Smita Nair Jain
Born 1969
Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
1850 - 1882
Chitra Naik
1918 - 2010
Chandu Borde
Born 1934
Vasant Lad
Born 1943
Bhaskar Chandavarkar
1936 - 2009
Amruta Khanvilkar
Born 1984
Rohini Hattangadi
Born 1951
Sonalee Kulkarni
Born 1988
Tarla Dalal
1936 - 2013
Nikhil Kanetkar
Born 1979
Sandeep Kulkarni
Born 1964
Archana Sharma (botanist)
1932 - 2008
Kaushal Inamdar
Born 1971
Sandeep Khare
Born 1973
Vinod Dham
Born 1950
Ronen Sen
Born 1944
Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar
1929 - 2014
Abhijit Kunte
Born 1977
Anil Shirole
Born 1950
Ashok Ranade
1937 - 2011
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
Born 1922
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Born 1976
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
1823 - 1892
Reena Aggarwal
-
Shantaram Athavale
1910 - 1975
Dipika Kakar
Born 1986
Bindu De Stoppani
Born 1976
Chaitan Khosla
Born 1964
Rahul Ranade
Born 1966
Hemu Adhikari
1919 - 2003
Ashutosh Agashe
Born 1972
Girija Oak
Born 1987
Maninder Singh (cricketer)
Born 1965
Padmarani
1937 - 2016
Girish Kulkarni
-
Nina Sibal
1948 - 2000
Supriya Sule
Born 1969
Amruta Patil
Born 1979
Mita Vashisht
Born 1967
Farrukh Dhondy
Born 1944
Sarita Joshi
Born 1941
Mohan Gokhale
1954 - 1999
Yogini Joglekar
1925 - 2005
Agha (actor)
1914 - 1992
Dev Gill
Born 1977
Sanjiv Chopra
Born 1949
Chintaman Vinayak Joshi
1892 - 1963
Trupti Murgunde
Born 1982
Oswald Raynor Arthur
1905 - 1973
Sameer Dharmadhikari
Born 1978
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Born 1974
Vineet Kulkarni
Born 1979
Vahbbiz Dorabjee
Born 1985
Manjiri Prabhu
Born 1964
Frank Brewin
1909 - 1976
Sulochana Gadgil
Born 1944
Anupama Kundoo
Born 1967
John Pennycuick (engineer)
1841 - 1911
Anup Soni
Born 1975
D. B. Deodhar
1892 - 1993
Aruna Raje
Born 1946
Shivani Verma
Born 1972
Urmila Kanitkar
Born 1986
Neena Kulkarni
Born 1955
Snehal Pradhan
Born 1986
Yukti Kapoor
Born 1997
David Young (bishop)
1931 - 2008
Vibhavari Deshpande
-
Kashibai
Born 1703
Arjun Kadhe
Born 1994
Sachiin J. Joshi
Born 1984
M. K. Pandhe
1925 - 2011
Rahul Deshpande
Born 1979
Yogesh Takawale
Born 1984
Sayali Gokhale
Born 1987
Frances Swiney
1847 - 1922
Boyd Robert Horsbrugh
1871 - 1916
Ujwala Nikam
Born 1958
Arun Khetarpal
1950 - 1971
Kajal Raghwani
Born 1990
Parth Bhalerao
Born 2000
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar
Born 1957
Sadashivrao Bhau
1730 - 1761
Shruti Marathe
Born 1990
Narayani Shastri
Born 1978
B. V. Keskar
1903 - 1984
Hamsa Nandini
Born 1984
Renu Desai
Born 1980
Ernest Squires
1882 - 1940
Baba Kalyani
Born 1949
Hamsika Iyer
Born 1975
Deepthi Nambiar
Born 1986
Shital Mahajan
Born 1982
Mrunmayee Deshpande
Born 1988
Madan Deodhar
Born 1994
Herbert Cyril Thacker
1870 - 1953
Fred Cress
1938 - 2009
Devika Vaidya
Born 1997
Prakash Panangaden
Born 1954
Gashmeer Mahajani
Born 1985
Dimple Chopade
Born 1985
Prajakta Mali
Born 1989
Daso
1981 - 2018
Saleel Kulkarni
-
Arthur Griffiths (author)
1838 - 1908
Shibani Dandekar
Born 1981
Usha Chavan
Born 1955
D N Dhanagare
1936 - 2017
Savani Ravindra
Born 1989
Vasant Ranjane
1937 - 2011
Vandana Chavan
Born 1961
Arati Vaidya
Born 1970
Soniya Dabir
Born 1980
Rajiv Satav
Born 1974
Tejaswini Pandit
Born 1986
Siddharth Menon (actor)
Born 1989
Ashlesha Sawant
Born 1982
Shantanu Sugwekar
Born 1966
Manisha Saxena
Born 1993
Ashvarya Shrivastava
Born 1992
Harshad Khadiwale
Born 1988
Ajay Shirke
Born 1958
Kamal Ranadive
1917 - 2001
Eliza Nelson
Born 1956
Subodh Bhave
Born 1975
Mahesh Kale
Born 1976
Chetan Suryawanshi
Born 1985
Ashok Hande
-
Sulajja Firodia Motwani
Born 1970
Shivangi Joshi
Born 1998
Shobhana Ranade
Born 1924
Saurabh Gadgil
Born 1977
Girish Bapat
Born 1963
Snigdha Akolkar
Born 1985
Sanskruti Balgude
Born 1992
Surya (Telugu actor)
Born 1957
Viraf Patel
Born 1980
Shridhar Chillal
Born 1938
Ninad Bedekar
1949 - 2015
Khande Rao Holkar
1798 - 1807
Rocque Lobo
Born 1941
Siddharth Chandekar
Born 1991
Dadi Pudumjee
Born 1951
Hindraj Divekar
Born 1954
Amrita Thapar
Born 1984
Eban Hyams
Born 1981
Kalyani Bondre
Born 1981
Rohena Gera
Born 1973
Sulabha K. Kulkarni
Born 1949
Santosh G. Honavar
Born 1965
Vijay K. Nambiar
Born 1943
Wilson Jones (billiards player)
1922 - 2003
Parna Pethe
Born 1990
Neela Bhagwat
-
Prakash Thorat
Born 1981
Alfred Ezra
1872 - 1955
J. R. Mudholkar
Born 1902
Ishitha Chauhan
Born 1999
Nitu Mandke
1948 - 2003
Sakhi Gokhale
Born 1993
Anuja Sathe
Born 1987
Charles Augustus Goodfellow
1836 - 1915
Tara Deodhar
Born 1924
Shrikant Yadav
-
Ivan Menezes
Born 1960
Sandesh Gadkari
Born 1987
Prasad Oak
Born 1972
John Wyllie
1835 - 1870
Nishigandha Kunte
Born 1992
Domnic Joseph
Born 1981
Amey Wagh
Born 1987
Shrikant Jadhav
Born 1960
Debu Deodhar
1948 - 2010
A. G. G. Asher
1861 - 1930
Prathamesh Mokal
Born 1983
Vrishasen Dabholkar
-
Valerian D’Souza
1933 - 2020
Ketaki Pimpalkhare
Born 1977
Thomas Breuer
Born 1966
Robert Mackenzie (cricketer)
1886 - 1934
Anand Deshpande
Born 1970
Milind Gunjal
Born 1959
Surendra Bhave
Born 1966
Neha Joshi
Born 1986
Bhavna Chauhan
-
Prashant Pillai
Born 1981
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Born 1987
Yvonne Caples
Born 1972
Bal Pandit
1929 - 2015
Pooja Ghatkar
Born 1989
Ajay Wadhavkar
Died 2015
Adhik Kadam
Born 1977
Rohit Gore
Born 1977
Anjali Pawar
-
Subhash Awchat
Born 1960
Shrikanth Molangiri
Born 1989
Keerti Nagpure
Born 1987
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar
1857 - 1921
Sunil Gudge
1959 - 2016
K. Paddayya
Born 1943
Kadambari Danave
Born 1996
Swapnil Gugale
Born 1991
Aditya Kripalani
Born 1981
Ramchandra Purushottam Marathe
1924 - 1989
Rambhau Mhalgi
1921 - 1981
Dilip Kamble
Born 1963
Rohit Motwani
Born 1990
Shalmalee Desai
Born 1989
George Gardiner (RAF officer)
1892 - 1940
Pramod Mande
1954 - 2017
Abhijit Deshpande
Born 1968
Alok Rajwade
Born 1989
Archana Suseelan
Born 1989
Rishi Pillai
Born 1981
Sai Deodhar
Born 1984
Manoj Mukund Naravane
-
Upendra Sidhaye
Born 1980
Shrikant Kalyani
Born 1964
Sanjeev Galande
Born 1967
Abhi Talwalkar
Born 1964
Kshitij Shinde
Born 1984
Priyanka Shah
-
Shashikant Oak
Born 1949
Sushil Mantri
Born 1963
Rohit Kalia
-
Milind Date
-
Sanket Bhosale
Born 1988
Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
1928 - 2012
Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (humanitarian)
Born 1935
Vivek Kane
Born 1967
Ketki Kadam
Born 1991
Manasi Naik
Born 1987
Saloni Daini
Born 2001
Vibhavari Apte Joshi
-
Nikhil Wairagar
Born 1991
Balkrishna Mohoni
1901 - 1980
Kavita Kapoor
Born 1996