List of people from Gujarat
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Gujarat, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
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Poet/Philosophy
- Narsinh Mehta ([1414-1481]]), the earliest major poet of Gujarat
- Baiju Bawra
- Tansen
Zhaverchand Meghani (also known as 'Rashtriya Sha'yar - national poet)
Religious Personalities
Movies
- Amisha Patel (state of origin)
- Deepika (Gujarati film actress)
- Falguni Pathak (Dandiya Queen)
Business
- Dhirubhai Ambani (state of origin)
- Mukesh Ambani (Reliance)
- Shri Karsanbhai Patel (NIRMA)
- Gautam Adani (Adani Group)
- Shashi Ruia (Essar)
- Nigel Shaw (British Gas)
- Kasturbhai Lalbhai (Arvind Mills)
Politician
- Amarsinh Chaudhary (1941-2004), chief minister (1985-1989)
- Narendra Modi, chief minister (1997-)
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Mohandas Gandhi
- Mahadev Desai, personal secretary of Gandhi
- Morarji Desai, Fourth Prime Minister of India
- Kasturba Gandhi, Mahatma's wife and freedom fighter.
Sports
Educationists
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Padma Vibhushan Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, eminent physisist, businessman and father of Indian space program.
See also: List of people by India state