# List of people from Ahmedabad

This is a list of notable residents of Ahmedabad, India. Residents may be known as Ahmedabadi or Amdavadi.

## Business

* Shantidas Jhaveri, jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender
* Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, first industrialist and mill-owner of Ahmedabad
* Lalbhai Dalpatbhai, industrialist and first-generation mill-owner
* Ambalal Sarabhai, industrialist
* Kasturbhai Lalbhai, industrialist
* Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai - Indian businessman and philanthropist, known for his contributions to education and research in India.
* Karsanbhai Patel - Indian billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Nirma, a consumer goods company that specializes in soaps, detergents, and other household products
* Pankaj Patel - Indian businessman and former chairman of Cadila Healthcare, a leading pharmaceutical company in India
* Gautam Adani - Industrialist and chairman and founder of the Adani Group
* Komal Shah (art collector), art collector, philanthropist, computer engineer, and businessperson in Silicon Valley

## Entertainment

* Alisha Chinai, an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
* Darshan Raval, an Indian singer & composer.
* Disha Vakani, Actor and Worked in The Show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
* Tapas Relia - Indian Music Director
* Naresh Kanodia - Indian actor and politician, known for his work in Gujarati cinema
* Mrinalini Sarabhai - Padma Shri in 1965, Padma Bhushan 1992
* Kumudini Lakhia - awarded Padma Shri in 1987
* Taarak Mehta - awarded Padma Shri in 2015

## Politics

* Brahmkumar Bhatt - Indian independence activist, Mahagujarat movement activist, Member of parliament, Member of Legislative Assembly, Former Chairman of Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) and Former Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative(IFFCO)
* Gulzarilal Nanda - Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1997
* Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Indian independence nationalist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1991
* Mallika Sarabhai - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010
* Sakharam Ganesh Pandit, an Indian-American lawyer and civil rights activist
* M. C. Bhatt - Human rights lawyer
* Girishbhai Patel - Human rights lawyer
* Shamshad Pathan - Human rights lawyer
* Jhinabhai Desai - Gujarati poet better known as Snehrashmi, author, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist
* Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai - Indian demographer, economist and independence activist
* Subramaniam Hariharan Iyer - Human rights lawyer
* Mukul Sinha - Human rights lawyer
* Nirjhari Sinha - Human rights activist
* Achyut Yagnik - Journalist, academic and activist
* Ela Bhatt - Padma Shri in 1985, Padma Bhushan in 1986
* Keshavram Kashiram Shastri - awarded Padma Shri in 1976

## Science

* George Joseph - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1999
* Pramod Kale - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1984
* P.R. Pisharoty - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1970
* Satya Prakash - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1982
* Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India; awarded Padma Bhushan in 1966; posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1972

## Sports

* Jasprit Bumrah (born 1993), cricketer
* Geet Sethi - Awarded Padma Shri in 1986
* Jasu Patel - Awarded Padma Shri in 1960
* Jay Shah - BCCI Secretary (administrator)

## Other

* Dr. Vikran I. Shah, an Indian orthopedic surgeon, based in Ahmedabad. Shah established Shalby Hospitals in 1994.
* Prakash K. Desai - Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force
* Narhari Parikh (born 1891, died 1957), writer, activist, and social reformer
* Jyotsna Yagnik - Judge
* Balkrishna Doshi - awarded Padma Shri in 1976
* Haku Shah - awarded Padma Shri in 1989
* Kartikeya Sarabhai - awarded Padma Shri in 2012
* Tejas Patel - awarded Padma Shri twice
* Anil K Gupta - awarded Padma Shri in 2004