List of people from Ahmedabad

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

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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^[1]
Komal Shah (art collector), art collector, philanthropist, computer engineer, and businessperson in Silicon Valley^[2]
Kakalbhai Kothari Indian Journalist, Veteran Freedom Fighter and founder of The Prabhat Group of Newspapers. It was one of the first Gujarati language daily newspaper founded in 1934.

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

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^[3]^[4]
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^[5]^[6]
Mallika Sarabhai - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010
Sakharam Ganesh Pandit, an Indian-American lawyer and civil rights activist^[7]
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

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^[8]^[9]^[10]

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

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