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]

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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