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This is a list of notable persons of the [[Marathi Buddhist]] community worldwide. Marathi Buddhists are mainly [[Navayana|Ambedkarite Buddhists]], who are followers of [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. Marathi Buddhists constitute more than 77% of the total Buddhist population in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population by religion community – 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archivedate=25 August 2015}}</ref>

==Academics==
* [[Narendra Jadhav]], economist, educationist and author
* [[Shankarrao Kharat]], Vice Chancellor of BAMU Aurangabad
* [[Bhalchandra Mungekar]], economist and author
* [[Sharmila Rege]], sociologist, feminist scholar and author of ''Writing Caste, Gender''
* [[Anand Teltumbde]], scholar, writer and civil rights activist
* [[Sukhadeo Thorat]], economist and author

==Businesspeople==
* [[Milind Kamble]], national president of [[Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ajay |first1=Lakshmi |title=The Buddhism broadcast |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-buddhism-broadcast/articleshow/64716857.cms |website=Mumbai Mirror |date=June 24, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Kalpana Saroj]] (born 1961), entrepreneur and a Tedx speaker<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/CREST/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=CREST&BaseHref=TCRM%2F2010%2F05%2F29&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00400&DataChunk=Ar00501&AppName=1|title=Caste No Bar|last=Pronoti|first=Datta|date=29 May 2010|work=The Crest Mumbai|access-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116140050/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/CREST/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=CREST&BaseHref=TCRM%2F2010%2F05%2F29&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00400&DataChunk=Ar00501&AppName=1|archive-date=16 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2013-08-31/Kalpana-8211-Symbol-of-true-grit-70641|title=Kalpana – Symbol of true grit|website=The Hans India|date=31 August 2013|language=en|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

==Entertainers==
* [[Nagraj Manjule]], director, filmmaker
* [[Kushal Badrike]], actor and comedian
* [[Siddharth Jadhav]], actor
* [[Usha Jadhav]], actress
* [[Bhalchandra Kadam]], actor, comedian<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-in-the-shadow-of-caste-2547684|title = In the shadow of caste|newspaper = DNA India|date = 23 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Abhijeet Kosambi]], singer
* [[Vaishali Mhade]], singer
* [[Surekha Punekar]], Indian folk artist
* [[Abhijeet Sawant]], actor and singer
* [[Adarsh Shinde]], singer and musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/maharashtra/pune/news/MH-PUN-HMU-wedding-pics-of-well-known-singer-adarsh-shinde-5007221-PHO.html|title=PHOTOS: परिणय सूत्र में बंधे मराठी सिंगर आदर्श शिंदे, शादी में जम कर हुआ धमाल|date=May 29, 2015|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref>
* [[Prahlad Shinde]], singer
* [[Smita Tambe]], actress
* [[Vitthal Umap]], singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-samir-paranjape-rasik-article-in-marathi-5473432-NOR.html|title=आंबेडकर चळवळीची कव्वालीयात्रा|date=December 4, 2016|website=Divya Marathi}}</ref>
* [[Somnath Waghmare]], documentary filmmaker and researcher

==Lawyers==
[[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg|right|thumb|[[B. R. Ambedkar]], Marathi scholar and the revivalist of [[Buddhism in India]]]]
* [[B. R. Ambedkar]] (1891–1956), jurist, barrister, and first Law and Justice Minister of India
* [[R. D. Bhandare]] (born 1916), governor of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh
* [[Bhushan Gavai]] (born 1960), justice in the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=petWCgAAQBAJ&q=r+s+gavai+religion&pg=PT170|title=Living with Religious Diversity|last1=Sikka|first1=Sonia|last2=Puri|first2=Bindu|last3=Beaman|first3=Lori G.|author3-link=Lori G. Beaman|date=2015-08-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317370987|language=en}}</ref>
* [[B. C. Kamble]] (born 1919), jurist and lawyer

==Politicians==
* [[Anandraj Ambedkar]], political activist
* [[Prakash Ambedkar]], Member of Parliament
* [[Yashwant Ambedkar]], member of MLC
* [[Ramdas Athawale]], state minister of India, and Member of Parliament
* [[Rajkumar Badole]], Social Justice and Assistance Minister, Maharashtra
* [[Sanjay Bansode]], state minister of Maharashtra<ref name="divyamarathi.bhaskar.com"/>
* [[Sharad Bansode]], Member of Parliament
* [[Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare]], Governor of Odisha
* [[R. D. Bhandare]], Governor of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KK0_AAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7|title = Sattā ke sūtradhara: Ājādī ke bāda Bhārata|last1 = Jhā|first1 = Vikāsa Kumāra|year = 1994}}</ref>
* [[Bhaurao Gaikwad]], Member of Parliament
* [[Eknath Gaikwad]], MP and state minister
* [[Sunil Gaikwad]], Member of Parliament
* [[Varsha Gaikwad]], School Education [[Cabinet Minister]] of Maharashtra<ref name="divyamarathi.bhaskar.com"/>
* [[Prakash Gajbhiye]], Member of MLC
* [[R. S. Gavai]], Governor of Bihar And Kerala, Member of the parliament, Former Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council
* [[Rajendra Gavai]], political activist
* [[Chandrakant Handore]], state minister of Maharashtra<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/894323/bombay-high-courts-dalit-ruling-reflects-the-communitys-loss-of-ideological-cohesion|title=Bombay High Court's 'Dalit' ruling has come in handy for the politics of Hindutva|first=Anand|last=Teltumbde|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cabinet-offlimits-for-sons---daughters/538737|title=Cabinet off-limits for sons & daughters – Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>
* [[Ramratan Janorkar]], Mayor of Nagpur
* [[N. M. Kamble]], Indian politician
* [[Jogendra Kawade]], cabinet minister, and Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* [[B. D. Khobragade]], Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
* [[Sulekha Kumbhare]], minister
* [[Avinash Mahatekar]], State Minister of Maharashtra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sarkarnama.in/rpi-claims-phaltan-seat-say-avinash-mahatekar-42223|title = रिपाइचा फलटण मतदारसंघावर दावा : अविनाश महातेकर}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/minister-of-social-welfare-avinash-mahatekar-visited-dikshit-bhoomi/07191927|title = समाजकल्याण राज्यमंत्री अविनाश महातेकर यांची दीक्षाभूमीला भेट|date = 19 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[Laxman Mane]], political activist
* [[Waman Meshram]], President Of Bahujan Kranti Morcha
* [[Nitin Raut]], cabinet minister and MLA<ref name="divyamarathi.bhaskar.com">{{Cite web|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/23-ministers-belong-to-the-maratha-community-in-thackeray-government-126408482.html|title=उद्धव ठाकरे सरकारच्या ४३ सदस्यीय मंत्रिमंडळात २३ मंत्री मराठा समाजाचे|date=December 31, 2019|website=Divya Marathi}}</ref>
* [[Dadasaheb Rupwate]], politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saamana.com/dadasaheb-rupwate-memorial-program/|title=कालकथित दादासाहेब रुपवते स्मृतिदिनानिमित्त विशेष कार्यक्रमाचे आयोजन|website=www.saamana.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/premanand-rupwate-passed-away-in-mumbai/articleshow/65274161.cms|title=ज्येष्ठ आंबेडकरी कार्यकर्ते प्रेमानंद रुपवते यांचे निधन|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/875573/how-indias-dalits-had-to-cope-when-the-backlash-began-after-ambedkars-death|title=How India's Dalits had to cope when the backlash began after Ambedkar's death|first=J. V.|last=Pawar|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>
* [[Tukaram Shrangare]], Union Minister For State For Communications
* [[Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare]], Member of Parliament
* [[Nashikrao Tirpude]], 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
* [[Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik]], Member of Parliament for Bhandara and Buldhana
* [[Mukul Wasnik]], Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment

==Sportspeople==
*[[Mona Meshram]], cricketer
*[[Avinash Sable]], athlete

==Writers and activists==
* [[Savita Ambedkar]] (1909–2003), social activist and writer
* [[Baburao Bagul]], writer and poet
* [[Datta Bhagat]], author
* [[Suresh Bhat]] (1932–2003), poet
* [[Raja Dhale]] (1940–2019), social activist and writer
* [[Namdeo Dhasal]] (1949 2014), social activist and writer
* [[Laxman Gaikwad]], novelist
* [[Arun Kamble]], writer and social activist
* [[Namdeo Kamble]], writer, social worker, journalist and teacher
* [[Uttam Kamble]], journalist and author
* [[Vaman Kardak]], poet and playwright
* [[Shankar Ramchandra Kharat|Shankarrao Kharat]], writer and member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
* [[Sharankumar Limbale]], author
* [[Yashwant Manohar]], poet and writer
* [[Keshav Meshram]], poet
* [[Bhau Panchbhai]], poet, writer and activist
* [[Gangadhar Pantawne]], writer, reviewer and Ambedkarite thinker
* [[Dagdu Maruti Pawar]], writer and poet
* [[Pradnya Daya Pawar]], poet and fiction writer
* [[Urmila Pawar]], writer and activist
* [[Uttam Kamble]], journalist and author

==See also==
{{Category see also|Indian Buddhists}}
* [[List of Buddhists]]
* [[Marathi Buddhists]]
* [[List of converts to Buddhism]]
* [[List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism]]

==References==
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[[Category:Marathi people|Buddhists]]
[[Category:Indian Buddhists| Marathi]]
[[Category:Lists of Buddhists|Marathi]]
[[Category:Lists of Marathi people|Buddhists]]

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Ajay Kumar at 20:41, 23 July 2023