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[[Image:Freddie Mercury performing in New Haven, CT, November 1977.jpg|thumb|[[Freddie Mercury]] (Farrokh Bulsara) was probably the best-known Parsi throughout the world.]]
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This is a list of notable [[Parsis]]. The Parsis constitute one of the two [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] communities of the [[Indian subcontinent]], the other being [[Irani (India)|Irani]].
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==In science and industry==



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*[[Aban Pestonjee]]: Sri Lankan entrepreneur
*[[Adi Bulsara]] (born 1952): physicist
* [[Adi Kanga]] (1923–2013): Indian Civil engineer, planned city of Navi Mumbai and Vashi bridge
*[[Ardaseer Cursetjee]] (1808–1877) of the Wadia shipbuilding family: first Indian elected [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
*[[Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff]] (1899–1965): Indian economist; delegate at the 1944 [[Bretton Woods Conference]]; co-author of the [[Bombay Plan]]; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the [[Bank of India]]
*[[Ardeshir Godrej]] (1868–1936): Indian inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industrial empire
*[[Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy]] (born c. 1793) Lady: continued her husband Sir Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy philanthropic work; builder of Mahim Causeway, connects two islands of Bombay and Salsette (north Bombay)
*[[Byram Dinshawji Avari]] (born 1942): [[Pakistan]] hotelier; founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies
*[[Zubin Damania]] (born 1973), physician, comedian, internet personality, musician, and founder of Turntable Health
*[[Byramjee Jeejeebhoy]] (1822–1890) Esq., CSI: Indian philanthropist and founder of B.J. Medical College, Pune
*[[Cowasjee Jehangir|Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir]] (1879–1962): Indian civil engineer; master constructor of Bombay
*[[Cowasji Dinshaw Adenwalla|Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla)]] (1827–1900): Indian entrepreneur
*[[Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney]] Sir, (1812–1878): 1st Baronet, philanthropist, including various academic buildings of the Bombay University
*[[Cyrus Chothia]] (1942–2019): molecular biologist
*[[Cyrus Pallonji Mistry]] (born 1968): former chairman of Tata Group; Irish citizen businessman
*[[Cyrus Poonawalla]] (born 1945): Indian Industrialist, pharmacologist; co-founder of the [[Serum Institute of India]]
*[[Dhunjibhoy Bomanji]], Sir (1862–1937): Indian Shipping Magnate, philanthropist
*[[Dinshaw Maneckji Petit|Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir]] (1823–1901): founded the first textile factories in India
*[[Dorabji Tata|Dorabji Tata, Sir]] (1859–1932): Indian industrialist and philanthropist, Sir Dorab Tata Trust
*[[Fardunjee Marzban]] (1787–1847): publisher, founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent ''[[Bombay Samachar]]''
*[[Feroze Gandhi]] (1912–1960) publisher of [[The National Herald]] and The Navjivan newspapers and husband of [[Indira Gandhi]] Prime Minister of India
*[[Framji Cowasji Banaji]], Esq (1767 – 12 February 1851): merchant, philanthropist, lease holder of [[Powai]]
*[[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Jehangir Bhabha]] (1909–1966): nuclear scientist and first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission
*[[Homi Mehta|Homi Maneck Mehta, Sir]] (1871–1948): industrialist in textiles, insurance, banking, chemicals & sugar. Represented India at League of Nations, Chairman of Bombay War Gift Fund and President of Victory Thanksgiving Fund.
*[[Homi Sethna|Homi Nusserwanji Sethna]] (1923–2010): [[Padma Vibhushan]] awardee, chemical engineer; guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device
*[[Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody]] (1838–1911): financier and industrialist in [[Hong Kong]]. He contributed $150,000 to help establish the [[University of Hong Kong]].
*[[Temulji Bhicaji Nariman|Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman]] (1848–1940): obstetrician. Co-founded one of Bombay's first Lying-in hospitals in 1887 and was knighted in 1914 for his work during the plague epidemic in India at the turn of the 19th century.
*[[J. R. D. Tata|Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata]] (1904–1993): industrialist; founder of ''[[Air India]]'', India's first commercial airline
*[[Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy|Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir]] (1783–1859): opened sea trade with China; philanthropist, J J Hospital,
*[[Jamsetji Tata]] (1839–1904): industrialist; founder of the [[Tata Group]] of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
*[[Jehangir Ghandy]], Sir (1896–1972): built Tata Steel at Jamshedpur
*[[Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee]] (1880–1960): industrialist; founded [[Hong Kong]]'s first brewery; established the first anti-[[tuberculosis]] sanatorium in the Andajat
*[[John Abraham]] A well known Actor in [[Bollywood]] who acted in many films
*[[Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia]] (1702–1774): [[shipwright]] and naval architect; builder of the first dry-dock in Asia
*[[Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw]] (18??–1924?): industrialist and philanthropist; [[NED University of Engineering and Technology|NED Engineering College]]
*[[Nariman Mehta]] (1920–2014): organic chemist and inventor of [[bupropion]], the most commonly used antidepressant drug
*[[Nergis Mavalvala]] (born 1968): astrophysicist and professor at [[MIT]]
*[[Neville Wadia]] (1911–1996): businessman and son-in-law of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]
*[[Nusli Wadia]] (born 1944): chairman of the [[Wadia Group]]
*[[Ness Wadia]] (born 1972): joint-managing director of [[Bombay Dyeing]]
*[[Noshir Gowadia]] (born 1944): aircraft engineer and convicted spy
*[[Nowroji Saklatwala]] (1875–1938): Chairman of Tata group of companies from 1932 until death by heart attack in 1938
*[[Pallonji Mistry]] (born 1929): construction tycoon
*[[Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej]] (1882–1972): entrepreneur; co-founder (with his brother Ardeshir) of the Godrej industrial empire
*[[Ratan Tata]] (born 1937): chairman ''emeritus'' of Tata Sons; former chairman of the [[Tata Group]] of companies; member of the central board of the [[Reserve Bank of India]]
*[[Russi Mody]] (1918–2014): former Chairman and Managing Director of [[Tata Steel]] Limited; son of Sir Homi Mody and brother of Piloo Mody
*[[Rustom Jal Vakil]] (1911–1974): cardiologist
*[[Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata]] (1856–1926): a noted chairperson of [[Tata Group]] and [[Tata Sons]]; father of [[J. R. D. Tata]]
*[[Sorabji Pochkhanawala|Sir Sorabji Nusserwanji Pochkhanawala]] (1881–1937): banker, co-founder of the [[Central Bank of India]]
*[[Shiraz Minwalla]] (born 1973): theoretical physicist, String theorist
*[[Spenta R. Wadia]] (born 1950): theoretical physicist
*[[Ratanji Tata]] (1871–1918), Sir: younger son of Jamsetji Tata; industrialist and philanthropist; [[Sir Ratan Tata Trust]]
*[[Villoo Morawala-Patell]] (born 1955), MD of [[Avesthagen]]: [[National Order of Merit (France)|Officer of the National Order of Merit]] holder
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==In academia==
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* [[Kaikhosrov D. Irani]] (1922–2017): former protégé of [[Albert Einstein]]; emeritus professor of [[Philosophy of Science]] at the [[City College of New York]]
* [[Homi K. Bhabha]] (born 1949): cultural-studies theorist; Professor, [[Harvard University]]
* [[Jamshed Bharucha]] (born 1956): President, [[Cooper Union]]. Formerly, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at [[Dartmouth College]] (first [[Indian American]] to serve as the dean of a school at an [[Ivy League]] institution)
* [[Mahzarin Banaji]] (born 1956): Professor of Psychology, [[Harvard University]]
* [[Noshir Contractor]] (born 1959): Award-winning Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Communication and Management at [[Northwestern University]]
* [[Rusi Taleyarkhan]]: Professor of Nuclear Engineering at [[Purdue University]]
* [[Rohinton Kamakaka]]: Professor of Molecular Cell Developmental biology at [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]
* [[Thrity Umrigar]] (born 1961): Armitage Professor of English at [[Case Western Reserve University]]
* [[N. H. Wadia]] (1925–2016): Prominent neurologist; Director of Neurology at [[Grant Medical College]] and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals for 25 years
* [[Vistasp Karbhari]]: President, [[University of Texas at Arlington]]

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==Military==
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* [[Lieutenant General]] [[FN Billimoria]] (1933–2005): Former [[Indian Army]] officer and head of [[Wellington Cantonment]], father of Indo-British entrepreneur [[Karan Bilimoria]], Lord Bilimoria
* [[Admiral]] [[Jal Cursetji]] (1919–1991): Former [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]], [[Indian Navy]]
* [[Air Marshal]] [[Aspy Engineer]] (1912–2002): Former [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]], [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Air Marshal]] [[Minoo Merwan Engineer]] (1921–1997): Former Indian Air Force [[Air officer commanding|AOC]]-in-Chief of Eastern and Western Air Commands
* [[Vice Admiral]] [[Rustom K. S. Ghandhi]] (1924–2014): Indian Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Naval Command and former [[Aide-de-camp]] to [[Governor-General of India]] [[Lord Louis Mountbatten]]
* [[Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara]] (1877–1941): First Indian Deputy Commissioner of the [[Mumbai Police]]
* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Adi M. Sethna]] (died 2006): Former Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army
* [[Jeejeebhoy Piroshaw Bomanjee Jeejeebhoy|J. P. B. Jeejeebhoy]] (1891–1950), first Indian pilot in the [[Royal Flying Corps]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Ardeshir Tarapore]] (1923–1965):, Indian Army officer and commanding officer of the [[Poona Horse]], winner of the [[Param Vir Chakra]], India's highest award for gallantry
* [[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Fali Homi Major]] (born 1947): Former Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
* [[Field Marshal]] [[Sam Manekshaw]] (1914–2008): Former Indian Chief of Army Staff and the first Indian with the rank of Field Marshal
* [[Major General]] [[Cyrus Addie Pithawalla]] (born 1957): Recipient of the [[Ashoka Chakra]]
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==In entertainment, religion, sports==



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* [[Aban Marker Kabraji]] (born 1953): Pakistani ecologist, Asian regional director of [[IUCN]]
* [[Amyra Dastur]] (born 1993): model, film actress, television presenter
* [[Alaya Furniturewala]] (born 1998): model and film actresses
* [[Aneela Mirza]], or Anila Mirza (born 8 October 1974), Danish singer who has found success as a member of the pop group [[Toy-Box]] and as a solo artist under the name of Aneela
* [[Ardeshir Cowasjee]] (1926–2012): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist
* [[Aruna Irani]] (born 18 August 1946), Bollywood actress and dancer
* [[Bapsi Sidhwa]] (born 1938): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
* [[Behram Contractor|Behram "Busybee" Contractor]] (1930–2001): journalist and columnist
* [[Behramji Malabari]] (1853–1912): poet, publicist, author, and social reformer
* [[Bejan Daruwalla]] (1931-2020): astrologer
* [[Burjor Khurshedji Karanjia]] (1919–2012): Indian film journalist and editor, chairman NFDC
* [[Cyrus Broacha]] (born 1971): MTV India VJ and stand-up comedian
* [[Cyrus Poncha]] (born 1976): Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003–04
* [[Deena M. Mistri]] (1924–2011): author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal
* [[Diana Eduljee]] (born 1956): first captain of the Indian women's Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993
* [[Diana Penty]] (born 1985): Actress and model
* [[Dinyar Contractor]]: Parsi stage actor, Comedian and Bollywood actor
* [[Dolly Nazir]] (born 1935): swimmer
* [[Erick Avari]] (born 1952): Hollywood actor.
* [[Farokh Engineer]] (born 1938): cricketer.
* [[Farrukh Dhondy]] (born 1944): novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist.
* [[Firdaus Kanga]] (born 1960): author, actor and screenwriter.
* [[Freddie Mercury]] (Farrokh Bulsara, 1946–1991): rock icon and lead singer for [[Queen (band)|Queen]].
* [[Fredoon Kabraji]] (1897–1986): poet, writer, journalist, and artist writing in English.
* [[Gary Lawyer]] (born 1959): singer-songwriter
* [[Godrej Sidhwa]] (1925-2011): theologian and historian.
* [[Goshpi Avari]] (born 19??): first Pakistani woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
* [[Homai Vyarawalla]] (1913–2012): India's first woman photojournalist, Padma Vibhushan.
* [[Homi Adajania]] (born 1972): Film Director, Writer and Scuba Diving Instructor
* [[Jehan Daruvala]] (born 1998): Indian racing driver.
* [[Jim Sarbh]] (born 1987): Actor on film, stage and television.
* [[Jivanji Jamshedji Modi]] Sir: Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary.
* [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]] (1892–1988): composer, music critic, pianist, and writer.
* [[Kaizad Gustad]] (born 1968): film director.
* [[Karl Umrigar]] (1960–1979): Indian jockey
* [[Keki Daruwalla]] (born 1937): poet and writer
* [[Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla]] (1875–1956): high priest and religious scholar.
* [[Mehli Irani]] (1930–2021), Indian cricketer
* [[Mehli Mehta]] (1908–2002): musician; founder of the Bombay Philharmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
* [[Mehr Jesia]] (born 1968): Indian model
* [[Nari Contractor|Nariman "Nari" Contractor]] (born 1934): cricketer; coach at the [[Cricket Club of India|CCI]] Academy.
* [[Nauheed Cyrusi]] (born 1982): model, film actress, television presenter
* [[Nazneen Contractor]] (born 1982): film actress
* [[Nina Wadia]] (born 1968): British-Indian comedian and television actress, currently and most notably from [[EastEnders]].
* [[Perizaad Zorabian]] (born 1973): model, film actress
* [[Persis Khambatta]] (1950–1998): actress and model. [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] in 1965.
* [[Phiroz Mehta]] (1902–1994): writer on religious topics and philosopher.
* [[Polly Umrigar|Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar]] (1926–2006): cricketer.
* [[Rachel Viccaji]] Pakistani singer and musician.
* [[Rashid Byramji]] Horse trainer
* [[Rohinton Mistry]] (born 1952): novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
* [[Russi Karanjia|Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia]] (1912–2008): journalist & editor, founder of India's first tabloid, ''Blitz''.
* [[Sanaya Irani]] (born 1983): Indian Actress
* [[Sanaya Pithawalla]] (born 1993): Actress, TV personality.
* [[Sam Dastor]] (born 1941): television actor and director.
* [[Shapur Kharegat]] (1932–2000): journalist, editor and director of The Economist (Asia).
* [[Shiamak Davar]] (born 1961): Bollywood choreographer
* [[Sohrab Modi]] (1897–1984): stage and film actor, director and producer.
* [[Sooni Taraporevala]] (born 1957): screenwriter, author and photographer.
* [[Tara Sutaria]] (born 1995): Actress.
* [[Varun Toorkey]] (born 1990): television and film actor.
* [[Viraf Patel|Viraf Phiroz Patel]] (born 1980): The Grasim Mr. India 2005, model turned actor
* [[Zarin Mehta]] (born 1938): musician; executive director of the New York Philharmonic since 2000
* [[Zarnak Sidhwa]] (born 1972): Pakistani Chef with a TV show on [[Masala TV]].
* [[Zerbanoo Gifford]] (born 1950): human rights campaigner
* [[Zoe Viccaji]] (born 1983): Pakistani singer and musician
* [[Zubin Mehta]] (born 1936): musician; Musical Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, former director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Bavarian State Opera.
* [[Zubin Surkari]] (born 1980): Canadian international cricketer.
* [[Zubin Varla]] (born 1970): stage actor.

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==Politicians, activists and bureaucrats==


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* [[B. P. Wadia]] (1881–1958), Indian theosophist and labour activist. Pioneered the creation of workers unions in India.
* [[Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney|Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney)]] (1812–1878): [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]]; introduced income tax in India; first [[baronet]] of Bombay.
* [[Frene Ginwala]] (born 1932): member of the ANC and aided Nelson Mandela in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. Later served for 7 years as Speaker Of the House of Parliament in South Africa
* [[Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta]] (1886–1952): former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
* [[Jamsheed Marker]] (1922–2018): Pakistani diplomat, ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
* Justice [[Dorab Patel]] (1924–1997): former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Justice of [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] and human rights campaigner.
* [[K. N. Choksy]] (1933–2015): [[Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka]]
* [[Mancherjee Bhownagree]] (1851–1933): politician, second Asian to be elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] (Conservative).
* [[Minocher Bhandara]] (1937?–2008): Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
* [[Minoo Masani]] (1905–1998): author, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly.
* [[Piloo Mody]] (1926–1983): architect, parliamentarian, one of the founder-members of the Swatantra Party.
* [[Rustam S. Sidhwa]] (1927–1997): judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as one of the original eleven judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
* [[Sanjay Gandhi]] (1946–1980): the younger son of [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Feroz Gandhi]], who followed his father's [[Parsi]] religion throughout his life.
* [[Shapurji Saklatvala]] (1874–1936): socialist, workers' welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] (Communist, Labour).
* [[Zerbanoo Gifford]] (born 1950): author and founder of the ASHA Centre made political history being elected as the first non-white woman for the Liberal Party in 1982.
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==[[Indian independence movement]]==
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* [[Bhikaiji Cama]] (1861–1936): political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag.
* [[Dadabhai Naoroji]] (1825–1917): economist, political activist, first Asian to be elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence for India.
* [[Feroze Gandhi]] (1912–1960): journalist and politician; Indian [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] under his [[father-in-law]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]; husband of [[Indira Gandhi]], father of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and [[Sanjay Gandhi]], and grandfather of [[Rahul Gandhi]], [[Priyanka Gandhi]] and [[Varun Gandhi]].
* [[Khurshed Nariman|Khurshed Framji Nariman]] (18??–19??): social activist, Mayor of Bombay. Member of the [[Indian National Congress]].
* [[Pherozeshah Mehta|Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir]] (1845–1915): political activist, co-founder and a President of the [[Indian National Congress]], founder of the [[Bombay Municipal Corporation]]
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==Law==

* [[Dinshah Fardunji Mulla]] (born 1868): Indian author of legal reference books, appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1930, assistant editor of Pollock’s Commentaries on Indian Contract Act
* [[Fali Sam Nariman]] (born 1929): jurist, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan
* [[Nanabhoy Palkhivala|Nanabhoy ("Nani") Palkhivala]] (1920–2002): prominent jurist and economist
* [[S. H. Kapadia]] (1947–2016): 38th [[Chief Justice of India]]
* [[Sam Piroj Bharucha]] (born 1937): 30th Chief Justice of India
* [[Soli Sorabjee|Soli Jehangir Sorabjee]] (born 1930-2021): former Attorney-General of India
* [[Hormasji Maneckji Seervai]] (1906–1996): eminent Indian jurist
* [[T. R. Andhyarujina]] (1933–2017): senior advocate
* [[Cornelia Sorabji]] (1866–1954): first female graduate of Bombay University, first female to read law at Oxford University and first woman to practice law in India and Britain
* [[Rohinton Fali Nariman]] (born 1956): Judge, Supreme Court of India; Delhi University; Harvard University
*[[Shiavax Jal Vazifdar]] (born 1956): Chief Justice, [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]
*[[Karl Jamshed Khandalavala]] (1904–1995): the defence lawyer of KM Nanavati in the case of [[K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra]]
*[[Neomi Rao]] (born 1973): [[United States federal judge|Circuit Judge]] of [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]], former Administrator of the [[Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs]] (converted to Judaism)
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==Others==
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* [[Bhicaji Balsara]] (1872–1962): first Indian to become a naturalized US Citizen
* [[Buck Ruxton|Bukhtyar Rustomji]] (1899–1936): [[Mumbai]]-born Lancaster doctor executed for murdering his wife and a maid
* [[Dossabhoy Muncherji Raja]] (1873–1947): first Indian to be appointed appraiser of precious stones to [[British India]]n customs. Awarded the title of [[Khan Sahib]]
*Lady Frainy [[Dhunjibhoy Bomanji]] (14 September 1893 – 1986): Lady Harrogate, philanthropist, Honorary Freemanship of the Borough in 1984
* [[Jimmy Bharucha]] (died 2005): Sri Lankan broadcaster
* [[Keiki R. Mehta]]: ophthalmologist and [[Padma Shri]] awardee
* [[Rattanbai Petit]] (1900–1929): second wife of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]
* [[Goshpi Avari]]: [[Asian Games]] gold-medalist and [[Pride of Performance]] honorary
* [[Seth Jehangir Hormusji Kothari|Jehangir Hormasji Kothari]] (1857–1934): philanthropist and world traveller.{{div col end}}


==In arts==


* [[Fredoon Kabraji]] (1897–1986): poet
* [[Hormazd Narielwalla]] (born 1979): collage artist and author, based in London
* [[Jehangir Sabavala]] (1922–2011): painter
* [[Karl Singporewala|Karl Keki Singporewala]] (born 1983): architect & sculptor
* [[Shirin Darasha]] (1938–2012): playwright

== Fictional characters ==
* The Cake "Parsee" (colloquial British spelling of Parsi) in "[[How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin]]", a chapter in [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[Just So Stories]]''. Kipling names him as Pestonjee Bomonjee in the illustration accompanying the story.

==See also==
* [[Irani (India)|Irani]]

* [[List of Zoroastrians]]

==References==
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