Template:Hinduism Chakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakravarty, Chakravorty, Chakravarti, Chakrabartty and Chakrabarty) is a surname used by Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, as well as by some communities of southern India. It literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra 'wheel' + vart- 'to roll').[1] The surname is mainly used by people of the Bengali Brahmin[2][3][4] and Assamese Brahmin[5][6] communities in the states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. The surname is also used by the Jains of southern India.[7]
Notable persons with this surname
Male
- Abani Chakravarty (1941–1994?), Indian Assamese poet
- Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
- Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 1953), Indian singer
- Akinchan Chakrabarty (18th century), Bengali poet
- Amal Chakraborty, Indian paediatric surgeon
- Ambika Chakrabarty (1892–1962), Indian Bengali independence movement activist and revolutionary
- Amiya Chakravarty (1901–1986), literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet
- Amiya Chakravarty (director) (1912–1957), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
- Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (1938–2020), Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty
- Animesh Chakravorty (born 1935), Indian chemist
- Aravinda Chakravarti (born 1954), Indian geneticist
- Arindam Chakrabarti, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii
- Arjun Chakrabarty (born 1990), Indian actor
- Arnab Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian musician and Sarod player
- Arup Chakraborty (born 1961), American engineer
- Bicky Chakraborty (1943–2022), Swedish hotel mogul
- Bikas K Chakrabarti (born 1952), Indian physicist
- Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (1904–1976), Indian politician
- Bonnie Chakraborty, Bengali singer
- Byomkes Chakrabarti (1923–1981), Indian linguist
- Chiranjeet Chakraborty (born 1960), Indian Bengali film actor
- Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti (1902Template:Sndafter 1982), Indian geologist and palaeontologist
- Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 1941), Indian archaeologist
- Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian historian
- Gaurav Chakrabarty (born 1987), Indian actor
- George Chakravarthi (born 1969), British-Indian artist
- Ghanaram Chakrabarty (c. 1669-?), Bengali poet
- Haranath Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian Bengali film director
- J. D. Chakravarthy (born 1970), Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood
- Janardan Chakravarti (1901–1987), Indian professor of Bengali
- K. Chakravarthy (1936–2002), music director in the South Indian film industry
- Keshab Chakravarthy (active 1925), Indian revolutionary
- Khelaram Chakrabarty (16th century), Bengali poet
- Kshitindra Mohan Chakravarty (1900–1988), Indian chemist, fuel technician and teacher
- Kushal Chakraborty (born 1968), Bengali actor and film director
- M. C. Chakrabarti (died 1972), Indian statistician
- Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor
- Manoj Chakraborty (born 1954), Indian politician
- Mithun Chakraborty (born 1950), Indian actor, director and businessman
- Nachiketa Chakraborty (born 1965), Indian Bengali singer-songwriter
- Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924–2018), Bengali poet
- Nripen Chakraborty (1905–2004), Indian politician
- Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent
- Panchanan Chakraborty (1900–1995), Indian revolutionary
- Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (1898–1981), first Indian Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Pramod Chakravorty (1929–2004), Indian film director and producer
- Praveen Chakravarty (born 1973), Indian businessman
- Pritam Chakraborty (born 1971), Indian Bengali music director and composer
- Pritish Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood
- Rahi Chakraborty (born 1988), Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist
- Raj Chakraborty (born 1975), Indian Bengali film director
- Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian writer in English
- Ranajit Chakraborty (1946–2018), Indian geneticist
- Ritwick Chakraborty (born 1977), Indian film actor
- Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century), Bengali poet
- S. S. Chakravarthy (died 2023), Indian Tamil film producer
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (born 1956), Indian Bengali TV and film actor
- Saikat Chakrabarti (born 1986), American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist
- Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti, Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies
- Samrat Chakrabarti (born 1975), British-American actor and musician
- Sandip Chakrabarti (born 1958), Indian astrophysicist
- Sankar Chakraborti (born 1970), Indian business leader
- Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980), Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary
- Shibu Chakravarthy (born 1961), Indian lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam cinema
- Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (1869–1932), Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist
- Snehasish Chakraborty (born 1989), Indian footballer
- Soham Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor, producer, and politician
- Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty (c. 1826–1874), one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine
- Souvik Chakraborty (born 1991), Indian footballer
- Subhas Chakraborty (died 2009), Indian politician, transport minister of West Bengal
- Sugato Chakravarty, Indian marketing academic
- Sujan Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian politician
- Sujit Chakraborty (born 1968) West Bengal politician from Barjora
- Suma Chakrabarti (born 1959), British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist
- Supriyo Chakraborty, (born 1995), Indian cricketer
- Swadesh Chakraborty (1943–2024), Indian politician
- Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (1954–2021), Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata
- Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), British Indian revolutionary, East Pakistani politician
- Tulsi Chakraborty (1899–1961), Indian comic actor
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948–2024), Indian film director
- Varun Chakravarthy (born 1991), Indian cricketer
- Vijay C Chakravarthy, Indian cinematographer
- Vinu Chakravarthy (1945–2017), Tamil actor, scriptwriter and director
- Visvanatha Chakravarti (1626? – 1708?), Bengali guru
Female
- Bijoya Chakravarty (born 1939), Indian politician from Assam
- Dia Chakravarty (born 1984), Bangladeshi-born British political activist and singer
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942), Indian literary critic
- Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born 1950), Indian Wiccan priestess
- Jaya Chakrabarti (born 1973), British public figure and scientist
- Kaushiki Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian classical vocalist
- Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1969), British actor and writer
- Megha Chakraborty, Indian actress
- Meghna Chakrabarti, American radio personality
- Mimi Chakraborty (born 1989), Bengali film actress, singer and a (nominal) Member of Parliament
- Reeta Chakrabarti (born 1964), British television journalist
- Rhea Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian video jockey and actress
- Ritabhari Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian Bengali film actor
- Rushmi Chakravarthi (born 1977), Indian tennis player
- S. A. Chakraborty (born 1985), American fantasy novelist
- Shami Chakrabarti (born 1969), British member of the House of Lords, barrister and civil liberties campaigner
- Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer
- Sumona Chakravarti (born 1988), Bollywood actress and celebrity
- Uthpala Chakraborty, Indian cricketer
See also
- Chakrabarti Inquiry, British Labour Party inquiry into allegations of antisemitism
- Chakravartin, an ancient Indian term used to refer to an ideal universal ruler
- Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, a 2015 Indian historical drama TV series
References
- ↑ How well do you know about the origins of some Indian Occupational Surnames?. TheBizdom(22 February 2020). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ↑ Folklore of Bengal: A Projected Study{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indian Publications(1976)
- ↑ The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Princeton University Press(25 August 2015). ISBN 978-0-691-16837-1
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- ↑ Brahmin Women{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Firma KLM(2003). ISBN 978-81-7102-107-9
- ↑ People of India: Assam (2 pts.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Anthropological Survey of India(1992). ISBN 978-81-7046-128-9
- ↑ Jaina Community: A Social Survey{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Popular Prakashan(1980). ISBN 978-0-317-12346-3