List of Brahmins

This is a list of people who belong to the Brahmin caste.

Actors

  • Vasundhara Das
  • Gemini Ganesan
  • Hema Malini
  • Radhika Pandit
  • India independence activists

  • Mangal Pandey, associated with the 1857 rebellion
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale, political guru of Mahatma Gandhi
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member of the Indian National Congress
  • C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor-General of India; former Chief Minister of Madras State
  • Intellectuals

  • Shakuntala Devi
  • Military

  • Param Veer Chakra: Somnath Sharma- First recipient of India's highest gallantry award
  • Musicians

  • Thyagaraja, composer
  • Bhimsen Joshi, singer
  • Bharathwaj, composer
  • Shankar Mahadevan, singer
  • Politicians

    Pre Independence (British Raj)

  • Baji Rao I - Appointed as minister by Chhatrapati Shahu
  • Nanasaheb Peshwa
  • Madhavrao I
  • Narayanrao Peshwa
  • Raghunathrao
  • Madhavrao II
  • Baji Rao II
  • MPs and MLAs

  • Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya- engineer, Diwan of Mysore
  • Pramod Mahajan, minister in the government of Vajpayee
  • Chief Ministers

    Presidents of India

    Prime Ministers of India

    Scientists

    Brahmin

    Brahmin is a varna (caste) in Hinduism specialising as priests, teachers (acharya) and protectors of sacred learning across generations.

    Brahmins traditionally were responsible for religious rituals in temples, as intermediaries between temple deities and devotees, as well as rite of passage rituals such as solemnising a wedding with hymns and prayers. However, Indian texts suggest that Brahmins were often agriculturalists and warriors in ancient and medieval India.

    Vedic sources

    It must be emphasised that attempts to interpolate references from the Rigveda with contemporary social groups that identify as "Brahmin" is entirely speculative.

    Purusha Sukta

    The earliest inferred reference to "Brahmin" as a possible social class is in the Rigveda, occurs once, and the hymn is called Purusha Sukta. According to this hymn in Mandala 10, Brahmins are described as having emerged from the mouth of Purusha, being that part of the body from which words emerge.

    मुखं किमस्य कौ बाहू का ऊरू पादा उच्येते
    बराह्मणो अस्य मुखमासीद बाहू राजन्यः कर्तः
    ऊरूतदस्य यद वैश्यः पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत

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    The Times of India 22 Mar 2025
    He is the son of a former mahant and trustee of the temple and claims that Dev Dattatreya is a deity of the Brahmins, so only Brahmins can perform rituals and visit the temple, says the ...
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    Gujarat CM To Inaugurate Brahmin Business Meet In Ahmedabad On March 15

    MENA FN 14 Mar 2025
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    Koodalmanikyam temple issue ‘a reflection of Brahminical supremacy’

    The Times of India 10 Mar 2025
    ... its premises, has not gone down well with everyone.'Rejecting employment in the name of caste, especially in temples, is a reflection of Brahminical supremacy that continues to prevail even now.
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    Brahmin outfit opposes Kedar temple replica in Etawah, writes to Dhami

    The Times of India 10 Mar 2025
    The Brahmin Samaj Mahasangh in Uttarakhand has opposed the construction of a replica of Kedarnath temple in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, named Kedareshwar temple, built on the initiative of former UP chief ...
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    Rajasthan: Dalit teacher, tribal cop suspended over for ‘insulting Brahmins’

    The Siasat Daily 04 Mar 2025
    The issue flared up after videos went viral on social media claiming that REET aspirants from the Brahmin community were made to remove their janeu ... Protests from Brahmins and Dalit, tribal communities.
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