List of Brahmins

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

Actors

India independence activists

Intellectuals

Military

Musicians

Politicians

Pre Independence (British Raj)

Peshwas (Appointed as ministers by Maratha Kings)

MPs and MLAs

Chief Ministers

Photo Name Born Death Brahmin Sub-Cast Notes
Manohar Joshi [15] 2 December 1937 Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1995–99),
Speaker of Loksabha (2002–04)
Tanguturi Prakasam 23 August 1872 20 May 1957 Telugu Brahmin Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1946–47),
Chief Minister of Andhra state (1953–54)
E. M. S. Namboodiripad 13 June 1909 19 March 1998 Nambudiri Brahmin Chief Minister of Kerala (1957–59 & 1967–69)
Jayalalithaa Jayaraman 24 February 1948 Iyengar Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–96, May 2001-Sept 2001, 2002–06, 2011–present)
Mamata Banerjee 5 January 1955 Bengali Brahmin Chief Minister of West Bengal (2011-present)
Vijay Bahuguna 28 February 1947 Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2012-14)
Govind Ballabh Pant 10 September 1887 7 March 1961 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1950-54)

Presidents of India

Photo Name Born Death Brahmin Sub-Cast In Office
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[16] 5 September 1888 17 April 1975 Telugu Brahmin Second President
(13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967)
Shankar Dayal Sharma 19 August 1918 26 December 1999 Gaur Brahmin Ninth President
(25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997)

Prime Ministers of India

Photo Name Born Death Brahmin Sub-Cast In Office
Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 27 May 1964 Kashmiri Pandit First PM
(15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)
Morarji Desai 29 February 1896 10 April 1995 Fourth PM
(24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979)

Social service

Spiritual people

Sportspeople

Writers and poets

See also

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