Marathi-language writers

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement.

Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)

Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights (1895-1982)

Indian feminist historian and social reformer (1858–1922)

Indian astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025)

Indian politician (1926-2012)

Indian social reformer (1827-1890)

Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (1880–1972)

Indian film director

feminist activist who protested patriarchy and caste in 19th century India

Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970)

Indian mathematician (*1907 - †1966)

Indian active social worker and one of the first women's rights activists in the 19th century

Indian social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist (1885–1981)

wife of Babasaheb Ambedkar, doctor and social activist (1909-2003)

Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist (1919-2000)

Indian social reformer, thinker and writer (1932-1977)

Indian writer

Indian writer

Marathi poet and writer (1922–2002)

Indian writer (1889–1976)

Indian politician (1924-2005)

Indian writer (1926-2009)

Indian writer (1942–2019)

Indian writer (1937–2020)

Indian actress (1906-2000)

Indian actor

Indian politician

Marathi-language writer (1942-2003)

Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India

Marathi poet and writer (1868–1936)

Indian politician

Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic

Indian historian and writer

historian from Maharashtra, India

Indian writer (1913-1998)

Indian writer (1876–1947)

Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India

Indian writer (1910-2002)

Indian novelist

Konkani author

Indian writer

Indian politician

Indian-American businessman and politician (born 1955)

Indian writer (1895–1973)

Indian writer, film producer, and entrepreneur

Writer Novelist, historian, philosophical and political person

social reformer, educationist, thinker from Maharashtra, India during the British rule (1856-1895)

Indian writer (1917–2007)

Indian Scientist (1933-2015)

Indian writer (1885–1973)

Indian political activist and writer

Indian politician & Writer (1920-2008)

Indian actor (1938-2020)

Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India, and a famous convert to Christianity

Indian economist, educationist, and politician

Indian historian

sociologist, historian and novelist from Maharashtra, India (1884-1937)

Indian academic (1909-2001)

Indian linguist and author (1948–2010)