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Shantabai Dhanaji Dani
Indian Dalit writer, politician and social worker
Girijabai Kelkar
Indian feminist and writer (1886–1980)
Anna Bhau Sathe
Indian social activist and writer from Maharashtra
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
social reformer from Maharashtra, India (1823-1892)
Narayan Sitaram Phadke
Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India
Sharankumar Limbale
Marathi language author, poet and literary critic
Muktabai
Muktabai or Mukta or Muktai Vitthalpant Kulkarni was a saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life.
Datto Vaman Potdar
Indian historian and writer (1890–1979)

Shirish Atre-Pai
social worker and writer from Maharashtra, India (1929-2017)
Gangadhar Gopal Gadgil
Indian writer
Ranjit Desai
Indian writer (1928–1992)

Mahesh Elkunchwar
Indian dramatist
Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe
Marathi-language writer
Lakshman Shastri Joshi
Indian writer
Arun Sadhu
writer and freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India
Malti Joshi
Indian writer
Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya
Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India

Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade
eminent historian, scholar, writer, commentator and orator from Maharashtra (1863-1926)
Baba Padamanji
Marathi writer, Christian Preacher
Shreedhar Swami
prominent Marathi-Kannada saint and religious poet in the Hindu tradition
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane
Marathi author, teacher, social activist, and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India
Anant Sadashiv Altekar
historian, archaeologist, and numismatist from Maharashtra, India
Annasaheb Kirloskar
Indian writer (1843-1885)
Vishram Bedekar
Indian writer (1906–1998)
Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi
Indian writer and scholar (1893–1985)
Govind Purushottam Deshpande
Marathi playwright and academic (1938–2013)
Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar
Jewish Indian writer (1834–1905)
Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey
Indian Marathi Historian (1894–1986)
Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
Indian writer
Ninad Bedekar
Indian historian (1949-2015)

Chakradhar Swami
Indian philosopher, Founder of Mahanubhava Sect in Vaishnavism
Shantabai Kamble
Indian writer
Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar
Indian writer
Sukhadeo Thorat
Indian economist
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
Marathi poet, playwright, and humorist
Narayan Hari Apte
Marathi popular novelist & writer of advice books and editor from Maharashtra, India
Anand Yadav
Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India (1935-2016)
Anant Kanekar
Indian writer
Pramila Dandavate
Indian politician
Vyankatesh Madgulkar
Indian writer (1927–2001)
Chhaya Datar
Dalit feminist
G. A. Kulkarni
Marathi Author (1923–1987)
Sadanand Deshmukh
Indian writer
Sumati Kshetramade
Indian writer (1913–1998)
Fakirpasha Mahebub Shahajinde
Indian Marathi-language poet (born 1946)
Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar
Indian writer (1872-1948)
Narayan Ganesh Gore
Indian politician (1907-1993)
Madhavrao Bagal
writer, artist, journalist, social reformer, political activist, orator and freedom fighter
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
Indian politician
Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar
Indian historian (1895–1963)
Yogini Joglekar
Indian singer
Baburao Bagul
Marathi-language author