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Jamsetji Tata
Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Group (born 1839)
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor
Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Indian nuclear physicist (1909–1966)
Meher Baba
Indian spiritual master (1894–1969)
Dadabhai Naoroji
Indian politician leader, scholar and writer (1825–1917)
Navsari
Navsari is the ninth biggest city in the state of Gujarat in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Navsari District. Navsari is between Surat and Mumbai. It is a twin city of Surat, 37 km to the south. At the 2011 Census of India, Navsari was the 16th biggest city of Gujarat state. It ranked 10th most populous city of Gujarat in the 1991 Census of India and 2001 Census of India. Dandi village near Navsari was the focal point of the great Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi during civil disobedience movement of India.
Feroze Gandhi
Indian politician and journalist (1912-1960)
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (1892–1988)
Homi K. Bhabha
Indian critical theorist (born 1949)
Tara Sutaria
Indian singer and actress
Amyra Dastur
Indian actress
Sam Manekshaw
First Field marshal of the Indian Army (1914–2008)
Cornelia Dorabuji
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer; first female graduate from Bombay University, first woman to study law at Oxford University; first Indian national to study at a British university (1866-1954)
Nehru–Gandhi family
Indian political dynasty
Persis Khambatta
Indian actress (1948-1998)
Homai Vyarawalla
Indian photojournalist (1913–2012)
Bhikaiji Cama
Indian activist (1861-1936)
Nergis Mavalvala
Pakistani-American quantum astrophysicist
Dorabji Tata
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1859–1932)
Frene Ginwala
South African journalist and politician
Anu Aga
Indian billionaire
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
Indian physician
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
Indian businessman (1968–2022)
Rattanbai Jinnah
wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1900–1929)
Pallonji Mistry
Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman (1929–2022)
Shenaz Treasurywala
Indian actress
Homi Sethna
Indian chemical engineer (1923–2010)
Mary Clubwalla Jadhav
Sheriff of India
Behramji Malabari
Indian poet and social reformer (1853–1912)
Dina Wadia
daughter of the founding father of Pakistan (1919-2017)
Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Indian businessman
Dossibai Patell
Indian physician (1881-1960)
Shereen Ratnagar
Indian archaeologist
Anaitha Nair
Indian actress
Ardeshir Tarapore
Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1923-1965)
Fali Sam Nariman
Indian politician
Adar Poonawalla
Adar Poonawalla is the CEO of Serum Institute of India.
Rupa Bai Furdoonji
world's first female anesthetist, from Hyderabad, India
Perin Captain
Indian freedom fighter
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
Indian baronet (1783-1859)
Khan Sahib
Formal title for Muslim, Parsi and Jewish subjects of the British Indian Empire
Almitra Patel
Indian environmental policy advocate and anti-pollution activist
Dastur
thumb|Dastur Khurshed Kaikobad Dastoor calling on the Prime Minister of India, 2014A dastur ( ), sometimes spelt dustoor, is a term for a Zoroastrian high priest who has authority in religious matters and ranks higher than a mobad or herbad. In this specific sense, the term is used mostly among the Parsis of India. The term has also been used in a secular sense to refer to a prime minister, minister or government councillor.
Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw
Indian physician
Penaz Masani
Indian ghazal singer
Mahzarin Banaji
Indian American social psychologist
Astad Deboo
Indian dancer and choreographer
Shiraz Minwalla
Indian physicist
Vivan Bhatena
Indian actor
Cyrus Sahukar
Indian television presenter
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia
Indian geologist (1883–1969)
K. D. Sethna
Indian historian and writer (1904–2011)
Avabai Bomanji Wadia
Sri Lankan-born Indian social worker, writer
Rustom Jal Vakil
Indian cardiologist (1911-1974)
Renana Jhabvala
Indian activist
Rustomji Homusji Mody
Indian businessman
Dinyar Contractor
Indian actor and comedian (1946–2019)
Roda Mistry
politician (1928-2006)
Pilloo Pochkhanawala
Indian Sculptor (1923–1986)