People from Surat

Indian actress (born 1988)

Indian film actor (1938-1985)

Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir (1911 – 21 September 1988) was an Indian actress. Early in her career, she starred in a number of silent films, which were followed by a breakthrough in the first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931). Her other notable works include Sagar Movietone's Meri Jaan (1931) and Devdas (1937).

Namitha Vankawala (born 10 May 1981) is a state executive member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu. She started her career initially as an actress and model who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu cinema along with a few films in Kannada and Malayalam.

economist

52nd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra

Indian politician

Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave (24 August 1833 – 26 February 1886), popularly known as Narmad, was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, essayist, orator, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj. He is considered to be the founder of modern Gujarati literature. After studying in Bombay, he stopped serving as a teacher to live by writing. During his prolific career, he introduced many literary forms in Gujarati. He faced economic struggles but proved himself as a dedicated reformer, speaking loudly against religious and social orthodoxy. His essays, poems, plays and prose were

26th Chief Justice of India

Islamic scholar

Indian journalist

Indian fashion designer

Indian composer

1st Chief Justice of India (1890–1951)

Gujarati language poet

actress

Indian mental calculator

Indian geologist (1883–1969)

Indian theatre and film actor

poet (1936-2008)

Gujarati critic, editor and translator who won Sahitya Akademi award 2018

Indian politician

Indian scientist

Indian model

Indian politician (1938–2012)

The 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras

Indian Gujarati businessperson

Gujarati author

Indian writer

Indian film director and producer (1911–2004)

vocalist (1869-1922)

Indian Gujarati novelist

physician, independence activist and social worker from 20th-century India

Indian politician

Abbas Abdul Ali Vasi (22 February 1917 – 19 October 1983), popularly known as Mareez, was an Indian poet of Gujarati language, mainly popular for his Ghazals. He is popularly known as Ghalib of Gujarat. He left studies in young age and started working in rubber shoe factory. Having been interested in poetry, he took up journalism but remained financially unstable throughout his life. He wrote Ghazals published in collections but many of his works remained uncredited which he sold during his financial difficulties. His popularity escalated after his death.

Indian politician (1915–1993)

Indian agricultural economist

Indian author, painter, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter

Indian writer