List of people from Ahmedabad

This is a list of notable residents of Ahmedabad, India. Residents may be known as Ahmedabadi or Amdavadi.

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Gautam Adani - Industrialist and chairman and founder of the Adani Group
Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai - Indian businessman and philanthropist, known for his contributions to education and research in India.
Karsanbhai Patel - Indian billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Nirma, a consumer goods company that specializes in soaps, detergents, and other household products
Pankaj Patel - Indian businessman and former chairman of Cadila Healthcare, a leading pharmaceutical company in India
Komal Shah (art collector), art collector, philanthropist, computer engineer, and businessperson in Silicon Valley

Alisha Chinai, an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
Darshan Raval, an Indian singer & composer.
Disha Vakani, Actor and Worked in The Show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Tapas Relia - Indian Music Director
Naresh Kanodia - Indian actor and politician, known for his work in Gujarati cinema
Mrinalini Sarabhai - Padma Shri in 1965, Padma Bhushan 1992
Kumudini Lakhia - awarded Padma Shri in 1987
Taarak Mehta - awarded Padma Shri in 2015

Gulzarilal Nanda - Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1997
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Indian independence nationalist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1991
Mallika Sarabhai - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010
Sakharam Ganesh Pandit, an Indian-American lawyer and civil rights activist
M. C. Bhatt - Human rights lawyer
Girishbhai Patel - Human rights lawyer
Shamshad Pathan - Human rights lawyer
Jhinabhai Desai - Gujarati poet better known as Snehrashmi, author, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist
Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai - Indian demographer, economist and independence activist
Subramaniam Hariharan Iyer - Human rights lawyer
Mukul Sinha - Human rights lawyer
Nirjhari Sinha - Human rights activist
Achyut Yagnik - Journalist, academic and activist
Ela Bhatt - Padma Shri in 1985, Padma Bhushan in 1986
Keshavram Kashiram Shastri - awarded Padma Shri in 1976

George Joseph - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1999
Pramod Kale - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1984
P.R. Pisharoty - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1970
Satya Prakash - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1982
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India; awarded Padma Bhushan in 1966; posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1972

Dr. Vikran I. Shah, an Indian orthopedic surgeon, based in Ahmedabad. Shah established Shalby Hospitals in 1994.
Ali Sher Bengali, 16th-century Sufi saint of the Shattari order
Prakash K. Desai - Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force
Narhari Parikh (born 1891, died 1957), writer, activist, and social reformer
Jyotsna Yagnik - Judge
Balkrishna Doshi - awarded Padma Shri in 1976
Haku Shah - awarded Padma Shri in 1989
Kartikeya Sarabhai - awarded Padma Shri in 2012
Tejas Patel - awarded Padma Shri twice
Anil K Gupta - awarded Padma Shri in 2004