- Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (born May 26 1945) is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Term: October 2004 - October 2009). He is a member of the Congress party and originally belongs to Marathwada region of the state of Maharashtra. He is the father of Bollywood actor Ritesh Deshmukh.
- Raj Thackeray
Raj Thackeray (born June 14, 1968) is a young Indian politician of Maharashtra, India. He is the founder chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena party Raj started his political career with right wing Shiv Sena party of Maharashtra. He is the nephew of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. In September 2004, Raj revealed that he aspired to become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He however did not contest the elections.
- Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning Indian actor. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. His wife is former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai.
- Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor nicknamed "Bebo" is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian popular actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Since her debut in the 2000 film, "Refugee", she has acted in nearly 30 films, majority of them bringing her critical success rather than commercial success. Despite this fact, she has emerged today as one of the top and most versatile actresses from the industry.
- Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born December 19, 1934) is a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress and is the nominee of the ruling United Progressive Alliance and Indian left for the upcoming election of the President of India. The presidential election are slated to be held on 19 July 2007. A lawyer by training, Pratibha Patil was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, representing Edlabad constituency in Jalgaon District from 1962 to 1985.
- Bal Thackeray
"Bal" Keshav Thackeray, popularly called 'Balasaheb', 'Sher', 'Tiger', or "Hindu Hridaysamrat," is the founder and president of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist and populist party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
- Shivraj Patil
Shri Shivraj V. Patil (born October 12, 1935) is the Union Home Minister in the Manmohan Singh government. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. Patil was born in 1935 in the village of Chakur in the Latur district of Maharashtra. He became Home Minister in 2004. He attended Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a graduation degree in Science and studied Law at the Bombay University.
- R. R. Patil
R. R. Patil (born August 16, 1958, Anjani, Tasgaon Taluka , Sangli Zilla, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. On November 1, 2004, he was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra. He is the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party's Maharashtra unit and NCP legislative party in Maharashtra. He represents Tasgaon in Sangli district in the Maharashtra legislative assembly since 1990.
- Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (Born in Patna, Bihar, India, on 22 December, 1666 as "Gobind Rai" - 7 October, 1708, Nanded, Maharashtra, India) was the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on November 11, 1675 following in the footsteps of his father, the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur. He was Guru between 1675 and 1708. Guru Gobind Singh (also sometimes transliterated as 'Govind'), played a monumental part in the development of the Sikh faith.
- Praful Patel
Praful Patel (born February 17, 1957, Kolkata) is an Indian Member of Parliament. He currently holds the title of Minister of Civil Aviation. Shri Patel graduated in Commerce prior to joining the family business with diverse interests in bidis, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, finance, real estate, and packaging. He is currently a partner in the "Ceejay Group". Patel was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha at the youthful age of 34 years in 1991.
- Narayan Rane
Narayan Rane (born April 10, 1952) is a former Chief Minister Maharashtra. He was a member of Shiv Sena until July 2005 when he joined Indian National Congress party.Priar to joining this party he was working with income tax department,was suspended from there.While working as a Shakha Pramukh he and his friend Hanumant Parab and himself had been very helpful to people. They never ever participated in any criminal activity.
- S. M. Krishna
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, generally referred to as S M Krishna (born 1932) is the Governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra. He was also the chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka from October 1999 to May 2004. S.M. Krishna is the son of S.C. Mallaiah. He completed his Bachelor's in Arts from Maharaja's College, Mysore and obtained a Law degree from Government Law College, Bangalore.
- Gopinath Munde
Gopinath Munde is former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state in India and a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
- Amisha Patel
Amisha Patel (born June 9, 1977, also known as Ameesha Patel) is a Bollywood actress and model from Maharashtra, India.
- Venkaiah Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician. He was the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party 2002 to 2004, which is currently the opposition party in the Parliament of India. He resigned on October 18, 2004 later succeeded by L.K. Advani. Naidu took over as BJP president after Jana Krishnamurthi stepped down in 2002. Naidu hails from Andhra Pradesh. On January 28, 2004, He was elected unopposed for a full 3 year term.
- Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray (27th July 1960-) is the working president of the Shiv Sena, a regional right wing Hindu nationalist party based in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He was given this role in 2004, taking over the mantle from his father and founder Bal Thackeray. However differences between him and other members of the party have cropped up, leading to a revolt between him and Narayan Rane who accuses him of selling posts and sidelining him.
- Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra), is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm pace bowler, Zaheer is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, and as batsman also holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11. After leading the Indian pace attack for much of the early 2000s, recurring hamstring injuries in 2003 and 2004 forced him out of the team, …
- Chhagan Bhujbal
Chhagan Bhujbal is the Public Works Minister of Maharashtra, India. He is from the Nationalist Congress Party, and has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He resigned that post following an attack on ZEE office by his followers. He was targeted by his own party men with the allegations of involvement in the multi-million rupee Telgi scam. Nothing was proved. The police officers investigating the scam got plum postings after the resignation of Mr. Bhujbal.
- Yashwantrao Chavan
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (12 March 1913 - 25 November 1984) was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State, and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from May 1, 1960 to November 19, 1962. Yashwantrao Chavan was born in the village of Devrashtre in Karad Taluka of Satara District of Maharashtra State of India. He was from poor Maratha family.
- Baba Amte
Murlidhar Devidas Amte (born December 26, 1914), or Baba Amte, as he is fondly known, was born in Hinganghat located in Wardha District of Maharashtra state of India. He was from a wealthy family of jagirdars. Trained in law, Baba Amte started a lucrative practice at Warora but, moved by the poverty he saw around him, he decided to dedicate himself to social justice. One of India's most revered social and moral leaders, …
- Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Hindi (Devnagiri):सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born July 10, 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in the Indian Test history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most runs and most centuries scored by any batsman.
- Sushilkumar Shinde
Sushilkumar Shinde (born September 4, 1941, Sholapur, Maharashtra) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is currently the cabinet minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government. He belongs to the Congress Party. He is the first Dalit to have become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He served as chief minister from January 18 2003 to November 1 2004. He was born in a very poor cobbler's family. His first job was sub-inspector of police.
- Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar(Devnagri:उर्मिला मातोंडकर) (born on February 4, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a well-known Indian Bollywood actress. She was earlier known for her bold image. She was India's sex symbol. Today, she is considered a serious actress with many critical acclaimed movies to her name.
- Vijay Tendulkar
Vijay Tendulkar (born in 1928) in Kolhapur, India. Is a leading contemporary Indian playwright, screen and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator. For the past four decades he has been the most influential dramatist and theater personality in Marathi, the principal language of the state of Maharashtra, …
- Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma (Born April 30, 1987, in Bansod, Nagpur) is an Indian cricketer. Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-armed offbreak bowler. Coming through the ranks, having played under-17 and and under-19 cricket for India, Sharma impressed in the under-19 junior World Cup in Sri Lanka. The unbeaten 142 in 123 balls for West Zone against North Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in Udaipur in March 2006 brought him further into reckoning.
- Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari (b. May 27, 1957) is an Indian politician. Gadkari is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and President of its Maharashtra unit. Hailing from Nagpur, he studied LLB and M Com. Gadkari is currently the leader of opposition in Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad. Earlier he served as cabinet Minister of Public Works Department in the Government of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999. He is credited with construction of 55 flyovers in Mumbai and Mumbai-Pune motorway., …
- Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai (born January 24, 1943/1945, Punjab, India) is an Indian director whose most notable films include "Khalnayak" (1993), "Pardes" (1997) and "Taal" (1999).
- Ram Naik
Ram Naik (born April 16, 1934) is an Indian politician. He was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. He married Srimati Kunda Naik on May 17, 1960 and has 2 daughters. He is a commerce graduate. He is from the BJP and was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) and is the BJP candidate for elections to the 14th Lok Sabha representing Mumbai North.
- Suresh Kalmadi
Suresh Rao Kalmadi (born May 1, 1944, Pune, Maharashtra) is an Indian politician and businessman. He is from the Indian National Congress.He hails from village called Kalmadi near Udupi. He is the president of the Indian Olympic Association, Asian Athletics Association, South Asian Athletic Federation and Athletics Federation of India. He studied at St. Vincent's High School, Pune and Fergusson College, Pune. In 1960, he joined the National Defence Academy, Pune.
- Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon (born October 26 1970 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a National Film Award winning, Indian Bollywood actress and former model, who was a popular star in the 90's.
- Nana Patekar
Nana Patekar (born 1 January, 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar) is a highly acclaimed Indian actor and filmmaker.
- Shivaji
Shivaji Bhosle, also known as Chatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle was the founder of Maratha empire in western India in 1674. Using guerrilla tactics superbly suited to the rugged mountains and valleys of the region, he annexed a portion of the then dominant Mughal empire. He is considered a great hero in India particularly in the present-day state of Maharashtra, and stories of his exploits have entered into folklore.
- Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan (born Rakesh Roshanlal Nagrath on September 6 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a producer and director of and former actor in Bollywood films. He is a member of the famous Roshan film family; his father was the legendary Bollywood music director Roshan and his brother, Rajesh Roshan, is also a music director. Rakesh himself is married to film actress Pinky Roshan who is a daughter of noted Hindi film director J. Om Prakash, …
- Jayant Patil
Jayant Patil is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is the current Finance Minister of Maharashtra. He has a degree in civil engineering from VJTI, Mumbai. He is the son of Late Rajarambapu Patil, a respected politician from Maharashtra. He is one of those few politicians who understand the importance of development for a country like India. He has a very progressive outlook, and has been instrumental in the all round growth of his constituency (Walva, …
- P.C. Alexander
P.C. Alexander is former governor of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and a former Indian civil servant. He is a member of Rajya Sabha.
- Tanisha Mukherjee
Tanisha Mukherjee (born 1 January, 1978 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), known as Tanisha, is a Bollywood actress.
- Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi (born as Emran Anwar Hashmi on 23 March 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian actor.
- Dilip Vengsarkar
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born April 6, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer and cricket administrator. He was one of the most stylish batsmen of his time, known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. He was also known by the nickname 'Colonel'. Vengsarkar made his international cricket debut against New Zealand at Auckland in 1975-76 as an opening batsmen. India won this Test convincingly, but he did not have much success.
- Ram Chandra
Baba Ram Chandra (born 1864) was an Indian trade unionist who organised the farmers of Oudh, India into forming a united front to fight against the abuses of landlords in the 1920s and 1930s. He was also an influential figure in the history of Fiji, and owed his inspiration to take up the cause of the down-trodden to his 12 years as an indentured labourer in Fiji and to his efforts to end the indenture system. His real name was Shridhar Balwant Jodhpurkar.
- Ramesh Powar
Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born May 20, 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian cricketer. He is a useful lower order batsman and off spinner who plays in the ODI Indian cricket team. Of stocky build, he lacks agility and has a fondness for bright red framed sunglasses and large gold chain necklace when fielding. Powar was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.