List of people from Mumbai

Last updated June 21, 2025

This is a list of notable residents of Mumbai, India. Residents may be known as Mumbaikars (in Marathi), or Bombayites.

Sport

Footballers

Field hockey

Yuvraj Valmiki

Kickboxing

Sarah Avraham, Indian-born Israeli kickboxer, 2014 Women's World Thai-Boxing Champion

Motor racing

Jehan Daruvala, Formula 2 racing driver

Running

Raj Vadgama, ultramarathon runner

Snooker

Aditya Mehta, World Games gold medallist

Film

Actors and directors

Harshad Atkari
Avinash Arun
Abhishek Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director
Prarthana Behere
Manju Bharti
Tamannaah Bhatia
Reshma Bombaywala
Ankush Chaudhari
David Abraham Cheulkar
Ravindra Dave
Ileana D'Cruz
Ramesh Deo
Seema Deo
Bobby Deol
Ritesh Deshmukh
Dev, Bengali actor
Varun Dhawan
Madhuri Dixit
Sanjay Dutt
Waris Hussein
Karan Johar
Swapnil Joshi
Bhalchandra Kadam, aka Bhau Kadam
Kajol
Urmila Kanitkar
Arjun Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor
Jahangir Pestonji Khambhata
Amruta Khanvilkar
Sonali Kulkarni
Sonalee Kulkarni
Ashmith Kunder
Aamir Khan
Salman Khan
Dada Kondke
Mahesh Kothare
Mahesh Manjrekar
Ishaa Koppikar
Vierendrra Lalit, director
Urmila Matondkar
Winifred Mayo
Amol Palekar
Nana Patekar
Ameesha Patel
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Tejashri Pradhan
Rinku Rajguru
Hrithik Roshan, actor
Rakesh Roshan
Nilesh Sable
Ashok Saraf
Shruti Seth
Manoj Shah
Namrata Shirodkar
Shilpa Shirodkar
Zenobia Shroff, Indian-American actress and comedian
Ranveer Singh
Amruta Subhash
Shreyas Talpade
Sai Tamhankar
Shenaz Treasury, actress and vlogger
Preity Zinta

Music

Conductors

Zubin Mehta

Lyricists, musicians and singers

Writers and journalists

Devyani Chaubal (1942–1995), film journalist and columnist of the 60s and 70s
Firdaus Kanga
B. K. Karanjia (1919–2012), film journalist and editor of Filmfare and Screen, chairman of NFDC
Rudyard Kipling
Rohinton Mistry
Gregory David Roberts
Salman Rushdie
Melanie Silgardo (born 1956), poet
Rishi Vohra
Fareed Zakaria
Taran Adarsh
Mahinder Watsa
Avabai Bomanji Wadia
J. Clement Vaz
Rohini Nilekani
Seshadri Chari
Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey

Others

Uddhav Thackeray, Ex-CM Maharashtra
Aditya Thackeray, politician
Sunil Dutt, politician
Troy Costa (born 1975), fashion designer^[2]
Kekoo Gandhy (1920–2012), art gallery owner, founded Gallery Chemould in 1963^[3]
Chandrakala A. Hate, author, feminist, social worker, and professor
Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, merchant and philanthropist
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan
Abie Nathan, humanitarian and peace activist
Shibani Dandekar, model, anchor and singer
Reshma Bombaywala, model, actress and jewellery designer
Reshma Qureshi, model and vlogger
Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, community leader, philanthropist and industrialist
Sandra Samuel, nanny who saved the life of two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg during the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
Vidya Chavan, politician, and the founder of Ghar Hakk Jagruti Parishad^[4]^[5]^[6]
Ranvir Shah, cultural activist and philanthropist^[7]
Jagannath Shankarshet, philanthropist and educationalist
Rufus Pereira, Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
Karan Singh (born 1991), Indian magician
Tarun Tahiliani, fashion designer^[8]
Zakir Naik, physician, Islamic preacher, founder of Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Peace TV
Sameer Wankhede, Indian officer, worked with NCB
Regan Gurung (born 1969), author, social psychologist and professor at Oregon State University
Faheem Ansari, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks
Edgar Anstey (psychologist)
Urmila Balawant Apte, founder of the BhartiyaStree Shakti organisation
Pravin Varaiya, professor
Kamila Tyabji, lawyer
Ashlesha Thakur, model
Menaka Thakkar, dance, teacher
Jagannath Shankarseth, educationist
Aishwarya Sridhar, wild life photographer
Matthew Spacie, rugby player
Karan Singh (magician)
Preeti Simoes, producer
Harsh Vardhan Shringla, ambassador
Ketaki Sheth, photographer and author
Surabhi Sharma, filmmaker and educator
Sheetal Sharma, fashion and costume designer
Vipul D. Shah, TV producer
Ashiesh Shah, architect and designer
Afroz Shah, lawyer
Leonard John Sedgwick, civil servant
Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, Australian librarian
Neela Satyanarayanan, author and civil servant
Amla Ruia, social activist
Devika Rotawan, survivor of the 2008 Mumbai attacks
Judah Reuben, cricket umpire
Ashish Rajadhyaksha, film scholar
Rajesh Pullarwar, artist
Bapsybanoo Pavry, socialite and aristocrat
Sheela Patel, activist and academic involved with people living in slums and shanty towns
J.B. Pardiwala, judge
Aniruddha B. Pandit, inventor
Marietta Pallis, ecologist
Satyajit Padhye, puppeteer
Morobhatt Dandekar, Hindu pandit
Tarabai Modak, social worker
Julião Menezes, freedom fighter
Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha, academic and administrator
Akshay Laxman, stage magician and mentalist
Bina Sheth Lashkari doorstep school founder
Johny Lal, cinematographer
Pradeep Khosla, computer scientist
Sanjyot Keer, internet personality
Mumtaz M. Kazi, Indian train engineer
Kunal Kamra, standup comedian
Kamal Shedge, typographer
Pravin Joshi, stage actor
Rakesh Jhaveri, spiritual leader
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Parsi merchant
Kim Jagtiani, TV host
Dinshah Irani, lawyer
Princess India of Afghanistan, Afghan royal
R. P. Goyal, banker
Rachel Goenka, chef
Natwar Gandhi, CFO
Cecil Fforde, judge
Munawar Faruqui, standup comedian
Stig Engström (suspected murderer)
Vikas Dilawari, conservation architect
Keshav Desiraju, bureaucrat
Monty Desai, cricket coach
Vidya Dehejia, professor
Percival David, financier
Souvid Datta, photographer
Dhunbai Cowasji Jehangir, philanthropist
Carlos Cordeiro, sports executive
Darryl Castelino, air force officer
Bombae, performer
Bhima of Mahikavati, king
Jagdish Bhagwati, economist
Syed Abdullah Barelvi, freedom fighter
Damodar Bangera, freedom fighter
Abhijit Banerjee, economist
Rosalind Ballaster, scholar
Kelyn Bacon, judge
Teji Bachchan, social activist, wife of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan
Garima Arora, first Indian woman to win a Michelin star
Keya Wingfield, Indian American chef^[9]
Usha Desai, environmentalist^[10]

References

↑ "United Colours of India". Hindustan Times. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
↑ "Narendra Modi out to make strong fashion statement in US; hires high-profile designer Troy Costa". The Economic Times. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ "Chemould celebrates fifty years". The Times of India . 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
↑ "Squatters seek closure of park breweries". www.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
↑ "'पाणीवाली बाई'मुळे आयुष्याला टर्निंग पॉईंट मिळाला; वाचा, कशी आहे विद्या चव्हाणांची राजकीय जडणघडण!". www.tv9marathi.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "Not here to snatch anything: Yogi Adityanath hits back at Uddhav Thackeray". indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
↑ Muthalaly, Shonali (30 October 2009). "Best of three worlds". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
↑ "Designs on the bride". India Today. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
↑ "Meet the Competitors of Spring Baking Championship Season 10". Food Com. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
↑ "Two tree chroniclers help Mumbai unearth its natural treasures". The Times of India. 2 January 2019. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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[hin09-1] "United Colours of India". Hindustan Times. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[2] "Narendra Modi out to make strong fashion statement in US; hires high-profile designer Troy Costa". The Economic Times. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

[3] "Chemould celebrates fifty years". The Times of India . 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[4] "Squatters seek closure of park breweries". www.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[5] "'पाणीवाली बाई'मुळे आयुष्याला टर्निंग पॉईंट मिळाला; वाचा, कशी आहे विद्या चव्हाणांची राजकीय जडणघडण!". www.tv9marathi.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[6] "Not here to snatch anything: Yogi Adityanath hits back at Uddhav Thackeray". indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[hindu09-7] Muthalaly, Shonali (30 October 2009). "Best of three worlds". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

[it-designs-8] "Designs on the bride". India Today. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[9] "Meet the Competitors of Spring Baking Championship Season 10". Food Com. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[10] "Two tree chroniclers help Mumbai unearth its natural treasures". The Times of India. 2 January 2019. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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