Chatterjee or Chattopadhyay (চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is a Bengali Hindu family name, used primarily by the

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group of Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in India, and associated with the Bengali Brahmin caste. ''Chatterjee'' is an Anglicized variant of the Sanskritized ''Chattopadhyay''. English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya. Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, and Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system. They belong to Rarhi clan and the Kashyapa

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Notable Chatterjees

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, and Utpal Dutt with ...

Bengali film and television actor * Abir Chatterjee – actor *

Adhar Kumar Chatterji Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji (4 March 1914 – 6 August 2001) was an Admiral in the Indian Navy. He served as the 6th Chief of the Naval Staff, from 4 March 1966, until 28 February 1970. He was the first Indian officer of the navy to hold ...

– former Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1966–1970) *

Amarendranath Chatterjee Amarendranath Chatterjee ( bn, অমরেন্দ্রনাথ চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (01July 1880 – 4 September 1957) was an Indian independence movement activist. In charge of raising funds for the Jugantar movement, ...

– freedom fighter *

Amitabha Chattopadhyay Amitabha Chattopadhyay is an Indian scientist working in the areas of membrane and receptor biology and biophysics . He is presently a CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow at the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology and served as the founding dean of biolo ...

– biophysicst * Amitava Chattopadhyay – INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation * Angana P. Chatterji – anthropologist, activist and feminist historian * Anil Chatterjee – actor * Anindo Chatterjee – tabla player *

Anjan Chattopadhyay Anjan Chattopadhyay, the sitar player, born in a Bengali aristocratic family in Calcutta, India, was initiated to the art of sitar playing by his elder brother, a veteran Surbahar player, Pandit Gourisankar Chattopadhyay, a disciple of Pand ...

– sitar maestro * Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist) – cognitive neuroscientist * Aroup Chatterjee – British Indian atheist, physician, author of ''Mother Teresa: The Untold Story'' * Ashim Chatterjee – politician and activist *

Asima Chatterjee Asima Chatterjee (23 September 1917 – 22 November 2006) was an Indian organic chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine.''The Shaping of Indian Science''. p. 1036. Indian Science Congress Association, Pre ...

– Indian organic chemist and the second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian university *

Atul Chandra Chatterjee Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee (Bengali: অতুল চন্দ্র চ্যাটার্জী; 24 November 1874 – 8 September 1955) was an Indian diplomat and government official who served as the Indian High Commissioner to the Unite ...

– Indian diplomat and government official. Served as the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1931. * Bamacharan Chattopadhyay – ardent devotee of Maa Tara, also considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva * Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – Indian patriot, writer, poet and journalist and composer of Vande Mataram, the national song of India * Basu Chatterjee – film director *

Bhaswar Chatterjee Bhaswar Chattopadhyay or Bhaswar Chatterjee (born 8 March 1975) is a Bengali film and television actor. He attended high school at South Point School and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College. Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKl ...

– Indian actor * Biswajit Chatterjee – Bollywood actor * Debabarta Chatterjee – botanist *

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (19 November 1918 – 8 May 1993) was an Indian Marxist philosopher. He made contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian philosophy. He is known for '' Lokayata: A Study in Ancient ...

– author,philosopher * Debjani Chatterji – Indian-born British poet * Dhritiman Chatterjee – actor *

Dhruva Chatterjee Dhruva Chatterjee or Dhruv Chatterjee was a noted writer and screenwriter of Hindi cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Memorable movies written and scripted by him include ''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' (1960), ''Hariyali Aur Rasta'' (1962), ''Gehra D ...

– writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies *

Dipankar Chatterji Dipankar Chatterji is an Indian molecular biologist and the Honorary Professor at Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, a multidisciplinary research institute under the Department of Science and Technology of the Government o ...

– molecular biologist * Gadadhar Chattopadhyay – Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, devotee of Dakshina Kali and Priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple. *

Gautam Chattopadhyay Gautam Chattopadhyay (1 June 1949 – 20 June 1999) was an Indian Bengali singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. In 1975, as a leader he founded the progressive rock band Moheener Ghoraguli with Tapas Das, Abraham Mazumdar, Pradip Chatt ...

– musician * Harindranath Chattopadhyay – poet, actor and brother of Sarojini Naidu *

Indira Chatterji Indira Lara Chatterji (born 25 January 1973) is a Swiss-Indian mathematician working in France as a professor of mathematics in the J. A. Dieudonné Laboratory of the University of Côte d'Azur. Her research involves low-dimensional geometry, cub ...

(born 1973), Swiss-Indian mathematician * Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee – Indian freedom fighter, activist and member of Rajya Sabha * Joya Chatterji – Professor of South Asian history * Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay – social reformer * Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar *

Mirai Chatterjee Mirai Chatterjee is a leader of the Self-Employed Women's Association, SEWA (India). She joined SEWA in 1984 and was its General Secretary after its Founder, Ela Bhatt. Mirai Chatterjee is currently the Director of the Social Security Team at ...

– Indian social worker * Moushumi Chatterjee – Bollywood actress * Neil Chatterjee – American lawyer, political advisor, and government official, chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission twice between 2017 and 2020 *

Nigamananda Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa (born Nalinikanta Chattopadhyay; 18 August 1880 – 29 November 1935) was an Indian yogi, guru and mystic well known in Eastern India. He is associated with the Shakta tradition and viewed as a perfect sp ...

– Yogi * Parambrata Chatterjee – actor *

Partha Chatterjee Partha ( sa, pārtha) may refer to: * Partha, an epithet of Arjuna, a warrior in the Mahabharata * Partha, an ancestor of the Shah Mir dynasty of Kashmir * Partha, a given name (for a list of people with the name, see ) * Partha See also * Parth ...

– scholar and author *

Piya Chattopadhyay Piya Chattopadhyay () is a Canadian journalist, currently host of '' The Sunday Magazine'' on CBC Radio One. She is known for her work on CBC Radio,Pratap Chatterjee – journalist and author * Priyadarshini Chatterjee – Miss India World 2016 * Priyanshu Chatterjee – Bollywood actor * Prosenjit Chatterjee – actor *

Pulok Chatterji Pulok Chatterji (born 1948) is an Indian civil servant who served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, from 2011 to 2014. He formerly served as Executive Director to the World Bank and Joint Secretary at the P ...

– former bureaucrat and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014) *

Purnendu Chatterjee Purnendu Chatterjee is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of The Chatterjee Group (TCG) and also serves as a member of the Governing Board of the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad. Education Chatterjee graduate ...

– businessman, founder of TCG *

Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay (30 September 1940 – 2 November 2021) was an Indian politician and the erstwhile Minister for the departments of Technical Education and Training, Science and Technology and Biotechnology in the Government of West Be ...

, Indian politician * Ramakrishna Paramahamsa – born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India *

Ramananda Chatterjee Ramananda Chatterjee ( bn, রামানন্দ চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (29 May 1865 – 30 September 1943) was founder, editor, and owner of the Calcutta based magazine, the '' Modern Review''. He has been described as th ...

— founder, editor, and owner of the Modern Review, he has been described as the father of Indian journalism *

Rangan Chatterjee Rangan Chatterjee is a British physician, author, television presenter and podcaster. He is best known for his TV show ''Doctor in the House'' and for being the resident doctor on ''BBC Breakfast'' and as a regular contributor to BBC Radio. E ...

– Physician, author, television presenter and broadcaster * Sabitri Chatterjee – Indian Bengali female actress * Sankar Chatterjee – paleontologist *

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ � ...

, Indian writer * Sarojini Naidu née Chattopadhyay – freedom fighter, poet * Saswata Chatterjee – actor * Shakti Chattopadhyay – poet * Shekhar Chatterjee – entrepreneur *

Shiba P. Chatterjee Shiba Prasad Chatterjee (22 February 1903 – 27 February 1989) was a Professor of Geography at the University of Calcutta, India. He served as President of the International Geographical Union from 1964 until 1968, Chatterjee received a Murchiso ...

– professor, former president of International Geographical Union *

Sitaramdas Omkarnath Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath (17 February 1892 – 6 December 1982) was an Indian spiritual master. Addressed as Sri Sri Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnath, where "Omkar" signifies the supreme cosmic enlightenment and attaining supreme consciousnes, ...

– Bhakti saint *

Somnath Chatterjee Somnath Chatterjee (25 July 1929 – 13 August 2018) was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was t ...

– eminent lawyer and former speaker of Lok Sabha *

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

– actor *

Sourav Chatterjee Sourav Chatterjee (born November 1979) is an Indian mathematician, specializing in mathematical statistics and probability theory. Chatterjee is credited with work on the study of fluctuations in random structures, concentration and super-conce ...

– mathematician *

Sovan Chatterjee Sovan Chatterjee (born 7 July 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a former member of Bharatiya Janata Party, and former Mayor of the city of Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Chatterjee served as a Kolkata Municipal Corpo ...

– former mayor of the city of Kolkata * Srabanti Chatterjee – actress * Subhendu Chatterjee – actor *

Subhadeep Chatterjee Subhadeep Chatterjee is an Indian molecular biologist and a scientist at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD). A member of Guha Research Conference, he is known for his studies on plant-microbe interactions and heads the ''La ...

– Indian molecular biologist *

Sudeep Chatterjee Sudeep Chatterjee ( bn, সুদীপ চ্যাটার্জী) is an Indian cinemaatographer, who mainly works in Hindi films and Bengali films. He has collaborated with critically acclaimed directors like Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Nagesh ...

– cinematographer * Sudip Chattopadhyay – biologist * Suman Chatterjee (now Kabir Suman) – musician *

Suniti Kumar Chatterji Bhashacharya Acharya Suniti Kumar Chatterjee (26 November 1890 – 29 May 1977) was an Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur. He was a recipient of the second-highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Vibhushan. Life Childhood Chatterji ...

– Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur *

Swapan Chattopadhyay Swapan Chattopadhyay CorrFRSE (born December 26, 1951) is an Indian American physicist. Chattopadhyay completed his PhD from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1982. Currently, Chattopadhyay holds the Presidential Chair of Research ...

– director of the Cockcroft Institute * Tannishtha Chatterjee – actress *

Upamanyu Chatterjee Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959) is an author and a retired Indian civil servant. His works include the novel '' English, August: An Indian story'', '' The Last Burden'', '' The Mammaries of the Welfare State'' and ''Weight Loss''. In 2008, he was ...

– author * Utpal Chatterjee – cricketer * Uttam Kumar (Arun Chatterjee) – actor *

Vikram Chatterjee Vikram Chatterjee is an Indian actor of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut with a small role in Mainak Bhowmik's 2012 movie ''Bedroom (film), Bedroom'' and was immediately noticed. In the same year he acted in B ...

– Indian actor of Bengali cinema * Virendranath Chattopadhyaya – activist

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