Patnaik/ Pattnaik/ Pattanayak/ Pattanaik / Pattnayak is a native
Odia
Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to:
* Odia people in Odisha, India
* Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family
* Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...
surname native to
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
,
northeastern districts of
Andhra Pradesh
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and southern districts of
West Bengal
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in
India
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.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
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Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, currently serving on the Supreme Court of India
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Arup Patnaik
Arup Patnaik (born 8 September 1955) was the 36th Police Commissioner of Mumbai. He is revered as one of the most dynamic and respected IPS officers of the Maharashtra cadre. He retired on 30 September 2015 after a distinguished career in the M ...
(born 1955), Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post
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Biju Patnaik
Bijayananda Patnaik (5 March 1916 – 17 April 1997) was an Indian politician, aviator and businessman. As politician, he served twice as the Chief Minister of the State of Odisha.
Early life
His parents lived in Bellaguntha, Ganjam distri ...
(1916–1997), Indian politician
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D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
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Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik is a mythologist from Mumbai, India. He is also a speaker, illustrator and author, on Hindu sacred lore, legends, folklore, fables and parables. His work focuses largely on the areas of religion, mythology, and management. He ha ...
(born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
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Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
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Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
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Ellora Patnaik
Ellora Patnaik (born September 5, 1968) is a Canadian actress of film, stage and television as well as an Odissi dancer.
Early life
She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the first child of her parents, Promod and Chitralekha Patnaik; she is ...
(born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
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Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 19 December 1937) is an Indian lawyer and later a jurist who served over a period of 19 years in the bench of the Odisha High Court as a permanent Judge, as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Judge of th ...
(born 1937), Former Chief Justice of India
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Hara Patnaik
Hara Pattanaik (12 October 1958 – 13 January 2015), also known as Hari Patnaik, was an Indian actor, director and screenplay writer known for his works in Odia cinema. He has acted over 60 Odia-language movies and directed about 19 others. Pat ...
(1958–2015), Oriya actor, film director and screenwriter
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Ila Patnaik
Ila Patnaik is an Indian economist. and former Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India. During this time, she prepared the Economic Survey of India, 2013-14 and contributed to numerous Government of India committees and task force ...
, Indian economist and a financial journalist
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Jagabandhu Patnaik, dewan of Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat
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Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 ...
(1927-2015), was leader of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Orissa
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Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...
(born 1946), the Chief Minister of Orissa, India
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Niranjan Patnaik
Niranjan Patnaik (born 22 February 1948) is an Indian politician, from Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, a ...
- Indian politician. OPCC chief
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Prabhat Patnaik
Prabhat Patnaik is an Indian Marxist economist and political commentator. He taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, from 1974 until his retirement i ...
(born 1945), Indian Marxist economist and political commentator
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R. P. Patnaik
Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards.
He has toured the world to perform his live shows. ...
, Indian film music director
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Raghunath Patnaik
Raghunath Patnaik was an Indian politician and a veteran leader of the Indian National Congress.
Patnaik was born in a village near Jeypore in the district of Koraput in Odisha. Known as a 'Gentleman Politician' in Odisha, he has been associat ...
- veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
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Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (born 18 August 1952) is an Indian politician and the founder-editor of the Odia daily Sambad. He is also a feature film producer as well as a successful business personality. He was elected to 11th Lok Sabha from Bhubanes ...
- diversified business, print media, electronic media, FM radio and operas; member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
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Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
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Sudhir Pattnaik - journalist and a social activist of Odisha
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Utsa Patnaik
Utsa Patnaik is an Indian Marxian economist. She taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, from 1973 until her retirement in 2010. Her husband is t ...
- Indian Marxist economist
See also
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Biju Patnaik Airport, also known as Bhubaneswar Airport in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
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Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) is a public state university located in Rourkela, Odisha, India. It was established on 21 November 2002 and was named after Biju Patnaik, the former Chief Minister of Odisha.
History
It came into b ...
, created by an act of the Orissa state legislature in 2002
References
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Surnames of Indian origin