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This is a list of notable Parsis with a Misplaced Pages article.

==By Category==
====In science and industry====
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* ] (]- ): hotelier, founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies.
* ] (]-]): entrepreneur; founder of the modern port of ]
* ] (]-]): nuclear scientist; first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission.
* ] (]- ): Home and Personal Care Director, Unilever plc
* ] (]-]): inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industrial empire
* ] (]-]): entrepreneur; co-founder (with his brother Ardeshir) of the Godrej industrial empire
* ] (]-]): opened sea trade with China; philanthropist
* ] (]-]): civil engineer; master constructor of Bombay
* ] (]-]): publisher, founded the first newspaper on the Indian subcontinent '']''
* ] (]- ): construction tycoon
* ] (]-]): financier and industrialist, co-founder of ''] & Mody'', initiated the development of the port of ]; founding committee member of the ]
* ] (]-]): founded the first textile factories in India
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* ] (]-]): economist; founded the first Indian commercial bank: ]
* ] (]- ): industrialist, pharmacologist; co-founder of the ]
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* ] (]-]): industrialist; founded ]'s first brewery; established the first anti-] sanatorium in the far-east
* ] (]-]): chemical engineer; guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
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* ] (]-]): economist; delegate at the ] [[Bretton
Woods Conference]]; co-author of the ]; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the ] and the New India Assurance Company
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* ] (]-]): industrialist and philanthropist
* ] (]-]): industrialist; founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by ]
* ] (]-]): industrialist; founder of India's first commercial airline: '']''
* ] (]- ): Chairman of the Tata Group of companies; member of the central board of the ]
* ] (]-]): ] and naval architect; builder of the first dry-dock in Asia

====In the arts and sports====
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* ] (]- ): Hollywood actor.
* ] (]- ): cultural-studies theorist.
* ] (]-]): journalist and columnist.
* ] (]- ): cricketer; coach at the ] Academy.
* ] (]- ): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist.
* ] (]- ): television actor and director.
* ] (]- ): novelist, short story writer, screenplaywriter, journalist.
* ] (]-]?): philanthropist; founder of the ], the largest and oldest engineering institution in ], Pakistan.
* ] (]- ): cricketer.
* ] (]- ): maverick film director.
* ] (]- ): author, actor and screenwriter.
* ] (]–]): actress and model.
* ] (Kaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna) (]-]): historian.
* ] (]- ): singer and musician.
* ] (]-]): musician; founder of the Bombay Philarmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
* ] (]- ): musician; conductor of the London, Los Angeles and Israel Philarmonic Orchestras; director of the Bavarian State Opera.
* ] (Farrokh Bulsara) (]-]): rock icon and lead singer for ]. <!-- yes, he is a Parsi, go read the article -->
* ] (]- ): author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal.
* ] (]- ): novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
* ] (]-]): stage and film actor, director and producer.
* ], ad-baron and actor.
* ] (]- ): Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003-4.
* ] (]- ): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
* ] (]- ): theologian, historian and high priest.
* ] (]–]): composer.
* ] (]- ): screenwriter, author and photographer.
* ] (]- ): stage actor.
* ] (]- ): comedienne and television actress.
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====In law, government and the Indian Nationalist Movement====
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* ] (]- ): Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
* ] (]- ): Chief Justice of India.
* ] (]-]): politician, second asian to be elected to the ] (Conservative).
* ] (]-]): political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag.
* ] (]-]): journalist and politician, Indian ] under ].
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* ] (]-]): businessman; author; Mayor of ]; advisor to ]; recipient of the ].
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* ] (]- ): the first Indian ] of the Indian Army.
* ] (]- ): Pakistani diplomat, listed in the ] as having been ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
* ] (]-]): former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
* ] (]–]): political activist, first President of the ], founder of the ].
* ] (]–]): economist, political activist, first asian to be elected to the ] (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence from Great Britain.
* ] (]-]): social activist, Mayor of Bombay, founding member of the ].
* ] (]-]): prominent jurist and economist.
* ] (]-]): ]; introduced income tax in India; first ] of Bombay.
* ] (]-]): socialist, workers' welfare activist, third asian to be elected to the ] (Communist, Labour).
* ] (]- ): Attorney-General of India.
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