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In science and industry

Byram Dinshawji Avari (19??- ): hotelier, founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies.
Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) (1827-1900): entrepreneur; founder of the modern port of Aden
Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909-1966): nuclear scientist; first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission.
Keki Dadiseth (1946- ): Home and Personal Care Director, Unilever plc
Ardeshir Godrej (1868-1936): inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industrial empire
Pirojsha Godrej (1882-1972): entrepreneur; co-founder (with his brother Ardeshir) of the Godrej industrial empire
Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir (1783-1859): opened sea trade with China; philanthropist
Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir (1812-1878): civil engineer; master constructor of Bombay
Fardunjee Marzban (1787-1847): publisher, founded the first newspaper on the Indian subcontinent Bombay Samachar
Pallonji Mistry (1929- ): construction tycoon
Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Sir (1838-1911): financier and industrialist, co-founder of Chater & Mody, initiated the development of the port of Hong Kong; founding committee member of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir (1823-1901): founded the first textile factories in India
Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee (18??-195?): industrialist; founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east
Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (19??-19??): chemical engineer; guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
Dorabji Tata, Sir (1859-1932): industrialist and philanthropist
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839-1904): industrialist; founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Nehru
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata (1904-1993): industrialist; founder of India's first commercial airline: Air India
Ratan Naval Tata (1937- ): Chairman of the Tata Group of companies; member of the central board of the Reserve Bank of India
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702-1774): shipwright and naval architect; builder of the first dry-dock in Asia

In the arts and sports

Erick Avari (1952- ): Hollywood actor.
Homi K. Bhabha (1949- ): cultural-studies theorist.
Behram "Busybee" Contractor (1930-2001): journalist and columnist.
Nariman "Nari" Contractor (1934- ): cricketer; coach at the CCI Academy.
Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926- ): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist.
Sam Dastor (19??- ): television actor and director.
Farrukh Dhondy (1944- ): novelist, short story writer, screenplaywriter, journalist.
Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (18??-1924?): philanthropist; founder of the NED Engineering College, the largest and oldest engineering institution in Karachi, Pakistan.
Farokh Engineer (1938- ): cricketer.
Kaizad Gustad (1968- ): maverick film director.
Firdaus Kanga (1960- ): author, actor and screenwriter.
Persis Khambatta (1950–1998): actress and model.
Amal Kiran (Kaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna) (1904-19??): historian.
Gary Lawyer (19??- ): singer and musician.
Mehli Mehta (1908-2002): musician; founder of the Bombay Philarmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
Zubin Mehta (1936- ): musician; conductor of the London, Los Angeles and Israel Philarmonic Orchestras; director of the Bavarian State Opera.
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) (1946-1991): rock icon and lead singer for Queen.
Deena M. Mistri (19??- ): author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal.
Rohinton Mistry (1952- ): novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
Sohrab Modi (1897-1984): stage and film actor, director and producer.
Alyque Padamsee, ad-baron and actor.
Cyrus Poncha (1976- ): Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003-4.
Bapsi Sidhwa (1938- ): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
Godrej Sidhwa (1925- ): theologian, historian and high priest.
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988): composer.
Sooni Taraporevala (1957- ): screenwriter, author and photographer.
Zubin Varla (19??- ): stage actor.
Nina Wadia (1969- ): comedienne and television actress.

In law, government and the Indian Nationalist Movement

Minocher Bhandara (19??- ): Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
Sam Piroj Bharucha (1937- ): Chief Justice of India.
Mancherjee Bhownagree (1851-1933): politician, second asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Conservative).
Bhikaiji Cama (1861-1936): political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag.
Feroze Gandhi (1912-1960): journalist and politician, Indian MP under Jawaharlal Nehru.
Sam Manekshaw (1914- ): the first Indian Field Marshal of the Indian Army.
Jamsheed Marker (19??- ): Pakistani diplomat, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (1886-1952): former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
Pherozeshah Mehta (1845–1915): political activist, first President of the Indian National Congress, founder of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.
Dadabhai Naoroji (1825–1917): economist, political activist, first asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence from Great Britain.
Khurshed Framji Nariman (18??-19??): social activist, Mayor of Bombay, founding member of the Indian National Congress.
Nanabhoy ("Nani") Palkhivala (1920-2002): prominent jurist and economist.
Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney) (1812-1878): J.P.; introduced income tax in India; first baronet of Bombay.
Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936): socialist, workers' welfare activist, third asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour).
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee (1930- ): Attorney-General of India.

In Alphabetical order

Subcategories

This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

Parsi people by occupation (9 C)

Pages in category "Parsi people"

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