Banerjee, also known as Bandyopadhyay, is a

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Kulin Brahmin Bengali Brahmins are the community of Hindu Brahmins, who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. The Bengali Brahmins, along wi ...

surname originating from the

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of the

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. The surname belongs to the Rarhi clan of the

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caste.

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Notable people

Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include: *

Abhijit Banerjee Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is co-founder and co-director of the ...

(born 1961), Nobel laureate economist *

Abhishek Banerjee (actor) Abhishek Banerjee (born in 1985) is an Indian actor and casting director. He is best known for his roles in the Maddock Supernatural Universe films '' Stree'', '' Bhediya'' and ''Stree 2'' and as Hathoda Tyagi in Amazon Prime Video series '' P ...

* Abhishek Banerjee (politician) * Ajit Kumar Banerjee, environmentalist * Alapan Bandyopadhyay (born 1961), IAS officer * Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (1871–1950), Indian civil servant and administrator * Ambica Banerjee (1928–2013), member of the 15th Lok Sabha * Anjan Bandyopadhyay (1965–2021), journalist * Audrish Banerjee (born 1975), Indian former

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er *

Bhanu Banerjee Bhanu Banerjee, also known as Bhanu Bandyopadhyay (born as Samyamoy Banerjee; 26 August 1920 – 4 March 1983), was an Indian actor, known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and ...

(1920–1983), actor and freedom activist *

Beena Banerjee Beena Banerjee (born 19 February 1943), also known as Beena or Bina, is an Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustan ...

, Actress * Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1895–1950), Indian writer * Bidisha Bandyopadhyay (born 1978), writer, broadcaster *

Bratati Bandyopadhyay Bratati Bandopadhay or Bratati Banerjee is a Bengali language elocutionist. She is the founder head of Kabyayan, an institution for practising elocution and Bratati Parampara, an organization that works on elocution and other forms of performing ...

, elocutionist * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), Indian-born American author, poet, and professor *

Dibakar Banerjee Dibakar Banerjee (born 21 June 1969) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker known for his work in Hindi films. Banerjee started his career in advertising, being a feature filmmaker, he still continues to ...

(born 1969), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker * Dola Banerjee (born 1980), Indian sportswoman who competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

Durgadas Bannerjee Durgadas Bannerjee (1893–1943) was an Indian Bengali film actor who appeared in many roles from 1922 to 1943. Early life Bannerjee was born on 3 December 1893 to a zamindar family at Kalikapur, Kolkata. Garia Rajbari was his ancestral h ...

, actor * Gargi Banerjee, cricketer * Gooroodas Banerjee (1844–1918), aka Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, Bengali Indian High Court judge * Gurudas Banerjee, actor * Gopeshwar Banerjee (1880–1963), Indian classical singer and musicologist *

Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film ''Devdut'', directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominent dir ...

(1926–2013) a Bengali Indian actor * Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (1820–1891), Indian educator and social reformer * Jenni Banerjee (born 1981), Finnish actress with Indian ancestry * John Banerjee (1873–?), the second non-European bishop of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon *

Kali Banerjee Kaliprasad Banerjee (20 November 1921 – 5 July 1993), professionally known as Kali Banerjee was an Indian actor, who worked in the 1950s–1970s in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is best known for his work with film directors like ...

, actor * Kali Charan Banerjee * Kali S. Banerjee, mathematician * Kalyan Banerjee (politician) * Kalyan Banerjee (homoeopath) * Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924–2000), singer *

Kanu Banerjee Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay; 20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema and Bengali theatre, theatre.Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012)"The matter-of-fact ac ...

(1905–1985), actor (''Pather Panchali'') * Karuna Banerjee (1919–2001), actress (''Pather Panchali'') *

Krishna Mohan Banerjee Krishna Mohan Banerjee (24 May 1813 – 11 May 1885) was a 19th-century Indian thinker who attempted to rethink Hindu philosophy, religion and ethics in response to the stimulus of Christian ideas. He himself became a Christians, Christia ...

Kaushik Banerjee Kaushik Banerjee is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He has appeared in more than a 100 films throughout his career of four decades. Born to the ace actor Haradhan Bannerjee, he made his actin ...

, actor * Kaustav Banerjee, American electrical engineer * Kedareswar Banerjee, physicist *

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 2 ...

, politician and chief minister of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

* Manik Bandopadhyay, writer and novelist * Mrinal Banerjee, politician *

Nikhil Banerjee Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee (14 October 1931 – 27 January 1986) was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. Along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan, he emerged as one of the leading exponents of the sitar. ...

, composer and musician * Nyra Banerjee, Indian television actress and assistant director * Paran Bandopadhyay, actor *

Pradip Kumar Banerjee Pradip Kumar Banerjee (23 June 1936 – 20 March 2020) was an Indian professional footballer who played as a striker for the India national football team. He also captained the national team and later on became the coach of the national ...

, footballer, coach * Prith Banerjee *

Pooja Banerjee Pooja Banerjee (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television. She began her television career as a contestant in '' MTV Roadies'' and subsequently starred as Tejal Majumdar in her first lead show, '' Ek Doosre Se ...

, television actress * Pratyusha Banerjee, television actress * Puja Banerjee, film and television actress *

Pulak Bandyopadhyay Pulak Bandyopadhyay (; 2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a Bengali people, Bengali Indian lyricist and songwriter of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Early life He was born and brought up in Salkia, Howrah. His family had close links w ...

, lyricist and songwriter *

Rachna Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Banerjee; 2 October 1972) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and politician. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. ...

, Indian actress * Raghab Bandyopadhyay, prose writer * Rahul Banerjee, archer * Rahul Banerjee, actor * R. D. Banerji, discoverer of

Mohenjo-daro Mohenjo-daro (; , ; ) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. Built 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major city, cities, contemp ...

, the principal site of the

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* Reba Bandyopadhyay (born 1972), American astronomer and science policy analyst *

Rina Banerjee Rina Banerjee (born 1963) is an Indian-American artist and sculptor."Bio"
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* Ruprekha Banerjee *

Satya Bandyopadhyay Satya Bandyopadhyay (1925 – 28 July 1997) was an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema and theatre. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio. Early life He was born at Kolkata in ...

, actor * Satya Banerjee, actor *

Samar Banerjee Samar "Badru" Banerjee (; 30 January 1930 – 20 August 2022) was an Indian association football, footballer who played primarily as a striker for the India national football team. He captained India at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, wh ...

, footballer * San Banarje, film director, producer, and photographer * Sanjay Banerjee, Indian engineer * Sara Banerji, writer * Sarnath Banerjee, artist *

Sarvadaman D. Banerjee Sarvadaman D. Banerjee (born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi language films and television series. He is best known for playing Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series ''Krishna (TV seri ...

, actor and social worker * Sarobindu Nath Banerjee, footballer *

Shakuntala Banerjee Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973) is a German television journalist and reporter. Life Banerjee was born in 1973 in Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westfalia, West Germany to a German mother and an Indian father. She grew up in Rheydt and g ...

(born 1973), German journalist *

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali dete ...

* Sid Banerjee, Indian-American pop singer, songwriter, and producer * Steve Banerjee, arsonist, racketeer, and murderer * Subhamita Banerjee, musician * Subir Banerjee (born 1946), Indian actor * Subir Kumar Banerjee (born 1939), Indian-American geophysicist *

Surendranath Banerjee Sir Surendranath Banerjee (; 10 November 18486 August 1925), often known as Rashtraguru () was an Indian nationalist leader during the British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian National Association to bring Hindus an ...

, first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination * Sushmita Banerjee, writer * Sushovan Banerjee, physian and politician *

Subhankar Banerjee (musician) Subhankar Banerjee (20 August 1966 – 25 August 2021) was an Indian musician and tabla, tabla player of the Farukhabad gharana, Farukhabad tradition. Biography He studied initially with Manik Das of the Benares gharana, Benares tradition ...

Subhankar Banerjee (photographer) Subhankar Banerjee (born 1967) is a photographic artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention. Early life Born in Berhampore, West Bengal, ...

* Suvojit Banerjee, cricketer * Syagnik Banerjee, scholar, author, and professor *

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898 – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. ...

, author, novelist *

Victor Banerjee Victor Banerjee (born 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Saty ...

, actor in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood * Vikram Banerjee * Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, first president of the

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