Billimoria or Bilimoria is an
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Parsi
The Parsis or Parsees () are a Zoroastrian ethnic group in the Indian subcontinent. They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century, w ...
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toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name, from the town of
Bilimora
Bilimora is a city situated on the banks of the river Ambika, in Gandevi taluka & Navsari district of Gujarat state, in India. The city comes under the purview of the Surat Metropolitan Region. The city is roughly south of the city of Surat ...
in the
Navsari district
Navsari is an administrative District (India), district in the state of Gujarat in India, with its headquarters at the city of Navsari. The district covers an area of 2,211 square kilometres and was formed in 1997 after Valsad district was split in ...
of Gujarat, India.
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Cawas Billimoria (born 1962), Indian judoka
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Dinshaw Billimoria (1904–1942), Indian actor
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Eddie Billimoria (1900–1981), Indian actor
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F. N. Billimoria (1933–2005), Indian Army officer
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Gulestan Rustom Billimoria, Indian philanthropist
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Homi Billimoria
Homi Framjee Billimoria OBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military ...
(1901–1956), Ceylonese architect
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Jeroo Billimoria (born 1965), Indian social entrepreneur
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Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria
Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, (born 26 November 1961) is a British Indian businessman, member of the House of Lords, and former Chancellor of the University of Birmingham.
Bilimoria founded the global beer brand Cobra Beer, and se ...
, British-Indian entrepreneur
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Purushottama Bilimoria, Australian-American philosopher and professor
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Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria
Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria was an Indian physician, social worker, and the founder of ''Bel-Air Hospital'', a tuberculosis sanatorium at Panchgani, a hill station in Maharashtra. Born on 13 May 1882 in Mumbai to Bomanji Jamshedji Billimoria as th ...
, Indian physician
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Surnames of Indian origin
Parsi people
Gujarati-language surnames
People from Navsari district
Gujarati people