Chakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakravarty, Chakrabartty and Chakrabarty) is a surname of

Bengali Hindus Bengali Hindus () are adherents of Hinduism who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. They make up the majority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Assam's Barak Valle ...

and Assamese Hindus of

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

, which literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (''čakra'' 'wheel' + ''vart-'' 'to roll'). The surname is mainly used by people of the

Bengali 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 ...

and

Assamese Brahmin Assamese Brahmins are the Brahmin, Brahmin community present in the Assamese people, Assamese society. There they promoted learning, Historical Vedic religion, Vedic religion, astrology, ayurveda and as well as imparting general vedic knowledge ...

communities in the states 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 ...

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

and

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

Notable persons with this surname

Male

* Abani Chakravarty (1941–1994?), Indian Assamese poet * Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician *

Ajoy Chakrabarty Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 25 December 1952) is a Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana. He was awarded with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020 and ...

(born 1953), Indian singer * Akinchan Chakrabarty (18th century), Bengali poet *

Amal Chakraborty Amal Kanti Chakraborty was the Sheriff of Kolkata for the year 2006. He is a paediatrician in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. As a paediatric surgeon, he heads the department of paediatrics Pediatrics (American English) also spell ...

, Indian paediatric surgeon *

Ambika Chakrabarty Ambika Chakrabarty (January 1892 – 6 March 1962) was an Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary. Later, he was a leader of the Communist Party of India and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Revolutionary activ ...

(1892–1962), Indian Bengali independence movement activist and revolutionary *

Amiya Chakravarty Amiya Chandra Chakravarty (1901–1986) was an Indian literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet. He was a close associate of Rabindranath Tagore, and edited several books of his poetry. He was also an associate of Gandhi, and an expert on the ...

(1901–1986), literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet *

Amiya Chakravarty (director) Amiya Chakravarty (30 November 1912 – 6 March 1957) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who was leading film director in Hindi cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. He is noted for films like '' Daag'' (1952), '' Patita'' (1953), ...

(1912–1957), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer *

Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (4 April 1938 – 10 July 2020) was an Indian American microbiologist, scientist, and researcher, most notable for his work in directed evolution and his role in developing a genetically engineered organism using plas ...

(1938–2020), Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty * Animesh Chakravorty (born 1935), Indian chemist *

Aravinda Chakravarti Aravinda Chakravarti (born 6 February 1954, Calcutta) is a human geneticist and expert in computational biology, and Director of the Center For Human Genetics & Genomics at New York University. He was the 2008 President of the American Society ...

(born 1954), Indian geneticist *

Arindam Chakrabarti Arindam Chakrabarti is an Indian philosopher who is a professor of philosophy at Ashoka University, India. He is the disciple of Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Calcutta in 1976 and 1978, ...

, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii *

Arjun Chakrabarty Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Gora in the Bengali musical television series '' Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chakra ...

, Indian actor *

Arnab Chakrabarty Arnab Chakrabarty (born 19 September 1980) is a Hindustani classical musician and sarod player based in Toronto, Canada. Early life and education Arnab Chakrabarty grew up in Mumbai, where his father was a professor of chemistry at the Indian In ...

(born 1980), Indian musician and Sarod player *

Arup Chakraborty Arup K. Chakraborty is an American engineer, focusing in biophysics, computational modeling and infectious disease, currently the Robert T. Haslam Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and formerly the Warren and Katherine Schlinger ...

, American engineer *

Bicky Chakraborty Barun Kumar “Bicky” Chakraborty (28 August 1943 – 26 August 2022) was an Indian-born Swedish businessman. He was the president and founder of Elite Hotels of Sweden and The Bishop's Arms. He was counted as one of the richest men in Scan ...

(born 1943), Swedish hotel mogul *

Bikas K Chakrabarti Bikas Kanta Chakrabarti (born 14 December 1952 in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) is an Indian physicist. At present he is INSA Scientist (Physics) at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics & Visiting Professor (Economics) at the Indian Statist ...

(born 1952), Indian physicist *

Birendra Narayan Chakraborty Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (also Birendra Narayan Chakravarty) (20 December 1904 – 26 March 1976) was an Indian civil servant, politician and the second governor of Haryana. He attended Kolkata's Scottish Church College, and continued his ...

(1904–1976), Indian politician *

Bonnie Chakraborty Bonnie Chakraborty is an Indian playback singer. he was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz until 1998. He has sung many songs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil and Bengali for various films. Career Chakraborty te ...

, Bengali singer *

Byomkes Chakrabarti Byomkes Chakrabarti (also spelled Byomkesh Chakraborty or Byomkesh Chakrabarty) (1923–1981) was a Bengali research worker on ethnic languages. He was also a educationist and a poet. His major contribution to linguistics was in finding out some ...

(1923–1981), Indian linguist *

Chiranjeet Chakraborty Deepak Chakraborty (born 2 November 1950), known professionally as Chiranjeet Chakraborty, is an Indian actor and director in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is the son of renowned cartoonist Shaila Chakraborty. ...

(born 1960), Indian Bengali film actor * Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti (1902after 1982), Indian geologist and palaeontologist *

Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 27 April 1941) is an Indian archaeologist, Professor Emeritus of South Asian Archaeology at Cambridge University, and a Senior Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University. He ...

, Indian archaeologist *

Dipesh Chakrabarty Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948, in Kolkata, India) is an Indian historian and leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies. He is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in history at the University of Chicago, ...

(born 1948), Indian historian *

Gaurav Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali-language film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical television series '' Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to ...

(born 1987), Indian actor * Ghanaram Chakrabarty (c. 1669-?), Bengali poet *

Haranath Chakraborty Haranath Chakraborty () is an Indian Bengali people, Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial success. Awards *Sathi (2002) won the ...

(born 1959), Indian Bengali film director * J. D. Chakravarthy (born 1970), Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood *

Janardan Chakravarti Professor Janardan Chakravarti (1901-1987) was a renowned scholar in Vaishnav literature and a celebrated professor of Bengali. He was awarded the DLitt by the University of Calcutta for his contributions to Bengali literature. Career His oth ...

(1901–1987), Indian professor of Bengali * K. Chakravarthy (1936–2002), music director in the South Indian film industry * Keshab Chakravarthy (active 1925), Indian revolutionary * Khelaram Chakrabarty (16th century), Bengali poet * Kshitindra Mohan Chakravarty (1900–1988), Indian chemist, fuel technician and teacher *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty (born 21 July 1968) is an Indian actor and film director associated with Bengali cinema. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film Award for best chi ...

(born 1968), Bengali actor and film director * M. C. Chakrabarti (died 1972), Indian statistician *

Mahaakshay Chakraborty Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 30 July 1984), also known as Mimoh Chakraborty and Mimoh, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He is the son of actors Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali. Early life Chakraborty was born on 30 July 1984 in ...

(born 1984), Indian actor *

Manoj Chakraborty Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, princ ...

(born 1954), Indian politician *

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

(born 1950), Indian actor, director and businessman *

Nachiketa Chakraborty Nachiketa Chakraborty, simply known as Nachiketa, is an Indian singer, songwriter, musician, composer and playback singer who is known for his modern Bengali lyrics. He achieved fame in the early 1990s, with the release of his debut album ''Ei Be ...

(born 1965), Indian Bengali singer-songwriter *

Nirendranath Chakravarty Nirendranath Chakravarty or Chakroborty (; 19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was an Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and essayist. He's known for use of expressive clarity and sharp diction in his poems. He taught Bengali poetics in books like ...

(1924–2018), Bengali poet *

Nripen Chakraborty Nripen Chakraborty (4 April 1905 – 25 December 2004) was an Indian Communist politician who served as the Chief minister of Tripura state from 1978 to 1988. Nripen Chakraborty was involved in the Communist movement in India for six decades. ...

(1905–2004), Indian politician * Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent * Panchanan Chakraborty (1900–1995), Indian revolutionary * Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (1898–1981), first Indian Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court *

Pramod Chakravorty Pramod Chakravorty (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian Hindi film producer and director. Career Chakravorty is best known for directing Hindi film classics like ''Ziddi (1964 film), Ziddi'', ''Love in Tokyo'', ''Tumse Achcha Kau ...

(1929–2004), Indian film director and producer * Praveen Chakravarty (born 1973), Indian businessman *

Pritam Chakraborty Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also popularly known mononymously as Pritam, is a National Award winning Indian composer, instrumentalist, music producer and singer. Graduating from FTII in Sound Engineering, he worked as an ad jin ...

(born 1971), Indian Bengali music director and composer *

Pritish Chakraborty Pritish Chakraborty, also known as Acharya Chakraborty Pritish or ACP, is an Indian actor, director, producer, writer, singer, composer and songwriter. His Bollywood debut was as director–writer-lyricist with the Hindi film, '' Chal Pichchur Ba ...

Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood * Rahi Chakraborty (born 1988), Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist *

Raj Chakraborty Raj Chakraborty (born 21 February 1975) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and politician. He is one of the most commercially successful film-makers in Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood. Before directing his debut film, he was busy in Be ...

(born 1975), Indian Bengali film director * Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian writer in English * Ranajit Chakraborty, Indian geneticist *

Ritwick Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagal Premi in 2007. Career Chakraborty was associated with Bengali theatre from a very early age. As he grew older he became passi ...

, Indian film actor * Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century), Bengali poet *

S. S. Chakravarthy S. Shajahan Chakravarthy (; died 29 April 2023) was an Indian film producer in Tamil cinema. He produced a number of Tamil films through his production company, NIC Arts. Most of his films starred actor Ajith Kumar. His son Johnny (also known as ...

, Indian Tamil film producer *

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ( is an Indian actor known for his work in theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty ...

(born 1956), Indian Bengali TV and film actor * Saikat Chakrabarti, American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist *

Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti is an Indian academic. Awards and recognitions * Rashtrapati Samman 2009, Government of India.; * Guru Gangeshwarananda Veda-ratna Puraskara Award 2010, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai. Publications Books and Edite ...

, Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies *

Samrat Chakrabarti Samrat Chakrabarti is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent. Career Acting Having acted all through school, Chakrabarti's feature film debut came in 2004 in Spike Lee's '' She Hate Me''. Early in his career, he starr ...

(born 1975), British-American actor and musician *

Sandip Chakrabarti Sandip Chakrabarti is an Indian astrophysicist. He developed a computer model to show how life on earth could have originated in outer space. Education He started his education in Lalit Mohan Shyam Mohini High School in Malda. After finish ...

(born 1958), Indian astrophysicist * Sankar Chakraborti (born 1970), Indian business leader * Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980), Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary *

Shibu Chakravarthy Shibu Chakravarthy is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, journalist and poster designer who works in Malayalam cinema. He is one of the most coveted lyricists of Malayalam cinema who has bagged several awards and accolades. Having penned thou ...

(born 1961), Indian lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam cinema * Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (1869–1932), Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist *

Snehasish Chakraborty Snehasish Chakraborty (born 16 February 1989) is an Indian football player. He most notably played for Prayag United in the I-League as a midfielder. Career Early career While living in Icchapur, he used to attend a coaching camp. In Shyamna ...

(born 1989), Indian footballer *

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned n ...

, Indian actor, producer, and politician * Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty (c. 1826–1874), one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine * Sourav Chakraborty (footballer) (born 1992), Indian footballer * Souvik Chakraborty (born 1991), Indian footballer *

Subhas Chakraborty Subhas Chakraborty (18 March 1942 – 3 August 2009) was an Indian politician belonged to Communist Party of India (Marxist) who served as Minister of Transport, Sports and Youth Services in the Government of West Bengal. Early life Chakrabort ...

(died 2009), Indian politician, transport minister of West Bengal * Sugato Chakravarty, Indian marketing academic * Sujan Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian politician * Sujit Chakravarty (born 1959), Indian football manager * Sujit Chakraborty (born 1968) West Bengal politician from Barjora *

Suma Chakrabarti Sir Sumantra "Suma" Chakrabarti (born 1959) is a British former civil servant who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from July 2012 to July 2020. He was previously the highest ranking Indian in Br ...

(born 1959), British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development * Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist * Supriyo Chakraborty, (born 1995), Indian cricketer *

Swadesh Chakraborty Swadesh Chakraborty (22 December 1943 – 2 December 2024) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Howrah constituency of West Bengal and was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist ...

(1943–2024), Indian politician *

Swapan Kumar Chakravorty Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (Bengali language, Bengali: স্বপন কুমার চক্রবর্তী; 29 July 1954 – 25 September 2021) was an Indian academic who was a distinguished Professor of Humanities at the Presidency Unive ...

(1954–2021), Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata * Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), British Indian revolutionary, East Pakistani politician * Tulsi Chakraborty (1899–1961), Indian comic actor *

Utpalendu Chakrabarty Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948 – 20 August 2024) was an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata. Life and career Chakrabarty was born in Pabna District in 1948. Utpalendu graduated from Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta. Chakrab ...

(born 1948), Indian film director *

Varun Chakravarthy Varun Chakravarthy Vinod (born 29 August 1991 ) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the national team as a leg spin bowler. He made his T20I debut in July 2021 and ODI debut in February 2025. He plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic ...

(born 1991), Indian cricketer *

Vijay C Chakravarthy Vijay K. Chakravarthy is an Indian film cinematographer, known for his works predominantly in the Telugu cinema. He has worked for '' Bommarillu'', ''Parugu'', '' Mr. Perfect'', and ''Nannaku Prematho ''Nannaku Prematho'' () is a 2016 Indi ...

, Indian cinematographer *

Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies predominately in Tamil films mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in a villainous role. ...

(1945–2017), Tamil actor, scriptwriter and director * Visvanatha Chakravarti (1626? – 1708?), Bengali guru

Female

Bijoya Chakravarty Bijoya Chakravarty (born 7 October 1939), is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Gauhati from 2009 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2004. She was the Union Minister of State for Water Resources ...

(born 1939), Indian politician from Assam * Dia Chakravarty (born 1984), Bangladeshi-born British political activist and singer *

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (; born 24 February 1942) is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative ...

(born 1942), Indian literary critic * Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born 1950), Indian Wiccan priestess *

Kaushiki Chakrabarty Kaushiki Chakraborty Desikan (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian classical vocalist of the Patiala gharana. Her repertoire covers pure classical, ''Khyals, Dadras, Thumris, Bhajans'' and several other forms of Indian music. She is the recipi ...

(born 1980), Indian classical vocalist *

Lolita Chakrabarti Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1969) is a British actress and writer. Early life and education Lolita Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India in 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father wo ...

(born 1969), British actor and writer *

Megha Chakraborty Megha Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Krishna Dubey in '' Krishna Chali London'', Garima Ruhail Rajawat in ''Kaatelal & Sons'' and Imlie Rathore Rana in ''Imlie''. She is currently ...

, Indian actress * Meghna Chakrabarti, American radio personality * Mimi Chakraborty (born 1989), Bengali film actress, singer and a (nominal) Member of Parliament * Reeta Chakrabarti (born 1964), British television journalist *

Rhea Chakraborty Rhea Chakraborty is an Indian former actress and VJ who primarily appears in Hindi films. She started her career as a VJ on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film ''Tuneega Tuneega'' and later appeared in the Hindi film ...

(born 1992), Indian video jockey and actress * Ritabhari Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian Bengali film actor *

Rushmi Chakravarthi Rushmi Chakravarthi (; born 9 October 1977) is an Indian former professional tennis player. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA ...

(born 1977), Indian tennis player *

S. A. Chakraborty Shannon A. Chakraborty (born December 7, 1985) is an American historical fantasy and speculative fiction writer based in Queens, New York, best known for ''The Daevabad Trilogy''. Literary career Chakraborty's debut novel, ''The City of Bras ...

(born 1985), American fantasy novelist *

Shami Chakrabarti Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti (born 16 June 1969) is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the director of Liberty, a major advocacy group which promotes civil l ...

(born 1969), British member of the House of Lords, barrister and civil liberties campaigner * Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer *

Sumona Chakravarti Sumona Chakravarti (born 24 June 1988) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television productions. She is best known for her roles in Sony TV's daily soap opera, '' Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'', with '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' on Colors TV ...

, Bollywood actress and celebrity * Uthpala Chakraborty, Indian cricketer

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