Chatterjee or Chattopadhyay (চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is a

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family name, used primarily by the Kulin group of Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in

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, and associated with the Bengali Brahmin caste. ''Chatterjee'' is an

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variant of the Sanskritized ''Chattopadhyay''. English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya. Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, and Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system. They belong to Rarhi clan and the

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Notable Chatterjees

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, and Utpal Dutt w ...

Bengali film and television actor *

Abir Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theater personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...

– actor * Adhar Kumar Chatterji – former Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1966–1970) * Amarendranath Chatterjee – freedom fighter *

Amitabha Chattopadhyay Amitabha Chattopadhyay is an Indian scientist working in the areas of membrane and receptor biology and biophysics . He is presently a CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow at the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology and served as the founding dean of biol ...

– biophysicst *

Amitava Chattopadhyay Amitava Chattopadhyay (born 5 July 1956) is The GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Corporate Innovation — Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, Fellow of the Institute on Asian Consumer Insights, and Senior Fellow at the ''Ernst & Young In ...

– INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation *

Angana P. Chatterji Angana P. Chatterji (born November 1966) is an Indian anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian, whose research is closely related to her advocacy work and focuses mainly on India. She co-founded the International People's Tribunal on Hum ...

– anthropologist, activist and feminist historian *

Anil Chatterjee Anil Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay) bn, অনিল চ্যাটার্জী (চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (25 October 1929 – 17 March 1996) was an Indian actor in the Bengali cinema during the early fifties through the mid-ni ...

– actor * Anindo Chatterjee – tabla player *

Anjan Chattopadhyay Anjan Chattopadhyay, the sitar player, born in a Bengali aristocratic family in Calcutta, India, was initiated to the art of sitar playing by his elder brother, a veteran Surbahar player, Pandit Gourisankar Chattopadhyay, a disciple of Pand ...

– sitar maestro * Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist) – cognitive neuroscientist * Aroup Chatterjee – British Indian atheist, physician, author of ''Mother Teresa: The Untold Story'' * Ashim Chatterjee – politician and activist * Asima Chatterjee – Indian organic chemist and the second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian university * Atul Chandra Chatterjee – Indian diplomat and government official. Served as the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1931. * Bamacharan Chattopadhyay – ardent devotee of Maa Tara, also considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva *

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist. Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 201 ...

– Indian patriot, writer, poet and journalist and composer of

Vande Mataram ''Vande Mataram'' (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् IAST: , also spelt ''Bande Mataram''; বন্দে মাতরম্, ''Bônde Mātôrôm''; ) is a poem written in sanskritised Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the ...

, the national song of India *

Basu Chatterjee Basu Chatterjee ( bn, বাসু চ্যাটার্জ্জী; 10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. Through the 1970s and 1980s, Chatterjee became associated with what came to be known as mi ...

– film director * Bhaswar Chatterjee – Indian actor *

Biswajit Chatterjee Biswajit Chatterjee (born 14 December 1936), known mononymously as Biswajit, is an Indian actor, producer, director, singer and politician known for his work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. Early career After films in Calcutta including ''Ma ...

– Bollywood actor * Debabarta Chatterjee – botanist *

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (19 November 1918 – 8 May 1993) was an Indian Marxist philosopher. He made contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian philosophy. He is known for '' Lokayata: A Study in Ancient ...

– author,philosopher * Debjani Chatterji – Indian-born British poet *

Dhritiman Chatterjee Dhritiman Chatterjee is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's ''Pratidwandi'' (''The Adversary''). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmaker ...

– actor *

Dhruva Chatterjee Dhruva Chatterjee or Dhruv Chatterjee was a noted writer and screenwriter of Hindi cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Memorable movies written and scripted by him include ''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' (1960), '' Hariyali Aur Rasta'' (1962), '' Gehra ...

– writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies *

Dipankar Chatterji Dipankar Chatterji is an Indian molecular biologist and the Honorary Professor at Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, a multidisciplinary research institute under the Department of Science and Technology of the Government o ...

– molecular biologist * Gadadhar Chattopadhyay – Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, devotee of Dakshina Kali and Priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple. * Gautam Chattopadhyay – musician *

Harindranath Chattopadhyay Harindranath Chattopadhyay (2 April 1898 – 23 June 1990) was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, ...

– poet, actor and brother of Sarojini Naidu *

Indira Chatterji Indira Lara Chatterji (born 25 January 1973) is a Swiss-Indian mathematician working in France as a professor of mathematics in the J. A. Dieudonné Laboratory of the University of Côte d'Azur. Her research involves low-dimensional geometry, c ...

(born 1973), Swiss-Indian mathematician * Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee – Indian freedom fighter, activist and member of Rajya Sabha * Joya Chatterji – Professor of South Asian history *

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (3 April 1903 – 29 October 1988) was an Indian social reformer and freedom activist. She was most remembered for her contribution to the Indian independence movement; for being the driving force behind the renaissan ...

– social reformer * Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar * Mirai Chatterjee – Indian social worker *

Moushumi Chatterjee Moushumi Chatterjee (born Indira Chattopadhyay) is an Indian actress who is recognised for her work in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She was one of the highest paid actresses in Hindi films during the 1970s. She joined the Bharatiya Janata ...

– Bollywood actress * Neil Chatterjee – American lawyer, political advisor, and government official, chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission twice between 2017 and 2020 * Nigamananda – Yogi *

Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chattopadhyay (born 27 June 1980) is an Indian actor and director. Parambrata started his career with Bengali television and films. He has acted as the fictional character Topshe from Feluda under Sandip Ray's direction. He made hi ...

– actor * Partha Chatterjee – scholar and author * Piya Chattopadhyay – Canadian broadcaster * Pratap Chatterjee – journalist and author * Priyadarshini Chatterjee – Miss India World 2016 *

Priyanshu Chatterjee Priyanshu Chatterjee (born 20 February 1973) is an Indian actor and former model known for his works in Bollywood, and Bengali cinema. He made his Hindi film debut in the box-office big success '' Tum Bin'' in 2001. His other recognized work i ...

– Bollywood actor *

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bis ...

– actor *

Pulok Chatterji Pulok Chatterji (born 1948) is an Indian civil servant who served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, from 2011 to 2014. He formerly served as Executive Director to the World Bank and Joint Secretary at the P ...

– former bureaucrat and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014) * Purnendu Chatterjee – businessman, founder of TCG * Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, Indian politician * Ramakrishna Paramahamsa – born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India * Ramananda Chatterjee — founder, editor, and owner of the Modern Review, he has been described as the father of Indian journalism * Rangan Chatterjee – Physician, author, television presenter and broadcaster *

Sabitri Chatterjee Sabitri Chatterjee (born 22 February 1937) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali theatre and cinema. Her career spans more than 60 years. She is the recipient of BFJA Awards for two times. In 1999, she was conferred with ...

– Indian Bengali female actress *

Sankar Chatterjee Sankar Chatterjee (born May 28, 1943) is a paleontologist, and is the Paul W. Horn Professor of Geosciences at Texas Tech University and Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of Texas Tech University. He earned his Ph. D. from the University of ...

– paleontologist *

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ � ...

, Indian writer *

Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu ('' née'' Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist, feminist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important person in I ...

née Chattopadhyay – freedom fighter, poet *

Saswata Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Maju ...

– actor * Shakti Chattopadhyay – poet *

Shekhar Chatterjee Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Career Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with a number of leftist theatre groups, including ...

– entrepreneur *

Shiba P. Chatterjee Shiba Prasad Chatterjee (22 February 1903 – 27 February 1989) was a Professor of Geography at the University of Calcutta, India. He served as President of the International Geographical Union from 1964 until 1968, Chatterjee received a Murchiso ...

– professor, former president of International Geographical Union * Sitaramdas Omkarnath – Bhakti saint * Somnath Chatterjee – eminent lawyer and former speaker of Lok Sabha *

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

– actor * Sourav Chatterjee – mathematician * Sovan Chatterjee – former mayor of the city of Kolkata * Srabanti Chatterjee – actress *

Subhendu Chatterjee Shubhendu Chatterjee, M.B.B.S. (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an Indian physician and actor, who is known for acting in Bengali television and films. A contemporary of actors Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom he played s ...

– actor *

Subhadeep Chatterjee Subhadeep Chatterjee is an Indian molecular biologist and a scientist at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD). A member of Guha Research Conference, he is known for his studies on plant-microbe interactions and heads the ''La ...

– Indian molecular biologist *

Sudeep Chatterjee Sudeep Chatterjee ( bn, সুদীপ চ্যাটার্জী) is an Indian cinemaatographer, who mainly works in Hindi films and Bengali films. He has collaborated with critically acclaimed directors like Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Nagesh ...

– cinematographer * Sudip Chattopadhyay – biologist * Suman Chatterjee (now Kabir Suman) – musician *

Suniti Kumar Chatterji Bhashacharya Acharya Suniti Kumar Chatterjee (26 November 1890 – 29 May 1977) was an Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur. He was a recipient of the second-highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Vibhushan. Life Childhood Chatterji ...

– Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur * Swapan Chattopadhyay – director of the Cockcroft Institute * Tannishtha Chatterjee – actress *

Upamanyu Chatterjee Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959) is an author and a retired Indian civil servant. His works include the novel '' English, August: An Indian story'', '' The Last Burden'', '' The Mammaries of the Welfare State'' and '' Weight Loss''. In 2008, he wa ...

– author * Utpal Chatterjee – cricketer *

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, script writer, composer, and singer who predom ...

(Arun Chatterjee) – actor *

Vikram Chatterjee Vikram Chatterjee is an Indian actor of Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut with a small role in Mainak Bhowmik's 2012 movie ''Bedroom'' and was immediately noticed. In the same year he acted in Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's ''Elar Char ...

– Indian actor of Bengali cinema *

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya Virendranath Chattopadhyaya ( bn, বীরেন্দ্রনাথ চট্টোপাধ্যায়), alias Chatto, (31 October 1880 – 2 September 1937, Moscow), also known by his pseudonym Chatto, was a prominent Indian revolutiona ...

– activist

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Notable Chatterjees

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