Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins[1] relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra and Vishwabrahmins[2] in India.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
Sports
- Anil Bhardwaj (cricketer) (born 1954), Indian cricketer
- B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj (born 2000), Indian badminton player
- Manu Bhardwaj, Indian cricketer
- Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), American gymnast
- Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj (born 1935), Sikh Kenyan field hockey player
- Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Indian boxing coach
- Ravi Bharadwaj (born 1992), Indian basketball player
- Shapath Bharadwaj (born 2002), Indian sport shooter
- Vijay Bharadwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer
Entertainers
- Anasuya Bharadwaj (born 1982), Indian television presenter and actress
- Ankit Bhardwaj, Indian film and television actor
- Hetu Bhardwaj, Indian writer
- Hitesh Bharadwaj (born 1991), Indian television actor, model, anchor, RJ and poet
- Janani Bharadwaj (born 1989), Indian playback singer
- Krishna Bharadwaj (actor) (born 1989), Indian television actor
- Lavanya Bhardwaj, Indian actor and model
- Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Indian musician
- Nitish Bharadwaj (born 1963), Indian television and film actor, director, screenwriter, film and TV programme producer, veterinarian and politician
- Radha Bharadwaj, Indian filmmaker, film producer and screenwriter
- Bharadwaj (composer) (born 1960), Indian music director, composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer, born Ramani Bharadwaj
- Reena Bhardwaj, British singer
- Rekha Bhardwaj, Indian singer
- Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian actor
- Shweta Bhardwaj, Indian actress
- Sumit Bhardwaj (born 1992), Indian actor
- Vedanth Bharadwaj (born 1980), Indian vocalist and composer
- Vishal Bhardwaj (born 1965), Indian film director and musician
- Vinay Bharadwaj (born 1983), Indian-Singapore-based ex-banker turned filmmaker, television host, motivational speaker, and fashion stylist
- Vishal Bharadwaj (born 1965), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer
Politicians
- Abhay Bharadwaj (1954–2020), Indian advocate turned politician
- Deepak Bharadwaj (1950–2013), Indian politician
- H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020), Indian politician
- Jagannath Bharadwaj (1916–1987), Indian politician
- Naresh Bhardwaj (born 1959), Canadian politician
- Ram Chandra Bharadwaj (died 1918), Indian politician
- Saurabh Bhardwaj (born 1979), Indian politician
- Suresh Bharadwaj (born 1952), Indian politician
Others
- Anita Bharadwaj, Indian high altitude rescue doctor
- Babu Bharadwaj (1948–2016), Indian writer in Malayalam-language
- Chaitan Bharadwaj (born 1988), Indian music composer
- Girish Bharadwaj (born 1950), Indian social worker
- Krishna Bharadwaj (economist) (1935–1992), Indian Neo-Ricardian economist
- Raman Bhardwaj, Scottish broadcast journalist
- Somnath Bharadwaj (born 1964), Indian theoretical physicist
- Sudha Bharadwaj (born 1961), Indian trade-unionist, activist and lawyer
References
- ^ Sarmah, Thaneswar. The Bharadvājas in Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991.
- ^ Hasnain, Nadeem (2016). The Other Lucknow. Vani Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5229-420-6.
Barhai are an occupational community of carpenters of which the majority are Hindus and only a small section of Muslims. They derive the name of their community from the Sanskrit word "vardhika' meaning 'cutting'. They are mostly Hindu and use various surnames or titles like Sharma, Vishwakarma are Bharadwaj, Mistri and Badhai
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