Know Konkani Celebrities

🌴 KONKANI ACTIVISTS

• Anant Kakba Priolkar – Priol, Goa

• B. B. Borkar – Borim, Goa

• Damodar Mauzo – Majorda, North Goa

• Luis Proto Barbosa – Margao, South Goa

• Manohar Rai Sardessai – Goa

• Pundalik Naik – Ponda, South Goa

• Ravindra Kelekar – Cuncolim, Goa

• Uday Bhembre – Pomburpa, Goa

• Vaman Raghunath Varde Valaulikar – Bicholim, North Goa

🌴 KONKANI SAHITYA & LITERARY CONTRIBUTORS

• Benedict D'Souza – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• B. V. Baliga – Udupi, Karnataka

• Damodar Mauzo – Majorda, Goa

• Dr. Raghavendra Bhat – Coastal Karnataka

• Eric Ozario – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• J. B. Moraes – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• Jayant Kaikini – Gokarna, North Kanara, Karnataka

• Mahabaleshwar Sail – Canacona, South Goa

• Manohar Rai Sardessai – Goa

• Melvyn Rodrigues – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• Pundalik Naik – Ponda, Goa

• Ramesh Veluskar – Goa

• Ravindra Kelekar – Cuncolim, Goa

• Vaman Raghunath Varde Valaulikar – Bicholim, Goa

• Uday Bhembre – Pomburpa, Goa

• Vittal Rai – South Kanara, Karnataka

🌴 ACTORS

• Amol Palekar – Konkan region, Maharashtra

• Anant Nag – North Kanara, Karnataka

• Dilip Prabhavalkar – Konkan region, Maharashtra

• Puru Rajkumar – Goa ancestry

• Sachin Pilgaonkar – Konkan region, Maharashtra

• Shankar Nag – Honnavar, North Kanara, Karnataka

• Sunil Siddi – Yellapur/Mundgod North Kanara, Karnataka

🌴 ACTRESSES

• Amrita Rao – Ankola, North Kanara Karnataka 

• Deepika Padukone – Kundapura, Karnataka

• Freida Pinto – South Kanara, Karnataka

• Genelia D'Souza – South Kanara, Karnataka

• Ileana D'Cruz – Goa

• Isha Koppikar – North Kanara, Karnataka 

• Jayshree Gadkar – Konkan, Maharashtra

• Leena Chandavarkar – Karwar, North Kanara, Karnataka

• Manvita Kamath – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• Radhika Pandit – North Kanara, Karnataka

• Usha Naik – Konkan region, Maharashtra

• Varsha Usgaonkar – Usgao, Goa

🌴 THEATRE

• Jayashree Shejwadkar – Konkan, Maharashtra

• Machhindra Kambli – Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

• Mohan Wagh – Konkan, Maharashtra

• Prabhakar Karekar – Goa

• Vijay Tendulkar – Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

🌴 SINGERS & MUSICIANS

• Alfred Rose – Goa

• Anjanibai Lolyekar – Goa

• Anuradha Paudwal – Karwar, North Kanara Karnataka

• Asha Bhosle – Mangeshi, Goa

• Bhaskar Chandavarkar – Konkan, Maharashtra

• Chris Perry – Goa

• Hema Sardesai – Goa

• Hridaynath Mangeshkar – Mangeshi, South Goa

• Jitendra Abhisheki – Goa

• Kishori Amonkar – Goa

• Lata Mangeshkar – Mangeshi, South Goa

• Lorna Cordeiro – Goa

• Remo Fernandes – Goa

• Shounak Abhisheki – Goa

• Suman Kalyanpur – Udupi, Karnataka

• Wilfy Rebimbus – Udupi, Karnataka

• Jerome D'Souza – Mangalore, Karnataka

• Melwyn Peris – Goa

• Maxim Pereira – Goa

• Valerian D'Souza – South Kanara, Karnataka

• Freddie Lobo – Goa

🌴 POLITICIANS

• Digambar Kamat – Margao, South Goa

• George Fernandes - South Kanara, Karnataka 

• Laxmikant Parsekar – Mandrem, North Goa

• Manohar Parrikar – Mapusa, North Goa

• Margaret Alva – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• Oscar Fernandes – Udupi, Karnataka

• Shripad Naik – Ponda, Goa

• Ramesh Tawadkar – Canacona, South Goa

• Govind Gaude – Goa

🌴 SPORTS

• Ajit Agarkar – Konkan, Maharashtra

• Dilip Sardesai – Margao, South Goa

• Rohan Gavaskar – Goa

• Sachin Tendulkar – Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

• Sunil Gavaskar – Goa

• Suyash Prabhudessai – Goa

🌴 POETS & WRITERS

• Aarti Prabhu (C. T. Khanolkar) – Konkan, Maharashtra

• Bakibab Borkar – Borim, Goa

• Damodar Mauzo – Majorda, Goa

• Dattu Bandekar – Goa

• Dinakar Desai – Canacona, South Goa

• Girish Karnad – Mulki, South Kanara, Karnataka

• Jayanth Kaikini – Gokarna, North Kanara, Karnataka

• Mahabaleshwar Sail – Canacona, South Goa

• Manjeshwar Govinda Pai – Manjeshwar, Kerala

• Manohar Rai Sardessai – Goa

• Mangesh Padgaonkar – Vengurla, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

• Pundalik Narayan Naik – Ponda, Goa

• R. V. Pandit – Goa

• Ravindra Kelekar – Cuncolim, Goa

🌴 INDUSTRY & ENTREPRENEURS

• Ammembal Subba Rao Pai – Udupi, Karnataka

• Atul Kasbekar – Goa ancestry

• K. V. Kamath – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka

• Nandan Nilekani – North Kanara, Karnataka

• Nikhil Kamath – South Kanara, Karnataka

• Vijay Mallya – Bantwal, South Kanara, Karnataka

• T. A. Pai (Tonse Ananth Pai)

– Udupi, Karnataka

• T.M.A Pai (Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai)

- Udupi, Karnataka 

• T. V. Mohandas Pai – Mangalore, South Kanara, Karnataka