This is a list of notable Marathi people an ethnolinguistic group that speaks Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language as their native language.
Rulers and generals
The ancient Maharashtrian kingdoms
The Jadhav (Sindkhed Raja-Maharashtra)
The Bhosales (Maharashtra)
The Peshwe
The Bhosales (Thanjavur-Tamil Nadu)
The Holkars (Indore-Madhya Pradesh)
The Shinde/Scindia (Gwalior-Madhya Pradesh)
The Newalkars (Jhansi-Uttar Pradesh)
Gangadhar Rao Newalkar
Lakshmibai
The Gandekars (Bhor-Maharashtra)
The Pawar (Dhar-Madhya Pradesh)
The Ghorpade (Sandur-Karnataka)
The Gaekwad (Baroda-Gujarat)
Historic warriors
Satvahana dynasty (2nd century BCE–Early 3rd century CE)
Abhira dynasty (Early 3rd century CE-Late 4th century CE)
Traikutaka dynasty (4th century CE)
Vakataka dynasty (Mid 3rd century CE-Early 6th century)
Shilahara dynasty of North Konkan (Early 9th century CE-Mid 13th century CE)
Yadava dynasty (Mid 9th century CE-Early 14th century CE)
During 17th century and Shivaji's reign
During 18th century and Peshwa rule
The 27-year war - India's longest fought war (1680–1707)
Leaders of Anglo Maratha Wars I, II, III (1775–1818)
Indian independence movement
Leaders of Ist War of Indian Independence (1857)
Revolutionaries
Father of Indian unrest
Father of Indian armed struggle
First political murder in Indian freedom struggle
First Secret Society for Independence
Others
Humanitarians and reformers
Father of renaissance of western India
Reformers
Bene Israeli reformer and scholar
Social activists
Philanthropists
Defence leaders
Father of Indian Navy
First living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
Third woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank
ARMY
Generals
Lieutenant Generals
Others
NAVY
Admirals
Vice/Rear Admirals
Others
AIR FORCE
Air Chief Marshal
Air Marshal
Others
Religion and spirituality
Father of Hindu Nationalism in India
Datta Sampradaya
Mahanubhava Sampradaya
Warkari Movement
Ganapatyas
Late medieval period Saints (1200-1526)
Early modern period Saints (1526-1858)
Swadhyaya Movement
Prarthana Samaj
Modern period, independence and after (1858-1947)
RSS Members
Politics
Speaker of Lok Sabha
First female President of India
Deputy Prime Minister of India
First female Chief Minister of Goa
First female Chief Minister of Rajasthan
First Chief Minister of Goa
First Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
First Chief Minister of Bombay State
First Hindu and first man of Indian descent to be elected to the Scottish Parliament
First General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.
Founder of All India Trade Union Congress
Goa's first woman parliamentarian
Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
Union Cabinet Ministers
Others
United Kingdom and Irish politics
American politics
Goa legislative Assembly
Govind Gaude
Ramesh Tawadkar
Subhash Phal Desai
Sudin Dhavalikar
Nilkanth Halarnkar
Bureaucrats and diplomats
Foreign Service
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Civil Service
Founder, jurists and lawyers
Father of Indian Constitution
Chief Justice of India
D. Y. Chandrachud
P. B. Gajendragadkar
Y. V. Chandrachud
V.N. Khare
Sharad Arvind Bobde
Uday Umesh Lalit
Supreme Court Judges
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar
P. B. Sawant
Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
Hemant Laxman Gokhale
Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai
U. U. Lalit
Sujata Manohar
V. D. Tulzapurkar
J. R. Mudholkar
Hemant Gokhale
International lawyers
Harish Salve
M. R. Jayakar
Sakharam Ganesh Pandit
Others
Moropant Vishvanath Joshi
G. S. Khaparde
Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai
J. R. Mudholkar
Naresh Harishchandra Patil
Ujjwal Nikam
S. B. Tambe
V. S. Sirpurkar
Business, trade and industries
Father of Indian Trade Union Movement
Founder of the Asia's first Cooperative sugar factory.
Others
Fiscal policy leaders
First Indian to be appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.