Patnaik

Patnaik/ Pattnaik/ Pattanaik is a native Odia surname native to Odisha, northeastern districts of Andhra Pradesh and southern districts of West Bengal in India.[1] This surname mainly found among the Karan caste.[2]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, currently serving on the Supreme Court of India
  • Arup Patnaik (born 1955), Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post
  • Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), Indian politician
  • D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
  • Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
  • Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
  • Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
  • Ellora Patnaik (born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
  • Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 1937), Former Chief Justice of India
  • Hara Patnaik (1958–2015), Oriya actor, film director and screenwriter
  • Ila Patnaik, Indian economist and a financial journalist
  • Jagabandhu Patnaik, dewan of Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat
  • Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927-2015), was leader of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Orissa
  • Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), the Chief Minister of Orissa, India
  • Niranjan Patnaik - Indian politician. OPCC chief
  • Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian Marxist economist and political commentator
  • R. P. Patnaik, Indian film music director
  • Raghunath Patnaik - veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
  • Soumya Ranjan Patnaik - diversified business, print media, electronic media, FM radio and operas; member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
  • Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
  • Sudhir Pattnaik - journalist and a social activist of Odisha
  • Utsa Patnaik - Indian Marxist economist

See also

References

  1. ^ S. C. Patra (1979). Formation of the Province of Orissa: The Success of the First Linguistic Movement in India. Punthi Pustak. p. 58.
  2. ^ Hust, Evelin (2004). Women's Political Representation and Empowerment in India: A Million Indiras Now?. Manohar. ISBN 978-81-7304-575-2.
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