List of Parsis

This is a list of more notable Parsis with a Wikipedia article. For a complete list, see .__TOC__

In science and industry

* Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) (1827-1900): entrepreneur; founder of the modern port of Aden
* Byram Dinshawji Avari (19??- ): Pakistani hotelier, founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies.
* Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909-1966): nuclear scientist; first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission.
* Adi Bulsara (1952-): Physicist
* Keki Dadiseth (1946- ): Home and Personal Care Director, Unilever plc
* Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (18??-1924?): industrialist and philanthropist; founder of the NED Engineering College
* Ardeshir Godrej (1868-1936): inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industrial empire
* Pirojsha Godrej (1882-1972): entrepreneur; co-founder (with his brother Ardeshir) of the Godrej industrial empire
* Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir (1783-1859): opened sea trade with China; philanthropist
* Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir (1879-1962): civil engineer; master constructor of Bombay
* Aban Marker Kabraji (1953-) : Pakistani ecologist, Asian regional director of IUCN
* Fardunjee Marzban (1787-1847): publisher, founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent "Bombay Samachar"
* Pallonji Mistry (1929- ): construction tycoon
* Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Sir (1838-1911): financier and industrialist in Hong Kong
* Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir (1823-1901): founded the first textile factories in India
* Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee (1880-1960): industrialist; founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east
* Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (19??-19??): chemical engineer; guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
* Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff (1899-1965): economist; delegate at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; co-author of the Bombay Plan; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the Bank of India
* Dorabji Tata, Sir (1859-1932): industrialist and philanthropist
* Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839-1904): industrialist; founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Nehru
* Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata (1904-1993): industrialist; founder of India's first commercial airline: "Air India"
* Ratan Naval Tata (1937- ): Chairman of the Tata Group of companies; member of the central board of the Reserve Bank of India
* Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702-1774): shipwright and naval architect; builder of the first dry-dock in Asia
* Ness Wadia (1970-) is Joint Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing, son of Nusli Wadia and Maureen Wadia, great grandson of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

In the humanities and in sports

* Erick Avari (1952- ): Hollywood actor.
* Homi K. Bhabha (1949- ): cultural-studies theorist.
* Behram "Busybee" Contractor (1930-2001): journalist and columnist.
* Nariman "Nari" Contractor (1934- ): cricketer; coach at the CCI Academy.
* Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926- ): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist.
* Nauheed Cyrusi (1982- ): model, film actress, television presenter
* Bejan Daruwalla (1931- ): astrologer.
* Sam Dastor (1941- ): television actor and director.
* Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla (1875–1956): high priest and religious scholar.
* Farrukh Dhondy (1944- ): novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist.
* Diana Eduljee (1956 - ): first captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993
* Farokh Engineer (1938- ): cricketer.
* Kaizad Gustad (1968- ): film director.
* Boman Irani (1962-) : Indian film and theatre actor, host of the 2007 IIFA awards
* Firdaus Kanga (1960- ): author, actor and screenwriter.
* Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia (1912-2008): Journalist & editor, founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz.
* Persis Khambatta (1950–1998): actress and model. Miss India in 1965.
* Behramji Malabari (1853-1912): poet, publicist, author, and social reformer.
* Meher Baba (Merwan Sheriar Irani, 1894-1969), sage and spiritual master
* Mehli Mehta (1908-2002): musician; founder of the Bombay Philharmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
* Zubin Mehta (1936- ): musician; conductor of the London, Los Angeles and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras; director of the Bavarian State Opera.
* Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara, 1946-1991): rock icon and lead singer for Queen.
* Deena M. Mistri (19??- ): author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal.
* Rohinton Mistry (1952- ): novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
* Sohrab Modi (1897-1984): stage and film actor, director and producer.
* Ray Panthaki (1979- ): actor and film producer
* Cyrus Poncha (1976- ): Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003-4.
* Bapsi Sidhwa (1938- ): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
* Godrej Sidhwa (1925- ): theologian, historian and high priest.
* Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988): composer.
* Sooni Taraporevala (1957- ): screenwriter, author and photographer.
* Zubin Varla (19??- ): stage actor.
* Nina Wadia (1969- ): comedienne and television actress.
* Perizaad Zorabian (1973- ): model, film actress

In law, government and the Indian Nationalist Movement

* Minocher Bhandara (19??- ): Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
* Sam Piroj Bharucha (1937- ): Chief Justice of India.
* Mancherjee Bhownagree (1851-1933): politician, second Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Conservative).
* Bhikaiji Cama (1861-1936): political activist, co-creator of the Indian nationalist flag.
* Feroze Gandhi (1912-1960): journalist and politician, Indian MP under Jawaharlal Nehru.
* Frene Ginwala (19??- ): Is a member of the ANC and aided Nelson Mandela in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. Later served for 7 years as Speaker Of the House of Parliament in South Africa
* Sam Manekshaw (1914-2008 ): the first Indian Field Marshal of the Indian Army.
* Jamsheed Marker (19??- ): Pakistani diplomat, ambassador to more countries than any other person; recipient of Hilal-i Imtiaz.
* Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (1886-1952): former Mayor of Karachi for 12 consecutive years.
* Pherozeshah Mehta (1845–1915): political activist, co - founder of Indian National Congress,also elected its President in 1890 and founder of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.
* Dadabhai Naoroji (1825–1917): economist, political activist, first Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Liberal), first to publicly demand independence from Great Britain.
* Fali Sam Nariman (1929-): eminent lawyer,Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and President, The Bar Association of India, New Delhi, India
* Khurshed Framji Nariman (18??-19??): social activist, Mayor of Bombay, founding member of the Indian National Congress.
* Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati (1935–2003): Appellant in K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra (1961-1962)
* Minoo Masani (November 20, 1905 - May 27, 1998): Author, Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly.
* Nanabhoy ("Nani") Palkhivala (1920-2002): prominent jurist and economist.
* Dossabhoy Muncherji Raja (1873-1947): first Indian to be appointed appraiser of precious stones to British Indian customs. Awarded the title of Khan Sahib.
* Cowasji Jehangir (Readymoney) (1812-1878): J.P.; introduced income tax in India; first baronet of Bombay.
* Bukhtyar Rustomji (1899-1936), Mumbai-born Lancaster doctor executed for murdering his wife and a maid
* Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936): socialist, workers' welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour).
* Soli Jehangir Sorabjee (1930- ): former Attorney-General of India.