Banerjee
Brahmin surname from the Indian subcontinent
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Banerjee , also known as Bandyopadhyay, is a Bengali Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The surname belongs to the Rarhi clan of Bengali Brahmin caste.[1][2]
History
"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya 'teacher'); thus, Banerjee 'teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or, Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya 'venerable' + upadhyaya 'teacher'. "
Notable people
Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:
- Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961) Nobel laureate economist
- Abhishek Banerjee (actor)
- Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
- Alapan Bandyopadhyay (born 1961) IAS Officer
- Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (1871 – 1950) an Indian civil servant and administrator
- Ambica Banerjee (1928 – 2013) a member of the 15th Lok Sabha
- Anjan Bandyopadhyay (1965 – 2021) journalist
- Audrish Banerjee (born 1975) Indian former cricketer
- Bhanu Banerjee (1920 – 1983) actor and freedom activist
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1895 – 1950), Indian writer
- Bidisha Bandyopadhyay (born 1978) writer, broadcaster
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956) Indian-born American author, poet, and professor.
- Dibakar Banerjee (born 1969) Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker.
- Dola Banerjee (born 1980) Indian sportswoman who competes in archery
- Gargi Banerjee, cricketer
- Gooroodas Banerjee (1844 –1918) aka Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, Bengali Indian High Court judge
- Gopeshwar Banerjee (1880–1963) an Indian classical singer and musicologist,
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay (1926 – 2013) a Bengali Indian actor
- Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (1820 – 1891) Indian educator and social reformer
- Jenni Banerjee, (born 1981) Finnish actress with Indian ancestry.
- John Banerjee (1873 – ?) the second non-European bishop of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon
- Kali Banerjee, actor
- Kali Charan Banerjee
- Kalyan Banerjee
- Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924–2000) singer
- Kanu Banerjee (1905–1985) actor (Pather Panchali)
- Karuna Banerjee (1919–2001) actress (Pather Panchali)
- Krishna Mohan Banerjee
- Kaushik Banerjee, actor
- Kaustav Banerjee, American electrical engineer
- Mamata Banerjee, politician and Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Manik Bandopadhyay, writer and novelist
- Nikhil Banerjee, composer and musician
- Nyra Banerjee, Indian television actress and assistant director.
- Pradip Kumar Banerjee
- Prith Banerjee
- Pooja Banerjee, television actress
- Pratyusha Banerjee, television actress
- Puja Banerjee, film and television actress
- Pulak Bandyopadhyay, lyricist and songwriter
- Rachna Banerjee, Indian actress
- Raghab Bandyopadhyay, prose writer
- Rahul Banerjee, archer
- R D Banerji, The discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
- Reba Bandyopadhyay (born 1972) American astronomer and science policy analyst
- Rina Banerjee
- Ruprekha Banerjee
- San Banarje, film director, producer, photographer
- Sanjay Banerjee, Indian engineer
- Sara Banerji, writer
- Sarnath Banerjee, artist
- Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973) German journalist
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
- Sid Banerjee, Indian-American pop singer, songwriter, and producer
- Somen Banerjee
- Subir Banerjee (born 1946) Indian actor
- Subir Kumar Banerjee (born 1939) Indian-American geophysicist
- Surendranath Banerjee, first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination
- Sushmita Banerjee, writer
- Syagnik Banerjee, scholar, author, and professor
- Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, novelist
- Victor Banerjee, actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
- Vikram Banerjee
- Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, first president of the Indian National Congress
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