Atre or Atri (Athri) is a Hindu kshatriya patronymic surname and gotra from the ancient sage. In Maharashtra, the surname is mainly found among kshatriya community. In Uttar Pradesh & Gujarat, the surname is found among yadavas. It is also a gotra in the Gowda Saraswat Brahmin community [1]
Notable people with the surname includes
- Pralhad Keshav Atre (1898–1969), Marathi writer, poet, educationist, movie producer–director–script writer and orator
- Shubhangi Atre, Indian television actress
- Prabha Atre, Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana
- Shaku Atre (born 1940), Indian-born American data scientist and businesswoman
- Rasheed Attre (Atre), Pakistani music director & composer
- Wajahat Attre (Atre), Pakistani music director & composer
References
edit- ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31.