Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins[1] relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra in India.
Notable people
editNotable people with the surname include:
Sports
edit- Anil Bhardwaj (cricketer) (born 1954), Indian cricketer
- B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj (born 2000), Indian badminton player
- Manu Bhardwaj, Indian cricketer
- Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), American gymnast
- Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj (born 1935), Sikh Kenyan field hockey player
- Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Indian boxing coach
- Vijay Bharadwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer
Entertainers
edit- Ankit Bhardwaj, Indian film and television actor
- Hetu Bhardwaj, Indian writer
- Lavanya Bhardwaj, Indian actor and model
- Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Indian musician
- Nitish Bharadwaj (born 1963), Indian film actor and politician
- Bharadwaj (composer) (born 1960), Indian music director, composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer, born Ramani Bharadwaj
- Reena Bhardwaj, British singer
- Rekha Bhardwaj, Indian singer
- Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian actor
- Shweta Bhardwaj, Indian actress
- Sumit Bhardwaj (born 1992), Indian actor
- Vishal Bhardwaj (born 1965), Indian film director and musician
Politicians
edit- Deepak Bharadwaj (1950–2013), Indian politician
- H. R. Bhardwaj (1937–2020), Indian politician
- Naresh Bhardwaj (born 1959), Canadian politician
- Ram Chandra Bharadwaj (died 1918), Indian politician
- Saurabh Bhardwaj (born 1979), Indian politician
Others
edit- Babu Bharadwaj (1948–2016), Indian writer in Malayalam-language
- Raman Bhardwaj, Scottish broadcast journalist
- Somnath Bharadwaj (born 1964), Indian theoretical physicist
References
edit- ^ Sarmah, Thaneswar. The Bharadvājas in Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991.