List of Famous people born in Nashik, India

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the Father of Indian cinema. His debut film, Raja Harishchandra, was the first Indian movie in 1913, and is now known as India's first full-length feature film. He made 95 feature-length films and 27 short films in his career, spanning 19 years, until 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).

Saiyami Kher is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu films. Kher made her debut in the 2015 Telugu film Rey and appeared in Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's Hindi film Mirzya opposite Harshvardhan Kapoor in following the year. based on the Punjabi folklore Mirza Sahiban. She made her Marathi debut in Aditya Sarpotdar's Marathi film, Mauli with Riteish Deshmukh. She maintains an avid interest in the sport of cricket, posting her views in a recurring series of clips called Silly Point with Saiyami on social media.

Cornelia Sorabji was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, the first woman to study law at Oxford University, and the first female advocate in India.

Anjali Patil is an Indian film actress and theatre director. She has earned rave reviews for her work in Delhi in a Day, Chakravyuh, Newton and Sri Lankan film With You Without You. She received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) Silver Peacock Award at the 43rd International Film Festival of India her role in the Sri Lankan film With You Without You. In 2013, she starred in the Telugu film, Na Bangaaru Talli for which she received the National Film Award – Special Mention, and the state Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Udaynraje Bhosale is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from Maharashtra. He is a former member of the 17th Lok Sabha representing NCP from Satara Constituency in Maharashtra. In 2009, 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate. Before that, he was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the Minister for Revenue of Maharashtra in the Bharatiya Janata Party government. In September 2019, he announced his return to the BJP ahead of the Maharashtra legislative assembly elections.

Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister of Food and Civil Supply, Consumer Affairs in Government of Maharashtra and Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October 1999 – 23 December 2003.He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.

Rameshchandra Gangaram "Bapu" Nadkarni pronunciation (help·info) was an Indian international cricketer, mainly known for being an economical bowler. The chances of scoring against him was either nil, or negligible.

Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian chess player. He attained the title of Grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. He is currently the third highest rated player in India, and is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating threshold of 2700.

Lalita Pawar was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema. She featured in hit films such as Netaji Palkar (1938), made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures' Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat's Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films' Gora Kumbhar. Her other memorable roles were in the films Anari (1959), Shri 420 and Mr & Mrs 55, and the role of Manthara, in Ramanand Sagar's television epic serial Ramayan.