List of Famous people with last name Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi is an Indian politician and a former diplomat who served as the 23rd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. As a former IAS officer he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts. He was the United Progressive Alliance nominee for Vice President of India 2017 elections and lost with 244 votes against NDA candidate Venkaiah Naidu, who got 516 votes.
Bhavya Gandhi
Bhavya Gandhi is an Indian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Tipendra Jethalal Gada a.k.a. Tapu in the Indian sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, which airs on SAB TV. He left the show in February 2017.
Sanjay Gandhi
Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician and the son of Indira Gandhi. He was a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family. During his lifetime, he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head of the Indian National Congress, but following his early death in a plane crash his elder brother Rajiv became their mother's political heir, and succeeded her as Prime Minister of India after her assassination. His wife Maneka Gandhi and son Varun Gandhi are politicians in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Manilal Gandhi
Manilal Mohandas Gandhi was the second son of Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.
Devdas Gandhi
Devdas Mohandas Gandhi was the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in South Africa and returned to India with his parents as a old man. He became active in his father's movement, spending many terms in jail. He also became a prominent journalist, serving as editor of Hindustan Times. He was also the first pracharak of the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha (DBHPS), established by Mohandas Gandhi in Tamil Nadu in 1918. The purpose of the Sabha was to propagate Hindi in southern India.
Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturbai "Kasturba" Mohandas Gandhi (listen born Kasturbai Gokuldas Kapadia on was an Indian political activist. She married Mohandas Gandhi in 1883. In association with her husband and son, she was involved in the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. She was very influenced by her husband Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi.
Ramdas Gandhi
Ramdas Mohandas Gandhi was the third son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in South Africa. He outlived his parents and all of his brothers. He and his wife Nirmala had three children; Sumitra Gandhi, Kanu Gandhi and Usha Gandhi. He was active in his father's Indian independence movement.
Jonita Gandhi
Jonita Gandhi is an Indian playback singer predominantly in Hindi and Tamil languages and known for her YouTube presence. Her singing debut in Bollywood started through Chennai Express title track .
Ela Gandhi
Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, is a South African peace activist and was a Member of Parliament in South Africa from 1994 to 2004, where she aligned with the African National Congress (ANC) party representing the Phoenix area of Inanda in the KwaZulu-Natal province. Her parliamentary committee assignments included the Welfare, and Public Enterprises committees as well as the ad hoc committee on Surrogate Motherhood. She was an alternate member of the Justice Committee and served on Theme Committee 5 on Judiciary and Legal Systems.
Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi
Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He was the member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He died on 17 March 2021 due to COVID-19.