List of Famous people with last name Maharaj

Keshav Athmanand Maharaj is a South African cricketer who plays for the South Africa national team in Test and ODI cricket. He made his debut in first-class cricket in 2006 and his Test debut in November 2015. He is a left-arm orthodox spin bowler and lower-order batsman. He plays for KwaZulu-Natal and Dolphins in domestic cricket.

Rampal is an Indian religious leader from Kabir Panth. He is a disciple of Swami Ramdevanand who was a Garib Das panthi Saint. He was initiated from him on February 17, 1988. In 1994, Swami Ramdevanand chose him the successor. He claims that Kabir is the Supreme God. He preaches against meat-eating, intoxication, dowry, temple/deity worship, adultery, and unnecessary donation/charity, etc. His followers established Satlok Ashram in 1999 in Rohtak, Haryana.

Mahant Swami Maharaj is the present guru and president of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a Hindu denomination. BAPS regards him as the sixth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan, following Gunatitanand Swami, Bhagatji Maharaj, Shastriji Maharaj, Yogiji Maharaj, and Pramukh Swami Maharaj. He is believed by his followers to be in constant communion with Bhagwan Swaminarayan, and ontologically, the manifestation of Akshar, the perfect devotee of God.

Brijmohan Mishra, popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj,, is an exponent of the Handia (Rikhipur), Allahabad Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak dance in India. He is a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. Even though dancing is his first love, he practices Hindustani classical music and is a vocalist.