- Indian educator, writer, translator and interpreter. Leena Nair - CEO of Chanel. D. Y. Patil - Indian politician and educator. Arun Sarnaik - Actor and singer. Dhondutai Kulkarni - Indian classical singer from the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Govindrao Tembe - Music composer. B. B. Nimbalkar - Indian cricketer, best known for his score of 443 not out during the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy. Dhananjay Mahadik - Indian politician and former Member of Parliament. Chandrakant Patil - Indian politician and Maharashtra BJP president. Ramesh Deo - Indian film and television actor. Vasantrao Ghatge - Indian entrepreneur, business magnate, industrialist and a professor. Jagdish Khebudkar - Marathi littérateur and lyricist of Marathi cinema. Ashutosh Gowariker - Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Madhavrao Bagal - Writer, artist, journalist, social reformer, political activist, orator and a freedom fighter. Anant Mane - Film director. Satej Patil - Politician and Minister of State for home in the Maharashtra Government. Padmini Kolhapure - Film actress. Shruti Sadolikar - Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik - Former Member of Parliament and NCP leader. Sanjay Mandlik - Member of Parliament and Shiv Sena Leader. Bhanu Athaiya - Indian costume designer and painter. Sangram Chougule - Body builder, Mr Universe winner (2012), Mr India (6-time winner), Mr Maharashtra (5-time winner). Suhas Khamkar - Body builder. See also Bhosale Maratha Maratha Empire Marathi people List of Maratha dynasties and states Kolhapur Municipal Corporation Notable people from Kolhapur References Further reading "The Imperial Gazetteer of India." Oxford at Clarendon Press, 1909 Volume 15. p380 - 387. Accessed at Digital South Asia Library at University of Chicago, Illinois, 7 April 2014. External links Kolhapur Municipal Corporation Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2011 All articles containing potentially dated statements Cities and towns in Kolhapur district Cities in Maharashtra