played a major role in the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti for the creation of Maharashtra state. R. P. Paranjpe (1876–1966) — mathematician, first Indian to become Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University, former principal of Fergusson College Shriram Lagoo (born 1927–2019) — film and theatre actor Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (1899–1967) — activist for freedom of Hyderabad State, 2nd Chief Minister of the state Smita Patil (1955–1986) — film actress (Mirch Masala, Manthan, Chakra); double National Award Winner for Best Actress Narayan Sitaram Phadke (1894-1978) — Marathi writer J. B. Kripalani (1888–1982) — Indian independence activist, former president of the Indian National Congress Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar- author, The first Marathi author to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award D.R. Bendre - Kannada Poet, Jnanpith Award Vasant Kanetkar — playwright, Padma Shri awardee Madhav Gadgil (born 1942) — Ecologist, Padma Bhushan awardee Sai Paranjpye (born 1938) — Film Director & Screen Writer, Winner of National Film Awards & Filmfare Awards, Padma Bhushan awardee Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938) — Marathi language writer, Padma Shri and Jnanpith Award recipient Dattatreya Gopal Karve (1898–1967) — Economist, first principal of Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Vice Chancellor of Pune University and Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Irawati Karve (1905–1970) — sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer Stephie D'Souza (1936–1998) — Indian athlete who won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games. N. H. Antia (1922–2007) — plastic surgeon and Padma Shri recipient Radhika Apte (born 1985) — actress Padmanabhan Balaram — biochemist, Padma Bhushan recipient Pooja Batra (born 1979) — actress and model, Miss India 1993 Milind Date — composer, flautist Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009) — sitar player, academic and composer Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888–1956) — industrialist Suyash Tilak (born 1987) — film and television actor Prahlad Kakkar (born 1950) — ad film maker Suresh Kalmadi (born 1944) — politician and sports administrator D. R. Kaprekar (1905–1986) — mathematician, discovered Kaprekar's constant and the Kaprekar number Sonali Kulkarni (born 1974) — film actress, columnist and writer Shital Mahajan (born 1982) — skydiver, Padma Shri recipient Kiran Nagarkar (born 1942) — playwright, novelist Vitthal Ramji Shinde (1873–1944) — social activist, founder of Depressed Classes Mission in Mumbai Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme (1911–1997) — statistician S. R. Rana (1870–1957) — Indian political activist Suniti Ashok Deshpande — educator and promoter of Russian language and culture in India; recipient of the Medal of Pushkin Kranti Kanade — film director