Patnaik
Patnaik/ Pattnaik/ Pattanayak/ Pattanaik / Pattnayak is a native Odia surname native to Odisha, northeastern districts of Andhra Pradesh and southern districts of West Bengal in India.[1] This surname mainly found among the Karan caste.[2]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, currently serving on the Supreme Court of India
- Arup Patnaik (born 1955), Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post
- Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), Indian politician
- D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
- Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
- Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
- Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
- Ellora Patnaik (born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
- Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 1937), Former Chief Justice of India
- Hara Patnaik (1958–2015), Oriya actor, film director and screenwriter
- Ila Patnaik, Indian economist and a financial journalist
- Jagabandhu Patnaik, dewan of Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927-2015), was leader of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Orissa
- Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), the Chief Minister of Orissa, India
- Niranjan Patnaik - Indian politician. OPCC chief
- Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian Marxist economist and political commentator
- R. P. Patnaik, Indian film music director
- Raghunath Patnaik - veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik - diversified business, print media, electronic media, FM radio and operas; member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
- Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
- Sudhir Pattnaik - journalist and a social activist of Odisha
- Utsa Patnaik - Indian Marxist economist
See also
- Biju Patnaik Airport, also known as Bhubaneswar Airport in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
- Biju Patnaik University of Technology, created by an act of the Orissa state legislature in 2002
References
- S. C. Patra (1979). Formation of the Province of Orissa: The Success of the First Linguistic Movement in India. Punthi Pustak. p. 58.
- Hust, Evelin (2004). Women's Political Representation and Empowerment in India: A Million Indiras Now?. Manohar. ISBN 978-81-7304-575-2.
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