Goswami

Goswami
Origin
Word/nameBengali Hindu
Region of originBengal

Goswami is an Indian surname and honorific title[1] used by Brahmins[1][2][3][4] and Hindu ascetics.[5][6] It is also pronounced as, Gosains, Gosine, Gossain, Gosain, Gossai, and Gosavi.

Notables

Notable people with the surname or title Goswami include:

  • Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
  • Abhishek Goswami, Indian cricketer
  • Abir Goswami, Indian actor
  • Alpana Goswami, Indian actress
  • Anay Goswamy, cinematographer
  • Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Indian journalist and Hindi fiction writer
  • Anil Goswami, Union Home Secretary of India
  • Anjali Goswami, Honorary Professor of paleobiology at University College London
  • Arup Kumar Goswami, Indian judge, chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
  • Arnab Goswami, Indian television journalist
  • Ashokpuri Goswami, Gujarati poet and writer
  • B. N. Goswamy, Indian art critic, art historian
  • Bhairavi Goswami, model
  • Bindiya Goswami, actress
  • Brindaban Goswami, Indian politician
  • Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami, founder of the religious organization Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
  • Bhakti Vijnana Goswami, Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and a leader
  • Bhupendra Nath Goswami, Indian meteorologist, climatologist
  • Bijoy Krishna Goswami, Hindu social reformer and religious figure
  • Chuni Goswami, Indian professional footballer
  • Dharendra Yogi Goswami, Indo-American scholar, inventor
  • Dulal Chandra Goswami, Indian politician
  • Debashish Goswami, Indian mathematician
  • Debabrata Goswami, Indian chemist
  • Dinesh Chandra Goswami, scientist, author
  • Dinesh Goswami, Indian politician
  • Acharya Dr. Gokulotsavji Maharaj Goswami, Indian classical singer, composer, and musicologist of Hindustani classical music
  • Golok Chandra Goswami, academic, journalist
  • Gopala Bhatta Goswami, foremost disciple of the Vaishnavasaint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and a leading historical figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism
  • Gracy Goswami, Indian child actress
  • Hardwar Goswami, Gujarati language poet, writer, and playwright
  • Hemant Goswami, social activist
  • Himanish Goswami, Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist
  • Hitendra Nath Goswami, Indian politician
  • Indu Goswami, India politician
  • Jhulan Goswami, ICC Women's Player of the Year 2007
  • Acharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy, Indian vocalist
  • Joy Goswami, Indian Bengali-language poet
  • Joyasree Goswami Mahanta, India politician
  • Jitendranath Goswami, Indian scientist
  • Jiva Goswami, philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition
  • Karunamaya Goswami, musicologist and litterateur
  • KK Goswami, television actor
  • Kunal Goswami, actor, businessman
  • Lajja Goswami, Indian markswoman
  • Madhumita Goswami, badminton player
  • Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Indian Assamese-language writer and Jnanpith Award winner
  • Manoj Kumar (born Harikrishna Giri Goswami), Bollywood actor
  • Mukunda Goswami, spiritual leader
  • Morya Gosavi, prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect
  • Mohan Nath Goswami, Ashok Chakra Awardee, Para 9 commando
  • Manish R Goswami, television producer
  • Moloya Goswami, Indian actress in Assamese-language movies and National Film Award winner
  • Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Indian editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer
  • Mihir Goswami, Indian politician
  • Meenakshi Goswami, Indian film actress
  • Goswami Nabha Dass, saint, theologian and author
  • Nipon Goswami, Indian actor
  • Omkar Goswami, Indian economist and journalist
  • Parbati Kumar Goswami, Indian Jurist, Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge
  • Pitambar Deva Goswami, spiritual leader and social reformer
  • Prabodh Chandra Goswami, mathematician and teacher
  • Prahlad Giri Goswami, politician
  • Prashant Goswami, computational geoscientist, climatologist
  • Acharya Radhika Prasad Goswamy, Indian Hindustani classical vocalist
  • Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, saint and Hindu philosopher
  • Raghunatha dasa Goswami, Hindu saint and philosopher
  • Rajiv Goswami, student leader
  • Ram Narayan Goswami, Indian politician
  • Rama Tirtha Goswami, saint and Hindu philosopher
  • Ramakant Goswami, Indian National Congress politician
  • Ravinder Goswami, Indian endocrinologist and professor
  • Runki Goswami, Indian classical singer and composer
  • Rupa Goswami, devotional teacher (guru), poet, and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
  • Sanatana Goswami, principal disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
  • Satsvarupa das Goswami, writer, poet, and artist
  • Shahana Goswami, actress
  • Shivanand Goswami, poet and scholar
  • Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
  • Shantidas Goswami, Hindu preacher
  • Shyam Manohar Goswami, sanskritist, philosopher, spiritual leader, reformer and guru of the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism
  • Shyam Sundar Goswami, Indian classical vocalist
  • Srubabati Goswami, Indian scientist
  • Sriman Prafulla Goswami, politician
  • Suta Goswami (Ugrashravas), disciple of Vyasa
  • Tamal Krishna Goswami, spiritual leader
  • Goswami Tulsidas, Hindu saint and poet author of the epic Ramcharitmanas
  • Udita Goswami, Bollywood actress
  • Usha Goswami, nNeuroscientist

References

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