Chakraborty
family name
Chakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakravarty, Chakravorty, Chakravarti, Chakrabartty and Chakrabarty) is a surname used by Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, as well as by some communities of southern India. It literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra 'wheel' + vart- 'to roll'). The surname is mainly used by people of the Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin communities in the states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. The surname is also used by the Jains of southern India.
Notable persons with this surname
Male
Abani Chakravarty (1941–1994?), Indian Assamese poet
Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 1953), Indian singer
Akinchan Chakrabarty (18th century), Bengali poet
Amal Chakraborty, Indian paediatric surgeon
Ambika Chakrabarty (1892–1962), Indian Bengali independence movement activist and revolutionary
Amiya Chakravarty (1901–1986), literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet
Amiya Chakravarty (director) (1912–1957), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (1938–2020), Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty
Animesh Chakravorty (born 1935), Indian chemist
Aravinda Chakravarti (born 1954), Indian geneticist
Arindam Chakrabarti, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii
Arjun Chakrabarty (born 1990), Indian actor
Arnab Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian musician and Sarod player
Arup Chakraborty (born 1961), American engineer
Bicky Chakraborty (1943–2022), Swedish hotel mogul
Bikas K Chakrabarti (born 1952), Indian physicist
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (1904–1976), Indian politician
Bonnie Chakraborty, Bengali singer
Byomkes Chakrabarti (1923–1981), Indian linguist
Chiranjeet Chakraborty (born 1960), Indian Bengali film actor
Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti (1902 – after 1982), Indian geologist and palaeontologist
Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 1941), Indian archaeologist
Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian historian
Gaurav Chakrabarty (born 1987), Indian actor
George Chakravarthi (born 1969), British-Indian artist
Ghanaram Chakrabarty (c. 1669-?), Bengali poet
Haranath Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian Bengali film director
J. D. Chakravarthy (born 1970), Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood
Janardan Chakravarti (1901–1987), Indian professor of Bengali
K. Chakravarthy (1936–2002), music director in the South Indian film industry
Keshab Chakravarthy (active 1925), Indian revolutionary
Khelaram Chakrabarty (16th century), Bengali poet
Kshitindra Mohan Chakravarty (1900–1988), Indian chemist, fuel technician and teacher
Kushal Chakraborty (born 1968), Bengali actor and film director
M. C. Chakrabarti (died 1972), Indian statistician
Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor
Manoj Chakraborty (born 1954), Indian politician
Mithun Chakraborty (born 1950), Indian actor, director and businessman
Nachiketa Chakraborty (born 1965), Indian Bengali singer-songwriter
Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924–2018), Bengali poet
Nripen Chakraborty (1905–2004), Indian politician
Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent
Panchanan Chakraborty (1900–1995), Indian revolutionary
Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (1898–1981), first Indian Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
Pramod Chakravorty (1929–2004), Indian film director and producer
Praveen Chakravarty (born 1973), Indian businessman
Pritam Chakraborty (born 1971), Indian Bengali music director and composer
Pritish Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood
Rahi Chakraborty (born 1988), Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist
Raj Chakraborty (born 1975), Indian Bengali film director
Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian writer in English
Ranajit Chakraborty (1946–2018), Indian geneticist
Ritwick Chakraborty (born 1977), Indian film actor
Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century), Bengali poet
S. S. Chakravarthy (died 2023), Indian Tamil film producer
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (born 1956), Indian Bengali TV and film actor
Saikat Chakrabarti (born 1986), American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist
Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti, Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies
Samrat Chakrabarti (born 1975), British-American actor and musician
Sandip Chakrabarti (born 1958), Indian astrophysicist
Sankar Chakraborti (born 1970), Indian business leader
Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980), Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary
Shibu Chakravarthy (born 1961), Indian lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam cinema
Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (1869–1932), Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist
Snehasish Chakraborty (born 1989), Indian footballer
Soham Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor, producer, and politician
Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty (c. 1826–1874), one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine
Souvik Chakraborty (born 1991), Indian footballer
Subhas Chakraborty (died 2009), Indian politician, transport minister of West Bengal
Sugato Chakravarty, Indian marketing academic
Sujan Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian politician
Sujit Chakraborty (born 1968) West Bengal politician from Barjora
Suma Chakrabarti (born 1959), British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist
Supriyo Chakraborty, (born 1995), Indian cricketer
Swadesh Chakraborty (1943–2024), Indian politician
Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (1954–2021), Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata
Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), British Indian revolutionary, East Pakistani politician
Tulsi Chakraborty (1899–1961), Indian comic actor
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948–2024), Indian film director
Varun Chakravarthy (born 1991), Indian cricketer
Vijay C Chakravarthy, Indian cinematographer
Vinu Chakravarthy (1945–2017), Tamil actor, scriptwriter and director
Visvanatha Chakravarti (1626?
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