Goswami

This article is about the surname. For the social group, see Gossains. For other uses, see Gossain.

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
• Indira 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

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