Chatterjee Explained

Chatterjee (bn|চ্যাটার্জি), also known as Chattopadhyay is a Bengali Hindu surname, used by the Kulin group of the Bengali Brahmin caste.^[1] Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, Bhattacharjees, and Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.^[2] They belong to Rarhi clan of Bengali Brahmins and the Kashyapa gotra.

Variation

Chatterjee is an Anglicized variant of the Sanskritized Chattopadhyay.^[1] English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notable Chatterjees

• Abhishek Chatterjee Bengali film and television actor
• Abir Chatterjee – actor
• Aditi Chatterjee – Bengali film and television actress
• Adhar Kumar Chatterji – former Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1966–1970)
• Amarendranath Chatterjee – freedom fighter
• Amitabha Chattopadhyay – biophysicist
• Amitava Chattopadhyay – INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation
• Angana P. Chatterji – anthropologist, activist and feminist historian
• Anil Chatterjee – actor
• Anindo Chatterjee – tabla player
• Anjan Chattopadhyay – sitar maestro
• Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist) – cognitive neuroscientist
• Aroup Chatterjee – British Indian atheist, physician, author of Mother Teresa: The Untold Story
• Ashim Chatterjee – politician and activist
• Asima Chatterjee – Indian organic chemist and the second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian university
• Atul Chandra Chatterjee – Indian diplomat and government official. Served as the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1931.
• Bamacharan Chattopadhyay – ardent devotee of Maa Tara, also considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – Indian patriot, writer, poet and journalist and composer of Vande Mataram, the national song of India
• Basu Chatterjee – film director
• Bhaswar Chatterjee – Indian actor
• Biswajit Chatterjee – Bollywood actor
• Debabarta Chatterjee – botanist
• Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya – author, philosopher
• Debjani Chatterji – Indian-born British poet
• Deen K. Chatterjee - philosopher
• Dhritiman Chatterjee – actor
• Dhruva Chatterjee – writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies
• Dipankar Chatterji – molecular biologist
• Gadadhar Chattopadhyay – Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, devotee of Dakshina Kali and Priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
• Gautam Chattopadhyay – musician
• Harindranath Chattopadhyay – poet, actor and brother of Sarojini Naidu
• Indira Chatterji (born 1973), Swiss-Indian mathematician
• Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee – Indian freedom fighter, activist and member of Rajya Sabha
• Joya Chatterji – Professor of South Asian history
• Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay – social reformer
• Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar
• Mirai Chatterjee – Indian social worker
• Mohini Mohun Chatterji – theosophist, scholar
• Moushumi Chatterjee – Bollywood actress
• Neil Chatterjee – American lawyer, political advisor, and government official, chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission twice between 2017 and 2020
• Nigamananda – Yogi
• Parambrata Chatterjee – actor
• Partha Chatterjee – scholar and author
• Piya Chattopadhyay – Canadian broadcaster
• Pratap Chatterjee – journalist and author
• Priyadarshini Chatterjee – Miss India World 2016
• Priyanshu Chatterjee – Bollywood actor
• Prosenjit Chatterjee – actor
• Pulok Chatterji – former bureaucrat and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014)
• Purnendu Chatterjee – businessman, founder of TCG
• Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, Indian politician
• Ramakrishna Paramahamsa – born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India
• Ramananda Chatterjee — founder, editor, and owner of the Modern Review, he has been described as the father of Indian journalism
• Rangan Chatterjee – Physician, author, television presenter and broadcaster
• Sabitri Chatterjee – Indian Bengali female actress
• Sankar Chatterjee – paleontologist
• Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian writer
• Sarojini Naidu née Chattopadhyay – freedom fighter, poet
• Saswata Chatterjee – actor
• Shakti Chattopadhyay – poet
• Shekhar Chatterjee – entrepreneur
• Shiba P. Chatterjee – professor, former president of International Geographical Union
• Sitaramdas Omkarnath – Bhakti saint
• Somnath Chatterjee – eminent lawyer and former speaker of Lok Sabha
• Soumitra Chatterjee – actor
• Sourav Chatterjee – mathematician
• Sovan Chatterjee – former mayor of the city of Kolkata
• Srabanti Chatterjee – actress
• Subhendu Chatterjee – actor
• Subhadeep Chatterjee – Indian molecular biologist
• Sudeep Chatterjee – cinematographer
• Sudip Chattopadhyay – biologist
• Suman Chatterjee (now Kabir Suman) – musician
• Suniti Kumar Chatterji – Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur
• Swapan Chattopadhyay – director of the Cockcroft Institute
• Tannishtha Chatterjee – actress
• Upamanyu Chatterjee – author
• Utpal Chatterjee – cricketer
• Uttam Kumar (Arun Chatterjee) – actor
• Vikram Chatterjee – Indian actor of Bengali cinema
• Virendranath Chattopadhyaya – activist

See also

• Bengali Hindus
• Bengali Brahmins
• Kulin Brahmins

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick . 2003 . Chatterjee . https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&q=chatterjee%20chattopadhyay%20anglicize&pg=PA320 . Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set . Oxford University Press, USA . 9780195081374 . 320 . en.
2. Book: Bromley . David G. . Larry D. Shinn . 1989 . Krishna Consciousness in the West . Lewisburg, Pa. . Bucknell University Press . 0-8387-5144-X . 17984402.
3. Book: Rodrigues, Hillary . 2003 . Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations . SUNY Press . 9780791488447 . 320. en.
4. Book: Joshi, Priya . 2002 . In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English Novel in India . registration . Columbia University Press. 9780231500906 . 283 . en.
5. Book: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions . Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues . 2013 . Bengali . https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8zoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA21 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . 9783110974553 . 21 . en.
6. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=EH08DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 . Ānandamaṭh, Or, The Sacred Brotherhood . Chatterji . Bankim Chandra . Caṭṭopādhyāẏa . Baṅkimacandra . 2005 . Oxford University Press . 9780195178579 . 5 . en . Introduction.
7. Book: Chakraborty, Paulomi . 2018 . The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political . Oxford University Press . 9780199095391 . 270.