Puri

Bankers

Aditya Puri, managing director, HDFC Bank

K. R. Puri, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, former MD at LIC India

Businessmen and managers

Amit Puri (born 1979), Indian chef and entrepreneur

Aroon Purie (born 1944), Indian businessman and the founder and editor in chief of India Today

Deepak Puri, founder of Moser Baer

Madhabi Puri (born 1965), chairperson of the securities regulatory body Securities and Exchange Board of India

Ratul Puri (born 1972), chairman of the board of directors of Hindustan Power

Actors

Aarti Puri (born 1985), Indian actress and model

Akanksha Puri, Indian actress and model

Amrish Puri (1932–2005), Indian actor in Hindi and American cinema

Amrita Puri (born 1983), Indian actress in Hindi cinema

Chaman Puri (1914–1988), Indian actor

Koel Purie, Indian actress, producer and TV presenter

Madan Puri (1915–1985), Indian actor in Hindi cinema

Mayur Puri, Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker

Neeta Puri, Indian actress and model

Om Puri (1950–2017), Indian actor in Hindi and American cinema

Pearl V Puri (born 1989), Indian television actor

Preeti Puri, Indian actress

Rajesh Puri, Indian actor

Satyajeet Puri (born 1960), Indian actor

Shashi Puri, Indian actor

Vardhan Puri (born 1990), Indian actor

Vibhu Puri (born 1980), Indian film director, writer and lyricist

Independence activists and martyrs

Ram Nath Puri (1881–1974), Indian freedom fighter best known as the editor of Circular-i-Azadi

Haqiqat Rai Puri (1720–1734), Indian Hindu martyr

Journalists and authors

Balraj Puri (1928–2014), Indian journalist, writer and human rights activist

Belle Puri, Canadian journalist

Kailash Puri (1925–2017), Indian writer, poet and yoga teacher

Kavita Puri, British journalist, radio broadcaster, and author

Narottam Puri (born 1946), Indian sports journalist and broadcaster

Pratima Puri (died 2007), Indian journalist best known for being Doordarshan's first newsreader

Rajinder Puri (1934–2015), Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist

Politicians

Hardeep Singh Puri (born 1952), Indian cabinet minister

Lakshmi Puri (born 1952), Indian diplomat and former assistant secretary-general at the United Nations and the former deputy executive director of UN Women

Manjeev Singh Puri (born 1959), Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre and the former Ambassador of India to Nepal

Naresh Puri (born 1970), Indian politician

Raghunath Sahai Puri (1938–2007), Indian politician and Minister for Housing & Urban Development in Punjab Government

Ranjeev Puri (born 1984), American state representative

Singers

Sanam Puri, lead vocalist of the independent music band SANAM, and Bollywood singer

Samar Puri, guitarist in the band SANAM, popularly known as 'Flying Guitarist'; the sibling of Sanam Puri

Science and academia

Baij Nath Puri (1916–1996), Indian historian and author

Harish Puri (born 1938), Indian political scientist and historian

Ishwar Puri (born 1959), Indian-American and Canadian scientist, engineer, and academic

Jyoti Puri, professor of sociology at Simmons University

Madan Lal Puri (born 1929), Indian-American mathematician and statistician

Manju Puri, Indian-American economics professor at Duke University and editor at the Review of Financial Studies. Currently he is the director of the American Finance Association.

Munish Chander Puri (1939–2005), professor emeritus of mathematics at IIT Delhi

Neel Kamal Puri (born 1956), Indian author and teacher

Ruchir Puri, Indian-American scientist

Sanjay Puri (born 1961), Indian statistical physicist

Spirituality

Harbhajan Singh Puri (1929–2004), spiritual director of the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization)

Sports

Abhinav Puri (born 1944), Indian cricketer

Devraj Puri (1916–1971), Indian cricketer

Gaurav Puri (born 1991), Indian cricketer

Indu Puri (born 1953), Indian table tennis player

Rishi Puri, Indian Sudoku champion

Sangeeta Puri (born 1979), Indian Olympic swimmer

Sunita Puri (died 2020), Indian field hockey player