Patnaik
Surname list
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Patnaik (also spelled: Pattanayak, Pattanaik, Pattnayak, Chau Patnaik) is a native Odia surname found in states like Odisha, northeastern districts of Andhra Pradesh and southern districts of West Bengal in India.[1] This surname is mainly found in Karan community of Odisha.[2] Tadhau Karana servitors of Jagannath Temple, Puri belonging to Karan community mainly use the title "Pattanayaka".[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, who server on the Supreme Court of India
- Arup Patnaik (born 1955), former Police Commissioner of Mumbai & Indian Politician
- Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), Indian politician & Former Chief Minister Of Orissa
- D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
- Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
- Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
- Dinesh K. Patnaik (born 1967), Diplomat
- Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
- Ellora Patnaik (born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
- Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 1937), former Chief Justice of India
- Hara Patnaik (1958–2015), Oriya actor, film director and screenwriter
- Ila Patnaik, Indian economist and a financial journalist
- Jagabandhu Patnaik, dewan of Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927-2015), was leader of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Orissa
- Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), former Chief Minister of Orissa & Former Central Minister of Government of India
- Niranjan Patnaik, Indian politician & Former OPCC President
- Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian Marxist economist and political commentator
- R. P. Patnaik, Indian film music director
- Raghunath Patnaik, veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, businessman, member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
- Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
- Sudhir Pattnaik, journalist and a social activist of Odisha
- Utsa Patnaik, Indian Marxist economist
