Patnaik
Patnaik/pattnaik/pattanayak is an Indian Karana caste surname. They basically belong to the state of Odisha.Notable people with the surname include:
- Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, currently serving on the Supreme Court of India
- Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), Indian politician
- D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
- Arup Patnaik (born 1955), Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post.
- Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
- Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
- Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
- Ellora Patnaik (born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
- 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
- Rai Bahadur Mandhata Gorachand Patnaik, was first minister of Odisha State and a noted lawyer
- Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), the Chief Minister of Orissa, India
- Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian economist and political commentator
- R. P. Patnaik, Indian film music director
- Raghunath Patnaik, veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
- Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
See also
- Biju Patnaik Airport, also known as Bhubaneswar Airport in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
- Biju Patnaik University of Technology, created by an act of the Orissa state legislature in 2002
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