Chatterjee/Chatarjee (sometimes Chatterji or Chatterjea or chatarjee) Chêṭarji) is an Indian family name of the Bengali Brahmin caste. It is a variant of Chattopadhyay(a). Chattopadhyay (compound of village name "Chaṭṭa" and "upādhyāya" denoting "priest, teacher" originally granted with the village named Chaṭṭa) is the Sanskritized form of the local Prakrit word "chaturjye", anglicized to Chatterjee. Upadhyays from Chattol area of gangetic Bengals were popularly known as Chattopadhyay or Chatterjee. The renowned 19th century mystic Gadadhar Chattopadhyay or Sri Ramakrishna is from this caste.
Lineage and ancestry
Chatterjees or Chatarjees are from the ancient Kashyap Gotra, which means all Chatterjees are descended from the ancient sage Kashyapa, son of Marichi as per the Puranas. Together with Mukherjees, Banerjees, Bhattacharjees and Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.
Families with surname Deogharia are also Chatterjees. The title of Deogharia belongs to Chatterjee families and are of Kashyap gotra of erstwhile Panchkot kingdom (near Adra, Purulia, West Bengal). "DEOGHARIA" is the title given by the regional kings to those KULIN RADHI BRAHMIN OR KANYAKUBJA BRAHMIN, who were appointed as RAJPUJARI for their area (eg for chotanagpur area padma maharaja , ratu maharaja are given Deogharia upadhi for the rajpurari of Ranchi and lohardagga area,AND/or Maanbhum's king like dhanbad's surrounded area and puruliya's ANARA area(Kashipur Rajbari) or SINGBHUM's area ruler's kept them on khutti , chiabasa and jamsedpur area ) .The original title may be Mukherjee,banarjee chatterji,ganguli, mishra.Some of our angsester are may be from Chinpina, CHATTERJEE brahmin's are called DEOGHORIA, upadhi given by Kashipur Rajbari.
Abir Chatterjee – actor
Adhar Kumar Chatterji (1914–2001), the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy 1966–1970
Amarendranath Chatterjee – freedom fighter
Amitava Chattopadhyay – INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation, book author
Angana P. Chatterji (born 1966), anthropologist, activist and feminist historian from Kolkata, India
Anil Chatterjee – actor
Anjan Chattopadhyay (living) – sitar maestro
Aroup Chatterjee (born 1958) – British Indian atheist physician, author of Mother Teresa: The Untold Story
Ashim Chatterjee (20th century) – communist politician and activist
Bamacharan Chattopadhyay (1837–1911), Bengali tantrik and devotee popularly known as "Bamakhepa"
Bankim Chandra Chatterji (1838–1894), Bengali writer, poet and journalist
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838–1894) – author, poet, and journalist
Basu Chatterjee (born 1930) – film director
Basu Chatterji (born 1930), Indian film director
Debashis Chatterjee – professor, IIM, Harvard, MIT
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya – author
Debjani Chatterji (born 1952), Indian-born British poet
Dhritiman Chatterjee – actor
Dhruva Chatterjee – writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies
Gadhadhar Chatterji (1836–1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India
Gautam Chattopadhyay (d. 1999) – musician
Harindranath Chattopadhyay – poet
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee (1895–1969) – revolutionary, activist
Jogesh Chandra Chatterji (1895–1969), Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary and member of Rajya Sabha
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903–1988) – social reformer
Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya (1896–1974) – Sanskrit scholar
Mirai Chatterji, Indian social worker and coordinator at SEWA, Ahmedabad
Moushmi Chatterji (born 1948), Bollywood actress, who has also acted in Bengali cinema
Moushumi Chatterjee (living) – actress
Nalini Ranjan Chatterjee – Chief Justice, Knighted
Nalini Ranjan Chatterji (died 1942), judge of the Calcutta High Court, India from 1910 to 1926
Parambrata Chatterjee – actor
Partha Chatterjee (living) – postcolonial scholar and author
Pratap Chatterjee (living) – journalist and author
Premangsu Chatterjee (1927–2011) – cricketer for Bengal
Priyanshu Chatterjee – Bollywood actor
Prosenjit Chatterjee (living) – Bengali film actor
Pulok Chatterji (born 1952), retired Indian civil servant, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014)
Purnendu Chatterjee – businessman, founder of TCG
Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay – 19th century Hindu religious leader
Ramananda Chatterjee – founder, editor and owner of the Calcutta-based Modern Review
Sabitri Chatterjee – actress
Sabitri Chatterji (born 1937), Indian Bengali female actor whose career spans more than 50 years
Sankar Chatterjee (living) – paleontologist
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938) – novelist and short story writer
Sarojini Naidu née Chattopadhyay (1879–1949) – freedom fighter, poet
Saswata Chatterjee – actor
Shakti Chattopadhyay (born 1934) – poet
Sharat Chandra Chatterji (1876–1938), Bengali novelist and short story writer
Shekhar Chatterjee (living) – serial entrepreneur, speaker.
Shiba P. Chatterjee – professor, former president of International Geographical Union
Somnath Chatterjee (born 1929) – speaker of the Lok Sabha
Soumitra Chatterjee (born 1935) – actor
Sourav Chatterjee – mathematician
Srabanti Chatterjee – actress
Subhendu Chatterjee – actor
Sudeep Chatterjee – cinematographer
Sudip Chatterjee (footballer) – footballer
Suman Chatterjee (now Kabir Suman, born 1950) – Jeebonmukhi musician
Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890–1977), Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur
Swapan Chattopadhyay – director of the Cockcroft Institute
Tannishtha Chatterjee – actress
Tara Chatterjea – philosopher
Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959) – author
Utpal Chatterjee (living) – cricketer
Uttam Kumar (Arun Chatterjee) – Bengali actor
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (1880–1937) – revolutionary
