Famous People with Name Joshi

Joshi Helgesson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Joshi Helgesson: is a Swedish figure skater. She is coached by her mother. Her older sister Viktoria is also a competitive skater.

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi: an Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school), he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). In 2008, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.[1]Until the first half of the 20th century, khayal was principally taught in the Guru Shishya (master-disciple) tradition. Bhimsen's guru Sawai Gandharva was the chief disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, who along with his cousin Abdul Waheed Khan was the founder of the Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani music.

Gayatri Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gayatri Joshi: a model turned Bollywood actress. Her first and only film, is the 2004 released, Swades.Her parents are maharashtrian .She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, and was crowned Sony Entertainment Channel's My Miss India-voted by viewers, and was chosen to represent India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan. She has worked as an advertising model in addition to making appearances in several music videos: She appeared in music videos of Jagjit Singh’s Kaghaz Ki Kashti and Hansraj Hans’ Jhanjaria.

Anandi Gopal Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anandi Gopal Joshi: was the first Indian woman to obtain a medical degree.[1]. She was the first Indian woman to be trained in Western system of medicine (the first Indian woman physician per se was Kadambini Ganguly). A fictionalized account of her life has been depicted in the novel "Anandi Gopal", written by S. J. Joshi (ISBN 978-8185604008).[2][3][4]

Arun Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Arun Joshi: was an Indian writer of English. He is known for his extraordinary novels The Strange Case of Billy Biswas and The Apprentice. He won the prestigious the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel The Last Labyrinth in 1982.

Shekhar Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shekhar Joshi: a renowned Hindi author, who is equally famous for being his hallmark insight into the culture, traditions and lifestyles of people of Uttarakhand, as late Shailesh Matiyani, together they created a composite image of ethos of Kumaon for the rest of nation. His most known works are Dajyu (Big Brother) and Kosi Ka Ghatwar (The Miller of Kosi)