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Puri is an Indian Punjabi surname of Kshatriya Varna derived from a Chandravanshi Indo Aryan Puru tribe of King Porus.
The Dictionary of American Family Names notes that puri means a small town in Punjabi but it is uncertain whether this is related to the surname.[1] Another theory derives it from the Purus,[2][3] the mythological Indo-Aryan tribe.
Buddha Prakash, professor of history and of Ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology, director of the Institute of Indic Studies, said:
The Purus settled between the Asikni and the Parusni, whence they launched their onslaught on the Bharatas, and after the initial rebuff in the Dasarajna War, soon regrouped and resumed their march on the Yamuna and the Sarasvati and subsequently merged with the Bharatas, Some of their off-shoots lingered on in the Punjab and one of their scions played a notable part in the events of the time at Alexander's invitation. They probably survived in the Punjab under the name of Puri, which is a sub-caste of the Khatris.[2]
Notable people
Bankers
Businessmen and managers
Film actors
- Aarti Puri, Indian actress and model
- Akanksha Puri, Indian actress
- Akash Puri, Indian actor
- Amrish Puri, Bollywood and Hollywood film actor
- Amrita Puri, Bollywood film actress
- Chaman Puri (1914-1988), Indian actor
- Koel Purie, Indian actress, producer and TV presenter
- Madan Puri, Bollywood film actor
- Mayur Puri, Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker
- Neeta Puri, Indian actress and model
- Om Puri, Bollywood and Hollywood film actor
- Pearl V Puri, Indian television actor
- Preeti Puri, Indian actress
- Rajesh Puri, Indian actor
- Satyajeet Puri, Indian actor
- Shashi Puri, Indian actor
- Vardhan Puri, Indian actor
- Vibhu Puri, Indian film director, writer and lyricist
Independence activists and martyrs
Journalists
- Balraj Puri, Journalist, writer and human rights activist
- Belle Puri, Canadian journalist
- Kavita Puri, British journalist, radio broadcaster, and author
- Narottam Puri, Indian sports journalist and broadcaster
- Pratima Puri, Indian journalist best known for being Doordarshan's first newsreader
- Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist
Politicians
- Hardeep Singh Puri, Indian cabinet minister
- Lakshmi Puri, former assistant secretary-general at the United Nations and the former deputy executive director of UN Women.
- Manjeev Singh Puri, Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre and the former Ambassador of India to Nepal
- Raghunath Sahai Puri, Minister for Housing & Urban Development in Punjab Government
- Ranjeev Puri, 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, Indian historian and author
- Harish Puri, Indian political scientist and historian
- Ishwar Puri, Indian-American and Canadian scientist, engineer, and academic
- Jyoti Puri, professor of sociology at Simmons University
- Madan Lal Puri, 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, professor emeritus of mathematics at IIT Delhi
- Neel Kamal Puri, Indian author and teacher
- Ruchir Puri, Indian American scientist
- Sanjay Puri, Indian statistical physicist
Spirituality
Sports
Army
- Aman Puri, Indian Army
- Anil Puri, Indian Army
- Baij Nath Puri, Indian Army
- Bipin Puri, Indian Army
- Deepak Puri, Indian Army
- Mohinder Puri, Indian Army
- Pritha Puri, Indian Army
- Rajeev Puri, Indian Army
- Sachin Puri, Indian Army
- Sandeep Puri, Indian Army
- Suresh Puri, Indian Army
See also
References
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