Notable Residents
- Anna Hazare Right to Information Act (RTI) Activist.
- Chand Bibi Chand Bibi aka Chand Sultana defended Ahmednagar/Fort against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar.
- Ahilyabai Holkar, born in Chondi village of Jamkhed taluka in Ahmednagar district.
- Spike Milligan, Irish comedian
- Anna Leonowens, educator, feminist, author of The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870)
- Michael J. S. Dewar, a theoretical chemist
- Shahu Modak (1918–1993), a Marathi/Hindi movie actor
- Anand Rishiji Maharaj, religious guide
- Saint Dnyaneshwar, wrote Dnyaneshwari
- Sai Baba of Shirdi (died 1918), saint
- Meher Baba (1894–1969), religious figure
- Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote the book The Discovery of India
- B. R. Ambedkar wrote the book Pakistan or Partition of India
- Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare, a Hindu Mahasabha activist
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar living at village amarapur,pathardi.
- Zaheer Khan famous Indian cricketer
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