Tagore (name)

Tagore is a surname held by the Tagore family. Notable people with the surname include:

Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family

A branch of the family based in the Jorasanko neighbourhood of Kolkata.

• Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), artist
• Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905), Brahmoism founder
• Dwarkanath Tagore (1794–1846), businessman and aristocrat
• Dwijendranath Tagore (1840–1926), writer, musician, and pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations
• Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938), artist
• Ganendranath Tagore (1841–1869), musician and founder of Jorasanko Natyashala; a member of the Tagore family
• Hemendranath Tagore (1844–1884), nationalist, yogi, founder of Adi Dharm
• Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849–1925), musician
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), writer, performer, the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913. Composed the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems
• Ramanath Tagore (1801–1877), social figure associated with British Indian Association and son of Nilmoni Tagore
• Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923), musician, reformer, and the first Indian to join the ICS in 1863
• Swarnakumari Devi (1855–1932), female novelist

Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family

A branch of the family based in the Pathuriaghata neighbourhood of Kolkata.

• Gnanendramohan Tagore (1826–1890), first Asian to be called to the English bar in 1862; see List of members of Lincoln's Inn
• Gopimohan Tagore (1760–1819), one of the founders of Hindu College
• Jatindramohan Tagore (1831–1908), philanthropist
• Prasanna Coomar Tagore (1801–1886), lawyer and member of the Atmiya Sabha
• Prodyot Coomar Tagore (1873–1942), former Sheriff of Calcutta
• Sourindramohan Tagore (1840–1914), founder of the Banga Sangeet Vidyalaya and the Bengal Academy of Music
• Sharmila Tagore (b. 1944), film actor