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Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is a surname found commonly among several different communities , most commonly found amongst the Gorkha and Chhetri Kshatriyas communities of Nepal; Pande dynasty of Nepal were the Kshatriyas Chhetri aristocratic family who dominated the Nepalese administration and military up until the 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar,

Notable people

• Aditya Pande, (born 1976) Indian contemporary artist
• Alok Pandey, Indian actor
• Ananya Panday, Indian actress
• Basdeo Panday, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001
• B. D. Pande (born 1917), former governor of Punjab and West Bengal
• Bhim Bahadur Pande (1915-1992), Nepalese aristocrat, diplomat and historian, awarded title of Sardar
• Brij Bihari Pandey, political leader
• Chhavi Pandey (born 1994), Indian actress and anchor
• Chittu Pandey (1865–1946), Freedom fighter from Baliya
• Chunky Pandey (born 1962), Bollywood film star
• Dalbhanjan Pande, Nepalese politician, military officer and senior minister from Gora Pande clan
• Damodar Pande, Mulkaji (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal; Son of Kaji Kalu Pande
• Ganesh Pandey, first Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom
• Ganpath Rai Pandey, revolutionary, rebel leader and zamindar.
• Ghanshyam Pande, religious leader, commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers
• Govind Chandra Pande (1923–2011), historian
• Gyanendra Pandey (born 1972), Cricketer
• Kabinga Pande (born 1952), Minister of Foreign Affairs Zambia (originally hailing from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
• Kalu Pande (born Vamshidhar Pande); Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom, one of the Nepalese military leaders of Unification of Nepal, Leader of aristocratic Pande family of Nepal
• Kedar Pandey (1920–1982), politician, Chief Minister of Bihar
• Kedar Nath Pandey (1943-2022} Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India
• Rahul Sankrityayan (Kedarnath Pandey) polyglot Writer, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy Award winner
• Mahendra Bahadur Pandey (born 1948), Nepali politician
• Mangal Pandey an Indian soldier who played a key part in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Great Rebellion of 1857
• Manish Pandey (born 1989), Indian cricketer
• Manish Raj Pandey (born 1970), Nepalese cricketer
• Capt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Indian Army officer from First Gorkha Rifles; winner of Param Vir Chakra, India's highest bravery award
• Mike Pandey, Wildlife film maker
• Mrinal Pande (born 1946), Indian journalist, editor, columnist, (TikamGarh, Madhya Pradesh)
• Neeraj Pandey (born 1973), Bollywood film director, writer & producer
• Nirmal Pandey (1962–2010), Bollywood actor from Nainital in Uttarakhand
• Nitesh Pandey (born 1973), Indian TV/films actor
• Piyush Pandey, Advertising executive, Mumbai, India
• Poonam Pandey (born 1991), Bollywood actor, Mumbai, India
• Pradeep Pandey Indian Film Actor
• Prasoon Pandey (born 1961), film director
• Prem Chand Pandey, Scientist and Founder Director, NCAOR-Indian Antarctic Program
• Prithvi Bahadur Pande, Chairman of Nepal Investment Mega Bank Limited
• Rahul Pandey, Indian playback singer
• Raj Mangal Pande (born 1920), politician, former Central HRD Cabinet Minister, Government of India
• Rajkumar R. Pandey Indian film director, producer, music composer and screenwriter
• Rana Jang Pande (Mukhtiyar), Prime Minister of Nepal, Son of Kaji Damodar Pande
• Ranajit Pande, Nepalese Mulkaji from aristocratic Pande family
• Rangaraj Pandey (born 1975), Tamil journalist, political analyst, actor, TV anchor
• Rati Pandey, Indian actress and anchor
• Ravish Kumar (full name Ravish Kumar Pandey), Journalist at NDTV
• Ritesh Pandey, Indian politician
• Ritesh Pandey (singer), Indian singer
• Rohini Pande, economist
• Sandeep Pandey (born 1965), social activist
• Santosh Pandey, (born 1990), Indian Advocate, British Solicitor, Businessman, Investor
• Saroj Pandey, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Shikha Pandey (born 1989), Indian female cricketer
• Sunil Pandey, M.L.A piro
• Surendra Pandey (born 1958), Nepali politician
• Tansen (Ramtanu Pandey), One of navratnas of Akbar and scholar of ragas and India's great musician
• Tarkeshwar Pandey, former Indian Member of Parliament
• V. C. Pande (1932–2005), former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
• Vamsharaj Pande – Dewan (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal
• Vijay Kumar Pandey, Nepali media personality
• Vijay S. Pande (born 1970), protein biochemist
• Vinod Pande, film maker and author
• Members of Pande family