Bajpai

Bajpai (variously spelt Bajpeyi, Vajpeyi, Vajpayee) is a Hindu Brahmin surname of Hindustani origin. It was a title given to a Vedic priest who had conducted a Vajapeya ritual.

Notable individuals with this surname include:

• Ambika Prasad Bajpai (1880–1968), Indian writer, news editor and scholar
• Amitabh Bajpai (born 1974), Indian politician
• Ananya Vajpeyi, Indian academic and writer
• Anil Kumar Bajpai (born 1957), Indian politician
• Arjun Vajpai (born 1993), Indian mountaineer
• Ashok Vajpeyi (born 1941), Indian poet and writer
• Ashok Bajpai (born 1949), Indian politician
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018), Prime Minister of India
• Bhagwati Dhar Vajpayee (died 2021), Indian journalist
• Ganesh Shankar Bajpai, Indian politician
• Gangadhara Vajapeyi, 18th-century Vedic scholar
• Girija Shankar Bajpai (1891–1954), knighted, first Minister of External Affairs
• G. S. Bajpai, Indian professor of law
• Harshvardhan Bajpai (born 1980), Indian politician
• Himanshu Bajpai (born 1987), Indian musician
• Indrani Bajpai (1930–1999), Indian classical dancer
• Katyayani Shankar Bajpai (1928–2020), Indian diplomat
• Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015), Indian Hindi poet, writer and lyricist
• Kanti Bajpai, Indian academic-analyst and former headmaster of The Doon School
• Laxmikant Bajpai (born 1951), Indian politician
• Laxmi Shankar Bajpai (born 1955), Indian poet
• Manikchandra Vajpayee (1919–2005), Indian journalist and writer
• Manoj Bajpayee (also Bajpai; born 1969), Indian actor
• Nand Dulare Bajpai (1906–1967), Indian literary critic
• Nandini Bajpai (born 1968), children's book author
• Nirupam Bajpai, Indian economist
• Pia Bajpiee (born 1992), Indian film actress and model, who appears primarily in South Indian films
• Punya Prasun Bajpai (born 1964), Indian journalist and TV anchor
• Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925–1998), Indian politician, represented Sitapur
• Sahana Bajpaie (born 1987), Indian singer and songwriter
• Sunil Bajpai (born 1961), Indian professor and paleontologist
• Swati Bajpai, Indian actress
• Tia Bajpai (born 1989), Indian singer, television and film actress
• Uma Shankar Bajpai (1921/1922–2005), Indian diplomat and journalist
• Vidya Dhar Bajpai, Indian politician
• Vineet Bajpai, Indian entrepreneur and author

See also

• All pages with titles containing Bajpai
• All pages with titles containing Vajpayee