Ramdas Paranjpe (1912-1989) was a lawyer practicing in Pune, India. He was a prominent lawyer, dealing on both civil and criminal cases in Pune's District Court and in the Bombay High Court. He was the first lawyer to defend members of the tribal Phase pardhi community, that was declared a criminal tribe during the English colonial rule. He was elected the president of the Pune Bar Association in 1963. He was also the Deputy Mayor of Pune in 1963.

Sir Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye also known as Wrangler Paranjpye was an Indian mathematician and diplomat who served as the 1st High Commissioner of India to Australia from 1945 to 1947. He became the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge. Later in life he also served as the Vice Chancellor of many Indian universities.