Kothari may refer to:

• Ashish Kothari, Indian environmentalist
• Brij Kothari (born 1964), Indian social entrepreneur
• Daulat Singh Kothari (1905–1993), Indian scientist.
• D. P. Kothari (born 1944), Indian educationist and professor
• Neelam Kothari (born 1968), Indian actress and jewellery designer
• Jehangir Kothari (1857-1934), Parsi merchant
• Komal Kothari (1929 – 2004), Indian folklorist and ethnomusicologist from Jodhpur
• Meghna Kothari, Indian film actress
• Priyanka Kothari also known as Nisha Kothari (born 1983), Indian film actress
• Rajni Kothari (died in 2015), Indian political scientist, political theorist and academic
• S. P. Kothari, Indian academic
• Shuchi Kothari, New Zealand-based Indian scriptwriter, and producer
• Sunil Kothari, Indian dance historian, scholar and critic

• Kothari (temple), in the Swaminarayan Hindu Faith
• Kothari Commission
• Kothari River, Rajasthan