Dr. Dattatray Samant (aka Datta Samant), and popularly referred to as Doctorsaheb, 21 November 1932 – 16 January 1997) was an Indian politician and trade union leader, who is most famous for leading 200–300 thousand textile mill workers in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) on a year-long strike in 1982, which triggered the closure of most of the textile mills in the city.