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This is a list of famous and notable people from India. This would include persons who
are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the
context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
For important Native Americans, formerly also known as Indians, see List of Native Americans
Arts
- Amrita Sher-Gil,
painter
- Birju Maharaj, Dancer
- Jatin Das, painter
- Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancer
- Mallika Sarabhai, Dancer
- MF Hussain, Painter
- Protima Bedi, dancer
- Raja and Radha Reddy, Kuchipudi dancers
- Raja Ravi Varma,
Painter
- PC Sorcar, Magician
- Sudha Chandran,
dancer
Business and Industry
- Arjun Malhotra, co-founder, HCL Technologies
- Dewang Mehta, ex-chief of
NASSCOM
- J.R.D. Tata, Industrialist, Tata
Groups
- GD Birla, Industrialist, Birla
Group
- Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, Godrej Industries
- Jamnalal Bajaj
- N.R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder Infosys
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder Hotmail
- Sanjiv Sidhu, founder
i2 Technologies
- Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Kirloskar Group
- Subrata Roy, Sahara India Parivar
- Verghese Kurien, founder Operation Flood
- Bobby Kishore, General
Manager Microsoft Corporation
- Vinod Khosla, co-founder Sun Microsystems
Cartoonists
Fashion, modelling and beauty
- For a list of women who have won the Miss India titles see : Miss
India
- John Abraham, model and actor
- Madhu Sapre
- Manish Malhotra,
designer
- Milind Soman, model and
actor
- Ritu Beri, designer
- Rohit Bal, designer
Literature
See also: Indian writing in
English
- Allama Iqbal Urdu poet
- Arundhati Roy - Booker Prize for The God of Small
Things
- Dom Moraes, poet, author
- Harivansh Rai
Bachchan, Hindi poet
- Kabir
- Kaifi Azmi, poet
- Kalhana
- Kalidasa, playwright, creator of Shakuntalam
- Khushwant Singh,
novelist
- Mahadevi Verma, Hindi
poetess
- Mirza Ghalib, Urdu poet
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Munshi Premchand, Hindi novelist
- Rabindranath Tagore - Nobel Prize in Literature, composer of Indian national
anthem
- R.K. Narayan, English short-story writer
- Salman Rushdie - Booker Prize for Midnight's
Children
- Shashi Tharoor - Author of The Great Indian Novel besides
other books
- Sumitranandan
Pant, Hindi poet
- Tulsidas, poet, author of the Ramayana in Hindi
- Vikram Seth, English novelist, poet
- V.S. Naipaul - Nobel
Prize 2001 (of Indian descent, never an Indian citizen)
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer - Malayalam novelist
- Vayalar Ramavarma - Malayalam poet
Mass Media
- Aniruddha Bahal, writer
and Tehelka journalist
- Deepak Chaurasia,
consulting editor and anchor, Doordarshan News
- Khushwant Singh
- M. J. Akbar, chief editor, Asian Age
- Prannoy Roy, president,
NDTV
- Arun Shourie, journalist
- Pritish Nandy
- Nilanjan
Mukhopadhyay, research coordinator, Doordarshan
- Saeed Naqvi
- Sanjay Pugalia, director,
STAR News
- Sanjay Gupta, Anchor, CNN CNN Page on Sanjay Gupta
- Veer Sanghvi, editor,
Hindustan Times
Movies
See also: Dadasaheb Phalke Award
winners
Directors
Producers
- Amitabh Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. (ABCL)
- Aziz Mirza, Dreamz Unlimited
- Dev Anand, Navketan Films
- Juhi Chawla, Dreamz
Unlimited
- K.T. Kunjumon, Gentleman
Films
- Mira Nair, Mirabai Films
- Mohanlal, Pranavam Arts
- Raj Kapoor, R.K. Films
- Ram Gopal Varma, Varma
Corporation Ltd.
- Shahrukh Khan, Dreamz Unlimited
- Sooraj Barjatya,
Rajshri Films
- Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts
- Sunil Dutt, Ajanta Arts
- Yash Chopra, Yashraj Films
- Yash Johar, Dharma Productions
Actors
A-H
J-R
S-V
Actresses
See List of Indian movie
actresses
Music
- Abhijeet, singer
- Alka Yagnik, singer
- Amjad Ali Khan
- A.R. Rahman - Composer
- Anu Malik, composer
- Asha Bhosle, singer
- Babul Supriyo
- Balamurali
Krishna
- Geeta Dutt, singer
- Hemant Kumar, composer and singer
- Hridaynath
Mangeshkar, composer
- Ilayaraja, Composer
- Kavita
Krishnamurthy
- Kay Kay, singer
- Khayyam
- Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor
- Kumar Sanu, singer
- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
- Lucky Ali, singer
- Mahendra Kapoor, singer
- Manna Dey, singer
- MS Subbulakshmi, Classical (Carnatic) Singer
- Mohammad Rafi, singer
- Mukesh, singer
- Naushad, composer
- Noorjehan, singer
- O.P. Nayyar, composer
- Rahul Dev Burman, composer
- Ravi, composer
- Ravi Shankar, Sitar
maestro
- Sadhana Sargam
- Shamshad Begum
- Sultan Khan
- Suraiya, singer
- Talat Mahmood, singer
- Udit Narayan, singer
- Yesudas, singer, devotional and film songs, exponent of Carnatic
music
- Zakir Hussain, Tabla
maestro
- Zubin Mehta, conductor
Organised Crime
Philosophers
Politics
- Presidents: President of India
- Prime Ministers: Prime Minister of
India
- Chief Ministers (Tamil Nadu): List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Bal Thackeray
- Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
- E.K. Nayanar
- Feroze Gandhi
- Indira Gandhi
- J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Lal Krishna Advani
- Laloo Prasad Yadav
- M Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Manmohan Singh
- Mayawati
- MG Ramachandran, Popularly known as MGR, Former
Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu
- Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief minister, Uttar Pradesh
- Narendra Modi, chief minister, Gujarat
- Natwar Singh
- P Chidambaram
- P. V. Narasimha Rao
- Phoolan Devi (1963-2001), dacoit, bandit, Member of Parliament, (see
Bandit Queen)
- Pranab Mukherjee
- Priyanka Gandhi (born 1971)
- Rabri Devi (born 1959)
- Rahul Gandhi, MP from Amethi
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy
- Ravi Shankar
Prasad
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950)
- Shrikant Jichkar (1954-2004)
- Somnath Chatterjee (born 1929)
- Subhash Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
- Yashwant Sinha (born 1937)
Religion
Royalty
See also: List of Mughal emperors
Sciences
Social work
Sports
- Anil Kumble, Cricket
- Anju George, athlete
- Baichung Bhutia, Football
- Chandu Borde, Cricket
- Dhanraj Pillay, Hockey
- Dhyan Chand, Hockey
- Geet Sethi, snooker
- Gopichand, badminton
- Harbhajan Singh, Cricket
- Javagal Srinath, Cricket
- Jeev Milkha Singh, golf
- Kapil Dev, Cricket
- Karnam Malleswari,
Weightlifting
- Leander Paes, Tennis
- Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis
- Mansoor
Ali Khan Pataudi, cricket
- Milkha Singh, Athlete
- Mohammed Azharuddin, Cricket
- Pargat Singh, Hockey
- Prakash Padukone,
Badminton
- P. T. Usha, Athlete, Asian
Games medallist
- Ramesh Krishnan,
tennis
- Rahul Dravid , Cricket
- Ranjitsinghji, cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket
- Sania Mirza, Junior Wimbledon Girls champion
- Saurav Ganguly , Cricket
- Sunil Gavaskar, Cricket
- Viswanathan Anand, Chess
Others
- Amartya Sen, Economist, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998
- Avinash Kak, professor
- Jaishree Odin, teacher
- B.K.S. Iyengar, proponent of yoga
- Balbir Singh Sodhi, victim of September 11-related revenge violence
- Basava Premanand, Skeptic and debunker of gurus
- Bimal Jalan, ex-Governor Reserve Bank of India
- Kalpana Chawla, first Indian woman astronaut (Born Indian, later
American citizen), Columbia astronaut
- Noor Inyat Khan, World War II spy, born of an Indian father and
descendant of Tipu Sultan
- Rakesh Sharma, first Indian astronaut
- Ram Nath Kak, veterinarian
- Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, (born 1940), Chief Justice of India
- Sidhartha Basu, quiz
master
- Subhash Kak, writer
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