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
- M.F. Husain, Painter
- Protima Bedi, dancer
- Raja and Radha Reddy, Kuchipudi dancers
- Raja Ravi Varma, Painter
- P.C. Sorcar, Magician
- P.C. Sorcar, Jr., Magician
- Manick Sorcar, Animator/Director/Laserist
- Sudha Chandran, dancer
- B V Karanth, musician
- Girish Karnad, playwright
Business and Industry
- See also: Influential businessmen of India
- Ajay Piramal, chairman, Piramal Enterprises Limited
- Amar Bose, founder Bose Corporation
- Arjun Malhotra, co-founder, HCL Technologies
- Azim Premji, chairman, Wipro
- 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
- Lakshmi Narayan Mittal
- Mukesh Ambani
- 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
- Vivek Paul, CEO of Wipro
Cartoonists
Fashion, modelling and beauty
- For a list of women who have won the Miss India titles see : Miss India
- For a list of Indian Models, see the Category Indian Models
Literature
See also: Indian writing in English
- Allama Iqbal Urdu poet
- Arundhati Roy - Booker Prize for The God of Small Things
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Dom Moraes, poet, author
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Hindi poet
- Jhumpa Lahiri - Pulitzer Prize winner for "Interpreter of Maladies"
- Kabir
- Kaifi Azmi, poet
- Kalhana
- Kalidasa, playwright, creator of Shakuntalam
- Kamala Markandaya, poetess
- Khushwant Singh, novelist
- Manil Suri novelist
- Mahadevi Verma, Hindi poetess
- Mirza Ghalib, Urdu poet
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Munshi Premchand, Hindi novelist
- Nissim Ezekiel - poet, art critic
- Rabindranath Tagore - Nobel Prize in Literature, composer of the national anthems of India and Bangladesh
- 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
- Subhash Kak, writer
- Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi poet
- Tulsidas, poet, author of the Ramayana in Hindi
- Vikram Seth, English novelist, poet
- V.S. Naipaul - Nobel Prize 2001 (Trinidad-born, grandson of an Indian, 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 (http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/gupta.sanjay.html)
- Veer Sanghvi, editor, Hindustan Times
- Vinod Mehta, editor Outlook
Movies
See also: Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners
Directors
Producers
- Amitabh Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. (ABCL)
- Aziz Mirza, Dreamz Unlimited
- Boney Kapoor, Narsimha Enterprises
- Dev Anand, Navketan Films
- Gulshan Rai, Trimurti Films
- Juhi Chawla, Dreamz Unlimited
- K C Bokadia
- K.T. Kunjumon, Gentleman Films
- Mira Nair, Mirabai Films
- Mohanlal, Pranavam Arts
- Mukesh Bhatt, Vishesh Films
- Pooja Bhatt, initially Pooja Bhatt Productions, Fish Eye Network
- 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
- Bobby Bedi, Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Actors
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Actresses
See List of Indian movie actresses
Music
- Abhijeet, singer
- Alka Yagnik, singer
- Amjad Ali Khan
- A.R. Rahman - Composer
- Asha Bhosle, singer
- Babul Supriyo
- Balamurali Krishna
- Geeta Dutt, singer
- Hemant Kumar, composer and singer
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar, composer
- Ilayaraja, Composer
- Kartik Seshadri,Sitarist
- Kavita Krishnamurthy
- Kay Kay, singer
- Khayyam
- Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor
- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
- Lucky Ali, singer
- Mahendra Kapoor, singer
- Manna Dey, singer
- MS Subbulakshmi, Classical (Carnatic) Singer
- Mohammad Rafi, singer
- Mukesh, singer
- Nitin Sawhney, composer
- Naushad, composer
- Noor Jehan, singer
- O.P. Nayyar, composer
- Rahul Dev Burman, composer
- Ravi, composer
- Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro
- S.D. Burman, composer
- Sadhana Sargam
- Salil Chowdhury, composer
- Shamshad Begum
- Sultan Khan
- Suraiya, singer
- Talat Mahmood, singer
- Talvin Singh, composer
- Trilok Gurtu, Percussionist
- 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
- Dr.Rajendra Prasad,First president of India(1950-62)
- Prime Ministers: Prime Minister of India
- Chief Ministers (Tamil Nadu): List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
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Religion
Royalty
See also: List of Mughal emperors
Sciences
Social work
Sports
- Anil Kumble, Cricket
- Anju George, athlete
- Ashok Kumar, hockey
- 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
- Jyoti Randhawa, golf
- Kapil Dev, Cricket
- Karan Rastogi, Tennis
- Karnam Malleswari, Weightlifting
- Leander Paes, Tennis
- Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, cricket
- Milkha Singh, Athlete
- Mohammed Azharuddin, Cricket
- Narain Karthikeyan, car racing
- P Harikrishna, chess
- Pargat Singh, Hockey
- Prakash Padukone, Badminton
- Pravin Thipsay, chess grandmaster
- P. T. Usha, Athlete, Asian Games medallist
- Ramesh Krishnan, tennis
- Rahul Dravid , Cricket
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Shooting
- Ranjitsinghji, cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket
- Saurav Ganguly , Cricket
- Sunil Gavaskar, Cricket
- Vijay Amritraj, lawn tennis
- Viswanathan Anand, Chess
Others
- Amartya Sen, Economist, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1998
- Partha Dasgupta, Economist
- 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
- Irfan Habib, historian
- Lieutenant General Joginder Jaswant Singh
- Kalpana Chawla, first woman astronaut of Indian origin, Columbia astronaut
- Nain Singh
- Noor Inyat Khan, World War II spy, born of an Indian father and descendant of Tipu Sultan
- Rajendra Singh Lodha, chartered accountant
- Rakesh Sharma, first Indian astronaut
- Romila Thapar, (born 1931), historian
- Rumaisa Rahman, smallest born baby in history, and her sister Hima, Indian-Americans
- Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, (born 1940), Chief Justice of India
- Sidhartha Basu, quiz master
See also
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