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List of Indians
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
Dino Morea , model and actor
John Abraham , model and actor
Madhu Sapre
Manish Malhotra , designer
Milind Soman , model and actor
Nafisa Joseph , model and VJ
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 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Dom Moraes , poet, author
Harivansh Rai Bachchan , Hindi poet
Jayakanthan , Tamil writer, Jnanpith awardee
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
Vir Sanghvi , editor, Hindustan Times
Vinod Mehta , editor Outlook
Monita Rajpal , Anchor, CNNCNN Page on Monita Rajpal
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
A-F
G-P
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S-V
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
A-L
M-P
M Karunanidhi , former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Mahatma Gandhi , Father of the Nation , (1869-1948)
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Manik Sarkar
Manmohan Singh
Manohar Parrikar , Chief Minister of Goa
Mayawati
MG Ramachandran , Popularly known as MGR , Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed , Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Mulayam Singh Yadav , Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Narendra Modi , Chief Minister of Gujarat
Natwar Singh
Nripen Chakroborthy
P Chidambaram
P.K. Vasudevan Nair
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Pranab Mukherjee
Pratapsinh Rane , Chief Minister of Goa
R-Y
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
Lakshmipathy Balaji , Cricket
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
Sania Mirza , Tennis
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
Shashindra Pal Tyagi , chief of Indian Air Force
Sidhartha Basu , quiz master
Dr V Mohan Reddy , cardiac surgeon
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