| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harsha V. Agadi |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Chairman of Quiznos |
| Mukesh Ambani |
Business |
19-Apr-1957 |
|
India's richest man |
| Amitabh Bachchan |
Actor |
11-Oct-1942 |
|
Top Hindi megastar, Zanjeer |
| Bipasha Basu |
Actor |
7-Jan-1979 |
|
Apaharan |
| Amar Bose |
Inventor |
2-Nov-1929 |
|
Inventor of Bose speakers |
| J. C. Bose |
Botanist |
30-Nov-1858 |
23-Nov-1937 |
Plant physiology |
| Satyendra Nath Bose |
Physicist |
1-Jan-1894 |
4-Feb-1974 |
Bose-Einstein condensates |
| George Burdi |
Activist |
1970 |
|
Founded Resistance Records |
| Chandragupta |
Royalty |
c. 321 BC |
c. 298 BC |
Indian emperor, established Mauryan dynasty |
| Bankim Chandra Chatterji |
Novelist |
26-Jun-1838 |
8-Apr-1894 |
Krishna Kanta's Will |
| Deepak Chopra |
Author |
22-Oct-1946 |
|
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind |
| Alice Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1937 |
12-Jan-2007 |
Musician and widow of John Coltrane |
| Rivers Cuomo |
Musician |
13-Jun-1970 |
|
Weezer frontman |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Arun Gandhi |
Activist |
14-Apr-1934 |
|
Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi |
| Indira Gandhi |
Head of State |
19-Nov-1917 |
31-Oct-1984 |
First Female Prime Minister of India |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
Activist |
2-Oct-1869 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Proselytizer of nonviolence |
| Rajiv Gandhi |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1944 |
21-May-1991 |
Prime Minister of India 1984-9 |
| Nathuram Vinayak Godse |
Assassin |
19-May-1910 |
15-Nov-1949 |
Assassinated Gandhi |
| Inder Kumar Gujral |
Head of State |
4-Dec-1919 |
|
Prime Minister of India, 1997-98 |
| Sanjay Gupta |
TV Personality |
23-Oct-1969 |
|
CNN's resident neurosurgeon |
| King Gyanendra |
Royalty |
07-Jul-1947 |
|
Last King of Nepal |
| George Harrison |
Musician |
25-Feb-1943 |
29-Nov-2001 |
Beatle |
| Kamal Hassan |
Actor |
7-Nov-1954 |
|
Tamil superstar |
| Christopher Isherwood |
Author |
26-Aug-1904 |
4-Jan-1986 |
The Berlin Stories |
| Jayapradha |
Actor |
3-Apr-1962 |
|
Bollywood actress, Indian MP |
| Anerood Jugnauth |
Head of State |
29-Mar-1930 |
|
President of Mauritius |
| Mindy Kaling |
Actor |
24-Jun-1979 |
|
Kelly Kapoor on The Office |
| Raj Kapoor |
Actor |
14-Dec-1924 |
2-Jun-1988 |
Top 20th Century Hindi megastar |
| Rajesh Khanna |
Actor |
29-Dec-1942 |
18-Jul-2012 |
Anand |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
9-Nov-2011 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| KRS-One |
Rapper |
20-Aug-1965 |
|
Father figure for hip-hop |
| Jhumpa Lahiri |
Author |
11-Jul-1967 |
|
Interpreter of Maladies |
| M.I.A. |
Rapper |
18-Jul-1975 |
|
Arular |
| Sanjaya Malakar |
Singer |
10-Sep-1989 |
|
American Idol |
| Hema Malini |
Actor |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Baabul |
| Ved Mehta |
Author |
21-Mar-1934 |
|
Face to Face |
| Ajay Naidu |
Actor |
12-Feb-1972 |
|
Samir in Office Space |
| K. R. Narayanan |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1921 |
9-Nov-2005 |
President of India, 1997-2002 |
| Kamal Nath |
Government |
18-Nov-1948 |
|
Indian Minister of Commerce |
| S. R. Nathan |
Head of State |
3-Jul-1924 |
|
Sixth President of Singapore |
| Jawaharlal Nehru |
Head of State |
14-Nov-1889 |
27-May-1964 |
First Prime Minister of India |
| Indra Nooyi |
Business |
28-Oct-1955 |
|
CEO of PepsiCo |
| Radhabinod Pal |
Judge |
27-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal |
| Dev Patel |
Actor |
23-Apr-1990 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Politician |
5-Sep-1888 |
17-Apr-1975 |
Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67 |
| Aishwarya Rai |
Actor |
1-Nov-1973 |
|
The Queen of Bollywood |
| Rajinikanth |
Actor |
12-Dec-1949 |
|
Tamil megastar |
| Rajkumar |
Actor |
24-Apr-1928 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Kannada megastar kidnapped by Veerappan |
| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Scientist |
1952 |
|
Ribosomes |
| Sendhil Ramamurthy |
Actor |
17-May-1974 |
|
Mohinder Suresh on Heroes |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Mathematician |
22-Dec-1887 |
26-Apr-1920 |
Self-educated mathematician |
| Navin Ramgoolam |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Mauritius |
| C. N. R. Rao |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1934 |
|
Chemistry of superconductivity |
| Narasimha Rao |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1921 |
23-Dec-2004 |
Prime Minister of India, 1991-96 |
| Sri Sri Ravishankar |
Religion |
13-May-1956 |
|
The Art of Living |
| Raj Reddy |
Educator |
13-Jun-1937 |
|
Professor of Computer Science, CMU |
| Julia Roberts |
Actor |
28-Oct-1967 |
|
Pretty Woman |
| Chandra Shekhar |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1927 |
8-Jul-2007 |
Prime Minister of India, 1990-91 |
| Vandana Shiva |
Activist |
5-Nov-1952 |
|
Eco-Feminist |
| Vijay Singh |
Golf |
22-Feb-1963 |
|
Winner of 2004 PGA Championship |
| Sridevi |
Actor |
13-Aug-1963 |
|
Lamhe |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
Cricket |
24-Apr-1973 |
|
Top batsman in cricket |
| Shashi Tharoor |
Government |
9-Mar-1956 |
|
UN Under Secretary General, 2002-07 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1924 |
|
Prime Minister of India, 1998-2004 |
| Veerappan |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1952 |
18-Oct-2004 |
India's greatest Sandalwood smuggler |
| Paramahansa Yogananda |
Religion |
5-Jan-1893 |
7-Mar-1952 |
Self-Realization Fellowship |
