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Pandit Manilal Nag (born 16 August 1939) is an Indian classical sitar player and an exponent of the Bishnupur gharana of Bengal. He was given the Padma...

Prakash Keshav Javadekar (born 30 January 1951) is an Indian politician and former parliamentarian. He served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and...

Baba Sewa Singh is an Indian social worker and environmentalist, involved in the restoration and maintenance of the historic Gurudwaras at Khadoor Sahib...

Miyuki Watanabe (渡辺 美優紀, Watanabe Miyuki, born 19 September 1993 in Nara Prefecture) is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a...

Ayekpam Tomba Meetei is an Indian social worker, works for the welfare of orphans and economically poor people of Manipur. He has also contributed towards...

Ram Prakash Gehlote was awarded the Padma Shri in 1957 for his work in the fields of science and engineering. "Padma Awards Directory" (PDF). Indian Ministry...

Ganapathi Sachchidananda, also known as Sri Swamiji, is a Hindu avadhuta and guru. He is a religious figure mainly in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil...

Queenie Madaline Rynjah (née Dunn) is a social worker and educationist from Indian state of Meghalaya. She was awarded the Padma Shri award by Government...

Kazi Sharmin Nahid Nupur (born 17 December 1975), known by her stage name Shabnur, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She won Bangladesh National Film Award...

Dattatraya Yeshwant Phadke was head of Electronics division at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He was also the founder of the Indian Vacuum Society...

Syed Qaim Daim Ali Shah (Sindhi: سيد قائم علي شاه ,Urdu: سید قائم علی شاہ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the elected Chief Minister of Sindh...

Rita Thyagarajan alias Sucharitha Thyagarajan (born 10 June 1984), known by the mononym Rita, is an Indian playback singer who sings in Tamil, Telugu,...

Leonid Khabarov (Russian: Леони́д Васи́льевич Хаба́ров, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit xɐˈbarəf]; born May 8, 1947) is a former Soviet military officer whose battalion...

Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (Persian: ناصر مکارم شیرازی, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia marja' and religious leader...

Ray Lau Kong-wah, JP (born 22 June 1957, Hong Kong), also called Ray Lau, is a former Hong Kong Government official and former member of both the Legislative...

Atsushi Itō (伊藤 淳史, Itō Atsushi, born November 25, 1983) is a Japanese actor. He started acting at the age of three in education programs. He is currently...

Shin Dong-ho (born June 29, 1994) is a former South Korean singer who acquired fame as a singer of the boy group U-KISS. Dongho was the most active member...

Thum Ping Tjin (Chinese: 覃炳鑫; pinyin: Tán Bǐng Xīn) (born 17 December 1979), also known as PJ Thum, is a Singaporean historian, journalist, podcaster,...

Uday Suresh Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian banker and founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, where he is a non-executive director. In the early 1980s...

Albert Yeung Sau-shing (Chinese: 楊受成; born 3 March 1943) is a Hong Kong businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Emperor Group. He is also as the...