List of Hindus
- This is an incomplete list, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. Hindus constitute a population of 950 million around the world. The following is a list of prominent and famous people who are Hindus.
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Religious figures / Philosophers
- Adi Shankara : Philosopher Saint, Social reformer
- Abhinavagupta : Exponent of Kashmir Saivism
- Agastyar : Saint, First and foremost person of Siddha
- Aksapada Gautama : author of Nyaya Sutras, the foundation of the Nyaya school of Hinduism
- Annie Besant : Theosophist and president of the Congress Party
- Sri Aurobindo : Mystic and philosopher
- Auvaiyar : Beloved Tamil female saint
- A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada : Founder-acharya of ISKCON
- Acharya Koshalendraprasad Pande Acharya of Ahmedabad Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday[1]
- Acharya Rakeshprasad Pande Acharya of Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday[2]
- Bhagawan Nityananda,Mystic Yogi
- Bharata : Advocated Advaita philosophy, Bharat, the other name for India, is named after him
- Bhartrihari : Author of Vairagya Satakam, hundred verses of renunciation
- Bhaskararaya : Author of Varivasya Rahasyam
- Bogar : Legendary South Indian Siddhar. Created Lord Murugan statue in Palani.
- Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya : Philosopher
- Kanakadasa:Greatest Saint of Bhakti movement.
- Swami Chinmayananda : Religious leader
- Deepak Chopra : Personality Development Author
- Ananda Coomaraswamy : Art historian
- Dattatreya : Narrated Jnana Kanda, taught Ashtanga Yoga to Patanjali
- Swami Dayananda : Religious leader
- Shri Madhvacharya : Philosopher Saint
- Narayana Guru : Mystic and philosopher
- Nisargadatta Maharaj : Teacher
- Patanjali : Founder of Patanjali Yoga
- Ram Dass : American spiritual leader
- Ramana Maharshi : Mystic
- Ram Mohan Roy : Reformer
- Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa : Philosopher Saint, Social reformer
- Ramanuja : Philosopher Saint
- Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu : Saint & Spiritual preceptor
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan : Vedantic Philosopher
- Shankaracharya of Kanchi, Hindu Seer & Spiritual preceptor
- Shriram Sharma Acharya : Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar
- Swami Sivananda: Yogi
- Sivaya Subramuniyaswami : Modern sage
- Thirumoolar : One of the 18 Siddhars
- Sage Valmiki : Author of the epic Ramayana
- Swami Vivekananda : Philosopher Saint, Social reformer
- Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi : Jagadguru,Reckoned as the greatest Karmayogi to uphold Sanatana Dharma since Swami Vivekananda
- Vyasa : Author of the epic Mahabharata
- Paramahansa Yogananda : Yogi
- Tibbetibaba : Philosopher Saint
- Purandara Dasa : Father of Carnatic music & philosopher
Monarchs / National leaders / Politicians
Maurya Dynasty (324 BC-184 BC)
- Chandragupta Maurya (324 BC-301 BC)
- Bindusara Amitraghata (301 BC-269 BC)
- Ashoka Vardhana (269 BC-232 BC)
- Chanakya : Prime Minister to the Chandragupta Maurya
Gupta Dynasty (319-543)
- Chandra Gupta I (319-335)
- Samudra Gupta (335-380)
- Chandra Gupta II (380-415)
- Kumara Gupta I (415-455)
- Skanda Gupta (455 -467)
- Buddha Gupta (467-499)
- Bhana Gupta (499-543)
Pallava Dynasty
Chola Dynasty (1st century to 1279)
- Athiththa Chola (871-907 )
- Uththama Chola (973-985 )
- Rajaraja Chola I (985-1014 )
- Rajendra Chola I (1012–1044 )
- Rajadhiraja Chola I (1018–1054 )
- Kulothunga Chola I (1070–1120 )
Rajput Dynesty (700 to 1526)
- Dushyant Chauhan(713-750)
- Ajay Pal Chauhan
- Prithvi Raj Chauhan(1149-1192)
- Maharana Sanga (1480-1526)
Vijayanagar Empire Hakka Raya Bukka Raya Krishna Deva Raya Aliya Rama Raya
Maratha Emperors (1674–1818)
- Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674–1680)
- Sambhaji (1680–1688)
- Emperor Rajaram (1688–1700)
- Queen Tarabai (1700–1707)
- Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj (1707–1712)
- Balaji Vishwanath (1707–1720)
- Peshwa Bajirao I (1720–1740)
- Balaji Bajirao (1740–1761)
- Madhavrao Peshwa (1761–1772)
- Narayanrao Peshwa (1772–1773)
- Raghunath Rao (1773–1774)
- Madhava Rao Narayan (1774–1796)
- Baji Rao II (1796–1818)
Wodeyars of Mysore (1399-1950)
- Yaduraya (1399–1423)
- Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar I (1423–1459)
- Thimmaraja Wodeyar I (1459–1478)
- Hiriya Chamaraja Wodeyar II (1478–1513)
- Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja III Wodeyar (1513–1553)
- Thimmaraja Wodeyar II (1553–1572)
- Bola Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576)
- Bettada Devaraja Wodeyar (1576–1578)
- Raja Wodeyar I (1578–1617)
- Chamaraja Wodeyar V (1617–1637).
- Raja II Wodeyar (1637–1638)
- (Ranadhira) Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar I (1638–1659)
- Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar (1659–1673)
- Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar (1673–1704)
- Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II (1704–1714)
- Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1714–1732)
- Chamaraja Wodeyar VI (1732–1734)
- (Immadi)Krishnaraja II Wodeyar (1734–1766)
- Nanajaraja Wodeyar (1766–1770)
- Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1770–1776)
- Khasa Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (1766–1796)
- (Mummudi) Krishnaraja III Wodeyar (1799–1868)
- Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (1868–1894)
- H.H. Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX served as regent from 1894 to 1902.
- (Nalvadi) Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (1894–1940)
- Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (1940–1950).
Nepal
- Prithvi Narayan Shah (1768–1775) ruler of Gurkha from 1743
- Pratap Singh Shah (1775–1777)
- Rana Bahadur Shah (1777–1799)
- Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva (1799–1816)
- Rajendra Bikram Shah (1816–1847)
- Surendra Bikram Shah (1847–1881)
- Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1881–1911)
- Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (1911–1955) first time
- Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah (1956–1972)
- Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1972–2001)
- Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2001)
- Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2001–2008) second time
Cambodia
- Jayavarman I (7th century)
- Suryavarman I (1002–1050)
- Udayadityavarman II (1050–1066)
- Suryavarman II (1113–1150)
- Dharanindravarman II (1150–1160)
Indonesia
- Gajah Mada Prime Minister of Majapahit,14th century
- Hayam Wuruk Ruler of Majapahit,14th century
- Sabdapalon Priest, advisor to king of Majapahit, 15th Century
- Jayabaya Ruler of Kediri, 12th Century
- Airlangga Ruler of Kediri
20th century
- Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray, (Founder of Hindu Politacal Party Shivsena).
- Balgangadhar Tilak : National leader
- Bidhan Chandra Roy : Indian politician
- Devan Nair, Former President, Singapore
- S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore
- Mohandas Gandhi : National leader
- C. Rajagopalachari, Ex-Governor General of India; writer & statesman
- Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Ex-President, India
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan : Ex-President, India
- Chidambaram Subramaniam, ex-Steel & Mines Minister of India; Bharat Ratna Awardee & 'Father of the Indian Green Revolution'
- Subramanian Swamy, Politician
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Education, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
- Atal Behari Vajpayee : Ex. PM of India, Leader of BJP.
- L.K.Advani : Leader BJP
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar, First Female and Current Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Cheddi Jagan, First Hindu President of Guyana.
- Basdeo Panday, First Hindu Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Bharrat Jagdeo, Current President of Guyana.
- [Dr.keshav Balram Hedgevar], Founder of RSS ( Largest social organisation in the world
Military
- General O.P. Malhotra, Ex-Army Chief, Governor of Punjab, Social Worker
- Rakesh Sharma, first Indian astronaut
- Shashindra Pal Tyagi, chief of Indian Air Force
Business leaders / Top executives
India
- Ajay Piramal, chairman, Piramal Enterprises Limited
- Alfred Ford, also known as Ambarish Das, is great grandson of legendary Henry Ford
- Anil Ambani son of Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance Inc
- Dewang Mehta, ex-chief of NASSCOM
- GD Birla, Industrialist, Birla Group
- Jamnalal Bajaj
- Kalanidhi Maran, Media Baron
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biotechnology entrepreneur
- Kumar Birla, businessman, Birla Group
- M.A. Chidambaram, Industrialist
- Mukesh Ambani Chairman and CEO of the Largest Company in India (Reliance Industries). The 4th Richest Man in the World.
- N.R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder Infosys
- S. Ramadorai, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
- Ramalinga Raju : Satyam Computers
- Shantanu Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Kirloskar Group
- Shiv Nadar, Chairman & CEO of HCL & Forbes List of Billionaires
- Subrata Roy, Sahara India Parivar
- Sunil Mittal
- Vijay Mallya, chairman, UB group of companies
Overseas
Founder / Entrepreneurs / Venture Capitalists
- Amar Bose : Founder of Bose Corporation
- Arjun Gupta : A Silicon Valley venture capitalist
- Ashwin Navin : Co-Founder and President of BitTorrent, Inc.
- Bharat Desai : Founder of Syntel
- Gagan Palrecha : Entrepreneur
- Lakshmi Mittal : Chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal. The Richest Man in United Kingdom and the 5th Richest in the World.
- Mukesh Chatter : Businessman
- Micky Jagtiani : Founder of the Landmark group, Dubai.
- Murugan Pal : Founder and CTO of SpikeSource
- Narendra Patni: Founder of Patni Computer Systems
- Naveen Jain : Founder of InfoSpace and Intelius
- Pradeep Sindhu : Co-Founder and CTO of Juniper Networks
- Preetish Nijhawan : Co-Founder of Akamai Technologies.
- Ram Shriram : Co-Founder of Junglee.com and board member at Google
- Sameer Parekh : Founder of C2Net
- Sanjiv Sidhu : Founder of i2 Technologies
- Suhas Patil: Founder of Cirrus Logic
- Vivek Ranadive : Founder, Chairman and CEO of TIBCO Software
- Vinod Gupta : Founder and Chairman of InfoUSA Inc.
- Vinod Khosla : Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Venture Capitalist.
Business Executives
- Abhi Talwalkar : President and CEO of LSI Corporation
- Ajit Jain : Possible successor to Warren Buffett
- Ananda Krishnan : Media Baron. The Richest Man in Malaysia. (ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil)
- Anshu Jain : Global Head and Managing Director of capital markets at Deutsche Bank.
- Arvind Raghunathan : Managing Director and Head of Global Arbitrage at Deutsche Bank.
- Dinesh Paliwal : Chairman and CEO, Harman International
- Gunjan Bagla : Management Consultant, Managing Director, Amritt; Author Doing Business in 21st Century India.
- Gunjan Sinha : Chairman of MetricStream
- Indra Nooyi : Chairman annd CEO, PepsiCo
- Pradeep K Jaisingh : CEO of International Oncology
- Prakash Puram : President and CEO of iXmatch.
- Raj Vaswani : Vice President of Engineering at Epinions.com.
- Rajiv Gupta : General Manager of Hewlett Packard
- Ramani Ayer : Chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group
- Ranji H. Nagaswami : Chief Investment Officer for AllianceBernstein Fund Investors
- Rono Dutta : Former President of United Airlines; Chairman of Air Sahara
- Sanjay Jha : Co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Motorola Mobile Devices
- Sanjiv Ahuja : CEO of Orange Telecommunications
- Shantanu Narayen : CEO of Adobe Systems.
- Srichanda Hinduja : Hinduja Brothers
- Vikram Pandit : Chairman and CEO, Citigroup
- Vyomesh Joshi : Executive Vice President of Imaging and Printing Group, Hewlett-Packard Company.
Former
- Arun Sarin : Former CEO of Vodafone Inc.
- Bobby Mehta : Former CEO and Vice Chairman of HSBC North America
- Jay Sidhu : Former Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bancorp
- Lakshmi Narayanan : Vice Chairman and former CEO of Cognizant Corporation.
- Rajat Gupta : Former Managing Director of McKinsey & Company
- Rakesh Gangwal : Former CEO and Chairman of US Airways Group
- Rana Talwar : Former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank
Writers / Poets
Ancient times to 19th century
- Paravastu Chinnayya Soori, Telugu poet
- Aathreya, Telugu poet
- Auvaiyar, Saivite saint and Tamil poet
- Bharathidasan, Tamil poet & rationalist
- Kalidasa, Sanskrit poet, wrote the play Sakuntala
- Kambar, Tamil poet, translated Ramayana into Tamil
- Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet, anti-colonialist writer
- Thiruvalluvar, Tamil author & poet, wrote the ancient Tamil treatise Thirukural
- Tholkappiar, Tamil grammarian, wrote Tholkappiyam
- Tulsidas, Hindi poet, translated Ramayana into Hindi
- Kanaka Dasa
- Purandara Dasa
- Kumara Vyasa
- Akka Mahadevi
- Adikavi Pampa
- Vyasatirtha
- Allama Prabhu
- Sant Tukaram
- Sant Eknath
- Sant Dnyaneshwar
- Sant Namdev
20th century
- Rabindranath Tagore, writer, 1913 Nobel Literature Prize Winner
- V.S. Naipaul, writer, Nobel Literature Prize winner
- Aldous Huxley, novelist, author of Brave New World
- Arun Kolatkar, poet
- Bharati Mukherjee, US author
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Christopher Isherwood, writer
- Eknath Easwaran, Malayali-American author
- Gopal Baratham, Singapore writer (also, leading neurosurgeon)
- Harivanshrai Bachchan, Hindi poet, father of Amitabh Bachchan
- Prof. Karmegha Konar, Tamil poet
- Jayakanthan, Tamil writer, Jnanpith awardee
- Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winner for "Interpreter of Maladies"
- Kalhana
- Kamala Markandaya, poet
- Kannadasan, Tamil poet & lyricist, known as kavi arasu (king of poets)
- R.K. Laxman, cartoonist & humorist
- Manil Suri novelist
- Mahadevi Verma, Hindi poet
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Munshi Premchand, Hindi novelist
- Pudhumaipithan, influential and revolutionary Tamil writer
- R.K. Narayan, English short-story writer, Malgudi tales
- J.D. Salinger, novelist
- Shashi Tharoor, author of The Great Indian Novel
- Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi poet
- Vikram Seth, English novelist, poet
- Vayalar Ramavarma - Malayalam poet
- Savitri Devi Mukherji - writer and devotee of Adolf Hitler
- Gopalakrishna Adiga
- U. R. Ananthamurthy
- Kappe Arabhatta
- Amoghavarsha
- Basava
- Bhavageete
- D. R. Bendre
- Chamarasa
- Chikkupadhyaya
- Gangadhar V. Chittal
- Dinakara Desai
- Manu V. Devadevan
- Subbanna Ekkundi
- Gangadevi
- M. Govinda Pai
- Janna
- Gourish Kaikini
- Chandrashekhara Kambara
- Shivarama Karanth
- Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
- Kuvempu
- S. Manjunath
- A. N. Murthy Rao
- Nagavarma I
- Nagavarma II
- K. S. Narasimhaswamy
- K. S. Nissar Ahmed
- Sri Ponna
- Rajasekhara
- Samethanahalli Rama Rao
- Ranna
- Rudrabhatta
- Mamta Sagar
- Sarvajna
- Shishunala Sharif
- Shivakotiacharya
- G. S. Shivarudrappa
- B. M. Srikantaiah
- T. N. Srikantaiah
- Tirumalamba
Scientists / Inventors / Engineers / Doctors
Ancient times to 19th century
- Madhav (8th century A.D.), medical text author and systematizer
- Abhay Ashtekar, loop quantum gravity researcher
- Amartya Sen, economist, Nobel Prize winner
- Anil Kakodkar, nuclear scientist, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
- Kalpana Chawla, astronaut
- Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, 1930 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
- R. Chidambaram, Scientific Adviser to Prime Minister; ex-Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
- Ganapathi Thanikaimoni, palynologist, French Institute of Pondicherry, awarded the Fyson Prize in Natural Science
- Jagadish Chandra Bose, father of radio science
- Marti Subrahmanyam, finance expert, professor at NYU
- C.K. Prahalad, management expert at University of Michigan Business School
- V.S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist, Director Professor at UC San Diego
- S.S. Ratnam, pioneer in Singapore in-vitro fertilisation
- S.R. Ranganathan, devised the five laws of library science
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Information Technology
- Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of USB
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
- Vinod Dham, designed Intel's Pentium processor
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Mathematicians
- Yajnavalkya 1800 BC, author of the altar mathematics of the Shatapatha Brahmana
- Lagadha, author of a 1350 BC text on Vedic astronomy
- Baudhayana 800 BC
- Manava 750 BC
- Apastamba 700 BC
- Aksapada Gautama 550 BC, logician
- Katyayana 400 BC
- Pāṇini 5th century BC
- Pingala 5th century BC
- Bharata Muni 450 BC
- Aryabhata, astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for astronomical constants, 500
- Varahamihira
- Bhāskara I 620
- Brahmagupta - Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic
- Virahanka (8th century) - Gave explicit rules for the Fibonacci series
- Shridhara (between 650-850) - Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere
- Lalla 720-790
- Govindsvamin (9th century)
- Virasena
- Mahavira (9th century)
- Jayadeva(9th century)
- Prithudaka 9th century
- Halayudha10th century
- Aryabhata II 920-1000
- Vateshvara(10th century)
- Brahmadeva 1060-1130
- Sripati 1019-1066
- Gopala - Studied Fibonacci numbers
- Hemachandra - Also studied Fibonacci numbers
- Bhāskara II- Developed the Chakravala method and concepts of mathematical analysis
- Gangesha Upadhyaya 13th century, Logician, Mithila school
- Pakshadhara sone of Gangehsa, Logician, Mithila school
- Shankara Mishra Logician, Mithila school
- Narayana Pandit
- Madhava- considered the father of mathematical analysis
- Parameshvara (1360–1455)
- Nilakantha Somayaji, mathematician and astronomer
- Mahendra Suri (14th century)
- Shankara Variyar (c. 1530)
- Vasudeva Sarvabhauma 1450-1525, logician, Navadvipa school
- Raghunatha Shiromani (1475–1550), logician, Navadvipa school
- Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha c. 1575, logician, Navadvipa school
- Jyesthadeva
- Jagadisha Tarkalankara c. 1625, logician, Navadvipa school
- Gadadhara Bhattacharya c. 1650, logician, Navadvipa school
- Munishvara (17th century)
- Kamalakara (1657)
- Jagannatha(1730)
- Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858–1937)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920)
- A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892–1953)
- Meghnad Saha (1893–1956)
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972
- Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974) mathematical physicist, famous for Bose-Einstein statistics
- Raj Chandra Bose (1901–1987)
- D.K. Ray-Chaudhuri
- Harish-Chandra (1923–1983)
- C.Radhakrishna Rao
- Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran (1922–2001)
- Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930-)
- Shakuntala Devi (1939-)
- Vijay Kumar Patodi (1945–1976)
- Narendra Karmarkar (1957-)
- M.V. Subbarao
- Rudranath Capildeo (1920–1970)
Musicians / Singers / Dancers
- Abhijeet Sawant, singer
- Alka Yagnik, singer
- Asha Bhosle, singer
- Babul Supriyo
- Balamurali Krishna
- Geeta Dutt, singer
- George Harrison, musician and member of the Beatles
- Hemant Kumar, composer and singer
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar, composer
- Ilan Chester, Latin Grammy Winner Venezuelan singer
- Ilayaraja, Famous Tamil Film Songs Composer
- KRS-One, Jamaican-American rapper
- Kannadasan, Famous Tamil Film Songs lyricist
- Kartik Seshadri, sitarist
- Kavita Krishnamurthy
- Kay Kay, singer
- Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor
- Krishna Das : born Jeffrey Kagel, a singer of kirtan-style devotional music
- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
- M.I.A., singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer
- Mahendra Kapoor, singer
- Manna Dey, singer
- MS Subbulakshmi, classical (carnatic) singer
- Mukesh, singer
- Nitin Sawhney, composer
- O.P. Nayyar, composer
- Ravi Shankar : Sitar virtuoso, multiple Grammy winner, mentor to George Harrison
- Rahul Dev Burman, composer
- Ravi, composer
- S.D. Burman, composer
- Sadhana Sargam
- Salil Chowdhury, composer
- Sanjukta Panigrahi, classical Odishi Dancer
- Suraiya, singer
- Trilok Gurtu, percussionist
- Udit Narayan, singer
- K.S Chitra, singer
- Sujataha Mohan ,singer
- S.Janaki, singer
- P.Suseela, singer
Film Producers / Directors
- Satyajit Ray, film director
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- Balachander
- Balu Mahendra
- Bimal Roy
- Boney Kapoor
- David Dhawan
- Dev Anand
- Gemini Ganesan
- Guru Dutt
- Karan Johar
- Mani Ratnam
- Manoj Night Shyamalan (born Indian, later American citizen)
- Mira Nair
- Mrinal Sen
- Navnit Bham
- Raj Kapoor
- Ranbir kapoor
- Rajkumar Santoshi
- Ram Gopal Varma
- Ritwik Ghatak
- Sai Paranjpe
- Satish Kaushik
- Shankar Nag
- Shekhar Kapoor
- Shyam Benegal
- Subhash Ghai
- Subodh Mukherjee
- Shakti Samanta
- Vishal Bharadwaj
- Yash Chopra
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Actors / Actresses
- Dev Anand
- Abhishek Bachchan
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Anil Kapoor
- Simran Bagga
- Chiranjeevi
- Guru Dutt
- Sanjay Dutt
- Sunil Dutt
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Suresh Gopi
- Govinda
- Gulshan Grover
- Sunil Shetty
- Aftab Shivdasani
- Akshay Khanna
- Amol Palekar
- Kal Penn
- Amrish Puri
- Annu Kapoor
- Aman Verma
- Anupam Kher
- Ashok Kumar
- Asha Parekh
- Aishwarya Rai
- Balraj Sahni
- Bipasha Basu
- Hrithik Roshan
- Julia Roberts
- Jackie Shroff
- Jeetendra
- Kamal Haasan
- Karan Kapoor - Shashi Kapoor's son
- Kareena Kapoor
- Karthik Sivakumar
- Koena Mitra
- O. Madhavan
- Madhuri Dixit
- Manoj Bajpai
- Manoj Kumar
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Mohanlal
- Prithviraj Sukumaran Nair
- Navin Nischol
- Om Prakash
- Om Puri
- Padma Lakshmi
- Prabhu
- Pran
- Preity Zinta
- Rajini Kanth
- Raj Kapoor, actor and director
- Rajendra Kumar
- Rajkumar (Natasarvabhouma)
- Raaj Kumar
- Rajiv Kapoor
- Rajesh Khanna
- Rakesh Roshan
- Randhir Kapoor
- Rishi Kapoor
- Roshan Seth
- Sanjay Kapoor
- Sanjeev Kumar
- Shahid Kapoor
- Shankar Nag
- Shakti Kapoor
- Shammi Kapoor
- Shashi Kapoor
- Satish Kaushik
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Silambarasan Rajendar
- Surya Sivakumar
- Tamannaah Bhatia
- Tusshar Kapoor
- Utpal Dutt
- Uttam Kumar
- Vinod Khanna
- Vinod Mehra
- Radha Mitchell
- Vijay
- Vivek Oberoi
- Vishnuvardhan
- Ganesh
- Anant Nag
- Upendra
- Shivrajkumar
- Kelli Williams
Sports figures
Chess
- Viswanathan Anand
- P Harikrishna
- Krishnan Sasikiran
- Murugan Thiruchelvam
- Pravin Thipsay
- Ramachandran Ramesh
Tennis
Formula One Racing
Cricket
- Anil Kumble
- Chandu Borde
- Javagal Srinath
- Kapil Dev
- Lakshmipathy Balaji
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Rahul Dravid
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Saurav Ganguly
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Dilip Vengsarkar
- Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
- Rohan Kanhai
- Raman Subba Row
- Vinoo Mankad
- Lala Amarnath
- Vijay Merchant
- CK Nayudu
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
- Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Ranji Trophy named in his honour
- Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, Duleep Trophy named in his honour
- V.V.S. Laxman
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Gautam Gambhir
- Virendra Sehwag
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies
- Danish Kaneria, Pakistan
- Anil Dalpat, Pakistan
- Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies
- Mahendra Nagamootoo, West Indies
- Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka
- Ravi Bopara, England
- Jeetan Patel, New Zealand
- Ajit Agarkar
- Ravi Shastri
- S Venkataraghavan
- Venkatesh Prasad
- Sunil Joshi
- Gundappa Viswanath
- Parthiv Patel
- Suresh Raina
- Ashish Nehra
- Murali Vijay
- Praveen Kumar
- Virat Kohli
- Rohit Sharma
- Ishant Sharma
- Amit Mishra
- Dinesh Karthik
Hockey
Badminton
Shooting
Other sports
- Pankaj Advani, snooker
- Geet Sethi, snooker
- P. T. Usha, Asian Games medallist
- Karnam Malleswari, weightlifting
- Ricky Williams, football
Activists
- Vandana Shiva, environmentalist, critic of globalization
- Medha Patkar, environmentalist, opponent of Narmada Dam
Guiness World Record Holders
- Girivasan Thirumazhisai Chakravarthy, Guinness World Record; For fastest Typing of English Alphabets A-Z (with space between each alphabet) - 4.71 seconds
Others
- Chotta Rajan, crime syndicate boss
See also
References
- ^ "Times Music cassette on Swaminarayan serial launched". Times of India. 2006-01-19. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "Vadtal, the delinquent in Swaminarayan family". Times of India. 2003-02-17. Retrieved 2009-04-13.