List of people from Indore
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Indore, India, or the surrounding towns.
Academia, business and professionals
- Deepak Mohoni, Indian stock market analyst; studied at Daly College, Indore for four years
- Dr. Chitranjan Singh Ranawat, hip surgeon based in New York, United States; completed his MBBS and MS from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore
- Danish Sheikh, India's only charisma coach; born in Indore; currently living in Mumbai[1]
Artists and literary figures
- Hafeez Contractor, architect of India; born in Indore
- Vijayendra Ghatge, actor in the Hindi film industry; son of Sita Raje Ghatge, who was the daughter of Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903-1926)
- M.F. Husain, painter; spent his childhood in Indore
- Rahat Indori, Urdu poet and songwriter in Hindi films
- Celina Jaitley, Shimla-born Indian actress; mainly appears in Bollywood films; her parents live in the army town of Mhow in the Indore district
- Rais Khan (born 1938), Indian sitar maestro; born in Indore
- Salman Khan, Indian film actor; appears in Bollywood movies; born in Indore
- Ustad Amir Khan (born 1912), celebrated Hindustani classical vocalist; referred to his unique style of khyal singing as "Indore Gharana"; born in Indore
- Sneha Khanwalkar, Indian music director; works in Bollywood; was brought up in Indore
- Swanand Kirkire, lyricist-singer-writer, born in Indore
- Kiran Kumar, Mumbai-based Kashmiri Indian actor; studied at Daly College, Indore
- Kishore Kumar, playback singer and actor; belonged to Khandwa; studied at the Indore Christian College and used to stay in the hostel
- Lata Mangeshkar, playback singer; born in Indore to Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar
- Kunwar Amarjeet Singh, hip-hop and contemporary style dancer; played lead role in Dil Dosti Dance
- Mahadevi Varma, Hindi poet and a freedom fighter; was married to Dr Swarup Narain Varma in Indore
- Johnny Walker, comic actor; born in Indore
Rulers, nationalists, and politicians
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution; campaigner for Dalit rights; born in Mhow
- Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army; studied at Daly College, Indore
- Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, most noted ruler of Holker State; built numerous temples, wells and dharamshalas all over India; spent most of her life in Maheshwar, then capital of the Holkars, situated on the banks of the Narmada and is said to have visited Indore only twice in her lifetime; her name is synonymous with Indore and the university and airport are named after her
- Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar, key figure in Maratha history; galvanized several years of resistance against the British Empire; called the Napoleon of India
- Yeshwantrao Holkar II (born 1908), the Maharaja of Indore belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas; born in Indore
- Ajit Jogi, first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh; District Magistrate of Indore in the 1980s
- Prabhash Joshi, journalist, editor in chief of Jansatta (The Indian Express group)
- Deepak Chaurasia, journalist, editor in chief of India News
- Guru Radha Kishan, Swatantrata Sangram Sainik, fought valiantly for the economic deprivation for the poor and the issues of social deprivation
- Sumitra Mahajan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader and MP; Member of Parliament from Indore Lok Sabha constituency since 1989
- Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Manekshaw, Commandant of the Infantry School, Mhow during the 1950s
- Prakash Chandra Sethi, Indian National Congress politician; Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; Member of Parliament from Indore Lok Sabha constituency (1984-1989); served in a number of positions in the Centre, including Home Minister, Defence Minister, Minister of External Affairs, Finance Minister, Railways, and Housing and Development
- Digvijay Singh, Indian politician; former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party; studied at Daly College in Indore; alumnus of Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore
- General K. Sundarji, Commandant of the College of Combat, Mhow (now known as Army War College) during the early 1980s
- Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi, former Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force from 2004 to 2007.
Sports persons
- Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of Indian women's cricket team
- Captain Mushtaq Ali, Colonel Nayudu's team-mate in the Holkar team and in the Indian team; popularly known as the 'Errol Flynn' of Indian cricket
- Minoti Desai (born 1968), Indian cricketer, represented Indian women's team; born in Indore
- Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and former cricket captain; born in Indore
- Raj Singh Dungarpur, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India; former Indian cricket selector was an ex-student of Daly College, Indore
- Narendra Hirwani, leg spin bowler and former member of Indian cricket team; moved to Indore as a teenager
- Sanjay Jagdale, former state cricketer; presently a national selectors for the senior all-India teams and the honorary secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association; director of the Cricket Club of Indore
- Amay Khurasiya, former member of the Indian cricket team; studied in Indore
- Shankar Lakshman (1933–2006), goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two golds and a silver; captain of the team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games; belonged to Mhow and lived his retired life here until his death
- Colonel C.K. Nayudu, first Indian Test Captain in cricket; led India between 1932 and 1934
- Mir Ranjan Negi, hockey goalkeeper and coach of Indian women's team; won Asian Championship
- Chandu Sarwate, former Indian cricketer and former Indian cricket selector; lived and died in Indore in 2003
- Jalaj Saxena (born 1986), cricketer who plays as an all rounder for the India A cricket team; born in Indore
- Captain Syed Mushtaq Ali (1914-2005), Indian international cricketer; born and died in Indore[2]