Personalities

Famous personalities of India

Short, sourced profiles — sector, state, honours, facts and quotes. Money figures always name their source and year; estimates are marked.

374 people

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Law & judiciary Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 35th Chief Justice of India 1940–2022 · Madhya Pradesh Business & industry Ramnath Goenka Indian newspaper publisher (1904–1991) 1904–1991 · Bihar Composers Ravi Shankar Indian sitar player (1920–2012) 1920–2012 · Uttar Pradesh Science & space Roddam Narasimha Indian scientist (1933–2020) 1933–2020 · Karnataka Literature & writing Rudyard Kipling English writer and poet (1865–1936) 1865–1936 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary S. H. Kapadia 38th Chief Justice of India (1947–2016) 1947–2016 · Maharashtra Banking & finance S. Jagannathan Indian banker 1914–1996 Business & industry S. N. Goenka Burmese teacher of vipassanā meditation (1924–2013) 1924–2013 Banking & finance S. Venkitaramanan Indian economist, (1931-2023) 1931–2023 · Tamil Nadu Journalism & media Sachchidananda Vatsyayan Indian writer (1911–1987) 1911–1987 · Uttar Pradesh Religion & spirituality Sai Kaleshwar 1973–2012 · Tamil Nadu Defence & security Sam Manekshaw Indian military officer (1914–2009) 1914–2008 · Punjab Actors Sanjeev Kumar Indian film actor (1938-1985) 1938–1985 · Gujarat Law & judiciary Sarv Mittra Sikri 13th Chief Justice of India (1908–1992) 1908–1992 Religion & spirituality Satchidananda Saraswati Yogiraj (1914-2002) 1914–2002 · Tamil Nadu Science & space Satish Dhawan Former ISRO Chairman 1920–2002 · Jammu and Kashmir Literature & writing Satya Vrat Shastri Jnanpith Award recipient in Sanskrit. Indian academic 1930–2021 Defence & security Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh Indian general 1903–1977 · Maharashtra Politics & governance Shankar Dayal Sharma President of India from 1992 to 1997 1918–1999 · Madhya Pradesh Religion & spirituality Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati Shankaracharya of jyotirmath and dwarka sharda math 1924–2022 · Madhya Pradesh Literature & writing Shankha Ghosh Indian Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021) 1932–2021 Dance Shanta Rao Indian dancer 1930–2007 · Karnataka Politics & governance Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Kashmiri politician (1905-1982) 1905–1982 · Jammu and Kashmir Politics & governance Sheila Dikshit Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (1938-2019) 1938–2019 · Punjab

Where this comes from

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Net worth and income come from official records (election affidavits, company filings) or recognised rich lists (Forbes, Hurun), each with its year. News-report figures are shown only as marked estimates. We never guess anyone's gender: it is shown only as the person states it.

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