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.

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Literature & writing Shrilal Shukla Indian writer (1925–2011) 1925–2011 · Uttar Pradesh Film & entertainment Shyam Benegal Indian director and screenwriter (1934–2024) 1934–2024 · Telangana Actors Smita Patil Indian actress (1955–1986) 1955–1986 · Maharashtra Actors Sombhu Mitra Indian actor (1915-1997) 1915–1997 · West Bengal Defence & security Somnath Sharma Proud on major Somnath Sharma (1923–1947) 1923–1947 · Himachal Pradesh Film & entertainment Soumitra Chatterjee Indian actor (1935–2020) 1935–2020 · West Bengal Literature & writing Subhash Mukhopadhyay Indian writer 1919–2003 · West Bengal Mathematics Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Indian-American astrophysicist 1910–1995 Law & judiciary Sudhi Ranjan Das 5th Chief Justice of India (1894–1977) 1894–1977 · West Bengal Literature & writing Sumitranandan Pant Indian writer 1900–1977 · Uttarakhand Defence & security Sundararajan Padmanabhan Indian Army general (1940–2024) 1940–2024 · Kerala Literature & writing Sunil Gangopadhyay Award-winning and bestselling Bengali poet and author (1934-2012) 1934–2012 Defence & security Sunith Francis Rodrigues Formerly Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army 1933–2022 · Maharashtra Playback singers Surinder Kaur Indian singer (1929-2006) 1929–2006 Religion & spirituality Swami Ramdas Hindu guru (1884–1963) 1884–1963 · Kerala Religion & spirituality Swami Vishnu Tirtha Hindu Yogi (1888–1969) 1888–1969 Film & entertainment Tapan Sinha Indian film director (1924–2009) 1924–2009 · West Bengal Defence & security Tapishwar Narain Raina Recipient of Maha Vir Chakra (1921-1980) 1921–1980 · Punjab Literature & writing Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Name in kannada -ತಾರಶಂಕರ ಬಂಡೋಪಾಧ್ಯಯ Indian writer (1898–1971) 1898–1971 · West Bengal Television & digital Tarla Dalal Chef (1936-2013) 1936–2013 · Maharashtra Politics & governance Tarun Gogoi Former Chief Minister of the state of Assam in India (1936-2020) 1936–2020 · Assam Science & space Thanu Padmanabhan Indian theoretical physicist (1957–2021) 1957–2021 · Kerala Politics & governance Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel Indian politician (1903–1994) 1903–1994 Actors Tripti Mitra Indian actress (1925–1989) 1925–1989 · Assam

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