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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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Indu Jain Business & industry Indu Jain Indian businesswoman (1936–2021) 1936–2021 · Uttar Pradesh Irawati Karve Literature & writing Irawati Karve Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970) 1905–1970 Irrfan Khan Actors Irrfan Khan Indian actor (1967–2020) 1967–2020 · Rajasthan James Braid Taylor Banking & finance James Braid Taylor Indian central banker (1891–1943) 1891–1943 Jayakanthan Literature & writing Jayakanthan Indian writer, journalist, filmmaker 1934–2015 · Tamil Nadu Jayant Narlikar Science & space Jayant Narlikar Indian astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025) 1938–2025 · Maharashtra JRD Tata Business & industry JRD Tata French‑born Indian industrialist (1904–1993) 1904–1993 K. Balachander Film & entertainment K. Balachander Indian director, producer, writer, actor, playwright, stage conductor, and comedian (1930–2014) 1930–2014 · Tamil Nadu K. G. Subramanyan Art & culture K. G. Subramanyan Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, writer and academic (1924-2016) 1924–2016 · Kerala K. R. Narayanan Politics & governance K. R. Narayanan President of India from 1997 to 2002 1920–2005 · Kerala K. S. Chandrasekharan Science & space K. S. Chandrasekharan Indian mathematician and professor at ETH Zürich (1920–2017) 1920–2017 · Andhra Pradesh K. Shivaram Karanth Literature & writing K. Shivaram Karanth Indian writer (1902-1997) 1902–1997 · Karnataka K.C. Mahindra Business & industry K.C. Mahindra Indian industrialist 1894–1963 · Punjab Kamini Kaushal Actors Kamini Kaushal Indian actress 1927–2025 Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Journalism & media Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (1887-1971) 1887–1971 · Gujarat Kanan Devi Film & entertainment Kanan Devi Indian actress (1916–1992) 1916–1992 · West Bengal Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan Science & space Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan Indian physicist (1898-1961) 1898–1961 · Tamil Nadu Kaviyoor Ponnamma Playback singers Kaviyoor Ponnamma Indian actress (1945–2024) 1945–2024 · Kerala Kazi Nazrul Islam Literature & writing Kazi Nazrul Islam National poet of Bangladesh 1899–1976 · West Bengal Kedarnath Singh Literature & writing Kedarnath Singh Indian writer 1934–2018 · Uttar Pradesh Khushwant Singh Journalism & media Khushwant Singh Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (1914–2014) 1915–2014 Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Journalism & media Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist (1914–1987) 1914–1987 · Haryana Koka Subba Rao Law & judiciary Koka Subba Rao 9th Chief Justice of India 1902–1976 · Andhra Pradesh Krishna Sobti Literature & writing Krishna Sobti Indian writer (1925–2019) 1925–2019

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Profiles start from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; summaries are short and credited on each page), with portraits only under free Commons licences. Editors review every profile before it is published — living people always.

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.

Reliability 1–5 on each profile is the weakest source behind what the page shows: 5 official record, 4 strong sources (Forbes, major publications), 3 encyclopedic sources, 2 or less weak.

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