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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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Osborne Smith Banking & finance Osborne Smith Indian banker (1876–1952) 1876–1952 P. V. Narasimha Rao Politics & governance P. V. Narasimha Rao Prime Minister of India (1991-1996) 1921–2004 · Telangana Pamela Chopra Playback singers Pamela Chopra Indian playback singer and film producer 1948–2023 Pran Actors Pran Indian actor (1920–2013) 1920–2013 Pranab Mukherjee Politics & governance Pranab Mukherjee President of India from 2012 to 2017 1935–2020 · West Bengal Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Science & space Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Indian scientist and statistician (1893–1972) 1893–1972 · West Bengal Prithviraj Kapoor Film & entertainment Prithviraj Kapoor Indian actor (1906-1972) 1906–1972 R. K. Laxman Art & culture R. K. Laxman Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist 1924–2015 · Karnataka R. K. Narayan Journalism & media R. K. Narayan Indian English-language writer (1906–2001) 1906–2001 · Tamil Nadu Raj Kapoor Actors Raj Kapoor Indian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988) 1924–1988 Rajesh Khanna Actors Rajesh Khanna Indian actor and film producer (1942–2012) 1942–2012 · Punjab Rajiv Gandhi Politics & governance Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister of India (1984-1989) 1944–1991 · Maharashtra Ranganath Mishra Law & judiciary Ranganath Mishra 21st Chief Justice of India 1926–2012 · Odisha Ratan Tata Business & industry Ratan Tata Indian industrialist (1937–2024) 1937–2024 · Maharashtra Ravindra Kelekar Literature & writing Ravindra Kelekar Indian author (1925–2010) 1925–2010 · Goa Richard Attenborough Actors Richard Attenborough British actor (1923–2014) 1923–2014 Ronald Ross Literature & writing Ronald Ross British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857–1932) 1857–1932 · Uttarakhand Ruby Myers Film & entertainment Ruby Myers Indian actress (1907–1983) 1907–1983 · Maharashtra S. M. Krishna Politics & governance S. M. Krishna Indian politician 1932–2024 · Karnataka S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Playback singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Indian playback singer (1946–2020) 1946–2020 · Andhra Pradesh Saadat Hasan Manto Journalism & media Saadat Hasan Manto Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955) 1912–1955 · Punjab Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Politics & governance Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975) 1888–1975 · Tamil Nadu Satyajit Ray Literature & writing Satyajit Ray Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992) 1921–1992 · West Bengal Satyananda Saraswati Religion & spirituality Satyananda Saraswati Yogi (1923-2009) 1923–2009 · Uttarakhand

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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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