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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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Satyendra Nath Bose Science & space Satyendra Nath Bose Indian Bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974) 1894–1974 · West Bengal Shaitan Singh Defence & security Shaitan Singh Indian Army officer, recipient of Param Vir Chakra 1924–1962 · Rajasthan Shashi Kapoor Actors Shashi Kapoor Indian film actor and producer (1938–2017) 1938–2017 · West Bengal Sheila Bhatia Literature & writing Sheila Bhatia Punjabi poet and playwright 1916–2008 Shinzō Abe Politics & governance Shinzō Abe Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022) 1954–2022 Singireddy NarayanaReddy Literature & writing Singireddy NarayanaReddy Jnanpith awardee and renowned Telugu poet 1931–2017 · Telangana Sivaji Ganesan Film & entertainment Sivaji Ganesan Indian stage and film actor (1928-2001) 1928–2001 · Tamil Nadu Sohrab Modi Film & entertainment Sohrab Modi Indian film actor, director, producer (1897-1984) 1897–1984 · Maharashtra Sridevi Actors Sridevi Indian actress (1963–2018) 1963–2018 · Tamil Nadu Sushma Swaraj Politics & governance Sushma Swaraj Indian politician 1952–2019 · Haryana Swami Bhaktivedanta Narayan Religion & spirituality Swami Bhaktivedanta Narayan Indian monk (1921-2010), founder of the International Pure Bhakti Yoga Society 1921–2010 · Uttar Pradesh Swami Shantananda Saraswati Religion & spirituality Swami Shantananda Saraswati Indian guru (1913-1997) 1913–1997 · Uttar Pradesh T. N. Seshan Civil services & diplomacy T. N. Seshan Indian civil servant 1932–2019 · Kerala Tenzing Norgay Other sports Tenzing Norgay Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986) 1914–1986 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Literature & writing Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Novelist and short story writer of Malayalam language (1912–1999) 1912–1999 · Kerala Udupi Ramachandra Rao Science & space Udupi Ramachandra Rao Indian space scientist (1932–2017) 1932–2017 · Karnataka V. P. Singh Politics & governance V. P. Singh Prime Minister of India (1989-1990) 1931–2008 · Uttar Pradesh V. Shantaram Film & entertainment V. Shantaram Indian film director and actor (1901–1990) 1901–1990 Vikram Sarabhai Science & space Vikram Sarabhai Father of Indian space programme (1919–1971) 1919–1971 · Gujarat Yash Chopra Film & entertainment Yash Chopra Indian film director, script writer and film producer (1932–2012) 1932–2012 Zakir Husain Politics & governance Zakir Husain 3rd President of India (1897-1969) 1897–1969 · Telangana Dance Yamini Krishnamurthy Indian dancer (1940–2024) 1940–2024 · Andhra Pradesh Freedom struggle Vinoba Bhave Gandhian leader of the Bhoodan movement 1895–1982 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary Madan Mohan Punchhi 28th Chief Justice of India 1933–2015

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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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