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.

443 people

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Journalism & media Mohammed Zubair Indian journalist and fact-checker b. 1988 · Karnataka Business & industry Mohanlal Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1960) b. 1960 · Kerala Cricket MS Dhoni Indian cricket player (born 1981) b. 1981 · Jharkhand Religion & spirituality Mukundananda Indian Hindu Guru b. 1960 Politics & governance Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu Vice President of India from 2017 to 2022 b. 1949 · Andhra Pradesh Banking & finance N. C. Sen Gupta Indian civil servant Law & judiciary N. V. Ramana 48th Chief Justice of India b. 1957 · Andhra Pradesh Politics & governance Nara Chandrababu Naidu Indian politician b. 1950 · Andhra Pradesh Politics & governance Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India since 2014 b. 1950 · Gujarat Business & industry Natasha Poonawalla Indian businesswoman b. 1981 Chess Neelotpal Das Indian chess player b. 1982 · West Bengal Athletics Neeraj Chopra Indian male javelin thrower b. 1997 · Haryana Chess Nihal Sarin Indian chess player b. 2004 · Kerala Social work & NGOs Nileema Mishra Indian social worker b. 1972 Defence & security Nirmal Chander Vij Indian Chief of Army Staff b. 1943 · Jammu and Kashmir Athletics P. T. Usha Indian track and field athlete b. 1964 · Kerala Business & industry P.V. Ramprasad Reddy Businessman Chess Pa Iniyan Indian chess player b. 2002 · Tamil Nadu Dance Padma Subrahmanyam Indian dancer b. 1943 · Tamil Nadu Business & industry Padmasree Warrior Indian chemical engineer and business executive b. 1961 · Andhra Pradesh Pankaj Advani Indian billiards and snooker player b. 1985 · Maharashtra Business & industry Pankaj M Munjal Indian businessman b. 1962 · Punjab Chess Parimarjan Negi Indian chess grandmaster b. 1993 Chess Pendyala Harikrishna Indian chess player b. 1986 · Andhra Pradesh

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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.

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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