Famous personalities of India
Short, sourced profiles — sector, state, honours, facts and quotes. Money figures always name their source and year; estimates are marked.
Science & space Manindra Agrawal
b. 1966 · Uttar Pradesh
Religion & spirituality Mata Amritanandamayi
b. 1953 · Kerala
Actors Mira Nair
b. 1957 · Odisha
Cricket Mithali Raj
b. 1982 · Rajasthan
Actors Mithun Chakraborty
b. 1950 · West Bengal
Cricket Mohammad Azharuddin
b. 1963 · Telangana
Literature & writing Mridula Garg
b. 1938 · West Bengal
Business & industry Mukesh Ambani
b. 1957
Business & industry N. R. Narayana Murthy
b. 1946 · Karnataka
Playback singers N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
b. 1983 · Telangana
Actors Nana Patekar
b. 1951 · Maharashtra
Business & industry Nandan Nilekani
b. 1955 · Karnataka
Actors Naseeruddin Shah
b. 1950 · Uttar Pradesh
Journalism & media Nayantara Sahgal
b. 1927 · Uttar Pradesh
Politics & governance Nitish Kumar
b. 1951 · Bihar
Politics & governance Omar Abdullah
b. 1970
Law & judiciary P. Sathasivam
b. 1949 · Tamil Nadu
Actors Padmini Kolhapure
b. 1965 · Maharashtra
Journalism & media Palagummi Sainath
b. 1957 · Tamil Nadu
Actors Prakash Raj
b. 1965 · Karnataka
Actors Preity Zinta
b. 1975 · Himachal Pradesh
Actors Priyamani
b. 1984 · Kerala
Actors Priyanka Chopra
b. 1982 · Jharkhand
Business & industry Priyanka Vadra
b. 1972
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