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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Science & space A. S. Kiran Kumar Indian space scientist b. 1952 · Karnataka Chess Abhimanyu Puranik Indian chess player b. 2000 · Maharashtra Shooting Abhinav Bindra Indian sport shooter b. 1982 · Uttarakhand Chess Adhiban Baskaran Indian chess player b. 1992 · Tamil Nadu Film & entertainment Adoor Gopalakrishnan Indian film director (born 1941) b. 1941 · Kerala Business & industry Ajaypal Singh Banga Indian American business executive b. 1959 · Maharashtra Actors Alia Bhatt British actress b. 1993 · Maharashtra Banking & finance Amartya Sen Indian economist and philosopher (1933-) b. 1933 · West Bengal Journalism & media Amitav Ghosh Indian writer b. 1956 · West Bengal Actors Amol Palekar Indian actor b. 1944 · Maharashtra Playback singers Anirudh Ravichander Indian music composer b. 1990 · Tamil Nadu Literature & writing Anita Desai Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937) b. 1937 · Uttarakhand Social work & NGOs Anna Hazare Indian activist (born 1937) b. 1937 · Maharashtra Playback singers Arati Mukhopadhyay Indian singer b. 1943 · West Bengal Journalism & media Aravind Adiga Indian journalist and author b. 1974 · Tamil Nadu Chess Arjun Erigaisi Indian chess player b. 2003 · Telangana Journalism & media Arun Shourie Indian journalist and politician b. 1941 · Punjab Social work & NGOs Aruna Roy Indian activist b. 1946 · Tamil Nadu Literature & writing Arundhathi Subramaniam Indian poet b. 1973 Literature & writing Arundhati Roy Indian novelist, essayist, and activist b. 1961 · Meghalaya Politics & governance Arvind Kejriwal Indian politician (born 1968) b. 1968 · Haryana Playback singers Asees Kaur Indian singer (born 1988) b. 1988 · Haryana Cricket Axar Patel Indian cricketer b. 1994 · Gujarat Business & industry Azim Premji Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist b. 1945 · Maharashtra

Where this comes from

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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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