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.

607 people

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Business & industry Pankaj M Munjal Indian businessman b. 1962 · Punjab Defence & security Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Indian Army general (1913–2000) 1913–2000 · Tamil Nadu Chess Parimarjan Negi Indian chess grandmaster b. 1993 Chess Pendyala Harikrishna Indian chess player b. 1986 · Andhra Pradesh Religion & spirituality Pilot Baba Indian guru 1938–2024 · Bihar Politics & governance Pinarayi Vijayan Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Kerala b. 1936 · Kerala Defence & security Piru Singh Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1918-1948) 1918–1948 · Rajasthan Religion & spirituality Prabodhananda b. 1950 Law & judiciary Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati 17th Chief Justice of India (1921–2017) 1921–2017 · Gujarat Chess Praggnanandhaa Indian chess player b. 2005 · Tamil Nadu Religion & spirituality Prajnanapada Indian guru (1891–1974) 1891–1974 · West Bengal Medicine & health Prakash Amte Indian medical doctor and social worker b. 1948 Defence & security Pran Nath Thapar Chief of Army Staff, India 1906–1975 Chess Pranav Venkatesh Indian chess player b. 2006 · Karnataka Chess Praveen Thipsay Indian chess player b. 1959 · Maharashtra Religion & spirituality Premanand Govind Sharan Hindu Guru b. 1972 · Uttar Pradesh Chess Prithu Gupta Indian chess player b. 2004 · Delhi Badminton Pullela Gopichand Badminton player and trainer b. 1973 · Andhra Pradesh Freedom struggle Purushottam Das Tandon Indian freedom fighter (1882–1962) 1882–1962 · Uttar Pradesh Banking & finance R. N. Malhotra Indian banker 1926–1997 Politics & governance R. Venkataraman President of India from 1987 to 1992 1910–2009 · Tamil Nadu Business & industry Radhakishan Damani Indian businessman b. 1955 · Rajasthan Playback singers Raghubir Yadav Indian film, stage and television actor b. 1957 · Madhya Pradesh Law & judiciary Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 18th Chief Justice of India 1924–2007 · Uttar Pradesh

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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