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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Politics & governance Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel Indian politician (1903–1994) 1903–1994 Literature & writing U. R. Ananthamurthy Indian writer and critic in the Kannada language 1932–2014 · Karnataka Business & industry Uday Kotak Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank b. 1959 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary Uday Umesh Lalit 49th Chief Justice of India b. 1957 Banking & finance Urjit Patel Indian economist b. 1963 Film & entertainment V. K. Murthy Indian cinematographer (1923–2014) 1923–2014 · Karnataka Politics & governance V. V. Giri Indian politician and 4th president of India (1894-1980) 1894–1980 Science & space Vainu Bappu Indian astronomer (1927-1982) 1927–1982 · Tamil Nadu Defence & security Ved Prakash Malik Former chief of the Indian Army b. 1939 Science & space Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist b. 1952 · Tamil Nadu Business & industry Verghese Kurien Indian entrepreneur 1921–2012 · Kerala Religion & spirituality Vethathiri Maharishi Indian writer, Indian Sage, Indian Philosopher, Yoga Guru (1911-2006) 1911–2006 · Tamil Nadu Chess Vidit Gujrathi Indian chess player b. 1994 · Maharashtra Tennis Vijay Amritraj Indian tennis player b. 1953 · Tamil Nadu Shooting Vijay Kumar Indian sport shooter b. 1985 · Himachal Pradesh Defence & security Vijay Kumar Singh Indian politician and former army general b. 1950 · Haryana Business & industry Vijay Mallya Indian businessman and former Member of Parliament b. 1955 · West Bengal Business & industry Vijay Shekhar Sharma CEO of Paytm b. 1978 · Uttar Pradesh Boxing Vijender Singh Indian boxer b. 1985 · Haryana Defence & security Vikram Batra Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1974–1999) 1974–1999 · Himachal Pradesh Cricket Virat Kohli Indian cricket player (born 1988) b. 1988 · Delhi Defence & security Vishwa Nath Sharma Indian general 1930–2026 Literature & writing Viswanatha Satyanarayana Jnanpith Award winning Telugu writer 1895–1976 · Andhra Pradesh Chess Viswanathan Anand Indian chess grandmaster b. 1969 · Tamil Nadu

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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