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 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1931–2015 · Tamil Nadu
Freedom struggle Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
1903–1988 · Karnataka
Science & space Homi J. Bhabha
1909–1966 · Maharashtra
Freedom struggle Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1890–1988
Philosophy & thought Swami Vivekananda
1863–1902 · West Bengal
Actors Aamir Khan
b. 1965 · Maharashtra
Playback singers Abdul Rashid Khan
1908–2016 · Uttar Pradesh
Playback singers Abhaya Hiranmayi
b. 1989 · Kerala
Freedom struggle B. R. Ambedkar
1891–1956
Literature & writing G. Sankara Kurup
1901–1978 · Kerala
Cricket Navjot Singh Sidhu
b. 1963 · Punjab
Composers A. R. Rahman
b. 1966 · Tamil Nadu
Freedom struggle Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948 · Gujarat
Literature & writing Rabindranath Tagore
1861–1941 · West Bengal
Religion & spirituality B. K. S. Iyengar
1918–2014 · Karnataka
Environment Chandi Prasad Bhatt
b. 1934 · Uttarakhand
Social work & NGOs Deep Joshi
b. 1947 · Uttarakhand
Cricket Sachin Tendulkar
b. 1973 · Maharashtra
Chess Abhijit Kunte
b. 1977 · Maharashtra
Freedom struggle Aruna Asaf Ali
1909–1996 · Haryana
Chess Aryan Chopra
b. 2001
Playback singers Meena Khadikar
b. 1931 · Maharashtra
Chess Murali Karthikeyan
b. 1999 · Tamil Nadu
Mathematics Srinivasa Ramanujan
1887–1920 · Tamil Nadu
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