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.

817 people

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Chess Harika Dronavalli Indian Chess.com player b. 1991 · Andhra Pradesh Law & judiciary Harilal Jekisundas Kania 1st Chief Justice of India (1890–1951) 1890–1951 · Gujarat Business & industry Harish Hande Indian businessman b. 1967 · Karnataka Cricket Harmanpreet Kaur Indian cricketer b. 1989 · Punjab Hockey Harmanpreet Singh Indian field hockey player b. 1996 · Punjab Literature & writing Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar from India 1907–1979 · Uttar Pradesh Playback singers Hemlata Indian female singer b. 1954 · Telangana Journalism & media Homai Vyarawalla Indian photojournalist (1913–2012) 1913–2012 · Gujarat Science & space Homi Sethna Indian chemical engineer (1923–2010) 1923–2010 · Maharashtra Defence & security Hoshiar Singh Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1937–1998) 1937–1998 · Haryana Film & entertainment Hrishikesh Mukherjee Indian film director (1922–2006) 1922–2006 · West Bengal Banking & finance I. G. Patel Indian banker (1924–2005) 1924–2005 · Gujarat Politics & governance Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India (1966-1977; 1980-1984) 1917–1984 · Uttar Pradesh Law & judiciary Indira Jaising Indian lawyer b. 1940 · Maharashtra Science & space Indira Nath Indian immunologist 1938–2021 · Andhra Pradesh Journalism & media Irom Chanu Sharmila Indian civil rights activist b. 1972 · Manipur Defence & security Jadu Nath Singh Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1916-1948) 1916–1948 · Uttar Pradesh Religion & spirituality Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj Spiritual leader 1922–2013 · Uttar Pradesh Law & judiciary Jagdish Sharan Verma 27th Chief Justice of India 1933–2013 · Madhya Pradesh Law & judiciary Jagdish Singh Khehar 44th Chief Justice of India b. 1952 · Punjab Cricket Jasprit Bumrah Indian cricketer (born 1993) b. 1993 · Gujarat Politics & governance Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964 1889–1964 · Uttar Pradesh Freedom struggle Jayaprakash Narayan Indian independence activist and political leader 1902–1979 · Uttar Pradesh Politics & governance Jayaram Jayalalithaa Indian Actress, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948–2016) 1948–2016 · Karnataka

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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