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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Banking & finance Jeffrey Sachs American economist (born 1954) b. 1954 Cricket Jhulan Goswami Indian women cricketer b. 1983 · West Bengal Defence & security Joginder Jaswant Singh Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and 22nd Chief of the Army Staff of India b. 1945 Defence & security Joginder Singh Indian soldier, recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1921–1962) 1921–1962 · Punjab Banking & finance John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006) 1908–2006 Defence & security Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri Chief of Indian Army Staff and Military Governor of Hyderabad State (1908–1983) 1908–1983 Politics & governance Jyoti Basu Indian politician (1914-2010) 1914–2010 · West Bengal Banking & finance K. G. Ambegaonkar Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Law & judiciary K. G. Balakrishnan 37th Chief Justice of India b. 1945 · Kerala Defence & security K. M. Cariappa Second Field marshal of the Indian Army (1899-1993) 1899–1993 · Karnataka Literature & writing K. R. Meera Indian writer b. 1970 · Kerala Banking & finance K. R. Puri Indian banker Badminton K. Srikanth Indian badminton player b. 1993 · Andhra Pradesh Defence & security K. V. Krishna Rao Indian Army general 1923–2016 · Andhra Pradesh Literature & writing K. V. Subbanna Indian dramatist (1932-2005) 1932–2005 · Karnataka Politics & governance K.Kamarajar Indian politician (1903-1975) 1903–1975 · Tamil Nadu Literature & writing Kaka Kalelkar Indian social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist (1885–1981) 1885–1981 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary Kamal Narain Singh 22nd Chief Justice of India 1926–2022 Defence & security Karam Singh The first living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra 1915–1993 Politics & governance Karpoori Thakur Indian politician 1924–1988 · Bihar Film & entertainment Kasinathuni Viswanath Indian director, screenwriter and actor 1930–2023 · Andhra Pradesh Tennis Kiran Bedi First female Indian Police Service Officer (born 1949) b. 1949 · Punjab Cricket KL Rahul Indian cricket player b. 1992 · Karnataka Science & space Koppillil Radhakrishnan Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation b. 1949 · Kerala

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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