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 Nihal Sarin Indian chess player b. 2004 · Kerala Social work & NGOs Nileema Mishra Indian social worker b. 1972 Literature & writing Nirad C. Chaudhuri Indian Bengali−English writer and man of letters (1897–1999) 1897–1999 · Assam Defence & security Nirmal Chander Vij Indian Chief of Army Staff b. 1943 · Jammu and Kashmir Defence & security Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1943-1971) 1943–1971 · Punjab Law & judiciary Nirmala Joshi The succesor to Mother Teresa (1934-2015) 1934–2015 · Jharkhand Religion & spirituality Nisargadatta Maharaj Indian guru (1897-1981) 1897–1981 · Maharashtra Social work & NGOs nusrat aga Indian activist, educator and politician 1900–1999 · Jammu and Kashmir Actors Nutan Indian actress (1936-1991) 1936–1991 · Maharashtra Science & space Obaid Siddiqi Indian geneticist (1932-2013) 1932–2013 · Uttar Pradesh Defence & security Om Prakash Malhotra Indian Army general (1922-2015) 1922–2015 · Jammu and Kashmir Religion & spirituality Osho Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement (1931–1990) 1931–1990 · Madhya Pradesh Literature & writing Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup Indian writer (1931–2016) 1931–2016 · Kerala Banking & finance P. C. Bhattacharya Indian banker 1903– · West Bengal Athletics P. T. Usha Indian track and field athlete b. 1964 · Kerala Business & industry P.V. Ramprasad Reddy Businessman Chess Pa Iniyan Indian chess player b. 2002 · Tamil Nadu Literature & writing Padma Sachdev Indian poet and novelist (1940–2021) 1940–2021 · Jammu and Kashmir Dance Padma Subrahmanyam Indian dancer b. 1943 · Tamil Nadu Business & industry Padmasree Warrior Indian chemical engineer and business executive b. 1961 · Andhra Pradesh Business & industry Pallonji Mistry Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman (1929–2022) 1929–2022 · Maharashtra Philosophy & thought Pandurang Shastri Athavale Indian philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer (1920–2003) 1920–2003 · Maharashtra Politics & governance Pandurang Vaman Kane Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (1880–1972) 1880–1972 · Maharashtra Pankaj Advani Indian billiards and snooker player b. 1985 · Maharashtra

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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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