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.

102 people

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Social work & NGOs Anna Hazare Indian activist (born 1937) b. 1937 · Maharashtra Defence & security Ardeshir Tarapore Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1923-1965) 1923–1965 · Maharashtra Defence & security Arun Khetarpal Recipient of Param Vir Chakra 1950–1971 · Maharashtra Defence & security Arun Shridhar Vaidya Recipient of Maha Vir Chakra 1926–1986 · Maharashtra Business & industry Azim Premji Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist b. 1945 · Maharashtra Banking & finance B. N. Adarkar Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (1910-1998) 1910–1998 · Maharashtra Freedom struggle Baba Amte Indian freedom fighter, social worker (1914–2008) 1914–2008 · Maharashtra Medicine & health Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Indian physician 1918–2004 · Maharashtra Business & industry Bhavin Turakhia Indian businessman b. 1979 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud Chief Justice of India b. 1959 · Maharashtra Social work & NGOs Dhondo Keshav Karve Indian social reformer (1858–1962) 1858–1962 · Maharashtra Business & industry Dilip Shanghvi Indian businessman b. 1955 · Maharashtra Chess Divya Deshmukh Indian chess player b. 2005 · Maharashtra Journalism & media Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist and author b. 1964 · Maharashtra Literature & writing Girish Karnad Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019) 1938–2019 · Maharashtra Science & space Homi Sethna Indian chemical engineer (1923–2010) 1923–2010 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary Indira Jaising Indian lawyer b. 1940 · Maharashtra Literature & writing Kaka Kalelkar Indian social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist (1885–1981) 1885–1981 · Maharashtra Business & industry Kumar Mangalam Birla Indian industrialist (born 1967) b. 1967 · Maharashtra Religion & spirituality Luke Coutinho Indian author Maharashtra Art & culture M. F. Husain Indian artist (1915–2011) 1915–2011 · Maharashtra Science & space Madhav Gadgil Indian ecologist, writer, environmental activist 1942–2026 · Maharashtra Law & judiciary Madhukar Hiralal Kania 23rd Chief Justice of India 1927–2016 · Maharashtra Actors Meena Kumari Indian actress and poet (1933-1972) 1933–1972 · 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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