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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Religion & spirituality Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati Shankaracharya of jyotirmath and dwarka sharda math 1924–2022 · Madhya Pradesh Literature & writing Shankha Ghosh Indian Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021) 1932–2021 Dance Shanta Rao Indian dancer 1930–2007 · Karnataka Business & industry Shantanu Narayen Indian American business executive and CEO of Adobe b. 1963 · Telangana Law & judiciary Sharad Arvind Bobde 47th Chief Justice of India b. 1956 · Maharashtra Other sports Sharath Kamal Indian table tennis player b. 1982 · Tamil Nadu Actors Sharmila Tagore Indian actress b. 1944 · Telangana Science & space Shashi Wadhwa Indian anatomist and neurobiologist (born 1948) b. 1948 · Delhi Politics & governance Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Kashmiri politician (1905-1982) 1905–1982 · Jammu and Kashmir Politics & governance Sheila Dikshit Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (1938-2019) 1938–2019 · Punjab Cricket Shikhar Dhawan Indian cricketer b. 1985 · Delhi Business & industry Shiv Nadar Indian businessman b. 1945 · Tamil Nadu Actors Shobana Indian actress b. 1966 · Kerala Journalism & media Shobhaa De Indian journalist and novelist (born 1948) b. 1948 · Maharashtra Business & industry Shobhana Bhartia Indian businesswoman b. 1957 · West Bengal Literature & writing Shrilal Shukla Indian writer (1925–2011) 1925–2011 · Uttar Pradesh Science & space Shubha Tole Indian neuroscientist b. 1967 Film & entertainment Shyam Benegal Indian director and screenwriter (1934–2024) 1934–2024 · Telangana Science & space Sivan Kailasavadivoo Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation b. 1957 · Tamil Nadu Playback singers Smita Nair Jain Indian business executive b. 1969 · Maharashtra Actors Smita Patil Indian actress (1955–1986) 1955–1986 · Maharashtra Cricket Smriti Mandhana Indian cricketer b. 1996 · Maharashtra Actors Sombhu Mitra Indian actor (1915-1997) 1915–1997 · West Bengal Defence & security Somnath Sharma Proud on major Somnath Sharma (1923–1947) 1923–1947 · Himachal Pradesh

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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