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 Vidit Gujrathi Indian chess player b. 1994 · Maharashtra Tennis Vijay Amritraj Indian tennis player b. 1953 · Tamil Nadu Shooting Vijay Kumar Indian sport shooter b. 1985 · Himachal Pradesh Defence & security Vijay Kumar Singh Indian politician and former army general b. 1950 · Haryana Business & industry Vijay Mallya Indian businessman and former Member of Parliament b. 1955 · West Bengal Business & industry Vijay Shekhar Sharma CEO of Paytm b. 1978 · Uttar Pradesh Civil services & diplomacy Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Indian diplomat and politician (1900-1990) 1900–1990 · Uttar Pradesh Science & space Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath Indian neuroscientist b. 1953 · Tamil Nadu Boxing Vijender Singh Indian boxer b. 1985 · Haryana Defence & security Vikram Batra Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1974–1999) 1974–1999 · Himachal Pradesh Wrestling Vinesh Phogat Indian wrestler (born 1994) b. 1994 · Haryana Cricket Virat Kohli Indian cricket player (born 1988) b. 1988 · Delhi Defence & security Vishwa Nath Sharma Indian general 1930–2026 Literature & writing Viswanatha Satyanarayana Jnanpith Award winning Telugu writer 1895–1976 · Andhra Pradesh Chess Viswanathan Anand Indian chess grandmaster b. 1969 · Tamil Nadu Actors Vyjayanthimala Indian actress, dancer and parliamentarian b. 1936 · Tamil Nadu Banking & finance Y. Venugopal Reddy Indian economist b. 1941 · Andhra Pradesh Science & space Yamuna Krishnan Indian-American Scientist and professor b. 1974 · Tamil Nadu Law & judiciary Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud 16th Chief Justice of India 1920–2008 · Maharashtra Wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt Indian wrestler b. 1982 · Haryana Politics & governance Yogi Adityanath 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh b. 1972 Cricket Zaheer Khan Indian cricketer b. 1978 · Maharashtra Politics & governance Zail Singh President of India from 1982 to 1987 1916–1994 · Punjab Actors Zohra Sehgal Indian actress and choreographer (1912–2014) 1912–2014 · Uttar 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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