People from India
139 profiles
Technology
Technical Guruji
Technology YouTuber creating content in Hindi
Born 1991
Film & TV
Sushmita Sen
Actress and first Indian to win Miss Universe
Born 1975
Science
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Self-taught mathematician whose results still shape number theory
1887 – 1920
Technology
Shiv Nadar
Founder of HCL and one of India’s leading philanthropists
Born 1945
Film & TV
Shah Rukh Khan
Actor and film producer, one of the most successful stars in world cinema
Born 1965
Sports
Satnam Singh Bhamara
First Indian drafted into the NBA; now a professional wrestler
Born 1995
Sports
Sania Mirza
Former doubles world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam champion
Born 1986
Literature
Ruskin Bond
Author of stories for children and adults set in the Himalayan foothills
Born 1934
Business
Ratan Tata
Chairman of Tata Sons (1991–2012) who made the Tata Group global
1937 – 2024
Food & Cooking
Ranveer Brar
Chef, television host and MasterChef India judge
Born 1978
Historical Figures
Ramana Maharshi
Sage of Arunachala and teacher of self-enquiry
1879 – 1950
Space & Exploration
Rakesh Sharma
First Indian to travel to space
Born 1949
Music
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, writer and composer; first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
1861 – 1941
Literature
Premchand
Hindi and Urdu novelist and short-story writer
1880 – 1936
Film & TV
Prajakta Koli
YouTuber, actress and author
Born 1993
Technology
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Founder of Infosys and pioneer of India’s IT services industry
Born 1946
Sports
Milkha Singh
Sprinter; India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medallist in athletics
1929 – 2021
Film & TV
Manish Malhotra
Fashion designer and Bollywood’s best-known costume designer
Born 1966
Sports
Mahesh Bhupathi
Former doubles world No. 1; first Indian to win a Grand Slam title
Born 1974
Film & TV
Kishore Kumar
Playback singer and actor, one of the greatest voices of Hindi cinema
1929 – 1987
Science
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Physicist and plant biologist; pioneer of radio and microwave research
1858 – 1937
Film & TV
Irrfan Khan
Actor acclaimed in Indian and international cinema
1967 – 2020
Sports
Hima Das
Sprinter; first Indian to win a track gold at a world-level championship
Born 2000
Business
Dhirubhai Ambani
Founder of Reliance Industries
1932 – 2002