List of Famous people born in India

Janhvi Kapoor is an Indian actress who works in Hindi-language films. Born to Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama film Dhadak, which was a commercial success. Kapoor has since starred in the Netflix films Ghost Stories and Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.

Sunderlal Bahuguna is an Indian noted Garhwali environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of Chipko movement was of his wife and the action was taken by him. For years he has been fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the Anti-Tehri Dam movement starting 1980s, to early 2004. He was one of the early environmentalists of India, and later he and people associated with the Chipko movement started taking up environmental issues, like against large dams.

Prayaga Rose Martin is an Indian film actress, who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. She debuted as a child actor in Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded in 2009. She made her cinematic debut with 2014, Tamil film Pisaasu, which garnered her recognition.

Sanjay Rajaram Raut is an Indian politician from Shiv Sena party. He is a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is also the Executive Editor of Marathi newspaper Saamana, published by Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena party leader.

Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his stage name Badshah, is an Indian rapper and singer known for his Hindi, Haryanvi, and Punjabi songs. He started his career in 2006 alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his hip hop group Mafia Mundeer. He split from Honey in 2012 and released his independent Haryanvi song Kar Gayi Chull, which was later adopted into the 2016 Bollywood movie, Kapoor & Sons. His music has been featured in Bollywood soundtracks for films such as 2014 films Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and Khoobsurat.

Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra is an Indian film actor, director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu-language films. Sesh made his film debut as a lead actor and director in 2010 with Karma. Following a few supporting roles, he established himself as a lead actor. His notable performances and commercial successes include Panjaa (2011), Ladies & Gentlemen (2015), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Dongaata (2015), Kshanam (2016), Ami Thumi (2017), Goodachari (2018), and Evaru (2019).

Monal Gajjar is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly appears in Gujarati, Telugu and Tamil language films. She debuted with Sudigadu (2012), for which she was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu).

Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema as well as in a few Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the age of seven. Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018), written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine.

Abhishek Sharma, known by his screen name Krushna Abhishek, is an Indian film actor and great comedian. He got appreciation for his work in films like Bol Bachchan and Entertainment (2014). He is also a dancer and has participated in numerous dance reality shows, including, Nach Baliye (2007) and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2010). As a stand-up comedian, he made a name for himself after he participated in successive Comedy Circus seasons, Comedy Circus 2 (2008) and was a wild card entry in Comedy Circus 3 (2009) with Sudesh Lehri, apart from Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo (2010) and Jubilee Comedy Circus (2011). He is also a part of The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2 which started airing from 29 December 2018.

Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.