List of Famous people born in India

Ravi Shankar is an Indian spiritual leader. He is frequently referred to as "Sri Sri" (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. He founded the Art of Living Foundation in 1981, a volunteer-based NGO providing social support to the people. In 1997, he established a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO that engages in relief work and rural development.

Bindu Madhavi is an Indian model and film actress, working in Tamil-language and Telugu-language cinema. After starting her acting career in Telugu, she shifted to Tamil cinema where she was part of several successful films including Veppam (2011), Kazhugu (2012), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013) and Pasanga 2 (2015). She currently plays the role of Gauri, a major role, in the webseries Mastis (2020) on Aha.

Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. Since 2001, he has won 6 Filmfare Awards South and has received 20 Filmfare Awards South nominations. He has also won 6 Mirchi Music Awards, 5 Vijay Awards, 3 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, 3 International Tamil Film Awards and Big FM Awards. He has been honoured with Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Life Time Achievement Award from Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu. In 2019, he was bestowed with the Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Honorary Doctorate of Letters for his significant contributions to Tamil cinema music.

Priya Sachdev Kapur is an Indian American businesswoman who has founded high fashion boutiques in several Indian cities as well as an e-commerce fashion business.

Arulnithi Tamilarasu is an Indian Tamil actor best known for playing the lead role in Vamsam, directed by Pandiraj.

Gauri Pradhan Tejwani is a former model turned Indian television actress best known for playing the roles of Gauri Pratham Mittal in Kutumb, Nandini Karan Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Falguni Harshad Parekh in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi and Anita Sharma in Tu Aashiqui.

Meenakshi Seshadri is a former Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language films. She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17.

Abu Salem ( AH-boo sah-LEM; born Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari, also known as Aqil Ahmed Azmi 'and Abu Samaan, is an Indian gangster and terrorist convicted to 25 years life sentence, who hails from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh. Abu Salem worked in the D-Company as a driver transporting weapons and contraband. Later he rose among the ranks after he introduced a new strategy of hiring unemployed youths from his hometown Azamgarh to come to Mumbai, execute shoot-outs and return to Azamgarh the next day remaining untraced by the Mumbai police.

Manik Sarkar is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tripura from March 1998 to March 2018. He is a Politburo Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In March 2008, he was sworn in as leader of Left Front, the Tripura coalition government. In assembly elections held in 2013, he became the chief minister for the fourth consecutive time. Currently, he serves as the Leader of Opposition in Tripura Legislative Assembly.

Harivansh Narayan Singh is an Indian journalist and politician, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Bihar.