List of Famous people born in India
Bindu
Bindu Nanubhai Desai, better known mononymously as Bindu, is an Indian actress who was popular in the 1970s. She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned four decades, receiving seven Filmfare award nominations. She is most remembered for her role in as Shabnam in Kati Patang (1970) and for her films opposite Prem Chopra.
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian film actor and motivational speaker who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Bengali language films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Drohkaal.
Chandrashekhar Azad
Chandrashekhar Ravan, is an Indian Ambedkarite lawyer turned activist. He is the co-founder and national president of Bhim Army.
Rahul Singh
Rahul Singh is an actor known for his works in Bollywood. Singh's mother Prabha Thakur is a Hindi poet and also a member of Rajya Sabha.
Rahul Tripathi
Rahul Tripathi is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra. In February 2017, he was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiants team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for Inr.10 lakhs. In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction. He was the leading run-scorer for Maharashtra in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 504 runs in eight matches. He was released by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.
Sulagna Panigrahi
Sulagna Panigrahi is an Indian television and film actress. As a débutante, she played the lead role in the television serial Amber Dhara as Dhara, and went on to play the principal character in Do Saheliyaan. She further did a grey role as Sakshi Rajvansh in Bidaai, until getting her big break in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2 as Reshma. She married stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath on 9 December 2020.
Farah Khan
Farah Kunder, née Farah Khan, is an Indian film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer best known for her choreographic dance work in numerous Bollywood films. She has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films, winning six Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography and the National Film Award for Best Choreography. In addition, she has worked on Tamil films and also in international projects, such as Marigold: An Adventure in India, Monsoon Wedding, Bombay Dreams and the Chinese films Perhaps Love and Kung Fu Yoga, earning Tony Award and Golden Horse Award nominations. She has since become a film director as well, with nominations for the Filmfare Best Director Award for her directorial debut Main Hoon Na (2004) and her second directorial venture Om Shanti Om (2007).
Shripad Yasso Naik
Shripad Yesso Naik is an Indian politician and the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and Minister of State for Defence. He was the former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He is the Member of Parliament from North Goa constituency, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Krishna Nagar
Krishna Nagar is an Indian para-badminton player from Rajasthan. He had been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SH6. He has won a gold medal at 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Indrajit Lankesh
Indrajit Lankesh is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and director of Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. He is also the publisher of the weekly Kannada tabloid Lankesh Patrike. He is the son of iconic writer, journalist and film maker P. Lankesh.