List of Famous people born in India

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Shubha Balsavar is an Indian film and television actress who has worked in several Hindi-language and few Marathi-language films. She is also a former women's national champion in swimming and cycling.

Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel is an Indian politician serving as the 28th and current Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She is also serving as Governor of Madhya Pradesh. She has served as the former Chief Minister of Gujarat. She was the first female chief minister of the state. She was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 1987. She was the Cabinet Minister for Education from 2002 to 2007.

U.Sagayam IAS is a career Indian civil servant who formerly served as Vice Chairman of Science City Chennai. During his career, he served both in Indian Administrative Service, as officer in the Tamil Nadu cadre and Central Secretariat Service and He is a Mentor of Makkal pathai.

Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actress best known for portraying Kavya Shah in Star Plus's Anupamaa.

Daggubati Purandareswari is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She had previously represented the Bapatla constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha, during which period she served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 7 March 2014. In 2014, she fought the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket from Rajampet and lost. Purandareswari was appointed BJP Mahila Morcha Prabhari.

Nithin Reddy, known professionally as Nithiin, is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Telugu-language films. Niithin's work has earned him one Filmfare Award and two nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.

Jayant Sinha is an Indian politician who is the Member of Indian Parliament and formerly the Minister of State for Finance and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the Government of India. Sinha is currently the Chairperson for Standing Committee on Finance and a member of the Public Accounts Committee for 2019-2020. He has also been an investment fund manager and management consultant.

Radha Krishna "Krish" Jagarlamudi is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu and Hindi films. He made his directorial debut in 2008 with the road film Gamyam and followed it up with the hyperlink film Vedam in 2010. Both films garnered widespread critical acclaim, fetching him a Nandi Award and two Filmfare Awards for Best Director.

Dhvani Bhanushali is an Indian singer. Born in Mumbai, she is popularly known for her single "Vaaste" which has crossed 1 Billion views on YouTube making her the first Indian to make it to the Global List of Fastest 1 Billion views. She is also the youngest singer to hit 1 billion views on YouTube through her two singles, "Vaaste" and "Leja Re", at the age of 21. She started her music career with the songs "Tere Mere Reprise" from Chef, "Humsafar Acoustic" from Badrinath Ki Dulhania, "Veere" from Veere Di Wedding and "Ishtehaar" from the film Welcome To New York. She came in the song "Ishare Tere" with Guru Randhawa. People also call her DB.