List of Famous people born in India
Shiladitya DasSarma
Shiladitya DasSarma is a molecular biologist well-known for contributions to the biology of halophilic and extremophilic microorganisms. He is a Professor in the University of Maryland Baltimore. He earned a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS degree in Chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to taking a faculty position, he conducted research at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Pasteur Institute, Paris.
Gurbaksh Chahal
Gurbaksh Singh Chahal is an Indian-American internet entrepreneur who founded several internet advertising companies.
Anirudh Dave
Aniruddh Dave is an Indian film and television actor. Aniruddh made his debut in Imagine TV's Raajkumar Aaryyan. Later he entered Sahara One's Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki to play the role of Deven. He played Rajveer in Mera Naam Karegi Roshan and was seen in Phulwa as Lakhiya. He also did a film named Tere Sang directed by Satish Kaushik. He was also seen in show Y.A.R.O Ka Tashan as Y.A.R.O, the main lead. Aniruddh Dave acted in the Hindi film Shorgul in 2016. He was last seen playing the role of inspector Hanuman Singh in Patiala Babes.
Sudha Varghese
Sudha Varghese, also known as Sister Sudha, is a social worker and Catholic nun in India who has devoted herself to the Musahar, the Dalit of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, one of the Scheduled Castes and who are considered the "untouchables". She resides and works in Jamsaut, a village in Patna district. She is sometimes called didi, which means elder sister.
Durai Murugan
Durai Murugan is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the general secretary of the DMK party since 9 September 2020. He graduated in M.A. and B.L. and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidant to former DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi and his son DMK President M. K. Stalin. He also worked as Treasurer, Principal Secretary and Deputy General secretary of the DMK party.
Manoj Pahwa
Manoj Pahwa is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series Office Office (2001). He has acted in over 45 films as a character actor, including 7½ Phere (2005), Being Cyrus (2005), Singh Is Kinng (2008), Dabangg 2 (2012), Jolly LLB (2013), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Mulk (2018), Article 15.
Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Montazur Rahman Akbar and Ram Gopal Varma.
R. Sarathkumar
Ramanathan Sarathkumar is an Indian film actor, politician, journalist and former body builder and former president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. He is fluent in all South Indian languages and is quite proficient in Russian.
L. Sasikala Pushpa
Sasikala Pushpa is a deputy leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu. She served as a member of the Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. She was a mayor of Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation from 2011 to 2014.
Babu Gogineni
Babu Gogineni is an Indian Humanist, rationalist, and human rights activist, who served as Executive Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU).