List of Famous people born in India

K.C. Bokadia Kistur Chand Bokadia is an Indian filmmaker. He has produced successful films such as Pyar Jhukta Nahin, Teri Meherbaniyan, Naseeb Apna Apna, Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam and Main Tera Dushman. He has directed successful films like Phool Bane Angaaray, Police Aur Mujrim, Insaaniyat Ke Devta, Aaj Ka Arjun, Kudrat Ka Kanoon.

Rattanbai "Ruttie" Jinnah, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah—an important figure in the creation of Pakistan and the country's founder. Additionally, Rattanbai Petit belonged to some of the most influential families of the subcontinent, the Petit family through her father, the Jinnah family through her marriage and her daughter Dina Wadia was married to the businessman Neville Wadia of the Wadia family.

Vindu Dara Singh is an Indian film and television actor. He is the winner of the third season of Bigg Boss.

Vijayaraj Alagarswami , better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former film actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before entering politics Vijayakanth was a successful film actor, producer and director. Vijayakanth is also the current DMDK chairman of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. He is the founder and general secretary of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) Political party and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly twice representing the constituency of Virudhachalam and Rishivandiyam respectively.

Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh is a politician and a member of the Indian National Congress, and son of Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Latur City constituency. He is the National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee and is also the guardian minister of Latur district. In 2014, he was appointed as Minister of State for Tourism, Food & Drugs Administration, Excise, and New Renewable Energy.

Satti Venkata Krishna Reddy is an Indian film director, actor, producer, screenwriter and composer, predominantly known for his works in Tollywood (Telugu) and also in Hollywood, Kollywood (Tamil), and Bollywood (Hindi). He has garnered three state Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Best Telugu Director Award. In 2012 he directed the romantic comedy Divorce Invitation, an American adaptation of his 1997 Telugu Hit Aahvaanam.

Divyaa Unni is a former Indian film actress and classical dancer who teaches various forms of dance such as Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattom. She is also an actress who has appeared in over 50 films predominantly in Mollywood film industry and other languages also.

Jeet Thayil is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is best known as a poet and is the author of four collections: These Errors Are Correct, English, Apocalypso and Gemini. His first novel, Narcopolis,, which won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, was also shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize.

Sandeep Madhusudan Patil is a former Indian cricketer, Indian national age group cricket manager and former Kenya national team coach, who guided the minnows to the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup. He was a hard-hitting middle order batsman and an occasional medium pace bowler. He was the coach of Mumbai Champs in the Indian Cricket League, but returned to the mainstream when he cut ties with the unofficial league in 2009. He has been appointed as the director of National Cricket Academy (NCA) by the BCCI, replacing Dav Whatmore. He was appointed as the new chief of the BCCI Selection Committee on 27 September 2012.

Ahmed Javed was the 39th Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, India. He was succeeded by Dattatray Padsalgikar. He is former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Javed is the second former Mumbai police commissioner to get a prestigious diplomatic posting after J. F. Ribeiro who served as Indian ambassador to Romania between 1989–1993.