List of Famous people born in India
Abhinav Mukund
Abhinav Mukund is an Indian cricketer who plays for India and Tamil Nadu. He has played for India in seven Test matches. He did captaincy of Tamil Nadu and India A on several occasions. He was a member of Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.
Aasif Sheikh
Aasif Sheikh is an Indian film, stage, and television actor. He played the role of Prince Ajay Singh in India's first TV serial, Hum Log. He has appeared in numerous Bollywood films and TV serials. He acted in the TV series Yes Boss which ran from 1999 to 2009. Presently running sitcom series Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!, has him playing the role of Vibhuti Narayan Mishra.
Deepti Sharma
Deepti Bhagwan Sharma is an international cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national cricket team. She is an all rounder who bats Left-handed and bowls right-arm off break and is currently ranked 4th in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings. Deepti Sharma is also the current third highest individual scorer by a woman cricketer in ODIs.
Vanisri
Vanisri is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has received three Filmfare Awards South, the Nandi Awards and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
Eden Kane
Richard Graham Sarstedt, known by the stage name Eden Kane, is an English pop/rock singer, record producer and actor best known as a teen idol in the 1960s. He has also recorded under his birth name and with backing group the Downbeats. Born in India, he is the elder brother of musicians Peter Sarstedt and Robin Sarstedt, with whom he has collaborated on numerous Sarstedt Brothers albums. He had success in the early 1960s as a pop star appealing to a teenage audience, with hits including "Well I Ask You" which was a UK No. 1 hit in 1961, then spent time in Australia before moving to the United States, where he began an acting career.
Yasin Malik
Yasin Malik is a Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan. In March 2020, Malik was charged for the murder of four Indian Air Force personnel during an attack in 1990 and is currently under trial. He is also facing trial for the kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed. He is currently lodged in Tihar jail.
Giriraj Singh
Giriraj Singh is an Indian politician and the Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in the 23rd Ministry of the Republic of India. He is the Member of Parliament from the Begusarai parliamentary constituency in the 17th Lok Sabha, and formerly served as Minister of Cooperative, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resource Development in the Government of Bihar.
Achyuta Samanta
Achyuta Samanta is the founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT); Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), which provides free accommodation, food, healthcare, and education from class 1 to post-graduation with vocational training; KIIT International School (KIS), an International Baccalaureate affiliated school, and Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a medical college.
Roopal Tyagi
Roopal Tyagi is an Indian choreographer, and television actor. She is known for playing Gunjan in the popular Zee TV show Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke. She later participated in dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 and Bigg Boss 9 in 2015.
N. Bhaskara Rao
Nadendla Bhaskara Rao was the Chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh for a brief period in 1984. He served the shortest term yet, as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh – 31 days. His son Nadendla Manohar is Ex MLA for Tenali Constituency who is also the last Speaker for United Andhra Pradesh assembly.