List of Famous people born in India

Fouaad Mirza is an Indian equestrian who won silver medals in both individual eventing and team eventing at the 2018 Asian Games. He became the first Indian since 1982 to win a medal at an individual equestrian event at the Asian Games. Mirza qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian equestrian since Imtiaz Anees (2000) to participate at the Games.

Ki. Rajanarayanan, popularly known by Tamil initials as Ki. Ra. was a Tamil folklorist and acclaimed writer from Thoothukudi, India.

Harshad Chopda is an Indian actor known for his portrayal of Cadet Ali Baig in Left Right Left, Prem Juneja in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Anurag Ganguly in Tere Liye and Aditya Hooda in Bepannah.

Sanjay Khan is an Indian film actor, producer, director known for his works in Hindi films and television. Sanjay Khan made his debut in Chetan Anand's 1964 film Haqeeqat, followed by the Rajshri film Dosti which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi for that year.

Dr. Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He is currently serving as a Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry, Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress party Maharashtra and Chairman AICC for SC Department. He was the Cabinet Minister of Employment Guarantee and Water Conservation in the Government of Maharashtra, India until 2014.

K. Pandiarajan popularly known as Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan is an Indian businessman and politician from Tamil Nadu. Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan is Minister of Avadi Constituency from 2016. He is the founder of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd, a human resource management company, and CIEL HR Services, another talent acquisition firm. He contested in the 2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate and won from his Virdhunagar constituency. Again he contested in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate and won from his Avadi constituency.

Babulal Marandi is an Indian politician. He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He was the founder and national President of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik). He was the Member of Parliament in 12th, 13th 14th and 15th Lokasabha from Jharkhand. He was the Union State Minister (MoS) for Forests & Environment of India in the BJP - led National Democratic Alliance Government in 1998 to 2000.

Ira Trivedi is an Indian author, columnist, and yoga teacher. Her works include India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century, What Would You Do to Save the World?, The Great Indian Love Story, and There's No Love on Wall Street. She writes both fiction and nonfiction on issues of women and gender in India.

Padmavathi, better known by her stage name Menaka, is an Indian film actress and producer. She made her Debut in Tamil film 'Ramayi Vayasukku Vanthutta'. In an acting career spanning from 1980 to 1986, Menaka appeared in 116 films, mostly in Malayalam. She also did a few films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She married film producer G. Suresh Kumar. After 19 years, she made a comeback through the television serial Kaliveedu.

Balkrishan Gopiram Goenka is an entrepreneur based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is the chairman of Mumbai-based ₹153 billion (US$2.0 billion) Welspun Group. He is the Co-promoter and largest shareholder in companies like Welspun India Ltd, which is one of the largest home textiles producer in the world and Welspun Corp Ltd, which is world's second largest manufacturer of large diameter pipes.