List of Famous people born in India

Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian politician, television personality and former cricketer. He was the Minister of Local Government, Tourism & Cultural Affairs of the State of Punjab.

Pooja Hegde is an Indian film actress who appears in Telugu and Hindi films. She was crowned as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. She made her acting debut in Mysskin's Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi (2012). She made her Telugu film debut alongside Naga Chaitanya in Oka Laila Kosam. In 2016, she made her Hindi film debut alongside Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Mohenjo Daro.

Nara Chandrababu Naidu(listen) is an Indian politician and current leader of opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is a former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2014 to 2019. He was the first Chief Minister of the state after it was divided. Previously, he served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004, before the state's division, and as the leader of the opposition in the united Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the National President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), and the longest-serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Laxmi Agarwal is an Indian acid attack survivor, a campaigner for rights of acid attack victims, and a TV host.

Arnab Goswami is an Indian news anchor, who is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network. Goswami's Republic Media Network presently owns and operates two channels namely Republic TV in English and Republic Bharat in Hindi.

{{Infobox person | name = Ayushmann Khurrana | image = Ayushmann Khurrana promoting Andhadhun.jpg | caption = Khurrana promoting Andhadhun in 2018 | birth_name = Nishant Khurrana | birth_date = 14 September 1984 | birth_place = Chandigarh, India

Taapsee Pannu is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil-language films. Her accolades include a Filmfare Award and she has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2018.

Nathuram Vinayak Godse was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948. Godse, a Hindu nationalist from Pune, who believed Gandhi to have favoured the political demands of India's Muslims during the partition of India, plotted the assassination with Narayan Apte and six others. After a trial that lasted over a year, Godse was sentenced to death on 8 November 1949. Although pleas for commutation were made by Gandhi's two sons, Manilal Gandhi and Ramdas Gandhi, they were turned down by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, deputy prime minister Vallabhbhai Patel, and the Governor-General C. Rajagopalachari. Godse was hanged in the Ambala Central Jail on 15 November 1949.

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav is an Indian cricketer and plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He previously played for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team. In June 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named her as the Best Women's International Cricketer. In December 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded her with the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year. She was also named the ODI Player of the Year by the ICC at the same time.