List of Famous people born in India
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is a retired Indian professional tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament. With his win at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League. In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017.
Ashutosh
Ashutosh is an Indian journalist and former politician of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was the spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was previously associated with IBN 7, an Indian news television channel, as a News anchor and Managing Editor. On 15 August 2018 Ashutosh resigned from Aam Aadmi Party citing his personal reasons.
Nadira Babbar
Nadira Babbar is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.
Niranjan Jyoti
Niranjan Jyoti, more commonly known as Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, is an Indian politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She was appointed the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in November 2014. On 30 May 2019, she was appointed Minister of state in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Narendra Modi 2019 Cabinet.
Surbhi Chandna
Surbhi Chandna is an Indian television actress known for her portrayal of Annika in StarPlus's Ishqbaaaz and Dr.Ishani in StarPlus's Sanjivani. She is currently seen as Bani Sharma in Colors TV's Naagin 5.
Piyush Chawla
Piyush Chawla is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India national cricket team. He has also played for the India under-19 team and the Central Zone. He is seen as a leg-spinning all-rounder in domestic cricket. He spent his childhood in Moradabad, and learnt early essentials of cricket at Sonakpur Stadium under the guidance of his first coach Mr Badhruddeen, who has also coached Indian National cricketer Mohammad Shami, and young talents like Shiva Singh(India U-19) and Aryan Juyal(India U-19). Piyush Chawla completed his schooling at Wilsonia College.
Manvendra Singh Gohil
Manvendra Singh Gohil is an Indian prince who is the son and probable heir of the Maharaja of Rajpipla in Gujarat. He is the first openly gay prince in the world. He runs a charity, the Lakshya Trust, which works with the LGBT community. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Anikha
Anikha Surendran, also known as Baby Anikha, is an Indian actress known for her work in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. She acted in Kadha Thudarunnu (2010), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Viswasam (2019). She has received awards for acting.
Satyajeet Dubey
Satyajeet Dubey is an Indian voice and film actor, working in the Hindi film industry. He started his career with Roshan Abbas' Always Kabhi Kabhi.
Rajesh Touchriver
Rajesh Touchriver is an Indian filmmaker, production designer and scriptwriter. He has won several state awards, national and international awards for his feature films, documentaries and short films. He worked with the National School of Drama, New Delhi as a designer in 1995. By the year 1998, he had directed more than 30 plays in Malayalam, English and Telugu languages. Rajesh won the Charles Wallace Trust Award in 2001 and pursued his master's degree in visual language/scenography and direction from the Wimbledon College of Art, London.