List of Famous people born in India
Manohar Joshi
Manohar Gajanan Joshi is a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a prominent politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999. He was Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002-2004. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena. He is also second indian to be elected to all the four legislatures.
J. D. Chakravarthy
Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, producer, composer, and singer known for his work in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films.
Naina Singh Chautala
Naina Singh Chautala is an Indian politician from Jannayak Janata Party and a member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Badhra. Previously she was the member of Indian National Lok Dal and represented Dabwali in Haryana Legislative Assembly. She is the wife of Ajay Singh Chautala and mother of Dushyant Chautala and Digvijay Chautala. She is the third and last daughter of Ch. Bhim Singh Godara and Smt. Kantadevi Godara.
G. Madhavan Nair
G. Madhavan Nair is an Indian space scientist and a former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Secretary to the Department of Space, Government of India. He has also been the Chairman of the Space Commission and Chairman of the Governing Body of the Antrix Corporation, Bangalore. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology Patna until he stepped down due to his involvement in a controversial deal relating to sale of radio spectrum bandwidth involving Antrix. He was subsequently barred from holding any government positions.
Mohena Singh
Mohena Singh, also known as Mohena Kumari Singh is princess of Rewa M.P. she is an television actress, dancer and choreographer. She is known for playing Keerti in Star Plus's Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.
Nivetha Pethuraj
Nivetha Pethuraj is an Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with Oru Naal Koothu (2016).
Ardeshir Tarapore
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC, was an officer in the Indian Army and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for bravery. After completing his schooling in Pune, Tarapore joined the Hyderabad Army, and was commissioned in January 1942. Initially he joined the infantry, but was later transferred to an armoured regiment, the 1st Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers. During World War II Tarapore saw action in the Middle East.
Roma Agrawal
Roma Agrawal, is an Indian-British-American chartered structural engineer based in London. She has worked on several major engineering projects, including the Shard. Agrawal is also an author and a diversity campaigner, championing women in engineering.
Altaf Raja
Altaf Raja is an Indian Qawwali singer. In 1994 Altaf gained recognition with his debut album Tum To Thehre Pardesi. His most recent song is Ae Sanam.
K. V. Kamath
Kundapur Vaman Kamath, commonly referred to as K. V. Kamath, was the former chief of the New Development Bank of BRICS countries, previously he has also served as the Chairman of Infosys Limited, the second-largest Indian IT services company, and as the Non-Executive Chairman of ICICI Bank, India's largest private bank. Kamath also served as ICICI Bank's founder and Managing Director and CEO from 1 May 1996 until his retirement from executive responsibilities on 30 April 2009.