List of Famous people born in India

Shakti Soundar Rajan is an Indian film director who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. After making his debut as a director with the heist thriller Naanayam (2010), he achieved a breakthrough with the action thriller Naaigal Jaakirathai (2014). His zombie film Miruthan (2016) and the space action film Tik Tik Tik (2018) starred Jayam Ravi in the lead roles. Tik Tik Tik was the first Indian space film. His upcoming film is Teddy. His films have a reputation for introducing new concepts to Tamil Cinema.

Jyoti Prasad Agarwala was a noted Indian playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker from Assam. He was considered as Assamese cultural icon, deeply revered for his creative vision and output and is popularly called the Rupkonwar of Assamese culture. In fact, he is regarded as the founder of Assamese cinema for Joymoti (1935). His death anniversary is observed as Silpi divas in his honor.

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi and Kannada films. He has garnered eight state Nandi Awards, the IIFA Award, the SIIMA Award, five Filmfare Awards South and two CineMAA Awards. In a film career spanning more than five decades, Rao has directed more than a hundred feature films, of which around ninety were box office hits, across multiple genres such as romantic comedy, fantasy, melodrama, action thriller, biographical and romance films.

Sukhbir Singh Badal is an Indian politician and President of Shiromani Akali Dal, and is currently a member of Parliament from the Ferozpur. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab from 2009 to 2017. He is the son of Parkash Singh Badal, who has served several times as Chief Minister of Punjab.

Raghav Juyal is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and television presenter. He has been called King of Slow Motion for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk in India.

Satnam Singh Bhamara is an Indian professional basketball player who last played for the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He became the first Indian player to be drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) when the Dallas Mavericks selected him with the 52nd overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft. At 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) and 290 pounds (130 kg), Singh plays the center position. He played high school basketball at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Amit Bhadana is an Indian comedian and YouTube personality. In May 2020, he claimed to be the first Indian individual YouTube content creator to reach 20 million subscribers. One of Bhadana's videos was featured on YouTube's 2018 Global Top 10 Videos list.

Shankar Mahadev Bidari was the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of the state of Karnataka. An Indian Police Service officer of 1978 batch, he was also the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City. Bidari hails from Banahatti City in Bagalkot District, Karnataka. He was succeeded as DG & IGP by Abdul Rahman Infant in March 2012.

Mahendra Nath Pandey is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Education of India. He currently serving as the Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and Member of Lok Sabha for Chandauli since 2014. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and is the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Human Resource Development between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

Jyoti Prakash Dutta is an Indian Bollywood film producer, writer and director, best known for making patriotic action war films.