List of Famous people born in India
Prateik Babbar
Prateik Babbar is an Indian film actor, who predominantly appears in Hindi language films, and has also acted in a Tamil movie. The son of late actress Smita Patil and actor Raj Babbar, he began his career as a production assistant before pursuing an acting career. Prior to his screen debut, Babbar appeared in television advertisements for a variety of products, including NestleKitKat, on the recommendation of the filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar. Since his debut in Bollywood, Babbar has received accolades such as a Filmfare Award and a Stardust Award.
Priyanka Phogat
Priyanka Phogat is an Indian female wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships. She is the sister of Commonwealth Games gold medalist wrestler Vinesh Phogat, niece of Dronacharya Award winner Mahavir Phogat and cousin of Commonwealth Games gold medalist wrestlers, Geeta and Babita.
Upinder Singh
Upinder Singh is an Indian historian and the former head of the History Department at the University of Delhi. She is the dean of faculty and professor of history at Ashoka University. She is also the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences (History).
Meena Khadikar
Meena Khadikar is an Indian Marathi and Hindi language playback singer and composer. She is the second eldest daughter of Pt. Deenanath Mangeshkar and sister of the famous singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
Dhiraj Deshmukh
Dhiraj Vilasrao Deshmukh is a politician and an MLA of Indian National Congress, and son of Vilasrao Deshmukh. He was elected from the Latur Rural to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2019 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He won by a margin of 121482 which is third largest in terms of votes in 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.
Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck is a Bhutanese prince. Born as the second son of the-King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck, he was the heir presumptive to the throne of Bhutan until 5 February 2016, when his nephew Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, his older half-brother and current King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck's son, was born.
Subhashini Ali
Subhasini Ali is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association and former Member of Parliament from Kanpur.
Raju Sundaram
Raju Sundaram is an Indian dance choreographer, actor and director, who works primarily in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. He appeared as an actor in films such as but not limited to: Jeans (1998), 123 (2002), I Love You Da (2002) and Quick Gun Murugun (2009); and directed one film, Aegan (2008). He is the son of dancer Mugur Sundar, and the elder brother of choreographers Prabhu Deva and Nagendra Prasad.
Mallika Sukumaran
Mallika Sukumaran is an Indian actress known for her works in Malayalam film and television. She debuted in 1974 Malayalam film Utharayanam by G. Aravindan. Since then, she has appeared in over 60 films. She won the Kerala State Film award for Second Best Actress for her role in the 1974 film Swapnadanam.
Lakshmi Manchu
Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna is an Indian actress, producer and television presenter known for doing supporting roles in Telugu cinema and American television. The daughter of veteran actor Mohan Babu, Lakshmi holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre from Oklahoma City University.