List of Famous people born in India

Clara, known by her stage name Sheela is an Indian film actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (130) together as heroine and hero. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She was one of the most popular and highest paid actresses, reportedly paid more than her male counterparts, of her time.

Agatha Kongkal Sangma is a Member of Parliament of India (MP), and a part of the 17th Lok Sabha. She represented the Tura constituency of Meghalaya following the 2009 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party. She was the youngest Minister of State in the UPA Second Manmohan Singh ministry.

Shalini Ajith Kumar also commonly known as Shalini is a former Indian actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam films and few Tamil films.

Sonali Kulkarni is an Indian actress and writer. She has worked in Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Hindi, and Tamil films. She is known for her roles in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Doghi, Deool, Gulabjaam, Dil Chahta Hai, Singham, Taxi No 9211 and Bharat.

Dharmesh Darshan is an Indian filmmaker, film director and writer who works in Bollywood.

Malabar Gopalan Nair Sreekumar, popularly known as M. G. Sreekumar, is an Indian playback singer, composer, music producer, television presenter and film producer, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and television. He has sung more than 20000 songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages. He owns a music company named KMG Musics and also Saregama School of Music in Thiruvananthapuram. Sreekumar has won several awards, including two National Film Awards, three Kerala State Film Awards and a Filmfare Awards South. He was also honoured with the Harivarasanam Award by the Government of Kerala in 2016.

Varun Tej is an Indian film actor known for his works in Telugu language films. He made his debut as a lead in the film Mukunda, directed by Srikanth Addala opposite Pooja Hegde. His second film Kanche, also being the first Indian film on WWII, became a super hit and Varun Tej's portrayal of Dhupati Haribabu was critically acclaimed. He then went on to appear in commercially successful films such as Fidaa (2017), Tholi Prema (2018), Antariksham 9000 KMPH (2018), F2: Fun and Frustration (2019) and Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019).

Salman Akhtar is an Indian-American psychoanalyst practicing in the United States. He is an author and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He was born into a Muslim family in Khairabad, Uttar Pradesh to Jan Nisar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, and singer Safia Akhtar, a teacher and writer. He is the brother of veteran poet and film lyricist Javed Akhtar. His son Kabir Akhtar is an American television director and Emmy-nominated editor.

Tejaswini Kolhapure is an Indian model and actress.