List of Famous people born in India
Arya
Jamshad Cethirakath, known by his stage name Arya, is an Indian film actor and producer, who mainly appears in Tamil films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada productions. Arya has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and received two nominations each for Filmfare Awards and Vijay Awards. He was included on the 2015 edition of the Forbes India Celebrity 100, a list based on the top earning Indian celebrities.
Angad Bedi
Angad Singh Bedi is an Indian film actor and former model. He made his debut with Kaya Taran in 2004, an adaptation of a Malayalam short story by N. S. Madhavan, Vanmarangal Veezhumpol. He has done the film F.A.L.T.U in 2011 and known for his roles in Pink (2016), Dear Zindagi (2016) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017).
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Hardanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy is an Indian politician and businessman. He is a former Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is a former president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular) and son of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda.
Tanushree Dutta
Tanushree Dutta is an Indian former model and actress who primarily appears in Bollywood movies. Dutta was the recipient of the Femina Miss India Universe title in 2004 at age 20. During the same year at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, she was among the top ten finalists.
Priya Anand
Priya Anand is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She has also appeared in Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. After pursuing higher studies in the US, she began a career in modelling in 2008 before making her acting debut in the Tamil film Vaamanan (2009) and then her Telugu debut in Leader a year later. She made her Hindi debut in 2012 with a supporting role in English Vinglish and subsequently appeared in the films Fukrey (2013) and Rangrezz (2013).
Aanand L. Rai
Aanand L. Rai is a Hindi film director and producer known for romantic-comedy movies Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Raanjhanaa (2013), Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015) and Zero (2018)
Anup Jalota
Anup Jalota, is an Indian singer, musician and actor best known for his performances in the Hindu devotional music, and bhajans.
Devdutt Padikkal
Devdutt Padikkal is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has also played for the India under-19 team.
Kriti Kharbanda
Kriti Kharbanda is an Indian film actress and model known for her work in Kannada, Hindi and Telugu language films. She has received accolades including a SIIMA Award and two nominations for the Filmfare Award South. After beginning her career as a model, Kharbanda made her acting debut in 2009 with the Telugu film Boni.
Indra Nooyi
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive and former chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo.