List of Famous people born in India

Amar Singh was an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was the general secretary of the Samajwadi Party and was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. On 6 January 2010, he resigned from all the posts of the Samajwadi Party and was later expelled from the party by its chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on 2 February 2010.

Sarfaraz Khan is an Indian film actor and producer who has worked in two of the highly successful films, the tragic romance Tere Naam (2003) and the action thriller Wanted (2009) He is the son of veteran actor and dialogue writer Kader Khan. His brother, Shahnawaz Khan, is also an actor. In 2012, he formed the Kal Ke Kalakar International theatre company with his father and brother.

Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. As of November 2020, she is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 63rd in the world. She specialises in playing long-pimples on her backhand, a rubber which is not often played by top players. She received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2020.

Gnanathesikan, known as Ilaiyaraaja, is an Indian film composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist who works in the Indian film industry, predominantly in Tamil. He has also worked in several Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films besides one Marathi film. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian music composers, he is often credited for introducing Western musical sensibilities in the Tamil film musical mainstream. Reputed to be the world's most prolific composer, he has composed more than 7,000 songs, provided film scores for more than 1,000 movies and performed in more than 20,000 concerts. Ilaiyaraaja is nicknamed "Isaignani" and is often referred to as "Maestro", amongst others by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London.

Robert Rajendra Vadra is the husband of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. He is the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi and the brother-in-law of Rahul Gandhi.

Krystle D'Souza is an Indian television actress known for portraying Jeevika Vadhera in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai. Then she played Sakshi in Ek Nayi Pehchaan. In 2016, she portrayed Raina in Zee TV's Brahmarakshas.

Ahmedbhai Mohammedbhai Patel was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Uday Chopra is a Bollywood actor, producer, screenwriter and assistant director. He is the son of the late Yash Chopra and brother of Aditya Chopra. His sister-in-law is the actress Rani Mukerji and his cousins are film director Karan Johar and film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Chopra worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's films under the Yash Raj Films banner. Chopra is the owner-manager (CEO) of YRF Entertainment and manager of Yash Raj Films along with his mother Pamela Chopra and his brother Aditya Chopra, who owns the company.

Pankaj Kapur is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. He is the father of actor Shahid Kapoor with his first wife, Neelima Azeem. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles to date have been that of Inspector P.K. in Raakh (1989), Dr. Dipankar Roy in Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991) and Abba ji, in Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation of Macbeth; Maqbool (2004), all three roles which got him National Film Awards.

Anmolpreet Singh is an Indian professional cricketer who plays for Punjab. A right-handed batsman, he is a part of the Mumbai Indians squad in the IPL. He made his IPL debut on 19th September 2021 against Chennai Super Kings.