List of Famous people born in India

Ileana D'Cruz is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu and Hindi language films. D'Cruz was born in Mumbai to a lawyer Ronaldo D'Cruz and Sameera and spent most of her childhood in Goa. Though initially reluctant, D'Cruz made her screen debut in 2006 with Telugu-language film Devadasu, which became the year's first major commercial success whilst earning her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debutant.

Twinkle Khanna is an Indian author, newspaper columnist, interior designer, film producer and actress who worked in Hindi films. In 2015, she released her first non-fiction book, "MrsFunnybones" which was declared a bestseller, making Khanna India's highest-selling woman writer that year. Her second book, The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, a collection of short stories, one of which was based on social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham was later made into National Award-winning feature film, Pad Man with the focus on dispelling taboos around menstruation It was produced under Khanna's production house Mrs. Funnybones Movies which was set up in 2016.

Sistla Janaki, popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer and occasional music-composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janakiamma" and is one of the greatest and best-known playback singers in India. She is referred to as 'Gaana Kogile' in Karnataka. She has recorded nearly 45,000 songs in films, albums, TV and Radio including solos, duets and chorus songs in more than 25 languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Tulu, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Konkani, Assamese, Sindhi and also in languages such as English, Japanese, Arabic, German, and Sinhala, however the highest number of songs in her career were in Kannada followed by Malayalam. Starting in 1957 with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu, her career has spanned over six decades.

Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreghrapher and a television personality. She is the winner of season 2 of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance and has been a captain in Dance Plus from 2015 to 2019. She also appeared in the fictional dance based teen series Dil Dosti Dance as parallel lead character. She was also a contestant and finalist on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2014. Her first song as a choreographer in Bollywood is "Nainowale Ne" in the movie Padmaavat. She owns her own dance brand called Nritya Shakti. She was also the judge and mentor in the dance competition reality show called Dance Plus for Seasons 1-4. She is the younger sister of the singer Neeti Mohan and elder sister of the dancer and actress Mukti Mohan.

Prabhu Deva is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor, who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles and has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to dance.

Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, also known as Arignar Anna, was an Indian politician who served as the fifth and last Chief Minister of Madras State from 1967 until 1969 and first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for 20 days before his death. He was the first member of a Dravidian party to hold either post.

Subramanian Swamy is an Indian politician, economist and statistician, who serves as a nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is known for his Hindu nationalist views. Swamy was a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government. Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade under former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Swamy was a long-time member of the Janata Party, serving as its president until 2013 when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Rimi Sen is an former Indian film actress and producer who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali films. Sen debuted as child actress in the Bengali film Damu. She made her debut Lead Actress in the Telugu movie Nee Thodu Kavali. In 2003, she made her Hindi acting debut in the hit comedy Hungama for which she was nominated at Filmfare Awards for Best Female Debut. Subsequently, she appeared in several successful films including Baghban (2003), Dhoom (2004), Garam Masala (2005), "Kyon ki (2005)"Phir Hera Pheri (2006) and Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006). She also participated in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2015.

Naresh Goyal is a non-resident Indian (NRI) businessman and founder Chairman of Jet Airways. He started operating Jet Airways in 1993 with initial seed money from Tail Winds incorporated, Isle of Man. Following the 2005 IPO of Jet Airways, Forbes magazine declared him the 16th richest person in India, with a net worth of $1.9 billion. He currently does not feature on the Forbes list.