List of Famous people born in India

Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014.

Ashish Nehra is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game.

S. P. Jhananathan is an Indian film director and producer. His first film as director - Iyarkai (2003) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 2004. Prior to becoming a director, he worked as an assistant to directors like B. Lenin, Bharathan, Vincent Selva and Keyar. He has also served as the treasurer of the Tamil Film Directors’ Union. S. P. Jananathan turned producer with the movie Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai. The movie was produced by his production house, Binary Pictures in association with UTV Motion Pictures.

Mehul Chinubhai Choksi is a fugitive Indian businessman, residing in Antigua and Barbuda, who is wanted by the Indian judicial authorities for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption and money laundering. In an interview, Choksi claimed that he is innocent and all allegations against him are false, baseless and motivated by political expediency. Choksi holds Antiguan citizenship, and is the owner of Gitanjali Group, a retail jewellery company with 4,000 stores in India. An arrest warrant for Choksi has been issued in connection with the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud case. He was allegedly involved in stock market manipulation in 2013. In late May 2021, he has gone missing from Antigua. He was reported captured from Dominica while trying to flee to Cuba in a boat.

Jitin Prasada is an Indian politician from India and former Minister of State for Human Resource. He was representing Dhaurahra of district Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha, where he won by 184,509 votes.

Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar is an Indian politician and businessman who is currently serving as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was the state minister of irrigation in the cabinet of H. D. Kumaraswamy. Previously he served as the Minister of Energy in the Government of Karnataka under the Siddaramaiah Government. He is an MLA from Kanakapura constituency.

Aishwarya Rajinikanth is an Indian film director and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. She is the elder daughter of actor Rajinikanth and former wife of Dhanush. She made her feature film directorial debut with 3 (2012).

Rana Kapoor is an Indian former banker who is currently in jail for accusations of money laundering. He is a co-founder, and former managing director and CEO of Yes Bank, an Indian private sector bank, with its registered office in Mumbai. He was arrested on March 8, 2020 by the India's Enforcement Directorate over accusations of fraud worth over $100 million.

Manoj Muntashir, is an Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter. Following script writing for Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of British Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, he wrote several successful Hindi songs for films. These have included "Galliyan", "Tere Sang Yaara", "Kaun Tujhe", "Dil Meri Na Sune", "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga" and "Teri Mitti".

Raninder Singh an Indian politician from Punjab, India, and son of the incumbent Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh.