List of Famous people born in India

Budhia Singh is an Indian long distance runner who became notable for his athletic feats as a child. He has been acclaimed as the world's youngest marathon runner. He ran from Puri to Bhubaneswar at the age of five covering 65 kilometres (40 mi) in seven hours and two minutes and was listed as the world's youngest marathon runner in the 2006 edition of the Limca Book of Records, an Indian record book.

Nisha Rawal is an Indian television actress and model. Rawal is best known for playing the role of Soumya Diwan in TV serial Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki on Life OK.

Kalanithi Maran is an Indian media baron who is the chairman and founder of the Sun Group. He owns television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM Radio stations, DTH services and a movie production house. He also held a major share in the Indian airline Spice Jet from 2010 to 2015.

Diana Hayden is an Indian actress, television host, model and the winner of Miss World 1997 pageant. She is the third Indian woman to win the title of Miss World. She also won three subtitles during the pageant and is the only Miss World titleholder to do so. In 2008, she was a celebrity contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss.

C. Shakeela, known mononymously as Shakeela, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam language films. Shakeela debuted in the film Playgirls (1995) at the age of 18 as a supporting actress. She appeared in about 250 films, most of them softcore, which made her a major sex symbol in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Ashrita Shetty is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Tamil language films.

Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer. The daughter of lyricist & poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee, she was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra, Mumbai.

Sandeep Singh is an Indian film producer who works in Hindi films. He started his career as a journalist and later joined Bhansali Productions as the CEO in 2011. He founded the film production company Legend Studios in 2015. Singh is known for producing movies like Mary Kom, Aligarh, Sarabjit, Bhoomi, PM Narendra Modi, and Jhund.

Rasika Dugal is an Indian actress who is known for her roles in several Bollywood movies. Apart from this, she has starred in Indian-German drama film, Qissa and several Indian soap operas.

Ragini Dwivedi is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Kannada films. As a model, she was the runner-up of the 2008 Femina Miss India South contest and won the Richfeel Femina Miss Beautiful Hair award at the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest.