List of Famous people born in Jamshedpur, India
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress, singer, and film producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid and most popular entertainers. She has received numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in the next two years Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
Pratyusha Banerjee
Pratyusha Banerjee was an Indian television actress. She had appeared in numerous television and reality shows.
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.
Gerald Durrell
Gerald Malcolm Durrell, was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. His memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into two television series and one television film. He wrote approximately forty books, mainly about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals (1956). He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.
Ishita Dutta
Ishita Dutta is an Indian actress and model who works in films and television serials. The younger sister of actress Tanushree Dutta, Dutta made her television debut in 2013 with Star Plus's soap opera Ek Ghar Banaunga as Poonam. Two years later, she made her Bollywood debut with Drishyam (2015). she appeared in Colors TV's show Bepanah Pyaar as Pragati/Baani.
R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi language films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, having appeared in films from seven different languages.
Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali is an Indian film director, producer, and writer who works in Hindi films. He started his career with writing and directing television shows. He directed shows like Imtehaan, Naina and Kurukshetra. In 2005 he made his directorial debut with Socha Na Tha, which didn't perform well on the box office. Then he earned critical and commercial success for his direction of Jab We Met (2007). His next directorial ventures Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Rockstar (2011) made him a noted filmmaker.
Neeraj Kabi
Neeraj Kabi is an Indian film and theatre actor, theatre director, and acting coach known for his works in International films and Hindi cinema, theatre, and television.
Raghubar Das
Raghubar Das is an Indian politician who served as the sixth Chief Minister of Jharkhand state of India. He was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and have twice served as the president of Jharkhand BJP,Currently he is National Vice President of Bjp.
Rasika Dugal
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.