People from India
139 profiles
Politics & Leadership
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
1889 – 1964
Film & TV
J. Jayalalithaa
Six-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and actress
1948 – 2016
Politics & Leadership
Indira Gandhi
Third Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office
1917 – 1984
Politics & Leadership
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Tenth Prime Minister of India and a founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party
1924 – 2018
Politics & Leadership
Arvind Kejriwal
Founder of the Aam Aadmi Party; Chief Minister of Delhi (2013–14, 2015–2024)
Born 1968
Politics & Leadership
Arun Jaitley
Former Finance Minister of India (2014–2019) and senior advocate
1952 – 2019
Politics & Leadership
Amit Shah
Union Home Minister of India since 2019
Born 1964
Politics & Leadership
Akhilesh Yadav
President of the Samajwadi Party and MP for Kannauj; former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Born 1973
Food & Cooking
Vikas Khanna
Chef, restaurateur, author, filmmaker and MasterChef India judge
Born 1971
Tarla Dalal
Cookbook author who taught India vegetarian home cooking
1936 – 2013
Space & Exploration
Shubhanshu Shukla
Indian Air Force pilot and ISRO astronaut; first Indian aboard the International Space Station
Born 1985
Science
Satyendra Nath Bose
Physicist after whom bosons are named
1894 – 1974
Food & Cooking
Sanjeev Kapoor
Celebrity chef, television host and cookbook author
Born 1964
Sports
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricketer; the leading run-scorer in the history of Test and ODI cricket
Born 1973
Art & Design
Raja Ravi Varma
Painter who brought Indian mythology to life in a realist style
1848 – 1906
Sports
Neeraj Chopra
Javelin thrower; Olympic and world champion
Born 1997
Technology
Nandan Nilekani
Infosys co-founder and architect of Aadhaar
Born 1955
Activism & Humanitarian
Mother Teresa
Founder of the Missionaries of Charity; Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Catholic saint
1910 – 1997
Sports
Mithali Raj
Former India women’s captain; leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket
Born 1982
Art & Design
M. F. Husain
Painter and member of the Progressive Artists’ Group
1915 – 2011
Music
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback singer whose voice defined Hindi film music for seven decades
1929 – 2022
Sports
I. M. Vijayan
Former India captain and striker from Kerala
Born 1969
Business
Gautam Adani
Founder and chairman of the Adani Group
Born 1962
Creators & Influencers
Dhruv Rathee
YouTuber known for explainers on social, political and environmental issues
Born 1994