People from India
139 profiles
Sports
Chuni Goswami
Footballer who captained India to Asian Games gold in 1962; also a first-class cricketer
1938 – 2020
Technology
Azim Premji
Former chairman of Wipro and one of the world’s most generous philanthropists
Born 1945
Film & TV
Anupam Kher
Actor with more than 500 films in Hindi cinema and Hollywood
Born 1955
Sports
Anju Bobby George
Long jumper; first Indian medallist at the World Athletics Championships
Born 1977
Politics & Leadership
Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, author and former UN Under-Secretary-General
Born 1956
Politics & Leadership
Rajnath Singh
Union Defence Minister of India since 2019
Born 1951
Politics & Leadership
Rajendra Prasad
First President of India (1950–1962)
1884 – 1963
Politics & Leadership
Rahul Gandhi
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha since 2024
Born 1970
Politics & Leadership
Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2014
Born 1957
Politics & Leadership
Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister of India since 2019
Born 1959
Politics & Leadership
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
Born 1950
Politics & Leadership
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024
Born 1950
Politics & Leadership
Morarji Desai
Fourth Prime Minister of India and the first from outside the Congress
1896 – 1995
Politics & Leadership
M. K. Stalin
President of the DMK; Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (2021–2026)
Born 1953
Politics & Leadership
L. K. Advani
Former Deputy Prime Minister of India and co-founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Born 1927
Politics & Leadership
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister of Assam since 2021
Born 1969
Politics & Leadership
Droupadi Murmu
15th President of India and the first from a tribal community
Born 1958
Politics & Leadership
Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 2024
Born 1970
Politics & Leadership
B. R. Ambedkar
Principal architect of the Constitution of India and India’s first Law Minister
1891 – 1956