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Famous People Born in India
Discover 24 famous people born in India. Explore their birthplaces on the interactive map below.
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24 Personalities
Aravind Adiga
(Writer) - Madras, India (October 23rd, 1974)
Viswanathan Anand
(Chess player) - Mayiladuthurai, India (December 11th, 1969)
Chatterjee Bankim Chandra
(Poet, Writer) - Naihati, India (June 27th, 1838)
Amit Chaudhuri
(Novelist) - Calcutta, India (January 1st, 1962)
Mahatma Gandhi
(Political Leader) - Porbandar, India (October 2nd, 1869)
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
(Chess player) - Kolkata, India (February 24th, 1983)
Ghalib Mirza
(Poet) - Agra, India (December 27th, 1797)
Amitav Ghosh
(Writer) - Calcutta, India (July 11th, 1956)
Vidit Gujrathi
(Chess player) - Nashik, India (October 24th, 1994)
Pentala Harikrishna
(Chess player) - Guntur, India (May 10th, 1986)
Hashmi Zarina
(Printmaker, Sculptor) - Aligarh, India (July 16th, 1937)
Koneru Humpy
(Chess player) - Vijayawada, India (March 31st, 1987)
M. F. Husain
(Painter) - Pandharpur, India (September 17th, 1915)
Rupi Kaur
(Poet) - Punjab, India (October 4th, 1992)
Aravind Malagatti
(Poet) - Mysuru, India (October 14th, 1956)
Saadat Hasan Manto
(Writer) - Samrala, India (May 11th, 1912)
Naidu Sarojini
(Poet) - Hyderabad, India (February 13th, 1879)
V. S. Naipaul
(Writer) - Chandernagore, India (August 17th, 1932)
R.K. Narayan
(Writer) - Madras, India (October 10th, 1906)
George Orwell
(Writer) - Motihari, India (June 25th, 1903)
Rai Aishwarya
(Actor) - Mangalore, India (November 1st, 1973)
Arundhati Roy
(Activist, Writer) - Shillong, India (November 24th, 1961)
Geetanjali Shree
(Novelist) - Mainpuri, India (June 12th, 1957)
Tagore Rabindranath
(Poet, Writer) - Calcutta, India (May 7th, 1861)