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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mukesh Ambani
Business
19-Apr-1957   India's richest man
Amar Bose
Inventor
2-Nov-1929   Inventor of Bose speakers
Rod Carew
Baseball
1-Oct-1945   Hall of Famer
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Astronomer
19-Oct-1910 21-Aug-1995 Evolution stages of stars
Sri Chinmoy
Religion
27-Aug-1931 11-Oct-2007 Meditation guru
Deepak Chopra
Author
22-Oct-1946   Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Bikram Choudhury
Business
1946   The Bad Boy of Yoga
Rory Cochrane
Actor
28-Feb-1972   Tim Speedle on CSI: Miami
Dinesh D'Souza
Author
25-Apr-1961   Conservative author
Sanjay Dutt
Actor
29-Jul-1959   Mission Kashmir
Mahatma Gandhi
Activist
2-Oct-1869 30-Jan-1948 Proselytizer of nonviolence
Janina Gavankar
Actor
29-Nov-1980   Papi on The L Word
Sanjay Gupta
TV Personality
c. 1970   CNN's resident neurosurgeon
Vin Gupta
Business
c. 1948   CEO, InfoUSA
Bobby Jindal
Politician
10-Jun-1971   Governor of Louisiana
Noor Inayat Khan
Spy
1-Jan-1914 13-Sep-1944 British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis
Ben Kingsley
Actor
31-Dec-1943   Gandhi
Jhumpa Lahiri
Author
11-Jul-1967   Interpreter of Maladies
Padma Lakshmi
Model
1-Sep-1970   Host of Top Chef
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Religion
12-Jan-1917 5-Feb-2008 Transcendental meditation guru
Kishore Mahbubani
Government
1948   The New Asian Hemisphere
Sanjaya Malakar
Singer
10-Sep-1989   American Idol
Mahmood Mamdani
Author
?   When Victims Become Killers
Zubin Mehta
Conductor
29-Apr-1936   Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Freddie Mercury
Singer/Songwriter
5-Sep-1946 24-Nov-1991 Lead singer, Queen
Jimi Mistry
Actor
1973   The Guru
Rhona Mitra
Actor
9-Aug-1976   Tara on The Practice
Parminder Nagra
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Bend It Like Beckham
Ajay Naidu
Actor
12-Feb-1972   Samir in Office Space
Mira Nair
Film Director
15-Oct-1957   Salaam Bombay!
Indra Nooyi
Business
28-Oct-1955   CEO of PepsiCo
Eboo Patel
Activist
?   Interfaith Youth Core
K. A. Paul
Religion
c. 1947   Evangelist
Rachel Paulose
Attorney
12-Mar-1973   US Attorney for Minnesota
Kal Penn
Actor
23-Apr-1977   Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Ramesh Ponnuru
Columnist
16-Aug-1974   Senior Editor, National Review
Aishwarya Rai
Actor
1-Nov-1973   The Queen of Bollywood
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Physicist
7-Nov-1888 21-Nov-1970 Discovered the Raman Effect
Prem Reddy
Doctor
1949   Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.
Deep Roy
Actor
1957   Dwarf Indian actor
Ravi Shankar
Musician
7-Apr-1920   World-reknowned composer, performer
Shock G
Rapper
25-Aug-1963   The Humpty Dance is your chance
M. Night Shyamalan
Film Director
6-Aug-1970   The Sixth Sense
Suraiya
Musician
1929 31-Jan-2004 Sexy Bollywood superstar of the '40s and '50s
Mammen Zachariah
Doctor
c. 1948   Cardiologist
Zachariah P. Zachariah
Doctor
?   Cardiologist


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