| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harsha V. Agadi |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Chairman of Quiznos |
| Mukesh Ambani |
Business |
19-Apr-1957 |
|
India's richest man |
| Gabrielle Anwar |
Actor |
4-Feb-1970 |
|
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken |
| Amar Bose |
Inventor |
2-Nov-1929 |
|
Inventor of Bose speakers |
| J. C. Bose |
Botanist |
30-Nov-1858 |
23-Nov-1937 |
Plant physiology |
| Satyendra Nath Bose |
Physicist |
1-Jan-1894 |
4-Feb-1974 |
Bose-Einstein condensates |
| Rod Carew |
Baseball |
1-Oct-1945 |
|
Hall of Famer |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolutionary 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 |
23-Oct-1969 |
|
CNN's resident neurosurgeon |
| Vin Gupta |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO, InfoUSA |
| Nikki Haley |
Politician |
20-Jan-1972 |
|
Governor of South Carolina |
| Bobby Jindal |
Politician |
10-Jun-1971 |
|
Governor of Louisiana |
| Avan Jogia |
Actor |
9-Feb-1992 |
|
Beck Oliver on Victorious |
| Mindy Kaling |
Actor |
24-Jun-1979 |
|
Kelly Kapoor on The Office |
| 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 |
| Archie Panjabi |
Actor |
31-May-1972 |
|
Yasmin |
| 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 |
| Joseph Prince |
Religion |
15-May-1963 |
|
Pastor, New Creation Church |
| Danny Pudi |
Actor |
10-Mar-1979 |
|
Abed Nadir on Community |
| 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 |
| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Scientist |
1952 |
|
Ribosomes |
| Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1888 |
21-Nov-1970 |
Discovered the Raman Effect |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Mathematician |
22-Dec-1887 |
26-Apr-1920 |
Self-educated mathematician |
| Navi Rawat |
Actor |
5-Jun-1977 |
|
Amita Ramanujan on Numb3rs |
| Prem Reddy |
Doctor |
1949 |
|
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. |
| Deep Roy |
Actor |
1957 |
|
Dwarf Indian actor |
| Ravi Shankar |
Musician |
7-Apr-1920 |
|
World-renowned composer, performer |
| Sheetal Sheth |
Actor |
24-Jun-1976 |
|
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World |
| 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 |
15-Jun-1929 |
31-Jan-2004 |
Sexy Bollywood superstar of the '40s and '50s |
| Neera Tanden |
Government |
1970 |
|
Center for American Progress |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
Cricket |
24-Apr-1973 |
|
Top batsman in cricket |
| Indira Varma |
Actor |
14-May-1973 |
|
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love |
| Paramahansa Yogananda |
Religion |
5-Jan-1893 |
7-Mar-1952 |
Self-Realization Fellowship |
| Mammen Zachariah |
Doctor |
c. 1948 |
|
Cardiologist |
| Zachariah P. Zachariah |
Doctor |
? |
|
Cardiologist |
