Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts

Birthdays

1483-02-15 – Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30)
1506-04-07 –
Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan
1542-10-14 –
Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)
1542-10-15 –
Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)
1569-08-31 –
Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India
1592-01-05 –
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1592-01-14 –
Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India
1618-11-03 –
Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707)
1643-10-14 –
Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712)
1682-07-10 –
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719)
1685-01-07 –
Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
1725-09-29 –
Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India)
1725-09-29 –
Robert Clive, founder (British empire in India)
1732-12-06 –
Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84)
1750-11-20 –
Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1767-05-04 –
Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
1787-06-28 –
Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces
1796-12-27 –
Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
1809-01-23 –
Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter
1809-12-24 –
Christopher “Kit” Carson, KY, Union brig-general/indian fighter
1817-05-15 –
Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
1817-10-17 –
Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan)
1823-06-30 –
Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
1824-02-12 –
Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader
1825-05-08 –
George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
1825-09-04 –
Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament
1827-07-19 –
Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
1831-11-08 –
Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India
1832-06-10 –
Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)
1833-11-02 –
Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904)
1835-11-19 –
Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858)
1836-02-18 –
Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader
1839-03-03 –
Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
1845-11-04 –
Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883)
1848-04-16 –
Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919)
1849-09-21 –
Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
1850-09-09 –
Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi
1853-12-06 –
Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931)
1856-04-01 –
Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
1856-04-11 –
Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India
1856-07-23 –
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader
1858-10-21 –
Ramabai Dongre’ Medhavi, India, social reformer
1858-11-07 –
Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian freedom fighter, (d. 1932)
1858-11-30 –
Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)
1860-08-10 –
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)
1860-09-15 –
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)
1861-05-06 –
Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1861-05-07
– Rabindranath Tagore, First Indian to win Nobel Prize for Liturature. (d. 1941)
1861-12-25 –
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
1865-01-28 –
Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
1865-01-31 –
Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)
1866-05-09 –
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
1867-12-16 –
Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
1868-08-12 –
Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)
1869-10-02 –
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader
1872-04-14 –
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
1873-11-22 –
Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India)
1875-10-31 –
Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
1876-09-15 –
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
1877-11-24 –
Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
1878-02-21 –
The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
1878-11-27 –
Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).
1878-12-10 –
Rajaji, India’s freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972)
1879-02-13 –
Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949)
1879-09-17 –
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social Reformer (d. 1973)
1880-07-31 –
Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936)
1880-10-08 –
Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)
1882-07-05 –
Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927).
1882-12-11 –
Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
1883-05-28 –
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966)
1884-12-03 –
Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)
1885-02-14 –
Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949)
1886-05-25 –
Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
1886-11-02 –
Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble)
1887-02-26 –
Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)
1887-06-07 –
William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)
1887-12-22 –
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)
1888-09-05 –
Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher
1888-11-07 –
Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930)
1888-11-11 –
Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India
1889-11-14 –
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
1891-04-14 –
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956)
1893-01-05 –
Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)
1894-01-01 –
Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
1894-02-25 –
Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969)
1894-04-10 –
Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1894-05-20 –
Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
1894-06-23 –
Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936)
1894-08-10 –
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980)
1895-05-12 –
Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
1895-05-22 –
Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [OS=May 12]
1895-06-03 –
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)
1895-09-01 –
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)
1896-02-29 –
Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79)
1896-09-01 –
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)
1896-11-12 –
Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)
1897-01-23 –
Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician
1897-04-19 –
Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
1897-05-03 –
V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
1897-11-23 –
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1898-12-02 –
Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918)
1898-12-05 – Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
1902-06-04 –
Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)
1902-10-11 –
Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979)
1903-07-15 –
Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)
1904-02-29 –
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986)
1904-03-04 –
Chief Tahachee, American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (d. 1978)
1904-07-29 –
J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)
1904-10-01 –
A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
1904-10-02 –
Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66)
1905-09-09 –
Hussain Sha – Indian Saint, Philosopher ,Pithapuram
1906-05-05 –
Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon)
1906-05-29 –
Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones)
1906-07-23 –
Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. 1931)
1906-10-10 –
R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
1907-05-15 –
Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1907-09-27 –
Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1907-09-28 –
Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1908-04-05 –
Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
1908-06-24 –
Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
1908-07-25 –
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (d. 2003)
1908-10-22 –
John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly)
1909-10-30 –
Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966)
1909-12-20 –
Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000)
1910-01-30 –
C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000)
1910-07-03 –
Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1910-10-19 –
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)
1910-12-04 –
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)
1911-02-19 –
Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion)
1911-09-20 –
Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991)
1911-10-13 –
Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001)
1912-01-27 –
Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling, Indian/British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet)
1912-02-27 –
Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1913-05-13 –
Sanjiva Reddy, president (India)
1913-05-19 –
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India
1914-01-01 –
Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
1914-07-08 –
Jyoti Basu, Indian politician
1916-01-22 –
Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a State of India) (d. 1994)
1916-05-05 –
Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
1916-05-08 –
Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
1916-08-03 –
Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
1916-09-15 –
Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress (Lady Vanishes)
1916-09-16 –
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
1917-01-12 –
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
1917-01-17 –
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician
1917-02-11 –
T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
1917-03-12 –
Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing)
1917-11-05 –
Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
1917-11-19 –
Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84)
1918-04-16 –
Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
1918-12-14 –
B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate
1918-12-23 –
Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor
1919-01-19 –
Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1919-08-12 –
Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)
1919-08-31 –
Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
1919-11-08 –
P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
1919-12-25 –
Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
1920-02-12 –
Pran, Indian actor
1920-03-15 –
Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
1920-04-05 –
Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
1920-04-07 –
Ravi Shankar, Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
1920-10-19 –
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (d. 2003)
1920-10-27 –
K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India
1920-10-29 –
Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic
1920-12-04 –
Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
1921-01-20 –
Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
1921-02-15 –
Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)
1921-05-02 –
Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)
1921-06-28 –
P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )
1921-08-08 –
Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)
1921-12-07 –
Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader
1922-01-09 –
Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968)
1922-02-04 –
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Classical Singer
1922-12-11 –
Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
1923-04-17 –
Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursday’s Children)
1923-05-15 –
Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)
1923-05-28 –
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)
1923-07-10 –
G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987)
1923-07-22 –
Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
1923-09-26 –
Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer
1924-01-04 –
Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993)
1924-01-27 –
Sabu, [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum)
1924-12-14 –
Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988)
1925-08-07 –
M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
1925-09-24 –
Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
1925-12-24 –
Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
1926-01-08 –
Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)
1926-05-19 –
Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
1926-11-23 –
Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
1927-01-18 –
Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)
1927-01-27 –
Michael Craig, Poona India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror)
1927-03-25 –
Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
1927-05-10 –
Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1927-07-27 –
Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
1927-08-26 –
B. V. Doshi, Indian architect
1928-08-04 –
Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)
1929-01-08 –
Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor
1929-03-29 –
Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
1929-05-20 –
Andre Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet
1929-06-06 –
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)
1929-07-20 –
Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)
1929-07-25 – Somnath Chatterjee, Indian communist leader
1929-08-04 –
Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (d. 1987)
1929-09-28 –
Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
1929-10-19 –
Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56)
1930-07-21 –
Anand Bakshi, Indian lyricist (d. 2002)
1930-09-17 –
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist
1931-02-18 –
Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
1931-05-16 –
Natwar Singh, Indian politician
1931-06-30 –
June Thorburn, Kashmir India, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore)
1931-08-27 –
Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (d. 2007)
1931-10-14 –
Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d. 1986)
1931-10-15 –
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Eleventh President of India
1932-06-22 –
Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932-08-01 –
Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)
1932-09-27 –
Yash Chopra, Indian director
1932-09-29 –
Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
1932-10-26 –
Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player (1952)
1932-10-30 –
Barun De, Indian historian
1932-12-28 –
Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002)
1933-02-14 –
Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)
1933-09-08 –
Asha Bhonsle, Indian singer
1933-11-03 –
Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933-12-02 –
K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist
1934-03-15 –
Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader
1934-05-19 –
Ruskin Bond, Indian author
1934-10-15 –
N. Ramani, Indian flutist
1935-12-08 –
Dharmendra, Indian actor
1935-12-11 –
Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
1936-02-09 –
Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)
1936-04-29 –
Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)
1936-05-03 –
Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)
1936-09-25 –
Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear)
1936-12-25 –
Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer (Householder)
1937-01-14 –
Shoban Babu, Indian actor
1937-12-03 –
Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist
1937-12-28 –
Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
1938-02-07 –
S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1938-03-18 –
Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust)
1938-07-19 –
Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist
1939-01-20 –
Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1939-06-27 –
Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)
1939-09-25 –
Feroz Khan, Indian actor
1939-11-21 –
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1939-11-22 –
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1940-01-02 –
S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
1940-01-20 –
Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
1940-10-14 –
Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
1940-11-01 –
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
1940-12-12 –
Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
1941-02-27 –
Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP (Soc/Lib Democrat)
1941-04-14 –
Julie Christie, Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago)
1941-07-31 –
Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician
1941-09-04 –
Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
1941-11-25 –
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Indian Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
1942-04-02 –
Roshan Seth, Indian actor
1942-04-07 –
Jeetendra, Indian actor
1942-05-23 –
K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
1942-12-29 –
Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
1943-01-01 –
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1943-01-24 –
Subhash Ghai, Indian film director
1943-06-02 –
Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
1943-12-25 –
Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11 backup)
1944-01-11 –
Shibu Soren, Indian politician
1944-02-13 –
Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (d. 2006)
1944-05-01 –
Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
1944-08-20 –
Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984-89)
1945-01-17 –
Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter
1945-02-20 –
Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
1945-05-04 –
Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
1945-05-23 –
Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991)
1945-07-24 –
Azim Premji, Indian businessman
1945-12-06 –
Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker
1946-05-01 –
Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (Abs Fab, OHM’s Secret Service)
1946-05-28 –
Satchidanandan, Indian poet
1946-08-20 –
N.R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman
1946-10-06 –
Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
1946-10-15 –
Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor (A Passage to India)
1946-12-08 –
Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress
1946-12-09 –
Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician
1946-12-09 –
Shatrughan Sinha, Indian actor
1947-01-07 –
Shobha De, Indian writer
1947-02-12 –
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
1947-06-11 –
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
1947-08-15 –
Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
1948-02-24 –
J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
1948-02-25 –
Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
1948-04-09 –
Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
1948-10-16 –
Hema Malini, Indian Actress
1949-01-13 –
Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
1949-03-07 –
Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
1949-04-28 –
Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
1949-09-01 –
P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
1949-12-18 –
Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress (Octopussy)
1950-01-07 –
Johnny Lever, Indian actor
1950-04-20 –
Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
1950-05-30 –
Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
1950-06-15 –
Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
1950-07-20 –
Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
1950-09-17 –
Narendra Modi, Indian politician
1950-09-18 –
Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
1950-10-02 – Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress (Star Trek, Megaforce)
1950-10-18 –
Om Puri, Indian actor
1950-12-12 –
Rajnikanth, Indian actor
1951-01-01 –
Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor
1951-11-19 –
Zeenat Aman, Indian actress
1952-03-20 –
Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)
1952-04-13 –
Erick Avari, British-Indian actor
1952-06-20 –
Vikram Seth, Indian poet
1952-09-04 –
Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
1952-11-05 –
Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
1952-12-28 –
Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
1953-09-27 –
Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
1953-12-14 –
Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor (Octopussy)
1954-03-19 –
Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai
1954-07-27 –
G. S. Bali, Indian politician
1954-11-07 –
Kamal Haasan, Indian actor
1955-05-17 –
Bill Paxton, actor (Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies)
1955-11-05 –
Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
1955-12-31 –
Dawood Ibrahim, Indian crime boss
1956-01-15 –
Mayawati, Indian politician
1956-02-01 –
Brahmanandam, Indian film actor
1956-03-09 –
Shashi Tharoor, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General
1956-04-18 –
Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress
1956-06-02 –
Mani Ratnam, Indian dire
1956-08-14 –
Johnny Lever, Indian actor
1956-10-19 –
Sunny Deol, Indian actor
1957-01-07 –
Reena Roy, Indian actress
1957-04-19 –
Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman
1957-08-03 –
Mani Shankar, Indian film maker
1957-09-23 –
Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer
1957-10-15 –
Mira Nair, Indian director
1957-12-10 –
Prem Rawat, known also as Guru Maharaj Ji and Maharaji, American Indian spiritual leader and speaker
1958-02-01 –
Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
1958-04-03 –
Jaya Prada, Indian Actress
1959-05-03 –
Uma Bharati, Indian politician
1959-07-29 –
Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
1959-08-26 –
Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Indian Open)
1959-08-29 –
Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor
1959-12-24 –
Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
1960-01-03 –
Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
1960-05-21 –
Mohanlal, Indian actor
1960-06-10 –
Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
1960-12-13 –
Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian actor
1961-01-07 –
Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
1961-04-18 –
Pamella Bordes, New Dehli India, Brit parliament prostitute
1961-05-04 –
Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet
1961-05-26 –
Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
1961-06-05 –
Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star
1961-06-27 –
Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress
1961-07-01 –
Kalpana Chawla, Karnal India, astronaut (STS 87)
1961-08-13 –
Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer
1961-11-24 –
Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
1962-02-14 –
Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress
1962-09-30 –
Shaan, Indian singer
1963-08-10 –
Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit and revolutionary (d. 2001)
1963-08-13 –
Sridevi, Indian actress
1963-08-17 –
S. Shankar, Indian film director.
1964-01-31 –
Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 India Open)
1964-02-19 –
Sonu Walia, Indian actress
1964-12-25 –
Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
1965-03-14 –
Aamir Khan, Indian actor
1965-06-01 –
India Allen, Portsmouth Va, playmate of the year (Dec, 1987)
1965-09-02 –
Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
1965-11-02 –
Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
1965-12-27 –
Salman Khan, Indian actor
1966-01-06 –
A. R. Rahman, Indian composer
1966-03-05 –
Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
1966-03-20 –
Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
1966-04-17 –
Vikram, Indian actor
1966-05-03 –
Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
1966-08-28 –
Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
1966-09-28 –
Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director
1967-01-26 –
Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer
1967-01-27 –
Bobby Deol, Indian actor
1967-02-01 –
Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician
1967-02-12 –
Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
1967-05-15 –
Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
1967-08-18 –
Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer
1967-09-09 –
Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor
1967-11-13 –
Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
1968-02-09 –
Rahul Roy, Indian actor
1968-03-16 –
Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher
1968-04-19 –
Arshad Warsi, Indian actor
1968-09-29 –
Samir Soni, Indian film actor
1968-12-15 –
Javid Hussain, Indian film producer
1969-12-11 –
Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
1970-05-30 –
Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
1970-06-01 –
R. Madhavan, Indian actor
1970-06-19 –
Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
1970-08-06 –
M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director
1970-08-16 –
Manisha Koirala, Indian actress
1970-08-16 –
Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
1970-09-01 –
Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
1970-10-26 –
Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
1971-04-16 –
Natasha Zvereva, Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian Wells)
1971-05-01 –
Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
1971-09-02 –
Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
1971-11-01 –
Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
1971-12-18 –
Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
1972-04-16 –
Conchita Martinez, Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian Wells)
1972-08-27 – Dalip Singh, Indian professional wrestler
1972-11-04 –
Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
1972-11-09 –
Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park)
1972-11-26 –
Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
1972-12-17 –
John Abraham, Indian actor
1973-06-17 –
Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
1973-07-23 –
Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood composer, singer and actor.
1973-07-30 –
Sonu Nigam, Indian singer/actor
1973-08-10 –
Lisa Raymond, Norristown Penn, tennis star (1995 Indian Wells doubles)
1973-08-23 –
Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
1973-09-01 –
Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
1973-11-01 –
Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
1974-01-09 –
Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood Director, Actor, Producer, Singer.
1974-01-10 –
Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
1974-05-15 –
Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
1974-06-07 –
Mahesh Bhupathi, India, tennis pro
1974-06-22 –
Joseph Vijay, Indian actor
1974-06-25 –
Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
1974-09-09 –
Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army
1974-12-25 –
Nagma, Indian actress
1975-01-01 –
Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975-01-08 –
Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer
1975-01-31 –
Preity Zinta, Indian actress
1975-03-08 –
Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
1975-06-08 –
Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
1975-06-22 –
Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1975-08-05 –
Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
1975-10-03 –
India.Arie, American singer
1976-02-05 –
Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
1976-02-20 –
Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar)
1976-06-29 –
Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)
1976-09-03 –
Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1976-12-15 –
Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer
1977-06-09 –
Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
1977-06-09 –
Amisha Patel, Indian actress
1977-07-17 –
Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer
1977-09-01 –
Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
1978-01-01 –
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritualist
1978-03-21 –
Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress
1978-03-28 –
Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)
1978-04-16 –
Lara Dutta, Indian actress
1978-06-11 –
Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel
1978-11-01 –
Manju Warrier, Indian actress
1978-12-17 –
Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor
1979-01-07 –
Bipasha Basu, Indian model
1979-02-02 –
Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
1979-03-23 –
Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor
1979-03-24 –
Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor
1979-03-31 –
Amey Date, Indian playback singer
1979-04-17 –
Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor
1979-04-23 –
Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model
1980-02-21 –
Parthiva Sureshwaren, Indian racing driver
1980-08-18 –
Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
1980-09-21 –
Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
1980-12-11 –
Arya, Indian actor
1981-02-25 –
Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
1981-03-29 –
Jlloyd Samuel, WestIndian-born footballer
1981-06-07 –
Amrita Rao, Indian model and actress
1981-06-25 –
Pooja Umashankar, Indian actress
1981-09-21 –
Rimi Sen, Indian actress
1981-10-12 –
Sneha, Indian actress
1981-10-24 –
Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress
1981-10-29 –
Reema Sen, Indian actress
1981-12-09 –
Diya Mirza, Indian actress
1982-02-23 –
Karan Singh Grover, Indian Television Actor
1982-03-28 –
Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
1982-04-07 –
Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler
1982-07-03 –
Kanika, Indian actress
1982-07-18 –
Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen
1982-09-11 –
Shriya Saran, South Indian actress
1982-09-28 –
Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
1982-09-28 –
Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor
1982-12-10 –
Shilpa Anand, Indian film and television actress
1983-02-03 –
Silambarasan Rajendar,famous south Indian actor
1983-02-23 –
Aziz Ansari, Indian American Comedian
1983-04-08 –
Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
1983-05-04 –
Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
1983-05-20 –
Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
1983-05-25 –
Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
1984-01-19 –
Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver
1984-02-15 –
Meera Jasmine, Indian actress
1984-02-29 –
Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player
1984-03-12 –
Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1984-03-19 –
Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress
1984-07-16 –
Katrina Kaif, Indian Actress
1984-08-03 –
Sunil Chetri, Indian Footballer
1985-01-18 –
Minnisha Lamba, Indian Actress and Model
1985-01-30 –
Aaadietya Pandey, Indian astrologer
1985-06-09 –
Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
1985-10-26 –
Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress
1986-01-01 –
Vidya Balan, Indian actress
1986-01-05 –
Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1986-01-28 –
Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
1986-03-27 –
Ramani, Indian Girl
1986-04-10 –
Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
1986-10-20 –
Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress
1986-11-15 –
Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
1987-03-31 –
Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster
1987-08-05 –
Genelia D’Souza, Indian actress
1987-08-19 –
Ileana D’Cruz, Indian actress
1988-01-04 – Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
1988-11-22 –
Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara, British-Indian novelists
1988-12-02 –
Soniya Mehra, Indian Actress
1989-09-02 –
Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)
1991-08-09 –
Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
1996-03-09 –
Darsheel Safary, Youngest Indian actor to win filmfare award for best performance.
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