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HYDERABAD

Most Famous People Born in Hyderabad, India

Notable people
503
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1967
Most distinctive
Cricket 16.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hyderabad during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Hyderabad Is Known For

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Cricket is Hyderabad's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (104).

Hyderabad over-indexes on cricket — 16.2× the global rate.

Hyderabad under-produces writer — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Cricket104
  2. Actor89
  3. Politician74
  4. Film29
  5. Singer11
  6. Writer10
  7. Poet9
  8. Author8
  1. Cricket10416.2×
  2. Film294.7×
  3. Entrepreneur84.7×
  4. Model64.6×
  5. Badminton54.4×
  6. Actor893.3×
  7. Author81.9×
  8. Poet91.7×
  1. Writer100.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Hyderabad's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 32 of 503 notable people

0003 ACTOR

Sharmila Tagore

Born 1944

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0066 POLITICIAN

Bandaru Dattatreya

Born 1947

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0076 JOURNALIST

Anees Jung

Born 1944

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0080 CRICKET

Asif Iqbal Razvi

Born 1943

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0082 ACTOR

Poonam Sinha

Born 1949

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0091 CRICKET

Syed Abid Ali

Born 1941

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0103 NOVELIST

Venkatesh Kulkarni

1945 - 1998

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0109 ACADEMIC

Rafi Ahmed

Born 1948

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0129 FILM

Akkineni Kutumba Rao

Born 1946

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0169 POLITICIAN

Nandi Yellaiah

1942 - 2020

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0197 RESEARCH

Laxmaiah Manchikanti

Born 1947

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0200 FOOTBALL

Syed Nayeemuddin

Born 1948

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0216 BADMINTON

S. M. Arif

Born 1944

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0224 POLITICIAN

Moinuddin Haider

Born 1942

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0228 POLITICIAN

Aelay Narendra

1946 - 2014

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0258 CRICKET

Devraj Govindraj

Born 1947

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0266 POLITICIAN

P. Janardhan Reddy

1948 - 2007

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0275 LECTURER

Fahmida Hussain

Born 1948

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0295 POLITICIAN

Christabel Chamarette

Born 1948

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0299 POLITICIAN

P. Shankar Rao

Born 1948

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0309 FOOTBALL

Mohammed Habib (footballer)

Born 1949

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0313 PHILOSOPHER

Salim Kemal

1948 - 1999

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0325 CRICKET

Waheed Yar Khan

Born 1942

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0337 POLITICIAN

Marri Shashidhar Reddy

Born 1949

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0343 PHYSICIST

Abdul Hameed Nayyar

Born 1945

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0348 SUNNI

Shah Turab-ul-Haq

1944 - 2016

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0377 CRICKET

Murtuza Baig

Born 1941

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0402 CRICKET

Maheshwar Singh

Born 1946

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0404 POLITICIAN

T. Manemma

1942 - 2018

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0472 ACADEMIC

Syeda Bilgrami Imam

Born 1941

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0495 PAINTER

Bairu Raghuram

Born 1949

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0496 POLITICIAN

Khalil ur Rahman (politician)

1941 - 2011

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