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MUMBAI
Most Famous People Born in Mumbai, India
- Notable people
- 2,220
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1967
- Most distinctive
- Model 6.6×
Bollywood, end to end. Roughly a third of Mumbai's notable births are actors, and another seventh are people who work in the films those actors star in — choreographers, playback singers, dancers, models, screenwriters. Cricket is the only non-cinema profession that competes for attention, and even that has strong overlap with the celebrity economy. Almost no one in the dataset was born here before 1900, and almost everyone after lives somewhere within a short drive of a film set.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Mumbai during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Mumbai Is Known For
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Actor is Mumbai's biggest profession — 34% of all notables (748).
Mumbai over-indexes on model — 6.6× the global rate.
Mumbai under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Mumbai's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Mahadev Govind Ranade
1842 - 1901
Pherozeshah Mehta
1845 - 1915
Badruddin Tyabji
1844 - 1906
Harry Jefferson (sailor)
1849 - 1918
William Yardley (cricketer)
1849 - 1900
Eliza Walker Dunbar
1845 - 1925