28.6135° N, 77.2090° E
NEW DELHI
Most Famous People Born in New Delhi, India
- Notable people
- 508
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1972
- Most distinctive
- Model 11.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in New Delhi during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 115 notable births.
What New Delhi Is Known For
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Actor is New Delhi's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (111).
New Delhi over-indexes on model — 11.4× the global rate.
New Delhi under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of New Delhi's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Deepak Chopra
Born 1946
Paddy Ashdown
1941 - 2018
Michael Radford
Born 1946
Sanjay Gandhi
1948 - 1980
Peter Sarstedt
1941 - 2017
Farida Jalal
Born 1949
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Born 1945
Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist)
Born 1942
Agha Shahid Ali
1949 - 2001
Salima Hashmi
Born 1942
Pradip Krishen
Born 1949
Surekha Sikri
Born 1945
Geeta Kapur
Born 1943
John Dayal
Born 1948
Gopal Krishna Goswami
Born 1944
Sandy MacGregor
Born 1940
Shad Saleem Faruqi
Born 1946
Jasjit Singh (tennis)
Born 1948
Ravi Baswani
1946 - 2010
Carolyn Slaughter
Born 1946
Jagdish Tytler
Born 1944
RK Anand
Born 1943
Salimah Aga Khan
Born 1940
Shri Mohan Jain
Born 1949
Amrita Patel
Born 1943
Rameshwar Broota
Born 1941
Asim Ghosh
Born 1947
Sonny Mehta
1942 - 2019
Uma Tuli
Born 1943
Deepak Kumar (physicist)
1946 - 2016
Shobha Deepak Singh
Born 1943
Elspeth Campbell
Born 1940
Arun Bhatnagar
Born 1944
Jag Bhaduria
Born 1940
Vidya Bhushan Soni
Born 1942
Shafaat Ahmed Khan
1944 - 2005
Ravishankar K. Iyer
Born 1949