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
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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 1950s Clear ×
Maneka Gandhi
Born 1956
Mayawati
Born 1956
Arun Jaitley
1952 - 2019
R. Sarathkumar
Born 1954
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Born 1958
Rajiv Malhotra
Born 1950
Gulshan Grover
Born 1955
Pablo Bartholomew
Born 1955
Urvashi Vaid
Born 1958
Gulshan Kumar
1956 - 1997
Brahma Chellaney
Born 1957
Rakesh Bedi
Born 1956
Valmik Thapar
Born 1952
Dilip Mehta
Born 1952
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Born 1955
Arpana Caur
Born 1954
Ishwar Puri
Born 1959
Gul Mohammed
1957 - 1997
Baba Hardev Singh
1954 - 2016
Bulbul Sharma
Born 1952
Sarbjit Singh Chadha
Born 1952
Vandana Singh
Born 1950
Dinesh Trivedi
Born 1950
Krishan Sabnani
Born 1954
Arati Prabhakar
Born 1959
Vinod Dua
Born 1954
Analjit Singh
Born 1954
Benoy K. Behl
Born 1956
Kong Quan
Born 1955
Ajai Malhotra
Born 1953
Uma Krishnaswami
Born 1956
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Born 1955
Sadanand Dhume
Born 1950
Rama Vij
Born 1951
Anil Aggrawal
Born 1956
Anjali Sharma
Born 1956
Rana Kapoor
Born 1957
Shahid Rahman
Born 1956
Nina Bracewell-Smith
Born 1955
Vandana Luthra
Born 1959
Utpal Banerjee
Born 1957
Sandy Gandhi
1959 - 2017
Aman Nath
Born 1951
Andrew Rosenthal
Born 1956
Ratna Singh
Born 1959
Martha Farrell
1959 - 2015
Noshir M. Shroff
Born 1951
Jagdish Pradhan
Born 1953
Samir Jain
Born 1954
Ravi Agarwal
Born 1958
Rakesh Sharma (civil servant)
Born 1955
Neera Shastri
Born 1955
Raju Ramachandran
Born 1954
Rahul Bhatnagar
Born 1959
Tilak Agerwala
Born 1950
Rahul Pandit
Born 1956
Sujata Mehta (Indian Foreign Service)
Born 1957
Uma Dogra
Born 1957
Sindi Hawkins
1958 - 2010
Vijay Kumar (British filmmaker)
Born 1958
Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia
Born 1952
Mohit Randeria
Born 1958
Ram Singh Netaji
Born 1956
Ravi Rishi
1955 - 2016
Jitendra Mohan Hans
Born 1955
Ajay Nanavati
Born 1956
Fauzia Abbas
Born 1951
Ramesh Menon (writer)
Born 1951
Satbir Singh (politician)
Born 1954