Most Famous People from India

India has produced 3,791 notable individuals throughout history, with politicians and actors being the most represented categories. The highest-ranked is Mahatma Gandhi. Rankings are based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Mahatma Gandhi — Indian Politician (1869–1948) , ranked #11
  2. Rabindranath Tagore — Indian Painter (1861–1941) , ranked #166
  3. Shah Rukh Khan — Indian Film (Born 1965) , ranked #519
  4. Swami Vivekananda — Indian Monk (1863–1902) , ranked #638
  5. Ravi Shankar — Indian Composer (1920–2012) , ranked #924
  6. Srinivasa Ramanujan — Indian Mathematician (1887–1920) , ranked #984
  7. Rajneesh — Indian Religious (1931–1990) , ranked #1011
  8. Amartya Sen — Indian Economist (Born 1933) , ranked #1031
  9. Priyanka Chopra — Indian Actor (Born 1982) , ranked #1260
  10. Muhammad Iqbal — Indian Poet (1877–1938) , ranked #1385
  11. A. R. Rahman — Indian Composer (Born 1966) , ranked #1477
  12. Aishwarya Rai — Indian Actor (Born 1973) , ranked #1776
  13. Babur — Indian Poet (1483–1530) , ranked #1908
  14. B. R. Ambedkar — Indian Economist (1891–1956) , ranked #2069
  15. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan — Indian Philosopher (1888–1975) , ranked #2184
  16. Sri Aurobindo — Indian Poet (1872–1950) , ranked #2208
  17. C. V. Raman — Indian Physicist (1888–1970) , ranked #2366
  18. Adi Shankara — Indian Philosopher (788–820) , ranked #2388
  19. Arundhati Roy — Indian Novelist (Born 1961) , ranked #2410
  20. Ramakrishna — Indian Mystic (1836–1886) , ranked #2466