Most Famous Indian Scientists

India has produced 138 notable scientists throughout history, led by Srinivasa Ramanujan. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan — Indian Mathematician (1887–1920) , ranked #984
  2. Amartya Sen — Indian Economist (Born 1933) , ranked #1031
  3. B. R. Ambedkar — Indian Economist (1891–1956) , ranked #2069
  4. C. V. Raman — Indian Physicist (1888–1970) , ranked #2366
  5. Jagadish Chandra Bose — Indian Botanist (1858–1937) , ranked #4226
  6. Brahmagupta — Indian Mathematician (598–670) , ranked #9100
  7. C. R. Rao — Indian Mathematician (Born 1920) , ranked #10878
  8. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan — Indian Biologist (Born 1952) , ranked #13869
  9. Pāṇini — Indian Linguist (Born ?) , ranked #14564
  10. S. R. Ranganathan — Indian Mathematician (1892–1972) , ranked #14792
  11. Raghuram Rajan — Indian Economist (Born 1963) , ranked #14982
  12. Bhāskara II — Indian Mathematician (1114–1185) , ranked #15559
  13. M. S. Swaminathan — Indian Geneticist (Born 1925) , ranked #17583
  14. Varāhamihira — Indian Mathematician (505–587) , ranked #18832
  15. Vikram Sarabhai — Indian Physicist (1919–1971) , ranked #25555
  16. V. S. Ramachandran — Indian Psychologist (Born 1951) , ranked #25685
  17. E. C. George Sudarshan — Indian Physicist (1931–2018) , ranked #32118
  18. Jai Singh II — Indian Mathematician (1688–1743) , ranked #40103
  19. Anandi Gopal Joshi — Indian Physician (1865–1887) , ranked #40122
  20. Hemachandra — Indian Mathematician (1089–1172) , ranked #43779