Most Famous Indian Writers

50 Indian Writers in view out of 718

Writing 718
India 3,791
Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal Indian Poet 1877 – 1938
#1,385
Babur
Babur Indian Poet 1483 – 1530
#1,908
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Indian Philosopher 1888 – 1975
#2,184
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo Indian Poet 1872 – 1950
#2,208
Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara Indian Philosopher 788 – 820
#2,388
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy Indian Novelist Born 1961
#2,410
Kālidāsa
Kālidāsa Indian Poet
#3,052
Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda Indian Philosopher 1893 – 1952
#3,072
Tulsidas
Tulsidas Indian Poet 1532 – 1623
#3,503
Amir Khusrow
Amir Khusrow Indian Poet 1253 – 1325
#6,247
Ram Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy Indian Philosopher 1772 – 1833
#6,252
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva Indian Philosopher Born 1952
#6,534
Ghalib
Ghalib Indian Poet 1796 – 1869
#6,597
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna Indian Philosopher 150 – 250
#7,172
Valmiki
Valmiki Indian Poet Died 1
#8,191
Dayananda Saraswati
Dayananda Saraswati Indian Philosopher 1824 – 1883
#9,527
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam Indian Poet 1899 – 1976
#10,085
Vinoba Bhave
Vinoba Bhave Indian Philosopher 1895 – 1982
#10,577
B. K. S. Iyengar
B. K. S. Iyengar Indian Philosophy 1918 – 2014
#10,728
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Indian Writer 1838 – 1894
#13,566
Pāṇini
Pāṇini Indian Linguist
#14,564
Mahavira
Mahavira Indian Philosopher -599 – -527
#15,835
Jayadeva
Jayadeva Indian Poet 1170 – 1245
#19,568
Inayat Khan
Inayat Khan Indian Writer 1882 – 1927
#19,802
M
Madhvacharya Indian Philosopher 1199 – 1278
#22,127
Meera
Meera Indian Poet 1498 – 1546
#22,748
B
Buddhaghosa Indian Philosopher
#23,276
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian Writer 1876 – 1938
#24,307
Mahadevi Varma
Mahadevi Varma Indian Poet 1907 – 1987
#24,326
Begum Rokeya
Begum Rokeya Indian Writer 1880 – 1932
#24,868
Sivananda Saraswati
Sivananda Saraswati Indian Philosopher 1887 – 1963
#25,058
Tukaram
Tukaram Indian Poet 1608 – 1650
#26,996
Vātsyāyana
Vātsyāyana Indian Writer
#27,767
Zitkala-Sa
Zitkala-Sa Indian Writer 1876 – 1938
#27,860
IW
Ibn Warraq Indian Writer Born 1946
#28,507
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond Indian Writer Born 1934
#33,051
Subramania Bharati
Subramania Bharati Indian Poet 1882 – 1921
#33,747
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt Indian Poet 1824 – 1873
#34,111
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Indian Philosopher 1921 – 1990
#35,085
Kamala Surayya
Kamala Surayya Indian Poet 1934 – 2009
#35,344
RR
Raja Rao Indian Author 1908 – 2006
#37,341
U. R. Ananthamurthy
U. R. Ananthamurthy Indian Poet 1932 – 2014
#37,510
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Indian Novelist 1908 – 1994
#37,618
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Indian Poet 1894 – 1950
#37,964
Vallabha
Vallabha Indian Philosopher 1479 – 1531
#40,257
Andal
Andal Indian Poet Born 1997
#41,599
Mir Taqi Mir
Mir Taqi Mir Indian Author 1723 – 1810
#41,707
U. G. Krishnamurti
U. G. Krishnamurti Indian Philosopher 1918 – 2007
#44,546
IC
Ismat Chughtai Indian Writer 1911 – 1991
#44,840
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad Indian Translator 1889 – 1965
#46,950

By the numbers

Inside India Writers

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Through the Centuries

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Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among India Writers peaked in the 1930s with 105 people.

What India Writers Are Known For

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Writer are India Writers's biggest group — 34% of all notables (243).

India Writers over-index on author — 24.3× the global rate.

  1. Writer243
  2. Author164
  3. Poet135
  4. Philosopher47
  5. Journalist29
  6. Historian19
  7. Novelist16
  8. Scholar16
  1. Author16424.3×
  2. Scholar1622.0×
  3. Literary1011.0×
  4. Philosopher4710.8×
  5. Poet1359.6×
  6. Writer2438.2×
  7. Playwright96.7×
  8. Novelist166.0×

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