Rabindranath Tagore07 May 1861
Poet
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883
Independence Activist, Reformer
Gulzar18 August 1934
Lyricist
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi14 June 1856
Islamic Scholar, Reformer
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970
Poet
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919
Writer
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918
Director
Vikram Seth20 June 1952
Writer
Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
Poet
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Poet
Kuvempu29 December 1904
Novelist
Kusumagraj27 February 1912
Poet
Nabaneeta Dev Sen13 January 1938
Writer
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Meena Kumari01 August 1933
Actress
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
Harivansh Rai Bachchan27 November 1907
Poet
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946
Actor
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935
Actor
Sahir Ludhianvi08 March 1921
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Kannadasan24 June 1927
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Rahat Indori01 January 1950
Poet
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande08 November 1919
Author, Film director, Actor, Composer, Poet,
Vairamuthu13 July 1953
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Nissim Ezekiel14 December 1924
poet
Shiv Kumar Batalvi23 July 1936
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Na. Muthukumar12 July 1975
Poet
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist,
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Naushad25 December 1919
Musician
Satinder Sartaaj31 August 1982
Singer
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Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Jan Nisar Akhtar14 February 1914
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Sugathakumari03 January 1934
Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar18 July 1919
Poet, Composer, Philosopher, Philanthropist,
Kongara Jaggayya31 December 1926
Film actor
Sri Sri30 April 1910
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900
Writer, Poet
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926
Author
K. Shivaram Karanth10 October 1902
Author, Poet
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan16 August 1904
Author, Poet
Vayalar Ramavarma28 March 1928
Author, Lyricist, Songwriter
Chandrashekhara Kambara02 January 1937
Film director, Poet, Writer
Balamani Amma19 July 1909
Author
Bhai Vir Singh05 December 1882
Poet
Habib Tanvir01 September 1923
Playwright
Veturi Sundararama Murthy29 January 1936
Poet, Songwriter, Lyricist
Nagarjun30 June 1911
Poet
C. Narayana Reddy29 July 1931
Author, Politician, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Kavi Pradeep06 February 1915
Poet, Singer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Bishnu Prasad Rabha31 January 1909
Politician, Writer
Balachandran Chullikadu30 July 1957
Dharamvir Bharati25 December 1926
Poet, Journalist, Author, Writer
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon11 May 1911
Poet, Writer
G. Sankara Kurup03 June 1901
Politician, Poet
Meena Alexander17 February 1951
Poet
Dom Moraes19 July 1938
Writer
Aarudhra31 August 1925
Poet, Songwriter, Writer, Historian, Author,
Goreti Venkanna1963 AD
author, songwriter
Gopalakrishna Adiga1918 AD
poet
K. S. Narasimhaswamy26 January 1915
Author
P. Kunhiraman Nair04 October 1905
Ali Sardar Jafri29 November 1913
Writer
Temsüla Ao1945 AD
Poet
Subhash Mukhopadhyay12 February 1919
Poet
Yuyutsu Sharma05 January 1960
Poet
Sarat Kumar Kar05 September 1939
Politician