Rabindranath Tagore07 May 1861
Poet
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883
Independence Activist, Reformer
Vikram Seth20 June 1952
Writer
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970
Poet
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919
Writer
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918
Director
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi14 June 1856
Islamic Scholar, Reformer
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Poet
Kuvempu29 December 1904
Novelist
Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
Poet
Nabaneeta Dev Sen13 January 1938
Writer
Kusumagraj27 February 1912
Poet
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
Gulzar18 August 1936
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Meena Kumari01 August 1933
Actress
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946
Actor
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935
Actor
Vairamuthu13 July 1953
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Kannadasan24 June 1927
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Na. Muthukumar12 July 1975
Poet
Sahir Ludhianvi08 March 1921
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande08 November 1919
Author, Film director, Actor, Composer, Poet,
Sugathakumari03 January 1934
Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Shiv Kumar Batalvi23 July 1936
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Satinder Sartaaj31 August 1982
Singer
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist,
Naushad25 December 1919
Musician
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Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Chandrashekhara Kambara02 January 1937
Film director, Poet, Writer
Jan Nisar Akhtar14 February 1914
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900
Writer, Poet
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926
Author
Aarudhra31 August 1925
Poet, Songwriter, Writer, Historian, Author,
C. Narayana Reddy29 July 1931
Author, Politician, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan16 August 1904
Author, Poet
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar18 July 1919
Poet, Composer, Philosopher, Philanthropist,
Vayalar Ramavarma28 March 1928
Author, Lyricist, Songwriter
K. Shivaram Karanth10 October 1902
Author, Poet
Habib Tanvir01 September 1923
Playwright
Balamani Amma19 July 1909
Author
Veturi Sundararama Murthy29 January 1936
Poet, Songwriter, Lyricist
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon11 May 1911
Poet, Writer
G. Sankara Kurup03 June 1901
Politician, Poet
Nagarjun30 June 1911
Poet, Writer
Kavi Pradeep06 February 1915
Poet, Singer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Dharamvir Bharati25 December 1926
Poet, Journalist, Author, Writer
Ali Sardar Jafri29 November 1913
Writer
Balachandran Chullikadu30 July 1957
Dom Moraes19 July 1938
Writer
P. Kunhiraman Nair04 October 1905
Kongara Jaggayya31 December 1926
Film actor
Meena Alexander17 February 1951
Poet
Gopalakrishna Adiga1918 AD
poet
K. S. Narasimhaswamy26 January 1915
Author
Goreti Venkanna1963 AD
author, songwriter
Ahmed Ali01 July 1910
Novelist
Bhai Vir Singh05 December 1882
Poet
Sri Sri30 April 1910
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Harivanshrai Bachchan27 November 1907
Poet
Subhash Mukhopadhyay12 February 1919
Poet