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Poet
Salman Rushdie19 June 1947
British-Indian novelist
Ruskin Bond19 May 1934
Writer
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883
Independence Activist, Reformer
Chetan Bhagat22 April 1974
Author
R. K. Narayan10 October 1906
Vikram Seth20 June 1952
Writer
Spike Milligan16 April 1918
Comedian
Khushwant Singh02 February 1915
Novelist, Lawyer, Journalist & Politician
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919
Writer
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918
Director
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi14 June 1856
Islamic Scholar, Reformer
Ahmed Deedat01 July 1918
Writer
Mulk Raj Anand12 December 1905
Kuvempu29 December 1904
Novelist
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Poet
Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
Poet
Kusumagraj27 February 1912
Poet
Mammootty07 September 1951
actor, film producer, screenwriter, film actor
Tanikella Bharani14 July 1956
writer, film director, actor, journalist
Sajid Nadiadwala18 March 1966
film producer
Dinesh D'Souza25 April 1961
Conservationists
Kalki Koechlin10 January 1984
Actor, Screenwriter, Writer
Shreya Ghoshal12 March 1984
Singer, Writer, Actor, Composer
Shashi Tharoor09 March 1956
Writer, Politician, Diplomat
Gulzar18 August 1936
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer21 January 1908
Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist, Writer, Diarist,
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Meena Kumari01 August 1933
Actress
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946
Actor
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
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Physician, Writer, Intellectual, Preacher
Girish Karnad19 May 1938
Linguist, Author, Film director, Actor,
Ramanand Sagar29 December 1917
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Writer
Honey Irani25 August 1955
Actor, Writer, Screenwriter
Arundhati Roy24 November 1961
Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Tom Alter23 June 1950
Actor
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935
Actor
Atlee Kumar21 September 1986
Director
Amish Tripathi18 October 1974
Writer
Gollapudi Maruti Rao14 April 1939
Writer, Screenwriter, News presenter, Journalist,
Madhur Jaffrey13 August 1933
Actor, Television actor, Film actor, Writer, Film
Kannadasan24 June 1927
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Rahul Khanna20 June 1972
Actor
Nandana Sen19 August 1967
Actress
Dibakar Banerjee21 June 1969
Film director, Screenwriter
Vairamuthu13 July 1953
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Crazy Mohan16 October 1952
screenwriter
Sagarika Ghose08 November 1964
Author, Journalist
Piyush Mishra13 January 1963
Screenwriter, Music director, Actor, Singer,
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970
Politician
Anand Gandhi26 September 1980
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Sujatha Rangarajan03 May 1935
Writer, Screenwriter
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Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher
Na. Muthukumar12 July 1975
Poet
Palak Muchhal30 March 1992
Singer
M. T. Vasudevan Nair15 July 1933
Author, Film director, Screenwriter
Vikramaditya Motwane06 December 1976
Film director
Sugathakumari03 January 1934
Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Sahir Ludhianvi08 March 1921
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Joy Mathew30 December 1951
film director, playwright, actor
Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Devdutt Pattanaik11 December 1970
Mythographer
Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919
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Amitav Ghosh11 July 1956
Writer, Novelist, Journalist
Ankit Fadia24 May 1985
Siddhartha Mukherjee21 July 1970
Physician
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Balakumaran05 July 1946
Writer
Ritwik Ghatak04 November 1925
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Shiv Kumar Batalvi23 July 1936
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande08 November 1919
Author, Film director, Actor, Composer, Poet,
Karunanidhi03 June 1924
Politician, Screenwriter, Author, Journalist,
Shobhaa De07 January 1948
Journalist, Writer, Socialite, Model
Satinder Sartaaj31 August 1982
Singer
Tarun Tejpal15 March 1963
Journalist, Writer
Arun Shourie02 November 1941
Politician, Journalist, Writer
Bipin Chandra Pal07 November 1858
Writer
Javed Siddiqui13 January 1942
Screenwriter, Playwright, Journalist
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist,
Ramchandra Gandhi09 June 1937
Author, Philosopher, University teacher, Writer
Anita Desai24 June 1937
Novelist
Naushad25 December 1919
Musician
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Raja Rao08 November 1908
Author, Writer
Salman Khurshid01 January 1953
Politician
Vijay Tendulkar06 January 1928
linguist, screenwriter, writer, translator
Nayantara Sahgal10 May 1927
Journalist, Writer
Vikas Swarup1963 AD
diplomat, writer
Jan Nisar Akhtar14 February 1914
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Suhaib Ilyasi08 September 1966
Television director
Sudha Murthy19 August 1950
Author, Social worker, Computer scientist,
Abhijat Joshi12 January 1969
writer, screenwriter
Rajinder Singh Bedi01 September 1915
Playwright, Film director, Screenwriter