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Writer
R. K. Narayan10 October 1906
Spike Milligan16 April 1918
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Vikram Seth20 June 1952
Writer
Kuvempu29 December 1904
Novelist
Ahmed Deedat01 July 1918
Writer
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919
Writer
Mulk Raj Anand12 December 1905
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi14 June 1856
Islamic Scholar, Reformer
Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
Poet
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Poet
Kusumagraj27 February 1912
Poet
Mammootty07 September 1951
actor, film producer, screenwriter, film actor
Tanikella Bharani14 July 1956
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Kalki Koechlin10 January 1984
Actor, Screenwriter, Writer
Shreya Ghoshal12 March 1984
Singer, Writer, Actor, Composer
Gulzar18 August 1936
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Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Shashi Tharoor09 March 1956
Writer, Politician, Diplomat
Arundhati Roy24 November 1961
Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
Tom Alter23 June 1950
Actor
Sajid Nadiadwala18 March 1966
film producer
Dinesh D'Souza25 April 1961
Conservationists
Honey Irani25 August 1955
Actor, Writer, Screenwriter
Atlee Kumar21 September 1986
Director
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Linguist, Author, Film director, Actor,
Zakir Naik18 October 1965
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Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970
Politician
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946
Actor
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935
Actor
Chetan Bhagat22 April 1974
Writer
Rahul Khanna20 June 1972
Actor
Dibakar Banerjee21 June 1969
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Kannadasan24 June 1927
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Piyush Mishra13 January 1963
Screenwriter, Music director, Actor, Singer,
Madhur Jaffrey13 August 1933
Actor, Television actor, Film actor, Writer, Film
Nandana Sen19 August 1967
Actress
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Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher
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Amish Tripathi18 October 1974
Writer
Vairamuthu13 July 1953
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Crazy Mohan16 October 1952
screenwriter
M. T. Vasudevan Nair15 July 1933
Author, Film director, Screenwriter
Palak Muchhal30 March 1992
Singer
Joy Mathew30 December 1951
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Writer, Screenwriter
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926
Author
Sahir Ludhianvi08 March 1921
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Anita Desai24 June 1937
Novelist
B. K. S. Iyengar14 December 1918
Writer
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918
Director
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Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919
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Arun Shourie02 November 1941
Politician, Journalist, Writer
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Author, Journalist
Bipin Chandra Pal07 November 1858
Writer
Devdutt Pattanaik11 December 1970
Mythographer
Sudha Murthy19 August 1950
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Vikramaditya Motwane12 June 1976
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Karunanidhi03 June 1924
Politician, Screenwriter, Author, Journalist,
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer21 January 1908
Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist, Writer, Diarist,
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
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Purushottam Laxman Deshpande08 November 1919
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Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Ritwik Ghatak04 November 1925
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai17 April 1912
Novelist
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Nissim Ezekiel14 December 1924
poet
Nabaneeta Dev Sen13 January 1938
Author, Writer
Jayant Narlikar19 July 1938
Physicist, Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Scientist,
Ankit Fadia24 May 1985
Siddhartha Mukherjee21 July 1970
Physician
Salman Khurshid01 January 1953
Politician
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linguist, screenwriter, writer, translator
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Jan Nisar Akhtar14 February 1914
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Aravind Adiga23 October 1974
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Author, Writer
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900
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Na. Muthukumar12 July 1975
Poet
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan16 August 1904
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Kiran Desai03 September 1971
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M. J. Akbar11 January 1951
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