Famous People From India
Find out more about the greatest Indian Media Personalities, including R. K. Laxman, Fareed Zakaria, Sathyaraj, Barkha Dutt and Arnab Goswami.
Khushwant Singh02 February 1915
Novelist, Lawyer, Journalist & Politician
Gauri Lankesh29 January 1962
Activist, Journalist
R. K. Laxman24 October 1921
Cartoonist & Creator of 'The Common Man"
RJ Balaji20 June 1985
Radio Jockey
Malaika Arora23 October 1973
Actress
Bal Thackeray23 January 1926
Politician, Journalist, Painter
Preity Zinta31 January 1975
Actor, Model, Journalist
Archana Puran Singh26 March 1962
TV Presenters
Abul Kalam Azad11 November 1888
Politician, Journalist
Mandira Bedi15 April 1972
Actress
Rhea Chakraborty01 July 1992
Actress
R. Sarathkumar14 July 1954
Actor, Politician, Journalist
Farah Khan09 January 1965
Director
Kim Philby01 January 1912
Spy, Journalist
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
Amrita Arora31 January 1981
Actress
Karishma Tanna21 December 1984
Actress
Sathyaraj03 October 1954
Actor
Puneeth Rajkumar17 March 1975
Actor
Arnab Goswami07 March 1973
journalist
Shibani Dandekar27 August 1981
Model
Kabir Bedi16 January 1946
Actor
Arshad Warsi19 April 1968
Actor
Mona Singh08 October 1981
Actress
Sonali Kulkarni03 November 1974
Actress
Ranvir Shorey18 August 1972
Actor
Manoj Tiwari01 February 1971
Politician
Rahul Khanna20 June 1972
Actor
Rahul Bose27 July 1967
Actor
Maria Goretti26 January 1972
Video Jockeys
Amitav Ghosh11 July 1956
Writer, Novelist, Journalist
Simi Garewal17 October 1947
Actress
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Barkha Dutt18 December 1971
News presenter, Author, Journalist
Prakash Belawadi
Rajat Sharma30 April 1956
Rachana Banerjee02 October 1974
Actress
Devdutt Pattanaik11 December 1970
Mythographer
Annu Kapoor20 February 1956
Actor
Rannvijay Singh16 March 1983
Actor
Prannoy Roy15 October 1949
Journalist
George Fernandes03 June 1930
Politician, Journalist, Trade unionist
Monica Bedi18 January 1975
Actress
Rajdeep Sardesai24 May 1965
News presenter, Author, Cricketer, Journalist
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi27 November 1975
Actress
Shankar Nag09 November 1953
Actor
Rithvik Dhanjani05 November 1988
Actor
Juhi Parmar14 December 1980
Actress
Anup Soni30 January 1975
Actor
Nidhi Razdan1978 AD
news presenter, writer, journalist
N. Ram04 May 1945
Journalist
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Writer, Poet, Politician, Journalist, Literary
Harsha Bhogle19 July 1961
Journalist
Shekhar Gupta26 August 1957
Journalist, Author
Nauheed Cyrusi19 October 1982
Actress
Ramachandra Guha29 April 1958
Author, Historian, Teacher, Journalist
Varsha Bhosle1956 AD
author, journalist
Sarah-Jane Dias03 December 1982
Actress
Sagarika Ghose08 November 1964
Author, Journalist
Deepti Bhatnagar30 September 1967
Actress
J. Mahendran25 July 1939
Director
Aroon Purie1944 AD
Chairman of Living Media
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Bhama23 May 1989
actor
Padmarajan23 May 1946
Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor
Archana Kavi04 January 1990
Actor
M. J. Akbar11 January 1951
Journalist, Writer, Politician
Siddharth Varadarajan1965 AD
journalist
Nayantara Sahgal10 May 1927
Journalist, Writer
Deepak Chaurasia23 December 1972
author, journalist
Meera Nandan26 November 1990
Actor
Aravind Adiga23 October 1974
Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Film director
Sajid Khan23 November 1971
film director, presenter, screenwriter
Arun Shourie02 November 1941
Politician, Journalist, Writer
Shobhaa De07 January 1948
Journalist, Writer, Socialite, Model
Kalki Krishnamurthy09 September 1899
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Palagummi Sainath1957 AD
author, journalist, writer
Lindsay Anderson17 April 1923
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Tavleen Singh1950 AD
author, political journalist, journalist
Bharatendu Harishchandra09 September 1850
Actor, Journalist, Writer, Poet
Shereen Bhan
Swapan Dasgupta03 September 1955
Journalist, Columnist
Srujan Lokesh28 June 1980
Actor
Swaminathan Aiyar12 October 1942
Journalist
Makarand Anaspure22 June 1973
Film producer, Film director, Actor
P. N. Oak02 March 1917
Author, Journalist
Vir Sanghvi05 July 1956
Journalist, Writer
Karunanidhi03 June 1924
Politician, Screenwriter, Author, Journalist,
Teesta Setalvad09 February 1962
Author, Journalist
Mrudula Murali08 June 1990
Actor
Nalini Singh17 February 1945
Journalist, Writer
Gollapudi Maruti Rao14 April 1939
Writer, Screenwriter, News presenter, Journalist,
Tarun Tejpal15 March 1963
Journalist, Writer
Javed Siddiqui13 January 1942
Screenwriter, Playwright, Journalist
Ashok Banker07 February 1964
Author, Journalist, Literary critic
Dharamvir Bharati25 December 1926
Poet, Journalist, Author, Writer
Udayan Mukherjee