Kolkata has produced a number of well-known spiritual & religious leaders, aviation, directors, tennis players and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Kolkata includes Swami Vivekananda, Vijay Mallya, Satyajit Ray, Sri Aurobindo, Leander Paes, and many others.

Famous People Born In Kolkata

Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda
12 January 1863, Indian
Leader
Satyajit RaySatyajit Ray
02 May 1921, Indian
Indian filmmaker

Vijay MallyaVijay Mallya
18 December 1955, Indian
Entrepreneur, Politician

Abhijit BanerjeeAbhijit Banerjee
21 February 1961, Indian, American
Economist

Vani GanapathyVani Ganapathy
 , Indian
Classical Dancer

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
01 September 1896, Indian
Founder of ISKCON
Leander PaesLeander Paes
17 June 1973, Indian
Tennis Player

Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo
15 August 1872, Indian
Political and Spiritual Leader

Satyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath Bose
01 January 1894, Indian
 
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
18 July 1811, Indian, British
Author & Novelist

Vikram SethVikram Seth
20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakGayatri Chakravorty Spivak
24 February 1942, Indian
Scholar

Prasanta Chandra MahalanobisPrasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
29 June 1893, Indian
Statistician

Arundhati BhattacharyaArundhati Bhattacharya
18 March 1956, Indian
Former Banker

Debendranath TagoreDebendranath Tagore
15 May 1817, Indian
Philosopher

Syama Prasad MookerjeeSyama Prasad Mookerjee
06 July 1901, Indian
Indian Politician
Diptendu PramanickDiptendu Pramanick
18 July 1910, Indian
Bengali film personality

Shashi KapoorShashi Kapoor
18 March 1938, Indian
Actor, Film director, Film producer

Mithun ChakrabortyMithun Chakraborty
16 June 1950, Indian
actor, politician

Amala AkkineniAmala Akkineni
12 September 1967, Indian
Actress
Bappi LahiriBappi Lahiri
27 November 1952, Indian
Film director, Composer

Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee
05 January 1955, Indian
Politician
Sourav GangulySourav Ganguly
08 July 1972, Indian
Cricketer

Sahil KhanSahil Khan
05 November 1976, Indian
Actor

Rimi SenRimi Sen
21 September 1981, Indian
Actor
Neeraj PandeyNeeraj Pandey
1973 AD, Indian
author, film director, screenwriter

Ayan MukerjiAyan Mukerji
15 August 1983, Indian
film director
Alka YagnikAlka Yagnik
20 March 1966, Indian
Actor, Singer, Composer

Paoli DamPaoli Dam
04 October 1980, Indian
Actor

Monali ThakurMonali Thakur
03 November 1985, Indian
Singer
Prannoy RoyPrannoy Roy
15 October 1949, Indian
Journalist

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Hrishikesh MukherjeeHrishikesh Mukherjee
30 September 1922, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film
Rituparno GhoshRituparno Ghosh
31 August 1963, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter

Jyoti BasuJyoti Basu
08 July 1914, Indian
Indian politician

Mohammad Hamid AnsariMohammad Hamid Ansari
01 April 1937, Indian
Diplomat

Manna DeyManna Dey
01 May 1919, Indian
Actor, Singer, Autobiographer, Composer
Amitav GhoshAmitav Ghosh
11 July 1956, Indian
Writer, Novelist, Journalist
Mohammed AzizMohammed Aziz
02 July 1954, Indian
 

Aditya Vikram BirlaAditya Vikram Birla
14 November 1943, Indian
Business magnate

Rahul Dev BurmanRahul Dev Burman
27 June 1939, Indian
 

Bombay JayashriBombay Jayashri
Indian
 
Surendranath BanerjeeSurendranath Banerjee
10 November 1848, Indian
Politician

Sajjan JindalSajjan Jindal
05 December 1959, Indian
 

Sukumar RaySukumar Ray
30 October 1887, Indian
Photographer, Poet, Writer, Illustrator,

Julia Margaret CameronJulia Margaret Cameron
11 June 1815, British
Photographer

M. J. AkbarM. J. Akbar
11 January 1951, Indian
Journalist, Writer, Politician
Swapan DasguptaSwapan Dasgupta
03 September 1955, Indian
Journalist, Columnist

Nabaneeta Dev SenNabaneeta Dev Sen
13 January 1938, Indian
Author, Writer
J. F. R. JacobJ. F. R. Jacob
1923 AD, Indian
 

Kaushik BasuKaushik Basu
09 January 1952, Indian
Economist

Pritam ChakrabortyPritam Chakraborty
14 June 1971, Indian
Composer
Vijay PrashadVijay Prashad
Indian
 

Margaret MurrayMargaret Murray
13 July 1863, British
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Egyptologist
Ashoke SenAshoke Sen
15 July 1956, Indian
Physicist

Prashant TamangPrashant Tamang
04 January 1983, Indian, Nepalese
Singer, Actor

Nigel DempsterNigel Dempster
01 November 1941, Indian, British
Journalist

Sugata BoseSugata Bose
07 September 1956, Indian
Historian, Author, Politician

Deep DasguptaDeep Dasgupta
07 June 1977, Indian
Indian cricketer
Subroto MukerjeeSubroto Mukerjee
05 March 1911, Indian
Indian military officer

Dipesh ChakrabartyDipesh Chakrabarty
Indian
Historian, Professor, Author

Bharati MukherjeeBharati Mukherjee
27 July 1940, Indian, American
Writer

Amit ChaudhuriAmit Chaudhuri
1962 AD, Indian
professor, writer
Pankaj RoyPankaj Roy
31 May 1928, Indian
Cricketer

William Hay MacnaghtenWilliam Hay Macnaghten
24 August 1793, Indian, British
Civil servant
Ganesh PyneGanesh Pyne
11 June 1937, Indian
Painter

George Adam SmithGeorge Adam Smith
19 October 1856, British
Theologian

Thomas Frognall DibdinThomas Frognall Dibdin
31 August 1776, British
Bibliographer
Ravinder SinghRavinder Singh
04 February 1982, Indian
writer

John BowenJohn Bowen
05 November 1924, British
Playwright
Richard Henry TawneyRichard Henry Tawney
30 November 1880, British
Economist

Keshab Chunder SenKeshab Chunder Sen
19 November 1838, Indian
Philosopher