1
Swami Vivekananda
(Indian Monk & Philosopher Who Introduced the Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World)
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130
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 12, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: July 4, 1902
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
2
Satyajit Ray
(Indian filmmaker)
84
17
3
Sourav Ganguly
(Former Indian National Cricket Team Captain and 39th President of the 'BCCI')
16
6
4
Leander Paes
(One of the Greatest Doubles Players in Tennis History)
11
8
5
Satyendra Nath Bose
(Indian Mathematician and Physicist, Best Known for His Work on Quantum Mechanics)
346
38
6
Shashi Kapoor
(Actor, Film director, Film producer)
8
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 18, 1938
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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4
8
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(Founder of ISKCON)
45
29
9
Syama Prasad Mookerjee
(Indian Politician)
5
2
10
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
(Statistician)
68
25
11
Vijay Mallya
(Entrepreneur, Politician)
14
7
12
Vikram Seth
(Writer)
239
44
13
Julia Margaret Cameron
(Photographer)
2
2
14
William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author & Novelist)
13
3
15
Alka Yagnik
(Actor, Singer, Composer)
5
6
16
Amala Akkineni
(Leading Actress in the Tamil Film Industry in the Late 1980s & Wife of Telugu Actor Nagarjuna)
8
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 12, 1967
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
17
Bappi Lahiri
(Film director, Composer)
9
5
18
Mamata Banerjee
(Politician)
6
9
19
Adi Shankar
(Known for creating the Bootleg Universe, which consists of a series of short fan films)
1
0
20
Prannoy Roy
(Journalist)
1
1
21
Vani Ganapathy
(Classical Dancer)
33
7
22
Sahil Khan
(Actor)
5
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 5, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
23
Roopa Ganguly
(Actress)
7
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 25, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
24
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(Indian Novelist & Poet Who is Considered as One of the Greatest Writers of Bengali Literature)
43
8
25
Jyoti Basu
(Indian politician)
0
0
26
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(Diplomat)
2
1
27
Pritam
(Indian Composer and Playback Singer Known for Blending Indian Classical Music with Western Style)
5
4
28
Rituparno Ghosh
(Film director, Screenwriter)
0
0
29
Rimi Sen
(Actor)
3
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 21, 1981
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
30
Chittaranjan Das
(Leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal Under British Rule)
8
2
31
Asima Chatterjee
(Chemist)
3
2
32
Mithun Chakraborty
(actor, politician)
2
6
33
Mehr Jesia
(Model, Beauty pageant contestant)
0
1
34
Uttam Kumar
(Indian Actor Who Predominantly Worked In Bengali Cinema)
4
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: July 24, 1980
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
35
Debendranath Tagore
(Philosopher)
36
4
36
Arundhati Bhattacharya
(Banker)
11
3
37
Surendranath Banerjee
(Politician)
1
1
38
Reema Sen
(Actress)
4
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 29, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
39
Margaret Murray
(Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Egyptologist)
4
1
40
Sri Aurobindo
(Philosopher, Spiritual Leader)
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9
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: August 15, 1872
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: December 5, 1950
41
Manna Dey
(Actor, Singer, Autobiographer, Composer)
0
1
42
Aditya Vikram Birla
(Business magnate)
2
3
43
Ayan Mukerji
(film director)
0
2
44
Prosenjit Chatterjee
(Actor)
0
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 30, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
45
Amitav Ghosh
(Indian Writer Who Has Written Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction Works)
2
15
46
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film editor)
0
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 30, 1922
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: August 27, 2006
47
Keshab Chunder Sen
(Indian Philosopher and Social Reformer Known for Incorporating Christian Theology in Hindu Framework)
2
1
48
Mike Hoare
(Former Irish mercenary soldier who operated during the Simba rebellion, and attempted to conduct a coup d'état in the Seychelles)
1
2
49
Tillotama Shome
(Actress)
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0
50
Paoli Dam
(Actress)
0
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