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
(Leader)

12 January 1863

Indian

Vijay MallyaVijay Mallya
(Entrepreneur, Politician)

18 December 1955

Indian

Satyajit RaySatyajit Ray
(Indian filmmaker)

02 May 1921

Indian

Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo
(Political and Spiritual Leader)

15 August 1872

Indian

Satyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath Bose

01 January 1894

Indian

Leander PaesLeander Paes
(Tennis Player)

17 June 1973

Indian

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(Founder of ISKCON)

01 September 1896

Indian

Vikram SethVikram Seth
(Writer)

20 June 1952

Indian

William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
(Author & Novelist)

18 July 1811

Indian,British

Vani GanapathyVani Ganapathy
(Classical Dancer)

Indian

Prasanta Chandra MahalanobisPrasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
(Statistician)

29 June 1893

Indian

Debendranath TagoreDebendranath Tagore
(Philosopher)

15 May 1817

Indian

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Syama Prasad MookerjeeSyama Prasad Mookerjee
(Indian Politician)

06 July 1901

Indian

Diptendu PramanickDiptendu Pramanick
(Bengali film personality)

18 July 1910

Indian

Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee
(Politician, Painter)

05 January 1955

Indian

Mithun ChakrabortyMithun Chakraborty
(actor, politician)

16 June 1950

Indian

Sourav GangulySourav Ganguly
(Cricketer)

08 July 1972

Indian

Shashi KapoorShashi Kapoor
(Actor, Film director, Film producer)

18 March 1938

Indian

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Ayan MukerjiAyan Mukerji
(film director)

15 August 1983

Indian

Alka YagnikAlka Yagnik
(Actor, Singer, Composer)

20 March 1966

Indian

Monali ThakurMonali Thakur
(actor, singer, film actor)

03 November 1980

Indian

Prannoy RoyPrannoy Roy
(Journalist)

15 October 1949

Indian

Rimi SenRimi Sen
(Actor)

21 September 1981

Indian

Bappi LahiriBappi Lahiri
(Film director, Composer)

27 November 1952

Indian

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Amitav GhoshAmitav Ghosh
(Writer, Novelist, Journalist)

11 July 1956

Indian

Aditya Vikram BirlaAditya Vikram Birla
(Business magnate)

14 November 1943

Indian

Paoli DamPaoli Dam
(Actor)

04 October 1980

Indian

Sajjan JindalSajjan Jindal

05 December 1959

Indian

Neeraj PandeyNeeraj Pandey
(author, film director, screenwriter)

1973 AD

Indian

Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakGayatri Chakravorty Spivak
(Writer, Philosopher, University teacher, Translator, Professor, Literary critic)

24 February 1942

Indian

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Manna DeyManna Dey
(Actor, Singer, Autobiographer, Composer)

01 May 1919

Indian

Mohammad Hamid AnsariMohammad Hamid Ansari
(Diplomat)

01 April 1937

Indian

Hrishikesh MukherjeeHrishikesh Mukherjee
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film editor)

30 September 1922

Indian

Mohammed AzizMohammed Aziz

02 July 1954

Indian

Rituparno GhoshRituparno Ghosh
(Film director, Screenwriter)

31 August 1963

Indian

M. J. AkbarM. J. Akbar
(Journalist, Writer, Politician)

11 January 1951

Indian

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Bombay JayashriBombay Jayashri

Indian

J. F. R. JacobJ. F. R. Jacob

1923 AD

Indian

Julia Margaret CameronJulia Margaret Cameron
(Photographer)

11 June 1815

British

Sugata BoseSugata Bose
(Historian, Author, Politician)

07 September 1956

Indian

Sukumar RaySukumar Ray
(Photographer, Poet, Writer, Illustrator, Playwright, Children's writer)

30 October 1887

Indian

Nabaneeta Dev SenNabaneeta Dev Sen
(Author, Writer)

13 January 1938

Indian

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Kaushik BasuKaushik Basu
(Economist)

09 January 1952

Indian

Ashoke SenAshoke Sen
(Physicist)

15 July 1956

Indian

Swapan DasguptaSwapan Dasgupta
(Journalist, Columnist)

03 September 1955

Indian

Margaret MurrayMargaret Murray
(Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Egyptologist)

13 July 1863

British

Pankaj RoyPankaj Roy
(Cricketer)

31 May 1928

Indian

Rahul Dev BurmanRahul Dev Burman

27 June 1939

Indian

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Vijay PrashadVijay Prashad

Indian

Deep DasguptaDeep Dasgupta
(Indian cricketer)

07 June 1977

Indian

Dipesh ChakrabartyDipesh Chakrabarty
(Historian, Professor, Author)

Indian

Pritam ChakrabortyPritam Chakraborty

14 June 1971

Indian

Amit ChaudhuriAmit Chaudhuri
(professor, writer)

1962 AD

Indian

Prashant TamangPrashant Tamang
(Singer, Actor)

04 January 1983

Indian,Nepalese

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George Adam SmithGeorge Adam Smith
(Theologian)

19 October 1856

British

Ravinder SinghRavinder Singh
(writer)

04 February 1982

Indian

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