1
Subhas Chandra Bose
(Indian Nationalist Who Participated in Indian Freedom Movement)
169
54
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 23, 1897
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cuttack, India
Died: August 18, 1945
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
2
Rabindranath Tagore
(Poet)
345
65
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 7, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: August 7, 1941
3
Pranab Mukherjee
(13th President of India (2012-2017))
21
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 11, 1935
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mirity, West Bengal, India
Died: August 31, 2020
4
Sourav Ganguly
(Former Indian National Cricket Team Captain and 39th President of the 'BCCI')
22
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 8, 1972
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
5
Sunil Chhetri
(Indian footballer who plays as a forward and captain of the India national team.)
25
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 3, 1984
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
6
Amartya Sen
(Indian Philosopher, Economist and Winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences)
23
11
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 3, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India
7
Rajendra Prasad
(1st President of India)
30
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 3, 1884
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Siwan, Bihar, India
Died: February 28, 1963
8
Swami Vivekananda
(Indian Monk & Philosopher Who Introduced the Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World)
270
146
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 12, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: July 4, 1902
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
9
Kumar Sanu
(Singer, Composer)
10
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 23, 1957
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
10
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
(Statistician)
69
26
11
Soumitra Chatterjee
(One of the Most Influential Actors of Indian Bengali Cinema Known for His Collaborations with Director 'Satyajit Ray')
5
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 19, 1935
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: November 15, 2020
12
Abhijit Banerjee
(Indian-born American Economist, Professor and 2019 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences)
16
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 21, 1961
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
13
Jyoti Basu
(Indian politician)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 8, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 17, 2010
14
Mahasweta Devi
(Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist, Educator, Short story writer)
8
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 14, 1926
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dhaka
Died: July 28, 2016
15
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(Indian Novelist & Poet Who is Considered as One of the Greatest Writers of Bengali Literature)
43
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 26, 1838
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: April 8, 1894
16
Mamata Banerjee
(Politician)
6
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 5, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Calcutta, West Bengal, India
17
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(Indian Novelist and Short Story Writer of the Early 20th Century)
81
20
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 15, 1876
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Debanandapur, Bandel, India
Died: January 16, 1938
18
Mircea Eliade
(Historian of Religion and Author)
6
5
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 13, 1907
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: April 22, 1986
19
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 1, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Comilla
Died: October 31, 1975
20
Roopa Ganguly
(Actress)
7
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 25, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
21
Prafulla Chandra Ray
(Chemist)
45
3
22
Meghnad Saha
(Indian Astrophysicist Who Developed the ‘Saha Ionisation Equation’ and ‘Thermal Ionisation’)
53
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 6, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangladesh
Died: February 16, 1956
23
Ram Manohar Lohia
(Indian Politician and Independence Movement Activist)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 23, 1910
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Akbarpur, India
Died: October 12, 1967
24
Pritam
(Indian Composer and Playback Singer Known for Blending Indian Classical Music with Western Style)
6
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 14, 1971
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
25
Jagjivan Ram
(Indian politician)
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chandwa, India
Died: July 6, 1986
26
Asima Chatterjee
(Chemist)
4
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 23, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: November 22, 2006
27
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(Diplomat)
2
1
28
Raima Sen
(Actress)
2
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 11, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
29
Arundhati Bhattacharya
(Banker)
11
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 18, 1956
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
30
Rituparna Sengupta
(Actress)
4
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 7, 1971
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Calcutta, West Bengal, India
31
Fatima Jinnah
(Sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah)
125
12
32
Manna Dey
(Actor, Singer, Autobiographer, Composer)
0
1
33
Ritwik Ghatak
(Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer, Composer, Writer)
4
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 4, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dhaka
Died: February 6, 1976
34
Mimi Chakraborty
(Actress)
3
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 11, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
35
Rimi Sen
(Actor)
3
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 21, 1981
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kolkata
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
36
Uttam Kumar
(Indian Actor Who Predominantly Worked In Bengali Cinema)
4
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: July 24, 1980
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
37
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film editor)
0
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 30, 1922
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: August 27, 2006
38
Surendranath Banerjee
(Politician)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 10, 1848
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: August 6, 1925
39
Amar Singh
(Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1996-2014))
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 26, 1956
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: August 1, 2020
40
Prosenjit Chatterjee
(Actor)
0
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 30, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
41
Ram Baran Yadav
(President of Nepal from 2008 to 2015)
3
1
42
M. J. Akbar
(Minister of External Affairs of India)
1
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: January 11, 1951
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
43
Rupam Islam
(Singer, Songwriter)
0
0
44
Salil Chowdhury
(Songwriter, Music Director)
1
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 19, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: West Bengal, India
Died: September 5, 1995
45
Keshab Chunder Sen
(Indian Philosopher and Social Reformer Known for Incorporating Christian Theology in Hindu Framework)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 19, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 8, 1884
46
Mrinal Sen
(Filmmaker)
1
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 14, 1923
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died: December 30, 2018
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
47
Jeet Gannguli
(Indian Film Music Composer Best Known for His Works in Movies: 'Aashiqui 2', 'Singham Returns' and 'City Lights')
1
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 24, 1977
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
48
Paoli Dam
(Actress)
0
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 4, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
49
Paramahansa Yogananda
(Guru)
10
3
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: January 5, 1893
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: March 7, 1952
50
Basu Chatterjee
(Director)
0
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 10, 1930
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ajmer, India
Died: June 4, 2020
