Famous Birthdays

Famous Birthdays:

1483-02-15 – Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30)

1506-04-07 – Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan

1542-10-14 – Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)

1542-10-15 – Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)

1569-08-31 – Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India

1592-01-05 – Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal

1592-01-14 – Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India

1618-11-03 – Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707)

1643-10-14 – Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712)

1682-07-10 – Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719)

1685-01-07 – Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company

1725-09-29 – Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India)

1725-09-29 – Robert Clive, founder (British empire in India)

1732-12-06 – Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84)

1750-11-20 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)

1767-05-04 – Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)

1787-06-28 – Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces

1796-12-27 – Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)

1809-01-23 – Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter

1809-12-24 – Christopher “Kit” Carson, KY, Union brig-general/indian fighter

1817-05-15 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)

1817-10-17 – Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan)

1823-06-30 – Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)

1824-02-12 – Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader

1825-05-08 – George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)

1825-09-04 – Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament

1827-07-19 – Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)

1831-11-08 – Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India

1832-06-10 – Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)

1833-11-02 – Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904)

1835-11-19 – Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858)

1836-02-18 – Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader

1839-03-03 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)

1845-11-04 – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883)

1848-04-16 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919) 1849-09-21 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) 1850-09-09 – Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi

1853-12-06 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931)

1856-04-01 – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)

1856-04-11 – Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India

1856-07-23 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader

1858-10-21 – Ramabai Dongre’ Medhavi, India, social reformer

1858-11-07 – Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian freedom fighter, (d. 1932)

1858-11-30 – Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)

1860-08-10 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)

1860-09-15 – Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)

1861-05-06 – Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)

1861-05-07 – Rabindranath Tagore, First Indian to win Nobel Prize for Liturature. (d. 1941) 1861-12-25 – Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)

1865-01-28 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)

1865-01-31 – Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)

1866-05-09 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915) 1867-12-16 – Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)

1868-08-12 – Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)

1869-10-02 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader

1872-04-14 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)

1873-11-22 – Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India)

1875-10-31 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)

1876-09-15 – Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)

1877-11-24 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)

1878-02-21 – The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)

1878-11-27 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948)

1878-12-10 – Rajaji, India’s freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972)

1879-02-13 – Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949)

1879-09-17 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social Reformer (d. 1973)

1880-07-31 – Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936)

1880-10-08 – Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)

1882-07-05 – Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927).

1882-12-11 – Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)

1883-05-28 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966)

1884-12-03 – Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)

1885-02-14 – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949) 1886-05-25 – Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)

1886-11-02 – Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble)

1887-02-26 – Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)

1887-06-07 – William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)

1887-12-22 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)

1888-09-05 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher

1888-11-07 – Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930)

1888-11-11 – Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India

1889-11-14 – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)

1891-04-14 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956)

1893-01-05 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)

1894-01-01 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)

1894-02-25 – Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969)

1894-04-10 – Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)

1894-05-20 – Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)

1894-06-23 – Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936)

1894-08-10 – Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980)

1895-05-12 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]

1895-05-22 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [OS=May 12]

1895-06-03 – Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)

1895-09-01 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)

1896-02-29 – Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79)

1896-09-01 – A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)

1896-11-12 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)

1897-01-23 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician

1897-04-19 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)

1897-05-03 – V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense

1897-11-23 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)

1898-12-02 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918)

1898-12-05 – Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)

1902-06-04 – Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)

1902-10-11 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979)

1903-07-15 – Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)

1904-02-29 – Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986)

1904-03-04 – Chief Tahachee, American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (d. 1978)

1904-07-29 – J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)

1904-10-01 – A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)

1904-10-02 – Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66)

1905-09-09 – Hussain Sha – Indian Saint, Philosopher ,Pithapuram

1906-05-05 – Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon)

1906-05-29 – Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones)

1906-07-23 – Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. 1931)

1906-10-10 – R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)

1907-05-15 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)

1907-09-27 – Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)

1907-09-28 – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)

1908-04-05 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)

1908-06-24 – Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)

1908-07-25 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (d. 2003)

1908-10-22 – John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly)

1909-10-30 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966)

1909-12-20 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000)

1910-01-30 – C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000)

1910-07-03 – Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant

1910-10-19 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)

1910-12-04 – Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)

1911-02-19 – Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion)

1911-09-20 – Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991)

1911-10-13 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001)

1912-01-27 – Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling, Indian/British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet)

1912-02-27 – Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999)

1913-05-13 – Sanjiva Reddy, president (India)

1913-05-19 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India

1914-01-01 – Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)

1914-07-08 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician

1916-01-22 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a State of India) (d. 1994)

1916-05-05 – Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)

1916-05-08 – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)

1916-08-03 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)

1916-09-15 – Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress (Lady Vanishes)

1916-09-16 – M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)

1917-01-12 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)

1917-01-17 – Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician

1917-02-11 – T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)

1917-03-12 – Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing)

1917-11-05 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)

1917-11-19 – Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84)

1918-04-16 – Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)

1918-12-14 – B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate 1918-12-23 – Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor

1919-01-19 – Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964)

1919-08-12 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)

1919-08-31 – Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)

1919-11-08 – P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)

1919-12-25 – Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)

1920-02-12 – Pran, Indian actor

1920-03-15 – Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)

1920-04-05 – Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)

1920-04-07 – Ravi Shankar, Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)

1920-10-19 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (d. 2003)

1920-10-27 – K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India

1920-10-29 – Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic

1920-12-04 – Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)

1921-01-20 – Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)

1921-02-15 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)

1921-05-02 – Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)

1921-06-28 – P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )

1921-08-08 – Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)

1921-12-07 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader

1922-01-09 – Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968)

1922-02-04 – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Classical Singer

1922-12-11 – Dilip Kumar, Indian actor

1923-04-17 – Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursday’s Children)

1923-05-15 – Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)

1923-05-28 – Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)

1923-07-10 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987)

1923-07-22 – Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)

1923-09-26 – Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer

1924-01-04 – Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993)

1924-01-27 – Sabu, [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum)

1924-12-14 – Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988)

1925-08-07 – M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist

1925-09-24 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)

1925-12-24 – Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)

1926-01-08 – Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)

1926-05-19 – Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author

1926-11-23 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher

1927-01-18 – Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)

1927-01-27 – Michael Craig, Poona India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror)

1927-03-25 – Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)

1927-05-10 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author

1927-07-27 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician

1927-08-26 – B. V. Doshi, Indian architect

1928-08-04 – Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)

1929-01-08 – Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor

1929-03-29 – Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)

1929-05-20 – Andre Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet

1929-06-06 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)

1929-07-20 – Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)

1929-07-25 – Somnath Chatterjee, Indian communist leader

1929-08-04 – Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (d. 1987)

1929-09-28 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer

1929-10-19 – Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56)

1930-07-21 – Anand Bakshi, Indian lyricist (d. 2002)

1930-09-17 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist

1931-02-18 – Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)

1931-05-16 – Natwar Singh, Indian politician

1931-06-30 – June Thorburn, Kashmir India, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore)

1931-08-27 – Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (d. 2007)

1931-10-14 – Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d. 1986)

1931-10-15 – Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Eleventh President of India

1932-06-22 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)

1932-08-01 – Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)

1932-09-27 – Yash Chopra, Indian director

1932-09-29 – Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)

1932-10-26 – Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player (1952)

1932-10-30 – Barun De, Indian historian

1932-12-28 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002)

1933-02-14 – Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)

1933-09-08 – Asha Bhonsle, Indian singer

1933-11-03 – Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1933-12-02 – K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist

1934-03-15 – Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader

1934-05-19 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author

1934-10-15 – N. Ramani, Indian flutist

1935-12-08 – Dharmendra, Indian actor

1935-12-11 – Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician

1936-02-09 – Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)

1936-04-29 – Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)

1936-05-03 – Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)

1936-09-25 – Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear)

1936-12-25 – Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer (Householder)

1937-01-14 – Shoban Babu, Indian actor

1937-12-03 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist

1937-12-28 – Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist

1938-02-07 – S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader

1938-03-18 – Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust)

1938-07-19 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist

1939-01-20 – Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer

1939-06-27 – Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)

1939-09-25 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor

1939-11-21 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician

1939-11-22 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician

1940-01-02 – S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician

1940-01-20 – Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician

1940-10-14 – Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)

1940-11-01 – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India

1940-12-12 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician

1941-02-27 – Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP (Soc/Lib Democrat)

1941-04-14 – Julie Christie, Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago)

1941-07-31 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician

1941-09-04 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician

1941-11-25 – Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Indian Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001) 1942-04-02 – Roshan Seth, Indian actor 1942-04-07 – Jeetendra, Indian actor

1942-05-23 – K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director

1942-12-29 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor

1943-01-01 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist

1943-01-24 – Subhash Ghai, Indian film director

1943-06-02 – Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer

1943-12-25 – Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11 backup)

1944-01-11 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician

1944-02-13 – Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (d. 2006)

1944-05-01 – Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician

1944-08-20 – Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984-89)

1945-01-17 – Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter

1945-02-20 – Annu Kapoor, Indian actor

1945-05-04 – Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist

1945-05-23 – Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991)

1945-07-24 – Azim Premji, Indian businessman

1945-12-06 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker

1946-05-01 – Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (Abs Fab, OHM’s Secret Service)

1946-05-28 – Satchidanandan, Indian poet

1946-08-20 – N.R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman

1946-10-06 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor

1946-10-15 – Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor (A Passage to India)

1946-12-08 – Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress

1946-12-09 – Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician

1946-12-09 – Shatrughan Sinha, Indian actor

1947-01-07 – Shobha De, Indian writer

1947-02-12 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)

1947-06-11 – Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician

1947-08-15 – Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress

1948-02-24 – J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician

1948-02-25 – Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor

1948-04-09 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress

1948-10-16 – Hema Malini, Indian Actress

1949-01-13 – Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)

1949-03-07 – Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician

1949-04-28 – Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)

1949-09-01 – P.A. Sangma, Indian politician

1949-12-18 – Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress (Octopussy)

1950-01-07 – Johnny Lever, Indian actor

1950-04-20 – Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician

1950-05-30 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor

1950-06-15 – Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist

1950-07-20 – Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor

1950-09-17 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician

1950-09-18 – Shabana Azmi, Indian actress

1950-10-02 – Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress (Star Trek, Megaforce)

1950-10-18 – Om Puri, Indian actor

1950-12-12 – Rajnikanth, Indian actor

1951-01-01 – Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor

1951-11-19 – Zeenat Aman, Indian actress

1952-03-20 – Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)

1952-04-13 – Erick Avari, British-Indian actor

1952-06-20 – Vikram Seth, Indian poet

1952-09-04 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor

1952-11-05 – Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist

1952-12-28 – Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician

1953-09-27 – Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader

1953-12-14 – Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor (Octopussy)

1954-03-19 – Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai

1954-07-27 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician

1954-11-07 – Kamal Haasan, Indian actor

1955-05-17 – Bill Paxton, actor (Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies)

1955-11-05 – Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator

1955-12-31 – Dawood Ibrahim, Indian crime boss

1956-01-15 – Mayawati, Indian politician

1956-02-01 – Brahmanandam, Indian film actor

1956-03-09 – Shashi Tharoor, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General

1956-04-18 – Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress

1956-06-02 – Mani Ratnam, Indian dire

1956-08-14 – Johnny Lever, Indian actor

1956-10-19 – Sunny Deol, Indian actor

1957-01-07 – Reena Roy, Indian actress

1957-04-19 – Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman

1957-08-03 – Mani Shankar, Indian film maker

1957-09-23 – Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer

1957-10-15 – Mira Nair, Indian director

1957-12-10 – Prem Rawat, known also as Guru Maharaj Ji and Maharaji, American Indian spiritual leader and speaker

1958-02-01 – Jackie Shroff, Indian actor

1958-04-03 – Jaya Prada, Indian Actress

1959-05-03 – Uma Bharati, Indian politician

1959-07-29 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor

1959-08-26 – Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Indian Open)

1959-08-29 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor

1959-12-24 – Anil Kapoor, Indian actor

1960-01-03 – Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India

1960-05-21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor

1960-06-10 – Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor

1960-12-13 – Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian actor

1961-01-07 – Supriya Pathak, Indian actress

1961-04-18 – Pamella Bordes, New Dehli India, Brit parliament prostitute

1961-05-04 – Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet

1961-05-26 – Tarsem Singh, Indian film director

1961-06-05 – Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star

1961-06-27 – Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress

1961-07-01 – Kalpana Chawla, Karnal India, astronaut (STS 87)

1961-08-13 – Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer

1961-11-24 – Arundhati Roy, Indian writer

1962-02-14 – Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress

1962-09-30 – Shaan, Indian singer

1963-08-10 – Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit and revolutionary (d. 2001)

1963-08-13 – Sridevi, Indian actress

1963-08-17 – S. Shankar, Indian film director.

1964-01-31 – Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 India Open)

1964-02-19 – Sonu Walia, Indian actress

1964-12-25 – Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)

1965-03-14 – Aamir Khan, Indian actor

1965-06-01 – India Allen, Portsmouth Va, playmate of the year (Dec, 1987)

1965-09-02 – Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker

1965-11-02 – Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor

1965-12-27 – Salman Khan, Indian actor

1966-01-06 – A. R. Rahman, Indian composer

1966-03-05 – Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian

1966-03-20 – Alka Yagnik, Indian singer

1966-04-17 – Vikram, Indian actor

1966-05-03 – Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor

1966-08-28 – Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician

1966-09-28 – Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director

1967-01-26 – Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer

1967-01-27 – Bobby Deol, Indian actor

1967-02-01 – Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician

1967-02-12 – Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician

1967-05-15 – Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress

1967-08-18 – Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer

1967-09-09 – Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor

1967-11-13 – Juhi Chawla, Indian actress

1968-02-09 – Rahul Roy, Indian actor

1968-03-16 – Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher

1968-04-19 – Arshad Warsi, Indian actor

1968-09-29 – Samir Soni, Indian film actor

1968-12-15 – Javid Hussain, Indian film producer

1969-12-11 – Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster

1970-05-30 – Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist

1970-06-01 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor

1970-06-19 – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician

1970-08-06 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director

1970-08-16 – Manisha Koirala, Indian actress

1970-08-16 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor

1970-09-01 – Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress

1970-10-26 – Raveena Tandon, Indian actress

1971-04-16 – Natasha Zvereva, Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian Wells)

1971-05-01 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor

1971-09-02 – Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor

1971-11-01 – Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier

1971-12-18 – Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist

1972-04-16 – Conchita Martinez, Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian Wells)

1972-08-27 – Dalip Singh, Indian professional wrestler

1972-11-04 – Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress

1972-11-09 – Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park)

1972-11-26 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor

1972-12-17 – John Abraham, Indian actor

1973-06-17 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player

1973-07-23 – Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood composer, singer and actor

1973-07-30 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer/actor

1973-08-10 – Lisa Raymond, Norristown Penn, tennis star (1995 Indian Wells doubles)

1973-08-23 – Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model

1973-09-01 – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor

1973-11-01 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress

1974-01-09 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood Director, Actor, Producer, Singer

1974-01-10 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor

1974-05-15 – Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor

1974-06-07 – Mahesh Bhupathi, India, tennis pro

1974-06-22 – Joseph Vijay, Indian actor

1974-06-25 – Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress

1974-09-09 – Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army

1974-12-25 – Nagma, Indian actress

1975-01-01 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress

1975-01-08 – Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer

1975-01-31 – Preity Zinta, Indian actress

1975-03-08 – Fardeen Khan, Indian actor

1975-06-08 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress

1975-06-22 – Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress

1975-08-05 – Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress

1975-10-03 – India.Arie, American singer

1976-02-05 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor

1976-02-20 – Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar) 1976-06-29 – Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)

1976-09-03 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor

1976-12-15 – Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer

1977-06-09 – Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant

1977-06-09 – Amisha Patel, Indian actress

1977-07-17 – Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer

1977-09-01 – Aamir Ali, Indian television actor

1978-01-01 – Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritualist

1978-03-21 – Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress

1978-03-28 – Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)

1978-04-16 – Lara Dutta, Indian actress

1978-06-11 – Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel

1978-11-01 – Manju Warrier, Indian actress

1978-12-17 – Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor

1979-01-07 – Bipasha Basu, Indian model

1979-02-02 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress

1979-03-23 – Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor

1979-03-24 – Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor

1979-03-31 – Amey Date, Indian playback singer

1979-04-17 – Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor

1979-04-23 – Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model

1980-02-21 – Parthiva Sureshwaren, Indian racing driver

1980-08-18 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress

1980-09-21 – Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress

1980-12-11 – Arya, Indian actor

1981-02-25 – Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor

1981-03-29 – Jlloyd Samuel, WestIndian-born footballer

1981-06-07 – Amrita Rao, Indian model and actress

1981-06-25 – Pooja Umashankar, Indian actress

1981-09-21 – Rimi Sen, Indian actress

1981-10-12 – Sneha, Indian actress

1981-10-24 – Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress

1981-10-29 – Reema Sen, Indian actress

1981-12-09 – Diya Mirza, Indian actress

1982-02-23 – Karan Singh Grover, Indian Television Actor

1982-03-28 – Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress

1982-04-07 – Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler

1982-07-03 – Kanika, Indian actress

1982-07-18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen

1982-09-11 – Shriya Saran, South Indian actress

1982-09-28 – Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter

1982-09-28 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor

1982-12-10 – Shilpa Anand, Indian film and television actress

1983-02-03 – Silambarasan Rajendar,famous south Indian actor

1983-02-23 – Aziz Ansari, Indian American Comedian

1983-04-08 – Allu Arjun, Indian film actor

1983-05-04 – Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress

1983-05-20 – Jr. NTR, Indian film actor

1983-05-25 – Kunal Khemu, Indian actor

1984-01-19 – Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver

1984-02-15 – Meera Jasmine, Indian actress

1984-02-29 – Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player

1984-03-12 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer

1984-03-19 – Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress

1984-07-16 – Katrina Kaif, Indian Actress

1984-08-03 – Sunil Chetri, Indian Footballer

1985-01-18 – Minnisha Lamba, Indian Actress and Model

1985-01-30 – Aaadietya Pandey, Indian astrologer

1985-06-09 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress

1985-10-26 – Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress

1986-01-01 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress

1986-01-05 – Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress

1986-01-28 – Shruti Haasan, Indian actress

1986-03-27 – Ramani, Indian Girl

1986-04-10 – Ayesha Takia, Indian actress

1986-10-20 – Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress

1986-11-15 – Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player

1987-03-31 – Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster

1987-08-05 – Genelia D’Souza, Indian actress

1987-08-19 – Ileana D’Cruz, Indian actress

1988-01-04 – Nabila

1987-08-19 – Ileana D’Cruz, Indian actress

1988-01-04 – Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer

1988-11-22 – Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara, British-Indian novelists

1988-12-02 – Soniya Mehra, Indian Actress

1989-09-02 – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)

1991-08-09 – Hansika Motwani, Indian actress

1996-03-09 – Darsheel Safary, Youngest Indian actor to win film fare award for Best performance.