Cultural Production in
Present Day
India
India
India ranks 11th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Spain, Brazil, and Sweden. Memorable people born in present day India include Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. Memorable people who died in India include Gautama Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Teresa. India has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 2000 BC and 2011, present day India was the birth place of 2,042 globally memorable people, including Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. Additionaly, 754 globally memorable people have passed away in present day India including Gautama Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Teresa.
People Born in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsMahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 809
Indira Gandhi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1984
HPI: 91.54
Rank: 182
Narendra Modi
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 88.81
Rank: 68
Mumtaz Mahal
COMPANION
1593 - 1631
HPI: 85.84
Rank: 402
George Orwell
WRITER
1903 - 1950
HPI: 85.28
Rank: 856
Ashoka
POLITICIAN
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 795
Rajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 216
Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 765
Swami Vivekananda
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1902
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 690
Kālidāsa
WRITER
400 - 420
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 756
Vallabhbhai Patel
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1950
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 982
Ramakrishna
PHILOSOPHER
1836 - 1886
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 943
Newly Added People Born in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsAnntonia Porsild
CELEBRITY
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 257
Karun Nair
POLITICIAN
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.81
Rank: 291
Honey Rose
ACTOR
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 282
Vivian Dsena
ACTOR
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.01
Rank: 334
Jehan Daruvala
RACING DRIVER
1998 - Present
HPI: 31.72
Rank: 243
Mahalakshmi Iyer
SINGER
1976 - Present
HPI: 31.24
Rank: 231
Ishan Kishan
POLITICIAN
1998 - Present
HPI: 31.16
Rank: 241
Rachel Gupta
CELEBRITY
2004 - Present
HPI: 31.12
Rank: 226
Sidhu Moose Wala
MUSICIAN
1993 - 2022
HPI: 31.09
Rank: 273
Kalyani Priyadarshan
ACTOR
1993 - Present
HPI: 30.98
Rank: 278
Shivangi Joshi
ACTOR
1998 - Present
HPI: 30.95
Rank: 242
Arjun Erigaisi
CHESS PLAYER
2003 - Present
HPI: 30.63
Rank: 234
People Deceased in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsGautama Buddha
PHILOSOPHER
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 99.48
Rank: 544
Mahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 550
Mother Teresa
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 1997
HPI: 92.98
Rank: 590
Akbar
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1605
HPI: 92.19
Rank: 539
Indira Gandhi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1984
HPI: 91.54
Rank: 86
Vasco da Gama
EXPLORER
1460 - 1524
HPI: 91.06
Rank: 513
Mumtaz Mahal
COMPANION
1593 - 1631
HPI: 85.84
Rank: 179
Ashoka
POLITICIAN
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 538
Rajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 115
Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 504
Swami Vivekananda
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1902
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 437
Thomas the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 72
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 394
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day India
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Most individuals born in present day India were actors (673), politicians (345), writers (157), athletes (117), and singers (85), while most who died were politicians (215), writers (108), actors (97), social activists (46), and religious figures (44).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day India, including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day India, including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Vivien Leigh.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day India since 1700.