The Most Famous
JOURNALISTS from India
This page contains a list of the greatest Indian Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 196 Journalists, 3 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 12th most number of Journalists behind Belarus, and Azerbaijan.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Journalists of all time. This list of famous Indian Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Homai Vyarawalla (1913 - 2012)
With an HPI of 54.74, Homai Vyarawalla is the most famous Indian Journalist. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist. She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city. Vyarawalla worked for the British Information Services from the 1940s until 1970 when she retired. In 2011, she was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of India. A pioneer in her field, Vyarawalla died at the age of 98. Google doodle honoured India's "First Lady of the lens" in 2017 with a tapestry of Indian life and history drawn by guest doodler Sameer Kulavoor.
2. Danish Siddiqui (1983 - 2021)
With an HPI of 48.66, Danish Siddiqui is the 2nd most famous Indian Journalist. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 16 July 2021) was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis. In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces near a border crossing with Pakistan. His second Pulitzer was awarded posthumously in 2022 for documenting the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. Arnab Goswami (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 36.85, Arnab Goswami is the 3rd most famous Indian Journalist. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Arnab Ranjan Goswami (born 7 March 1973) is an Indian right-wing news anchor and journalist. He is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network, a conservative news organisation oriented towards Hindutva. Before Republic TV, Goswami was the editor-in-chief and a news anchor of Times Now and ET Now, from 2006 to 2016. Previously, he had also served stints at NDTV and The Telegraph. On Times Now, he anchored The Newshour, a live debate at 9 pm (IST) weekdays, which propelled him to widespread fame. He also hosted a special television programme Frankly Speaking with Arnab. In November 2016, Goswami resigned as editor-in-chief of Times Now. His news channel Republic TV was launched in May 2017.
4. Asra Nomani (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 35.27, Asra Nomani is the 4th most famous Indian Journalist. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Asra Quratulain Nomani (born June 7, 1965) is an Indian American journalist and author. Born in India to Muslim parents, she earned a BA from West Virginia University in liberal arts in 1986 and an MA from the American University in international communications in 1990. She subsequently worked as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal with her colleague Daniel Pearl in Pakistan post-9/11. Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by Islamist terrorists while following an investigative lead. Nomani later became the co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student investigative-reporting project which has looked into Pearl's murder. Nomani is the author of three books: Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam, Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love, and Woke Army, the Red-Green Alliance that is Destroying America's Freedom. Articles include: "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom", the "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque", and "99 Precepts for Opening Hearts, Minds and Doors in the Muslim World". She has also written for The Washington Post and has been a returning guest on Real Time with Bill Maher. Her story forms part of the documentary The Mosque in Morgantown, aired nationwide on PBS as part of the series America at a Crossroads. She is currently a senior contributor to The Federalist. Nomani has described herself as an advocate of Islamic feminism and a critic of Islamism.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Indian journalists born between 1913 and 1983. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Indian journalists include Arnab Goswami, and Asra Nomani. The most famous deceased Indian journalists include Homai Vyarawalla, and Danish Siddiqui. As of April 2024, 1 new Indian journalists have been added to Pantheon including Asra Nomani.
