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India ranks 991st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Anyang, Gyeonggi, Iwate Prefecture, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The most famous people from India are Kālidāsa, Patanjali, and Ānanda. The most famous people who died in India are Kālidāsa, Nagarjuna, and Shantideva. India has been the birth place of many writers, and actors and the death place of many writers, and philosophers. India is located in India.

People

Between 600 BC and 2000, India was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Kālidāsa, Patanjali, and Ānanda. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in India including Kālidāsa, Nagarjuna, and Shantideva.

People Born in India

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People Deceased in India

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day India were writers (6), actors (2), linguists (1), religious figures (1), and philosophers (1),  while most who died were writers (3), philosophers (2), actors (2), politicians (1), and social activists (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in India, including Anupam Kher, and Alia Bhatt. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day India, including Kālidāsa, Valmiki, and Vātsyāyana.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in India since 1700.

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