Cultural Production in
India ranks 11th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Spain, Brazil, and Sweden. Memorable people born in present day India include Mahatma Gandhi, Rama, and Ashoka. Memorable people who died in India include Gautama Buddha, Vasco da Gama, and Mahatma Gandhi. 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 as of June 2023; and from the time of 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 in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 2000 BC and 2008, present day India was the birth place of 1,493 globally memorable people, including Mahatma Gandhi, Rama, and Ashoka. Additionaly, 619 globally memorable people have passed away in present day India including Gautama Buddha, Vasco da Gama, and Mahatma Gandhi.
1869 - 1948
HPI: 88.49
Rank: 1
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 2
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 3
1903 - 1950
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 4
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 6
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 8
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 9
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 10
1913 - 1967
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 11
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 12
1159 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 132
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 148
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 178
1882 - 1927
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 230
1524 - 1564
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 236
1730 - 1796
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 253
1814 - 1859
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 262
1889 - 1908
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 273
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 282
610 - 642
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 285
901 - 1000
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 297
1911 - 1979
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 314
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 90.82
Rank: 1
1460 - 1524
HPI: 90.25
Rank: 2
1869 - 1948
HPI: 88.49
Rank: 3
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 4
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 5
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 6
1910 - 1997
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 7
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 8
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 9
1 - 72
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 10
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 11
1542 - 1605
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 12
1159 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 97
1882 - 1927
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 164
1524 - 1564
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 172
1542 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 181
1730 - 1796
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 191
1814 - 1859
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 198
610 - 642
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 213
1647 - 1693
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 258
1775 - 1851
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 264
1861 - 1936
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 266
1904 - 1948
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 284
1910 - 1967
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 286
Most individuals born in present day India were actors (481), politicians (275), writers (128), religious figures (63), and singers (60), while most who died were politicians (191), writers (83), actors (80), religious figures (44), and social activists (32).
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 Julie Christie. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day India, including Amitabh Bachchan, Vivien Leigh, and Shah Rukh Khan.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day India since 1700.