Cultural Production in
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India ranks 15th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind China, Netherlands, and Turkey. Memorable people born in present day India include Gautama Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, and George Orwell. 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 actors.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by area, and the most populous democracy in the world. 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 and Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 2000 BC and 2000, present day India was the birth place of 850 globally memorable people, including Gautama Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, and George Orwell. Additionaly, 353 globally memorable people have passed away in present day India including Gautama Buddha, Vasco da Gama, and Mahatma Gandhi.
People Born in Present Day India
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Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 92.11
Rank: 1
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 - 1948
HPI: 88.63
Rank: 2
George Orwell
1903 - 1950
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 3
Ashoka
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 4
Rajneesh
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 5
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 - 1941
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 6
Amitabh Bachchan
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 7
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1931 - 2015
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 8
Kālidāsa
400 - 420
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 9
Rudyard Kipling
1865 - 1936
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 10
Jawaharlal Nehru
1889 - 1964
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 11
Indira Gandhi
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsGautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 92.11
Rank: 1
Vasco da Gama
1460 - 1524
HPI: 89.95
Rank: 2
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 - 1948
HPI: 88.63
Rank: 3
Mother Teresa
1910 - 1997
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 4
Ashoka
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 5
Rajneesh
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 6
Zheng He
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.09
Rank: 7
Akbar
1542 - 1605
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 8
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 - 1941
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 9
Thomas the Apostle
1 - 72
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 10
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1931 - 2015
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 11
Babur
1483 - 1530
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day India were actors (256), politicians (179), writers (66), religious figures (44), and philosophers (40), while most who died were politicians (118), actors (41), writers (38), religious figures (29), and philosophers (24).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day India, including Amitabh Bachchan, Salman 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 Salman Khan.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day India since 1700.
