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 2,300 globally memorable people, including Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. Additionaly, 773 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: 1
Indira Gandhi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1984
HPI: 91.54
Rank: 2
Narendra Modi
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 88.81
Rank: 3
Mumtaz Mahal
COMPANION
1593 - 1631
HPI: 85.84
Rank: 4
George Orwell
WRITER
1903 - 1950
HPI: 85.28
Rank: 5
Ashoka
POLITICIAN
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 6
Rajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 7
Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 8
Swami Vivekananda
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1902
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 9
Kālidāsa
WRITER
400 - 420
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 10
Vallabhbhai Patel
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1950
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 11
Ramakrishna
PHILOSOPHER
1836 - 1886
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsMahmood Mamdani
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 371
C. P. Radhakrishnan
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 760
Ajit Doval
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 808
Anthony Poola
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 934
S. Janaki
SINGER
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 940
Satish Shah
ACTOR
1951 - 2025
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 995
George Koovakad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 1,019
Prabha Atre
SINGER
1932 - 2024
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 1,141
Shiva Ayyadurai
INVENTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 1,237
Pankaj Mishra
WRITER
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 1,296
Seeman
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 1,337
Mukul Dev
ACTOR
1970 - 2025
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 1,342
People Deceased in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsGautama Buddha
PHILOSOPHER
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 99.48
Rank: 1
Mahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 2
Mother Teresa
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 1997
HPI: 92.98
Rank: 3
Akbar
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1605
HPI: 92.19
Rank: 4
Indira Gandhi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1984
HPI: 91.54
Rank: 5
Vasco da Gama
EXPLORER
1460 - 1524
HPI: 91.06
Rank: 6
Mumtaz Mahal
COMPANION
1593 - 1631
HPI: 85.84
Rank: 7
Ashoka
POLITICIAN
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 8
Rajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 9
Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 10
Swami Vivekananda
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1902
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 11
Thomas the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 72
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day India
Go to all RankingsSatish Shah
ACTOR
1951 - 2025
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 632
John Allen Chau
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1991 - 2018
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 734
Mukul Dev
ACTOR
1970 - 2025
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 741
Shefali Jariwala
ACTOR
1982 - 2025
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 746
Amar Singh Chamkila
SINGER
1960 - 1988
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 755
Shoba
ACTOR
1962 - 1980
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 758
Yakub Memon
EXTREMIST
1962 - 2015
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 762
Afzal Guru
EXTREMIST
1969 - 2013
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 763
Sunanda Pushkar
BUSINESSPERSON
1962 - 2014
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 764
Monisha Unni
ACTOR
1971 - 1992
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 766
Neeraj Vora
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - 2017
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 767
Inder Kumar
ACTOR
1973 - 2017
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 769
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day India were actors (798), politicians (340), writers (171), athletes (135), and singers (101), while most who died were politicians (216), writers (108), actors (106), social activists (47), 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.







































