India
India ranks 1,241st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jeonju, Pistoia, and Canberra. Memorable people born in India include Kālidāsa, Ānanda, and Bodhidharma. Memorable people who died in India include Nagarjuna, Kālidāsa, and Shantideva. India has been the birth place of many writers and religious figures and the death place of many writers and philosophers. India is located in India.
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 600 BC and 1940, India was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Kālidāsa, Ānanda, and Bodhidharma. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in India including Nagarjuna, Kālidāsa, and Shantideva.
People Born in India
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Kālidāsa
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 1
Ānanda
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
Bodhidharma
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 3
Valmiki
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 4
Padmasambhava
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 5
Vātsyāyana
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 6
Green Boots
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 7
Rani Padmini
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 8
Prahlad Jani
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 9
Andrew Scott Waugh
1810 - 1878
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 10
Yamini Krishnamurthy
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in India
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HPI: 59.28
Rank: 7
Prahlad Jani
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 9
Andrew Scott Waugh
1810 - 1878
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 10
People Deceased in India
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Nagarjuna
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 1
Kālidāsa
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 2
Shantideva
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 3
Maithili Sharan Gupt
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 4
Demetrius I of Bactria
300 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 5
Miltiadis Gouskos
1877 - 1904
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6
Swami Rama
1925 - 1996
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day India were writers (3), religious figures (2), philosophers (2), mountaineers (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were writers (3), philosophers (2), politicians (1), and athletes (1).
Over the past 100 years, religious figures have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in India, including Prahlad Jani. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day India, including Kālidāsa, Valmiki, and Vātsyāyana.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in India since 1700.
