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| ''This is an incomplete list, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.'' | |||
| A list of prominent and famous people who are ]. | |||
| ===Religious Figures / Philosophers=== | |||
| *] : Philosopher Saint, Social reformer | |||
| *] : Exponent of Kashmir Saivism | |||
| *] : Saint, First and foremost person of ] | |||
| *] : author of ], the foundation of the ] school of Hinduism | |||
| *] : ] and president of the Congress Party | |||
| *] : Mystic and philosopher | |||
| *] : Beloved Tamil female saint | |||
| *] : Founder-] of ] | |||
| *] : Founder-] of the ] | |||
| *] : Advocated Advaita philosophy, Bharat, the other name for India, is named after him | |||
| *] : Author of ''Vairagya Satakam'', hundred verses of renunciation | |||
| ] : Author of ''Varivasya Rahasyam'' | |||
| *] : Legendary South Indian ]. Created Lord Murugan statue in Palani. | |||
| *] : Philosopher | |||
| ]:Greatest Saint of Bakthi movement. | |||
| *Swami ] : Religious leader | |||
| *] : Personality Development Author | |||
| *] : Art historian | |||
| *] : Narrated Jnana Kanda, taught Ashtanga Yoga to Patanjali | |||
| *] : Religious leader | |||
| *] : Philosopher Saint | |||
| *] : Mystic and philosopher | |||
| *] : Teacher | |||
| *] : Founder of Patanjali Yoga | |||
| *] : American spiritual leader | |||
| *] : Mystic | |||
| *] : Reformer | |||
| *] : Philosopher Saint, Social reformer | |||
| *] : Philosopher Saint | |||
| *] : Vedantic Philosopher | |||
| *], Hindu Seer & Spiritual preceptor | |||
| *] : Founder of the All World ] | |||
| *]: Yogi | |||
| *] : Modern sage | |||
| *] : Modern sage | |||
| *] : One of the 18 ] | |||
| *] : Author of the epic Ramayana | |||
| *] : Philosopher Saint, Social reformer | |||
| *] : Author of the epic Mahabharata | |||
| *] : Yogi | |||
| ===Monarchs / National Leaders / Politicians=== | |||
| '''Maurya Dynasty (324 BC-184 BC)''' | |||
| * ] (324 BC-301 BC) | |||
| * ] (301 BC-269 BC) | |||
| * ] (269 BC-232 BC) | |||
| *] : Prime Minister to the Chandragupta Maurya | |||
| '''Gupta Dynasty (319-?)''' | |||
| * ] (319-335) | |||
| * ] (335-380) | |||
| * ] (380-415) | |||
| * ] (415-455) | |||
| * ] (455 -467) | |||
| * ] (467-499) | |||
| * ] (499-543) | |||
| '''Pallava Dynasty''' | |||
| '''Chola Dynasty (1st century to 1279)''' | |||
| * ] (871-907 ) | |||
| * ] (973-985 ) | |||
| * ] (985-1014 ) | |||
| * ] (1012-1044 ) | |||
| * ] (1018-1054 ) | |||
| * ] (1070-1120 ) | |||
| '''Vijayanagar Empire''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| '''Maratha Emperors (1674-1818)''' | |||
| *] (1674-1680) | |||
| *] (1680-1688) | |||
| *] (1688-1700) | |||
| *] (1700-1707) | |||
| *] (1707-1712) | |||
| *] (1707-1720) | |||
| *] (1720-1740) | |||
| *] (1740-1761) | |||
| *] (1761-1772) | |||
| *] (1772-1773) | |||
| *] (1773-1774) | |||
| *] (1774-1796) | |||
| *] (1796-1818) | |||
| '''Wodeyars of Mysore (1399-1950)''' | |||
| * ] (1399 - 1423) | |||
| * ] (1423 - 1459) | |||
| * ] (1459 - 1478) | |||
| * ] (1478 - 1513) | |||
| * ] (1513 - 1553) | |||
| * ] (1553-1572) | |||
| * ] (1572 - 1576) | |||
| * ] (1576 - 1578) | |||
| * ] (1578 - 1617) | |||
| * ] (1617 - 1637). | |||
| * ] (1637 - 1638) | |||
| * ] (1638 - 1659) | |||
| * ] (1659 - 1673) | |||
| * ] (1673 - 1704) | |||
| * ] (1704 - 1714) | |||
| * ] (1714 - 1732) | |||
| * ] (1732-1734) | |||
| * ] (1734 - 1766) | |||
| * ] (1766-1770) | |||
| * ] (1770 - 1776) | |||
| * ] (1766 - 1796) | |||
| * ] (1799 - 1868) | |||
| * ] (1868 - 1894) | |||
| * ], queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX served as regent from 1894 to 1902. | |||
| * (Nalvadi) ] (1894 - 1940) | |||
| * ] (1940 - 1950). | |||
| '''Nepal''' | |||
| *] (]–]) ''ruler of ] from ]'' | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) ''first time'' | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]–]) | |||
| *] (]) | |||
| *] (]–present) ''second time'' | |||
| '''Cambodia''' | |||
| * ] (7th century) | |||
| * ] (1002-1050) | |||
| * ] (1050-1066) | |||
| * ] (1113-1150) | |||
| * ] (1150-1160) | |||
| '''Indonesia''' | |||
| *] Prime Minister of Majapahit,14th century | |||
| * ] Ruler of Majapahit,14th century | |||
| * ] Priest, advisor to king of Majapahit, 15th Century | |||
| * ] Ruler of ], 12th Century | |||
| * ] Ruler of ] | |||
| '''20th Century''' | |||
| *] : National leader | |||
| * ], popularly known as '''Anna''', ex-Chief Minister | |||
| *] : National leader | |||
| *] : Indian politician | |||
| * ], Politician; IT & Communications Minister of India | |||
| * ], Indian Freedom Fighter | |||
| * ], Former President, Singapore | |||
| * ], Politician; Finance Minister of India | |||
| * ], ex-Minister (various portfolios), Singapore | |||
| * ], Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore | |||
| * ], Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; yesteryears actress | |||
| * ], ex-Chief Minister | |||
| * ], Industrialist & India's first Finance Minister | |||
| * ], Politician; Oil Minister of India | |||
| * ], Politician; ex-Industries Minister of India | |||
| * ], Chief of the LTTE | |||
| * ], Ex-Governor General of India; writer & statesman | |||
| * ], ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry) | |||
| * ],ex-CM of TN; yesteryears actor | |||
| * ], Ex-President, India | |||
| * ], President, Singapore | |||
| * ], Communist Leader | |||
| *], works minister, Malaysia | |||
| *] : Ex-President, India | |||
| * ], ex-Steel & Mines Minister of India; Bharat Ratna Awardee & 'Father of the Indian Green Revolution' | |||
| * ], Politician | |||
| * ], Popularly known for his ] | |||
| * ], Minister of Education, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry) | |||
| '''Military''' | |||
| * ], Ex-Army Chief, Governor of Punjab, Social Worker | |||
| * ], first Indian astronaut | |||
| * ], chief of ] | |||
| ===Business Leaders / Top Executives=== | |||
| '''India''' | |||
| *], chairman, ] | |||
| *] son of Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance Inc | |||
| *], ex-chief of ] | |||
| *] Founder of Reliance Inc, India's largest private firm, Multibillionaire | |||
| *], | |||
| *], Industrialist, ] Group | |||
| *] | |||
| * ], Media Baron | |||
| *], Biotechnology entrepreneur | |||
| * ], Multibillionaire, Birla Group | |||
| * ], Industrialist | |||
| *] son of Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance Inc | |||
| *], co-founder ] | |||
| * ], CEO of Tata Consultancy Services | |||
| *] : Satyam Computers | |||
| *] : Chairman - Tata Sons | |||
| *], ] Group | |||
| * ], Chairman & CEO of HCL & Forbes List of Billionaires | |||
| *], ] Parivar | |||
| *] | |||
| *], chairman, UB group of companies | |||
| '''Overseas''' | |||
| *] : 3rd Richest Man in the World, Richest non-American | |||
| *] : Founder of Bose Corporation | |||
| *] : Media Baron, Richest man in Malaysia, ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil | |||
| *], General Manager ] | |||
| *], founder of Sycamore Networks | |||
| *] : President, PepsiCo | |||
| *] : CEO, McKinsey | |||
| *] : CEO, Computer Associates International | |||
| *], CEO, Orange Telecommunications | |||
| *], founder ] Technologies | |||
| *], ] Brothers | |||
| *] : Venture Capitalist, Co-founder Sun Microsystems | |||
| ===Writers / Poets=== | |||
| '''Ancient Times to 19th Century''' | |||
| * ], Telugu Poet | |||
| * ], Saivite Saint and Tamil Poet | |||
| * ], Tamil Poet & Rationalist | |||
| * ]:Great sanskrit poet, wrote the play Sakuntala | |||
| * ], Tamil Poet, Translated ] into Tamil | |||
| * ], Tamil Poet, Anti-colonialist writer | |||
| * ], Tamil Author & Poet, Wrote the ancient Tamil treatise ] | |||
| * ], Tamil Grammarian, wrote ''Tholkappiyam'' over 2000 years ago | |||
| * ], Hindi Poet, Translated ] into Hindi | |||
| '''20th Century''' | |||
| * ] : Writer, 1913 Nobel Literature Prize Winner | |||
| * ] : Writer, Nobel Literature Prize Winner | |||
| * ] : Novelist, author of ] | |||
| * ], Modern Poet | |||
| * ], Author, Booker Prize Winner | |||
| * ], Author, US | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], Writer | |||
| * ], Keralan-American author | |||
| * ], Singapore writer (also, leading neurosurgeon) | |||
| * ], Hindi poet, father of Amitabh Bachchan | |||
| * ], Tamil Poet | |||
| * ], ] writer, ] awardee | |||
| * ] - ] winner for "]" | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], poetess | |||
| * ], Tamil poet & lyricist, known as ''kavi arasu'' (king of poets) | |||
| * ], Famous Indian Cartoonist & Humorist | |||
| * ] novelist | |||
| * ], Hindi poetess | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], Hindi novelist | |||
| * ], Influential and revolutionary Tamil writer | |||
| * ], English short-story writer, ] tales | |||
| * ] : Novelist | |||
| * ], Author of "Ek Racha Patal Ki" Hindi Well known Poet | |||
| * ] - Author of ''The Great Indian Novel'' besides other books | |||
| * ], writer | |||
| * ], Hindi poet | |||
| * ], English novelist, poet | |||
| * ] - ] poet | |||
| * ] - writer and devotee of ] | |||
| ===Scientists / Inventors=== | |||
| '''Ancient Times to 19th Century''' | |||
| *] : (8th century A.D.) - medical text author and systematizer | |||
| *] :Indian physician, one of the founders of ] | |||
| *] : Indian surgeon, one of the earliest to perform ] | |||
| 20th Century | |||
| *] : Economist, Nobel Prize Winner | |||
| *] : — Loop Quantum Gravity Researcher | |||
| *] : Co-founder of ] | |||
| * ], 1930 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics | |||
| *], Scientific Adviser to Prime Minister; ex-Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission | |||
| * ], ], French Institute of Pondicherry, awarded the Fyson Prize in Natural Science | |||
| *] : Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner | |||
| *] : Scientist, Developer of Wireless Communication | |||
| * ], Finance Expert; Professor at NYU & Board of Directors of Infosys & ICICI | |||
| * ], Management Expert; University of Michigan Business School | |||
| * ], Neuroscientist; Director Professor at UC San Diego | |||
| * ], pioneer in Singapore in-vitro fertilisation | |||
| * ], Eminent librarian who devised the five laws of library science | |||
| * ], Brilliant 20th century Mathematician | |||
| * ], 1983 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics | |||
| * ] 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics | |||
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| ===Mathematicians=== | |||
| *] : 1800 BC, the author of the altar mathematics of the Shatapatha Brahmana. | |||
| *] : Author of a 1350 BC text on Vedic astronomy | |||
| *] : 800 BC | |||
| *] : 750 BC | |||
| *] : 700 BC | |||
| *] 550 BC, Logician | |||
| *] 400 BC | |||
| *]5th century BC | |||
| *] 5th century BC | |||
| *] 450 BC | |||
| *]- Astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for astronomical constants, 500 | |||
| *] | |||
| *] 620 | |||
| *] - Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic, | |||
| *](8th century) - Gave explicit rules for the Fibonacci series. | |||
| *] (between 650-850) - Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere. | |||
| *] 720-790 | |||
| *] (9th century) | |||
| *] | |||
| *] (9th century) | |||
| *](9th century) | |||
| *] 9th century | |||
| *]10th century | |||
| *] 920-1000 | |||
| *](10th century) | |||
| *] 1060-1130 | |||
| *] 1019-1066 | |||
| *] - Studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci | |||
| *] - Also studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci | |||
| *]- Conceived of Differential Calculus | |||
| *] 13th century, Logician, Mithila school | |||
| *] sone of Gangehsa, Logician, Mithila school | |||
| *] Logician, Mithila school | |||
| *] | |||
| *]- Considered the father of mathematical analysis, Founded some concepts of Calculus | |||
| *](1360-1455) | |||
| *]- Mathematician and Astronomer | |||
| *](14th century) | |||
| *] (c. 1530) | |||
| *] 1450-1525, Logician, Navadvipa school | |||
| *] (1475-1550), Logician, Navadvipa school | |||
| *] c. 1575, Logician, Navadvipa school | |||
| *] | |||
| *] c. 1625, Logician, Navadvipa school | |||
| *] c. 1650, Logician, Navadvipa school | |||
| *] (17th century) | |||
| *] (1657) | |||
| *](1730) | |||
| *] (1858-1937) | |||
| *] (1887-1920) | |||
| *] (1892-1953) | |||
| *] (1893-1956) | |||
| *] (1893-1972 | |||
| *] (1894-1974) Mathematical Physicist, famous for ] | |||
| *] (1901-1987) | |||
| *] | |||
| *] (1923-1983) | |||
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| *] (1922-2001) | |||
| *] (1930-) | |||
| *] (1939-) | |||
| *] (1945-1976) | |||
| *] (1957-) | |||
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| ===Musicians / Singers / Dancers === | |||
| * ] : Sitar virtuoso, multiple Grammy winner, mentor to George Harrison | |||
| * ] : Musician and member of the ] | |||
| * ] : Musician and member of ] | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ] | |||
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| * ], singer | |||
| * ], composer and singer | |||
| * ], composer | |||
| * ], Famous Tamil Film Songs Composer | |||
| * ], Famous Tamil Film Songs lyricist | |||
| * ], Bharatanatyam dancer based in Atlanta,USA | |||
| * ],]ist | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], playback singer, actor | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], Bharatanatyam dancer | |||
| * ], Classical (]) Singer | |||
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| * ], composer | |||
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| * ], composer | |||
| * ], singer | |||
| * ], Percussionist | |||
| * ], singer, devotional and film songs, exponent of Carnatic music | |||
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| ===Film Producers / Directors === | |||
| *] : Film Director | |||
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| ===Actors / Actresses === | |||
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| ===Sports figures=== | |||
| '''Golf''' | |||
| * ] : Golf | |||
| * ], Golf | |||
| * ], Golf | |||
| '''Chess''' | |||
| * ], Chess | |||
| * ], Chess | |||
| * ], Chess | |||
| * ], Chess | |||
| * ], Chess | |||
| * ], Chess | |||
| '''Tennis''' | |||
| * ], Tennis | |||
| * ], tennis | |||
| * ], Tennis | |||
| '''Formula One Racing''' | |||
| * ], Formula One Racing | |||
| '''Cricket''' | |||
| * ], Cricket | |||
| * ], Cricket | |||
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| * ], Cricket | |||
| * ], Cricket, ] named in his honour | |||
| * ], Cricket, ] named in his honour | |||
| * ], Cricket, Fast Bowler for Sri Lanka | |||
| * ], Cricket | |||
| * ], Cricket, West Indies Captain | |||
| * ], Cricket, West Indies | |||
| * ], Cricket, West Indies | |||
| '''Ice Hockey''' | |||
| * ] | |||
| '''Hockey''' | |||
| * ], Hockey | |||
| * ], Hockey | |||
| * ], Hockey | |||
| * ], Hockey | |||
| * ], Hockey | |||
| '''Badminton''' | |||
| * ], Badminton | |||
| * ], Badminton | |||
| '''Other Sports''' | |||
| * ], Snooker | |||
| * ], Athlete, ] medallist | |||
| * ], Weightlifting | |||
| * ], Football | |||
| ===Activists=== | |||
| *] : Noted Environmentalist, critic of Globalisation | |||
| *] : Noted Environmentalist, Opponent of Narmada Dam | |||
| ===Hindu Proletariat=== | |||
| *] : A Hindu | |||
| ===Others=== | |||
| *] : Underworld kingpin who picked up fight with International Muslim Terrorist and Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim | |||
| *] : Astronaut | |||
| * ], known as Vardha Bhai; former prominent underworld kingpin. The Tamil film ''Nayagan'' and Hindi film 'Nayakan' (Starring Vinod Khanna, Madhuri Dikshit, Feroz Khan and Tinoo Anand)are based on his life. | |||
| * ], Sandalwood smuggler and forest brigand | |||
| ===Others who believed in or were influenced by ]=== | |||
| *] : Author, American Transcendentalist | |||
| *] : Author, American Transcendentalist | |||
| *] : British Poet, Journalist | |||
| *] : American Quantum Physicist | |||
| *] : Danish Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner | |||
| *] : American Professor, writer, orator | |||
| *] : Austrian born, American Physicist, author Tao of Physics | |||
| *] : French philosopher | |||
| *] : French writer | |||
| *] : German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar, Influenced by Schopenhauer, friend of Nietzsche and Vivekananda. | |||
| *] : American philosopher and writer | |||
| *] : Anglo-American author, Nobel Prize winner | |||
| *] : French philosopher | |||
| *] : German poet, critic, theologian, philosopher,and romanticist | |||
| *] : German author, Nobel Prize winner | |||
| *] : German linguist, government functionary, foreign diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität | |||
| *]: British philologist, discoverer of the Indo-European languages family | |||
| *] : Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Analytical Psychology | |||
| *] : American author, poet | |||
| *] : French historian | |||
| *] : Violinist, exposed many Westerners to Yoga | |||
| *] : German Orientalist, created the discipline of comparative religion | |||
| *] : German philosopher, philologist, Atheist and psychologist | |||
| *] : Ionian mathematician and philosopher, formulated the Pythagorean theorem | |||
| *] : American physicist,Father of the Atomic Bomb | |||
| *] : French writer, Nobel Prize Winner | |||
| *] : Irish nationalist, critic and poet | |||
| *] : American astronomer, science popularizer, Promoted SETI | |||
| *] : Musician | |||
| *] : German Philosopher | |||
| *] : Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize winner | |||
| *] : German theologian, philosopher, physician, Nobel Prize winner | |||
| *] : Irish playwright, satirist, vegetarian, Nobel Prize winner | |||
| *] : Preeminent American religious studies scholars, wrote The Religions of Man | |||
| *] : Entrepreneur, Founder of ] | |||
| *] : Russian novelist, reformer, pacifist, moral thinker, vegetarian | |||
| *] : British historian | |||
| *] : American humorist, writer and lecturer. | |||
| *] : German composer of classical music | |||
| *] : Author, American Transcendentalist | |||
| *] : French poet | |||
| *] : British Science-Fiction writer, vegetarian | |||
| *] : American theoretical physicist | |||
| *] : British-American philosopher, physicist and mathematician | |||
| *] : American poet and humanist | |||
| *] : Irish poet, dramatist, mystic, public figure, Nobel Prize winner | |||
| *] : Iranian-born Australian-American scientist, activist | |||
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