Indian

Birthdays

FEBRUARY

Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.

C V RAMAN

1 February
A K Hangal

Freedom fighter and stage actor

1 February
Ramu Kariat

Made movies such as Neelakuyil and the National Award winning Chemmeen

1 February
Satpal Singh

Dronacharya Award for wrestling

1 February
Jackie Shroff

Bollywood's "anna"

1 February
Brahmanandam

Actor, comedian; Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor

2 February
Khushwant Singh

Author of Train to Pakistan and other books

2 February
Tulsi Tanti

Founder of Suzlon

2 February
Mohinder Singh Randhawa

Played a big role in the Green Revolution in India

3 February
T R Seshadri

Pioneered research on plant chemistry

3 February
Raghuram Rajan

Former RBI governor

3 February
Waheeda Rehman

Versatile actress; Dadasahed Phalke Award recipient

3 February
Deepti Naval

Critically-acclaimed actress

4 February
Birju Maharaj

Kathak exponent from Lucknow

4 February
Bhimsen Joshi

Hindustani classical music vocalist

4 February
Padma Subrahmanyam

Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, author

4 February
K R Narayanan

Former President of India

5 February
Prathap C Reddy

Founder of Apollo Hospitals

5 February
Yashica Dutt

Writer; leading anti-caste expert

5 February
Shankha Ghosh

Jnanpith Award in 2016

5 February
Cmdr Abhilash Tomy

First Indian to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the world under sail

6 February
Kavi Pradeep

Best known for his patriotic song Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo

6 February
Bhupinder Singh

Introduced Spanish guitar to the ghazal style

6 February
Binodini Devi

Novelist; the last princess of Manipur

7 February
Srikanth Kidambi

Thomas Cup winner; former world no. 1

7 February
Ashok Banker

Known for his retelling of Indian mythological epics

7 February
Durjoy Dutta

Author and screenwriter of Sadda Haq and other shows

8 February
Santosh Sivan

Cinematographer

8 February
Zakir Hussain

Educationist, politician

8 February
Shobha Gurtu

Thumri queen

8 February
Mayanti Langer

Sports journalist and broadcaster

8 February
Vittal Mallya

Businessman, founder of United Breweries group

9 February
C P Krishnan Nair

Founder of The Leela Group

9 February
Parimarjan Negi

Chess grandmaster

9 February
Vishnu Khare

Renowned writer and translator

10 February
S Rajam

Carnatic musician; painter

10 February
Jagannath Shankar Sheth

Philanthropist and Educationalist

11 February
Louis Banks

'Godfather of Indian jazz'

11 February
Gurbux Singh

Field hockey player; 1964 Olympics gold medallist; Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022

11 February
Buddhadev Dasgupta

Bengali director of Bagh Bahadur and Tahader Katha

11 February
Rajat Kapoor

Actor, filmmaker and playwright

12 February
Pran

Famed villain of Bollywood

12 February
Gundappa Viswanath

One of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s

12 February
Sugata Mitra

Known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment

12 February
Dayananda Saraswati

Social leader, founder of Arya Samaj

13 February
Sarojini Naidu

Freedom fighter; poet

13 February
Somdev Devvarman

Former professional tennis player; Commonwealth Games gold medallist

13 February
Fazal Qureshi

Tabla maestro

14 February
Madhubala

Star of Mughal-e-Azam

14 February
Poonam Ahluwalia

Social entrepreneur

14 February
Kengal Hanumanthaiah

Second Chief Minister of Karnataka

15 February
Nusli Wadia

Chairman of the Wadia Group

15 February
Randhir Kapoor

Of the Kapoor clan; known for his work in Bollywood films

15 February
Ashutosh Gowariker

Maker of Lagaan, Swades, Jodhaa Akbar etc.

16 February
I S Johar

King of comedy

16 February
O M Nambiar

Athletics coach; Dronacharya award recipient

16 February
Wasim Jaffer

Highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy cricket

17 February
Aseem Trivedi

Anti-corruption campaign Cartoons Against Corruption

17 February
Girish Thakorlal Nanavati

Former Justice of the Supreme Court of India

17 February
Jibanananda Das

Poet popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi''

18 February
Khayyam

Music director and background score composer

18 February
Manu Bhaker

Shooter; youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup

18 February
Anand Patwardhan

Filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights-oriented films

19 February
Falguni Nayar

Founder of Nykaa

19 February
K R Meera

Malayalam author and journalist

19 February
Ram Vanji Sutar

Designed the Statue of Unity

19 February
K Viswanath

Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient; director of movies such as Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam

20 February
Usha Thorat

Former Executive Director of the RBI

20 February
K V Subbanna

Acclaimed dramatist and writer in Kannada

20 February
Jarnail Singh Dhillon

Captained the India national football team

21 February
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

First director-general of CSIR

21 February
Suryakant Tripathi

Poet, artist, story writer

21 February
Abhijit Banerjee

2019 Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences

22 February
Sooraj Barjatya

The maker of Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!

22 February
Suranjan Das

Ace pilot of the Indian Air Force

22 February
S H Raza

Painted the seminal work Saurashtra

23 February
Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Couturier and fashion designer

23 February
Anupama Chopra

Film critic

23 February
P C Sorcar

Magician

24 February
Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Director of Gangubai Kathiawadi, Devdas and other movies

24 February
Talat Mahmood

Popular film song and ghazal singer

24 February
Pooja Bhatt

Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, in 1989

25 February
Danny Denzongpa

Actor with a career that spanned five decades

25 February
Farokh Engineer

The last Parsi to play Test cricket for India

25 February
Gautham Menon

Film director

26 February
Bajrang Punia

World Champion wrestler; Bronze in Tokyo 2020

26 February
Sudhir Tailang

Political cartoonist

26 February
Shaktikanta Das

RBI governor

27 February
Prakash Jha

Known for his political and socio-political films

27 February
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar

Popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj

27 February
Vijayalakshmi Ramanan

First woman to be commissioned as an Indian Air Force officer

27 February
Manoj Das

Foremost bilingual Odia writer

28 February
Abish Mathew

Presenter, stand-up comedian

28 February
U Srinivas

Mandolin maestro

29 February
Morarji Desai

Bharat Ratna recipient, Former PM

29 February
Rukmini Devi Arundale

Bharatanatyam dancer; Founder of Kalakshetra

29 February
C S Seshadri

Founder of the Chennai Mathematical Institute

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