Indian

Birthdays

JUNE

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BILLY CONNOLLY

1 June
Nargis Dutt

One of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema

1 June
Karnam Malleswari

First Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics

1 June
R. Madhavan

Bollywood and Kollywood actor

1 June
Ashok Row Kavi

LGBT rights activist; started Bombay Dost magazine

1 June
Satyendranath Tagore

Author, writer. First Indian to join Indian Civil services

02-Jun
Mani Ratnam

Director of movies such as Nayagan

02-Jun
Anna M M Vetticad

Journalist, film critic

02-Jun
Nandan Nilekani

Spearheaded development of AADHAR, the world's largest biometric ID system; Co-founder of Infosys

03-Jun
Ilaiyaraaja

"The maestro"; pan-Indian film-music composer

03-Jun
Tarla Dalal

Cookbook author; chef

03-Jun
M Karunanidhi

Writer; former CM of Tamil Nadu

03-Jun
Madhava Panikkar

Diplomat, newspaper editor, historian and novelist

04-Jun
Nutan

Veteran actress

04-Jun
S P Balasubrahmanyam

Veteran singer

04-Jun
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV

Maharaja of Mysore, known for modernising the princely state

05-Jun
Ramesh Krishnan

Davis Cup finalist and junior Wimbledon winner

05-Jun
Narayan Malhar Joshi

Trade union leader

05-Jun
Jyotindra Jain

Indian art and cultural historian

06-Jun
Gopinath Bordoloi

Bharat Ratna recipient

06-Jun
Nikhil Chinapa

DJ, festival curator, Host of  MTV Roadies

06-Jun
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

Kannada writer; Jnanpith award recipient

07-Jun
Mahesh Bhupathi

First Indian to win a tennis major

07-Jun
Ekta Kapoor

TV serial director and producer

07-Jun
Arvind Subramanian

Economist and Chief Economic Advisor to the Govt of India (2014-2018)

08-Jun
Dimple Kapadia

Actress

08-Jun
Shilpa Shetty

Actress and entrepreneur

08-Jun
Daniel Nazareth

Former conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic

09-Jun
Kiran Bedi

First woman IPS officer, known for introducing reforms to Tihar Jail

09-Jun
Nandini Satpathy

Former CM of Odisha

09-Jun
Arjun Vajpai

Mountaineer; climbed Mt. Everest at the age of 16

10-Jun
Sundar Pichai

CEO of Google

10-Jun
Prakash Padukone

First Indian to win All-England badminton title

10-Jun
M S Gopalakrishnan

Violinist in the field of Carnatic music

10-Jun
Purna Malavath

Youngest woman to have reached the summit of Everest

11-Jun
Abu Abraham

Political cartoonist

11-Jun
Leena Nair

CEO of Chanel

11-Jun
Ram Prasad Bismil

Revolutionary and poet

12-Jun
E Sreedharan

Engineer instrumental in setting up the Delhi metro

12-Jun
Yesudasan

Political cartoonist

12-Jun
Geetanjali Shree

The first Hindi writer to win the International Booker Prize

13-Jun
Deepika Kumari

World-class archer

13-Jun
Raj Reddy

Computer scientist; winner of the Turing Award; early pioneer of artificial intelligence

13-Jun
G V Prakash

Music composer, playback singer in Tamil films

14-Jun
Kumar Mangalam Birla

Billionaire industrialist, chairman of Aditya Birla group

14-Jun
Deshbandhu Gupta

Freedom fighter; campaigned for freedom of the press

14-Jun
Luke Kenny

Popular VJ from the 90s; actor

15-Jun
Manika Batra

Table tennis player; Khel Ratna awardee

15-Jun
Anna Hazare

Indian anti-corruption movement leader

15-Jun
Lakshmi Mittal

Founder of the world's second largest steelmaking company

16-Jun
Hemant Kumar

Award-winning playback singer and music director

16-Jun
Cotah Ramaswami

Represented India internationally, in both cricket and tennis

16-Jun
Mithun Chakraborty

Actor, producer

17-Jun
Leander Paes

One of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-time

17-Jun
P R Nathan

Novelist, screenplay writer, travelogue writer

17-Jun
Kazi Dawa Samdup

Translator, who played a role in relations between Tibet and British India

18-Jun
Devaki Nandan Khatri

Wrote the historic fiction fantasy novel Chandrakanta

18-Jun
Kamala Sohonie

Biochemist; first Indian woman to receive a PhD in a scientific discipline

18-Jun
Homi Motivala

Arjuna award-winner for yachting

19-Jun
Salman Rushdie

Booker Prize-winning novelist

19-Jun
Raj Chandra Bose

Mathematician and statistician

19-Jun
Ashish Vidyarthi

Actor known for his antagonist and character roles

20-Jun
Vikram Seth

Celebrated Indian novelist; Sahitya Akademi Award recipient

20-Jun
S Karivardhan

Motorsports pioneer

20-Jun
Laxmanrao Kirloskar

Founder of the Kirloskar group

20-Jun
Droupadi Murmu

Second woman to become President of India

21-Jun
Sikkil C. Gurucharan

Upcoming Carnatic music star

21-Jun
Vishnu Prabhakar

Hindi short story writer, novelist, playwright

21-Jun
Major Padmapani Acharya

MVC award for bravery in Kargil War

22-Jun
Amrish Puri

"Mogambo"

22-Jun
Tom Alter

Indian actor of British origin

22-Jun
Anitha Pauldurai

18 years as point guard; youngest captain of the national basketball team

22-Jun
Ronu Majumdar

Flautist in the Hindustani classical music tradition

23-Jun
Kamala Markandaya

One of the most important Indian novelists writing in English

23-Jun
Manjula Padmanabhan

Playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author

23-Jun
P K Banerjee

Former captain of Indian football team

24-Jun
Anita Desai

Novelist and author of children's books

24-Jun
Kannadasan

Regarded as one of the greatest lyricists in India

24-Jun
Gautam Adani

Billionaire industrialist; founder of the Adani Group

25-Jun
Sucheta Kriplani

First woman chief minister of an Indian state

25-Jun
Madan Mohan

Music composer, particularly of ghazals, for Hindi films

25-Jun
Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey

PVC awardee for his role during the Kargil War

26-Jun
Manpreet Singh

Captain of the Indian men’s national hockey team

26-Jun
Gauhar Jaan

Singer and dancer

27-Jun
P T Usha

Olympic finalist and current head of IOA

27-Jun
R D Burman

"Pancham"; One of the most influential composers in Bollywood

27-Jun
Sujata Mohapatra

Odissi dancer and teacher

27-Jun
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Composer of Vande Mataram, novelist, poet

28-Jun
Vishal Dadlani

Frontman of Pentagram; music composer for films

28-Jun
P V Narasimha Rao

9th PM of India; introduced liberal reforms to India's economy

28-Jun
Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

Journalist, screenwriter, film critic

29-Jun
PC Mahalanobis

Founder of the Indian Statistical Institute

29-Jun
Ashutosh Mukherjee

Educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician

29-Jun
Shenaz Treasurywala

Actress and TV host

30-Jun
C N R Rao

Father of Indian Nanotechnology

30-Jun
Kalyanji Virji Shah

One half of music composer duo, Kalyanji-Anandji

30-Jun
Geethu Anna Jose

Former captain of Indian women's national basketball team

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