I’m an October baby, yes.
One of the pioneers in the Hindi film music industry
Icon of Tamil cinema
Theosophist and women's rights campaigner
"Bombay tiger"; four-time world champion in billiards
Former President of India
Boxer; bronze medal winner in Tokyo Olympics
Leader of the Indian Independence movement
Second PM of India
Fashion designer
Observational stand up comic; takes a stand on politics
Director, known for making patriotic war-action films
Rapper
Odissi dancer
Ornithologist
Actor; founder-editor of Thuglak
Acted in indie and international movies; Life of Pi
Badminton player; represented India in 1992 Olympics
Astrophysicist - helped develop theory of thermal ionisation
Actor, singer; contestant on third season of Indian Idol
Actress in Malayalam and Tamil cinema
Food historian
Co-presenter of TV show, Surabhi; actor
Civic activist, Miss World 1999
Fashion designer; brought Jodhpuri fashion to the global stage
International cricketer, one of India's most successful pace bowler
First Indian chief of Indian Navy
Journalist who rose to fame with the show The Urban Debate on Mirror Now
Scientist who pioneered work in in the field of protein structures
Sarod player; Padma Vibhushan recipient
Pioneer in Odia journalism
Social reformer; pioneered the formation of Mahila Samitis in Bengal
One of the first to star in women-centric films
Playwright, conservationist
Climbed Mt Everest twice
Author of Swami and Friends, The English Teacher, The Guide
"Big B"; actor, film producer, host of Kaun Banega Crorepati
Bharat Ratna recipient
Conceptualised India's first supercomputer known as the PARAM 800
Poet, fiction writer, translator
Model; Odissi exponent, founder of Nrityagram
Composer and guitarist; one-third of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Actor, director and producer
Novelist; Author of Necropolis
Veena maestro
Film director and scriptwriter
Freedom fighter
Doctor who pioneered AIDS research in India
Former President of India; "Missile Man"
Director of A Suitable Boy etc.
Tamil novelist, longlisted for Man Booker Prize
Music director; of Shankar-Jaikishan duo
"Dream Girl"
Malayalam poet, Padma Bhushan awardee
Music composer and producer of several viral hits
Fourth highest wicket taker of all time in Test matches
Presented the first Union budget
Film and theatre actress
He was part of mainstream films as well as several art films
Writer known for The Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series
Theatre director and drama teacher (NSD)
Screenwriter - 'India's Tina Fey'
Contemporary jazz choreographer
Nobel Laureate; studied the evolution of stars
First woman judge on the Delhi High Court
One of only two batsmen to score a ODI double century and a triple hundred in Tests
Poet, critic; second person to be nominated for Nobel Literature Prize
One of the most successful and charismatic actors in Bollywood
Athlete and actress; 'FloJo of India'
Stunt director and action choreographer
Alternate medicine advocate
Documentary-style photographer
Heart surgeon; on the team that conducted the first heart transplant in India
First Indian poet to get the Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry
Man Booker Prize-winning author
Two-time gold medallist sprinter - Asian Games
Model, actress, dancer, TV personality
Cartoonist; Creator of the "Common Man"
Revolutionary of the Indian Independence movement
Author; BBC journalist, who covered Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Assassinations of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi etc
Carnatic music singer
Film director, screenwriter
Geologist; pioneered geological studies in India
Animator
Journalist; freedom fighter
Playback singer, voice-over artist
Actress in Hindi cinema, known for her oomph and comedic flair
1972 Olympic gold medalist - hockey (goalkeeper)
Chess Grandmaster; Second Indian after V anand to achieve this title
80s and 90s playback singer in Hindi cinema
PepsiCo. CEO and ranked amongst world's most powerful women
24th Governor of the RBI
Champion boxer
Chairman and MD of Joyalukkas Group
Heptathlete; Gold medallist - 2018 Asian Games
Father of the Indian nuclear programme
Jazz fusion percussionist
Marathi thespian, Hindi films and TV actor
Classical vocalist and carnatic music singer.
India's first Test captain
Responsible for national integration of princely states
Former chairman of ISRO
