People & public figures
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553 matching profiles · Page 2 of 19
Balkrishna Doshi
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q380449
- Professional roles in source:
- teacher, architect, urban planner
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- Amdavad ni Gufa
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380449
Abraham Verghese
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1446797
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, physician, university teacher
- Citizenship in source:
- United States, India
- Notable works in source:
- Cutting for Stone; The Tennis Partner; The Covenant of Water
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1446797
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q380221
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, psychologist, neurologist, pedagogue, academic
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- Phantoms in the Brain; The Tell-Tale Brain
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380221
Vikram Chandra
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q188388
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, writer, novelist
- Citizenship in source:
- United States, India
- Notable works in source:
- Sacred Games
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188388
Kiran Desai
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q228589
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, novelist
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- The Inheritance of Loss
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228589
Aravind Adiga
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q296299
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, journalist, film director, novelist
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- The White Tiger
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296299
Aurobindo Ghosh
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q192207
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, poet, politician, professor, civil servant, translator, guru, editor, yogi, revolutionary, literary critic, philosopher, principal, essayist, vice-principal
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- Savitri; The Life Divine; Isha Upanishad; The Synthesis of Yoga; The Mother With Letters on the Mother; The Secret of the Veda; Essays on the Gita
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192207
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q117737
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, writer, children's writer
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117737
Vikram Seth
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q379762
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, writer, poet, biographer, editor, children's writer, novelist, librettist
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- A Suitable Boy; An Equal Music; The Golden Gate
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379762
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q2900953
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, teacher, poet, novelist, short story writer
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- Pather Panchali; Aranyak; Chander Pahar; Debjan; Ichhamati; Adarsha Hindu Hotel; Hire Manik Jale
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900953
Amitav Ghosh
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q336125
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, university teacher, journalist, literary critic, novelist
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- The Calcutta Chromosome; The Glass Palace; Sea of Poppies; River of Smoke; The Great Derangement
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336125
Rambhadracharya
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q53619
- Professional roles in source:
- composer, poet, guru, musician, academic, philosopher, scholar
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- Sribhargavaraghaviyam
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53619
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q9513
- Professional roles in source:
- politician
- Citizenship in source:
- India, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Wings of Fire
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9513
Jawaharlal Nehru
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1047
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, politician, barrister, head of government, trade unionist, autobiographer, freedom fighter
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- The Discovery of India; Glimpses of World History; Letters from a Father to His Daughter
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1047
S. R. Ranganathan
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q457933
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, mathematician, librarian, university teacher, library scientist
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- Five laws of library science; classification scheme
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457933
R. K. Narayan
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q334252
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, writer, teacher, politician, journalist, novelist
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- The Bachelor of Arts; The World of Nagaraj; A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories; A Tiger for Malgudi; A Writer's Nightmare; Gods, Demons and Others; Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi; My Days; Malgudi Days; Swami and Friends; The Guide; The Painter of Signs; The Man-Eater of Malgudi; The Dark Room; Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories; The English Teacher; The Financial Expert; The Vendor of Sweets; Waiting for the Mahatma
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334252
Ritwik Ghatak
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q55404
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, actor, writer, composer, playwright, film director, film producer, director, film actor
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- Nagarik
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55404
Dharamvir Bharati
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q283267
- Professional roles in source:
- poet, playwright, journalist, academic, novelist, short story writer, magazine editor
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Andha Yug; Gunahon Ka Devta; Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283267
A. R. Rahman
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q108560
- Professional roles in source:
- composer, entrepreneur, singer, record producer, musician, songwriter, music director, multi-instrumentalist, film score composer, film director, film producer, film actor
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- A. R. Rahman discography
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108560
Abha Dawesar
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q320497
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, novelist
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- Babyji
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320497
Qurratulain Hyder
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q61555
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, translator, linguist
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Aag Ka Dariya
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61555
Amartya Sen
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q132489
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, economist, university teacher, sociologist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- Development as Freedom
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132489
Bhavana
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q278015
- Professional roles in source:
- actor, model, dancer
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- Deepavali; Nammal; Bhajarangi 2
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278015
Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q179266
- Professional roles in source:
- philosopher
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Commentaries on Living; Freedom from the Known; The First and Last Freedom; Krishnamurti Foundation
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179266
Harish-Chandra
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1585395
- Professional roles in source:
- physicist, mathematician, university teacher
- Citizenship in source:
- United States, India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Harish-Chandra class; Harish-Chandra homomorphism; Harish-Chandra isomorphism; Harish-Chandra module; Harish-Chandra character; Harish-Chandra transform; Borel-Harish-Chandra theorem; Harish-Chandra integral
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585395
Deepa Mehta
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q299140
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, film director, film producer, director
- Citizenship in source:
- Canada, India
- Notable works in source:
- Elements trilogy
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299140
Vijay Tendulkar
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q55744
- Professional roles in source:
- screenwriter, writer, translator, journalist, linguist
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj, Dominion of India
- Notable works in source:
- Ghashiram Kotwal; Sakharam Binder; Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55744
Premendra Mitra
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q199947
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, poet, film director, children's writer, film screenwriter
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- Ghanada; Sagar Theke Phera
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199947
Sarojini Naidu
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q250165
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, poet, politician, independence activist, freedom fighter
- Citizenship in source:
- India, British Raj
- Notable works in source:
- In the Bazaars of Hyderabad; The Village Song
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250165
Deepak Chopra
- Wikidata identifier:
- Q318506
- Professional roles in source:
- writer, physician, endocrinologist, internist, non-fiction writer, motivational speaker, documentary participant, Ayurveda practitioner, wellness guru
- Citizenship in source:
- India
- Notable works in source:
- The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success; You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
- Public source record:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318506
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