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Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across several genres, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming and relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters, before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films.
J. D. Salinger
American author (1919–2010)

Jhumpa Lahiri
American author of Indian origin (born 1967)
Sunita Williams
Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.

Sundar Pichai
Indian-American business executive, CEO of Google LLC & Alphabet Inc.
Kiran Desai
Indian author
Satya Nadella
Indian-American business executive and CEO of Microsoft

The Great Khali
Indian professional wrestler, actor and powerlifter
Indra Nooyi
Indian-American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo (born 1955)

Subhash Kak
Indian computer scientist

Christopher Isherwood
English-American novelist (1904-1986)
Kal Penn
American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration
Elizabeth Gilbert
American writer
Mindy Kaling
American actress, writer, and comedian
Anandi Gopal Joshi
One of the first Indian woman doctor (1865-1887)
Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Sri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)
Usha Vance
Usha Bala Vance is an American lawyer and second lady of the United States since 2025, being the wife of JD Vance, the 50th vice president of the United States. She is the first Indian-American second lady.

Missy Franklin
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

Kash Patel
Kash Patel is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from February to April 2025.
Chrissie Hynde
American rock musician, founder of The Pretenders

Gita Gopinath
Indian-American economist
Sendhil Ramamurthy
actor from United States of America
Rajeev Ram
American tennis player
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician

Ram Dass
American spiritual teacher, author and psychologist
Larry Coryell
American guitarist (1943–2017)
Bharati Mukherjee
Indian-American writer (1940-2017)

Ro Khanna
Rohit "Ro" Khanna is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated eight-term incumbent Democratic representative Mike Honda in the 2016 general election, after first running for the same seat in 2014. Khanna also served as the deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011.
Amar Bose
Indian American academic entrepreneur (1929–2013)
Katherine MacGregor
American actress (1925-2018)
Shyamala Gopalan
Indian-American biomedical scientist and researcher (1938–2009)
Raja Krishnamoorthi
American lawyer and politician (born 1973)
David Frawley
American Hindu teacher
Padmasree Warrior
Indian chemical engineer and business executive
Indrani Rahman
Indian classical dancer (1930-1999)
Aarti Mann
American actress
John Dobson
American astronomer (1915–2014)
Arun Manilal Gandhi
Indian-American social activist (1934–2023)
Omi Vaidya
Indian actor
J Mascis
American musician
Mohini Bhardwaj
American gymnast
Annet Mahendru
American actress
Bikram Choudhury
Indian yogi
Meena Harris
American attorney and author (born 1984)
C. Kumar N. Patel
Indian electrical engineer
Jay Chandrasekhar
American film director of Tamil origin
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Hindu leader from the United States
Rajshree
Rajashree Shantaram, known mononymously as Rajshree, is an Indian actress. She is best known for her work in the movies Janwar and Brahmachari.
Vikram Chandra
Indian-American writer (born 1961)
Santha Rama Rau
American writer (1923-2009)
Sarvadaman Chowla
mathematician (1907–1995)
Raj Bhavsar
gymnast
Vishnudevananda Saraswati
Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers
Sri Srinivasan
American United States Circuit Judge
Prabal Gurung
American fashion designer (born 1979)
Aparna Nancherla
American comedian and actress
Suhas Subramanyam
American politician (born 1986)

Asha Puthli
Indian singer
Sharmila Bhattacharya
Indian-American scientist