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Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress and film producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, she is India's highest-paid actress and her accolades include two National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, and in 2022, she was named in the BBC 100 Women list.
Vandana Shiva
Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952)
Syed Ahmed Khan
Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
Ratan Tata
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024)
Sister Nivedita
Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the India national cricket team in all formats of the game. He is a right-handed top-order batter. He represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Sharma was a member of the teams that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and was the winning captain of the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
Vinod Khosla
Indian-American businessman
Devi Shetty
Indian cardiac surgeon
Suniti Devi
Maharani of Indian state of Cooch Behar (1864–1932)
Palak Muchhal
Palak Muchhal is an Indian playback singer and lyricist. Muchhal performs as a playback singer across Hindi films and other Indian film industries. She has rendered her voice in Hindi films such as Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Aashiqui 2 (2013), Kick (2014) and Action Jackson (2014) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Kaabil (2017), Baaghi 2 (2018) and Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (2019). Her rendition of the song "Kaun Tujhe" from the film"M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story has earned her much praise from fans as well as prominent personalities in the music industry. On 6 November 2022, she married music composer Mithoon, with whom she had earlier worked on the soundtrack of Aashiqui 2. Alongside her brother Palash Muchhal, she has also done philanthropic work by raising funds through her stage shows for children who need financial assistance for treatment of heart diseases.
Dorabji Tata
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1859–1932)
Sayajirao Gaekwad III
Indian Maharaja (1863–1939)
Vina Mazumdar
Indian academic, feminist (1927-2013)
Mallika Srinivasan
Indian businesswoman
Maniben Patel
Indian politician
Tiffany Brar
Indian Social Activist
Yusuf Hamied
Indian scientist and businessman
Latha Rajinikanth
Indian film producer
Ratanji Tata
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1871–1918)
Mary Roy
Indian educator and activist (1933–2022)
Veerendra Heggade
Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari
Zarina Mehta
Indian businessperson
Sulajja Firodia Motwani
Indian businessperson
Shobha Deepak Singh
Indian cultural impresario
Sucharu Devi
Maharani of Mayurbhanj (1874-1959)
Khuda Bakhsh
founder of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library
Ganga Ram
Indian businessman
Lila Poonawalla
Indian industrialist, philanthropist, humanitarian
Rashbihari Ghosh
Indian politician (1845–1921)
Vēl Pāri
Ruler of Parambu nādu
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
Indian baronet (1783-1859)
Rajashree Birla
philanthropist
Kiran Martin
Indian social worker
Kalamandalam Radhika
Indian classical dancer and choreographer
Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey
Indian educationist
Geeta Dharmarajan
Indian writer, teacher, social innovator
Gubbi Thotadappa
Indian businssman
Niẓām-ad-Dīn Muḥammad
Islamic scholar
Rajni Kumar
Indian educationist
Abdullah Haroon
Muslim League leader from Sindh province, British India (1872-1942)
Kanchan Prava Devi
Queen of Tripura state and politician
Shobhana Ranade
Indian social worker and gandhian
Kiran Nadar
Indian art collector and philanthropist
Subodh Chandra Mallik
Indian nationalist and philanthropist
Nripendra Narayan I of Cooch Behar
21st Maharaja of Cooch-Behar
Reema Nanavati
Indian social worker
Gulestan Rustom Billimoria
Indian philanthropist, social worker, writer and painter
Sangita Jindal
Indian businesswoman
Shukla Bose
Founder, Parikrama Humanity Foundation
Ambalal Sarabhai
leading industrialist of Ahmedabad, India
Anita Reddy
Indian social worker
Sudha Varghese
Nun and social worker
Poonam Gupta
scottish-Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist
Palam Kalyanasundaram
Indian librarian , Social Worker
Ashwini Kumar Dutta
Indian politician and educator
S. M. Cyril
Irish educationist
K. Ravindranathan Nair
Indian film producer
Ruchira Panda
North Indian classical vocalist
Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin
The 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras