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Complete List of Obituaries 2024 - PDF

Published on Monday, March 04, 2024

February 2024


Name of Person

Field of work

Harmohan DhawanFormer Union Minister and AAP leader

Navarre Scott Momaday

Kiowa author and poet
Sadhu MeherVeteran Odia actor and director
Carl WeathersPlaying Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies
Farooq NazkiKashmiri poet and broadcaster
Sebastián Piñera Former Chilean President
Baroness Shreela FlatherProminent British-Indian peer,
A. RamachandranRenowned artist
Dr. Usha Kiran KhanRenowned Hindi and Maithili
Kelvin KiptumWorld marathon record holder
Dattajirao GaekwadIndia’s oldest living Test cricketer
Padma Shri Prof. I.C. VermaRenowned geneticist and advisor
Chef Imtiaz QureshiDum Pukht cooking technique
Kavita ChaudharyTV show in ‘Udaan’
Suhani BhatnagarRole in ‘Dangal’
Vidyasagar Maharaj Jain monk Acharya 
Alexey NavalnyRussian opposition leader
Fali Sam NarimaConstitutional lawyer and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India
Ameen SayaniIconic voice behind ‘Binaca Geetmala’
Manohar JoshiFormer Maharashtra Chief Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker
Germany’s Andreas Brehme1990 World Cup Winning Goal Scorer
K HoysalaFormer Karnataka cricketer
Kumar Shahani Renowned Indian filmmaker
Pankaj UdhasLegendary ghazal singer
Raja Venkatappa NaikMember of Congress MLA
Shafiqur Rahman BarqSenior Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament

January 2024

Name of Person

Field of work

Prabir Majumdar

Former Indian defender

Professor Ved Prakash Nanda

prominent Indian-American legal scholar

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer

Mario Zagallo

Brazilian football

Ustad Rashid Khan

Indian classical vocalist

Pandit Hariram ‘Hari Bhaiya’

Hindi and Bhojpuri poet, lyricist and litterateur

Christian Oliver

German actor

Munawwar Rana

Urdu poet

Dr. Prabha Atre

Hindustani vocalist

Ajit Singh Gill

Singapore’s oldest Olympian and a former national hockey player of Indian

Shawn Barber

The Canadian pole vault record holder

Norman Jewison

Prolific filmmaker and producer

Luigi ‘Gigi’ Riva

Italy’s all-time top goalscorer

Rana Talwar

first Indian and Asian to head a global bank

Sukhbir Singh Gill

Chandigarh’s first hockey Olympian

Dr. Nitya Anand

India’s first oral contraceptive pill ‘Saheli’

Historian R. Champakalakshmi

president of the Indian History Congress and a professor in the Centre

Harmohan Dhawan

Former Union Minister and AAP leader 

December 2023

Name of person

Field of work

Henry Kissinger

Former U.S. Secretary of State and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Sandra Day O’Connor

Former Supreme Court Justice

R Subbalakshmi

Actor and musician

Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Ruler of Kuwait

Dr. V. Mohini Giri

Women’s rights activist and former chairperson of the National Commission for Women

Robert M. Solow

Economist and Nobel laureate

Vijayakanth

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) and a popular actor

Jacques Delors

Former President of the European Commission

Shaun Davis

Former Mr. Universe bodybuilder

Naeem Sayyed

Indian actor, singer, Marathi film director, and producer

Benjamin Zephaniah

Poet and ‘Peaky Blinders’ Actor

Joe Solomon

Former West Indies batter

Leelavathi

Veteran Kannada Actor

Dr. Gao Yaojie

Renowed AIDS Activist

Andre Braugher

Emmy-winning actor

Lee Sun-kyun

South Korean actor

November 2023

Name of the PersonalityField
Dr. Leela OmcheryMusician, art researcher
Maheshwar MohantyFormer speaker and minister of Odisha
Dhruba Narayan GhoshFormer speaker and minister of Odisha
Chandra MohanVeteran Telugu actor
Subrata RoyIndian businessman
Prithviraj Singh “Biki” OberoiIndian hotelier
Bikanervala chairman Kedarnath AggarwalChairman of Bikanerwala
N. SankaraiahIndian Communist Party politician
Padmanabha Balakrishna AcharyaFormer Governor of Nagaland
S. VenkitaramananFormer Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Brijinder Nath GoswamyEminent art historian
Dame Antonia Susan ByattBritish novelist
Dr. S.S. BadrinathFounder of Sankara Nethralaya
Justice M. Fathima BeeviFirst woman Judge of the Supreme Court
Nongthombam MaipakFormer Mr. India and a bodybuilding legend
Rajkumar KohliFilmmaker
B. SasikumarIndian violinist and Carnatic musician
Marty KrofftCanadian TV producer
C K GopinathanDirector of Kerala-based Dhanlaxmi Bank
D B ChandregowdaFormer Karnataka assembly speaker
Gieve PatelIndian Poet

October 2023

Name of the PersonalityField
Dr. Dahyabhai Karunashankar ShastriIndian Sanskrit scholar and founder of Brahmarshi Sanskrit
Dr. Manohar Singh GillFormer Chief Election Commissioner of India
Martti AhtisaariFormer President of Finland
Louise GlückAmerican poet and essayist
Bangaru AdigalarSpiritual leader
Sir Bobby CharltonGreatest Footballers
Bishan Singh Bedi Legendary Indian spinner
Prof. Birendranath DattaScholar, writer, and cultural activist
Li KeqiangFormer premier of China
Professor Saleemul HuqClimate change expert and director of the Dhaka
Babanrao Dhakne Former Union Minister
Matthew PerryPortrayal of Chandler Bing

September 2023

Name of the PersonalityField
Heath Streak Former Zimbabwe Cricket Captain
Professor Sir Ian WilmutBritish Scientist
Dennis AustinCo-Creator of PowerPoint
N. S. SrinivasanDirector of National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC)
N. Neela
Renowned flautist
Gita MehtaRenowned Author and Documentary Filmmaker
Malini RajurkarHindustani Classical Vocalist
Saroja VaidyanathanExponent of Bharatanatyam
Giorgio NapolitanoFormer Italian President
KG GeorgeRenowned Malayalam filmmaker
M.S. SwaminathanAgricultural scientist and a key Architect of India’s 'Green Revolution’.
Ashwin Suryakant DaniCo-founder and Non-Executive Director of Asian Paints

August 2023

Name of the Personality Field
Vakkom Purushothaman Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala Speaker,Governor of Mizoram
Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor Marathi poet and lyricist
N VittalIndian civil servant and Padma Bhushan award
William FriedkinOscar-winning director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist
P Jayarama Bhat Chairman of Karnataka Bank
Professor Bikash Sinha Physicist and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and a Padma Shri recipient
Bindeshwar Pathak Founder of Sulabh International
Mohammed HabibLegendary Indian football player
Dr. Vallampadugai Srinivasa Raghavan ArunachalamDirector General of Defence Research and Development Organisation
John DevittAustralian Olympic swimming gold medallist
Ron Cephas JonesEmmy-winning actor
Calyampudi Radhakrishna RaoPioneer in the field of statistics and mathematician
Jayanta MahapatraEminent Indian English poet

July 2023

Name of the Personality Field
Alan Arkin Oscar-winning actor and Academy Award
Artist K M Vasudevan Namboothiri Artist Namboothiri and literary illustrations and sculptures
Nirmala Buch Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh
Nikki McCray-Penson Basketball star and Olympic gold medal winner
Mangala Narlikar Eminent mathematician
Oommen Chandy Chief Minister of Kerala and a senior Congress leader
Tony Bennett Legendary pop, jazz and big-band vocalist
Milan Kundera Czech-French author

June 2023

Name of the Personality Field
Vellayani Arjunan Malayalam Writer and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Ved Kumari Ghai Sanskrit Scholar and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Ama Ata Aidoo Ghanian author, poet and playwriter
Mele Siu’ilikutapu Kalaniuvalu Fotofili Princess of Tonga and Politician
Jim Hines Former American Track and Field Athlete and National Football league player
Sulochana Latkar Veteran Actress and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Manoj Misra Former IFS Officer and Environmental Activist
Gitanjali Aiyar India’s first English News presenter and Doordarshan Anchor
Glenda Jackson Oscar Winning Actress and UK’s Former Politician
Silvio Berlusconi Former Prime Minister of Italy
John Bannister Goodenough American Co-inventor of Lithium-ion Batteries
Hardwar Dubey Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh
Cormac McCarthy Pulitzer Prize Winning American Writer

May 2023

Name of the Personality Field
Arun Manilal Gandhi Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Author and Socio-Political Activist
Tori Bowie American track and Field Athlete
Samaresh Majumdar Sahitya Akademi Awardee & Bengali Writer
S.P. Hinduja Chairman of Hinduja Group
Rattan Lal Kataria MP of Ambala and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member
Owen Davidson Australian Tennis Player
Chow Tewa Mein Former Environment and Forest Department Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Robert E Jr Lucas American Economist and Winner of 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics
Kalyani Kazi Eminent Singer from West Bengal
Antonio Carbajal Mexican Football Player
Padma Desai Indian-American Economist and Padma Bhushan winner
Balubhau Dhanorkar MP of Chandrapur and Indian National Congress Member
Govindaray H Nayak Kannada Writer and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
K Vishwanath Reddy Telugu Writer and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Martin Louis Amis Renowned British Novelist

April 2023

Name of the Personality Field
Sarah Thomas Malayalam Writer and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Ryuichi Sakamoto Oscar Winning Japanese Composer and Pop Singer
Salim Aziz Durrani Former Indian Cricker
Jagarnath Mahto Minister of Education in Jharkhand
Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
Uttara Baokar National Award Winning Theatre Artist
Keshub Mahindra Former Chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra Group
Naresh Gupta Former Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer
Virginia Tower Norwood American Aerospace Engineer, inventor and physicist known as Mother of Landsat
Trilochan Kanungo Former MP of Bhubaneswar and Member of Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
Tarek Fatah Pakistan Born Canadian columnist and Journalist
Parkash Singh Badal Five-time Chief Minister of Punjab
Himangshu Mohan Choudhury Former IAS Officer and first Padma Shri from Tripura
Kaur Singh Veteran Heavyweight Boxer and Arjuna Awardee
Dr N Gopalakrishnan Retired Scientist and orator from Kerala

March 2023

Name of the PersonalityField
Chandrashekhar DasguptaIndian diplomat and a Padma Bhushan recipient
Aziz Mushabber AhmadiFormer Chief Justice of India
Pat McCormik4-time Olympic Diving Champion
Sasthipada ChattopadhyayBengali Novelist and Short Story Writer
Sameer khakkarVeteran actor
Richard Douglas FosburyAmerican High jumper & Olympic Gold Medalist
Patrick FrenchBritish author
KenzaburoJapanese writer and Nobel prize winner in literature
Sasthipada ChattopadhyayRenowned Bengali litterateur
Satish KaushikVeteran Actor-director
Pradeep SarkarDirector
Gordon MooreIntel Cofounder
Innocent Vareed ThekkethalaMalayalam’s comedy king

February 2023

Name of the PersonalityField
Shanti BhushanDistinguished jurist and former minister of law 
Parimal DeyFormer Indian football player
Kasinadhuni Vishwanath (K Viswanath)Renowned Telugu actor and filmmaker who received the Padma Shri and Dadasaheb Phalke awards,
Vani JairamRenowned and experienced vocalist
Pervez MusharrafRetired general and former president of Pakistan
K.V. TirumaleshRenowned Kannada author and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award
Burt BacharachAmerican composer
B.K.S. VermaArtist 
Elena FanchiniWorld Cup Skiing Medallist
Javed Khan AmrohiVeteran actor
Lalitha LajmiEminent Indian painter
Tulsidas BalaramIndian football legend
Shahnawaz PradhanFeaturing in series Mirzapur
Yakshagana Bhagavat Balipa Narayana BhagavathaSinger and Screenwriter
Nandamuri Taraka RatnaTelugu actor and politician
Om Prakash KohliFormer Gujarat governor
Subi SureshMalayalam Anchor-Actor
RamanujamTax Chief Commissioner
Kanak ReleClassical dance legend

January 2023

Name of the PersonalityField
Heeraben ModiMother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Arata IsozakiJapanese Architect who won the Pritzker Prize
Krishna KumarFormer Director of Tata Sons and a Veteran of the Tata group
Anita Marie PointerGrammy-winning American singer-songwriter and founding member of the Pointer Sisters
Siddeshwar SwamiRenowned for his learned Lectures and compelling Oratory
Shyamal GhoshFormer Indian Football player
Janaki BallabhRenowned Indian translator and author who worked on numerous Hindi Translations of Chinese Masterpieces
Keshari Nath TripathiThree-time speaker of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly and a former governor of West Bengal 
Dr. Tehemton Erach UdwadiaPadma Prize Recipient The 'father of laparoscopic surgery in India Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist
Abdur Rehman RahiFamous Kashmiri poet, translator, and critic Professor
Constantine IICountry's last monarch before it became a republic in 1974
MP Chaudhary Santokh SinghIndian politician from Jalandhar who served as a Cabinet Minister for Punjab (Lok Sabha constituency)
Sharad YadavFormer Union minister and one of the country's most well-known socialist figures
Dr. A. D. DamodaranProminent scientist and former director of the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Mukarram JahTitular Nizam VIII of Hyderabad
Ronald Eaton Asher (R E Asher)Well-known British linguist
Lucile RandonFrench supercentenarian
Badara AlieuRepublic of the Gambia's Vice-President (VP)
Prabhaben Sobhaghchand ShahSocial worker from the UTs of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu who received the Padma Shri award
Nilmani PhookanProminent Assamese poet and Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri Awardee
Sabir AliDecathlon gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1981

December 2022

Name of the PersonalityField
Nagnath Kotapalle Eminent litterateur, educationist, and critic,
Jiang Zemin The former President of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
Vikram Kirloskar Eminent industrialist and the Vice-Chairperson of Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM)
Nagnath Kotapalle Eminent Litterateur, Educationist, and Critic
Justice MK Mehrotra Former Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh (UP)
K Muralidharan Renowned film producer
KS Prem Kumar Veteran Malayalam actor
Jharana Das Renowned Odia actress and Jaydev Puraskar awardee
Nick Bollettieri Veteran Tennis Legend
Dominique Lapierre French author and Padma Bhushan awardee
Kirstie Alley Emmy and Golden Globe awardee
Yoginder K Alagh Renowned economist and former Union minister
Jan Nowicki Veteran Polish actor
Manohar Devadoss Eminent writer, musician, and Padma Shri awardee
Krishna G Rao Veteran actor of the Kannada cinema
Nuwan Gunawardana Popular Sri Lankan playback singer
Pattukotai T Sivanarayanamoorthy Veteran actor of the Tamil cinema
Sulochana Chavan Renowned Marathi Lavani and Bollywood playback singer
Kenneth Powell Former Indian Olympian and the 1970 Asian Games 4x100m relay bronze-winning team member
Grant Wahl Renowned American football journalist
Ranjit Singh Brahmpura Veteran politician and Akali leader
DJ Stephen tWitch Boss Popular dancer and actor
Gen Miroslaw Hermaszewski Polish cosmonaut
Sinisa Mihajlovic Legendary Serbian football player
Steve Smoger American Boxing Referee
Terry Hall British Pop Singer
H.R. Keshava Murthy Gamaka Artist, Padma Shri Awardee
Kaikala Satyanarayana Veteran Telugu Actor
Abigail Kawānanakoa Hawaii’s Last Princess
Lance Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore BSF veteran and hero of the 1971 India-Pakistan War
George Cohen England 1966 World Cup winner

November 2022

Name of the PersonalityField
Abasar Beuria Former Indian ambassador and Chairman of Institute of Odia Studies & Research, Noted Odiya Literateur
Daljeet Kaur Veteran Actress of the Punjabi Industry
Tabassum Govil Veteran Actress and TV Host
Babu Mani Former Indian Football Captain
Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta The Founder of the Famous Drink Rasna
Vikram Gokhale Veteran Film, TV, and Stage Actor
Albert Pyun Eminent Filmmaker
David Murray Former West Indies Wicket-Keeper
Suresh Jindal Eminent Filmmaker and Producer
Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr. Veteran American Professor, Actor, and Author
Gulam Abbas MoontasirThe former India Basketball Captain and Arjuna Awardee
Kevin ConroyActor and Voice Artist
Mehran Karimi NasseriIranian Man who lived for 18 years in Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport and inspired the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks film "The Terminal"
Dr. RL KashyapPadma Shree Awardee and an Eminent Mathematician
Siddhaanth SurryavanshiRenowned TV Actor
Sir David ButlerEminent Political Scientist and Psephologist
Shyam Singh NegiThe First Voter of Independent India
Vijayakumar MenonVeteran Fine Arts Scholar and Critic, Recipient of the Prestigious, Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Prize.
Jambey TashiMLA in Arunachal Pradesh from the Lumla Assembly in Tawang District
Goverdhana Sundara VaradachariEminent Editor and Journalist
Ela BhattPadma Bhushan Awardee, the Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, the Gandhi Peace Prize Recipient 
Neel Pawan BaruahThe eminent artist of Assam
Jamshed J Irani“Steel Man of India”

October 2022

Name of the PersonalityField
Jerry Lee LewisNicknamed “the killer”, the Rock ’n’ Roll Original
Esmayeel ShroffFilm Director
Nipon GoswamiVeteran Assamese Actor
Pierre SoulagesFamous French Painter
Amou Haji “Dirtiest Man in the World”
Pinaki ChaudharyNational Award-Winning Bengali Director
Dietrich MateschitzFounder and Owner of the Red Bull Formula One Racing Team
Sujit PatwardhanFounder of the civil society organization, Parisar
Dr. Dilip MahalanobisInventor of Oral Rehydration Solutions
Robbie ColtraneComic Performer who played ‘Hagrid’ in Harry Potter Movies
Naga writer Temsula Ao Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri Awardee
Kavignar Subbu ArumugamPadma Shri Awardee
Tulsi TantiWind Energy Firm Suzlon Energy

September 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Mikhail Gorbachev Former USSR President
Mary Roy Educator and women’s rights activist
T.V. SankaranarayananPadma Bhushan Awardee, Carnatic vocalist
S. Parasuraman Scholar and humanitarian
Cyrus Mistry Former Chairperson of the Tata Sons
B Sheik Ali Eminent Historian
Ramchandra ManjhiPadma Shri awardee
Businessman Atulya Mafatlal Yogindra Mafatlal Group
Queen Elizabeth IILongest serving monarch of Britain
Amrut Palan Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ratnakar Bank Limited (RBL)
Prof. Braj Basi Lal Padma Vibhushan Awardee, former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
Prof. B. Gangadhara Murthy Thinker and Dalit Movement leader
Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya
Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju Veteran Tollywood actor and former Union Minister
Prof. NM Joseph Kerala's former Forest Minister and Janta Dal (S) politician
Elias Theodorou Former UFC fighter
Jean-Luc Godard Legendary French filmmaker
Naresh Kumar Former Davis Cup captain
Chhatrapati Shivajiraje Bhosale Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's descendent
Asad Rauf Former ICC elite panel umpire
Jesse Powell American Rhythm & Blues (R&B) star
Tun Dr. S. Samy Vellu Former Cabinet Minister of Malaysia
Kishan Dev Shorey Filmmaker
Manikrao Gavit Former Union Minister and Indian National Congress (INC) leader
Acharya Swami Dharmendra Maharaj Shri Panchkhand Peethadheeshwar
Bishnu Charan Sethi BJP leader of Odisha
Marva Hicks Actor and Singer
Raju Srivastava One of India’s best comedians
N. Jayachandran Artist and illustrator
Sedapatti R MuthiahFormer Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker and ex-union minister
Uttam Singh Legendary racehorse-trainer and winner of 19 Classics
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov Russian Cosmonaut
P.P.A. Kareem Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader
Louise Fletcher Oscar-winning actress
Mohammed Rahimuddin Ansari Religious leader and former Telangana State Urdu Academy Chairman
Jayanti Pattnaik Former MP from Odisha and the first Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW)

August 2022

Name of the Personality Field
T Mohandas M Pai Founder of Kannada Daily 'Udayavani'
Fidel Valdez Ramos Former Philippine President
Nirmala MishraRenowned Bengali Singer
Johnny Famechon Former boxing World Champion
Rudi Koertzen Former International Cricket Umpire
K. Maya Thevar Former Member of Parliament and senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) politician
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaVeteran Stock Market Investor
Wolfgang Petersen Noted Hollywood Director
Amitabh ChoudharyVeteran Cricket Administrator Former Secretary of BCCI
Narayan Kerala’s first tribal novelist and short story writer
Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee Former Indian football team captain
Syed Sibte Razi Senior Congress leader and former Jharkhand and Assam governor
Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala Veteran Filmmaker
Saawan Kumar Tak Filmmaker
Abhijit Sen Economist and former Planning Commission member
Fidel Valdez Ramos Former Philippine President
Uma Pemmaraju Indian American Journalist
Ralph Eggleston Oscar-winning Pixar animator

July 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Varinder Singh Indian Hockey Player
Ambika Rao Malayalam Actor and Assistant Director
Tarun MajumdarVeteran Film Director
EN Sudhir Former India international football goalkeeper
Peter Brook One of the world’s most innovative theatre directors
Mohammed Barkindo Secretary-General of the OPEC
Shinzo Abe Japan’s Former Prime Minister
José Eduardo dos Santos Angola's Former President
Brijendra K SyngalFormer Chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL)
Monty Norman British composer known for the James Bond theme
Batter Barry Sinclair Former New Zealand cricket captain
Nirmal Singh Kahlon Former Punjab Speaker and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader
Bhupinder Singh Renowned Ghazal singer
Achuthan Kudallur Renowned abstract artist
Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida Noted scientist and director of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS)
David Warner Titanic and the Omen fame Emmy-winning actor
Anant Yashwant Khare Renowned Marathi writer
US actor Paul Sorvino Best known for playing Paulie Cicero in the 1990 mobster classic Goodfellas
Atulananda Goswami Sahitya Akademi Award-winning litterateur
Balwinder Safri Popular UK-based Punjabi singer
Padma Shri Sushovan Banerjee Known as ‘One Rupee Doctor'

June 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Chief BHIM Singh Founder and chief patron of the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party
Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK) Famous Bollywood Singer
Bhajan SoporiSantoor maestro and Padma Shri awardee
Anajalai Ponnusamy Freedom Fighter
Nobuyuki Idei Sony ex-CEO
Hari Chand Two-time Olympian, and a double Asian Games gold medallist
Gopi Chand Narang Renowned Urdu scholar, linguist, theorist, literary critic, and former Chairperson of Sahitya Akademi Professor
Pallonji Mistry Shapoorji Pallonji group chairman and billionaire industrialist
Dr. V KrishnamurthyFormer Chairman of public sector undertakings such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), and Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
John Visentin Xerox Holding CEO
R. Raveendran Veteran Photojournalist
Chowallor Krishnakutty Noted lyricist, Author and Journalist
Varinder Singh Olympic Medallist and Hockey World Cup winner

May 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Stanislav Sushkevich First President of Belarus
Pandit Shiv Kr Sharma Indian Music Composer and Santoor Player
Shireen Abu AklehVeteran Al Jazeera Journalist
Bob Lanier American Former Professional Basketball player & NBA Basket Ball hall of Fame
Pandit Sukh Ram Member of Parliament from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Constituency & Ex-Telecom minister from 1993 to 1996
Leonid Kravchuk First President of Independent Ukraine
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Dr.Ramakant Shuklar Eminent Sanskrit & Hindi Scholar
Bhagirath Prasad TripathiSanskrit Scholar
Andrew Symonds Former Australia Cricketer
Sultana Begum Renowned Punjabi Writer
Sidhu Moose Wala Punjabi Singer
Bujar Nishani Former Albania President
Tony Brooks Formula One Grand Prix in the 1950s
Rajat Kumar Kar Padma Shri Odia Writer
Yuri Averbakh World’s Oldest Chess Grandmaster
Shivaji Patnaik Veteran Communist Leader

April 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Manju Singh Veteran Actor and Producer
Vishwa Deendalayan National Table Tennis champion
Prafulla Kar Famous Odia Singer
Kenneth Tsang Veteran HongKong Actor
Richard Howard Pulitzer Prize winning American poet
Shiv Kumar Subramaniam Actor-screenwriter
Binapani Mohanty Padma Shri Writer
Mwai Kibaki Former President of Kenya
M. VijayanPadma Shri Structural biologist
Elvera Britto Former Indian women’s hockey team captain
J D Rymbai Former CM of Meghalaya
Salim Ghouse Film and TV actor

March 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Sonny Ramadhin West Indian Cricketer
Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. American Film Industry Executive and Producer
Shane Warne Legendary Australia Spinner
General S F Rodrigues Chief of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010
Rodney William Marsh Former Australia Cricketer (wicketkeeper)
Shri RC Lahoti Former Chief Justice of India
Jaiprakash Chouksey Noted Film Critic and Writer
Rafiq Tarar Former Supreme Court Judge and President of Pakistan
Rupiah BandaFormer President of Zambia
Scott Hall WWE Hall of Famer
Kumudben Manishankar Joshi Former Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Eugene Newman Parker American Astrophysicist
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga Former Prime Minister of Mali
Shahabuddin AhmedFormer President of Bangladesh
Ramesh Chandra LahotiFormer Chief Justice of India
Stephen WilhiteCreator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Miguel Van DammeVeteran Belgian Footballer
Bhim Bahadur Gurung3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim

February 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Iqbal Singh Kingra Indian socio-spiritual leader of the Sikh community and an educationalist
Rupinder Singh Suri Senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General (ASG)
Amitabh Dayal Actor and Filmmaker
Ramesh Deo Indian film and television actor
Lata Mangeshkar Legendary singer
Chandupatla Janga Reddy Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a former MLA in Andhra Pradesh
Praveen Kumar Sobti Actor and an athlete
Luc Montagnier French virologist
Rahul BajajNoted industrialist and former chairman of Bajaj Auto
Bappi Lahiri Veteran singer and music composer
Sandhya Mukherjee Legendary Bengali singer
Channaveera Kanavi Poet and writer in the Kannada language
Ravish Tiwari Senior journalist and national bureau chief of Indian Express
Surajit SenguptaFormer Football player in India
Shakuntala ChoudharyFreedom Fighter and Gandhian Social Worker
Maheshwari AmmaMalayalam Actress awarded with National Award and was well known as KPAC Lalitha

January 2022

Name of the Personality Field
Vijay Galani Bollywood Film Producer
Richard Leakey Kenyan politician, conservationist, and fossil hunter
Chandrashekhar Patil Kannada writer
Deon Lendore Olympic athlete
Pandit Birju Maharaj Legendary Kathak dancer
Shanti Devi Odisha’s social worker and Padma Shri awardee
Narayan Debnath Legendary Bengali comics artist, writer, and illustrator
Prof M K Prasad Noted environmentalist & ‘Save Silent Valley’ campaigner
Subhas BhowmickIndian Footballer and coach by profession
Ramachandran Nagaswamy Noted Indian historian, archaeologist, and epigraphist from Tamil Nadu
Szilveszter Csollany Gymnast from Hungary
Anil Awachat Marathi author and social activist
Milena Salvini Veteran Kathakali Artist
Charanjit SinghIndia’s Hockey player

December 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Shiva Shankar Master Indian dance choreographer
‘Sirivennela’ Chembolu Seetharama Sastry Telugu film lyricist and Padma Shri awardee
Konijeti Rosaiah Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Vinod Dua Veteran Journalist
Dr. Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist
General Bipin Rawat Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
Nanda Kishore Prusty (Nanda Sir) Well-known teacher from Odisha
Dr. Suresh Jadhav Serum Institute of India’s Executive Director
RL JalappaFormer Union Minister of Textiles
Richard Rogers Pritzker Prize-Winning British-Italian Architect
KS Sethumadhavan Legendary Malayalam filmmaker
Mahendra Prasad Rajya Sabha MP
Ray Illingworth Former England Captain
Archbishop Desmond TutuSouth African Anglican bishop, theologian, and human rights, activist
Mark Taylor Artist and toy designer for the He-Man
E.O. Wilson Former Harvard University biologist and Pulitzer Prize winner

November 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Prabhakar Jog Prominent violinist and musician
Tarak Sinha Eminent Cricket Coach and Dronacharya Awardee
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao Educationist, teacher, and philosopher
FW (Frederik Willem) de Klerk South Africa’s former President
Padma Vibhushan Babasaheb Purandare Historian, Author, and Theatre Personality
Anand Shankar Pandya Former Vice President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and author
Mannu Bhandari Renowned author
Wilbur Smith Zambian-born South African novelist
Novy KapadiaVeteran author, football journalist, and sports commentator
Gurmeet Bawa Punjabi folk singer
Chun Doo-hwan Former President of South Korea
Sananta Tanty Eminent Assamese Poet
Stephen Joshua Sondheim Veteran composer and lyricist

October 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Roger Hunt England’s Football Team
Ghanashyam Nayak Veteran Television and Film Actor
Arvind Trivedi Veteran television actor and was best known for his iconic role of Raavan in Ramanand Sagar’s TV serial Ramayan
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan ‘Father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb’
Abolhassan Banisadr Iran’s First President
Nedumudi Venu National Award-winning Actor
Balvinder Singh Nakai IFFCO’s Chairman
Yogendra Mohan Gupta Chairman of Jagran Group of Publications
Bandula WarnapuraSri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team
Saranjeet Singh Former hockey international Player from India
Puneeth Rajkumar Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer
Dr. Madhavan Krishnan Nair Eminent Oncologist and the founding director of the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC)

September 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Vasoo Paranjape Former Indian cricketer and coach
Sidharth Shukla Indian Actor, Host
Syed Ali Shah Geelani Veteran Kashmiri separatist leader and former chief of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)
Chandan Mitra Senior journalist and Former Rajya Sabha MP
Jacques Rogge Former President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Jean-Pierre Adams Former France footballer
Rajni Kaul First News Broadcaster for BBC Hindi
Keshav Desiraju Former Union health secretary
Oscar FernandesFormer Union Minister and Congress Leader
Dr. Abdul Aziz Parrey Eminent Kashmiri writer, poet, and Sahitya Akademi, winner
Bhabani Roy Former Indian footballer and Mohun Bagan captain
Casimir Oye Mba Former Prime Minister of Gabon
Thanu Padmanabhan Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Jimmy Greaves Former England, Football player
Mahant Narendra Giri President of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad
Manorama Mohapatra Odia litterateur, social worker, and journalist
Kamla Bhasin Women’s rights Activist and an Author

August 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Sardarni Man Kaur Indian track-and-field athlete
Padma Sachdev Noted author and first modern woman poet of the Dogri language
Shankar Subramaniam, “Babu” Nayaran Olympian Footballer
P.S. Banarji Kerala Cartoonist, sculptor and folk singer
Anupam Shyam Indian film and television actor
Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao War hero and was honoured with Mahavir Chakra and Veer Seva Medal
Saranya Sasi Malayalam film and television actor
Dr Balaji Tambe Ayurveda doctor, spiritual leader and proponent of Yoga
Gerd MullerGerman professional footballer
Chinmoy Chatterjee Former Indian footballer
Maki Kaji Creator of a puzzle named ‘Sudoku’
Anandha Kannan Tamil star and a TV host
Kalyan Singh Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Syed Shahid Hakim Indian Footballer
Sean Lock British Comedian
Ted Dexter England international cricketer
Buddhadeb Guha Eminent Bengali writer

July 2021

Name of the Personality Field
K V Sampath Kumar Editor of ‘Sudharma’ Sanskrit Daily
Sivan Mooywood’s Veteran Cinematographer and Director
Prasannan Former Indian Footballer
Dilip Kumar Legendary Bollywood Actor
Richard Donner Filmmaker
Keshav Datt 2 time Olympics Gold Medal Winning Indian Hockey Team member
Virbhadra Singh Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Dr PK Warrier Renowned Ayurvedic physician and managing trustee of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS)
Yashpal SharmaFormer Indian Cricketer
Paul Orndorff Renowned American Professional Wrestler
Surekha Sikri Three-Time National Award-Winning Actress
Mamnoon Hussain Former President of Pakistan
Gautam Benegal Animation Filmmaker and Cartoonist
Urmil Kumar Thapliyal Theatre Personality and Litterateur
‘Kalaimaamani’ Sikkil Shri R Bhaskaran Carnatic Classical Violinist
Gira Sarabhai Co-founder of the National Institute of Design
Satish Kalsekar Marathi literature and a Sahitya Akademi, Award Winner
Jayanthi Actress
Nandu Natekar Legendary Indian Badminton Player
Mike Hendrick English Cricketer

June 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Poul Schlueter Former PM of Denmark
T M Kaliannan Gounder Former Member of the Indian Constituent Assembly
Sir Anerood Jugnauth Former PM and President of Mauritius
Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora Assamese Litterateur
Dingko Singh Asian games Gold Winning Boxing Player
Buddhadeb Dasgupta National Award Winning Bengali Film Director
Surat Singh Mathur Olympian
Ukhnaa Khurelsukh Former Mongolian Prime Minister
SiddalingaiahNoted Kannada poet, playwright and Dalit activist
Prof Radhamohan Ji Economist and Environmentalist
Sanchari Vijay Kannada Film Actor
Nirmal Milkha Kaur Former Indian Volleyball Captain
Gottfried Bohm First German Architect and the winner of the Pritzker Prize
Milkha Singh Indian track and Field Sprinter
Kenneth Kunda First President of Zambia
Guruprasad Mohapatra Secretary in DPIIT (Department of Industry and Internal Trade)
John McAfee Founder of McAfee Antivirus Software
Parassala B Ponnammal Legendary Carnatic Singer
Sivasankaran Nair Malayalam Cinematographer and Director

May 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Michael Collins American Astronaut-Pilot
Rohit Sardana TV Journalist and News Anchor
Pandit Devabrata Chaudhuri Sitar Maestro
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal Film and TV Actor
Kanupriya Doordarshan Channel Anchor
Manas Bihari Verma Indian Aeronautical Scientist
Chandro Tomar Shooter and was famously known as ‘Shooter Dadi’
Parul Dabi Das Assam’s first female IAS officer
Jagmohan MalhotraFormer Governor of J&K
Chaudhary Ajit Singh Former Union Minister and Chief of Rashtriya Lok Dal
V Kalyanam Personal Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi
Abhilasha Patil Actress by profession
Shesh Narayan Singh Senior Journalist
Vanraj Bhatia Veteran Music Composer
Raghunath Mohapatra Eminent Sculptor, Architect, and Member of the Rajya Sabha
Ravinder Pal Singh Olympic Medalist Hockey Player
Venugopal Chandrasekhar Arjuna Awardee former Table Tennis Player
Homan Borgohain Assamese literature and Journalist
Indu Jain Philanthropist and Chairperson of Times Group
Anup Bhattacharya Freedom Fighter and Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Musician
MS Narasimhan Famous Mathematician
K Ragothaman Former CBI Officer
Rajeev Satav Senior Congress MP
Rajendrasinh Jadeja Former Saurashtra pacer and BCCI referee
Chaman Lal Gupta Former Union Minister and Senior BJP Leader
Ki. Rajanarayanan Tamil Folklorist and Writer
Dr KK Aggarwal Renowned Cardiologist and former national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Jagannath Pahadia Former CM of Rajasthan and Former Governor of Haryana and Bihar
Laxman Music director and famous for the duo composers ‘Raam-Laxman’
Sunderlal Bahuguna Environmentalist and Gandhian
Dr Srikumar BanerjeeFormer Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India
O P Bhardwaj India’s Boxing 1st Dronacharya Awardee Coach
Max Mosley Former head of Formula One’s governing body
Yuan Longping Chinese Scientist and was known for developing hybrid rice strain
BabagoudaPatil Ex Union Minister and the Former Leader
HS Doreswamy Freedom Fighter
Colonel Panjab Singh Hero of the Battle of Poonch which took place in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Alka Raghuvanshi Author and Art Curator

April 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Beverly Cleary Author
Didier Ratsiraka Former President of Madagascar
Isamu Akasaki Japan’s Physicist
Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal Film and TV Actress
Digvijaysinh Zala Former Union Minister and MLA from Gujarat
P. Balachandran Malayalam Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Dramatist and Actor
Radheshyam Khemka President of Gita Press
Chandra Naidu India’s first female cricket commentator
Fatima Rafiq ZakariaPadma Shri Awardee, Journalist, Academician and Chairman of Maulana Azad Educational Trust and Khairul Islam Trust Mumbai
Prince Philip Husband of Queen Elizabeth II
Sanjay Chakravarty Shooting Coach
Satish Kaul Actor
Balbir Singh Junior Hockey Player
Yogesh Praveen Historian
Dr Kakala Subba Rao Radiologist
Ranjit Sinha Former CBI Chief
GVG Krishnamurthy Former Election Commissioner
Charles Geschke American Computer Scientist, Co-founder of Adobe and PDF Developer
Ahmed Hussain Lala Football Player
Bachi Singh Rawat Former Union Minister
Sumitra Bhave National Award-winning Marathi filmmaker
Ganjam Venkatasubbiah Kannada Writer
Maidavolu Narasimham Former RBI Governor
Sankha Ghosh Bengali Poet
Farid Sabri Renowned Qawwali Singer
Kishore Nanadlaskar Actor
Amit Mistry Gujarati and Hindi Film and TV actor
Shravan Rathod Music Composer
Justice MM Shantanagoudar Supreme Court Judge
Pandit Rajan Mishra Indian Classical Singer
Krishnamurthy Santhanam Nuclear Scientist
Dadudan Pratapdan Gadhvi Veteran Gujarati Poet and Folk Singer
Manzoor Ahthesham Hindi Writer
Manoj Das Odia Writer

March 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Nandkumar Singh Chauhan Lok Sabha MP
M G George Muthoot Chairman of Muthoot Group
Anshuman Singh Former Governor of Rajasthan and Gujarat
Ishar Singh Deol Athlete
Lakshminarayana Bhatta Kannada Poet, critic and translators
Shrikant Moghe Marathi Actor
Hamed Bakayoko Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
Laxman Pai Padma Bhushan Awarded Painter and Artist
‘Marvelous’ Marvin HaglerBoxing player
Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair Kathakali dancer
Lou Ottens Inventor of Audio Cassette tapes
Moudud Ahmed Former PM of Bangladesh
Dilip Gandhi Former Union Minister
John Magufuli President of Tanzania
GV Ramakrishna Former SEBI Chairman
Nawal Saadawi Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist
Adam Zagajewski Polish Poet
Laxmipriya Mohapatra Odissi dancer
KC Chakrabarty Former RBI Deputy Governor
Anil Dharker Journalist and Author

February 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Cicely Tyson US Actress
Tony Trabert American Tennis Player
Christopher Plummer Canadian Actor
Akhtar Ali India’s Tennis player
Rajiv Kapoor Actor
Bansi Kaul Founder of Rang Vidushak
Carlos Menem Argentina’s Former President
Justice M Rama Jois Former governor of Bihar and Jharkhand
Satish Sharma Congress Leader and Member of Parliament
Rahul Khullar Former Chairman of TRAI (Telecomm Regulatory Authority of India)
Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri Malayalam Poet

January 2021

Name of the Personality Field
Indira Joseph Venniyoor Veteran Broadcaster, All India Radio veteran and first English news announcer of Travancore Radio
John Fulton Reid New Zealand Cricket Player
Shantanu Mohapatra Music Director by Profession
Buta Singh Union Minister and Rajasthan’s Congress Leader
Colonel Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar Mountaineer
Vilas Patil Undalkar Former Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and Congress MLA
Anil Panachooran Malayalam Poet and Lyricist
Michael Kindo Hockey Player
Chitra Ghosh Academician by Profession
Satya Paul Fashion Designer
Alan Burgess Cricket Player
Madhavsinh Solanki Former CM of Gujarat
Neil Sheehan American Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Turlapati Kutumba Rao Telugu Journalist
Prof. Shashikumar M Chitre Astrophysicist and Mathematician
Ved Mehta Indian-American Writer
D Prakash Rao Social Activist
Kamal Morarka Former Union Minister and Industrialist
Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Indian Classical Musician
Dr V Shanta Oncologist by Profession
Mata Prasad Former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Unnikrishnan Namboothiri Malayalam Actor
Lary King American Radio and Television host and a spokesperson
Narendra Chanchal Indian Bhajan Singer
Narendra Luther Historian, Author, Poet and Bureaucrat by Profession
Prasanta Dora Former Indian National Football Team Goalkeeper
Cloris Leachman American Actress
Paul Crutzen Noble Prize Winner in Chemistry
Dr Shaibal Guptaa Economist

December 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Papa Bouba Diop Senegal’s Football Player
Dharampal Gulati Owner of MDH Masala
Abhay Bharadwaj Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha
Rafer Johnson Athlete and Film Actor by Profession
Valery Giscard d’Estaing Former President of France
Zafarullah Khan Jameli Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Dineshwar Sharam Administrator of Lakshadweep
Ravi Patwardhan Marathi Actor
Manu Mukherjee Bengali Actor
Narinder Singh Kapany Indian born American Physicist
Madhukar Gangadhar Writer by Profession
Manglesh Dabral Journalist and Hindi Poet
Astad Deboo Indian Dancer
Paolo Rossi Italy’s Football Player
Vidyavachaspati B Govindaachrya Renowned Sanskrit Scholar
Ambrose Dlamini Prime Minister of Eswatini
Sripati Khanchanale Indian Wrestler
Roddam Narasimha Eminent Aerospace Scientist
Eric Freeman Australian Test Cricket Player
MG Vaidya First Official RSS Spokesperson and a Veteran Journalist
Motilal Vora Veteran Congress Leader
Sugathakumari Malayalam Poet
John Edrich England’s Cricket Player
Robin David Jackman England’s cricket player and Commentator
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Urdu Poet and Critic
Sunil Kothari Dance Historian and Critic
Kadambur MR Janardhanan Former Union Minister
Jon Kuber WWE Wrestler and was popularly known as ‘Luke Harper’

November 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Keshubhai Savdasbhai Patel Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
Sir Thomas Sean Connery Scottish Actor
Ashish Kakkad Actor, Filmmaker and Voiceover Artist
Satish Prasad Singh Former CM and Socialist of Bihar
T N Krishnan Veteran violin player and Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan Awardee
Sudarshan Rattan Bollywood filmmaker
Ken Spears American Television Editor, Writer and Producer
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Prime Minister of Bahrain
Carlos Gonzalez Valles Author and Gujarati Columnist
Asif Basra Bollywood Actor
Sanchaman Limboo Former CM of Sikkim
Arun Prajapati Renowned Sculpture Artist
Jerry John Rawlings Former President of Ghana
Soumitra Chatterjee Bengali Film Actor
Ravi Belagere Journalist and Writer by profession
Masatoshi Koshiba Japan’s Physicist by profession
Chandrawati Former Lt Governor of Pondicherry
Mridula Sinha Former Governor of Goa
Bhanwarlal Meghwal Minister from Rajasthan
Shaik Khaja Hussain Telgu Poet, Scriptwriter, Journalist by profession
Tarun Gogoi Former CM of Assam
Ashiesh Roy Television Actor by Profession
Ahmed Patel Senior Congress Party Leader
Diego Maradona Footballer by Profession
Faqir Chand Kohli Founder of TCS and was well-known as Father of Indian IT Industry
James Wolfensohn Former World Bank President and was Australian- American lawyer, economist and an investment banker by profession
David Prowse British Actor

October 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Dr. G S Amur Writer and Critic by profession
Pushpa Bhave Social Activist
Mulayam Singh Yadav Veteran Samajwadi Party leader
Mishti Mukherjee Bollywood Actress
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah King of Kuwait
Najeeb Tarakai Afghanistan’s Cricket player
Nasseb Pathan Congress Party leader from Uttar Pradesh
Vishal Anand Veteran Bollywood Actor
Ashwani Kumar Former CBI Director
Ram Vilas Paswan Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Mario Molina Noble Prize winning Scientist
Justice KK Usha Former Chief Justice of Kerala HC
Avinash Kharshikar Marathi Film Actor
Carlton Chapman Former India’s Football Team Captain
B Vijaya Reddy Filmmaker by profession
C M Chang Nagaland’s Environment Minister
Vinod Kumar Singh Minister from Bihar
John R Reid Former Cricket Player of New Zealand
Shobha Naidu Kuchipudi Dancer
Bhanu Athaiya First Indian to win Oscar
Kishore Bhimani Cricket Journalist and Commentator
Kaumudi Mushi Singer by profession
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Malayalam Poet
Kapil Deo Kamat Bihar Panchayati Raj Minister
P S Narayanaswamy Renowned Carnatic Vocalist
Zarina Roshan Khan Indian TV Actress
Dr Jayanta Madhab Renowned Economist
Wing Commander (retd) Dr.Vijayalakshmi Ramanan First Women Officer of Indian Air Force
K J Mohammed Babu Playback Singer and Actor by profession
Lee Kun-Hee Chairman of Samsung Group
Mahesh Kanodia Veteran Gujarati Musician and former Member of Parliament
Naresh Kanodia Actor and Politician
Mesut Yilmaz Former Prime Minister of Turkey
Daniel Menaker Author and an Editor by profession

September 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Former President Pranab Mukherjee Former India’s President
Joe Ruby Animator, writer, editor, producer by profession
KS Bajpai Former Indian Ambassador to US, Pakistan, China
Dr S Padmavati India’s First Female Cardiologist
David Capel Former England team’s Cricket Player
Jiri Menzel Oscar Winner and Czech Film Director
Govind Swarup Father of India’s Radio Astronomy
Johnny Bakshi Filmmaker
Jaya Prakash Reddy Telgu Film Actor
Diana Rigg British Actress
Raghuvansh Prasad Former Union Minister
Chanesh Ram Rathiya Former Chhattisgarh Minister
Kapila Vatsyayan Indian Classical Dancer
Swami Ahnivesh Social Activist
Sadashiv Patil Former Cricket player of Maharashtra
Amitabha Ghosh Former shortest-serving RBI Governor
Ashok Gasti Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka state
Moussa Traore Former President of Mali
PR Krishnakumar Prominent Indian Ayurveda Physician
Babu Sivan Tamil Film Director
Winston Groom American Novelist and Journalist
Ang Rita Sherpa Nepal based Mountaineer
Bibhuranjan Choudhury Assam Music Composer
Ashalata Wabgaonkar Marathi Film Actress
John Turner Former Prime Minister of Canada
Bhupesh Pandya Bollywood Film Actor
Suresh Angadi Union Minister of State for Railways
Dean Jones Former Australian Cricketer
S P Balasubrahmanyam Indian musician, singer and music director
Sekhar Basu Padmashri awardee, veteran atomic scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
Jaswant Singh Former Union Minister
Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia Economist
Syeda Anwara Taimur Assam’s first and only Chief Minister
Abhilash Songwriter

August 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Anil Murali Malayalam Actor
Lee Teng Hiu Former Taiwan President
Everton Weekes Former West Indies Cricketer
Amar Singh Rajya Sabha MP and Former Samajwadi Party leader
Kamal Rani Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister
P Manikyala Rao Minister from Andhra Pradesh
Ebrahim Alkazi Theater Director and Drama Teacher
John Hume Northern Island Politician and Nobel Peace Prize, Winner
William Kirk English American Computer Engineer
Ram Pradhan Former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Shivajirao Patil Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Sameer Sharma Hindi Television Actor
Sadia Dehlvi Writer and Activist
Mukund Lath Cultural Historian
Nandi Yellaiah Minister by Profession
Manitombi Singh Former Indian Football Player
James ‘Kamala’ Haris Wrestler by Profession
Rahat Indori Renowned Urdu Poet
PK Muthuswamy Tamil Film Songwriter
GK Menon Sports Journalist
Chunakkara Ramankutty Malayalam Poet and Lyricist
Chetan Chauhan Former Cricket Player and Uttar Pradesh Minister
Pandit Jasraj Indian Classical Vocalist
Nishikant Kamat Director and Actor
Russel Kirsch Computer Scientist
Angela Buxton British Tennis Player
Bhaskar Maity Former Indian Goalkeeper
Gopalswamy Kasturirangan Former Indian Cricketer
Pascal Lissouba Former President of the Republic of Congo
Arnold Meyer Spielberg Computer Designer and an Engineer
Chandwick Boseman Actor by Profession
A.R. Lakshmanan Former Supreme Court Judge
Archana Mahanta Folk singer of Assam
Purishotham Rai Athletics Coach

July 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Carl Reiner Writer, Comedian, Director and Actor
Saroj Khan Dance Choreographer
Everton Weekes Former West Indies Cricketer
Upa Rokamlova Former Mizoram Assembly Speaker
Susheel Gowda Kannada Actor and a Fitness Trainer
Jagdeep Bollywood Actor and Comedian
Jack Charlton England Football Player
Avad Bin Hassna Cartoonist by Profession
Nagindas Sanghvi Renowned Journalist
Jyotsna Bhatt Renowned Ceramic Artist
Wim Suurbier Football Player of Dutch
Brahm Vasudeva Chairman of Hawkins Cooker (Businessman)
Ramesh Tikaram Para-Athlete and Para-Badminton Player
Neela Satyanarayanan First Women Election Commissioner of Maharashtra
Cordy Tindell Vivian American Minister
C S Seshadri Mathematician
Rajat Mukherjee Indian Film Maker
Lalji Tandon Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Barry Jarman Former Australian Cricket Player
Bijay Mohanty Odia Actor
Juan Marse Novelist from Spain
Viktor Chizhikov Creator of 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Masscot
Annie Ross Jazz Singer
Amala Shankar Eminent Choreographer
Benjamin Mkapa Former Tanzania’s Former President
Olivia de Havilland Oscar-Winning British-American Actress
John Saxon American Actor
Achyuta Rao Child Welfare activist
Kumkum Veteran Actress
Sonam Tshering Lepcha Padma Shri Awardee Folk Singer
Parvez Khan Action Director

June 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Wajid Khan Singer and Music Composer
P Namgyal Former Minister and Social Worker
Jayantilal Nanoma Archery Coach
Basu Chatterjee Film Maker
Riaz Sheikh Former Pakistani Cricketer
Anwar Sagar Lyricist by Profession
Rupert Hine British Film Producer and Songwriter
Hamza Koya Former Football Santosh Trophy Player
Kurt Thomas Former World Gymnastic Champion
Arjun Charan Former Union Minister
Jagesh Mukati Television Actor
Pritam Singh Padmashri Awardee and Former Director of IIM Lucknow
Pierre Nkurunziza President of Republic of Burundi
Tony Dunne Footballer
A. Vaidyanathan Former Member of Planning Commission and was also a Professor
Gulzar Dehlvi Veteran Urdu Poet
Sushant Singh Rajput Bollywood Actor
Vasant Raiji India’s Oldest First-Class Cricketer
Matt Poore Former Cricketer of New Zealand
Atul Srivastava Director of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
Madhavrao Patil Former Lok Sabha MP and Founder of Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank
Heera Singh Rana Folk Singer from Uttarakhand
Dinu Randive Veteran Journalist and a Freedom Fighter
Lt Gen Raj Mohan Vohra Mahavir Chakra Awardee
Achyut Usgaonkar Former Minister from Goa
KR Sachidanandan Malayalam Film Director, Scriptwriter and Producer
B P R Vithal Veteran Economist
Vidyaben Shah Padmashri Awardee and a Social Worker
Rajinder Goel Former Cricket Player
Steve Bing Movie Producer and Philanthropist
Major Gen Lachhman Singh Lehl India’s Finest Military Man
Vishwa Bandhu Gupta Member of Parliament and Journalist
Pournima Zanane Former Indian Shooter
K Raghunath Former Karnataka Basketball Player
Joel Schmacher Hollywood Film Director
Sqn.Ldr. Parvez Jamsaji Vir Chakra Awardee for Gallantry during 1971 Indo-Pakistan War
Geetha Nagabhusahn Kannada Writer

May 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Hema Bharali Freedom Fighter
Chuni Goswami Former Indian football Team Captain
Denis Goldberg Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist
Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi Former Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
RV Smith Historian, Author and Columnist
Peter Ebdon Former World Snooker Champion
K S Nisar Famous Kannada Poet
Rob Gibbs Veteran Director, Story Artist, and Writer of Pixar Films
Pandanda Kuttappa Founder of the Kodava Family Hockey Tournament
Hari Shankar Vasudevan Historian
Little Richard American singer-songwriter and was the founder of Rock N Roll
Raja Rangappa Former Lok Sabha MP
Manmeet Singh Former Indian Table Tennis Player
Jerry Stiller US Comedian
Shafique Ansari Indian TV Actor
Sai Gundewar Film Actor, and Voiceover Artist
Betty Wright Grammy award-winning soul singer
Debesh Roy Bengali author and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
Anisuzzanan Professor and Educationist from Bangladesh
Hossein Kazempour Ardebili Iran’s Governor to the OPEC
Ratnakar Matkari Renowned Marathi Dramatist and Theatre Artist
Balbir Singh Former Indian Hockey Player
Ashley Cooper Australian Tennis Player
Hana Kimura Former Japanese Wrestler
Gigi Simoni Italian Football Player and Former Inter Head Coach
Shyamala G Bhave  Classical Musician from Karnataka
Mohit Baghel Bollywood Film Actor
Mujtaba Hussain Urdu author, humorist and sitarist
R Shanmugam Former Tamil Nadu Footballer and Coach
Ajit Jogi First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
M.P. Veerendra Kumar Rajya Sabha Member and Former Union Minister
Yogesh Gaur Lyricist by profession of many Hindi movie songs

April 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Pape Diouf Former President of French Football Club Olympique
Ramkrishna Dwivedi Former Leader and Congressmen
Rudratej Singh BMW Group President and CEO
Michael Robinson Professional Footballer
Irrfan khan Bollywood’s Most Beloved Star
Rishi Kapoor Veteran Bollywood Actor
Maria Teresa Spain’s Princess
Philip Anderson Nobel Prize-winning Physicist
Tony Lewis Cricketer and Mathematician
Adam Schlesinger Emmy Award-Winning Singer
Geeta Ramji Indian Origin South African Virologist
Bill Withers American Songwriter, Soulful Singer, and Guitarist
MK Arjuna Malayalam Music Composer
Mahmoud Jibril Former Libya Prime Minister
Hazarilal Raghuwanshi Former Madhya Pradesh Minister
TV Babu Secretary of Kerala based NDA ally BDJS
John Prine American Folk Singer and Song Writer
Honor Blackman James Bond Film Actress
'Bullet’ Prakash Kannada Film Actor
Radomir Antic Former Real Madrid, Atletico and Barcelona Coach
Kalinga Sasi Malayalam Film and Theatre Actor
Brahm Kanchibotla Indian American Journalist
Peter Bonetti Former England and Chelsea Goalkeeper
Stirling Moss Motor Racing Driver
Tim Brooke British Comedian
Ashok Desai Former India’s Attorney General and a Senior Advocate
Rajasekharan Former Union Minister
Doug Sanders Former Golf Player
Rifat Chadirji The Father of Modern Iraqi Architecture
Roger Chappot Swiss Ice Hockey Player
Ranjit Chowdhry Film, Television and Theatre Actor
Willie Davis Former American Footballer
R V Bhuskute Freedom Fighter
Saharai Oram Veteran Tribal Leader Former Odisha Minister
Gene Deitch Oscar-Winning Animator, Film Director, and Producer
Laisenia Qarase Former Fiji Prime Minister
MP Basanta Das Former Rajya Sabha Member from Odisha
Usha Ganguly Eminent Theatre Director, Actor as well as Activist
Devanand Konwar Former Politician and Governor of Bihar and Tripura and West Bengal
Bijay Mishra Noted Odia Dramatist and Play Writer
James M Beggs Sixth Administrator of NASA
Troy Sneed Singer

March 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Joginder Singh Saini Veteran Athletics Coach and Dronacharya Awardee
Balbir Singh Kullar Former India Hockey Player
Sanghanayaka Suddhananda Mahathero Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha
Javier Perez de Cuellar Former UN Chief
Hans Raj Bhardwaj Former Union Law Minister and Congress Veteran
Max von Sydow Swedish Actor
Santu Mukhopadhyay  Veteran Bengali Actor
Dana Zatopkova Former Czechoslovak Olympic Javelin Champion
Puthussery Ramachandran Veteran Poet and Malayalam Scholar
Patil Puttappa Veteran Journalist and Former Rajya Sabha Member
Imtiaz Khan Bollywood Actor
Jairam Kulkarni Noted Marathi Actor
Roger Mayweather Former World Champion Boxer
Kenny Rogers American Music Singer
PK Banerjee Legendary Indian Footballer
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan Veteran Tamil Director
Abdul Latif Former India Footballer
Nimmi Veteran Bollywood Actress
Albert Uderzo Co-Creator of the “Asterix and Obelix” Comics
Nemai Ghosh Veteran Photographer & Padma Shri Awardee
Floyd Cardoz Indian-Born International Chef
Satish Gujral  Padma Vibhushan Award Winning Artist, Architect, Sculptor and Writer
Rajyogini Dadi Janki Chief of Brahmakumaris Sansthan
Joseph Lowery Veteran US Civil Rights Leader
Chandan Singh Rathore Retired Air Vice-Marshal
Beni Prasad Verma Former Union Minister
Ken Shimura Veteran Japanese Comedian
Arjun Dev Legendary Historian and Educationist
Joe Diffie Grammy Award American Music Singer
Paravai Muniyamma Tamil Folk Singer and Actress

February 2020

Name of Personality Field
Sudhakar Chaturvedi Centenarian freedom fighter and Vedic scholar
Katherine Johnson NASA Mathematician
Mohammed Hosni Mubarak Former President of Egypt
Krishna Bose Former Lok Sabha MP
Ashok Chatterjee Former Indian footballer
V L Dutt Former FICCI president
Larry Tesler The computer scientist who introduced the cut, copy and paste commands.
Harry Greg Former Manchester United goalkeeper
Mickey Wright Legendary women golfer
Tapas Pal Former TMC MP and Veteran Bengali Actor
Nikita Pearl Waligwa Disney’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ child actress
Lynn Cohen American actress
Sonam Sherpa Founding member & lead-guitarist of music band Parikrama
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Nobel Prize awardee & Former TERI, IPCC chief
Wendell Rodricks Padma Shri Awardee & Fashion Designer
Nandu R Kulkarni Famous journalist
Giriraj Kishore Padma Shri Awardee & Well-known Hindi Novelist
P Parameswaran Famous Philosophical Author & RSS veteran
Roger Kahn American Author
Raju Bharatan Famous cricket journalist & film historian
Kirk Douglas Famous Hollywood Actor
D. Manjunath Former Karnataka Minister
Pranab Kumar Gogoi Former Assam Speaker and sitting MLA
Rabindranath Singh Famous Odia poet
Daniel Moi Kenya’s longest-serving Ex-President
Narayana Reddy Former Nizamabad Lok Sabha MP
Jaswant Singh Punjabi Writer, Novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Mary Higgins Clark American author

January 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Vikho-o Yhoshu Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader and Nagaland Assembly Speaker
Ratna Ojha  Eminent Assamese Dramatist, Litterateur and Social Activist
T N Chaturvedi Former Governor of Karnataka
Minati Mishra Veteran Odissi Danseuse
Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said Charismatic and Visionary Leader
Manmohan Mohapatra Veteran Odia Filmmaker
Bapu Nadkarni  Former India Legendary All-Rounder
Khagendra Thapa Magar World’s Shortest Man
Man Mohan Sood Former Indian Test batsman and National Selector
Kobe Bryant National Basketball Association (NBA) Legend
Sher Singh Kukkal Noted Artist and Sculptor
Golok Chandra Goswami Eminent Assamese Linguist and Academician
Jameela Malik Veteran South Actress
Sunita Chandra Former Indian Women’s Hockey Team Captain
Kobe Bryant Famous Los Angeles Lakers star
Vinay Sinha Veteran Film Producer
Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo Former Parliamentarian 
Akbar Padamsee Famous Artist
Lieutenant General Prem Nath Hoon Former Western Army Commander

December 2019

Name of the Personalit Field
Shelley Morrison Former Hollywood Actress
Baskar Menon Veteran Journalist in the Press Trust of India (PTI)
Bob Willis Former England Captain
George Joseph Laurer Inventor of Universal Product Code(UPC)
Braj Bihari Kumar Chairman of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Paul Volcker Former US Federal Reserve Chief
Writer Gollapudi Maruti Rao Former Nandi Award winner and Renowned Telugu Actor
Peter Snell New Zealand’s 3-times Olympic Middle-Distance Champion
Danny Aiello Veteran Film Actor
Shriram Lagoo Veteran actor
Gita Siddharth Kak Bollywood Actress
ID Swami Former Union Minister
Thomas Chandy Nationalist Congress Party’s Kerala State President and Former Minister
L.S. Sheshagiri Rao Kannada Writer and Critic
Vidushi Savita Devi Renowned Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Ganga Prasad Vimal Renowned Hindi Author
Martin Peters Former West Ham and Tottenham Midfielder
Da Chen ‘Colours of the Mountain’ Author
Allee Willis American Songwriter
Tara Sinha Founder of AD Agencies Clarion and Tara Sinha Associates
Vikas Sabnis Veteran Political Cartoonist
Pejawar Mutt Vishwesha Tirtha Swami
Ishwar Dayal Swami Former Union Minister

November 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Gurudas Dasgupta Former Parliamentarian and veteran CPI leader
Geetanjali Popular Telugu Actress
Champak Jain Film Producer
Krishnan Kumar Modi(K.K.Modi) Former President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Chairman of Modi Enterprises
Justice N.V. Balasubramanian Retired Judge of Madras High Court
Yvette Lundy French Resistance legend & Nazi camps survivor
Babasaheb Dhabekar Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress party leader
Writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen Sahitya Akademi Awardee
TN Seshan Former Chief Election Commissioner
Ramakant Gundecha Padma Shri-Awardee Dhrupad Vocalist
Vashishtha Narayan Singh Renowned Mathematician 
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
PS Krishnan  Former Union Secretary 
Shaukat Kaifi  Veteran actor
Kshiti Goswami Former West Bengal Minister
Kailash Joshi Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Clive James Australian writer & broadcaster
Sudhir Dar Renowned cartoonist
Bala Singh  Veteran Tamil Actor and Theatre Artist
Brad Gobright World-renowned Rock Climber, US National 
Yasuhiro Nakasone Former Prime Minister of Japan
Sushil Kumar Former Navy Chief Admiral

October 2019

Name of the Personality Field
V Ganesan Indian National Army (INA) veteran from Tamil Nadu
Jose Jose Legendary Mexican Singer
Jessye Norman Grammy-winning International Opera Star
Eric Pleskow Hollywood Tycoon
Dr H L Trivedi Kidney Transplant Surgeon and Padma Shri Recipient 
Farook Khan Indian-origin journalist in South Africa
Krishna Gopalkrishna Kadekodi Centenarian Philatelist and Coin Collector
Satyapriya Mohathero Buddhist leader of Bangladesh
Diahann Carroll American Actress, Singer and Model
Kadri Gopalnath Legendary Saxophonist and the Padma Shri Awardee
Sara Danius First Female head of Nobel’s Literature Award Body
Alexei Leonov First Human to Walk in Space
Kalidas Karmakar Renowned Painter
Alicia Alonso  Legendary Cuba Ballet Dancer
Mark Hurd Former Co-Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Oracle
K.B. Siddaiah Writer and Philosopher
Dadu Chougule Wrestler and Recipient of Major Dhyanchand Award
Marieke Vervoort Belgian Paralympic Athlete
Dilip Parikh Former Gujarat Chief Minister 
Nanammal  Padma Shri Awardee & India’s Oldest Yoga Teacher
Sadako Ogata First Female UN Refugee Chief
John Witherspoon Actor and Comedian
N. Venkatachala Former Judge of the Supreme Court and Former Lokayukta of Karnataka 

September 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Viju Khote (best known as Kalia from Sholay) Actor
KPS Menon (Junior) Former Foreign Secretary
Boman Rashid Kohinoor Owner of Britannia & Co
J. Michael Mendel American television producer & a four-time Emmy Award winner
Jacques Chirac Former French President
Venu Madhav Telugu Actor
S.K. Padmadevi Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste
Robert S Boyd Veteran American Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Fernando Ricksen Former Dutch football player
Shyam Ramsay Filmmaker
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Former President of Tunisia
Sathar Veteran Malayalam Actor
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Former speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly
Sanjib Kumar Datta Film Editor
SivaramanCheriyanad Renowned writer of Kerala
B.N. Yugandhar Former bureaucrat and Secretary to the PMO
Akilisi Pohiva Climate change campaigner of the South Pacific and Prime Minister of Tongan
Rajasekar Tamil actor, cinematographer and director
Heeralal Sharma Rajasthan born freedom fighter of India
Ram Jethmalani One of India’s finest lawyers and a former union minister
Veeru Krishnan Actor and Kathak dancer
Abdul Qadir Pakistan’s master leg-spinner
Sukhdev Singh Libra Veteran Congress leader and former MP
Robert Mugabe Former Zimbabwe President
Kiran Nagarkar Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer
V Ganesan Indian National Army (INA) veteran
Davo Karnica Mountain skier
Madhav Apte Former Indian test cricketer
Naramalli Shivprasad Senior TDP leader
Gyorgy Konrad Famous writer and sociologist
Jean Edward Smith American historian
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie Former Indonesian President
Robert Frank Documentary Photographer
Kottakkal Chandrasekharan Kathakali maestro
KiranNagarkar Mumbai born noted novelist and playwright

August 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Malcolm Nash Former Cricketer 
Actor Russi Taylor Disney’s Minnie Mouse
Anant Setalvad Cricket Commentator
Kanti Bhatt Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist
Sushma Swaraj  Former External Affairs Minister
Toni Morrison Nobel laureate and beloved author
S. Jennifer Chandran Former T.N. Minister 
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Former Padma Shri award winner 
Harley Race American Professional Wrestler
J Om Prakash Veteran director
Dayanidhi Nayak Freedom fighter
Amarendra Sharan Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General
DJ Arafat Music star
Jose Luis Brown Former Argentina footballer
V.B. Chandrasekhar Former India and Tamil Nadu cricketer
Vidya Sinha Veteran Bollywood actress
Rizia Rahman Renowned Bangladeshi Novelist
Damodar Ganesh Bapat Social Worker and Padma Shri Award Winner
Neelum Sharma  Doordarshan Anchor and Nari Shakti Award Winner 
Jagannath Mishra Former Bihar Chief Minister 
Mohammed Zahur Hashmi Veteran Music Composer
Niranjan Singh Tasneem  Eminent Punjabi Writer and Sahitya Akademi Winner
Babulal Gaur Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Arun Jaitley  Former Union Finance Minister and Senior BJP Leader
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya  India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP)
Commander Noel Kelman Naval war hero and Kirti Chakra awardee 
Rajnish Kumar Babbi Congress (MLA) from the Mukerian assembly
Navnitbhai Shah Socialist leader and former MLA of Palghar
Nimu Bhowmik Veteran Bengali Actor

July 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Carlin Dunne Professional motorcycle racer
Basant Kumar Birla Veteran industrialist
Lee Iacocca US auto industry
A. U. Celestine Former India football goalkeeper
Joao Gilberto Brazilian musician and songwriter
Soumendranath Kundu Former Bengal and Railway leg-spinner
C. Kapur  Former Billiards and Snooker Federation of India secretary
H.M. Ershad Bangladesh’s Former Military Dictator 
Pernell Whitaker Former Olympic Boxing gold medalist and four-weight World Champion 
Lt Gen Joginder Singh Gharaya 1971 Indo-Pak War Hero
Fernando Corbato American computer scientist
Raja Dhale Co-Founder of Dalit Panther 
Sheila Dixit Three-time Delhi Chief Minister 
Ram Chandra Paswan Lok Janshakti Party MP
Yukiya Amano  IAEA Chief 
Peter McNamara Australian tennis champion
Li Peng Former Chinese Premier
Rutger Hauer ‘Blade Runner’ Actor
Beji Caid Essebsi Tunisia’s First Democratically Elected President
Donkupar Roy Former Meghalaya Chief Minister
S. Jaipal Reddy  Former Union Minister
Vitthal Radadiya Former Gujarat MP
M. Mukesh Goud Former Andhra Pradesh congress state Minister
Subir Vithal Gokarn Former RBI Deputy Governor

June 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Ruma Guha Thakurta  Actor-Singer 
Dinyar Contractor Veteran Comedian, Film and Theatre Actor
Lennart Johansson Ex-UEFA Chief, Father of Champions League
Dr John Six-time Grammy-winning musician
Girish Karnad Noted Actor, Filmmaker and Playwright
Crazy Mohan Tamil writer, Comedian and Actor
R V Janakiraman Former Puducherry Chief Minister
Pazhavila Ramesan Poet, lyricist
Rajnath Singh ‘Surya’ Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP
Mohamed Morsy Former Egyptian President
Mohan Ranade  Goa freedom fighter
Vijaya Nirmala Actor-director
Shyam Sundar Mitra Former Bengal cricketer
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury Eminent Social Activist
Abburi Chaya Devi  Telugu story writer
Babu Narayanan  Malayalam director
Brij Mohan Khaitan Veteran Industrialist 
Pazhavila Ramesan Poet and lyricist 
Mohammed Baji  Oldest Freedom fighter
Madan Lal Saini  BJP member from Rajasthan 

May 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Master Hirannaiah Indian film actor in Kannada Film Industry
Shubhasan Reddy Former High Court Chief Justice
Peter Mayhew Actor
Derek Sippy Billiards Player
Baidyanath Mishra Economist
NR Madhava Menon Lawyer ( Known as the father of legal modern education )
Prof. Kirpal Singh Historian, Educationist, First chronicler of Partition
YC Deveshwar ITC Chairman and Entrepreneur
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Tamil Writer
Hiralal Yadav Singer
Rallapalli Venkata Narasimha Rao Telugu Actor
I M Pei Architect
Niki Lauda Austrian Formula One Driver. Only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren
Sammy Shore Actor, Co-founder of Comedy Store
Vijaya Mulay Filmmaker, Director of Ek,Anek aur Ekta
Veeru Devgan Stuntman, Film Director, Father of Ajay Devgan
Negasso Gidada Former President of Ethiopia
Maramraju Satyanarayan Writer and academician
Seymour Nurse Cricketer
Peggy Lipton Actress
BOB Hawke Former Prime Minister of Australia
M B Balakrishnan Swimmer
P P C Joshi Veteran CPI Leader
V Vishwanathan Menon Former Kerala Finance Minister
Clement von Franckenstein Actor
Doris Day Actress

April 2019

Name of the Personality Field
J. Mahendran Noted Tamil Film Director
Kartik Chandra Rath Eminent Dramatist, theatre organiser, and Economics teacher 
Sydney Brenner  2002 Medicine Nobel Prize Winner 
Pradeep Choubey Renowned Hindi Poet
SK Shivakumar Renowned Space Scientist
Jerrie Cobb America’s first female astronaut candidate of NASA
Con de Lange  Scotland All-rounder
Lorraine Warren A Paranormal Investigator
Amar Paul Eminent Bengali Folk Singer 
S. Muthiah Chennai’s famed chronicler, cartographer, and journalist
Rama Sengupta Paul Veteran Lady Mountaineer
Terry Rawlings British Film Editor 
Mark Medoff An Acclaimed Author 
Pungam Kannan Former Indian Footballer 
Negasso Gidada Former Ethiopian President 
John Singleton Youngest Best Director Oscar Nominee 
Alan Garcia Peru's former president 
Damon J Keith Famous US Judge and Civil Rights Icon

March 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Zhores Alferov Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
Andre Previn Legendary Composer And 4 Time Oscar Winner
Luke Perry American Actor
Manohar Parrikar Present Goa Chief Minister
Alan Krueger  Famed Economist
Anasuya Devi Folk Artiste and Radio Commentator
Scott Walker Experimental Pop Hero
Ashita  Malayalam writer and poet
Valmiki J Mehta  Sitting Judge of Delhi HC
Maate Mahadevi  Prominent Lingayat pontiff and Basava Dharma Peetha President 
M.N. Samant India-Pakistan war hero, Captain
Valery Bykovsky Recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin awards
Prafulla Rajguru  Veteran journalist and academician

February 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Dr. R.B. Patil Padma Shri
Wallace Smith Broecker Climate Scientist, Populariser of the term Global Warming
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi Former Afghan Interim President
W.E.B. Griffin  American military veteran and novelist
Raj Kumar Barjatya Veteran Film Producer
Namvar Singh  Noted Hindi Writer
Bruno Ganz Swiss Actor
Andrea Levy Best-selling British Author
Gardon Banks Legendary Goalkeeper Of England
Manfred Eigen Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner 
Mahesh Anand Actor
Albert Finney Oscar-Nominated British Actor
John Dingell Longest-Serving US Congressman 
Ramesh Bhatkar Veteran Marathi Actor
Hiten Bhaya  Former IIMC Director
Raj Kumar Barjatya Filmmaker
Naga Jhansi Well known Television actress
Syed Badr Ul Hasan Khan Notable actor and dancer
Howard Neil Hebert US Army veteran

January 2019

Name of the Personality Field
CH Loknath Veteran Kannada Actor
Dibyendu Palit Veteran Bengali Writer
Sir Michael Atiyah 1966 Fields Medalist (Nobel for Mathematics)
Lenin Rajendran Malayalam director and screenwriter
Mary Oliver Pulitzer Prize-winning poet 
Masazo Nonaka World’s Oldest Man
Atin Bandyopadhyay Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Bengali Writer
Russell Baker Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist 
Michel Legrand Oscar-Winning French Composer 
George Fernandes  Former Union Minister 
Krishna Sobti Jnanpith Winning Hindi Writer
Jaswinder Sandhu Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)’s senior leader and MLA 
Ramakant Achrekar Cricket coach and Padma Shri
Kader Khan Veteran actor-writer
Raghbir Bhola 1956 Olympics Gold Medallist 
Shivakumara Swami Supercentenarian, humanitarian, spiritual leader and educator.
Mathew Boodle Teacher

January 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Anwar Jalalpuri Urdu poet
Radha Viswanathan Carnatic singer,
Peter Sutherland Former World Trade Organization Director-General
Saksham Yadav Powerlifting world champion
John Young Legendary American astronaut
Shrivallabh Vyas Bollywood actor
Baldev Raj Atomic scientist and NIAS Director
Gnani Sankaran Veteran Tamil writer, journalist and theatre personality
Raghunath Jha Former Union minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
Jo Jo white American Basketball player
Kashinath Veteran Kannada actor
Chandi Lahiri Famous Cartoonist
Major FKK Sircar Longest living Indian Army veteran
Hugh Masekela , Legendary jazz musician and activist also known as ‘Father of South African jazz’,
Ursula K Le Guin Science fiction and fantasy author
Supriya Devi Famous actress from West Bengal
Chandrashekhar known as ‘Edakallu Guddada Mele’ Noted Kannada actor
Feodor Ingvar Kamprad Founder of IKEA (Swedish multinational group)
Kalamandalam Geethanandan Ottanthulal artist

February 2018   

Name of the Personality Field
Chintaman Wanaga Senior BJP MP and a member of the 11th and the 13th Lok Sabha
Francisco Nunez Olivera world’s oldest man
Hukum Singh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Western Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Kathakali maestro
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu. presently member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
John Mahoney Hollywood Actor
Chandrasekhar Rath The doyen of Odia literature
Asma Jahangir Pakistan’s well known human rights lawyer , social activist, co-founder and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Johann Johannsson, Icelandic composer and producer
Didier Lockwood French jazz violinist
Gundu Hanumantha Rao Telugu actor
Ruud Lubbers The youngest and longest-serving prime minister of the Netherlands,
Billy Graham Christian evangelist
Dr BK Goyal Eminent cardiologist
Kunhiraman Panoor popularly known as K Panoor Renowned writer and social activist
M.S. Anantharaman, Noted violinist
Neelabh Mishra Senior journalist and editor-in-chief of National Herald
Sridevi Veteran Bollywood actress
TSR Subramanian Former Cabinet secretary
Kanakalata Mohanty Noted Odia author

March 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Penny Vincenzi British Novelist
S Ratnavel Pandian Former Supreme Court Judge
Arabinda Muduli Odia Bhajan singer
Khagendra Jamatia Tripura Fisheries Minister
Prafulla Das Veteran Literateur
Davide Astori Fiorentina captain and Italy international
Javed Abidi Noted Disability rights activist
SaratMohanty Odia actor
Shammi Veteran Bollywood actor
Justice D Sreedevi Former Kerala high court judge and chairperson of Kerala Women’s Commission,
M K Bhargav Former Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) chairman
Patangrao Kadam Former Maharashtra minister
Stephen Hawking World famous British scientist
Narendra Jha Actor
M Sukumaran Malayalam writer
Kedarnath Singh Veteran Hindi Poet
Peter Peterson Blackstone Co-Founder
Les Payne A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist and editor of Newsday
Bruno Boban Footballer
Pyarelal Wadali Veteran Sufi Singer

April 2018

Name of the Personality Field
C.V. Rajendran Tamil film director
R K Dorendra Singh Former Manipur Chief Minister
S Nihal Singh Veteran journalist
Barbara Bush Former US first lady
Rajinder Sachar Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice
TVR Shenoy Veteran journalist and columnist
Bhimsain Khurana Indian animation pioneer and multiple National Award winner
Nabi Tajima The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman named
Efraín Ríos Montt Guatemalan general and politician
Ray Wilkins English football player and coach
E.N. Rammohan Former BSF Director-General (DG)
Niranjan Thomas Alva the husband of former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva
Munin Barua Indian film director in Assamese cinematography
M S Ravi Veteran journalist

May 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Ashok Mitra The first Finance Minister in the Left Front government in West Bengal
Ankit Chadha Indian story-teller
P P Lakshaman Former AIFF President
Kottayam Pushpanath Popular Malayalam detective novelist
Keyur Bhushan Freedom fighter, writer
Dave Michener veteran Disney animator
Dr Nirmal Hirawat Former Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader
Ravinder Sharma Artist-Philosopher,called Guruji, the founder of Adilabad's Kala Ashram
Tom Wolfe best-selling author and journalist
Yamunabai Waikar Lavani singer and Padma Shri recipient
Balakumaran Indian Tamil writer, author
Dr Bansidhar Panda Odia industrialist
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani popular Indian Telugu novelist
Arun Date Marathi singer.
Anne V. Coates Oscar-Winning British film editor
Balkavi Bairagi Noted Lyricist, Poet, Politician
Margot Kidder Actor Who Played Lois Lane In Superman
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Veteran writer, novelist
Alan Bean Former US astronaut, who was the fourth man to walk on the Moon
Vinod Bhatt Gujarati humour essayist and biographer

June 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Timothy Pereira former football international who represented Tata FC.
Narayan Prasad Singh Odisha's most popular lyricist, also popularly known as 'Rasaraj'.
Nerella Venumadhav He was a Mimicry Artist.
legend Peter Thomson He was an Australian golfer and won five British Open titles.
Charles Krauthammer He was a political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Donald Hall He was an Award-winning American poet and writer.
Laxman Patil–Bhosle He was a Socialist leader.
Senior Cong leader L P Shahi Senior Congress Leader.
Maria Bueno He was a Legendary Brazilian tennis player.
Shantaram Naik He was a Veteran Goa Congress leader.
Xavier Rutsa He was a journalist.
Bhaiyyu Maharaj Spiritual guru
Mulubha Jadeja Former Saurashtra batsman
Shahzahan Bachchu Bangladeshi writer and publisher
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi He was a Renowned Urdu satirist and humour writer.
Prabhakar Choubey Veteran journalist

July 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Chiyo Miyako 117 years old world's oldest Japanese woman,
Ramapada Chowdhury, Bengali writer, also conferred the Sahitya Academy award for 'Bari badle jay'
Swapan Sarkar Sports journalist of Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP)
Jonathan Gold Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic
Ramchandra Singhdeo Former and first Finance Minister of Chhattisgarh
Gopal Das Neeraj Hindi poet and His famous poetic works include Asawari, Lahar Pukare and Paran Geet.
Rita Bhaduri Actor
M.N. Vyasa Rao  
  • Kannada poet and film song lyricist.
  • Recipient of the Karnataka Rajya Sahitya Academy award
Dada Vaswani Spiritual leader and was chief of Sadhu Vaswani Mission. Also her birthday (August 2), is celebrated as an International Forgiveness Day.
Liliane Montevecchi The Paris-born dancer, actor, and singer also Tony Award winner
JG Nadkarni Former chief of naval staff Admiral
Kabutari Devi Kumaoni folk singer
J N Sadhu Journalist worked with The Indian Express
Kanu Gohain Former Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
Kalpesh Yagnik Senior journalist, and group editor of popular Hindi daily ‘Dainik Bhaskar’.
M.N. Vyasa Rao Kannada poet and film lyricist

August 2018

Name of the Personality Field
John McCain   US Senator, also a Republican presidential nominee in 2008. 
Kuldip Nayar Indian writer and journalist. autobiography was "Beyond The Lines"
Uri Avnery Israeli journalist and peace activist
Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary-General, also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the UN in 2001 "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"
Aretha Franklin US singer, also known as “Queen of Soul” and received the Grammy Award 18 times.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Three times Prime Minister of India
Ajit Wadekar Former India cricket captain
Balramji Das Tandon Chhattisgarh Governor
Somnath Chatterjee Former Lok Sabha speaker
V S Naipaul Nobel Prize-winning British author, won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001
Jarrod Lyle Australian professional golfer
Minister M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief
Krishna Shripadrao Deshpande Library scientist Prof
Rajinder Kumar Dhawan Veteran Congress leader
Mony K. Mathew Former The Hindu BusinessLine journalist

September 2018

NAME OF THE PERSONALITY FIELD
Tarun Sagar Jain Monk
Arthur Pereira Former Maharashtra Football Player
Dr. Rita Jitendra Writer
Goura Chandra Mohapatra Freedom Fighter
Satya Prakash Malviya Former Union Petroleum minister
Dolagobind Pradhan Former Odisha Minister
Anna Rajam Malhotra India’s First woman IAS officer post-independence
Kondapalli Koteswaramma A revolutionary leader, writer
Tran Dai Quan Vietnam President
Randhir Singh Former Air Marshal
Kalpana Lajmi Filmmaker
BN Dutt Former BCCI President
Jasdev Singh Sports Commentator
Kavita Mahajan Marathi Writer
Manoharsinh Jadeja Former Finance minister of Gujarat
Tulsidas Borkar Harmonium Player

October 2018

Name of Personality Field
Malti Sharma Former Up Minister
Montserrat Caballe Spanish Opera Singer
Natwar Thakkar Prominent Gandhian(Also Called Gandhi Of Nagaland)
Girish Patel Human Rights Lawer , Gujrat
Pradip Chowdhary Senior Journalist
Mn Paloor Malayali Poet
Sarvagya Katiyar Former Kanpur University Vice-Chancellor
Santosh Singh Jain Film Trade Expert
Kishore Giri Assamese Singer
Gd Aggarwal Clean Ganga Activist
Annapurna Devi Hindustani Classical Musician
Paul G.Allen Microsoft Co-Founder
Nd Tiwari Former Up And Uttrakhand Chief Minister
Siddalinga Swamiji Karnataka’s Popular Lingayat Leader
Osamu Shimomura 2008 Nobel Prize Winner
Na. Muthuswamy Theatre Personality
Pankaj Bandyopadhyay Founder Member, Trinamool Congress
Madan Lal Khurana Former Delhi Chief Minister
Qazi Abdusattar Urdu Writer
Ntozake Shange African American Playwriter
Yashwant Dev Senior Composer And Lyricist

November 2018

Name Field
Vice Admiral Manohar Pralhad Avati Veteran Of 1971 Indo Pak War
V . Ratinam Veteran Freedom Fighter
K.P.S Srivastava Veteran Journalist
Vinod Aggarwal Famous Devotional Singer
Lalan Sarang Marathi Actor
Ananth Kumar Parliamentary Affairs Minister
T.N Srinivasan Eminent Economist And Free Trade Advocate
SN Phulkan Former Supreme Court Judge
Roshan Lal Sethi Veteran Sports Journalist
Chitta Jena Odiya Singer
Alyque Padamsee Brand Father Of Indian Advertising
Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri Army Veteran
Banamalli Maharana Odissi Musician
T.S Kanaka Asia’s First Women Neurosurgeon
Narayan Das Maharaj Padam Shri Awardee And Revered Saint
William Goldman Oscar-Winning Screenwriter
Ustad Imrat Khan Indian Classical Musician
Fahmida Riaz Pakistani Poet
Baishnab Parida Former Minister Of Parliament
Sandeep Michael Former Hockey Player
Ck Jaffer Sharif Former Railway Minister
Mh Ambareesh Kannada Actor , Former Minister
Bernardo Bertolucci Oscar Winning Director
Iravatham Mahadevan Leading Indus Valley Scholar
Harry Leslie Smith World War 2 Veteran

December 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Kader Khan Legendary Actor
George Herbert Walker Bush Former US President
Nirupam Sen Veteran CPI (M) leader
Mrinal Sen  Legendary filmmaker
Pandit Arun Bhaduri Famous Classical Singer
Mushirul Hasan Renowned historian and former vice-chancellor Jamia Millia of Islamia
Nana Chudasama  Former Mumbai Mayor and Padma Shri 
Dipali Borthakur  Nightingale of Assam
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Former Union Minister
CN Balakrishnan Politician
Tulsi Ramsay Indian film director
Nancy Wilson Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist
Penny Marshall Actress, Producer, Director
Ken Berry Actor/dancer/singer
Philip Bosco Actor
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