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This is a
list of notable people from
Delhi
,
India
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Contents
Architect
Author
Business
Education
Journalist
Law and judiciary
Medical
Military
Performing arts
Actors
Actress
Directors, producers and writers
Singers and musicians
Choreography
Philanthropists and social workers
Photographers
Politics
Rulers
Rajputs
Sayyids
Lodi
Mughals
Science
Sports
Athletic
Badminton
Billiards
Chess
Cricket
Football
Golf
Hockey
Martial art
Skiing
Table tennis
Boxing
Tennis
Wrestling
Miscellaneous
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Architect
Ratish Nanda
, conservation architect
[
1
]
Author
Anurag Anand
Asloob Ahmad Ansari
Chetan Bhagat
Bedil Dehlavi
(1642–1720), poet
Ghalib
, Urdu/Persian poet
Kiran Desai
Madhur Jaffrey
Meenakshi Jain
Ritu Lalit
Jaishree Misra
Amrita Pritam
Aman Nath
Tushar Raheja
Imdad Sabri
Nattal Sahu
, writer during Tomara reign
Shobha Deepak Singh
Nitin Soni
Vibudh Shridhar
, writer in medieval period
Sudhir Tailang
, cartoonist
Valmik Thapar
Zauq
, poet laureate of Mughal court
Bahadurshah Zafar
, Mughal king (last to rule from Mughal Dynasty) and Urdu poet
Business
Kunal Bahl
, entrepreneur
Rohit Bansal
, entrepreneur
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
, entrepreneur, Paytm
Analjit Singh
, entrepreneur, Max Group
Vikram Lal
, entrepreneur, Eicher Motors
Jawed Habib
, hairstylist, entrepreneur
Patu Keswani
, entrepreneur
Surinder Mehta
Bharat Ram
Kunwer Sachdev
, entrepreneur
Ajay Singh
, businessman, sports administrator, bureaucrat and investor
Education
Jasleen Dhamija
(born 1933), textile historian
[
2
]
Deepak Gaur
, molecular biologist, and professor
Anil Grover
Partha Sarathi Gupta
Champat Rai Jain
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Syed Ahmad Khan
Madhu Khanna
Sunil Kothari
Sushil Kumar Saxena
Malati Shendge
Sampat Kumar Tandon
Journalist
Gopinath Aman
Afshan Anjum
Vikram Chandra
Barkha Dutt
Sagarika Ghose
Sonal Kalra
Mayanti Langer
Charul Malik
Rajat Sharma
Sabina Sehgal Saikia
Hari Shankar Vyas
Law and judiciary
Sanjiv Khanna
Subodh Markandeya
Medical
Daljeet Singh Gambhir
Hemlata Gupta
Jitendra Mohan Hans
Ganesh Kumar Mani
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indira Nath
Abha Saxena
Krishna Gopal Saxena
Santosh Kumar Sen
Sujata Sharma
Noshir M. Shroff
, ophthalmologist
M. V. Padma Srivastava
Nikhil Tandon
Brihaspati Dev Triguna
Military
Anuj Nayyar
, Indian army captain
Performing arts
Actors
Varun Badola
Arjan Bajwa
Manoj Bakshi
Rohit Bakshi
Rakesh Bedi
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Gajendra Chauhan
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Gaurav Chopra
Aakash Dahiya
Mukul Dev
Rahul Dev
Ajay Devgan
(born 1969), Indian Bollywood actor and producer
Rajneesh Duggal
Gulshan Grover
Karan Singh Grover
, television and Bollywood actor
Zain Imam
, television actor
Sourabh Raj Jain
, television actor
Kishore Namit Kapoor
Ram Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor
Shakti Kapoor
Saif Ali Khan
(born 1970), Indian actor
Shah Rukh Khan
(born 1965), Indian Bollywood actor
Rajesh Khattar
, actor
Samir Kochhar
Himansh Kohli
Akshay Kumar
Darshan Kumar
Manoj Kumar
Laksh Lalwani
Pavan Malhotra
Siddharth Malhotra
, actor
Shivin Narang
Hiten Noonwal
Manoj Pahwa
Ssumier Pasricha
, actor and comedian
Pran
Vijay Raaz
Gautam Rode
Sumeet Sachdev
Anuj Sachdeva
Amit Sadh
Saqib Saleem
Pulkit Samrat
Keith Sequeira
Divyendu Sharma
Satyajit Sharma
Saurabh Shukla
Inderpal Singh
Manjot Singh
Shaurya Singh
Barun Sobti
, television actor
Karan Wahi
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Manit Joura
, television actor
Actress
Anu Aggarwal
Roma Arora
Neelima Azeem
Naseem Banu
Ritu Barmecha
Bipasha Basu
Swara Bhaskar
Bibbo
Sheeba Chaddha
Isha Chawla
Ridhi Dogra
Esha Gupta
Neena Gupta
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Vaani Kapoor
Minissha Lamba
Radhika Madan
Madhubala
(1933–69), Indian Bollywood actress
Rashi Mal
Sanya Malhotra
Manasvi Mamgai
Monal Naval
Arundathi Nag
Shonali Nagrani
Aishveryaa Nidhi
Tapsee Pannu
Huma Qureshi
, actress
Kriti Sanon
, actress
Amba Sanyal
(born 1945), stage actor and costume designer
[
3
]
Deeksha Seth
Pooja Sharma
Urvashi Sharma
Deepika Singh
Kashish Singh
Neetu Singh
Rakul Preet Singh
Raashi Khanna
Sarika Thakur
Vani Tripathi
Directors, producers and writers
Atul Agnihotri
Shubhavi Arya
Vikas Bahl
(born 1971), Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director
[
4
]
Dev Benegal
Aditya Dhar
Amar Kanwar
(born 1964), Indian film director and contemporary artist
Rajat Kapoor
Bhushan Kumar
Divya Khosla Kumar
Gulshan Kumar
Anu Malhotra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Nisha Pahuja
Aanand L. Rai
Maneesh Sharma
Alankrita Shrivastava
Loveleen Tandan
Singers and musicians
KK (singer)
Sunidhi Chauhan
Javed Ali
Badshah
, rapper and singer
Akriti Kakar
Prakriti Kakar
Sukriti Kakar
Harshdeep Kaur
Tulsi Kumar
Madhup Mudgal
Anushka Manchanda
Mukesh
(1923–1976), Indian playback singer from 1940s-1970s Hindi cinema
Bif Naked
(born 1971), Canadian punk rock singer
Peter Plate
(born 1967), German singer, songwriter and producer (Rosenstolz)
Yo Yo Honey Singh
, rapper and producer
Ikka Singh
, rapper and singer
Seedhe Maut
, Hip hop duo
Choreography
Shakti Mohan
Philanthropists and social workers
Kiran Martin
Photographers
Adnan Abidi
Pablo Bartholomew
Pamella Bordes
Arko Datta
Gauri Gill
Saadiya Kochar
Vicky Roy
Danish Siddiqui
Dayanita Singh
Shobha Deepak Singh
Komala Varadan
Vineet Vohra
Politics
Paddy Ashdown
(1941–2018), British politician
Ramesh Bidhuri
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri
Michael Bennet
(born 1964), American politician
Sheila Dikshit
, former chief minister
Gautam Gambhir
Maneka Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
S. Jaishankar
Arun Jaitley
Arvind Kejriwal
, ex chief minister
Meenakshi Lekhi
, cabinet minister
Chaudhary Bharat Singh
[
5
]
Ajay Maken
Pervez Musharraf
(born 1943), Pakistani politician
Kedar Nath Sahani
Kanwar Singh Tanwar
Harsh Vardhan
Sahib Singh Verma
Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma
Rulers
Rajputs
Anangpal Tomar
, King of Haryana and Delhi
Prithviraj Chauhan
, King of much of North India
Sayyids
Muhammad Shah
Lodi
Ibrahim Lodhi
Mughals
Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Shah Alam II
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Science
Diwakar Vaish
, roboticist
Sports
Athletic
Arun Bhardwaj
Amoj Jacob
Lalit Mathur
Tejaswin Shankar
Sourabh Vij
Badminton
Damayanti Tambay
Billiards
Geet Sethi
(born 1961), Indian billiard player and world champion
Chess
Aryan Chopra
Sahaj Grover
Parimarjan Negi
(born 1993), Indian chess player
Tania Sachdev
Cricket
Mohinder Amarnath
Kirti Azad
Amit Bhandari
Unmukt Chand
Chetan Chauhan
Aakash Chopra
Anjum Chopra
Nikhil Chopra
Vijay Dahiya
Shikhar Dhawan
Salim Durani
Gautam Gambhir
Rajinder Goel
Shilpa Gupta
Ajay Jadeja
Surinder Khanna
Virat Kohli
Raman Lamba
Warren Lee
Reema Malhotra
Mithun Manhas
Amit Mishra
Parvinder Awana
Ashish Nehra
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Manoj Prabhakar
Vivek Razdan
Rahul Sanghvi
Virender Sehwag
Ajay Sharma
Amita Sharma
Ishant Sharma
Sanjeev Sharma
Robin Singh, Jr.
Sunil Valson
Atul Wassan
Football
Jyoti Ann Burrett
Aayushmaan Chaturvedi
Aditi Chauhan
Dalima Chhibber
Narender Gahlot
Tanvie Hans
Rohit Kumar
Munmun Lugun
Ishan Pandita
Golf
Gaurav Ghei
Shiv Kapur
Rashid Khan
Chiragh Kumar
Mukesh Kumar
Amit Luthra
Himmat Rai
Jyoti Randhawa
Digvijay Singh
Hockey
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Arthur Charles Hind
Abdul Qayyum Khan
Manju Phalswal
Jaswant Singh Rajput
Aziz-ur Rehman
Joginder Singh
Khawaja Muhammad Taqi
Martial art
Om Prakash Bhardwaj
Akram Shah
Narender Singh
Skiing
Neha Ahuja
, Winter Olympian
Shailaja Kumar
, Winter Olympian
Table tennis
Manika Batra
Indu Puri
Boxing
Gaurav Bidhuri
, world boxing Bronze medal winner
Tennis
Ankita Bhambri
Prerna Bhambri
Yuki Bhambri
Divij Sharan
Ashutosh Singh
Jasjit Singh
Wrestling
Jyoti
Parkash Gian
Guru Hanuman
Sonika Kaliraman
Pawan Kumar
Sushil Kumar
Sujeet Maan
Malwa Singh
Satpal Singh
Miscellaneous
Gita Bhartiji
(born 1944), Hindu guru
Ravi Gulati
(born 1974), social activist
[
6
]
Laila Tyabji
(born 1947), co-founder of
Dastkar
, Padma Shri (2012)
[
7
]
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. Retrieved
25 November
2013
.
↑
"India in the 1940s: The way we were"
.
Hindustan Times
. 10 August 2013. Archived from
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. Retrieved
9 October
2014
.
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"AMBA SANYAL Akademi Award: Allied Theatre Arts (Costume Designing)"
.
Sangeet Natak Akademi
. Archived from
the original
on 13 October 2013
. Retrieved
12 April
2014
.
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Gupta, Priya (28 February 2014).
"Politics excites me as much as movies do: Vikas Bahl"
.
Times of India
. Retrieved
12 March
2014
.
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