29/05/2026
29th May
Famous people born in India
1865
Ramananda Chatterjee (died: 30 September 1943) was founder, editor, and owner of the Calcutta based magazine, the Modern Review. He has been described as the father of Indian journalism.
1900
Bangalore Srinivasa Madhava Rao (died: 11 June 1987) was an Indian mathematician and physicist hailing from Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. Awards and honors Srinivasa Ramanujan Prize (University of Madras) (1945) - Contributions to Algebra Related to Elementary Particles of Nature, Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and Life Member (President, 1959–61), Indian Mathematical Society and Royal Astronomical Society
1905
Hirabai Barodekar (born as born as Champakali; died: 20 Novembar 1989) was an Indian Hindustani classical music singer, of Kirana gharana. She was disciple of Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan. Hirabai appeared in her first public performance under patronage of Kesarbai Kerkar at the age of 15. She was an expert in Khyal, Thumri, Marathi Natya Sangeet, and Bhajan. Hirabai acted in several movies, including "Suvarna Mandir", "Pratibha", "Janabai", and "Municipality". She also started a music school, "Nutan Sangeet Vidyalaya", to teach music to girls. The school staged several plays
1906
K.Venkatalakshamma (died: 1 July 2002) was a renowned Bharatanatyam dancer. A doyenne of the Mysore Style of Bharatanatyam, she was the last representative of the Mysore court tradition. In 1992, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan.
1906
Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra (died: 9 May 1995), was an Indian journalist, writer and freedom fighter. He participated in the Indian freedom struggle and endured jail terms several times. Mishra published several books. He was also the editor of the journal, the Enlightenment. In 1990, he received Padma Shri.
1906
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (died: 17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958. One of his most memorable stories is the first of that series, The Sword in the Stone, published as a stand-alone book in 1938.
1909
Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet (born in Simla; died: 28 September 1969), better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier. Bruce was commissioned into the Black Watch in 1929 as a 2nd Lieutenant, but resigned his commission in 1932. A brief interruption in his acting career came during the Second World War and in November 1939 he held the rank of Captain in the 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), ending the war as Major, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom. Bruce began his acting career in the chorus line at Drury Lane Theatre and in 1935 he starred in Ralph Ince's film Blue Smoke as character Don Chinko.
1909
Mukhram Sharma (died: 25 April 2000) was an Indian film lyricist, script, and story writer. He is best known for winning the first Filmfare Award in the Best Story category in 1955 for the film Aulad. In 1942, Sharma got his break by penning lyrics and dialogue of the Hindi-Marathi bilingual film Das Baje.
1915
Sitaram Surajmal Jajoo (died: 25 November 1983) was an Indian politician from the state of the Madhya Pradesh. Freedom Fighter 1942. Member Constituent Assembly of India 1950. Member of provisional Parliament (1947-1952). He represented Neemuch Vidhan Sabha constituency in Madhya Bharat (1952-1956). Minister to the Government of Madhya Bharat 1952-1956) & Madhya Pradesh (1956-1962). Minister to Government of Madhya Pradesh 1956. Legislative Assembly by winning General election of 1952 & 1957. Chairman Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (1972-1977).
1916
Atul Chandra Barua (died: 25 December 2001) was an ACS officer and an Assamese writer. He worked for the cause of Darrangi culture and was conferred with the title "Darrang Ratna".
1921
Henry Cedric Scholberg (died: August 4, 2012) was director and librarian of the Ames Library of South Asia at the University of Minnesota. His works include bibliographies on Indian encyclopedias, on manuals and gazetteers of India, and on the Portuguese in India. He also authored other scholarly works, plays and novels, as well as his own memoirs.
1927
Cardinal Mar Varkey I Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. (died: 1 April 2011) was an Indian cardinal, serving as Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
1935
Lieutenant General Sir John Martin Carruthers Garrod, KCB, CMG, OBE, DL (died: 17 April 2009) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1987 to 1990.
1938
Shakeel (born Yousuf Kamal), is a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972) and as 'Mehboob Ahmed' in PTV's Aangan Terha (1989). He has also acted in a number of local films as well as an English film, Jinnah (1998) and Traffic serial for BBC Channel-4. He is also known for his philanthropic activities.
1939
Novera Ahmed (died: 6 May 2015) was a modern sculptor of Bangladesh. She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1997. Artist Zainul Abedin described her work saying "What Novera is doing now will take us a long time to understand – she is that kind of an artist."
1942
Hullad Moradabadi (died: 12 July 2014) was an Indian poet, humorist and satirist of Hindi language. He had authored several Hindi books including Itni uchi mat chodo, kya karegi chandni, Ye ander ki bat hai, Triveni and Hullad ka Hullad. He was a poet of Hindi Kavi sammelan.
1947
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major served as the 21st Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force taking office on 1 April 2007, and becoming the first helicopter pilot in the service to be promoted to the office of Chief. He retired on 31 May 2009, and was succeeded in office by Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, a fighter pilot.
1948
Gulab Singh Thakur is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was elected as MLA from Jogindernagar on BJP ticket in 2007 and 2012 as Janata Party in 1977.
1949
Kollam Kanjaveli Kuttilazhikathu Thulasidharan Nair is an actor in Malayalam cinema, who is better known as Kollam Thulasi relating to the name of his birthplace Kollam to his first name as customary in some parts of Kerala. His first appearance was in Mukhya Manthri (1979). He is well known for his unique acting style. He appeared in many television serials. He is also a poet and a politician
1951
Rajan P Dev (died: 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 200 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He was noted for his villain roles laced with a touch of humour. He came into limelight for his characterisation of Kochuvava in the play Kattukuthira.
1952
Malavalli Huchche Gowda Amarnath known by screen name Ambareesh, is an Indian film actor, media personality and a politician from the Karnataka. He is fondly referred to as Mandayada Gandu.
1954
Pankaj Kapur is an Indian theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles to date have been that of Inspector P.K. in Raakh (1989), Dr. Dipankar Roy in Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991) and Abba ji, (based on Shakespeare's King Duncan) in Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation of Macbeth; Maqbool (2003), all three roles which got him National Film Awards. He along with Naseeruddin Shah, , Om Puri, Irrfan Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are considered the "Walking Acting school of India". He became a household name through the TV series 'Karamchand' and 'Office Office', a comic satire.
1955
Chittenipattu Puthenveettil Rajendran, also known among his peers as CP, is an Indian geologist who has worked mainly in paleoseismology and Indian geology.
1955
K Francis George is the Chairman of Janadhipathya Kerala Congress, one of the main factions of the Kerala Congress, a party born in Central Travancore or Central South Kerala region focusing on the interest of Kerala farmers. He was a member of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha), representing the Idukki constituency of Kerala.
1956
P. N. Ravindran was a judge of Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi. Justice Ravindran retired from service on 28 May 2018.
1958
Rajiv Vijay Raghavan is an Indian director, script writer, and producer. Margam (film), his debut future film, that received national and international recognition, placed him as one of the authentic voices in the art film movement of Indian Cinema and that of Malayalam cinema during 2000s. He had also made a number of award-winning and socially relevant documentaries. Trained in the Film & TV Institute of India, Pune, and assisted G. Aravindan, the great filmmaker of 20th century Indian Cinema
1961
Vijay Patkar is an Indian theatre, television, Marathi film and Bollywood film actor. He is best known for his comic roles in films like Tezaab, Apna Sapna Money Money, Golmaal 3, Tees Maar Khan, Daddy Cool,Aa Ba Kk All the Best: Fun Begins and Singham. He is the president of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal (ABMCM).
1963
Subrata Sen is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist and producer. "Ek Je Achhe Kanya", is Subrata Sen's first film, which made waves in Bengal and India.
1965
Jose K. Mani is an Indian Politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He is the son of K. M. Mani. He represents the Kerala state
1966
Modugla Venugopala Reddy is an Indian politician, belonging to YSR Congress Party. He was with TDP till February 2019, and in 2014 he contested to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and won from Guntur West Assembly Constituency. In the 2009 election he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Narasaraopet constituency in Andhra Pradesh.
1967
Kala Ramnath is an Indian classical violinist. She belongs to the Mewati gharana. She was awarded the Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Sanman in 2008 and the Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar in 1999. She started performing from the age of 14 when her aunt presented her in concert. She was honored with many awards for her contribution.
1967
Sri Manchala is the CEO and president of Trianz, Inc., an information technology services and consulting firm, which he founded in 2001. Prior to Trianz, Manchala was with Cisco Systems' Information Technology group.
1969
Dr Nirmala Visweswara is a classical dancer in kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam. Career Started from 8th Year onwards Excellent childhood performances in : Pushpanjali : Manduka Shabdam : Ramapattabishekam. Awards won as a childhood performer : Gold medal (13 Years). Emerged as a professional from 1994.
1970
Govindasamy Mugesh is an Indian inorganic and physical chemist, a professor and the head of the Mugesh Laboratory attached to the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science. He is known for his studies on mechanism of thyroid hormone action and is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, Royal Society of Chemistry and the National Academy of Sciences, India. In 2019, he was awarded the Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences for his seminal work in the chemical synthesis of small molecules and nanomaterials for biomedical applications.
1978
George Joseph Olakkengil, is an Indian composer, programmer and music producer who primarily works in Hindi films. He started his career with associated acts with film composer Ram Sampath. He made his debut as a score composer in 2012 and went on to program/ produce background score for several Bollywood Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English-language films.
1978
Samrat Mukerji is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi and Bengali cinema. Samrat debuted in the film Ram Aur Shyam with Manek Bedi.
1979
Prajesh Sen G is an Indian filmmaker and writer. In 2017, he made his directorial debut with Captain (2018) starring Jayasurya and Anu Sithara. It is the first ever sports biopic made in Malayalam. Jayasurya won Kerala State Film Awards for best actor for his role as VP Sathyan. Prajesh Sen was known as a writer and a journalist before he became a filmmamker
1979
Shweta Gulati is an Indian television actress best known for playing the role of Tia Ahuja in Remix and Dr Nikita Malhotra in Dill Mill Gayye.
1981
Ajaz Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in movies such as Rakta Charitra and Allah Ke Banday and acted in several television daily soaps including Rahe Tera Aashirwaad and Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki. Khan is known for his appearance in Bigg Boss 7. He also appeared on the TV show Comedy Nights with Kapil. On 21 October 2018, he was arrested by Narcotics Cell of Mumbai police for having drugs in the form of ecstasy tablets
1982
Kabilan Vairamuthu is a Tamil writer. He is an engineering graduate who went on to pursue communication for social change in the school of Journalism - UQ -Australia. After serving as an executive producer for programming and current affairs in the Tamil television industry for three plus years, Kabilan is now a full-time writer with the Tamil film industry. Kabilan published his first book at 18.
1983
Anand Tiwari is a noted Indian film and stage actor, known for his roles in films like Udaan (2010), Kites (2010), Aisha (2010), and Go Goa Gone (2013). As a stage actor, he is best known for his role of a "lamp post", in Rage Productions's One on One (2010). He is the co-founder of the theatre company FAT Productions in Mumbai.
1983
Shivaji Dutta is an Indian fashion designer based in Kolkata. He is the creative head of the label ‘Blank Spot’, which works primarily on sustainable design for apparel and accessories.
1984
Amit Gupta is an Indian cricketer. Gupta is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, for Delhi.
1987
Anupriya Goenka is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat Nirman ad campaign and for playing a le***an in India's first ever le***an ad for the brand Myntra. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film Potugadu, having previously starred in the 2013 short film Worth the Kiss.
1987
Natasha Mohan Sharma is an Indian television actress, best known for her role as Sia in the television series Na Aana Is Des Laado who plays opposite Aditya Redij as Raghav.
1988
Mrunmayee Deshpande is an Indian film actress, who appears in Bollywood and Marathi movies. She has appeared in Hindi and Marathi films and TV serials and established herself as one of Marathi cinema's actresses and an accomplished dancer. Her first daily soap was aired on Star Pravah, named Agnihotra.
1988
Sreenath Bhasi is an Indian film actor and musician who works in Malayalam films. He started his career as a radio jockey in Red FM 93.5. At the same time he worked as a VJ in Kiran TV. His film Da Thadiya made him more familiar to the audience.
1988
Surbhi Jyoti is an Indian television actress known for her portrayal of Zoya in Qubool Hai and Bela in Naagin 3. Jyoti started her career in regional theatre and films. She has also been a radio jockey. She worked in Punjabi language films.
1996
Kush Kumar, is a professional squash player who represents India. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 89 in August 2015. He became popular when his Men's Squash Team won Gold Medal in 2014 Asian Games. He is the only male player from India to have gotten a medal in the World Junior Championship and he has been junior national champion 9 times.
2006
Dommaraju Gukesh is an Indian chess player. He is the second youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in March 2019.