20th-century Indian businesspeople

Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "first female superstar" of Indian cinema, she was the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, Seven Filmfare Awards (a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Three Filmfare Awards, Three Filmfare Awards South), Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Kerala State Film Award, and a Nandi Award. Sridevi's career spanned over 50 years in a wide range of genres.

Indian actress and film producer (born 1975)

Indian-American business executive and CEO of Microsoft

Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Group (born 1839)

Indian steel magnate

Indian actress

Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024)

Indian-American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo (born 1955)

founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)

Indian businessman

Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist

Indian businessperson, Founder and Chairperson, Biocon; billionaire

Indian businessman (1959-present)

Indian film/TV producer, director (born 1975)

Indian businessman

Indian-American economist

Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known professionally as Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. With a career spanning over five decades, he has appeared in over 400 films, predominantly in lead roles, across Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and English languages. He is the recipient of several accolades, including three National Film Awards, eleven Kerala State Film Awards, eleven Kerala Film Critics Awards and fifteen Filmfare Awards South. He received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civ

Indian industrialist and entrepreneur (1888–1956)

Indian businessman and former Member of Parliament

Indian feminist and historian

Indian American business executive

Indian entrepreneur

Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, producer and playback singer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and has also occasionally appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 400 films. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest civilian honours, for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be award

Indian actress, producer

Indian banker

Indian activist, writer and publisher (1921–2003)

Indian actress (1916–2000)

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.

Indian-American businessman

Indian film director

Indian actress (1935–1981)

Indian actress and producer

Indian film producer

inventor and social entrepreneur from Coimbatore, India

Indian businesswoman

Winner of the Miss India contest, actress, film producer and film distributor (1916–2006)

South Indian actress, singer and writer

Indian freedom fighter and social reformer (1903-1988)

Indian actress

Indian Business Woman And Female politician

Indian chemical engineer and business executive

Indian businessman

Indian film director

Indian billionaire

Indian architect

Indian Bollywood film producer (1929–2004)

Indian actress

Indian businessman and former adviser to the Prime Minister of India

Indian banker

Indian American business executive and CEO of Adobe

Indian actress and theatre director (1937–2016)

businessperson

Indian businesswoman

Indian businessman

Indian Entrepreneur

Indian architect (1923–1995)

Indian businesswoman

Indian film producer, Prince Noble II of Hatkhola royal family

Indian businesswoman

Indian producer