- Dhanraj Pillay
Dhanraj Pillay is a field hockey player and former captain of the Indian hockey team.
- Milkha Singh
Milkha Singh (born in Faisalabad (Lyallpur) on 8 October 1935) is a Sikh athlete, who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is nicknamed "The Flying Sikh". Winner of Padma Shri, Olympic 400 m record holder in 1960 Rome Olympics. Gold medal Champion 1958 Commonwealth Games, Asian Games 1958 (200 & 400 metres) and Asian Games 1962 (200 metres). He is one of the greatest athletes India has ever produced.
- Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Bindra (b.1983) is a shooting sports person from India specialising in the field of Air rifle. He was the youngest Indian participant at the 2000 Olympic Games. He won six gold medals at various international meets in 2001. In the Air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, he won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he broke the Olympic record but failed to win a medal.
- Deepak Thakur
Deepak Thakur Sonkhla (born December 28, 1980 in Bhamowal, Hoshiarpur) is a field hockey forward from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in June 1999 in a test serie against Germany. Nicknamed "Happy", Thakur represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place. His younger sister is a national badminton player.
- Mukesh Kumar
Nandanoori Mukesh Kumar (born April 16, 1970 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 1992. Nicknamed "Murali", Kumar represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, where India finished in seventh place.
- Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian male tennis professional who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He is as one of the most successful professional Indian tennis players. He has won various doubles and mixed doubles events at the Tennis Grand Slam events. He is also the recipient of India’s highest sporting honour, …
- Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is a Member of Parliament, India representing Krishnagar constituency of West Bengal in the 14th Lok Sabha. She is affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was an athlete and won the Gold medals in 800 m and 1500 m events in the 1998 Asian Games. She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 1998-1999. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003.
- Arjun Halappa
Arjun Halappa (born December 17, 1980 in Somwarpete, Kodagu, Karnataka) is a field hockey striker from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in March 2001 against Egypt in the Prime Minister's Gold Cup. Halappa represented India at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place.
- Joginder Singh
Joginder Singh (Aug 3 1940, Delhi - Nov 6 2002) was an Indian hockey player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. After retiring, he settled in Kolkata, where he worked as a sports officer for the Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), later renamed to the South Eastern Railway (SER).
- Gagan Ajit Singh
Gagan Ajit Singh (born December 9, 1980 in Ferozepur, Punjab) is a field hockey striker from India, who's father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Making his debut in 1997 during a test serie against Russia, Singh himself competed for his native country at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place on both occasions. Since that last tournament, Singh is playing in the Netherlands, …
- Dhyan Chand
Major Dhyan Chand Singh was a former Indian hockey player and is often regarded as the greatest player ever to play the game. He was part of the Gold winning Indian team in three Olympic Games (1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 1956. He got the title "Chand" or (moon) from his first coach, Pankaj Gupta, who had predicted that he would one day shine like a "chand" or moon.
- Rajwinder Kaur
Rajwinder Kaur (born 21 April 1980) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Kaur finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat. Kaur also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
- Seema Antil
Seema Antil (born July 27, 1983) is an Indian discus thrower. Antil originally won the gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for pseudoephedrine.As per the rules in force at that time for such an offence, her National Federation issued her a public warning after stripping her of the medal. She won a bronze medal at the next World Junior Championships in 2002. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, …
- Devesh Chauhan
Devesh Singh Chauhan (born November 12, 1980 in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh) is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 2000. Chauhan represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, in 2000 (Sydney, Australia) and in 2004 (Athens, Greece), where India finished in seventh place on both occasions.
- Neelam Jaswant Singh
Neelam Jaswant Singh (born 8 January 1971 in Farmana) is an Indian discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 64.55 metres, achieved at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. During the 2005 World Championships she tested positive for the banned stimulant pemoline in an in-competition test.
- K. D. Singh
Kunwar Digvijay Singh (February 2, 1922 in Barabanki - March 27, 1978) popularly known as "K.D.Singh" or "Babu" was a famous Indian field hockey player. In 1948, he was selected for the Indian hockey team for the Olympic Games, with Kishan Lal as captain and "Babu" as vice-captain. India as an independent nation won their first Olympic hockey gold. In 1960 he was awarded the Padmashri award. The stadium in Lucknow city is named after him. He committed suicide.
- Sameer Dad
Mohammad Sameer Dad (born November 25, 1978 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) is a field hockey forward from India, who made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team in January 1998 during the test serie against Germany. Dad represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place en he scored two goals.
- Kishan Lal
Kishan Lal (born February 2, 1917 - died June 23, 1980) was a famous Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team in 1948, which won its first gold at the Olympics as an independent country, defeating Great Britain in the final: 4-0.
- Zafar Iqbal
Zafar Iqbal is an Indian field hockey player. He played Left Out with Indian blue jersey number 11. Iqbal hails from a learned family. His father was a learned Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry at Aligarh Muslim University. His elder brother is an accomplished researcher presently working at King saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His sister is an accomplished Doctor, a gynaecologist with exceptionally good academic record at AMU, …
- Syed Ali
Syed Ali (born April 15, 1938) is a former field hockey player from India, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
- Chitra K. Soman
Chitra K. Soman (born 10 July 1983) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Soman finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat. Soman also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
- Vasudevan Baskaran
Vasudevan Baskaran is a former field hockey player from India. He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He was awarded the Arjuna Award for (1979-1980). Baskaran coached the Indian National Team after his active career several times, the last time at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, where India finished in a disappointing eleventh place.
- Dharam Singh
Dharam Singh (born January 19, 1919 - died December 5, 2001 in Chandigarh) was a famous field hockey player from India, who was the oldest Olympic gold medalist in history, when he was 45 years old as a member of the winning Indian side in 1964. Born at Gandiwind in the Amritsar district, Dharam Singh had a passion for hockey since childhood. Running barefoot with a stick and ball on the dusty village streets, he displayed strong motivation to don national colours.
- Gurbux Singh
Gurbux ("Gurbaksh") Singh (born February 11, 1936) is a former field hockey player from India, who was a member of the India national field hockey team, that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Four years later he captured the bronze. In 1976 he was the head coach of the national squad, that finished in seventh place at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- Dilip Tirkey
("Dilip") Kumar Tirkey28 (born November 24, 1977 in Savnamara near Sundargarh, Orissa) is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur.Dilip's parents are Vincent Tirkey and Resina Tirkey. He made his international debut for the Indian national team in 1995 against England in the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. He has played in three Olympics and is considered as one of the best penalty corner hitters in the world.
- Balbir Singh Sr.
Balbir Singh Sr. (born October 10, 1924 in Haripur, Punjab) is a retired field hockey player from India, who has been a member of three Olympic gold medal winning teams. He was the flagbearer of the Indian Olympic Contingent at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and 1956 Melbourne Olympics. In 1957, he became the first hockey player to be awarded the Padma Shri.
- Akhtar Hussain
Akhtar Hussain (Urdu: اختر حسین was a field hockey player, who won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics for India and the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics for Pakistan.
- Soma Biswas
Soma Biswas (born 16 May 1978 in Ranaghat) is an athlete who lives in Calcutta, India and who specialises in the heptathlon. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. She won another silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She managed to win the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the 800m during that heptathlon. Biswas worked with Kuntal Rai and several foreign coaches.
- Vikram Pillay
Vikram Vishnu Pillay (born November 27, 1981 in Kirkee near Pune) is a field hockey midfielder from India, who lives in Mumbai. He made is international debut for the Men's National Team in 2002 during a four nation tournament in Adelaide, South Australia. Pillay represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place.
- Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep Singh Grewal (born August 8, 1971 in Chandigarh) is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995. Singh represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, where India finished in eighth place. Four years later in Sydney, Australia he captained the team, that ended up in seventh position.
- Jennifer Paes
Jennifer Paes is an Indian former basketball player, who captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982, and represented the country in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and other competitions. She is the mother of Leander Paes, India's top tennis player, and the wife of India's former field hockey player Vece Paes.
- Amir Kumar
Amir Kumar (born August 10, 1923 - died January 25, 1980) is an Indian field hockey player who won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- Leslie Claudius
Leslie Walter Claudius (born March 25 1927 in Bilaspur) was an Indian field hockey player, of Anglo-Indian descent. In 1971 he was awarded the Padma Shri. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records along with Udham Singh for having won the maximum number of Olympic medals in field hockey.
- Norman Pritchard
Norman Gilbert Pritchard (alias Norman Trevor) (June 23, 1875 - October 31, 1929) was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway. He was of British descent and moved to England permanenly in 1905. Pritchard was born in Calcutta to George Petersen Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard. Pritchard was the first Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games. He was also the first Indian and first Asian to win an Olympic medal.
- Udham Singh
Udham Singh (Aug 4 1928 - Mar 23 2000) was a famous Indian hockey player. He was in the team but did not play the final at the 1964 Olympics.
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
Baljit ("Baljeet") Singh Dhillon (born June 18, 1973) is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against South Africa. Nicknamed "Balli", Singh Dhillon represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, where India finished in eighth place.
- Adrian D'Souza
Adrian Albert D'souza (born March 24, 1984 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made is international debut for the Men's National Team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. D'Souza represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place. Regarded as one of the most innovative and daring goal-keepers of recent times, …
- Sukhbir Singh Gill
Sukhbir Singh Gill (born December 14, 1975 in Chandigarh) is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gill represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place.
- Dinesh Nayak
V. R. Dinesh Nayak (born May 17, 1975 in Ernakulam, Kerala) is a field hockey defender from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against Kenya. Nicknamed "Kaka", Nayak represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place.
- Jude Menezes
Jude Menezes (born August 5, 1971 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1992 against South Korea. Menezes represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place. He migrated to New Zealand after the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.