V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul

male, 77 years old
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, T.C. (born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago), better known as V. S. Naipaul, is a...
Narayana Guru

Narayana Guru

male, 153 years old
Nārāyana Guru (नारायण गुरु,നാരായണ ഗുരു), also known as Sree Nārāyana Guru Swami, was a saint, sage and social reformer of India. He was born into a...
Ram Chandra

Ram Chandra

male
Baba Ram Chandra (born 1864) was an Indian trade unionist who organised the farmers of Oudh, India into forming a united front to fight against the...
Warren Hastings

Warren Hastings

male, deceased (1818)
Warren Hastings (December 6 1732 - August 22 1818) was the first governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously impeached in...
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti

male, deceased (1986)
Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895-February 17, 1986) was a well-known writer and speaker on fundamental philosophical and...
Tilopa

Tilopa

male, deceased (1069)
Tilopa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Talika, 988 - 1069) was born in either Chativavo (Chittagong), Bengal or Jagora, Bengal. He was a tantric practitioner...
Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury

male
Sitaram Yechury is an Indian politician, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was born on 12 August, 1952 in an...

Joshi

male
Joshi is a family name common in many parts of Nepal and India, especially in the West and North. The word Joshi is derived from "Jyotishi" meaning...
Swami Rama

Swami Rama

male, deceased (1996)
Swami Rama (1925 - 1996) was born Brij Kishore Dhasmana, to a Northern Indian Brahmin family and became lineage holder of the Sankya Yoga tradition...
Pandita Ramabai

Pandita Ramabai

female, deceased (1922)
Pandita Ramabai (23rd April 1858, Maharashtra- 5th April 1922) was an eminent Indian Christian social reformer and activist. She was a poet, a...