Chavundaraya

male, deceased (989)
Chavundraya (or Chamundaraya, 940-989) was a military commander, poet and a minister in the court of the Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad (in...
Viswanatha Satyanarayana

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

male, deceased (1976)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (b. 10 September 1895- d. 18 October 1976), popularly known as the "Kavi Samraat" (Emperor of Poetry), was a modern Telugu...

Chach Of Alor

male
Chach (632-671) is the name of the Brahmin Chamberlain and Secretary to Rai Sahasi the Second, of the Rai Dynasty who succeeded him to the throne...
Ken Dedes

Ken Dedes

female
Ken Dedes was the wife of Ken Arok, the first ruler of Singhasari, Indonesia. A daughter of a Buddhist monk, Mpu Purwa, her beautiful face was...

Dignāga

male
Dignāga was an Indian scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic. He was born into a Brahmin family in Simhavakta near Kanchi (...

Rudrabhatta

male
Rudrabhatta was an influential Kannada writer in the court of the Hoysala Empire whose patron was a minister of King Veera Ballala II in the late...

Jaddanbai

female
Jaddanbai (b. 1892 or 1908 - d. April 8, 1949) was an early singer, music composer, actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of...

Basawon Singh

male
Basawon Singh (Sinha) was born in a poor Bhumihar Brahmin family in Jamalpur (Subhai), Vaishali on March 23, 1909. He used to walk eight miles to...

Mayurasharma

male, deceased (365)
Mayurasharma (345 - 365 C.E.), a Brahmin scholar and a native of Talagunda (in modern Shimoga district), was the founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of...
David Bacon

David Bacon

male, deceased (1943)
David Bacon (March 24, 1914 - September 13, 1943) was an American film actor. Born Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr. in Barnstable, Massachusetts, his...