Kamala Harris
Born in Oakland, California to a Tamil Indian biologist mother and a Jamaican professor father, Kamala Harris is the current vice president of the United States.
Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams is an astronaut who is the second woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She formerly held the record for the most number of spacewalks by a woman.
Kalpana Chawla
Born in Karnal in Punjab, Kalpana Chawla was an astronaut and engineer. She was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space.
Salman Rushdie
Born in Bombay, Salman Rushdie is a British American writer who won the Booker Prize in 1981 for his Midnight’s Children.
Kiran Desai is an Indian author and the daughter of another famous novelist, Anita Desai. Kiran won the 2006 Man Booker Prize for her novel, The Inheritance of Loss.
Jhumpa Lahiri
Born in London, England, to Indian immigrants, Jhumpa Lahiri is a short story writer, novelist, and essayist.
Amitav Ghosh
Born in Calcutta and brought up in Dehradun, Amitav Ghosh is a critically acclaimed novelist who’s the winner of the 54th Jnanpith Award.
Vidya Vox
Born in Chennai and raised in Virginia, Vidya Iyer is a YouTuber and singer. Born to Tamilian parents, Vidya learned Carnatic music from the age of 5.
Born in Hyderabad to a Sanskrit lecturer mother and an IAS officer father, Satya Nadella is the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft.
Sundar Pichai
Born in Madras, Sundar Pichai is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary, Google.