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January
Name of the person Profession Country
Ian Fraser LemmyKilmister Singer and British heavy metal band Motor head Britain
Natalie Cole Singer USA
A.B. Bardhan Politician, Maharashtra Assembly India
Matthew Hobden Cricketer UK
Steve Gohouri Wigan Athletic defender Germany
Angus Scrimm Actor USA
Maria Teresa de Filippis First woman to race in a Formula 1 grand prix Italy
Otis Clay Singer USA
David Bowie Singer USA
Alan Rickman Actor Britain
Yasutaro Koide World’s oldest man Japana
Glenn Frey Guitarist USA
Trailblazer Mathematician, computer scientist USA
Abe Vigoda American actor USA
Paul Kantner Jefferson Airplane guitarist and co-founder USA
EttoreScola Director Italy
Mrinalini Sarabhai Dancer India
AroonTikekar Journalist India
Rajesh VivekUpadhyay Television actor India
SaroshHomiKapadia 38th Chief Justice of India India
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir India
LabhshankarThakar Gujarati Writer India
RavindraKalia Hindi Writer India
Anil Ganguly Filmmaker India
Gopal Krishna Roy Journalist India
Ventrapragada Rama Rao Former Sikkim Governor India
ManpreetAkhtar Punjabi folk singer India
Geethapriya Kannada filmmaker and lyricist India
Ravindra Reddy Chairman of MTAR India
Shankar Ghosh Tabla player India
NirmalaGajwani Former Deputy Speaker of Gujarat Assembly India
KalpanaRanjani Malayalam film actor India
Ranbir Chopra Indian basketball Player India
MaheswarBaug Former minister and freedom fighter India
Former Army Chief General and former
Krishna Rao Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, India
Manipur and Tripura
T.N. Gopakumar Journalist India
NayaniKrishnakumari Telugu litterateur India

February
Name of the person Profession Country
Frank Finlay Actor UK
Benoit Violier World’s best chef France
Dan Hicks Singer & Writer USA
NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell USA
SushilKoirala Former Prime Minister Nepal
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Leslie Bassett Composer USA

Anatoly Ilyin Soviet football legend Russia
Boutros Boutros Former UN Secretary-General Egypt
Andy Ganteaume Cricketer West Indies
AndrzejZulawski Film Director France
Harper Lee Novelist USA
Umberto Eco Philosopher cum Novelist Italy
Intizar Husain Famous Urdu fiction writer, novelist, columnist and poet Pakistan
Kollam G K Pillai Malayalam Actor India
BalramJakhar Former LokSabha speaker MP, India
S. S. Tarapore Former RBI Deputy Governor India
SudhirTailang Cartoonist India
NidaFazli Urdu poet India
KailashYadav UP Panchayati Raj minister India
Aurobindo Mukherjee Film director India
Biraja Prasad Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan India
O N V Kurup Malayalam poet, lyricist, professor and India
environmentalist
Rajamani Music director India
Akbar Kakkattil Malayalam novelist and short story writer India
Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan Singer India
Bhubaneshwari Mishra Odissa singer India
B K Garudachar Cricketer India
Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Former minister of Maharashtra India
Mohammed Usman
Rajesh Pillai Malayalam Film director India
Kumarimuthu Actor – comedian India

March
Name of the person Profession Country
Geroge Kennedy Actor USA
Auckland Cricket New Zealand
Pat Conroy Writer USA
Ray Tomlinson E-Mail Inventor USA
Nancy Davis Reagan Actor USA
Nana Vasconcelos Percussionist, vocalist and Berimbau player Brazil
Sir George Martin Producer UK
Keith Emerson Musician&keyboardist USA
Lloyd Shapeley Mathematician ,Economist USA
Anita Brookner Writer Britain
Paul Daniels TV Magician Britain
Meir Dagan Former chief of Israeli intelligence agency Israel
Frank Sinatra Jr singer, songwriter, and conductor USA
Anker Joergensen Danish Prime Minister Denmark
Andrew Grove Former Chairman and CEO of Intel USA
Johan Cruyff Football Player Holland
Garry Shandling Actor and comedian USA
Mother Angelica Global Catholic Network founder USA
Jim Harrison Writer & Poet USA
Patty Duke Actress USA
P K Nair Founder and director of the National Film Archive of India
India
PurnoAgitokSangma Former Lok Shaba speaker Meghalaya India
Ashok Ghosh All-India Forward Bloc Leader India
Kala Bhavan Mani Malayalam Actor India
Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Shehnai maestro India
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Khan
V D Rajappan Kadhaprasangam’ artist India
Lal Muni Chaubey BJP leader and Politician Bihar, India

April
Name of the person Profession Country
Zaha Hadid Architect Iraq
Ronnie Corbett Entertainer UK
Larry Drake Actor USA
CesareMaldini Football player Italy
Gato” Barbieri Jazz saxophonist Argentina
Barbara Turner Screenwriter and producer USA
Merle Haggard Singer USA
David Gest Entertainer, Producer UK
Arnold Wesker Writer UK
MalickSidibe Photographer Africa
Ismael Quintana Salsa music legend USA
Doris Roberts Actress USA
Bill Campbell Former Ivy League football coach USA
Chyna Former WWE Women’s Champion USA
Prince Roger Nelson Musician USA
Guy Hamilton Director UK
BanharnSilpa Former Thai PM Thailand
Papa Wemba Singer Africa
Harry Wu Human rights campaigner China
Toms Cartoonist India
Amanullah Khan Founder of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front India
(JKLF),
‘Shaktiman’ Indian police horse, Uttarkhand India
D.Ravinder Finance Minister’s PRO & Former Journalist India
SatyanandMunjal Co-founder of Hero Cycles group India
Justice Jai Singh Sekhon Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge India
VeenuPaliwal India’s first woman biker India
C Silvera Former Union Minister of Mizoram India
Yogendra Bali Journalist and author India
MHP Rao Architect India
RanjanBaindoor Ranji Trophy player India
BabuBharadwaj Journalist India

May
Name of the person Profession Country
Alan Young Actor US
William Schallert Former SAG president & Actor US
Susannah Mushatt Jones World’s oldest living person US
John Berry Beastie Boys founding member US
SandorTarics World’s Oldest Olympic champion US
Burt Kwouk Actor UK
Reg Grundy Eminent television producer and businessman Australia
Tony Cozier cricket commentator West Indies
Baba Hardev Singh Nirankari spiritual leader Canada
Morley Safer CBS News correspondent Canada
Andre Brahic Astrophysicist France
Mullah Akhtar Mansour Taliban Leader Afghanistan
KhurramZaki Human Rights Activist Pakistan
ChennamaneniRajeswaraRao Former Sircilla MLA India
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Diwaliben Bhil Gujarati folk singer India

Deepak Shodhan Former Test cricketer India
NihalBitla Face of progeria campaign India
Suresh Chatwal Actor India
D JavareGowda Kannada writer India
RudraMadhab Ray Former LokSabha MP ( India
Kandhamal)
KC Mathew Veteran communist leader India
R G Jadhav Marathi literary critic India
BalrajMadhok Former Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) President India
Romesh Sharma Former Jammu and Kashmir Minister India
Praveen Rashtrapal RajyaSabha member of Gujarat India
K Anirudhan Member of Parliament India
(Thiruvananthapuram)
S.M. Seenivel MLA from Tiruparankundram constituency India

June
Name of the person Profession Country
Muhammad Ali Professional boxer US
Ann Morgan Guilbert TV actress US
Viktor Korchnoi Chess master Russia
Gordie Howe Ice hockey legend Canada
Donald Carr Cricket captain England
Ambar Gurung Veteran musician and Nepal’s national anthem Nepal
composer
Santokh Singh Grewal Journalist Singapore
MS Krishna Bhat Karnataka Bank former chairman India
Suryakant Jog Former Maharashtra DGP India
Xerxes Sapur Desai Founder of Titan Co Ltd India
KK Katyal Journalist India
Inder Malhotra Journalist India
Mudrarakshas Hindi novelist and critique India
Guda Anjaiah Telengana poet and lyricist India
Jeppiaar Educationalist India
Manohar Aich Body builder India
curator Prabir Mukherjee Former Cricket Association of Bengal pitch India
K.G. Subramanyan Artist India
Razak Khan Bollywood comedian India
Balu Anand Actor and Director India
Achyut Lahkar Actor India
Sulabha Deshpande Marathi and Hindi Film Actor India
Kavalam Narayana Panicker Malayalam theatre artist India
Manimala Devi Odia actress India
T S John Former minister(Kerala) India
Rajendra Dadu MLA of MP(Nepanagar assembly) India
Anjan Dutta Assam Pradesh Congress President India
Neil O’Brien Former Lok Sabha and West Bengal Assembly India
member
Isak Chishi Swu Naga Insurgent Leader India

July
Name of the person Profession Country
Alvin Toffler Writer USA
Michael Cimino Director USA
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Elie Wiesel Jewish writer, professor, political activist USA

Noel Neill First actress to play the role Lois Lane on USA
the Adventures of Superman television series
James Alan McPherson Writer USA

Michel Rocard Former French Prime Minister & Socialist France

Abdul SattarEdhi Philanthropist Pakistan
Dominique Arnaud Cyclist France
Neelamraju Ganga PrasadaRao Father of Hybrid Sorghum India
Mahasweta Devi Bengali writer India
Banaras gharana Table Player India
ArundhatiGhose was Former India’s ambassador to the UN India
AmalDutta Footballer India
Om PrakashSonik aka Omi Music director India
Romesh Chandra Former President of World Peace Council India
R C Dhere Maharathi Writer India
Joe Antic Hockey Player India
Mohammed Shahid Hockey Player India
Mubarak Begum Singer India
S.H.Raza Artist India
RajjatBarjatya MD and CEO of Rajshri Media India

August
Name of the person Profession Country
Braj B Kachru Indian-American Professor USA
Gloria DeHaven Actor and singer USA
AhemdZewail Father of Femto Chemistry USA
Arthur Hiller Director and former Academy president USA
Joyce Carol Children’s author and champion of USA
multiculturalism
George Curry Journalist and publisher USA
Gene Wilder Star of comedy classics USA
SellapanRamanathan Former Singapore President Singapore
JoãoHavelange Former FIFA President Brazil
Chris Amon F1 legend New zealand
Bernard Farrelly Surfing champion Australia
Ignacio Padilla writer Mexico
Hanif Mohammad Former Cricket batsman Pakistan
Mahim Bora Assam litterateur India
JibanMaitra Politician – Wes Bengal India
SankethKashi Kannada comedy actor India
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram Tamil Script writer and director India
KalikhoPul Former Arunachal Pradesh CM India
TKV Desikachar Son of Indian yoga master T Krishnamacharya India
BarendraKrushna Dhal Odisha’s legendary Journalist and Columnist India
PanchuArunachalam Tamil writer and filmmaker India
Jyothi Lakshmi Tamil and Telugu actress India
SudhanshuBhusan Mishra Odisha chief secretary India
Pramukh Swami Founder of Akshardham temples and a saint of the India
Swaminarayan sect
Na Muthukumar Tamil lyricist-poet-columnist India
B P Kesri Passed Educationalist - Jharkhand India
T A Razzaq Malayalam scriptwriter India
ChartiLalGoel First Speaker of Delhi Assembly India
Gurdial Singh Punjabi writer India
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GobindTej Odia filmmaker, actor and director India

Subrata Banerjee Bengal’s International cricket umpire India
K KSreedharan Nair Journalist and former editor of Malayalam India
daily “Mathrubhumi”
A R Kidwai Former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal and India
Haryana
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh India
Dinanath Pathy Eminent painter, writer and art historian India

September
Name of the person Profession Country
Len Maddocks Wicketkeeper & Batsman Australia
Islam Karimov Former President Uzbekistan
Vera Caslavska Gymnast Republic of Czech
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Former President Italy
Lindsay Tuckett World’s oldest cricketer South Africa
Shimon Peres Former President Israel
Syed Shamsul Haq Eminent litterateur Bangladesh
Max Walker Former cricketer Australia
Jon Raymond Polito Actor and voice artist USA
Jerry Heller Former N.W.A Manager USA
Hugh O’Brian Legend of Wyatt Earp USA
Edward Albee Playwrighter USA
Curtis Hanson Filmmaker USA
Arnold Palmer Golfer USA
Herschell Gordon Lewis Horror filmmaker USA
Sharad Rao Veteran trade union leader India
Nalinidhar Bhattacharya Assamese Eminent Poet India
Former union minister and senior BJP leader,
Arif Baig India
Madhya Pradesh
Sachin Kheda Television journalist, Haryana India
Ramsewak Shrivastava Veteran journalist, New Delhi India
Ayub Khan Former Union Minister and Captain, Rajasthan India
Narottam Mohanty First ever football referee, Odisha India
Swapan Mukherjee Senior CPI-ML (Liberation) leader, Chandigarh India
Reoti Saran Sharma Eminent Hindi and Urdu writer, New Delhi India
Chairman of FCAT and Retd Justice of Delhi High
SK Mahajan India
Court
K Madhavan Freedom fighter and communist leader, Kerala India
Vaishnavacharya Goswami Founder of Shrimad Vallabh Acharya Research
India
Indirabetiji Academy
Yuvraj Singh Veteran socialist leader and former MP of Bihar India

October
Name of the person Profession Country
Andrzej Wajda Film director Poland
Bhumibol Adulyadej King Thailand
Kigeli V King Rwanda
Vladimir Zeldin Actor Russia
Shahlyla Baloch Women’s football team striker Pakistan
Mewa Ramgobin Former president of the National Indian Congress & South Africa
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South African Struggle

Dario Fo Satirical dramatist Italy
Junko Tabei First woman to climb Everest Japan
Lucia Perillo Author USA
Tom Hayden Anti-war activist USA
Aaron Pryor Former boxing champion USA
Prince Mikasa World’s Oldest Royal Japan
Carlos Alberto Footballer Brazil
Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Former ruler
Qatar
al-Thani
Pen Sovann First post-Khmer Rouge prime minister Cambodia
Painter, sculptor and veteran of the contemporary
Yusuf Arakkal India
art, Bengaluru
Heisnam Kanhailal Theater legend, Manipur India
Ram Ekbal Singh Veteran socialist leader and freedom fighter, Bihar India
Parmeshwar Godrej Philantropist, Business Women, Mumbai India
Mohammad Shafi Bhat Former MP, Srinagar India
Dayanand Anan Writer and litterateur, Uttarakhand India
Jhanwar Lal Harsh Freedom fighter, Rajasthan India
N Kumar Coal India Limited Director , New Delhi India
Tilak Hazarika Journalist India
Mehar Mittal Comedian, Punjab India
Ashwini Ekbote Dancer, Mahasrahtra India
Chandrakant Kenkre Freedom fighter India
Raj Begum Nightingale of Kashmir India
Rajpati Devi Congress MLA from Gauriganj India
Shashikala Kakodkar First woman CM of Goa India
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Actor, West Bengal India
Prodyut Burman Former India football goalkeeper India

November
Name of the person Profession Country
Tammy Grimes Actress & Singer USA
General Janet Reno First female Attorney USA
Robert Vaughn Actor USA
Heart surgeon who performed the first implantation
Dr. Denton Cooley USA
of a total artificial heart
Fritz Weaver Actor USA
Fidel Castro Revolutionary leader Cuba
Silvio Gazzaniga Football World Cup trophy designer Italy
Perico Fernandez Former world boxing champion Spain
Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter Canada
Yawar Hayat Khan TV producer Pakistan
Hassan Sadpara Mountaineer Pakistan
Pandit Amaradeva Music Legend Sri Lanka
Aircraft designer and co-creator of the MiG-29
Ivan Mikoyan Russia
fighter jet
Mota Singh First-ever ethnic minority judge UK
Yu Xu First Female J-10 Pilot of China China
William Trevor Novelist Iran
M Balamurali Krishna Carnatic music exponent India

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Former CM of Uttar Pradesh & Governor of

Ram Naresh Yadav India
Madhya Pradesh
Kanubhai Gandhiji kin, ex-NASA scientist India
Mangat Ram Sharma Former J&K Deputy CM India
Hridyesh Mehrotra Hindi Writer, Uttar Pradesh India
Jayawantiben Mehta Former Union minister of state, Maharashtra India
Janardhan Negi Geophysicist, Telangana India
Lulu Mohapatra Political Leader. Odisha India
Pravin Maniar RSS Leader India
Lt Gen S KSinha Former J-K Governor India
Dr VivekiRai Hindi & Bhojpuri writer India
Pranab Choudhury Former ICRA CEO India
Prof MGK Menon Eminent physicist and ex-ISRO chief India
K. Subaash Tamil Film Director India
Dileep Padgaonkar Former Editor of Times of India India
Bhikari Charan Mohanty Eminent freedom fighter India
Anand Yadav Passes Marathi Litterateure India

December
Name of the person Profession Country
Sammy Lee First Asian-American Man to Win Olympic Gold USA
Rashaan Salaam Former NFL player USA
John Glenn Astronaut USA
Bernard Fox Actor USA
Thomas Schelling Economist USA
Dr Henry Heimlich Creator of the technique to save choking victims USA
Zsa Zsa Gabor Hungarian-American actress and socialite USA
Walter Swinburn Legendary Horse Trainer UK
J Jayalalithaa Tamil Nadu Chief Minister India
Cho Ramaswamy Journalist, political analyst and comedian India
Former Madhya Pradesh Bhai Mahavir India
governor
Former Hockey Umpire Phulel Singh Sujlana India
Shriram Gojamgunde Marathi film maker India
Makkal Pavalar Inkulab Tamil Poet India
Bekal Utsahi Poet and former Congress Rajya Sabha MP India
Saumitra Chaudhuri Economist India
Jagannatha Varma Malayalam Actor India
Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Russia

Surendra Prasad Tarun Bihar Politicain India

Piers Sellers NASA astronaut USA
Dinanath Bhargava Co-Artist of national emblem India
Chetan Ramarao Kannada Actor India
William Christopher Actor USA
Imtiaz Ahmed First Test Team Member Pakistan
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Former Minister, Maharashtra India
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Former PM Sri Lanka
Vera Rubin Astronaut USA
Carrie Fisher Actor & Writer USA
Sunderlal Patwa Former Madhya Pradesh CM India

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