Complete List of Obituaries 2020 - PDF

July 4, 2020    

June 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Wajid Khan Singer and Music Composer
P Namgyal Former Minister and Social Worker
Jayantilal Nanoma Archery Coach
Basu Chatterjee Film Maker
Riaz Sheikh Former Pakistani Cricketer
Anwar Sagar Lyricist by Profession
Rupert Hine British Film Producer and Songwriter
Hamza Koya Former Football Santosh Trophy Player
Kurt Thomas Former World Gymnastic Champion
Arjun Charan Former Union Minister
Jagesh Mukati Television Actor
Pritam Singh Padmashri Awardee and Former Director of IIM Lucknow
Pierre Nkurunziza President of Republic of Burundi
Tony Dunne Footballer
A. Vaidyanathan Former Member of Planning Commission and was also a Professor
Gulzar Dehlvi Veteran Urdu Poet
Sushant Singh Rajput Bollywood Actor
Vasant Raiji India’s Oldest First-Class Cricketer
Matt Poore Former Cricketer of New Zealand
Atul Srivastava Director of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
Madhavrao Patil Former Lok Sabha MP and Founder of Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank
Heera Singh Rana Folk Singer from Uttarakhand
Dinu Randive Veteran Journalist and a Freedom Fighter
Lt Gen Raj Mohan Vohra Mahavir Chakra Awardee
Achyut Usgaonkar Former Minister from Goa
KR Sachidanandan Malayalam Film Director, Scriptwriter and Producer
B P R Vithal Veteran Economist
Vidyaben Shah Padmashri Awardee and a Social Worker
Rajinder Goel Former Cricket Player
Steve Bing Movie Producer and Philanthropist
Major Gen Lachhman Singh Lehl India’s Finest Military Man
Vishwa Bandhu Gupta Member of Parliament and Journalist
Pournima Zanane Former Indian Shooter
K Raghunath Former Karnataka Basketball Player
Joel Schmacher Hollywood Film Director
Sqn.Ldr. Parvez Jamsaji Vir Chakra Awardee for Gallantry during 1971 Indo-Pakistan War
Geetha Nagabhusahn Kannada Writer

May 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Hema Bharali Freedom Fighter
Chuni Goswami Former Indian football Team Captain
Denis Goldberg Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist
Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi Former Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
RV Smith Historian, Author and Columnist
Peter Ebdon Former World Snooker Champion
K S Nisar Famous Kannada Poet
Rob Gibbs Veteran Director, Story Artist, and Writer of Pixar Films
Pandanda Kuttappa Founder of the Kodava Family Hockey Tournament
Hari Shankar Vasudevan Historian
Little Richard American singer-songwriter and was the founder of Rock N Roll
Raja Rangappa Former Lok Sabha MP
Manmeet Singh Former Indian Table Tennis Player
Jerry Stiller US Comedian
Shafique Ansari Indian TV Actor
Sai Gundewar Film Actor, and Voiceover Artist
Betty Wright Grammy award-winning soul singer
Debesh Roy Bengali author and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
Anisuzzanan Professor and Educationist from Bangladesh
Hossein Kazempour Ardebili Iran’s Governor to the OPEC
Ratnakar Matkari Renowned Marathi Dramatist and Theatre Artist
Balbir Singh Former Indian Hockey Player
Ashley Cooper Australian Tennis Player
Hana Kimura Former Japanese Wrestler
Gigi Simoni Italian Football Player and Former Inter Head Coach
Shyamala G Bhave  Classical Musician from Karnataka
Mohit Baghel Bollywood Film Actor
Mujtaba Hussain Urdu author, humorist and sitarist
R Shanmugam Former Tamil Nadu Footballer and Coach
Ajit Jogi First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
M.P. Veerendra Kumar Rajya Sabha Member and Former Union Minister
Yogesh Gaur Lyricist by profession of many Hindi movie songs

April 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Pape Diouf Former President of French Football Club Olympique
Ramkrishna Dwivedi Former Leader and Congressmen
Rudratej Singh BMW Group President and CEO
Michael Robinson Professional Footballer
Irrfan khan Bollywood’s Most Beloved Star
Rishi Kapoor Veteran Bollywood Actor
Maria Teresa Spain’s Princess
Philip Anderson Nobel Prize-winning Physicist
Tony Lewis Cricketer and Mathematician
Adam Schlesinger Emmy Award-Winning Singer
Geeta Ramji Indian Origin South African Virologist
Bill Withers American Songwriter, Soulful Singer, and Guitarist
MK Arjuna Malayalam Music Composer
Mahmoud Jibril Former Libya Prime Minister
Hazarilal Raghuwanshi Former Madhya Pradesh Minister
TV Babu Secretary of Kerala based NDA ally BDJS
John Prine American Folk Singer and Song Writer
Honor Blackman James Bond Film Actress
'Bullet’ Prakash Kannada Film Actor
Radomir Antic Former Real Madrid, Atletico and Barcelona Coach
Kalinga Sasi Malayalam Film and Theatre Actor
Brahm Kanchibotla Indian American Journalist
Peter Bonetti Former England and Chelsea Goalkeeper
Stirling Moss Motor Racing Driver
Tim Brooke British Comedian
Ashok Desai Former India’s Attorney General and a Senior Advocate
Rajasekharan Former Union Minister
Doug Sanders Former Golf Player
Rifat Chadirji The Father of Modern Iraqi Architecture
Roger Chappot Swiss Ice Hockey Player
Ranjit Chowdhry Film, Television and Theatre Actor
Willie Davis Former American Footballer
R V Bhuskute Freedom Fighter
Saharai Oram Veteran Tribal Leader Former Odisha Minister
Gene Deitch Oscar-Winning Animator, Film Director, and Producer
Laisenia Qarase Former Fiji Prime Minister
MP Basanta Das Former Rajya Sabha Member from Odisha
Usha Ganguly Eminent Theatre Director, Actor as well as Activist
Devanand Konwar Former Politician and Governor of Bihar and Tripura and West Bengal
Bijay Mishra Noted Odia Dramatist and Play Writer
James M Beggs Sixth Administrator of NASA
Troy Sneed Singer

March 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Joginder Singh Saini Veteran Athletics Coach and Dronacharya Awardee
Balbir Singh Kullar Former India Hockey Player
Sanghanayaka Suddhananda Mahathero Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha
Javier Perez de Cuellar Former UN Chief
Hans Raj Bhardwaj Former Union Law Minister and Congress Veteran
Max von Sydow Swedish Actor
Santu Mukhopadhyay  Veteran Bengali Actor
Dana Zatopkova Former Czechoslovak Olympic Javelin Champion
Puthussery Ramachandran Veteran Poet and Malayalam Scholar
Patil Puttappa Veteran Journalist and Former Rajya Sabha Member
Imtiaz Khan Bollywood Actor
Jairam Kulkarni Noted Marathi Actor
Roger Mayweather Former World Champion Boxer
Kenny Rogers American Music Singer
PK Banerjee Legendary Indian Footballer
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan Veteran Tamil Director
Abdul Latif Former India Footballer
Nimmi Veteran Bollywood Actress
Albert Uderzo Co-Creator of the “Asterix and Obelix” Comics
Nemai Ghosh Veteran Photographer & Padma Shri Awardee
Floyd Cardoz Indian-Born International Chef
Satish Gujral  Padma Vibhushan Award Winning Artist, Architect, Sculptor and Writer
Rajyogini Dadi Janki Chief of Brahmakumaris Sansthan
Joseph Lowery Veteran US Civil Rights Leader
Chandan Singh Rathore Retired Air Vice-Marshal
Beni Prasad Verma Former Union Minister
Ken Shimura Veteran Japanese Comedian
Arjun Dev Legendary Historian and Educationist
Joe Diffie Grammy Award American Music Singer
Paravai Muniyamma Tamil Folk Singer and Actress

February 2020

Name of Personality Field
Sudhakar Chaturvedi Centenarian freedom fighter and Vedic scholar
Katherine Johnson NASA Mathematician
Mohammed Hosni Mubarak Former President of Egypt
Krishna Bose Former Lok Sabha MP
Ashok Chatterjee Former Indian footballer
V L Dutt Former FICCI president
Larry Tesler The computer scientist who introduced the cut, copy and paste commands.
Harry Greg Former Manchester United goalkeeper
Mickey Wright Legendary women golfer
Tapas Pal Former TMC MP and Veteran Bengali Actor
Nikita Pearl Waligwa Disney’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ child actress
Lynn Cohen American actress
Sonam Sherpa Founding member & lead-guitarist of music band Parikrama
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Nobel Prize awardee & Former TERI, IPCC chief
Wendell Rodricks Padma Shri Awardee & Fashion Designer
Nandu R Kulkarni Famous journalist
Giriraj Kishore Padma Shri Awardee & Well-known Hindi Novelist
P Parameswaran Famous Philosophical Author & RSS veteran
Roger Kahn American Author
Raju Bharatan Famous cricket journalist & film historian
Kirk Douglas Famous Hollywood Actor
D. Manjunath Former Karnataka Minister
Pranab Kumar Gogoi Former Assam Speaker and sitting MLA
Rabindranath Singh Famous Odia poet
Daniel Moi Kenya’s longest-serving Ex-President
Narayana Reddy Former Nizamabad Lok Sabha MP
Jaswant Singh Punjabi Writer, Novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Mary Higgins Clark American author

January 2020

Name of the Personality Field
Vikho-o Yhoshu Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader and Nagaland Assembly Speaker
Ratna Ojha  Eminent Assamese Dramatist, Litterateur and Social Activist
T N Chaturvedi Former Governor of Karnataka
Minati Mishra Veteran Odissi Danseuse
Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said Charismatic and Visionary Leader
Manmohan Mohapatra Veteran Odia Filmmaker
Bapu Nadkarni  Former India Legendary All-Rounder
Khagendra Thapa Magar World’s Shortest Man
Man Mohan Sood Former Indian Test batsman and National Selector
Kobe Bryant National Basketball Association (NBA) Legend
Sher Singh Kukkal Noted Artist and Sculptor
Golok Chandra Goswami Eminent Assamese Linguist and Academician
Jameela Malik Veteran South Actress
Sunita Chandra Former Indian Women’s Hockey Team Captain
Kobe Bryant Famous Los Angeles Lakers star
Vinay Sinha Veteran Film Producer
Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo Former Parliamentarian 
Akbar Padamsee Famous Artist
Lieutenant General Prem Nath Hoon Former Western Army Commander

December 2019

Name of the Personalit Field
Shelley Morrison Former Hollywood Actress
Baskar Menon Veteran Journalist in the Press Trust of India (PTI)
Bob Willis Former England Captain
George Joseph Laurer Inventor of Universal Product Code(UPC)
Braj Bihari Kumar Chairman of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Paul Volcker Former US Federal Reserve Chief
Writer Gollapudi Maruti Rao Former Nandi Award winner and Renowned Telugu Actor
Peter Snell New Zealand’s 3-times Olympic Middle-Distance Champion
Danny Aiello Veteran Film Actor
Shriram Lagoo Veteran actor
Gita Siddharth Kak Bollywood Actress
ID Swami Former Union Minister
Thomas Chandy Nationalist Congress Party’s Kerala State President and Former Minister
L.S. Sheshagiri Rao Kannada Writer and Critic
Vidushi Savita Devi Renowned Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Ganga Prasad Vimal Renowned Hindi Author
Martin Peters Former West Ham and Tottenham Midfielder
Da Chen ‘Colours of the Mountain’ Author
Allee Willis American Songwriter
Tara Sinha Founder of AD Agencies Clarion and Tara Sinha Associates
Vikas Sabnis Veteran Political Cartoonist
Pejawar Mutt Vishwesha Tirtha Swami
Ishwar Dayal Swami Former Union Minister

November 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Gurudas Dasgupta Former Parliamentarian and veteran CPI leader
Geetanjali Popular Telugu Actress
Champak Jain Film Producer
Krishnan Kumar Modi(K.K.Modi) Former President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Chairman of Modi Enterprises
Justice N.V. Balasubramanian Retired Judge of Madras High Court
Yvette Lundy French Resistance legend & Nazi camps survivor
Babasaheb Dhabekar Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress party leader
Writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen Sahitya Akademi Awardee
TN Seshan Former Chief Election Commissioner
Ramakant Gundecha Padma Shri-Awardee Dhrupad Vocalist
Vashishtha Narayan Singh Renowned Mathematician 
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
PS Krishnan  Former Union Secretary 
Shaukat Kaifi  Veteran actor
Kshiti Goswami Former West Bengal Minister
Kailash Joshi Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Clive James Australian writer & broadcaster
Sudhir Dar Renowned cartoonist
Bala Singh  Veteran Tamil Actor and Theatre Artist
Brad Gobright World-renowned Rock Climber, US National 
Yasuhiro Nakasone Former Prime Minister of Japan
Sushil Kumar Former Navy Chief Admiral

October 2019

Name of the Personality Field
V Ganesan Indian National Army (INA) veteran from Tamil Nadu
Jose Jose Legendary Mexican Singer
Jessye Norman Grammy-winning International Opera Star
Eric Pleskow Hollywood Tycoon
Dr H L Trivedi Kidney Transplant Surgeon and Padma Shri Recipient 
Farook Khan Indian-origin journalist in South Africa
Krishna Gopalkrishna Kadekodi Centenarian Philatelist and Coin Collector
Satyapriya Mohathero Buddhist leader of Bangladesh
Diahann Carroll American Actress, Singer and Model
Kadri Gopalnath Legendary Saxophonist and the Padma Shri Awardee
Sara Danius First Female head of Nobel’s Literature Award Body
Alexei Leonov First Human to Walk in Space
Kalidas Karmakar Renowned Painter
Alicia Alonso  Legendary Cuba Ballet Dancer
Mark Hurd Former Co-Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Oracle
K.B. Siddaiah Writer and Philosopher
Dadu Chougule Wrestler and Recipient of Major Dhyanchand Award
Marieke Vervoort Belgian Paralympic Athlete
Dilip Parikh Former Gujarat Chief Minister 
Nanammal  Padma Shri Awardee & India’s Oldest Yoga Teacher
Sadako Ogata First Female UN Refugee Chief
John Witherspoon Actor and Comedian
N. Venkatachala Former Judge of the Supreme Court and Former Lokayukta of Karnataka 

September 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Viju Khote (best known as Kalia from Sholay) Actor
KPS Menon (Junior) Former Foreign Secretary
Boman Rashid Kohinoor Owner of Britannia & Co
J. Michael Mendel American television producer & a four-time Emmy Award winner
Jacques Chirac Former French President
Venu Madhav Telugu Actor
S.K. Padmadevi Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste
Robert S Boyd Veteran American Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Fernando Ricksen Former Dutch football player
Shyam Ramsay Filmmaker
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Former President of Tunisia
Sathar Veteran Malayalam Actor
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Former speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly
Sanjib Kumar Datta Film Editor
SivaramanCheriyanad Renowned writer of Kerala
B.N. Yugandhar Former bureaucrat and Secretary to the PMO
Akilisi Pohiva Climate change campaigner of the South Pacific and Prime Minister of Tongan
Rajasekar Tamil actor, cinematographer and director
Heeralal Sharma Rajasthan born freedom fighter of India
Ram Jethmalani One of India’s finest lawyers and a former union minister
Veeru Krishnan Actor and Kathak dancer
Abdul Qadir Pakistan’s master leg-spinner
Sukhdev Singh Libra Veteran Congress leader and former MP
Robert Mugabe Former Zimbabwe President
Kiran Nagarkar Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer
V Ganesan Indian National Army (INA) veteran
Davo Karnica Mountain skier
Madhav Apte Former Indian test cricketer
Naramalli Shivprasad Senior TDP leader
Gyorgy Konrad Famous writer and sociologist
Jean Edward Smith American historian
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie Former Indonesian President
Robert Frank Documentary Photographer
Kottakkal Chandrasekharan Kathakali maestro
KiranNagarkar Mumbai born noted novelist and playwright

August 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Malcolm Nash Former Cricketer 
Actor Russi Taylor Disney’s Minnie Mouse
Anant Setalvad Cricket Commentator
Kanti Bhatt Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist
Sushma Swaraj  Former External Affairs Minister
Toni Morrison Nobel laureate and beloved author
S. Jennifer Chandran Former T.N. Minister 
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Former Padma Shri award winner 
Harley Race American Professional Wrestler
J Om Prakash Veteran director
Dayanidhi Nayak Freedom fighter
Amarendra Sharan Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General
DJ Arafat Music star
Jose Luis Brown Former Argentina footballer
V.B. Chandrasekhar Former India and Tamil Nadu cricketer
Vidya Sinha Veteran Bollywood actress
Rizia Rahman Renowned Bangladeshi Novelist
Damodar Ganesh Bapat Social Worker and Padma Shri Award Winner
Neelum Sharma  Doordarshan Anchor and Nari Shakti Award Winner 
Jagannath Mishra Former Bihar Chief Minister 
Mohammed Zahur Hashmi Veteran Music Composer
Niranjan Singh Tasneem  Eminent Punjabi Writer and Sahitya Akademi Winner
Babulal Gaur Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Arun Jaitley  Former Union Finance Minister and Senior BJP Leader
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya  India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP)
Commander Noel Kelman Naval war hero and Kirti Chakra awardee 
Rajnish Kumar Babbi Congress (MLA) from the Mukerian assembly
Navnitbhai Shah Socialist leader and former MLA of Palghar
Nimu Bhowmik Veteran Bengali Actor

July 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Carlin Dunne Professional motorcycle racer
Basant Kumar Birla Veteran industrialist
Lee Iacocca US auto industry
A. U. Celestine Former India football goalkeeper
Joao Gilberto Brazilian musician and songwriter
Soumendranath Kundu Former Bengal and Railway leg-spinner
C. Kapur  Former Billiards and Snooker Federation of India secretary
H.M. Ershad Bangladesh’s Former Military Dictator 
Pernell Whitaker Former Olympic Boxing gold medalist and four-weight World Champion 
Lt Gen Joginder Singh Gharaya 1971 Indo-Pak War Hero
Fernando Corbato American computer scientist
Raja Dhale Co-Founder of Dalit Panther 
Sheila Dixit Three-time Delhi Chief Minister 
Ram Chandra Paswan Lok Janshakti Party MP
Yukiya Amano  IAEA Chief 
Peter McNamara Australian tennis champion
Li Peng Former Chinese Premier
Rutger Hauer ‘Blade Runner’ Actor
Beji Caid Essebsi Tunisia’s First Democratically Elected President
Donkupar Roy Former Meghalaya Chief Minister
S. Jaipal Reddy  Former Union Minister
Vitthal Radadiya Former Gujarat MP
M. Mukesh Goud Former Andhra Pradesh congress state Minister
Subir Vithal Gokarn Former RBI Deputy Governor

June 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Ruma Guha Thakurta  Actor-Singer 
Dinyar Contractor Veteran Comedian, Film and Theatre Actor
Lennart Johansson Ex-UEFA Chief, Father of Champions League
Dr John Six-time Grammy-winning musician
Girish Karnad Noted Actor, Filmmaker and Playwright
Crazy Mohan Tamil writer, Comedian and Actor
R V Janakiraman Former Puducherry Chief Minister
Pazhavila Ramesan Poet, lyricist
Rajnath Singh ‘Surya’ Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP
Mohamed Morsy Former Egyptian President
Mohan Ranade  Goa freedom fighter
Vijaya Nirmala Actor-director
Shyam Sundar Mitra Former Bengal cricketer
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury Eminent Social Activist
Abburi Chaya Devi  Telugu story writer
Babu Narayanan  Malayalam director
Brij Mohan Khaitan Veteran Industrialist 
Pazhavila Ramesan Poet and lyricist 
Mohammed Baji  Oldest Freedom fighter
Madan Lal Saini  BJP member from Rajasthan 

May 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Master Hirannaiah Indian film actor in Kannada Film Industry
Shubhasan Reddy Former High Court Chief Justice
Peter Mayhew Actor
Derek Sippy Billiards Player
Baidyanath Mishra Economist
NR Madhava Menon Lawyer ( Known as the father of legal modern education )
Prof. Kirpal Singh Historian, Educationist, First chronicler of Partition
YC Deveshwar ITC Chairman and Entrepreneur
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Tamil Writer
Hiralal Yadav Singer
Rallapalli Venkata Narasimha Rao Telugu Actor
I M Pei Architect
Niki Lauda Austrian Formula One Driver. Only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren
Sammy Shore Actor, Co-founder of Comedy Store
Vijaya Mulay Filmmaker, Director of Ek,Anek aur Ekta
Veeru Devgan Stuntman, Film Director, Father of Ajay Devgan
Negasso Gidada Former President of Ethiopia
Maramraju Satyanarayan Writer and academician
Seymour Nurse Cricketer
Peggy Lipton Actress
BOB Hawke Former Prime Minister of Australia
M B Balakrishnan Swimmer
P P C Joshi Veteran CPI Leader
V Vishwanathan Menon Former Kerala Finance Minister
Clement von Franckenstein Actor
Doris Day Actress

April 2019

Name of the Personality Field
J. Mahendran Noted Tamil Film Director
Kartik Chandra Rath Eminent Dramatist, theatre organiser, and Economics teacher 
Sydney Brenner  2002 Medicine Nobel Prize Winner 
Pradeep Choubey Renowned Hindi Poet
SK Shivakumar Renowned Space Scientist
Jerrie Cobb America’s first female astronaut candidate of NASA
Con de Lange  Scotland All-rounder
Lorraine Warren A Paranormal Investigator
Amar Paul Eminent Bengali Folk Singer 
S. Muthiah Chennai’s famed chronicler, cartographer, and journalist
Rama Sengupta Paul Veteran Lady Mountaineer
Terry Rawlings British Film Editor 
Mark Medoff An Acclaimed Author 
Pungam Kannan Former Indian Footballer 
Negasso Gidada Former Ethiopian President 
John Singleton Youngest Best Director Oscar Nominee 
Alan Garcia Peru's former president 
Damon J Keith Famous US Judge and Civil Rights Icon

March 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Zhores Alferov Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
Andre Previn Legendary Composer And 4 Time Oscar Winner
Luke Perry American Actor
Manohar Parrikar Present Goa Chief Minister
Alan Krueger  Famed Economist
Anasuya Devi Folk Artiste and Radio Commentator
Scott Walker Experimental Pop Hero
Ashita  Malayalam writer and poet
Valmiki J Mehta  Sitting Judge of Delhi HC
Maate Mahadevi  Prominent Lingayat pontiff and Basava Dharma Peetha President 
M.N. Samant India-Pakistan war hero, Captain
Valery Bykovsky Recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin awards
Prafulla Rajguru  Veteran journalist and academician

February 2019

Name of the Personality Field
Dr. R.B. Patil Padma Shri
Wallace Smith Broecker Climate Scientist, Populariser of the term Global Warming
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi Former Afghan Interim President
W.E.B. Griffin  American military veteran and novelist
Raj Kumar Barjatya Veteran Film Producer
Namvar Singh  Noted Hindi Writer
Bruno Ganz Swiss Actor
Andrea Levy Best-selling British Author
Gardon Banks Legendary Goalkeeper Of England
Manfred Eigen Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner 
Mahesh Anand Actor
Albert Finney Oscar-Nominated British Actor
John Dingell Longest-Serving US Congressman 
Ramesh Bhatkar Veteran Marathi Actor
Hiten Bhaya  Former IIMC Director
Raj Kumar Barjatya Filmmaker
Naga Jhansi Well known Television actress
Syed Badr Ul Hasan Khan Notable actor and dancer
Howard Neil Hebert US Army veteran

January 2019

Name of the Personality Field
CH Loknath Veteran Kannada Actor
Dibyendu Palit Veteran Bengali Writer
Sir Michael Atiyah 1966 Fields Medalist (Nobel for Mathematics)
Lenin Rajendran Malayalam director and screenwriter
Mary Oliver Pulitzer Prize-winning poet 
Masazo Nonaka World’s Oldest Man
Atin Bandyopadhyay Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Bengali Writer
Russell Baker Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist 
Michel Legrand Oscar-Winning French Composer 
George Fernandes  Former Union Minister 
Krishna Sobti Jnanpith Winning Hindi Writer
Jaswinder Sandhu Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)’s senior leader and MLA 
Ramakant Achrekar Cricket coach and Padma Shri
Kader Khan Veteran actor-writer
Raghbir Bhola 1956 Olympics Gold Medallist 
Shivakumara Swami Supercentenarian, humanitarian, spiritual leader and educator.
Mathew Boodle Teacher

January 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Anwar Jalalpuri Urdu poet
Radha Viswanathan Carnatic singer,
Peter Sutherland Former World Trade Organization Director-General
Saksham Yadav Powerlifting world champion
John Young Legendary American astronaut
Shrivallabh Vyas Bollywood actor
Baldev Raj Atomic scientist and NIAS Director
Gnani Sankaran Veteran Tamil writer, journalist and theatre personality
Raghunath Jha Former Union minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
Jo Jo white American Basketball player
Kashinath Veteran Kannada actor
Chandi Lahiri Famous Cartoonist
Major FKK Sircar Longest living Indian Army veteran
Hugh Masekela , Legendary jazz musician and activist also known as ‘Father of South African jazz’,
Ursula K Le Guin Science fiction and fantasy author
Supriya Devi Famous actress from West Bengal
Chandrashekhar known as ‘Edakallu Guddada Mele’ Noted Kannada actor
Feodor Ingvar Kamprad Founder of IKEA (Swedish multinational group)
Kalamandalam Geethanandan Ottanthulal artist

February 2018   

Name of the Personality Field
Chintaman Wanaga Senior BJP MP and a member of the 11th and the 13th Lok Sabha
Francisco Nunez Olivera world’s oldest man
Hukum Singh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Western Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Kathakali maestro
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu. presently member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
John Mahoney Hollywood Actor
Chandrasekhar Rath The doyen of Odia literature
Asma Jahangir Pakistan’s well known human rights lawyer , social activist, co-founder and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Johann Johannsson, Icelandic composer and producer
Didier Lockwood French jazz violinist
Gundu Hanumantha Rao Telugu actor
Ruud Lubbers The youngest and longest-serving prime minister of the Netherlands,
Billy Graham Christian evangelist
Dr BK Goyal Eminent cardiologist
Kunhiraman Panoor popularly known as K Panoor Renowned writer and social activist
M.S. Anantharaman, Noted violinist
Neelabh Mishra Senior journalist and editor-in-chief of National Herald
Sridevi Veteran Bollywood actress
TSR Subramanian Former Cabinet secretary
Kanakalata Mohanty Noted Odia author

March 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Penny Vincenzi British Novelist
S Ratnavel Pandian Former Supreme Court Judge
Arabinda Muduli Odia Bhajan singer
Khagendra Jamatia Tripura Fisheries Minister
Prafulla Das Veteran Literateur
Davide Astori Fiorentina captain and Italy international
Javed Abidi Noted Disability rights activist
SaratMohanty Odia actor
Shammi Veteran Bollywood actor
Justice D Sreedevi Former Kerala high court judge and chairperson of Kerala Women’s Commission,
M K Bhargav Former Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) chairman
Patangrao Kadam Former Maharashtra minister
Stephen Hawking World famous British scientist
Narendra Jha Actor
M Sukumaran Malayalam writer
Kedarnath Singh Veteran Hindi Poet
Peter Peterson Blackstone Co-Founder
Les Payne A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist and editor of Newsday
Bruno Boban Footballer
Pyarelal Wadali Veteran Sufi Singer

April 2018

Name of the Personality Field
C.V. Rajendran Tamil film director
R K Dorendra Singh Former Manipur Chief Minister
S Nihal Singh Veteran journalist
Barbara Bush Former US first lady
Rajinder Sachar Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice
TVR Shenoy Veteran journalist and columnist
Bhimsain Khurana Indian animation pioneer and multiple National Award winner
Nabi Tajima The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman named
Efraín Ríos Montt Guatemalan general and politician
Ray Wilkins English football player and coach
E.N. Rammohan Former BSF Director-General (DG)
Niranjan Thomas Alva the husband of former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva
Munin Barua Indian film director in Assamese cinematography
M S Ravi Veteran journalist

May 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Ashok Mitra The first Finance Minister in the Left Front government in West Bengal
Ankit Chadha Indian story-teller
P P Lakshaman Former AIFF President
Kottayam Pushpanath Popular Malayalam detective novelist
Keyur Bhushan Freedom fighter, writer
Dave Michener veteran Disney animator
Dr Nirmal Hirawat Former Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader
Ravinder Sharma Artist-Philosopher,called Guruji, the founder of Adilabad's Kala Ashram
Tom Wolfe best-selling author and journalist
Yamunabai Waikar Lavani singer and Padma Shri recipient
Balakumaran Indian Tamil writer, author
Dr Bansidhar Panda Odia industrialist
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani popular Indian Telugu novelist
Arun Date Marathi singer.
Anne V. Coates Oscar-Winning British film editor
Balkavi Bairagi Noted Lyricist, Poet, Politician
Margot Kidder Actor Who Played Lois Lane In Superman
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Veteran writer, novelist
Alan Bean Former US astronaut, who was the fourth man to walk on the Moon
Vinod Bhatt Gujarati humour essayist and biographer

June 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Timothy Pereira former football international who represented Tata FC.
Narayan Prasad Singh Odisha's most popular lyricist, also popularly known as 'Rasaraj'.
Nerella Venumadhav He was a Mimicry Artist.
legend Peter Thomson He was an Australian golfer and won five British Open titles.
Charles Krauthammer He was a political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Donald Hall He was an Award-winning American poet and writer.
Laxman Patil–Bhosle He was a Socialist leader.
Senior Cong leader L P Shahi Senior Congress Leader.
Maria Bueno He was a Legendary Brazilian tennis player.
Shantaram Naik He was a Veteran Goa Congress leader.
Xavier Rutsa He was a journalist.
Bhaiyyu Maharaj Spiritual guru
Mulubha Jadeja Former Saurashtra batsman
Shahzahan Bachchu Bangladeshi writer and publisher
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi He was a Renowned Urdu satirist and humour writer.
Prabhakar Choubey Veteran journalist

July 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Chiyo Miyako 117 years old world's oldest Japanese woman,
Ramapada Chowdhury, Bengali writer, also conferred the Sahitya Academy award for 'Bari badle jay'
Swapan Sarkar Sports journalist of Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP)
Jonathan Gold Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic
Ramchandra Singhdeo Former and first Finance Minister of Chhattisgarh
Gopal Das Neeraj Hindi poet and His famous poetic works include Asawari, Lahar Pukare and Paran Geet.
Rita Bhaduri Actor
M.N. Vyasa Rao  
  • Kannada poet and film song lyricist.
  • Recipient of the Karnataka Rajya Sahitya Academy award
Dada Vaswani Spiritual leader and was chief of Sadhu Vaswani Mission. Also her birthday (August 2), is celebrated as an International Forgiveness Day.
Liliane Montevecchi The Paris-born dancer, actor, and singer also Tony Award winner
JG Nadkarni Former chief of naval staff Admiral
Kabutari Devi Kumaoni folk singer
J N Sadhu Journalist worked with The Indian Express
Kanu Gohain Former Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
Kalpesh Yagnik Senior journalist, and group editor of popular Hindi daily ‘Dainik Bhaskar’.
M.N. Vyasa Rao Kannada poet and film lyricist

August 2018

Name of the Personality Field
John McCain   US Senator, also a Republican presidential nominee in 2008. 
Kuldip Nayar Indian writer and journalist. autobiography was "Beyond The Lines"
Uri Avnery Israeli journalist and peace activist
Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary-General, also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the UN in 2001 "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"
Aretha Franklin US singer, also known as “Queen of Soul” and received the Grammy Award 18 times.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Three times Prime Minister of India
Ajit Wadekar Former India cricket captain
Balramji Das Tandon Chhattisgarh Governor
Somnath Chatterjee Former Lok Sabha speaker
V S Naipaul Nobel Prize-winning British author, won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001
Jarrod Lyle Australian professional golfer
Minister M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief
Krishna Shripadrao Deshpande Library scientist Prof
Rajinder Kumar Dhawan Veteran Congress leader
Mony K. Mathew Former The Hindu BusinessLine journalist

September 2018

NAME OF THE PERSONALITY FIELD
Tarun Sagar Jain Monk
Arthur Pereira Former Maharashtra Football Player
Dr. Rita Jitendra Writer
Goura Chandra Mohapatra Freedom Fighter
Satya Prakash Malviya Former Union Petroleum minister
Dolagobind Pradhan Former Odisha Minister
Anna Rajam Malhotra India’s First woman IAS officer post-independence
Kondapalli Koteswaramma A revolutionary leader, writer
Tran Dai Quan Vietnam President
Randhir Singh Former Air Marshal
Kalpana Lajmi Filmmaker
BN Dutt Former BCCI President
Jasdev Singh Sports Commentator
Kavita Mahajan Marathi Writer
Manoharsinh Jadeja Former Finance minister of Gujarat
Tulsidas Borkar Harmonium Player

October 2018

Name of Personality Field
Malti Sharma Former Up Minister
Montserrat Caballe Spanish Opera Singer
Natwar Thakkar Prominent Gandhian(Also Called Gandhi Of Nagaland)
Girish Patel Human Rights Lawer , Gujrat
Pradip Chowdhary Senior Journalist
Mn Paloor Malayali Poet
Sarvagya Katiyar Former Kanpur University Vice-Chancellor
Santosh Singh Jain Film Trade Expert
Kishore Giri Assamese Singer
Gd Aggarwal Clean Ganga Activist
Annapurna Devi Hindustani Classical Musician
Paul G.Allen Microsoft Co-Founder
Nd Tiwari Former Up And Uttrakhand Chief Minister
Siddalinga Swamiji Karnataka’s Popular Lingayat Leader
Osamu Shimomura 2008 Nobel Prize Winner
Na. Muthuswamy Theatre Personality
Pankaj Bandyopadhyay Founder Member, Trinamool Congress
Madan Lal Khurana Former Delhi Chief Minister
Qazi Abdusattar Urdu Writer
Ntozake Shange African American Playwriter
Yashwant Dev Senior Composer And Lyricist

November 2018

Name Field
Vice Admiral Manohar Pralhad Avati Veteran Of 1971 Indo Pak War
V . Ratinam Veteran Freedom Fighter
K.P.S Srivastava Veteran Journalist
Vinod Aggarwal Famous Devotional Singer
Lalan Sarang Marathi Actor
Ananth Kumar Parliamentary Affairs Minister
T.N Srinivasan Eminent Economist And Free Trade Advocate
SN Phulkan Former Supreme Court Judge
Roshan Lal Sethi Veteran Sports Journalist
Chitta Jena Odiya Singer
Alyque Padamsee Brand Father Of Indian Advertising
Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri Army Veteran
Banamalli Maharana Odissi Musician
T.S Kanaka Asia’s First Women Neurosurgeon
Narayan Das Maharaj Padam Shri Awardee And Revered Saint
William Goldman Oscar-Winning Screenwriter
Ustad Imrat Khan Indian Classical Musician
Fahmida Riaz Pakistani Poet
Baishnab Parida Former Minister Of Parliament
Sandeep Michael Former Hockey Player
Ck Jaffer Sharif Former Railway Minister
Mh Ambareesh Kannada Actor , Former Minister
Bernardo Bertolucci Oscar Winning Director
Iravatham Mahadevan Leading Indus Valley Scholar
Harry Leslie Smith World War 2 Veteran

December 2018

Name of the Personality Field
Kader Khan Legendary Actor
George Herbert Walker Bush Former US President
Nirupam Sen Veteran CPI (M) leader
Mrinal Sen  Legendary filmmaker
Pandit Arun Bhaduri Famous Classical Singer
Mushirul Hasan Renowned historian and former vice-chancellor Jamia Millia of Islamia
Nana Chudasama  Former Mumbai Mayor and Padma Shri 
Dipali Borthakur  Nightingale of Assam
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Former Union Minister
CN Balakrishnan Politician
Tulsi Ramsay Indian film director
Nancy Wilson Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist
Penny Marshall Actress, Producer, Director
Ken Berry Actor/dancer/singer
Philip Bosco Actor
Peter Armitage Actor (UK) 
Pete Shelley Singer/songwriter (UK)
Frank Adonis Actor
 June Whitfield Actress (UK)
Ray Sawyer Singer

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