List of Indian Americans
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The following is a list of Indian Americans who are famous, have made significant contributions to the American culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times:
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[edit] Academic
- Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, mathematician, singularity theory and Abhyankar's conjecture of finite group theory.
- Akhil Amar, Professor of Law at Yale Law School, an expert on constitutional law and criminal procedure.
- Vikram Amar, Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings College of the Law.
- Balamurali Ambati, physician, world's youngest doctor at age 17.
- Homi K. Bhabha, post-colonial theorist at Harvard.
- Mani Lal Bhaumik, inventor of excimer laser technology.
- Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1983.
- Atul Gawande, general and endocrine surgeon , medical author, National Book Award finalist.
- Dipak C. Jain, Dean of the J. L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
- Aravind Joshi, computer scientist, defined the tree-adjoining grammar formalism.
- Narendra Karmarkar, mathematician, inventor of Karmarkar algorithm.
- Neal Katyal, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School, lead counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
- Narinder Singh Kapany, engineer, called the "Father of Fiber Optics".
- Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (1968).
- Anil Nerode, mathematician, proved the Myhill-Nerode Theorem.
- Arun Netravali, scientist, former President, Bell Labs, former CTO, Lucent.
- Akhilesh Pandey, biomedical researcher, Johns Hopkins University and Founder of Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, India.
- C. Kumar N. Patel, developed the carbon dioxide laser, used as a cutting tool in surgery and industry.
- C.K. Prahalad, leading management guru.
- Raghuram Rajan, IMF Chief Economist, inaugural winner of the Fischer Black Prize.
- Raj Reddy, Turing Award winner and founder of the Robotics Institute at CMU.
- Amartya Sen, The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1998.
- Madhu Sudan, computer science professor at MIT, winner Rolf Nevanlinna Prize.
- George Sudarshan, physicist, author - first to propose the existence of Tachyon.
- Divakar Viswanath, mathematician who discovered Viswanath's constant.
[edit] Arts & Entertainment
- Ravi Batra, bestselling author and economist
- Anand Bhatt, musician and producer
- Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, comedian, writer, and film director
- Anita Desai, author
- Peter Keshavan, author, creator
- Jhumpa Lahiri, writer
- Pratima Yarlagadda - Miss Indiana USA 1999
- Daniel Nainan - stand-up comedian, known for his clean humor
- Engelbert Humperdinck, singer
- Zakir Hussain, tabla maestro
- Vijay Iyer, jazz musician and composer
- Norah Jones, singer, Grammy award winner 2003, half Indian, daughter of Ravi Shankar
- Tony Kanal, Bass player for No Doubt, two-time Grammy award winner, producer, songwriter
- Padma Lakshmi, model, actress, and author
- Zubin Mehta - conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
- Ismail Merchant - film producer
- Saira Mohan - model
- Ajay Naidu, actor
- Mira Nair, filmmaker, won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar for Salaam Bombay!
- Sunil Nayar, TV writer and producer, a Producer of CSI: Miami
- Kal Penn (1977 - ) film actor (Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, Superman Returns)[1]
- Russel Peters, Comedian
- Hillol Ray, Poet Laureate, Author, and Songwriter, wrote "Earth Day"
- Ravi Shankar Sitarist
- Sheetal Sheth, actress
- Manick Sorcar, animator, artist, and producer
- Kim Thayil, guitarist for rock group Soundgarden
- Naren Shankar, TV writer, producer and director, an Executive Producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- M. Night Shyamalan, filmmaker, actor
- Babu Subramaniam, TV series Director and Assistant Director
- Anand Chandrasekaran, entrepreneur; producer of the award-winning Carma, invitee to 2006 Sundance Producers Conference
- Kaavya Viswanathan, teen-aged novelist, once famous for having a six-figure book deal and a Disney film, now notorious as a plagiarist.
- Navi Rawat, guest star on The O.C. and regular cast member on #REDIRECT NUMB3RS
- Sameer Samuel Bhattacharya, one of two guitarists in the Texas alternative rock band Flyleaf.
[edit] Business & Industry
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
- Amar Bose, physicist and founder of Bose Corporation
- Vinod Dham, former microprocessor boss for Intel and creator of the Pentium processor
- Rono Dutta, former President, United Airlines; Chairman, Air Sahara
- Rakesh Gangwal, former CEO and Chairman, US Airways Group
- Rajat Gupta, former Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
- Rajiv Gupta, a General Manager of Hewlett Packard
- Ajit Jain, head of National Indemnity, possible successor to Warren Buffett
- Sanjay Jejurikar, a Director of Windows division, Microsoft
- Vinod Khosla, general partner, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; co-founder, Sun Microsystems
- Hansraj C. Maru, former CTO of FuelCell Energy
- Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo.
- Kanwal Rekhi, businessman and engineer, Former EVP & CTO of Novell, Venture capitalist
- Suhas Patil, founder, Cirrus Logic
- Sanjiv Sidhu, founder and CEO of i2 Technologies, a B2B Supply Chain integrator
- Pradeep Sindhu, Co-founder and CTO of Juniper Networks
- Rana Talwar, banker, former Group CEO of Standard Chartered Bank
[edit] Literature & Media
- Agha Shahid Ali, poet
- Sorbono Banerjee Anchor, local NBC news, Boston
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author
- Deepak Chopra, author and speaker
- Sumi Das, CNN national correspondent
- Dinesh D'Souza, author and conservative political commentator
- Sanjay Gupta, CNN senior medical correspondent
- Pico Iyer, author and journalist for Time Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, and The New York Review of Books
- Jhumpa Lahiri - writer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Mish Michaels - meterologist, Weather Channel and local Boston CBS news
- Dhan Gopal Mukerji - the first successful Indian man of letters in US
- Bharati Mukherjee - author
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil - poet
- Uma Pemmaraju, Senior news anchor for Fox News Channel
- Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of National Review magazine
- Vikram Seth, poet and novelist. Also a travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist
- Shauna Singh Baldwin, novelist, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book
- Ali Velshi, business news anchor for CNN
- Chitra Raghavan, chief legal affairs correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, former NPR Correspondent
- Snigdha Prakash, NPR Correspondent http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101041
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor for continuous news, The Washington Post. He is also author of the forthcoming book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" (Knopf)
- Sreenath Sreenivasan, Columbia University professor and ABC TV technology reporter
- Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek
- Bobby Mehta, CEO of HSBC North America
- Janaki Ram, author
[edit] Politics
- Kumar P. Barve, state legislator (Majority Leader, Maryland House of Delegates).
- Satveer Chaudhary, state Senator in Minnesota.
- Kris Kolluri, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation.
- Upendra Chivukula, state legislator (New Jersey General Assembly); first Indian-American elected to the NJ legislature.
- Kamala Harris, District Attorney of San Francisco; first Indian-American elected as a D.A. in the United States.
- Bobby Jindal, U.S. Congressman from Louisiana; former gubernatorial candidate; Republican.
- Raj Mukherji, New Jersey lobbyist and businessman.
- Vij Pawar, New Jersey attorney and former congressional candidate.
- Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor for National Review magazine.
- Dalip Singh Saund, first Indian-American congressman.
- Kim Singh, Executive Director, Asian American Public Policy Institute.
- Shashi Tharoor, Undersecretary General for Communications and Public Information for the United Nations. Candidate for UN general secretary post
[edit] Religion
- Reverend Kiran Sankhla, “first lady the Hindu Chaplain”
- K.A. Paul founder of Global Peace Initiative
[edit] Scripps National Spelling Bee Champions
- Pratyush Buddiga, 2002
- Anurag Kashyap, 2005
- Nupur Lala, 1999
- Balu Natarajan, 1985
- Rageshree Ramachandran, 1988
[edit] Sports
- Mohini Bhardwaj, first Indian American Olympic medalist, gymnastics
- Brandon Chillar, professional American football player
[edit] Others
- Kalpana Chawla, NASA astronaut (perished in the 2003 Columbia disaster)
- Neal Katyal, lawyer, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, lead counsel in the Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld on Guantanamo military actions
- Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women.
- Bhagat Singh Thind, civil rights figure, lecturer, author
- Urvashi Vaid, famous gay rights activist
- Laxmi Poruri, first Indian-born female professional tennis player
