National
1. Xerxes Sapur Desai - Founder of Titan (watch)
2. Joe Antic - India's Olympic Silver Medalist
3. Amal Dutta - former India player and first professional full-time football coach
4. Om Prakash Sonik (also known as Omi) - Noted music director
5. Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere - Eminent Marathi literary scholar
6. KG Subramanyan - Renowned painter
7. Isak Chishi Swu - Naga rebel leader
8. Kavalam Narayana Panicker - Noted Malayalam theatre artist
9. Neil O'Brien - Pioneer of Indian quizzing
10. Guda Anjaiah - Noted Telangana poet and lyricist
11. Prabir Mukherjee - The former Eden Gardens curator
12. Balu - Tamil actor-director
13. Jeppiaar - Renowned Educationalist
14. Manimala Devi - Veteran Odia actress
15. Mudrarakshasa - Renowned Hindi writer
16. Achyut Lahkar - Noted Playwright and Actor
17. Inder Malhotra - Veteran journalist
18. Gordie Howe - legendary ice hockey player
19. KK Katyal - Veteran Journalist
20. Sulabha Deshpande - Veteran actor
21. Manohar Aich - India’s first Mr Universe
22. V T Thomas – Cartoonist
23. Inder Malhotra - Veteran journalist and former editor of The Times of India
24. “M.H.P.Rao” - Father of Madras Atomic Power Station
International
1. Muhammad Ali – Eminent professional boxer
2. William H McNeill – Renowned historian
3. Abdul Sattar Edhi - Eminent Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian
4. Michel Rocard - Former French Prime Minister
5. Donald Carr - Former England Cricket captain
6. Viktor Korchnoi - Chess Grandmaster
7. Tony Cozier - Legendary cricket commentator from West Indies
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