List of Indian Christians

This article lists notable Indian Christians. The list includes both Indians who lived within India and its predecessor states, and those of Indian ancestry who resided in other countries.

Freedom fighters

 * Accamma Cherian, popularly known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore
 * Ignacio Pinto, leader of the 1787 revolution against Portuguese rule in India known as the Conspiracy of the Pintos
 * K. C. Mammen Mappillai
 * Titusji
 * Kali Charan Banerjee (1847–1902)
 * Krishna Mohan Banerjee
 * Amrit Kaur
 * Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
 * Pandita Ramabai
 * S. K. Rudra
 * Madhusudan Das
 * Luís de Menezes Bragança, anti-colonial activist and writer
 * Tristão de Bragança Cunha, anti-colonial activist and writer

Business

 * M. G. George Muthoot, Chairman of Muthoot Group
 * Joy Alukkas, Indian Entrepreneur
 * Sunny Varkey, Entrepreneur and Founder of GEMS Education
 * Jose Alukkas
 * K. M. Mammen Mappillai, Founder of MRF
 * Sabu M Jacob, managing director, Kitex Garments Limited
 * Santhosh George Kulangara, Founder of Safari TV
 * Noble Babu Thomas, Film Producer
 * Annamma Mathew, Founder of Vanitha
 * Mathai George Muthoot, Indian Businessman
 * Victor Menezes, Indian Banker
 * Mammen Mathew, Chief Editor, Malayala Manorama
 * Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo
 * K. M. Mathew
 * Francisco D'Souza, Former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant
 * Gerson da Cunha, advertising professional who was also a stage and film actor, social worker, and author
 * A. V. Thomas, founding owner of The A.V.T. Group of companies, a leading family-owned business group in South India based in Chennai.

Politicians, activists and Indian Civil Service

 * Ajit Jogi, first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
 * John Matthai, Minister of Railways in First Cabinet of Independent India.
 * Sonia Gandhi, Italian who was the former President of the Indian National Congress Party and widow of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
 * George Fernandes was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, journalist, freethinker.
 * K. M. George (politician), Founder of Kerala Congress
 * Madhusudan Das, Indian lawyer and social reformer. He was the first graduate and advocate of Orissa (Present Odisha).
 * Oommen Chandy, former Chief Ministers of Kerala
 * A. J. John, founder leader of Travancore State Congress
 * K M Mani, politician in the Kerala Congress (M)
 * Baby John, Politician in Kerala
 * M. M. Thomas, Christian theologian and social activist who served as Governor of Nagaland (1990–1992).
 * Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009), former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
 * Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy, former M. P. of Kadapa and Minister of Andhra Pradesh
 * Thomas Chandy, Former minister, Businessman.
 * Joachim Baxla, four-time MP of Alipurduar in West Bengal and Revolutionary Socialist Party politician
 * Margaret Alva
 * Fr. Stan Swamy, Indian Roman Catholic priest and tribal rights activist
 * Francisco Luís Gomes, Goan politician
 * Wilfred de Souza, Former Chief Minister of Goa
 * Sojan Joseph, was born in India but settled in UK. He became Kerala's 1st MP in the UK and First Labor Party win in the Ashford defeat of the Conservative Party (UK) in over 139 years.
 * Kamala Harris, is of partial Tamil descent and became the Vice President of the United States

Indian Armed Forces and Indian Police Service

 * General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, (19 September 1933 - 4 March 2022) was a retired Indian army officer who was Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010.
 * Ronald Lynsdale Pereira, (25 May 1923 – 14 October 1993) was a flag officer in the Indian Navy. He served as the ninth Chief of Naval Staff from 1979 to 1982. He is considered to be one of the architects of the modern Indian Navy.
 * Lieutenant-General Francis Tiburtius Dias, PVSM, AVSM, Vrc (14 October 1934 – 16 January 2019) was a retired Indian Army officer, who was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
 * Major General Ian Cardozo, AVSM, SM, is a former Indian Army officer. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, After the fall of Dhaka, Cardozo stepped on a land mine and his leg was critically injured. Due to non-availability of morphine or pethidine, and absence of medics, his leg could not be amputated surgically. He subsequently used his khukri to amputate his own leg He was the first war-disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion and a brigade.
 * Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson, PVSM, AVSM (13 November 1923 – 23 October 2011) was a four-star admiral in the Indian Navy. He served as the 11th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1982 to 30 November 1984. He was the Director of Naval Operations during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. After retirement, Admiral Dawson served as the Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand
 * Julio Rebeiro, Padma Bhushan, Commissioner of Police Mumbai, Director General Central Reserve Police Force, Director General of Police Gujarat, Director General of Police Punjab, Indian Ambassador to Romania
 * Sushil Kumar (admiral), PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, NM (died 27 November 2019) was an Indian Navy Admiral who served as Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
 * Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrum, MVC (7 March 1975 – 1 July 1999) was an Indian Army officer of 12 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry. He was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second-highest gallantry award, for exemplary valor in combat during operations in the Kargil War in 1999.

Entertainment/Cinema

 * J. C. Daniel (28 November 1900 – 27 April 1975), was an Indian filmmaker who is considered as the father of Malayalam cinema.
 * John Abraham, Indian Actor, Producer and former supermodel
 * Katrina Kaif, Film actress
 * Divine, Indian hip-hop rap singer
 * Abish Mathew, Indian Comedian and YouTuber
 * Ruben, Indian film editor
 * Aju Varghese, Nasrani Mappila actor and producer
 * Ian D'Sa, Canadian Guitarist
 * Samantha Ruth Prabhu, South Indian film actress
 * Suresh Peters, Indian singer, rapper, and musician
 * Bosco-Caesar, Indian Bollywood choreographers
 * Jennifer Winget, Indian soap opera actress and television host
 * Basil Joseph, Nasrani Mappila director and actor
 * Esther Anil, Malayali actress
 * Lara Dutta, Indian actress
 * Pearle Maaney, Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber and television presenter
 * Kenny Sebastian, Indian Comedian and digital social media Influencer
 * Archana Kavi, Indian actress and television host
 * Marc Robinson, Indian supermodel
 * Luke Kenny, Indian actor, model, film director, producer, music composer, musician, DJ and VJ of Irish ancestry.
 * Naveen Andrews, Anglo-American actor whose parents are from Kerala.
 * Innocent, Malayali actor
 * Tiger Prabhakar, Kannada cinema actor
 * Vijay
 * Vikram
 * Johnny Lever, Indian actor and comedian
 * Jimmy Moses, Comedian
 * Terence Lewis (choreographer), Indian dancer, singer and choreographer
 * Kunchacko Boban, Indian actor
 * Babu Antony, Malayali actor
 * Evelyn Sharma, Actress and model
 * Kalki Koechlin, Actress
 * Annu Antony, Malayali actress
 * Tamara Moss, Indian model
 * Erica Fernandes, Indian actress
 * Alencier Ley Lopez, Malayali actor
 * Nargis Fakhri, American actress and model
 * Lal, Malayali director and actor
 * Lalu Alex, Nasrani Mappila actor
 * Nagma, movie actress and politician.
 * Lal Jose, Indian Film Director
 * Vijay Antony, Indian Actor, music composer, playback singer and producer
 * Gavin Packard, Anglo Indian actor of Irish American ancestry and origin
 * Nayanthara, Malayali actress
 * Serin George, Indian model and digital creator
 * Elizabeth Anita Reddi, Indian model
 * Sarah Jane Dias, Indian actress, VJ and model
 * Rochelle Rao, Anglo Indian model
 * Honey Rose, Malayali actress
 * Nataša Stanković, Actress, model and dancer
 * Freida Pinto, Indian - American Actress
 * Rachel David, Malayali actress
 * Carol Gracias, Indian supermodel
 * Krystle D'Souza, Indian TV show actress
 * Nivin Pauly, Nasrani Mappila actor
 * Rimi Tomy, Malayali actress and singer
 * Sathyan (actor), Malayali Actor, Police inspector, soldier (Viceroy's Commissioned Officer), clerk, school teacher
 * Candice Pinto, Indian model
 * Bárbara Mori, Actress and model
 * Miya George, Malayali actress
 * Kelly Gale, Female model
 * Lissy (actress), Malayali actress and wife of acclaimed Film Director Priyadarshan.
 * Kalyani Priyadarshan, Malayali actress and daughter of Lissy (actress).
 * Angela Jonsson, Female model and actress
 * Cindy Bishop, Female model and activist
 * Andrea Jeremiah, Indian Actress and Playback Singer
 * Nina Manuel, Indian model, television host and VJ
 * Tovino Thomas, Nasrani Mappila actor
 * Jean Paul Lal, Actor and Director
 * Anu Emmanuel, Malayali Actress
 * Thankachan Emmanuel, Indian film producer and father of actress Anu Emmanuel.
 * Reita Faria, Indian physician and model
 * Navodaya Appachan, Indian Film Producer and Entrepreneur
 * Joju George, South Indian Actor
 * Siju Wilson, Indian Actor
 * Anna Ben, Malayali actress
 * Diana Penty, Indian actress
 * Diandra Soares, Indian model, fashion designer and television host
 * Waluscha De Sousa, Indian actress and model
 * Elli Avram, Actress
 * Reba Monica John, Malayali actress
 * Roshan Mathew, Film Actor
 * Russell Peters, Comedian
 * Rosshan Andrrews, Film Director
 * Anju Kurian, Malayali actress
 * Gail Nicole Da Silva, Indian model
 * Alphonse Puthren, Indian Film Director and Writer
 * Shine Tom Chacko, Indian Actor
 * Fleur Ezekiel, Indian model
 * Madonna Sebastian, Malayali actress
 * Asin, Indian Actress
 * Jacqueline Fernandez, Actress
 * Chris Perry, Indian Musician and Film Producer
 * Nelson Dilipkumar, Film Director
 * Lisa Haydon, Indian Actress and model
 * Sebastian D'Souza, Music Arranger
 * Nivetha Thomas, Malayali actress
 * Amala Paul, South Indian film Actress
 * Rimi Tomy, Indian Singer and Actress
 * Anchal Joseph, model
 * Dhanya Mary Varghese, Malayali actress
 * Bruna Abdullah, Actress and model
 * Malaika Arora, Indian actress and VJ
 * Lisa Ray, Actress
 * Mayanti Langer, Indian sports journalist, sportscaster, anchor/ emcee, TV presenter/ broadcaster. Wife of Cricketer Stuart Binny and daughter-in-law of Roger Binny.
 * Nicole Faria, Indian model
 * Gaelyn Mendonca, Indian actress, model, television presenter and VJ
 * Genelia D'Souza, Indian Actress
 * Meera Jasmine, Indian Actress
 * Amy Jackson, Actress and model
 * Regina Cassandra, Indian Actress and model
 * Ileana D'Cruz, Indian born Portuguese actress
 * Catherine Tresa, Actress
 * Oviya, Tamil Actress
 * Remo D'Souza, Indian dance choreographer, Film producer and director
 * Vivian Dsena, Indian TV show actor and model
 * Shalini, South Indian Actress
 * Richard Rishi, Indian Actor
 * Shamlee, South Indian Actress
 * Deborah Priya Henry, Female former model activist social worker
 * Dino Morea, Indian Actor and model
 * Remo Fernandes, Indian born Portuguese singer and musician
 * Ester Noronha, Indian actress and singer
 * Malishka Mendonsa, Indian radio personality and actress

Sports

 * Michael Ferreira, three-time Billiards Amateur World Champion.
 * Vijay Hazare, Cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ever Test cricket win (and the only victory under his captaincy) in 1951–52 against England at Madras.
 * Tinu Yohannan, Former Indian cricketer from Kerala.
 * Roger Binny, Indian cricketer, part of Indian squad that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup Final
 * Steven Dias, Former Indian footballer and current football coach
 * Seriton Fernandes, Indian football player
 * Vinod Kambli, cricketer
 * Mahesh Bhupathi, professional tennis player also widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit
 * Jimmy George is often considered one of the greatest volleyball players of all time and was a member of India men's national volleyball team. Jimmy George was just 21 years old when he received the Arjuna Award for his talent on the volleyball court.
 * Anju Bobby George, Indian Athlete
 * Leander Paes, Tennis Player
 * Brandon Fernandes, Indian footballer
 * Deep Grace Ekka, Indian field hockey player.
 * Vece Paes, Indian field hockey player.
 * Sheldon Jackson (cricketer), Indian cricketer
 * Bryce Miranda, Indian professional football player
 * Jinson Johnson, Indian Athletics track athlete
 * Sanson Pereira, Indian professional football player
 * Mary Kom, Indian Boxer. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she was the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the flyweight (51 kg) category and won a bronze medal. She had also been ranked as the world's No. 1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA). She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times. Mary Kom won the 51 kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia. She was also a former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
 * Dipika Pallikal, She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings.
 * Angel Mary Joseph, Indian former track and field athlete.
 * Climax Lawrence, Indian former footballer
 * Anthony Fernandes (footballer), Indian former ex footballer and current assistant coach of Mumbai City FC.
 * Godfrey Pereira, Indian former ex footballer and current head coach manager of Air India FC.
 * Sachin Baby, Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala domestic cricket team.
 * Leander D'Cunha, Indian professional football player
 * Treesa Jolly, Indian female badminton player
 * Royston Dias, Mumbai based Indian professional cricketer
 * Liston Colaco, Indian professional football player
 * Jeswin Aldrin, Indian athletics field athlete
 * Saviour Gama, Indian footballer
 * Reeth Abraham, Indian female former track and field athlete.
 * Ancy Sojan, Indian Long jump field athlete.
 * Glan Martins, Indian professional footballer
 * Jemimah Rodrigues, Indian female Cricketer.
 * Shiny Wilson, Indian athlete. She has been a National Champion in 800 metres for 14 years.
 * Vincy Barretto, Indian professional footballer
 * Jacob Martin (cricketer), Former Indian professional cricketer who used to captain Baroda cricket team.
 * Stuart Binny, Indian cricketer and son of Roger Binny.
 * Vineeth Revi Mathew, Indian professional basketball player from Kerala.
 * Robin Uthappa, Indian Cricketer. Robin has represented team India in ODIs and T20Is.He is nicknamed 'The Walking Assassin' for his tactic of charging down towards the bowler. He played an important role in India's win at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. He finished the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy season as the highest run scorer that season and was also the highest run-scorer that year in the IPL.
 * Sanju Samson, Indian Cricketer. A right-handed wicket-keeper-batter, he was the vice-captain of the Indian U-19 team for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his India debut in the 2015 away T20I against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut in 2021 against Sri Lanka. He is also current captain of Kerala cricket team & IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals.
 * K. M. Beenamol, an international athlete from India.she became the third Indian woman to reach an Olympic semi-final since P. T. Usha and Shiny Wilson.
 * Tintu Luka, she is the national record holder in the women's 800 metres. Luka represented India at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. In addition to being the 2015 Asian Champion in the 800 meters, she has won a total of six medals at the Asian Athletics Championships.
 * Geethu Anna Jose, Indian Basketball Player, who has been the captain of the India women's national basketball team.
 * Varun Aaron, Indian professional cricketer.
 * Mayookha Johnny, Indian track and field athlete.
 * Raynier Fernandes, Indian professional footballer
 * T. C. Yohannan, Indian long jumper who held the national record in long jump for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yohannan will be known for the new dimension he gave to long jump in India in 1974, the occasion was the Tehran Asian Games of 1974. Yohannan cleared a distance of 8.07 metres at the Teheran Asian Games for a new Asian record.
 * K. M. Binu, Indian Athlete
 * Mathias Boe, former Badminton professional and current doubles coach of Indian national Badminton team
 * Nayana James, Indian track and field athlete.
 * Minimol Abraham, Indian former female Volleyball team player.
 * Rowllin Borges, Indian professional football athlete
 * Joseph Abraham, Indian hurdler. He holds the current 400 metre hurdles State record of 49.51 seconds set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007.
 * Vijay Amritraj, Indian former professional tennis player. After playing his first Grand Prix event in 1970, Amritraj achieved his first success in singles in 1973 when he reached the quarterfinals at two Grand Slam events.
 * Mamatha Maben, Former Indian female Cricketer

Arts

 * Laurie Baker, Indian architect and Padma Shri awardee for Architecture, 1992.

Religious leaders

 * Philipose Chrysostom - Padma Bushan, world record holder for the longest serving bishop in the world, record holder as theme actor in the longest comprehensive biopic documentary ever made, Metropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church.
 * Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II - 8th Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (2010–present).
 * Puroshottam Choudhary - preacher, evangelist, writer of Christian literature
 * Joseph Mar Thoma - Metropolitan of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church.
 * Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee - first Indian Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India
 * Lal Behari Dey - Indian journalist, writer, and Christian missionary
 * Ravi Zacharias - Christian apologist, Founder and chairman of the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.
 * D. G. S. Dhinakaran - Christian evangelist.
 * Father S J Berchmans - Revered Christian evangelist, " Poet of the Modern Indian Christian Churches worldwide".
 * Valerian Gracias - First cardinal from India.
 * Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy - First Indian to head a Sacred Congregation of the Catholic Church.
 * Acharya K. K. Chandy - President Emeritus- Fellowship of Reconciliation India; 1 of the 3 Founding Fathers - Christavashram, Kottayam; Founder Father- Gurukul Ecumenical Centre for Peace.
 * Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly - Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute.
 * Mary Celine Payyappilly - Servant of God, Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel.
 * Varkey Vithayathil - Catholic Cardinal and former Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church.
 * Antony Padiyara - Catholic Cardinal and the First Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
 * Joseph Parecattil - First from the Syro-Malabar church to be made a cardinal.
 * Augustine Kandathil - First head of the Syro-Malabar Church and first Indian to assume powers and rule as an archbishop of the Catholic Church.
 * Kuriakose Elias Chavara - First Indian to be beatified Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
 * Saint Alphonsa - first Indian Catholic to be raised to sainthood Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
 * V. C. Samuel - World-renowned Theologian, Historian, Ecumenical Leader, Professor/Dean in India and abroad, Priest, Indian Orthodox Church.
 * Cyril Baselios - Former head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
 * Mariam Thresia - Syro-Malabar Church.
 * St. Euphrasia - Syro-Malabar Church.
 * St. Joseph Vaz - Goan Oratorian priest and missionary to Sri Lanka
 * Rani Maria Vattalil - Catholic religious and missionary social worker in the Franciscan Clarist Congregation
 * Nidhiry Mani Kathanar - Priest of the Syro-Malabar Church who led a relentless campaign for indigenous bishops. Founder of Nazrani Deepika Malayalam newspaper.
 * Neiliezhü Üsou (1941–2009), an influential Baptist preacher, theologian, Church musician, music teacher and composer from the North-Eastern state of India, Nagaland.
 * Baselios Yeldo - was the Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church. He was the Catholicos of Jerusalem and Mosul. He is the Saint of Malankara Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Jacobite Orthodox Churches.
 * Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I - First Catholicos who used Mar Thoma in his title. He was awarded The Order of St. Valdimer by the Patriarch of Russia.
 * Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares - First Head of Goan Orthodox who was a Catholic Priest who joined Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in search for real believes and worship.
 * Devasahayam Pillai (1712–1752), He was canonized as a saint of the church by Pope Francis on 15 May 2022, layman and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church.
 * Kattumangattu Abraham Mar Koorilos -(late)The first primate and Metropolitan of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church
 * Geevarghese Gregorios - (1848–1902) First Indian to be raised to sainthood. First Saint of Malankara Church and the youngest one in Malankara to become a Bishop.
 * Kurien Thomas - founder of the Fellowship of the Pentecostal Churches in India and Central India Theological Seminary.
 * Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril (Dionysius VI) (1858–1934) Malankara Metropolitan and Saint of Malankara Orthodox Church.
 * Thomas Fernando, former Catholic bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin
 * Francis Tiburtius Roche, former Catholic bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin
 * Peter Fernando, former Catholic bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin
 * John Banerjee, Anglican Assistant bishop of Lahore

Others in Christian ministry

 * Maria Theresa Chiramel - Catholic nun.
 * Ken Gnanakan - Evangelist, singer, environmentalist and founder of Acts Ministries.
 * P. C. John - Kerala Brethren person.
 * Nirmala Joshi - Former Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity.
 * Bakht Singh - (6 June 1903 – 17 September 2000) was a Christian evangelist in India and other parts of South Asia.
 * Sadhu Sundar Singh - Missionary, Christian universalist.
 * Sadhu Kochoonju Upadesi - Malayali preacher and poet / composer.
 * Benjamin Bailey (missionary) -Missionary, Founded the first College in India, Developed first English Malayalam Dictionary.
 * Graham Staines – Australian missionary
 * Elizabeth Paul Sister at CSI Order of Sisters, First woman to be ordained to priesthood
 * Joseph John (minister)

Literature

 * Dom Moraes - India writer and poet
 * Henry Louis Vivian Derozio - Anglo-Indian poet and social worker
 * Krishna Mohan Banerjee - Bengali writer and first president of Bengal Christian Association
 * Michael Madhusudan Dutt - famous Bengali poet and dramatist
 * Toru Dutt - Bengali translator and poet in English and French
 * Narayan Waman Tilak, Marathi poet
 * Sarah Joseph. Is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam.
 * Thomas Joseph, Was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.
 * Badal Sircar, Bengali playwright
 * Mario Miranda, cartoonist
 * Jaime Valfredo Rangel, Goan pioneer publisher and writer

Cultural leaders

 * George Menachery - Historian, author, encyclopaedist, archaeologist, anthropologist, writer of Church History
 * Harris Jayaraj - A prominent music director mainly works in Tamil cinema
 * Mother Teresa - Nobel Peace Prize winner Albanian Indian Catholic nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity organization.
 * D. Imman - Music director of Tamil cinema
 * Fr. Paul Poovathingal, Carnatic music singer
 * K. J. Yesudas - Indian Singer
 * Ruskin Bond - Anglo Indian Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan award-winning Author
 * Stephen Devassy - Indian Musician
 * Tom Alter - Indian Actor and son of American Christian missionaries