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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Hay | Barry Andrew Hay | 1948 | n/a | Indian | musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1967 until their retirement in 2021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Hay |
| Aditya Roy Kapur | Aditya Roy Kapur | 1985 | n/a | Indian | film actor who works in Hindi-language films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditya_Roy_Kapur |
| Nadira (actress) | Florence Ezekiel | 1932 | 2006 | Indian | actress who worked in Hindi films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadira_(actress) |
| David Abraham Cheulkar | David Abraham Cheulkar | 1909 | 1982 | Indian | Hindi film actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Abraham_Cheulkar |
| Nissim Ezekiel | Nissim Ezekiel | 1924 | 2004 | Indian | Jewish poet, actor, playwright, editor and art critic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_Ezekiel |
| Siddharth Roy Kapur | Siddharth Roy Kapur | 1974 | n/a | Indian | film producer and president of the Producers Guild of India | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddharth_Roy_Kapur |
| Tariq Anwar (film editor) | Tariq Anwar | 1945 | n/a | Indian | film editor whose credits include Center Stage, The Good Shepherd, Sylvia, Oppenheimer, and American Beauty, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and won two BAFTA Awards | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(film_editor) |
| Sheila Jasanoff | Sheila Sen Jasanoff | null | null | Indian | academic and significant contributor to the field of Science and Technology Studies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jasanoff |
| Karen David | Karen Shenaz David | 1979 | n/a | Indian | actress, singer, and songwriter best known for portraying Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia in ABC's fairytale-themed musical-comedy television series, Galavant, as well as the Head of Spanish, Cesca Montoya, in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road and Layla in the American action film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_David |
| Ruby Myers | Ruby Myers | 1907 | 1983 | Indian | silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Myers |
| Kunaal Roy Kapur | Kunaal Roy Kapur | null | null | Indian | actor, playwright and director who works in Hindi films and television shows | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunaal_Roy_Kapur |
| Ranjit Chowdhry | Ranjit Chowdhry | 1955 | 2020 | Indian | character actor, known for his roles in television, movies, and theatre | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjit_Chowdhry |
| Hannah Sen | Hannah Sen | 1894 | 1957 | Indian | educator, politician, and feminist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Sen |
| Vivan Sundaram | Vivan Sundaram | 1943 | n/a | Indian | contemporary artist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivan_Sundaram |
| Rachel Beer | Rachel Beer | 1858 | 1927 | Indian | newspaper editor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Beer |
| Ezra Mir | Ezra Mir | 1903 | 1993 | Indian | film-maker, known for his documentary films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Mir |
| Yusuf Hamied | Yusuf Khwaja Hamied | 1936 | n/a | Indian | scientist, billionaire businessman and the chairman of Cipla, a generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Hamied |
| Sarah Avraham | Sarah Avraham | 1993 | 1994 | Indian | Muay Thai kickboxer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Avraham |
| Pearl Padamsee | Pearl Padamsee | 1931 | 2000 | Indian | theatre personality as a stage actress, director and producer of English language theatre in Mumbai active in 1950s–1990s | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Padamsee |
| Jerusha Jhirad | Jerusha Jacob Jhirad FRCOG, MBE | 1891 | 1984 | Indian | physician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusha_Jhirad |
| Abraham Barak Salem | Abraham ben Barak Salem aka A.B Salem | 1882 | 1967 | Indian | nationalist and Zionist, a lawyer and politician, and one of the most Cochin prominent Jews of the twentieth century | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Barak_Salem |
| Haidar Ali (actor) | Haidar Ali, also credited as Hyder Ali and Haider Ali | n/a | 1986 | Indian | film and television actor and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidar_Ali_(actor) |
| Renana Jhabvala | Renana Jhabvala | null | null | Indian | social worker based in Ahmedabad, India, who has been active for decades in organising women into organisations and trade unions in India, and has been extensively involved in policy issues relating to poor women and the informal economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renana_Jhabvala |
| Benjamin Abraham Samson | Vice Admiral Benjamin Abraham 'Chippy' Samson, PVSM | 1916 | 2008 | Indian | Navy Admiral who served as the Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet from 8 January 1964 to 31 May 1966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Abraham_Samson |
| Esther David | Esther David | 1945 | n/a | Indian | Jewish author, an artist and a sculptor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_David |
| Bensiyon Songavkar | Bensiyon Morisbhai Songavkar | null | null | Indian | professional cricketer who has represented Saurashtra | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bensiyon_Songavkar |
| Esther Victoria Abraham | Esther Victoria Abraham | 1916 | 2006 | Indian | model, actress and first woman film producer in the Hindi film industry | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Victoria_Abraham |
| Fleur Ezekiel | Fleur Ezekiel | null | null | Indian | model who was crowned Eve's Weekly Miss India 1959 and represented India at Miss World 1959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_Ezekiel |
| Sandra Samuel | Sandra Samuel | null | null | Indian | nanny who gained international recognition for rescuing a two-year-old Jewish boy named Moshe Holtzberg in Mumbai, India, during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Samuel |
| Nandu Bhende | Nandu Bhende | 1952 | 2014 | Indian | singer and actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandu_Bhende |
| Firoza Begum (actress) | Firoza Begum | null | null | Indian | Jewish actress | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firoza_Begum_(actress) |
| Flora Sassoon | Flora Sassoon | 1859 | 1936 | Indian | Jewish businesswoman, scholar, Hebraist and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Sassoon |
| Regina Guha | Regina Guha | 1919 | n/a | Indian | lawyer and teacher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Guha |
| Rebecca Reuben Nowgaokar | Rebecca Reuben Nowgaokar | 1889 | 1957 | Indian | Jewish writer and educator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Reuben_Nowgaokar |
| Elizer | Elizer | null | null | Indian | actor of Jewish descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizer |
| David Jacob Cohen | David Jacob Cohen OBE | 1959 | n/a | Indian | politician and a leading figure of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jacob_Cohen |
| David Mordecai | David Mordecai | 1909 | 1973 | Indian | photographer in Calcutta whose subjects included the Nehrus, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, and King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mordecai |
| Lillian (actress) | Lillian | null | null | Indian | former actress and dancer who primarily worked in Bollywood | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_(actress) |