10 Global Personalities Who Were Born In India

Bangalore: India is a country that calls the attention of many well known personalities in the world. However, apart from the Indian mystery and spirituality infatuating the world, it is also the birthplace for many of the world’s famous personalities. Here’s a list of popular actors, writers, musicians and sportsmen who were born in India and grew up to be world famous in their own unique way, as listed by msn.com.

Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh, the British actress is well remembered for her famous role as Scarlett O’Hara in the film ‘Gone with the Wind’ and Blanche DuBois in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’ She won the Oscar for both the roles. Vivien was born in the campus of St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling Bengal, India on 5 November 1913. Her father, Ernest Hartley was an English officer in the Indian Cavalry.

Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard is a British pop singer, actor, performer and philanthropist. In the U.K., he is the third highest selling singles artist of all times.
Cliff Richard birth name was Harry Rodger Webb. He was born on 14 October 1940 in Victoria Street in Lucknow, India. His father Rodger Oscar Webb was a manager for catering contractor which serviced the Indian Railways. Richards’s family lived at Maqbara with other Anglo Indian families. However the family moved around 1945 to Howrah, near Kolkata, where he started his schooling. In 1949 the family left India and moved to England.

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