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Ash King - Singer

Ash King (born Ashutosh Ganguly is an Indian Singer. He made his playback singing debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6.

Frank Anthony (1908–1993) - Member of Parliament, Community Leader

Frank Anthony (25 September 1908 Jabalpur –1993) was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India, and was until his death their nominated representative in the Parliament of India except 6th and 9th Lok Sabha.

Frank Anthony was born in Jabalpur in 1908. He studied at Nagpur university and Inner Temple London and became Bar-at-law. In 1942-46 he was member of Central Legislative Assembly, and later member of Constituent Assembly during 1946-1950. He was member of Provisional Parliament during 1950-1952. He was nominated to all Lok Sabha from 1st till 10th except 6th and 9th Lok Sabha.

Alexander Anstruther - Judge

Sir Alexander Anstruther (1769–1819), was an Anglo-Indian judge.

Tom Alter - Actor

Tom Alter (born 1950) is an Indian actor of American origin. As a thespian and television actor, he is best known for his work in Bollywood, but has also worked in the theatre.

In 2008, he was awarded Padma Shri by the Indian government.

Richard Allen (1902 – 1969) - Field Hockey Player

Richard James Allen (4 June 1902 – 1969) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1928, 1932, and 1936. He was born in Nagpur, India and did his schooling from the prestigious Oak Grove School, Mussoorie and later at the St.Joseph's College, Nainital

Henry Whitehead - Bishop

The Rt Rev Henry Whitehead, DD was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the last decade of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th.

Philip Spratt (1902 – 1971) - Writer, Thinker

Philip Spratt (26 September 1902 – 8 March 1971) was a British writer and intellectual. Initially a communist sent by the British arm of the Communist International (Comintern), based in Moscow, to spread Communism in India, he subsequently became a friend and colleague of M.N. Roy, founder of the Communist parties in Mexico and India, and along with him became an anti-communist activist.

He was among the first architects, and a founding-member of the Communist Party of India, and was among the chief accused in the Meerut Conspiracy Case; he was arrested on 20 March 1929 and imprisoned.

As a result of his reading during his time in jail, and also his observation of political developments in Russia and Western Europe at the time, Philip Spratt renounced Communism in the early 1930s. After India gained independence from the British, he was among the lone voices - such as Sita Ram Goel - against the well-intentioned and fashionable leftist policies of Nehru and the Indian government.

He was the Editor of MysIndia, a pro-American weekly, and later of Swarajya, a newspaper run by C. Rajagopalachari. He was also was a prolific writer of books, articles and pamphlets on a variety of subjects, and translated books in French, German, Tamil, Sanskrit and Hindi, into English.

Barry John - Theatre Director

Barry John (born 1944) is a British born, Indian theatre director and teacher, who was the Founder-Director of 'Theatre Action Group' (TAG) (1973–99), one of the early theatre group based in Delhi. In 1997, he launched Imago Media Company, along with Sanjay Sujitabh, and also started Imago Acting School in Delhi, both of which moved to Mumbai in March 2007. The school also got him recognition, as some of the alumni went on become Bollywood actors, including Shahrukh Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Samir Soni and Shiney Ahuja, as well as Hollywood stars like Freida Pinto. He is based in India since 1969. After shifting base to Mumbai his acting school was opened in Mumbai as 'The Barry John Acting Studio', situated in Andheri.

He was awarded the 1993 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre Direction by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Theatre, and also the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award.

J. B. S. Haldane (1892 – 1964) - Geneticist, Biologist

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964), known as Jack (but who used 'J.B.S.' in his printed works), was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist. A staunch Marxist, he was critical of Britain's role in the Suez Crisis, and chose to leave Oxford, move to India and become an Indian citizen. He was one of the founders (along with Ronald Fisher and Sewall Wright) of population genetics.

Walter Sykes George (1881–1962) - Architect

Walter Sykes George (1881–1962) was an English architect active in India during the first half of the 20th century, most known for being part of the team of architects who designed New Delhi, the new capital of India, from 1911-1931.