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.
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.
Mayanti Langer, Indian sports journalist, sportscaster, anchor/ emcee, TV presenter/ broadcaster. Wife of Cricketer Stuart Binny and daughter-in-law of Roger Binny.
Vijay Hazare, Cricketer. He captainedIndia 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.
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[36]
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.[40]
Dipika Pallikal She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings.
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.
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.
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.
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,[41][42] Metropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church.[43]
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.
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.
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.
^Gispert-Suach, George (2002). "Two-Eyed Dialogue: Reflections after Fifty Years"(PDF). The Way. 104 (Supplement): 31–41. Retrieved 10 June 2014. the Rev. Kali Charan Banerjee, himself a convert to the Anglican Church.
^Brown, Judith M. (2003). "Who is an Indian?". In Brian, Stanley; Low, Alaine M. (eds.). Missions, Nationalism and the End of Empire. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 130. ISBN978-0-80282-116-4.
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^Mar Thoma, Alexander (31 December 2011), Samuel, V. C; Panicker, Geevarghese; Thekeparampil, Rev. Jacob (eds.), "The Syrian heritage and the Mar Thoma Church", The Harp (Volume 2), Gorgias Press, pp. 9–10, doi:10.31826/9781463232931-003, ISBN978-1-4632-3293-1