Darjeeling, West Bengal
1. Vivien Leigh (1913)
Actress
She became immortalized as Scarlet O'Hara in the 1939 Civil War romance film Gone with the Wind. Her other notable films include Fire Over England, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Tovarich.
2. Erick Avari (1952)
Indian Actor
Film, television and stage actor,known for his performances in shows like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The X-Files.
3. Mahima Chaudhry (1973)
Indian Actor
Indian actress who won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her debut role in the 1997 film Pardes.
4. Roy Pomeroy (1892)
Special Effects Designer
Roy Pomeroy was an American special effects artist. He won an Academy Award for Engineering Effects for the film Wings at the 1st Academy Awards.
5. Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (Unknow)
Lhalu
Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (January 1914- September 15 2011 commonly known as Lhalu Lhalu Se or Lhalu Shape is a Tibetan aristocrat and politician who has held a variety of positions...
6. Louis Banks (1941)
Indian Music Producer And Compos
Louis Banks is a Grammy Award-nominated film composer record producer jazz musician-keyboardist and singer. Proficient in genres like Indipop modern progressive and contemporary jazz and Indo jazz fusion he has...
7. Dawa Narbula (1935)
Indian Politician
Dawa Narbula was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Darjeeling constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress political...
8. Subhash Ghisingh (1936)
Gorkha Nationalist
Subhash Ghisingh is the leader of Gorkha National Liberation Front which he founded in 1980. He was the chairman of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in West Bengal India from...
9. Aruna Lama (1945)
Nepalese Female Singer
Aruna Lama is one of the well-known singers of Nepali music. She is popularly known as Nightingale of the Hills. She sang hundreds of Nepali songs including some for Nepali...
10. Moni Kumar Subba (1958)
Indian Politician
Moni Kumar Subba was a member of the 12th Lok Sabha 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India from 1998 to 2009. He represented the Tezpur constituency of...
11. Tenzing Sonam (1959)
Film Director
Tenzing Sonam is a Tibetan film director writer and essayist. He works through his production company White Crane Films which he runs with his partner Ritu Sarin.
12. Jamling Tenzing Norgay (1965)
Nepalese Mountain Climbers
Jamling Tenzing Norgay is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. He is the son of Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber Tenzing Norgay and Daku his third wife.
13. Dil Kumari Bhandari (1949)
Indian Polician
Dil Kumari Bhandari is a former member of parliament from Sikkim. She also hold the presidency of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh an organization of the Indian Gorkhas till 2012.
14. Tripti Nadakar (1969)
Nepali Actor And Model
Tripti Nadakar is a Nepali film actress. Tripti has performed in more than a dozen Nepali films. Her hit movies were Samjhana Kusume Rumal Saino and Lahure. She and Bhuwan...
15. Barun Roy (1977)
Indian Writer
Barun Roy is an Indian author journalist and blogger. He was educated at Darjeeling and Chennai. The first book authored by Roy was Portraits of Life a collection of short...
16. June Malia (1970)
Actress
June Malia was born on June 24, 1970 in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. She is an actress, known for Hotath Bristi, A Tale of a Naughty Girl and Ebar Shabor.
17. Rajendra Bhandari (Unknow)
Nepalese Poet And Academic
This is an article about the Nepali-language poet. For the athlete see Rajendra Bahadur BhandariRajendra Bhandari is a Nepali poet and academic at the Sikkim Government College in Gangtok. Born...
