1. Debendranath Tagore (1817)

Indian Philosopher

A Hindu philosopher who was associated with the Brahmo Samaj. He was the founder of the Brahmo religion.

2. Ravi Zacharias (1946)

Indian Philosopher

Known for hosting Let My People Think and other religion-themed radio shows, this Evangelical Christian and founder of the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries was also a leader in the Christian...

3. Mrinal Miri (1940)

Indian Philosopher

Mrinal Miri is an Indian philosopher and educationalist.

4. S. N. Balagangadhara (1952)

Indian Philosopher

S. N. Balagangadhara is professor at the Ghent University in Belgium and director of the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cutuurwetenschap. He was a student of National College Bangalore and moved...

5. Vandana Shiva (1952)

Indian Philosopher

Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist and anti-globalization author. Shiva currently based in Delhi has authored more than 20 books.

6. Nagarjuna G. (1960)

Indian Philosopher

Nagarjuna G. works in the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai India. His major research interests include Science Education Cognitive Science History...

7. Kuruvilla Pandikattu (1957)

Indian Philosopher

Reverend Kuruvilla Pandikattu S. J. is an Indian Jesuit Priest and Professor of Philosophy Science and Religion at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth: Institute of Philosophy and Religion Pune Maharashtra India. He...

8. Surendranath Dasgupta (1887)

Indian Philosopher

Surendranath Dasgupta was a scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy.

9. Vyasatirtha (1460)

Indian Philosopher

Vyasatirtha also called Vyasaraja or Vyasaraya or Vyasaraja swamin or Chandrikacharya was acclaimed as one of the three spiritual lights or munitrayam of dvaita Vedanta i. e. Sri Madhvacharya...

10. Vivekananda (1863)

Indian Philosopher

Swami Vivekananda born Narendra Nath Datta was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna.

11. Eknath (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Sant Eknath was a prominent Marathi sant scholar and religious poet. In the development of Marathi literature Eknath is seen as a bridge between his predecessors—Dnyaneshwar and Namdev—and the later...

12. Madhvacharya (1199)

Indian Philosopher

Madhvacharya also known as Purna Prajna and Ananda Tirtha was the chief proponent of Tattvavāda philosophy of reality popularly known as the Dvaita school of Hindu philosophy. It is one...

13. Sukhlal Sanghvi (1880)

Indian Philosopher

Sukhlal Sanghvi also known as Pandit Sukhlalji was a Jain Scholar and Philosopher. He belonged to the Sthanakvasi sect of Jainism. Pandit Sukhlal lost his eyesight at the age of...

14. Bimal Krishna Matilal (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Bimal Krishna Matilal was an Indian philosopher whose influential writings present the Indian philosophical tradition as being concerned with the same issues as have been the theme in Western philosophy....

15. C. T. K. Chari (1909)

Indian Philosopher

C. T. K. Chari was Head of the Department of Philosophy at Madras Christian College from 1958 to 1969 and the most prominent among contemporary Indian philosophers who paid close...

16. N.E. Balaram (1919)

Indian Philosopher

N. E. Balaram was one of the founding leaders of the communist movement in Kerala India. A Marxist ideologue scholar in Indian Philosophy and a well known literary critic...

17. D. P. Chattopadhyaya (1933)

Indian Philosopher

Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya is the Founder/Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research New Delhi. Currently he is the Chairman of the Centre for Studies in Civilizations and General Editor...

18. Niralamba Swami (1877)

Indian Philosopher

Jatindra Nath Banerjee was one of two great Indian nationalists and freedom fighters - along with Aurobindo Ghosh - who dramatically rose to prominence between 1871 and 1910. But the...

19. Homi K. Bhabha (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language and the Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University. He is one of...

20. Prasenjit Biswas (1969)

Indian Philosopher

Prasenjit Biswas teaches Philosophy at North Eastern Hill University Shillong. His research interests reflect an interdisciplinary orientation that includes ethno-philosophy ethnicity and indigenous identities. He is also a human rights...

21. Gopala Dasa (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Sri Gopala Dasa was a prominent 18th-century saint under the Haridasa tradition. Along with other contemporary Haridasas such as Vijaya Dasaru Jagannatha Dasaru and Venugopala Dasaru Gopala Dasaru propagated the...

22. Abdul Bari Nadvi (1886)

Indian Philosopher

Maulana Abdul Bari Nadvi was born in 1886 in district Bara Banki near Lucknow in the UP Province of India. His father Hakim Abdul Khaliq was a spiritual apprentice of...

23. Swami Brahmananda (1863)

Indian Philosopher

Swami Brahmananda born Rakhal Chandra Ghosh was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna and the first president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was born in...

24. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)

Indian Philosopher

Jiddu Krishnamurti was a speaker and writer on philosophical and spiritual subjects. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle...

25. Swami Kalyandev (1876)

Indian Philosopher

Swami Kalyandev was an ascetic who was awarded the Padma Bhushan the third highest civilian award in India for his years of social work in the villages of India.

26. Cyril Desbruslais (1940)

Indian Philosopher

Reverend Dr Cyril Desbruslais S. J. born on December 21 1940 in Calcutta is a Jesuit priest Professor of Philosophy at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth Pune and an accomplished playwright.

27. Tara Chatterjea (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Tara Chatterjea is an author and philosopher specializing in Indian philosophy.

28. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1918)

Indian Philosopher

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya was an eminent Bengali Marxist philosopher from India. He made extensive contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian Philosophy. His most outstanding work in...

29. Swami Yogananda (1861)

Indian Philosopher

Swami Yogananda was a direct monastic disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa the 19th-century saint and mystic although he took his formal initiation from Sarada Devi the holy mother of Ramakrishna Order...

30. John Vattanky (1931)

Indian Philosopher

Rev. John Vattanky SJ is a Jesuit priest belonging to Kerala province in India. An Indian Philosopher specializing in Gangesa's Navya-Nyāya he resides at De Nobili College Pune. Vattanky is...

31. George Padamadan (1932)

Indian Philosopher

George Padamadan was a self-described amateur philosopher from India. Padamadan lived in a village called Thuruthur] Puthenvelikara in the Ernakulam district of Kerala state in India.

32. George Panthanmackel (1959)

Indian Philosopher

Dr George Panthanmackel is Professor of Philosophy at Suvidya College Bangalore. He has also been a Visiting Professor to several other Institutes teaching both graduates and postgraduates

33. Vishal Mangalwadi (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Vishal Mangalwadi is an Indian Christian philosopher writer lecturer and social reformer.

34. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Professor Koneru Ramakrishna Rao is a philosopher psychologist parapsychologist educationist teacher researcher and administrator. Rao was born on October 4 1932 in India. He did his college and graduate work...

35. Kireet Joshi (1931)

Indian Philosopher

Kireet Joshi is a Indian philosopher. In 1976 the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi appointed Kireet as Education Advisor to the Government of India. He also serves as the...

36. Swami Parthasarathy (1927)

Indian Philosopher

Swami Parthasarathy popularly known as Swamiji and as A. Parthasarathy is a former business man who became a corporate guru propagating a modern interpretation of Vedanta.

37. Ramjee Singh (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Professor Ramjee Singh is a former Member of Parliament and Vice-Chancellor of Jain Vishva Bharati University. He is an eminent Gandhian and is the author of a number of books...

38. Vācaspati Miśra (1970)

Indian Philosopher

Vācaspati Miśra was an Indian philosopher who founded one of the main Advaita Vedanta schools the Bhāmatī school and whose work was an important forerunner of the Navya-Nyāya system of...

39. Sisir Kumar Maitra (1887)

Indian Philosopher

Sisir Kumar Maitra was Head of the Department of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts Banaras Hindu University. His writings compared Eastern and Western philosophy and the teachings...

40. Kumara Swamy Desikar (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Kumara Swamy Desikar was a Saiva spiritual writer. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Desikar family in Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu. He composed more than three books.

41. Thakurdas Bang (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Shri. ThakurDas Bang was an Indian Gandhian philosopher and Gandhian economist. He was actively involved in the Indian independence movement. He is practicing Gandhisim Gandhian philosophy Gandhian study even at...

42. James Talboys Wheeler (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

James Talboys Wheeler was a bureaucrat-historian of the British Raj.

43. Kakaji Maharaj (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Kakaji Maharaj was an Indian philosopher and thinker. He was associated with Swaminarayan sect and followed the interpretation of Swaminarayan's teachings known as Akshar Purushottam Upasana He received enlightenment in...

44. Mahesh Chandra Ghosh (1868)

Indian Philosopher

Mahesh Chandra Ghosh was a Bengali Indian philosopher. He was conferred the title of Vednataratna for his immense knowledge of the religious scriptures and philosophy.

45. Haridas Bhattacharya (1891)

Indian Philosopher

Haridas Bhattacharyya was a Bengali Indian philosopher author and educationist known for his works on comparative religion.

46. Raghavan N. Iyer (1930)

Indian Philosopher

Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer was an Indian academic political theorist and philosopher. Educated at Oxford he was professor of political science at the University of California Santa Barbara from 1965 to...

47. Ganganath Jha (1872)

Indian Philosopher

Sir Gaṅgānāth Jhā was a scholar of Sanskrit Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Philosophy. He was also a paṇḍit of Nyāya-Śāstra.

48. Raghunatha Siromani (1475)

Indian Philosopher

Raghunatha Shiromani was an Indian philosopher and logician. He was born at Nabadwip in present day Nadia district of West Bengal state. He was the grandson of Śulapāṇi a...

49. Jarava Lal Mehta (Unknow)

Indian Philosopher

Jarava Lal Mehta was an Indian philosopher an expert on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.

50. Shankar Vaman Dandekar (1896)

Indian Philosopher

Shankar Vaman Dandekar was a philosopher and educationist from Maharashtra India. He was commonly known as Sonopant Dandekar & Mamasaheb Dandekar. He was an important interpreter of Warkari Bhakti Sampraday...