Indore District
- Malhar Rao Holkar, First ruler of Malva from Holkar Dynasty.
- Ahilya Bai Holkar, Erstwhile ruler of Indore state.
- Yashwantrao Holkar, Gifted military leader & Maharaja of Indore.
- Lata Mangeshkar, born in Indore.
- Dr B.R. Ambedkar, born in Mhow the Cantonment town in Indore district.
- Colonel C.K. Nayudu, The first man to captain India in test cricket.
- Captain Mushtaq Ali, Colonel Nayudu's teammate in the Holkar team and in the Indian team.
- Prakash Chandra Sethi, former CM of MP and former Union cabinet minister.
- Guru Radha Kishan, freedom Fighter and eminent social worker.
- M.F. Hussain, artist who spent his childhood in Indore.
- General K Sundarji - Was Commandant of the College of Combat Mhow during the early eighties. The College is now known as the Army War College.
- Chandu Sarwate, former India cricketer.
- Amay Khurasiya, former India cricketer.
- Narendra Hirwani, former India cricketer.
- Salman Khan
- Comedian Johnny Walker
- Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer born in Indore.
- Pankaj Sharma, journalist
- Arjun Rampal Indian Film Actor. Born in Jabalpur.
- Anuj Kanchan, a world famous junior scientist from ITM Gwalior
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