Notable People Born in Darjeeling
- Erick Avari, Indian actor
- Vivien Leigh, British actress
- Frank Thompson, British officer
- Jamling Tenzing Norgay, climber
- Lawrence Picachy, Archbishop of Calcutta
- Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan-American politician, prime minister of Tibet
- Lain Singh Bangdel, Nepalese artist, novelist, art historian, scholar
- Gopal Yonzon, Singer, lyricist, composer, director
- Louis Banks, jazz musician, composer, singer
- Aruna Lama, Singer
- Mahima Chaudhary, An Indian actress and a former model
- Jyoti Brahmin, Miss India Earth 2004
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