Famous People with Name Lakshmi

Lakshmi Bai            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshmi Bai: the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi in North India, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and a symbol of resistance to British rule in India. She has gone down in history as a legendary figure, as India's "Joan of Arc

Lakshmi Kant Jha            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshmi Kant Jha: was the eighth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 Jul 1967 to 3 May 1970[2]. A member of the Indian Civil Service, Jha had served as Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, prior to his appointment as Governor of RBI.[3]During his tenure the Indian Rupee notes of denominations of Rs 2, 5, 10, and 100, commemorating the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi was released on 2 October 1969, these notes bear his signature, a subsequent re-issue on this series notes bears the signature of B. N. Adarkar.[4]

Lakshmi Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshmi Menon: an Indian fashion model.[1] She took up modelling to earn money while studying for a degree in sociology at the Bangalore University.[2] After modelling in India for several years, she began her international career in 2006.[2] A show for Jean Paul Gaultier was followed by work on the Hermès catwalk, the Hermès advertising campaign, and campaigns for Max Mara and for Givenchy.[2]

Lakshmi Kant Verma            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshmi Kant Verma: was a Hindi author.He was born on 15 February 1922 at Basti district in Uttar Pradesh. Later on his Father migrated to Allahbad and started working as a reader in High Court. He had done his schooling from here only and after passing Intermediate he joined Allah bad University in the same year i.e. 1943 at the age of 21 years he went as volunteer of students in the Bengal Famine. After this his educational life had been totally ruined but the destiny had something else written for him as his interest in reading, writing had resulted in by giving him one the highest award in the field of hindi literature.

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal: an Indian industrialist based in the United Kingdom. He was born in Sadulpur village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and he resides in Kensington, London. He is the founder of Mittal Steel and has been the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal since the merge. He also serves as a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs, EADS and ICICI Bank.[5].As of 2009, Mittal is the world's 8th richest person and richest person in the U.K with personal wealth of US$19.3 billion.[6] [7]

Padma Parvati Lakshmi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Padma Parvati Lakshmi: an Indian American cookbook author, actress, and former model who has described herself as the first well-known model from India.[1] She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two.Her parents' only child together, Lakshmi is the daughter of a Pfizer executive and his first wife, Vijaya [2][3] a nurse who currently specializes in suicide prevention.[1] Her parents separated when she was one and divorced a year later. Both parents later remarried.[4]

Panabaka Lakshmi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Panabaka Lakshmi: is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Bapatla constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress. She also represented Nellore in 14th Lok Sabha. She is currently the Union Minister of State in the Mini

Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi: is an Indian politician and the current member of the Lok Sabha from Vizianagaram, Andra Pradesh. During 2007-09, she represented the Bobbili constituency in the Lok Sabha. She belongs to the Indian National Congress.

Pingali Lakshmikantam            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pingali Lakshmikantam: was an Indian poet and writer.Lakshmikantam worked as a copyist for 2.5 years in the sub-court of Vijayawada. After finishing his BA, he taught at Bandaru Noble School and later at Bandaru Noble College until 1926. After a brief stint at Madras Oriental Manuscript Library as a researcher in 1927, Laksmikantam served as the president of Andhrasakha, a division of Andhraviswa Kalaparishat from 1931 through 1949. He began this new career by preparing syllabus for Telugu and Sanskrit literature courses. He taught history and criticism of Telugu literature to BA (honors) and MA students.