Subj : Born in India
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Apr 15 2026 08:40:00

This week's focus features notables born in India, and my relationship to them.  Per 
wikitree.com I am:

26 degrees from Mohandas Gandhi
30 degrees from Dervish Bejah
21 degrees from Eric Blair
25 degrees from Shyama Chopra
23 degrees from Indira Gandhi
26 degrees from Engelbert Humperdinck
20 degrees from Rudyard Kipling
19 degrees from Vivien Leigh
26 degrees from Aruna Miller
22 degrees from Aga Khan III Shah
24 degrees from Ravi Shankar
20 degrees from William Thackeray

More about them:

Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi, the unofficial "Father of the Nation of India," renowned for 
his dedication to peace and nonviolent protests.

Dervish Bejah, camel driver who played a significant role in the exploration and 
development of outback Australia.

Eric Blair, better known under his pen name, George Orwell, an English novelist, 
essayist, journalist and critic known for works like "1984" and "Animal Farm."

Shyama Chopra, Bollywood actress who was the first Kashmiri woman who joined films 
in 1934.

Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her 
assassination in 1984.

Engelbert Humperdinck, pop singer.

Rudyard Kipling, journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist, known best for the 
novel, "The Jungle Book."

Vivien Leigh, actress best known for her Academy Award winning role as "Scarlet 
O'Hara" in Gone With the Wind.

Aruna Miller, 10th lieutenant governor of Maryland and the first South Asian woman 
elected lieutenant governor in the United States.

Sir Sultan Shah, Aga Khan III, was 48th Imam of the Ismailis, a branch of Shia Islam, 
recognized as the living, hereditary Imam, a direct descendant of the Prophet 
Muhammad.

Ravi Shankar, sitar virtuoso and composer.
William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist, famed mostly for his book Vanity Fair.

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, 
authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors
Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, 
politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes.  I guess that I am a collection of 
all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly 
newsletters.  It is totally free and very useful to genealogists.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by 
giving me some basic information by going to:

https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history, 
and I would love to see how WE are related.

Mike Dippel
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