Famous personalities from northeast India Danny Denzongpur is an Indian film actor, singer and film director Haling from Sikkim. He has mainly worked in Bollywood films, though he has also appeared in several Nipoli, Tamil, Bengali and Teliga films. He has acted in about 190 Hindi films since 1971. He was born on 25th of February, 1948 to a Buddhist family in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. In 2003, Denzongpur was honored with Padmashri Award, India's fourth highest civilian honor. His film career spans more than four decades. He has also acted in some international films, the most famous being Seventeen. His famous being Seventeen, where he appeared alongside Brad Pitt. As a Rukku was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet and filmmaker from Assam, widely known as Sudha Kanto. He was also often referred to as Bard of Brahma Putra. He was born on 8th September 1926 and passed away on 5th November 2011. He made his singing debut at the age of 12 in 1939. In his films, written and sung mainly in Assamese language by himself, I marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi. He was posthumously awarded the Baurat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 2019. The Sankhma was an Indian politician who served as the speaker of the Lakshaba from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. He was born on 1st September 1947 and passed away on 4th March 2016. He mainly served as a member of Indian National Congress until 1999 when he was expelled from the party. On 5th January, 2013, Sankhmi launched his own National People's Party on the national level. He also co-founded Nationalist Congress Party during 1999 to 2012, after he was ousted from Indian National Congress Party. Mary Komp is a professional Indian Olympic boxer, hailing from Monipur. She was born on 1st March, 1983. She is the only woman to become World Amateur Boxing Champion for a record 6 times, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the seven world championships. In 2003, she was awarded Arjuna Award for her contribution in Boxing Sport. Nicknamed as Magnificent Mary, she was honoured with Podmobushan Award in 2013 in the field of Sport. On 26th of April, 2016, Komp was nominated by the President of India as a member of the Rajo Saba, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Bhachum Bhushia is a former Indian footballer from the state of Sikkim, who played as a striker. Bhachum is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena, although he has no success on the international level, or for any club outside of India. He is often nicknamed the Sikkim East Sniper, because of his kicking skills in football. He was honoured with Arjuna Award in 1998, and Podmushri Award in 2008. In August 2011, Bhushia announced his retirement from international football. He has joined the Trinimal Congress, and unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lakshaba elections from the Darjeeling constituency. Saurbi Debomber is an Indian singer, who was a contestant on the fourth series of Indian Idol, where she became the first female Indian Idol winner in 2009. She hails from Tripura state, and is a Guinness World Record holder, in singing a song by hanging upside down for 4 minutes and 30 seconds. Even though her parents are government employees, and disconnected from the world of music, they have been supportive of her decision, and encouraged her. She is a singer, performer, and entertainer, who performed live concerts across India and abroad in countries like Hong Kong, Nigeria, South Africa, New York City, London, Kuwait, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eram Shormila, also known as the Iron Ladi, is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poised from the Indian state of Monipur. On 5th of November, 2000, she began a hunger strike, which she ended on 9th of August, 2016, after 16 years of fasting for repealing, Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she has been called the world's longest hunger striker. Amnesty International, has declared her as a prisoner of conscience. In 2010, she won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian Human Rights Commission. Zubin Gorg is an Indian playback singer, music director, composer, songwriter, music producer, film director, film producer, actor and philanthropist, hailing from the northeast Indian state of Assam. His contributions are mostly attributed in Uassi Mee's, Bengali and Bollywood films and music. Besides, his songs in Uassi Mee's, Zubin has sung many songs in several other languages and dialects. He is also an instrumentalist, and plays guitar, mandolin, keyboard and various percussion instruments. Zubin has won, and was nominated for various Indian cinema awards, for his contribution as a singer, and composer. Famous personalities, from northeast India,