Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Famous Personalities-GK

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.

Sham Lal was an Indian literary critic and journalist, who served as the editor of The Times of India. He wrote a column Life and Letters for several years for Hindustan Times and later The Times of India.

Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 - 18 June 2009) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod.

Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah (18 April 1910 - 21 November 1994), was an Indian development economist and educator. In 1976 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and former glamour model.

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 - 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. She was known for her melancholic, somber persona due to her many portrayals of tragic characters in her films and for her subtle and understated performances.

Milkha Singh, byname the Flying Sikh, (born 17 October 1935, Lyallpur [now Faisalabad], Pakistan), Indian track-and-field athlete who became the first Indian male to reach the final of an Olympic athletics event when he placed fourth in the 400-metre race at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

Ben Kingsley is associated with motion pictures.

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (26 January, 1924 - 7 April, 2004) was an Indian classical dancer, guru and proponent of Odissi dance, who is credited for the revival of the classical dance form in the 20th century.

Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 - 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument.