Here is a list of famous Indians with their nick names by which they are popularly known as..
| Nick Name | Person |
|---|---|
| Father of Nation | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Iron man of India | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| Kaviguru | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Frontier Gandhi | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Sahid-e-Azam | Bhagat Singh |
| Birdman of India | Salim Ali |
| Grand Old man of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Deshbandhu | Chitta Ranjan Das |
| Loknayak | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Missile man of India | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Missile woman of India | Tessy Thomas |
| Gurudev | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Chachaji | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Netaji | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Father of Indian nuclear programme | Homi J. Bhabha |
| Father of Indian space program | Vikram Sarabhai |
| Father of Indian cinema | Dadasaheb Phalke |
| Father of Indian constitution | Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| Father of Green Revolution in India | M. S. Swaminathan |
| Lion of Punjab | Ranjit Singh |
| Napoleon of India | Samudragupta |
| Payyoli Express | P.T. Usha |
| Man of Peace | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Mahamana | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Hockey Wizard | Dhyan Chand |
| Haryana Hurrican | Kapil Dev |
| Little Master | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Adi Kavi | Valmeeki |
| Tiger Mysor | Tipu Sultan |
| Waterman of India | Rajendra Singh |
| Flying Sikh | Milkha Singh |
| Metro man of India | E. Sreedharan |
