Sonal Shah

Sonal R. Shah (born May 20, 1968), is an American economist and public official. Since April 2009, she has been serving as the Director of the new Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the White House. Previously, Shah was a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project and was the head of Global Development Initiatives, a philanthropic arm of Google.org.

Sonal Shah was born in Mumbai, India. She moved to the USA in 1972 at the age of 4, and grew up in Houston, Texas. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Economics in 1990 and received a Master’s degree in Economics from Duke University.

According to salary details released by the White House, Sonal Shah, Deputy Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama and the Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, becomes "The highest paid Indian-American in the White House", with a gross earnings of $10,000 or about Rs 4.65 lakh each month.

Usman Khawaja

Usman Khawaja, born 18 December 1986, is an Australian cricketer for the New South Wales Blues. He was awarded player of the Australian Under 19 Championship in 2005 and also played for Australia in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka as an opening batsman. His club side is Randwick-Petersham.

Khawaja made headlines as the first local Australian Muslim and first player of Pakistani Australian background to play First Class cricket in Australia when he made his debut for NSW in February 2008 against Victoria. Usman is also sponsored by Imapala Sports but in 2008 he has signed up with Slazenger.

In 2008 Khawaja hit consecutive double centuries for the NSW Second XI - a feat never before achieved by a NSW player.

On the 22nd June, 2010 it was announced by Cricket Australia that Usman Khawaja would be a part of the Australian touring squad to play Pakistan in a two Test series in England.

Other than being a cricket player, Khawaja is a qualified pilot and has completed a Bachelors degree in Aviation from University of New South Wales.

Sayeeda Warsi

Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi (Urdu: سعیده حسین وارثی, born 28 March 1971) is a British lawyer and politician of Pakistani descent. A life peer and member of the Conservative Party, she is the current Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio in David Cameron's cabinet. Her appointment makes Warsi the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet.

Indira Gandhi aka Daughter of India

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: इंदिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गांधी Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī; née: Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years. She was India's first and to date, only female prime minister. She is the world's all time longest serving female Prime Minister.

She was a true daughter of the country, brought up and his people and his father, who was the first Prime Minister of India after years of British rule. Cover of TIME magazine soon after its election in January of 1966 reads: "The poor of India in women's hands." These hand held India in the next decades through many tests: an economic downturn, famine, India's first test of an atomic bomb, civil war in neighboring Pakistan, and education (with Indira), a new state - Bangladesh.

Alfie Patten - Youngest Father

These children could be brother and sister but they are father and daughter.

Alfie Patten, 13, and his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, decided to keep Maisie who was conceived after one night of unprotected sex.

Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, hasn't yet hit puberty and was 12 when the baby was conceived, said: "When my mum found out, I thought I was going to get in trouble. We wanted to have the baby but were worried about how people would react".

Joe Weider - Father of Body Building

Josef E. "Joe" Weider (born November 29, 1919) is the Canadian co-founder of the International Federation of Body Builders (IFBB) along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests. He is the publisher of several bodybuilding and fitness-related magazines, most notably Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Men's Fitness and Shape, and is the manufacturer of a line of fitness equipment and fitness supplements.

Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook Founder

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American entrepreneur best known for co-founding the popular social networking site Facebook. Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook with fellow classmates Dustin Moskoitz, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes while attending Harvard. As of March 2010, he is the youngest billionaire in the world, with a net wealth of US$4 billion in 2010 due to his 24% share of Facebook.

Scot John Shepherd Barron : ATM Inventor

The inventor of ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) was born in India, Shiliong, Assam (now Meghalaya). Born on 23 June, 1925 and died recently on 15th May, 2010. His father, Wilfred Shepherd Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners, East Bengal then East Pakistan and now known as Bangladesh then later chairman of the Port of London Authority before becoming president of the Institute of Civil Engineers, whilst his mother Dorothy, was an Olympic tennis player & Wimbledon ladies doubles champion. Shepherd-Barron was educated at Stowe School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge. During World War II, he was commissioned into the Air borne Forces, serving with the 159th Parachute Light Regiment

Orkut Buyukkokten - Founder Orkut

Orkut Büyükkökten (DOB: February 6, 1975 in Konya, Turkey) is a software engineer who developed the social networking service Orkut.

Originally from Konya - Turkey, Büyükkökten obtained a B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering and Information Science from Bilkent University in Ankara, and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. His research at Stanford focused on Web search and efficient PDA usage.

He developed Orkut.com as a 20% independent project while working at Google. In late June 2004, Affinity Engines filed suit against Google, claiming that Büyükkökten and Google based Orkut.com on code for InCircle, an application intended for university alumni groups. The allegation is based on the alleged presence of nine identical bugs in Orkut.com and in InCircle.

Chad Kroeger - Nickelback Lead Vocalist

Chad Robert Kroeger (born on November 15, 1974) is a Canadian songwriter, singer, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and co-lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nickelback, Kroeger has been involved with a variety of collaborations, appearing as a guest musician in several songs and has contributed in both production and songwriting. He has co-written several songs for other artists and for films. For years, Kroeger was infamous for his unusual "Gelled Perm" hairstyle, but has smoothed his locks with a straightening iron since mid-2008.

Subroto Roy - CMD Sahara Group

Subrata Roy Sahara: (Born 10th June 1948 at Araria 40 km. North to Purnia, Bihar) is the Managing Worker and Chairman of the Sahara Group of companies based in India. Sahara India Pariwar is today the largest first generation conglomerate of India. The group is successfully diversified into the fields of financial services, housing finance, mutual funds, life insurance, city development, real estate activities, print and television media, film production, sports, Power, information technology, health care, tourism, hospitality and consumer products. Sahara is based upon Subrata Roy Sahara’s belief in the ethos of a family (the reason why the group is called a Pariwar - family in Hindi) and was termed by the Time magazine as ‘the second largest employer in India after the Indian Railways’. From an asset base of USD 43 in 1978 when it was founded, the group has today exponentially grown to become a major business conglomerate in India. He is the Richest Bengali Person in India after Amar Bose, founder of Bose Corporation, USA.

The Wall - Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid is an Indian international cricketer. He has scored centuries (scores of 100 runs or more) in both Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket in matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Nicknamed "The Wall" for his ability of "... fending off the fiercest, the fastest and the wiliest of bowlers around the world", he has scored 28 centuries in test cricket and 12 in One Day International (ODI) since his debut in 1996.

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