Yevgeni Khaldei was a Soviet photographer best known for his iconic photograph of the raising of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag building in Berlin at the end of World War II.
Manik Bandopadhyay was a Bengali novelist known for writing about the pettiness and wretchedness of rural Bengali existence in stark contrast to the lyrical style of his contemporaries.
Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer who captained the Indian national cricket team in Tests and ODIs.