Famous People From India
Jessica Burns
Updated on January 17, 2026
Birthdate: October 15, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rameswaram
Died: July 27, 2015
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, India’s 11th president, had earlier been an aerospace scientist at DRDO and ISRO. Known as the “People’s President” and the “Missile Man of India,” he was instrumental in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests. He died of a cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM Shillong.
