While many notable figures associated with Port Blair are historical figures rather than native-born citizens, their impact on the city is profound.
* **Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar):** Indian independence activist who was imprisoned in the Cellular Jail; the city's international airport is named in his honour. * **Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose:** Renowned freedom fighter who hoisted the Indian tricolor in Port Blair in 1943, marking the first time the flag flew on liberated Indian soil. * **Dr. Diwan Singh Kalepani:** A prominent doctor, poet, and freedom fighter who was martyred in the Cellular Jail during the Japanese occupation. * **Edward Horace Man:** A 19th-century British administrator and anthropologist who extensively documented the indigenous tribes of the Andaman Islands.
