This is a list of famous and notable Tamil people.This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity. Languages Tamil Religions Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism Related ethnic groups Dravidian people Brahui people Kannadigas Malayalis Tamils Telugus Tuluvas Gonds The Tamil people are a multi-ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ...

This list also includes emigrant Tamils and could be taken as a list of famous Tamils.

Heads of State

• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (born 1931), 11th President of India (July 25, 2002 – 2007).
• S.R. Nathan (born 1924), current President of Singapore (September 1, 2002 – Present).
• Ramaswamy Venkataraman (born 1910), 8th President of India (July 25, 1987 – July 25, 1992).
• Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd President of India.
• C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972), Only Indian Governor General of India (1948 - January 26, 1950), Writer & Statesman.
• Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000), was Governor-General & President of Mauritius .
• Angidi Veeriah Chettiar, Acting President of Mauritius (Feb 15, 2002 - Feb 18, 2002).
• Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay, Acting President of Mauritius (Feb 18, 2002 - Feb 25, 2002).

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India

• Veeran Alagumuthu Kone,Irunakattukottai,The first freedom fighter in TamilNadu
• Dheeran Chinnamalai (1756–1805), One of the first Freedom Fighter from Kongu Nadu.
• Kattabomman (1760–1799), One of the first Freedom Fighter from Thirunelveli.
• Maruthu Pandiyar, One of the first Freedom Fighter.
• V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (1872–1936), Freedom Fighter, who launched the first Indian ship on Indian waters under British Rule.
• Subramanya Bharathy (1882–1921), Revolutionary poet and Freedom Fighter.
• V. Kalyanasundaram (1883–1953), Scholar and Freedom Fighter.
• Subramanya Siva, Freedom Fighter.
• Sathyamoorthy, Freedom Fighter and Indian National Congress Leader.
• Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar (1908–1965), Freedom Fighter and All India Forward Bloc Leader.
• Thiruppur Kumaran, Freedom Fighter.
• Champakaraman Pillai, Freedom Fighter.
• QUID-E-Milath Mohamed Ismail, Freedom Fighter, Member of Parliament and was the President of Indian Muslim League.
• Lakshmi Sahgal, A Colonel in the Indian National Army.

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Tamil Eelam

• Velupillai Prabhakaran (born 1954), leader of the LTTE,
• Captain Miller
• Anton Balasingham
• Colonel Soosai
• Colonel Kittu
• Arul Pragasam

• Sathasivam Krishnakumar

• Mahattaya

• Thenmuli Rajaratnam

Velupillai Prabhakaran (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; born November 26, 1954), sometimes referred to as V. Prabhakaran or Pirabaharan or as Thambi,[] was born in the northern coastal town of Velvettithurai, Sri Lanka to Thiruvenkadam Velupillai and Vallipuram Parvathy. ... LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ... Captain Miller was the first of the Black Tigers of the LTTE . ... Anton Stanislaus Balasingham (March 4, 1938-December 14, 2006) was the chief political strategist and chief negotiator of the separatist militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. ... LTTE Sea Tiger head, Colonel Soosai on a Sea Tiger vessel off Mullaitivu Sea Tigers is the naval part of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, founded in 1984 [1]. The Sea Tigers have a number of small, but very effective suicide-bomber vessels [2]. During its existence it has... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Arul Pragasam was active in the Tamil independence movement, and is the estranged father of musician M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja (1956-1994), better known by his nom de guerre Mahattaya was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, who was at one time a leading member of the LTTE. Mahattaya joined the LTTE in 1978. ... Thenmuli Rajaratnam (?? - 1991) was the assassin who killed Rajiv Gandhi, herself, and 16 others in a suicide bombing on May 21, 1991, in the Indian town of Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. ...

Other Countries

• Thillaiaadi Valliammai (1899–1914), South African Freedom Fighter, who inspired Mahatma Gandhi to involve in the Freedom Movement.
• Thambi Naidoo, South African Freedom Fighter & Early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi in the Freedom Movement.
• Naransamy Roy Naidoo (1901–1953), South African Freedom Fighter.
• Amma Naidoo (1908–1993), South African Freedom Fighter.
• George Naicker (1919–1998), South African Freedom Fighter.
• Shanti Naidoo, South African revolutionary & fought against the apartheid regime.

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Political Leaders

India

Ex-Chief Ministers

• P. Subbarayan, Premier of Madras Presidency (1926–1930).
• P. T. Rajan, Premier of Madras Presidency (1936 - 1936).
• K. Kamaraj (1903–1975), President of the Indian National Congress Party, Who was instrumental in appointing Indira Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri as the Prime Minister of India. He was also the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• CN Annadurai (1909–1969), Popularly known as Anna, ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• M. Karunanidhi (born 1924), Leader of DMK and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• M.G.Ramachandran (born 1917, Founder of ADMK and ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• J. Jayalalithaa (born 1948), Leader of AIADMK and ex-Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu.
• O Panneerselvam (born 1951), ex-Minister and was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (2001 - 2002).

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• C. Subramaniam (1910–2000), Former Union Minister, Bharat Ratna Awardee & Father of the Indian 'Green Revolution'.
• R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (1892–1953), first Finance Minister of independent India.
• Mohan Kumaramangalam, Eminent Lawyer, Former Union Minister and Son of P. Subbarayan.
• Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Eminent Lawyer, Former Union Minister & Congress/BJP Leader. Son of Mohan Kumaramangalam.
• K. Santhanam (1895–1980), Freedom Fighter & the First Railway Minister of independent India.
• T.T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974), Industrialist & Indian Finance Minister 1956 - 1958 and 1964 - 1966, resigning from the position twice.

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• G.K Moopanar,Veteran Congress Leader.
• V. R. Nedunchezhian Former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• Vaiko (born 1944), Leader of MDMK.
• Jana Krishnamurthi (born 1928), Ex-President of the BJP & Former Union Law Minister.
• Dr. Ramdoss, Leader of PMK.
• N. Rangaswamy (born 1950), Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
• Subramanian Swamy (born 1939), Leader, Janatha Party.

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• P. Chidambaram (born 1945), Finance Minister of India.
• Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 1941), Panchayat Raj, Youth Affairs, Sports and North East Region Minister of India.
• A.Raja,Communications and Information Technology Minister of India.
• Dr. Anbumani, Health and Family Welfare Minister of India.
• T.R. Baalu, Shipping, Highways and Road Transport Minister of India.
• Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment of India.
• S S Palanimanickkam, Minister of State for Finance of India.
• K Venkatapathy, Minister of State for Law and Justice of India.
• S Regupathy, Minister of State for Forests and Environment of India.
• EVKS Elangovan, Minister of State for Textiles of India.
• G.K. Vasan, Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation of India.
• R Velu, Minister of State for Railways of India.
• V.Radhika Selvi, Minister of state for Home Affairs of India.

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Other Countries

• S Jayakumar (born 1939), Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore.
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Education, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• Vivian Balakrishnan (born 1961), Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore (half-Tamil, half-Chinese).
• S Rajaratnam (1915–2006), ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• S Dhanabalan, ex-Minister (various portfolios), Singapore.
• J. B. Jeyaretnam, ex-opposition leader, Singapor (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• P.P. Devaraj, Former Cabinet Minister of Srilanka.
• Radhakrishnan,Current Deputy Minister for Industry Affairs of Srilanka.
• Samy Vellu, Works Minister and Leader of Malaysian Indian Congress, Malaysia.
• K.R. Somasundram (born 1930), Politician and member of Malaysian Indian Congress, Malaysia.
• Radhakrishna Padayachi (born 1950), Deputy Minister for Communication, Republic of South Africa.
• Gunasagaran Gounder, A prominent politician and a member of Fiji Labour Party, Fiji.
• Perumal Mupnar, A prominent politician and a member of Fiji Labour Party, Fiji.
• S. J. V. Chelvanayagam, Popularly known as "Thanthai Chelva", Leader and Father figure of Sri Lankan Tamils.
• S.P. Tamil Selvan, Head, Political wing of the LTTE.
• S. Thondaman, Leader of Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and had served continuously for 21 years in the Sri Lankan Cabinet from 1978.
• N. Shanmugathasan, A prominent Communist politician, Sri Lanka.
• Joseph Pararajasingham (1934–2005), A Member of Parliament, Sri Lanka.
• Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005), Ex-Foreign Minister, Sri Lanka.
• V.Aanandasangari, Member of Parliament for 26 years, Sri Lanka.
• C.Rajadurai, Minister 1977 - 1994 & Member of Parliament for 26 years, Sri Lanka.
• M.Sivasithamparam, Member of Parliament for 26 years & Chief opposition whip for 3years, Sri Lanka.
• R.Sampanthan, Member of Parliament for 21 years & Chief opposition whip for 9 months, Sri Lanka.
• Dr.Neelan Thiruchelvam, Constitutional Expert & Member of Parliament, Sri Lanka.
• Appapillai Amirthalingam, Leader of the opposition, Parliament of Sri Lanka.
• Douglas Devanandan, Leader of EPDP and Minister of Rehabilitation, Sri Lanka.
• K.W.Devanayagam, Minister of Home affairs 1977 - 1988 & Member of Parliament for 36 years, Sri Lanka.

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Defence

Army

• General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913–2000), 7th Chief of Army Staff (June 7, 1966 - June 7, 1969).

• General Krishnaswamy Sundararajan (1930–1999), 14th Chief of Army Staff (February 1, 1986 - April 30, 1988).

• General Sundararajan Padmanabhan (born 1940), 20th Chief of Army Staff (September 30, 2000 - December 31, 2002).

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Air Force

• Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishna Swamy (born 1943), 19th Chief of Air Staff (December 31, 2001 - December 31, 2004).

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Navy

• Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson, 12th Chief of the Naval Staff (March 1, 1982 - November 30, 1984).

• Admiral Sushil Kumar, 18th Chief of the Naval Staff (December 30, 1998 - December 29, 2001).

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Award Winners

Nobel Laureates

• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, for Physics - 1930.
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, for Physics - 1983.

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, CBE (Tamil: சந்திரசேகர வெங்கடராமன்) (November 7, 1888 – November 21, 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chandrasekhar redirects here. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) based in New York City. ... For the municipality, see Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur. ...

The Ramon Magsaysay Awards are often considered as Asia's Nobel Prize. For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ), as designated in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, are awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. ...

• M. S. Swaminathan, for Community Leadership - 1971.
• M.S. Subbulakshmi, for Public Service - 1974.
• R. K. Laxman, for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts - 1984.
• T. N. Seshan, for Government Service - 1996.
• Jockin Arputham, for Peace and International Understanding - 2000.
• Aruna Roy, for Community Leadership - 2000.
• V Shanta, for Public Service - 2005.

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Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour. Bharat Ratna is Indias highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. ...

• C. V. Raman for Science & Engineering 1954.
• C. Rajagopalachari for Public Affairs 1954.
• S. Radhakrishnan for Public Affairs 1954.
• K. Kamaraj for Public Affairs 1976 (Posthumous).
• M. G. Ramachandran for Public Affairs 1988 (Posthumous).
• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for Science & Engineering 1997.
• C Subramaniam for Public Affairs 1998.
• M.S. Subbulakshmi for Arts & Music 1998.

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Padma Vibhushan

Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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• Naryana Raghvan Pillai for Public Affairs 1960.
• H. Vardaraja Iyengar for Civil Service 1962.
• A. Lakshmanasamy Mudaliar for Medicine 1963.
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for Science & Engineering 1968.
• K. V. Kalyana Sundaram for Public Affairs 1968.
• P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam for Civil Service 1970.
• A. Ramasamy Mudaliar for Civil Service 1970.
• B. Sivaraman for Civil Service 1971.
• T. Swaminathan for Civil Service 1973.
• M.S. Subbulakshmi for Arts 1975.
• T. Balasaraswati for Arts 1977.
• M. S. Swaminathan for Science & Engineering 1989.
• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for Science & Engineering 1990.
• Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer for Arts 1990.
• V. Arunachalam, for Literature & Education 1990.
• Lakshmi Sahgal for Public Affairs 1988.
• DK Pattammal for Arts 1999.
• R. Chidambaram for Science & Engineering 1999.
• R.K. Narayan for Literature & Education 2000.
• K. Kasturirangan for Science & Engineering 2000.
• R.K. Narayan, for Literature & Education 2000.
• C.V. Narasimhan for Civil Service 2001.
• C. Rangarajan for Literature & Education 2002.
• R.K. Laxman for Arts 2005.
• Raja Jesudoss Chelliah, for Public Affairs 2007.
• Balu Sankaran, for Medicine 2007.
• V. Krishnamurthy, for Civil Service 2007.

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Padma Bhushan

Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour. The Padma Bhushan is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. ...

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List of Tamils conferred Padma Bhushan Padma Bhushan is Indias third highest civilian honour. ...

Padma Shri

Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour. Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ...

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List of Tamils conferred Padma Shri Padma Shri is Indias fourth highest civilian honour. ...

Param Vir Chakra

Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military honor. The Param Vir Chakra is an Indian military decoration given for valour in combat operations. ...

• Major Ramaswamy Parmeshwaran (1946–1987), Awarded in 1987 (Posthumous) for IPKF operations in Sri Lanka.

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is India’s highest sporting honour. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. ...

• Vishwanathan Anand, for Chess (1991–1992).
• Dhanraj Pillay, for Hockey (1999–2000).

Viswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. ... For other uses, see Chess (disambiguation). ... Dhanraj Pillay (born July 16, 1968) is a former field hockey player and captain of the Indian hockey team. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ...

Arts, Music & Literature

• Akilan, Jnanpith Award, (1975).
• Jayakanthan, Jnanpith Award, (2002).
• Subbu Arumugam, Sangeet Natak Akademi award, (2005).
• L. Athira Krishna,Guinness World Record holders.
• R. K. Narayan,[SAAHITHYA ACADEMY].

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Arjuna Award

The Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of...

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Industrialists & CEO's

India

• Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar, Industrialist , Philanthropist & Educationalist, who established Annamalai University.
• Raja Sir Muthiah Chettiar,Industrialist, Philanthropist and First Mayor of Madras.
• RM.Alagappa Chettiar (1909–1957), Industrialist & Philanthropist & Educationalist, who established Alagappa University.
• M A Chidambaram Chettiar, Industrialist.
• S. Ramadorai, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
• PollachiN.Mahalingam Gounder, Educationalist,Industrialist and Philanthropist.
• Kalanidhi Maran, Media Baron.
• Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, Industrialist,Philanthropist & Educationalist.
• Dr.M.A.M Ramasamy Chettiar, Industrialist,Philanthropist and Pro-Chancellor of Annamalai University.
• Shiv Nadar, Chairman HCL Technologies.
• Namakkal P.G.Periasamy, Founder and CEO PGP Groups.
• B Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel.
• Dharmaveera K Govindaswamy Naidu, Industrialist & Philanthropist
• Venu Srinivasan, Chairman of TVS Motor Company and Sundaram-Clayton.
• Mallika Srinivasan, CEO of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
• M. V. Subbiah, CEO of the Murugappa Group.
• R. Seshasayee, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland.
• T T Narasimhan, Managing Director, TTK Group.
• Olivier Cavrel, CEO of Bangalore, India branch of Valtech
• KG Baalakrishnan, Chairman and Managing Director KG Group of companies, Coimbatore

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Other Countries

• Mohamed Mustafa & Samsuddin, founders of Mustafa centre Singapore's giant retail outlet Singapore.
• Indra Nooyi, Chairperson of PepsiCoWorld.
• Lakshmi Narayanan, CEO & President of Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.
• Ram Sriram, One of the founding members of Google Inc.
• V. S. Rajendran, CEO & President of Numeric Technologies Limited U.S
• Robert Chandran, Founder and CEO of Chemoil Corporation, U.S..
• K. B. Chandrashekar, Founder and CEO of e4e Inc & Jamcracker, Inc, U.S.
• Shoba Purushothaman, Co-Founder and CEO of The NewsMarket Inc, U.S..
• Bala S. Manian (born 1944), Silicon Valley Entrepreneur , U.S.
• S Dhanabalan, Chairman, DBS Bank (Singapore).
• J.Y.Pillay, Chairman, Singapore Exchange (stock market).
• Marimutu Sinivasan, Founder and Chairman of Texmaco Group, Indonesia, a giant textile, machinery and aotomotive manufacturer.
• Ananda Krishnan, CEO of Maxis Communications and MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems, Malaysia.

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Eminent Scholars

Academicians

• Sir. A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, Mayor of Madras (1928-30), Vice Chancellor of University of Kerala(1951-61),Travancore.

• Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, First Indian principal of the Madras Medical College and Longest serving Vice Chancellor of the University of Madras.

• Dr. Chandran D.S.Devaneasan ,First Indian Principal of Madras Christian College and First Vice Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University.

• V.L Ethiraj Mudaliar, Founder of Ethiraj College for Women

• Padmabhushan N. Ramaswami Ayyar, Founder of Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College and Savithri Vidyasala Hindu Girls' Higher Secondary School, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India

• Malcolm Adiseshiah (1910–1994), Economist, Former Deputy Director General of UNESCO & founder MIDS (Madras Institute of Development Studies).

• V C Kulandaiswamy, An eminent Educationist and Technologist. Formerly Vice Chancellor of Anna University, IGNOU & Tamil Virtual University.

• Mu.Varadharasan, Outstanding Tamil Scholar, Winner of Sahithya Academy award and Ex-Vice Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.

• Sivaraj Ramaseshan (1923–2003), Distinguished Scientist & ex-Director of the IISc.

• M. Anandakrishnan, Chairman, Madras Institute of Development Studies & Formerly Vice Chancellor of Anna University.

• Arjun Appadurai, Contemporary Social theorist, Educationist & Founder of the School of International Relations, JNU, New Delhi.

• M Lakshmanan An eminent Microbiologist, Former Vice Chacellor of Madurai Kamaraj University & Ex-President of Association of Microbiologists of India.

• Dr. V.C.Balasubramaniam - Director, Institute of Pathology, MMC,

• Dr.M Murugesh Mudaliar, Principal, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.

• Dr.T Kuthalingam An eminent Scientist and Technologist, Former Vice Chacellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.

• Dr.H.S.S. Lawrence, An eminent Educationist who was formerly Director of School Education, TamilNadu and UNESCO Expert to Government of Afghanistan. He is known as the Architect of TamilNadu Higher Secondary Education and Father of Vocational Education in TamilNadu

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Agriculture

• M. S. Swaminathan, A great Agricultural Scientist and is the Scientific Father of Green Revolution in India.

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Botanists

• Ganapathi Thanikaimoni (1938–1986), often referred as Thani was widely known for his manifold contributions to the science of Palynology.

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Computer Science

• Madhu Sudan (born 1966), Computer scientist, professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

• Arogyaswami Paulraj (born 1944) Wireless Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. A pioneer of wireless smart antenna technology and also credited to be the father of Indian military sonar technology during his earlier career in India.
• Krishna Bharat, Principal Scientist,Google.
• Swami Manohar, Professor of Computer Science at Indian Institute of Science and inventor of Simputer.
• Siva Kumar , Computer scientist, professor of computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay and chairman of IIT Computer Centre.
• Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan, director of Virginia Tech’s Terascale Computing Facility.

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Finance & Economics

• C. Rangarajan, Economist & Ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1992–1997).
• C.K. Prahalad, Management Expert & Professor at the University of Michigan Business School.
• Marti Subrahmanyam, Finance Expert & Professor at New York University (NYU) & Board of Directors of Infosys & ICICI.
• Bala V. Balachandran, Management Expert & Professor at the Kellogg School of Management.
• Ravi Jagannathan, Economist & Professor at the Kellogg School of Management.
• Lakshman Krishnamurthi, Marketing Expert & Professor at the Kellogg School of Management.
• H.V.R.Iyengar, Ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1957–1962).
• S. Jagannathan, Ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1970–1975) and Executive at the World Bank & IMF.
• M. Narasimham, Banker, Ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1977) and Executive at the World Bank & IMF.
• S. Venkitaramanan, Ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1990–1992).
• T. N. Srinivasan (born 1933), Economist and the Samuel C. Park, Jr. Professor of Economics at Yale University.
• Raghuram Rajan, Ex-Chief Economist, IMF.

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Law

• Karthy Govender, Commissioner, South African Human Rights commission & Law Professor at the University of Natal.

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Mathematics

• Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (1887–1920), Brilliant 20th century Mathematician.
• Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (1901–1950), well known for his work in Number theory.
• Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan (1920–1992), known for his well-recognized achievements in Number theory.
• Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918–2001) Mathematician & Tamil rights activist from Sri Lanka and a recipient of the Order of Australia.
• C. S. Seshadri, Director, Chennai Mathematical Institute and Trieste Awardee.
• Professor S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan - Mathematician & Fellow of the Royal Society
• Professor Mudumbai Narasimhan, Mathematician & Fellow of the Royal Society (1996)
• Professor Madabusi S Raghunathan, Mathematician & Fellow of the Royal Society
• C. P. Ramanujam (1938–1974), worked on number theory and algebraic geometry.
• T.S.Vijayaraghavan (1902–1955), Worked on Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number.
• Ravindran Kannan, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Yale University. Joint winner of the 1991 Fulkerson Prize in discrete mathematics for work on the volumes of convex bodies.

Ramanujan Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (Tamil: ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ ஐயங்கார் ராமானுஜன்) (December 22, 1887 – April 26, 1920) was a groundbreaking Indian mathematician. ... A century (From the Latin cent, one hundred) is one hundred consecutive years. ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (1901-1950) was an Indian mathematician, well known for his work in number theory. ... Number theory is the branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of numbers in general, and integers in particular, as well as the wider classes of problems that arise from their study. ... Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan (November 13, 1920 - May 10, 1992) was a front rank Indian mathematician of international reputation with distinguished and well-recognized achievements in number theory. ... Number theory is the branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of numbers in general, and integers in particular, as well as the wider classes of problems that arise from their study. ... C.J. Eliezer (Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer). ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... Languages Tamil Religions Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism Related ethnic groups Dravidian people Brahui people Kannadigas Malayalis Tamils Telugus Tuluvas Gonds The Tamil people are a multi-ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ... Insignia of a Companion of the Order of Australia. ... C.S.Seshadri is an eminent Indian mathematician. ... CMI building in its Siruseri campus Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) is an institute of higher education and research in the fields of mathematics and computer science. ... For other uses, see Trieste (disambiguation). ... Chidambaram Padmanabhan Ramanujam (9 January 1938 in Madras, India – 27 October 1974 in Bangalore, India) was an Indian mathematician who worked on number theory and algebraic geometry. ... Number theory is the branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of numbers in general, and integers in particular, as well as the wider classes of problems that arise from their study. ... Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which, as the name suggests, combines techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problematics of geometry. ... Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan (30 November 1902 - 20 April 1955) was an Indian Mathematician from Madras region. ... In mathematics, a Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number is an algebraic integer α which is real and exceeds 1, but such that its conjugate elements are all less than 1 in absolute value. ... Ravindran Kannan is an Indian mathematician who is currently the William K. Lanman Jr. ... Yale redirects here. ... The Fulkerson Prize for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics is sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). ... Discrete mathematics, also called finite mathematics, is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete, in the sense of not supporting or requiring the notion of continuity. ... Look up Convex set in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Medicine

• Rangaswamy Srinivasan ultraviolet excimer laser / LASIK. inventor at IBM Research.
• V.S. Ramachandran, Neuroscientist; Director Professor at UC San Diego.
• S.S. Ratnam, Pioneer in Singapore in-vitro fertilisation.
• Ganapathi Thanikaimoni, Palynologist, French Institute of Pondicherry, awarded the Fyson Prize in Natural Science.
• Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Cancer researcher and Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
• Mohammed Rela, one of the World's top liver transplant surgeons at the King's College Hospital.
• R. Venkataswami, founder of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Stanley Medical College.
• Venkataswami, founder of Aravind Eye Hospitals
• Ravi Iyengar, Professor and founder of the Iyengar Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
• Mayilvahanan Natarajan, Orthopedic Surgeon and pioneer of limb salvage surgery in bone tumours.
• R.P.Shanmugam, Founder, Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology, Stanley Medical College, Cehnnai and the First to perform a Liver transplant in a Government Hospital in India.

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Scientists

• Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, 1930 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics.
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics.
• Dr K. Kasturirangan, Former director of ISRO and present director of National institute of advanced studies (NIAS).
• Dr.Raja Ramanna, Former Chairman of Dept. of Atomic Energy and presided over India's first nuclear test in 1974.
• Dr.P.K.Iyengar, Former Chairman of Dept. of Atomic Energy.
• Dr.M.R.Srinivasan, Former Chairman of Dept. of Atomic Energy.
• R. Chidambaram, Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister of India & ex-Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission.
• S.R. Ranganathan, Eminent librarian who devised the five laws of library science.
• Dr.A. Sivathanu Pillai, Defence Scientist and the CEO of the Indo-Russian Brahmos company, which developed and manufactures the world's one and only supersonic cruise missile.
• G. N. Ramachandran (1922–2001), one of the most important Indian scientists of the 20th century made major contributions to Biology and Physics.
• Ranjan Roy Daniel (1923–2005), Physicist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research & ex-Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Space Science at ISRO.
• Venkatraman Radhakrishnan (born 1929) is an internationally renowned Space Scientist and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• Mylswamy Annadurai (born 1958), Project Director of ISRO's Chandrayaan-1.
• R. V. Perumal, Associate Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
• Mr.G.D.Naidu - Former Chairman of UMS and Scientist
• A. E. Muthunayagam, Space Scientist & Chairman of Board of Governors, IIT Chennai.
• V.S. Arunachalam, ex-Defence Scientist DRDO & Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
• Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan (born 1931), Physicist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
• Poondi Kumaraswamy (1931–1988), Hydrologist and inventor of Kumaraswamy distribution.

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Library science is an interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information. ... The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. ... Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran (8 October 1922 - 7 April 2001), is widely acknowledged as one of the most important Indian scientists of the 20th century, best known for creating the Ramachandran Map for understanding peptide structure. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... 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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is Indias premier research organisation for defence related matters. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Prof. ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ponnambalam Kumaraswamy (1930–1988), often referred to as Poondi Kumaraswamy, was a well known Indian engineer and hydrologist. ... Hydrology is the study of the occurrence, distribution, and movement of water on, in, and above the earth. ... In probability theory and statistics, Kumaraswamys double bounded distribution is as versatile as the Beta distribution, but much simpler to use especially in simulation studies as it has a simple closed form solution for both its pdf and cdf. ...

Zoologist

• T N Ananthakrishnan, A distinguished Entomologist and Zoologist. Former Head of the Department of Zoology and founder director of the Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai.

• Mahadeva Subramania Mani, A distinguished Entomologist, famous for his studies on high altitude Entomology.

Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Zoology (from Greek: ζῴον, zoion, animal; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Loyola College is a Jesuit college in Chennai, India. ... Mahadeva Subramania Mani was an Indian entomologist especially famous for his studies on high altitude entomology. ... Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... Not to be confused with Etymology, the study of the origin of words. ...

Arts & Music

Tamil Music

• Muthuthandavar, one of the Trinity of the Tamil Music.
• Marimuthu Pillai, one of the Trinity of the Tamil Music.
• Arunachala Kavirayar, one of the Trinity of the Tamil Music.
• Dr.Sirkali G. SivaChidambaram,TamilIsai exponent Classical & Contemporary.
• Pushpavanam Kuppusamy & Anita Kuppusamy, Folk artists & Singers.
• Vijayalakshmi Navaneetha Krishnan & Navaneetha Krishnan, Tamil Professors, Folk artists & Singers.
• Paravai Muniamma, Folk artist & Singer.

In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Languages Tamil Religions Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism Related ethnic groups Dravidian people Brahui people Kannadigas Malayalis Tamils Telugus Tuluvas Gonds The Tamil people are a multi-ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ...

Carnatic Music

• Veena Dhanammal.
• E Gayathri.
• M.S. Subbulakshmi.
• D. K. Pattammal.
• Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.
• Dr. N. Ramani.
• L. Athira Krishna
• T. Brinda.
• T. Mukta.
• T. Viswanathan.
• G. N. Balasubramanian.
• K. V. Narayanaswamy.
• Dr.Sirkazhi S.Govindarajan.
• Umayalpuram Sivaraman.
• Vellore Ramabhadran.
• R. Vedavalli.
• Dr.Sirkali G. Siva Chidambaram.
• Sanjay Subramanian.
• T. M. Krishna.
• Seetha Rajan.
• Sudha Raghunathan.
• Nithyashree Mahadevan.

Veena Dhanammal, circa mid-1930s. ... Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, மதுரை சண்முகவடிவு சுப்புலட்சுமி (popularly known as M.S. or M.S.S./M.S. Maami. ... Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal is one of the most popular and respected Carnatic musicians. ... Dr. Srinivasa Iyer (1908 - 2003) was one of the great Carnatic vocalists of the twentieth century. ... Nadesan Ramani,Padmashri Dr. N. Ramani or better known as Flute Ramani is one of Indias acclaimed flautists. ... ... Carnatic Musician Thanjavur Brinda (1912-1996) was one of the foremost representatives of the Veena Dhanammal school of Carnatic Music. ... Tanjore Viswanathan (b. ... Vidushi R. Vedavalli is a professional musician -a vocalist- specialising in the traditional classical music of Southern India known as Karnatak Sangiitam or Carnatic music. ... T.M. Krishna (b. ... Sudha Ragunathan is a singer in the Carnatic musical tradition of southern India. ... Nithyasree Mahadevan, also referred to as S. Nithyashri Mahadevan (born August 25, 1973) is an eminent Indian classical musician and leading playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. ...

Film Music

• K. V. Mahadevan, Musician, Composer & Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction (1968) & (1980).
• M. S. Viswanathan, Musician & Composer.
• V.S.Narasimhan, Musician , renowned violinist , composer.
• Ilayaraaja (born 1943), Musician, Composer & Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction (1984), (1986) & (1989).
• A. R. Rahman (born 1967), Musician, Composer & Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction (1993), (1997), (2002) & (2003).
• Yuvan Shankar Raja, Musician, Composer & Best Musician in Cyprus Film Festival in 2006.
• Harris Jayaraj (born 1975) is a film composer from Tamil cinema.
• Mani Sharma Yanamandra (born July 11,Kumbakonam,Tamil Nadu) is a film composer from Tamil & Telugu cinema.
• Karthik raja is a film composer from Tamil cinema.

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Western Music

• Xavier Naidoo German singer and songwriter of South African Tamil descent.

Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German singer and songwriter of South African Indian descent, who sings in German and occasionally in English. ...

Classical Dance

• T. Balasaraswati.
• Kamala Lakshminarayanan.
• Padma Subramanyam.
• Chithra Visweswaran.
• Sudharani Raghupathy.
• Srinidhi Chidambaram.
• Meenakshi Chittaranjan.
• Padmini Ramachandran.
• C. V. Chandrasekhar.
• Rukmini Devi Arundale.
• Dhananjayan.

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Cinema

Directors

• A.P. Nagarajan
• A. Bhimsingh
• A. R. Murugadoss
• Balu Mahendra (born 1946) Director, Cinematographer & Winner, National Film Award for Best Cinematography (1978) & (1983)
• Bharathiraja (born 1941), Winner, National Film Award for Best Screenplay (2001)
• Bhagyaraj
• Cheran
• C.V. Sridhar
• J. Mahendran
• K. Balachander (born 1930), Winner, National Film Award for Best Screenplay (1982)
• Mani Ratnam (born 1956)
• B. Lenin, Winner, National Film Award for Best Directing (2002)
• Agaththian, Winner, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_from_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=43National Film Award for Best Directing & National Film Award for Best Screenplay (1997)
• Bala
• Dharani
• Parthiban
• R.K. Selvamani
• Selvaraghavan
• S. Shankar (born 1963)
• Vasanth
• Vikraman
• Kamal Hassan
• S.J. Suryah (born 1968)
• Kothamangalam Subbu , poet, lyricist, writer, actor and director

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Actors

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Actresses

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In Hollywood

• M. Night Shyamalan, Hollywood Filmmaker (Half Tamilian: Father is Malayali and Mother is Tamilian).
• Jay Chandrasekhar, Hollywood actor, comedian, writer, and film director.
• Sendhil Ramamurthy, he is an American actor,.
• Ashok Amritraj, Hollywood Filmmaker, Producer

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Music Composers

• A.R.Rahman^[1]
• Illayaraja

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman, born January 6, 1967 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, India, is a popular Indian film music composer. ... Ilayaraaja Ilayaraaja (born June 2, 1943) is Indias most prolific film music composer, having composed for over 750 films over a career of more than 20 years. ...

Other Entertainers

• Aziz Ansari
• M.I.A. (Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam)

Aziz Ansari (born on February 23, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian of South Indian Tamil heritage. ... For other uses, see MIA. Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam (July 17, 1977) is a British vocalist, songwriter, composer, record producer and visual artist of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. ...

Sports & Games

Carrom

• A. Maria Irudayam, World Carrom Champion & Arjuna Award winner for Carrom (1996).
• R. Arokiaraj, Carrom Champion.
• K. Radhakrishnan, Carrom Champion.
• B. Radhakrishnan, Carrom Champion.
• E. Mahimairaj, Carrom Champion.
• M. Natraj, Carrom Champion.
• A. Ponnarasi, Carrom Champion.
• G. Revathi, Carrom Champion.

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VolleyBall

• Palanisamy, First Arjuna Award winner for volley ball (1961).
• G E Sridharan, Arjuna Award winner.
• Kumaran, played for Indian team and currently playing for IOB,Chennai.
• Sundaram, former setter for Indian team and Indian Overseas Bank,Chennai.
• Mangala Jeyabalan, former setter for Indian team.
• Muthuraj, played for Indian team and currently playing for Indian Bank, Chennai.
• Sayee Krishnan, played for Indian team and currently playing for Indian Bank, Chennai.
• Pradeep John, represented India in Asian Games 2006 as part of Beach Volleyball.
• Mohan Poothanathan, represented India in Asian Games 2006 as part of Beach Volleyball.
• Sivaraman, played for Indian team and considered the best back row attacker during his playing time.
• Natarajan J, playing currently for India and IOB, Chennai. Also the captain of the tamilnadu volleyball team.
• Sivabalan, played for india and currently playing for IOB, Chennai.
• Selvarasu, played for Indian junior team and currently playing for ICF, Chennai.
• Raj Mohan, played for Indian junior team and currently playing for ICF, Chennai.
• Kamaraj, represented Indian youth team which finished 2nd in the world championships.

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Chess

• Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Champion and the first Indian to earn the title of Grandmaster.
• Manuel Aaron, The first Indian to earn the title of International Master.
• Murugan Thiruchelvam, Chess player from United Kingdom.
• Krishnan Sasikiran, Grandmaster & Arjuna Award winner for Chess (2002).
• S. Vijayalakshmi, Six time Women's national champion of India, the First Women Grandmaster from India & Arjuna Award winner for Chess (2000).
• S. Meenakshi, Women Grandmaster and sister of S. Vijayalakshmi.
• Aarthie Ramaswamy, Women Grandmaster and under-18 girls' World Chess champion.
• R. B. Ramesh, Grandmaster and National Champion of India.
• P. Mahesh Chandran, Grandmaster.
• Ramachandran Ramesh, Grandmaster & Winner of the 2002 British Chess Championship.
• Deepan Chakkravarthy, Grandmaster & Winner of the Asian Junior Championship at Colombo in 2002.
• G. B. Prakash, Grandmaster Elect.
• P. Konguvel, International Master.
• Lanka Ravi, International Master.
• S. Arun Prasad, International Master.
• S. Kidambi, International Master.
• K. Murugan, International Master.
• T. S. Ravi, International Master.
• V. Saravanan, International Master.
• T. N. Parameswaran, International Master.
• R. Balasubramanian, International Master.
• S. Poobesh Anand, International Master.
• M. R. Venkatesh, International Master.
• N. Sudhakar Babu, International Master.

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Cricket

India

• Buchi Babu Naidu (died 1908)- Father of indian cricket in madras.
• Cota Ramaswami (born 1896, presumed dead), represented India in both International cricket & Tennis.
• M.J. Gopalan (1909–2003), represented India in both International Hockey & Cricket.
• C. R. Rangachari (1916–1993), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team.
• C. D. Gopinath (born 1930), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team.
• S. Venkataraghavan (born 1945), ex-Captain of Indian Cricket Team and Test & ODI umpire.
• K. Srikkanth (born 1959), ex-Captain of Indian Cricket Team.
• T.A. Sekhar (born 1956), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team.
• T. E. Srinivasan, Batsman, Indian Cricket Team.
• L. Sivaramakrishnan (born 1965), Spin Bowler, Indian Cricket Team.
• V. B. Chandrasekhar, Batsman, Indian Cricket Team.
• Bharat Arun (born 1962), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team.
• Murali Kartik (born 1976), Spin Bowler, Indian Cricket Team.
• Sadagoppan Ramesh (born 1975), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team.
• Lakshmipathy Balaji (born 1981), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team.
• Dinesh Karthik (born 1985), Wicketkeeper, Indian Cricket Team.
• Vignesh Venkatramam, (born 1984), Wicketkeeper - Batsman, Portslade Cricket Club, Sussex, England.

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Murali Kartik (born September 11, 1976) is an Indian cricketer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. ... Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... Sadagoppan Ramesh (born October 16, 1975 in Madras - now Chennai) is an Indian cricketer. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... Lakshmipathy Balaji (born September 27, 1981, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian cricketer and member of the Indian cricket team since 2003. ... Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik   (born 1 June 1985 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a wicketkeeper-batsman in the Indian cricket team. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... Popular image of Ganesh In Hinduism, Ganesha (Gaṇeśa, lord of the hosts, also spelled Ganesa and sometimes referred to as Ganesh in Hindi, Bengali and other Indian vernaculars) is the god of wisdom, intelligence, education and prudence. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... Portslade By The Seaside is the name of a lovely littlevillage, now a developed part of the city of Brighton & Hove. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Other Countries

• Muttiah Muralitharan (born 1972), Highest Wicket taker in the Sri Lankan Cricket Team.
• Russel Arnold - Cricketer of the Sri Lankan team
• Vinodhan John, Pace Bowler, First Sri Lankan Tamil Test cricketer 1982.
• Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis, International Test & ODI umpire from Sri Lanka.
• A Varadarajan, Batsman, Canadian Cricket Team.
• Sanjayan Thuraisingam (born 1969), Pace Bowler, Canadian Cricket Team.
• Easwaran Sinnathamby (born 1973), Pace Bowler, Canadian Cricket Team.
• Kantharatnam Shanthikumar (born 1954), Pace Bowler, Canadian Cricket Team.
• Jevaraj Eebert, Captain, Switzerland Criket team 1988 - 1994.
• Mahendra Nagamootoo, West Indies Cricket Team.

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Football

• Peter Velappan (born 1935), General Secretary of Asian Football Confederation and Member of FIFA Strategic Studies Committee & Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.
• Peter Thangaraj, Olympion and the Goalkeeper of Indian football team that won the Gold Medal at the 1962 Jakarta Asian Games.
• Komaleeswaran Sankar, Only Indian FIFA Assistant Referee for the Football World Cup and have won the Asia’s 'Best Assistant Referee' award in 1999.
• Vikash Dhorasoo is a French professional football midfielder, who is currently without a club after being sacked from French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain. He has scored one goal in eighteen matches for the French national team, and he represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

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Hockey

• Vasudevan Baskaran, Captain of the Indian Hockey team that won Olympic Gold in 1980 Moscow Olympics and Arjuna Award winner (1979–1980).
• Dhanraj Pillay (born 1968), ex-Indian Hockey Captain, Arjuna Award winner (1995) and also winner of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (1999 - 2000).
• Kuhan Shanmuganathan, Captain, Malaysian Hockey Team.
• Mohamad Riaz, Olympion and Arjuna Award (1998).
• Adam Sinclair, Member of the Indian Hockey team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
• Raja, Member of the Indian Hockey team.

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Kabaddi

• Subbiah Rajarathinam, Captain of the Indian Kabaddi team that won the Gold in 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games.

Racing

• Narain Karthikeyan, Coimbatore, India's first Formula 1 driver.
• S. Karivardhan, Coimbatore, Car Constructor and National Champion.
• N. Leelakrishnan, Coimbatore, 7 Times National Rally Champion.
• Naren Kumar, Coimbatore, 4 Times National Rally Champion.
• J. Anand, Coimbatore, 3 Times National F3 Grand Prix winner.
• R. Gopinath, Coimbatore, F3 National Champion and Founder of SpitFire Motorsports.
• B. Vijay Kumar, Coimbatore, Fiat Champion and LG sports founder.
• G. R. Karthikeyan, Coimbatore, 7 Times South India Rally winner and father of Narain Karthikeyan.
• Akbar Ebrahim, Chennai, 3 Times National F3 Grand Prix winner.

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Tennis

• Vijay Amritraj, International Tennis Champion & Actor
• Anand Amritraj, International Tennis player.
• Ashok Amritraj, International Tennis player.
• Prakash Amritraj, International Tennis player.
• Mahesh Bhupathi, International Tennis player.
• Ramanathan Krishnan, International Tennis player.
• Ramesh Krishnan, International Tennis player.
• Nirupama Vaidyanathan, International Tennis player from Coimbatore.
• Jeevan Nedunchezhian- Tennis player, World number 17th under 18

Vijay in a scene from Octopussy Vijay Amritraj (Hindi: विजय अम्रित्रज, Urdu: وِجے اَمرِترج), born December 14, 1953, in Madras, India, is a former tennis champion and actor. ... Anand Amritraj, born March 20, 1952, in Madras, India, is a former tennis champion. ... Ashok Amritraj is a Hollywood producer and a former tennis player. ... Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA) is an incredibly handsome, professional tennis player. ... Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born June 7, 1974, Chennai, India) is a professional tennis player from India. ... Ramanathan Krishnan (born April 11, 1937, in Madras, India) was an Indian tennis player of the 1950s and 60s and one of the greatest Indian players of all time. ... Ramesh Krishnan (born June 5, 1961, in Madras, India) was one of Indias foremost tennis players. ... Nirupama Vaidyanathan, is an female international tennis player from Coimbatore, India. ... , Coimbatore   (Tamil: ), also known as Kovai (Tamil: ), is a major industrial city in India. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

Cultural Icons

• Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar, Scholarly Saint.
• Rukmini Devi Arundale, Bharatanatyam dancer & fonder of Kalakshetra.
• Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Alarmel Valli, Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Chitra Visweswaran, Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Padma Subramanyam, Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Medha Hari, Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Pithukuli Murugadas, Divine Musician who is know for his songs on Lord Murugan.
• K. B. Sundarambal, Actress/Singer.
• Sirkali Govindarajan, Vocalist and Carnatic Music exponent.
• Dr. Sirkali G. Siva Chidambaram, Vocalist and Carnatic Music exponent.

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Tamil Language Icons

• Arumuka Navalar (1822–1879), Pioneer of Tamil Prose & Champion of Hinduism from Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
• Maraimalai Adigal, Tamil scholar & Activist.
• Rev.Father Xavier Thaninayagam Adigalar (1913–1980), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, founder member of the International Association for Tamil Research.
• Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, Tamil scholar & Researcher & Poet.
• U. V. Swaminatha Iyer (1855–1942), Pioneer of Tamil Popularly known as Tamil Thaatha.

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Spiritual Icons

• Alwars, There are 12 Alwars, who are devotees of Lord Vishnu and exponents of Vaishnavism.
• Nayanmars, There are 63 Nayanmars, who are devotees of Lord Siva and exponents of Saivism.
• Ramalinga Swamigal (1823–1873), Popularly known as Vallalar.
• Ramanuja (1017–1137), Philosopher and one of the most important saint of Vaishnavism.
• Appayya Dikshidar (1520–1593), Philosopher, followed Advaita School of Indian Philosophy.
• Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950).
• Yogaswami (1872–1964), A Great Spiritual Leader from Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
• Sivananda Saraswati (1887–1963), A well known proponent of Yoga and Vedanta.
• Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (born 1924), Cardinal Priest of S Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri, Vatican City.
• Dayananda Saraswati, Founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
• Yogiraj Shri Vethathiri Maharishi, Founder of the The World Community Service Center, an organisation striving for World peace from 1911 and propagator of the famous blessing phrase of "Vaazgha Vaiyagam Vaazgha Valamudan" (வாழ்க வையகம் வாழ்க வளமுடன்) roughly translated as 'Be Blessed by the Divine'.
• Sri Nithyananda (born 1978), Founder of the Nithyananda Foundation.
• Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, the present Pattathu Ayya of Swamithope pathi and leader of Ayyavazhi religion.
• D.G.S Dinakaran, one of the prominent Christian Evangelist and founder of Jesus Calls Ministries.

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Literature

Classical Literature

• Thiruvalluvar, Saint Poet & Author of Thirukural.
• Tholkaapiyar, Author of Tholkaapiam, one of the first Tamil Grammer Book.
• Illango Adigal, Saint Poet & Author of Silappathikaram.
• Srivilliputhurar, Author of Tamil Mahabharatham.
• Seethalai Saathanar, Author of Manimegalai.
• Kambar, Author of Kamba Ramayanam.
• Auvaiyar, Women Saint & Author of Aathichoodi.
• Tirutakakatevar, Author of Jivaka Chintamani.
• Eelattu Poothanthevanar, Classical Sri Lankan Poet of Sangam period.

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Spiritual Literature

Hindu

• Nakkeerar Author of Thirumurugattupadai .
• Thirumular, Author of Thirumandhiram.
• Arunagirinathar, Author of Thiruppugazh.
• Sekkizhar, Author of Periapuranam.
• Mannikkavasagar, Author of Thiruvasagam & One of the Nayanmars.
• Nammalvar, Author of Tiruvaymozhi & One of the Alwars.
• Thirumazhisai Alvar, Author of Tiruchanda-virutham & One of the Alwars.
• Andal, Author of Tiruppaavai & One of the Alwars.
• V. Akilesapillai, Tamil scholar Poet & Author of Thirukonasala Vaipavam from Sri Lanka.

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Christian

• Henry A. Krishna Pillai

Islam

• Umaruppulavar (1605–1703), Author of Sirappuranam, Islamic spiritual work on the life of Muhammad.
• Mohammad Ibrahim, Author of Muhaidin Puranam, Islamic spiritual literature.

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Modern literature

India

• Subramanya Bharathy (1882–1921), Nationalist Tamil Poet.
• Bharathidasan (1891–1964), Tamil Poet & Rationalist.
• Pudhumaipithan (1906–1948), Tamil Fiction Writer known for his Modern outlook and Progressive thinking.
• Prof. Karmegha Konar (1889–1957), Tamil Poet.
• Akilan, Novelist.
• Thi.Janakiraman, Novelist.
• Laa.Sa. Ramamirutham, Novelist.
• Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954), Freedom fighter, novelist and journalist.
• Jayakanthan (born 1934), Writer & Novelist.
• Kannadasan (1927–1981), Popularly called as Kavi Arasu Poet, Film lyricist & Winner, National Film Award for Best Lyrics (1969).
• Vairamuthu (born 1953), Poet, Film lyricist & Winner, National Film Award for Best Lyrics (1986), (1993), (1995), (2000) & (2003).
• Indira Soundarajan, Novelist & Short story Writer.
• Ashoka Mitran (born 1931), Novelist & Short story Writer.
• R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English novelist & Essayist.
• Koththamangalam Subbu, Poet.
• Sandilyan, Novelist.
• Pa. Vijay, Film lyricist & Winner, National Film Award for Best Lyrics (2005).
• Vaali, Film lyricist.
• Sujatha (born 1935), contemporary Tamil & Film screen play writer.
• Krishna Srinivas (born 1913), World Poet.
• Kaavya Viswanathan (born 1987), Novelist.

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Other countries

• Philip Jeyaratnam, Singapore writer (also, President of Singapore Law Society).
• Gopal Baratham (1935–2002), Singaporean writer and leading neurosurgeon
• Edwin Thumboo (born 1933), Singaporean writer (Tamil father, Teochew Chinese mother)
• S.Ponnudurai, novelist from Sri Lanka

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Crime

• Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler and forest brigand.
• Auto Shankar

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Others

People who are not natives of Tamil Nadu, but lived/live in Tamil Nadu

• M. G. Ramachandran,ex-CM of TN; yesteryears actor
• Jayalalithaa Jayaram,ex-CM of TN; yesteryears actor
• Thanthai Periyar, Popularly known for his rationalism
• Rajnikanth, One of the most popular Tamil Actors; born in Bangalore
• Annamalai Reddiyar, a Telugu but a great exponent of Tamil poetry.
• Constanzio Beschi (1680–1747), Italian Catholic priest popularly known as Viramamunivar, wrote the classic Tembavani, a Chiristian literature on the life of Jesus Christ.

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See also

• List of people by India state
• Tamil people
• List of prominent Sri Lanka Tamils

The following is a list of people of India, by state and territory: List of people from Andhra Pradesh List of people from Assam List of people from Bihar List of people from Chhattisgarh List of people from Delhi List of people from Goa List of people from Gujarat List... Languages Tamil Religions Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism Related ethnic groups Dravidian people Brahui people Kannadigas Malayalis Tamils Telugus Tuluvas Gonds The Tamil people are a multi-ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ... This is a List of prominent Sri Lanka Tamils by their country of domicile or origin. ...

References