This is a list of famous and notable Tamil people

Tamil people

Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...

.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. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves as Tamil.

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

Presidents of other countries

• Veerasamy Ringadoo
  Veerasamy Ringadoo
  Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, GCMG, GCSK, QC, was the Governor General of Mauritius from 17 January 1986 to 12 March 1992, when it became a republic. Ringadoo then served as President until later in 1992, when he was replaced by the democratically elected Cassam Uteem. He is a Tamil by origin and a Hindu...
  
   (1920–2000), was Governor-General
  Governor-General
  A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
  
   & President of Mauritius
  Mauritius
  Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
  
   .
• Angidi Veeriah Chettiar
  Angidi Chettiar
  Angidi Verriah Chettiar was a Mauritian politician who served as the Vice President of Mauritius from August 2007 until his death in September 2010. Angidi Chettiar was born in Madurai in the State of Tamil Nadu, India and came to Mauritius at the age of 10. The Chettiar family is a family of...
  
  , Acting President of Mauritius
  Mauritius
  Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
  
   (Feb 15, 2002 - Feb 18, 2002).
• Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay, Acting President of Mauritius
  Mauritius
  Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
  
   (Feb 18, 2002 - Feb 25, 2002).
• Sellapan Ramanathan, President of Singapore
  President of Singapore
  The President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore's head of state. In a Westminster parliamentary system, as which Singapore governs itself, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of president is largely ceremonial. Before 1993, the President of Singapore was...
  
   (September 1, 2002 – August31, 2011).

Administrators during British colonial rule

• N (Narayanaswamy). Sadasivam (d.1960), Auditor-General
  Auditor-General
  The Auditor-General is an office established by the 1996 Constitution of South Africa and is one of the Chapter nine institutions intended to support democracy, although its history dates back at least 95 years ....
  
   of Burma (-1942).

Dewans of Princely States

• Ramayyan Dalawa
  Ramayyan Dalawa
  Ramayyan was the Dewan of Travancore state, India, during 1737 and 1756 and was responsible for the consolidation and expansion of that kingdom after defeating the Dutch in the Battle of Colachel under the rule of Maharajah Marthanda Varma Kulasekhara Perumal, the maker of Modern Travancore.-Early...
  
  , Dewan
  Dewan
  The originally Persian title of dewan has, at various points in Islamic history, designated various differing though similar functions.-Etymology:...
  
   of Travancore
  Travancore
  Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...
  
   from 1737 to 1756.
• R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
  R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
  Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as independent India's first finance minister from 1947 to 1949...
  
  , Dewan of Cochin from 1931 to 1945.
• Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
  Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
  Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, KCSI was an Indian lawyer, politician and statesman who served as a senior leader of the Justice Party and in various administrative and bureaucratic posts in pre-independence and independent India.Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was born on October 14, 1887 in...
  
  , last Dewan of Mysore state.

International positions

• Navanethem Pillay - High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• Radhika Coomaraswamy
  Radhika Coomaraswamy
  Radhika Coomaraswamy is the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her to the position in April 2006...
  
   - Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
• James Appathurai
  James Appathurai
  James Appathurai is a Canadian journalist and former NATO Spokesperson. He currently serves as the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has degrees from University of Toronto and University of Amsterdam...
  
   - Spokesperson for NATO.
• Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
  Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
  Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, KCSI was an Indian lawyer, politician and statesman who served as a senior leader of the Justice Party and in various administrative and bureaucratic posts in pre-independence and independent India.Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was born on October 14, 1887 in...
  
   - served as the first President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
  United Nations Economic and Social Council
  The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations constitutes one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and it is responsible for the coordination of the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and five regional commissions...
  
  ,Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council
  Viceroy's Executive Council
  The Viceroy's Executive Council was the cabinet of the government of British India headed by the Viceroy of India. It was transformed from an advisory council into a cabinet run by the portfolio system by the Indian Councils Act 1861.-Indians in the Council:...
  
  .

Indian independence movement

• V.O. Chidambaram Pillai V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, (Tamil: வ. உ. சிதம்பரம் பிள்ளை) popularly known by his initials, V.O.C. (spelt Vaa. Oo.Ce in Tamil), was an Indian freedom fighter born on 5 September 1872 in Ottapidaram, Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu State of India. He was a prominent lawyer, and a trade union leader. He gets credit for launching the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships. He was an Indian National Congress (INC) member, later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment; his barrister license was stripped. He is also known as "Kappalottiya Tamilan"" (கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழன்), or The Tamil Helmsman in Tamil
• Muhammadh Yusuf Khan alias Marudhanayagam
  Muhammed Yusuf Khan
  Muhammad Yusuf Khan or Maruthanayagam Pillai was born in Pannaiyur, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India in 1725. From humble beginnings, he became a warrior in the Arcot troops, later Commandant for the British East India Company troops...
  
   (Tamil: மருதநாயகம்) A born warrior, circa 1725 in the village of Panaiyur, in Rammnad 'country', present day Ramanathapuram. Yusuf Khan was held in very high esteem even after his death by the English and in their opinion he was one of the two great military geniuses India had ever produced; the other being Hyder Ali of Mysore. Though served the British army in the early days, confronted them over their powers on Tamilnadu.
• Veerapandiya Kattabomman
  Veerapandiya Kattabomman
  Veerapandiya Kattabomman also known as Kattabomman was an 18th century Palayakarrar chieftain from Panchalankurichi of Tamil Nadu, India and the 47th King of Panchalankurichi who fought the British. His ancestors migrated to Tamil Nadu from areas in present day Andhra Pradesh during the...
  
   (Tamil: வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மன்) also known as Kattabommu fought against the British. He was an 18th century Indian polygar chieftain from Panchalankurichi of Tamil Nadu.Kattabomma Naicker was the first one to oppose British rule. He waged a war with the British six decades before Indian War of Independence which occurred in 1857 in Northern parts of India.
• Puli Thevar
  Puli Thevar
  Puli Thevar was a poligar who ruled Nerkattumseval situated in the Sankarankoil taluk of Tamil Nadu. Puli Thevar who belongs to the warrior Maravar community was one of the earliest Indian Kings to have fought and defeated the British in India.-History:He is one of the earliest opponents of the...
  
  , Polygar chieftain who fought against first and win over British East India Company
  British East India Company
  The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
  
   in the 1750s and 1767s
• Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
  Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
  Erode Venkata Ramasamy , affectionately called by his followers as Periyar , Thanthai Periyar or E. V...
  
  , In 1919 Periyar Ramaswamy joined the Indian National Congress after quitting his business and resigning from public posts. He was the chairman of Erode Municipality and undertook constructive programs spreading the use of Khadi, picketing toddy shops, boycotting shops selling foreign cloth, and eradicating untouchability. In 1921, Periyar was imprisoned for picketing toddy shops in Erode. When his wife as well as his sister joined the agitation, it gained momentum, and the administration was forced to come to a compromise. He was again arrested during the Non-Cooperation movement and the Temperance movement.[5] In 1922, Periyar was elected the President of the Madras Presidency Congress Committee during the Tirupur session where he advocated strongly for reservation in government jobs and education.
• Rettamalai Srinivasan
  Rettamalai Srinivasan
  Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan , also known as Rettamalai Srinivasan was a Dalit activist, politician and freedom fighter from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.He is a Dalit icon and Mahatma Gandhi’s close associate, remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Dalit movement in India.-Early...
  
   (1860–1945), Dalit
  Dalit
  Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
  
  activist, politician
  Politician
  A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
  
    and freedom fighter from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
• Thalapathy Venni Kaladi, he was the general of Puli Thevar and a brave warrior who died while fighting the British
  British East India Company
  The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
  
  (he belonged to the Devendra kula vellalar
  Pallar
  The Pallar are a caste from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are mostly agriculturalists in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and amongst the Tamil diaspora...
  
   community).
• Maruthu Pandiyar
  Maruthu Pandiyar
  The Marudhu Pandiyar brothers ruled Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu towards the end of the 18th century...
  
   brothers Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu who fought the British in the First and Second Polygar Wars
• Dheeran Chinnamalai
  Dheeran Chinnamalai
  Dheeran Chinnamalai was a Kongu chieftain and Palayakkarar from Tamil Nadu who rose up in revolt against the British East India Company in the Kongu Nadu, Southern India...
  
   (1756–1805), Polygar chieftain and feudatory of Tipu Sultan
  Tipu Sultan
  Tipu Sultan , also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa...
  
   who fought the British in the Second Polygar War
• Subramanya Bharathy
  Subramanya Bharathy
  Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India, an independence fighter and iconoclastic reformer. Known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar , he is celebrated as one of South India's greatest poets...
  
   (1882–1921), Indian freedom fighter, Tamil
  Tamil people
  Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
  
   poet and social reformer. Often regarded as the national poet of Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
  
  
• Bharathidasan
  Bharathidasan
  Bharathidasan was a twentieth century Tamil poet and rationalist whose literary works handled mostly socio-political issues. His writings served as a catalyst for the growth of the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu...
  
   (1891-1964), Tamil
  Tamil people
  Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
  
   poet and rationalist.
• V. Kalyanasundaram
  V. Kalyanasundaram
  Thiruvarur Viruttacala Kalyanasundaram, , better known by his Tamil initials Thiru Vi Ka , was a Tamil scholar, essayist and activist. He is esteemed for the strong humanism of his essays, the analytical depth of his commentaries on classical Tamil literature and philosophy, and the clear, fluid...
  
   (1883–1953), Scholar and independence fighter
• Subramaniya Siva
  Subramaniya Siva
  Subramaniya Siva was an Indian freedom fighter and prolific writer. He was arrested many times between 1908 and 1922 for his anti-imperialist activities...
  
   (1884-1925), Freedom fighter and prolific writer
• Jeevanandham (1907-1963), Social reformer, political leader, litterateur and one of the pioneers of the communist and socialist movements
• Champakaraman Pillai
  Champakaraman Pillai
  Chempakaraman Pillai was an Indian revolutionary during the Indian Independence Movement, who went abroad to organise an army to declare war against the British for India's freedom.-Early life:...
  
  (1891–1934), independence fighter
• Tiruppur Kumaran
  Tiruppur Kumaran
  Tiruppur Kumaran , was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement. Kumaran was born in Chennimalai, a small town in the Erode District in Tamil Nadu region of south India...
  
   (1904–1932), Indian Revolutionary freedom fighter
• Quid-E-Milath Mohamed Ismail, independence fighter, Member of Parliament
  Member of Parliament
  A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
  
   and was the President of Indian Union Muslim League
  Indian Union Muslim League
  Indian Union Muslim League is a state political party in the state of Kerala, India. The chief support base of the party falls inside northern and central Kerala...
  
  
• K. Kamaraj
  K. Kamaraj
  Kumarasami Kamaraj better known as K. Kamaraj was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 1954-1963 and a Member of Parliament during 1952-1954 and 1969-1975...
  
  , Freedom Fighter, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and All India Congress President
• Baktavachalam (1897-1987), Freedom Fighter, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• C. Subramaniam (1910-2000), Freedom Fighter and statesman and one of the men behind the Green Revolution
  Green Revolution
  Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s, that increased agriculture production around the world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s....
  
  
• Lakshmi Sehgal (1914-), Head of Rani Jhansi Brigade, women's wing of the Indian National Army
  Indian National Army
  The Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to overthrow the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance...
  
   and a close associate of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. Presidential candidate in 2002 President's election.

Independence movements in other countries

• Thillaiaadi Valliammai
  Thillaiaadi Valliammai
  Thillaiyadi Valliammi was a South African Tamil woman who worked with Mahatma Gandhi in his early years when he developed his nonviolent methods in South Africa fighting its apartheid regime.-Biography:...
  
   (1899–1914), South African militant, who inspired Mahatma Gandhi
  Mahatma Gandhi
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
  
   to involve in the Freedom Movement.
• Thambi Naidoo
  Thambi Naidoo
  Thambi Naidoo was an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi. From 1906 to 1913, he helped Gandhi in the South African Indian communities as they struggled against pre Apartheid racial repression by the local white and the colonial British authorities in Durban....
  
  , South African militant & Early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi
  Mahatma Gandhi
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
  
   in the Freedom Movement.
• Naransamy Roy Naidoo
  Naransamy Roy Naidoo
  Thambi Naransamy Naidoo or Roy Naidoo was a South African political activist and freedom fighter. He was of South African Indian Tamil descent. He is the son of an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi, Thambi Naidoo...
  
   (1901–1953), South African
• Amma Naidoo
  Amma Naidoo
  Manonmoney Pillay Naidoo or Amma Naidoo was a South African freedom fighter.-Family and early life:...
  
   (1908–1993), South African
• George Naicker
  George Naicker
  Georg Naicker was prominent South African freedom fighter of Indian Tamil descent. He was one of six sons. His mother died while in prison on Robben Island.-Early days with Indian National Congress:...
  
   (1919–1998), South African
• Periyapaiya Nattar (1885–1949), South Africanwho inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
  Mahatma Gandhi
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
  
   to involve in the Freedom Movement.
• V. T. Sambanthan
  V. T. Sambanthan
  Tun Thirunyanasambanthan Thevar s/o Veerasamy Thevar, better known as Tun V.T. Sambanthan Thevar, was the fifth President of Malaysian Indian Congress and one of the Founding Fathers of Malaysia along with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tan Cheng Lock...
  
  , One of the three founding fathers of Malaysia.
• Shanti Naidoo
  Shanti Naidoo
  Shanti Naidoo is South African anti-Apartheid activist and an early African National Congress member. She was placed in solitary confinement for her political activism along with Winnie Mandela. After leaving South Africa, she continued her political activism on behalf of ANC from ...
  
  , South African revolutionary
  Revolutionary
  A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...
  
   & fought against the apartheid regime.
• Pandara Vannian
  Pandara Vannian
  Pandara Vanniyan was a rebel Tamil chief from the Vanni region who was known as one of last native chiefs to challenge British rule in the Island nation of Sri Lanka.-Biography:...
  
  , rebel Tamil
  Tamil people
  Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
  
   chief from the Vanni
  Vanni
  Vanni may refer to:* Vanni , an area of northern Sri Lanka* Vanni Electoral District, an electoral district of Sri Lanka* Vanni Wang, international fashion designer China, USA...
  
   region of Srilanka
• Nadesa padayachi, South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  
• Velupillai Prabhakaran
  Velupillai Prabhakaran
  Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka...
  
  , Tamil Eelam
  Tamil Eelam
  Tamil Eelam , is the name given by certain Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora to the independent state which they aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam has no official status or recognition by any other state or authority...
  
  
• Sharversvaran Pather, nom de guerre, Michael Pillay, South African

India

Ex-Ministers in the Union government

• C. Subramaniam (1910–2000), Former Union Minister, Bharat Ratna
  Bharat Ratna
  Bharat Ratna is the Republic of India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order." Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna...
  
   Awardee & Father of the Indian 'Green Revolution
  Green Revolution
  Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s, that increased agriculture production around the world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s....
  
  '.
• R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
  R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
  Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as independent India's first finance minister from 1947 to 1949...
  
   (1892–1953), first Finance Minister of independent India.
• Mohan Kumaramangalam
  Mohan Kumaramangalam
  Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam was an Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Indian National Congress, and later, the Communist Party of India. He served as a member of Lok Sabha for Pondicherry from 1971 to 1972.- Early life and education:Mohan Kumaramangalam was born in...
  
  , Eminent Lawyer, Former Union Minister and Son of P. Subbarayan
  P. Subbarayan
  Paramasiva Subbarayan was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and diplomat and was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, India's ambassador to Indonesia and Union Minister of Transport and Communications in Jawaharlal Nehru's government. He is the father of General P. P...
  
  .
• Jana Krishnamurthi
  Jana Krishnamurthi
  K. Jana Krishnamurthi was an Indian political leader who rose to be the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2001...
  
  , (1928–2007), Former Union Law Minister and National President of BJP.
• Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
  Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
  Phanindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam was a prominent politician of the Indian National Congress and later the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament from the Salem constituency from 1984 to 1996 and Tiruchirapalli constituency from 1998 to 2000...
  
  , Eminent Lawyer, Former Union Minister & Congress/BJP Leader. Son of Mohan Kumaramangalam.
• K. Santhanam
  K. Santhanam
  Shri Kasturiranga Santhanam , also known as Kumitithadai Santhanam, was an Indian politician. He was a conservative Iyengar from Tamil Nadu and acquired the appellation 'Pandit' for his erudition....
  
   (1895–1980), Freedom Fighter & the First Railway Minister of independent India.
• Satyavani Muthu Former Union Cabinet Minister, and the one of first non-congress and dravidian party members from Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
  
   along with Aravinda Bala Pajanor
  Aravinda Bala Pajanor
  Aravinda Bala Pajanor, last name also written as Pazhanoor, was a member of the 5th and 6th Lok Sabha of India, and Union Cabinet Minister in the Government of India. He, along with Satyavani Muthu became the first union cabinet minister from a Dravidian party in the first ever coalition ministry...
  
   to be part of the Union government.
• Aravinda Bala Pajanor
  Aravinda Bala Pajanor
  Aravinda Bala Pajanor, last name also written as Pazhanoor, was a member of the 5th and 6th Lok Sabha of India, and Union Cabinet Minister in the Government of India. He, along with Satyavani Muthu became the first union cabinet minister from a Dravidian party in the first ever coalition ministry...
  
  , (born 1935) Senior Advocate, Former Union Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas, Chemicals & Fertilizers, and one of the first non-congress and dravidian party members from Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
  
   along with Satyavani Muthu to be part of the Union government.
• R. V. Swaminathan
  R. V. Swaminathan
  R. V. Swaminathan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu...
  
   (1909–1984), Freedom Fighter and union Minister of State for Agriculture.he was three term M.L.A. from(1952,1962,1967)three term MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (1971,1977,1980) three term TNCC PRESIDENT from 1967, 1971 ,1977. he was closely associated with Mahatma gandhiji. when mahatma gandhiji toured Tamil Nadu.in 1933-34 he stayed twice in his house in paganeri village.he was instrumental in bring a private bill along with K.T.kosalram which facilitated in removal of DEVAR COMMUNITY from DENOTIFIED list.he was popularly known as R.V.S.

Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

• M. Bhaktavatsalam
  M. Bhaktavatsalam
  Minjur Bhaktavatsalam was an Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter from the state of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Chief Minister of Madras state from October 2, 1963 to March 6, 1967...
  
  
• K. Kamaraj
  K. Kamaraj
  Kumarasami Kamaraj better known as K. Kamaraj was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 1954-1963 and a Member of Parliament during 1952-1954 and 1969-1975...
  
   (born 1903)
• C. N. Annadurai
  C. N. Annadurai
  Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai , popularly called Anna , or Arignar Anna was a former Chief Minister of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu...
  
   (born 1909)
• M. G. Ramachandran
  M. G. Ramachandran
  Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....
  
   (born 1917)
• M. Karunanidhi
  M. Karunanidhi
  Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...
  
   (born 1924)
• J. Jayalalithaa
  J. Jayalalithaa
  Jayalalithaa Jayaram ; born 24 February 1948) commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha, is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian party. She is called Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi by her...
  
   (born 1948)
• O. Panneerselvam
  O. Panneerselvam
  O. Paneerselvam is the current Finance Minister and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Prior to his entry into politics, he owned agricultural lands and a tea shop which he still owns. He was the chairman of Periakulam municipality in 1996. Then he contested the 2001 MLA election from...
  
  

Central Ministers

• P. Chidambaram
  P. Chidambaram
  P. Chidambaram or Chidambaram Palaniappan, sometimes written Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. Previously he was the Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008...
  
   (born 1945), Home Minister of India.
• A. Raja
  A. Raja
  Andimuthu Raja is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu....
  
  ,Ex. Communications and Information Technology Minister of India.
• Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
  Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
  Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Tiruchengode constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party....
  
  , Ex.Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment of India.
• S. S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance
  Finance
  "Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
  
   of India.
• K. Venkatapathy
  K. Venkatapathy
  Kannusamy Venkatapathy is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Cuddalore constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party....
  
  , Ex. Minister of State for Law and Justice of India.
• S. Regupathy
  S. Regupathy
  S. Regupathy was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Pudukkottai constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party....
  
  , Minister of State for Forests and Environment of
• G.K. Vasan, Minister of Shipping.
• Jayanthi Natarajan
  Jayanthi Natarajan
  Jayanthi Natarajan is an Indian lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has been thrice elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha. Since July 2011, she has been the Minister of Forests and Environment.-Early...
  
  , Minister of Forests and Environment.
• Dayanidhi Maran
  Dayanidhi Maran
  Dayanidhi Maran is a member of parliament in India’s 15th Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency and Additional Deputy Leader of DMK. He was also the Minister for Textiles in the Union Cabinet, and has also served as the as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology before that...
  
  , Ex.Textiles Minister of india
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  
• Anbumani Ramadoss
  Anbumani Ramadoss
  Dr Anbumani Ramadoss had been the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India from May, 2004 till he resigned his post in April 2009 and is a member of Parliament from the Rajya Sabha he belongs to the Pattali Makkal Katchi. Born on 9 October 1968 in Puducherry, Anbumani...
  
  ,Ex.Minister of Health and Family Welfare(2004–2009).
• M.K. Azhagiri,Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers.
• D.Napoleon,Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment.
• Dr.S.Jagathrakshakan,Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
• S.Gandhiselvan,Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare

Other countries

• S Jayakumar (born 1939), Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  .
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam
  Tharman Shanmugaratnam
  Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Minister for Manpower. He previously served as the Minister for Education from 2003 to 2008...
  
  , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  ; and Chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee at the IMF (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• Vivian Balakrishnan
  Vivian Balakrishnan
  Vivian Balakrishnan is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources....
  
   (born 1961), Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
   (half-Tamil, half-Chinese).
• S Rajaratnam (1915–2006), ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
   (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• S Dhanabalan
  S Dhanabalan
  Suppiah Dhanabalan was a high-profile political leader in Singapore in the 1980s. He was appointed to several heavyweight cabinet positions in the 1980s and early 1990s under Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong....
  
  , ex-Minister (various portfolios), Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  .
• J. B. Jeyaretnam, (1926–2008) ex-opposition leader and MP, Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
   (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• P. P. Devaraj
  P. P. Devaraj
  P. P. Devaraj is a Tamil politician representing Sri Lanka and whose origin is Indian.He belongs to the rich trading and landlord community of Vellalas in India....
  
  , Former Cabinet Minister of Srilanka.
• Radhakrishnan,Current Deputy Minister for Industry Affairs of Srilanka.
• Samy Vellu
  Samy Vellu
  Dato' Seri Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu is an Indian Malaysian politician. He is the longest serving President of the Malaysian Indian Congress , a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition, holding the position since 1979, for 11 consecutive terms...
  
  , Ex-Works Minister (Lost in 2008 election) and Leader of Malaysian Indian Congress, Malaysia.
• K.R. Somasundram (born 1930), Politician
  Politician
  A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
  
   and member of Malaysian Indian Congress, Malaysia.
• Radhakrishna Padayachi
  Radhakrishna Padayachi
  Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie is the Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa.He Joined the African National Congress in and Served as Executive Member of the Natal Indian Congress...
  
   (born 1950), Deputy Minister for Communication, Republic of South Africa.
• Rathika Sitsabaiesan (born 1981), Member of the Canadian Parliament
• Gunasagaran Gounder
  Gunasagaran Gounder
  Dr Gunasagaran Gounder is a Fiji Indian medical doctor who rose into prominence when he, as a Fiji Labour Party candidate, defeated the Leader of Opposition, Jai Ram Reddy of the National Federation Party, in the contest for the Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency seat in the 1999 general election...
  
  , A prominent politician and a member of Fiji Labour Party
  Fiji Labour Party
  The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...
  
  , Fiji
  Fiji
  Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
  
  .
• Perumal Mupnar
  Perumal Mupnar
  Perumal Mupnar is a Fijian politician of Indian descent, who held the Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party in the parliamentary election of 2001...
  
  , A prominent politician and a member of Fiji Labour Party
  Fiji Labour Party
  The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...
  
  , Fiji
  Fiji
  Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
  
  .
• S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
  S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
  Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. He was the political leader and father figure of the Sri Lankan Tamil community for more than two decades...
  
  , Popularly known as "Thanthai Chelva", Leader and Father figure of Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  n Tamils
  Tamil people
  Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
  
  .
• S. Thondaman, Leader of Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and had served continuously for 21 years in the Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  n Cabinet from 1978.
• N. Shanmugathasan
  N. Shanmugathasan
  Nagalingam Shanmugathasan was a trade unionist and Maoist revolutionary leader in Sri Lanka. He was the founding General Secretary of the Ceylon Communist Party .- Life :...
  
  , A prominent Communist politician, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Joseph Pararajasingham
  Joseph Pararajasingham
  Joseph Pararajasingham was a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and a poet who was known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views and advocacy of human rights...
  
   (1934–2005), A Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
  , Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Lakshman Kadirgamar
  Lakshman Kadirgamar
  Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar PC was a Sri Lankan diplomat, politician and a lawyer. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005...
  
   (1932–2005), Ex-Foreign Minister, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Veerasingham Anandasangaree, Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
   for 26 years, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• C. Rajadurai, Minister 1977–1994 & Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
   for 26 years, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Murugesu Sivasithamparam
  Murugesu Sivasithamparam
  Murugesu Sivasithamparam was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker.-Early life:Sivasithamparam was born 20 July 1923 in Karaveddy in northern British Ceylon. He was educated at Vigneswara College, Karaveddy and St. Joseph's College, Colombo. He later studied...
  
  , Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
   for 26 years & Chief opposition whip for 3years, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Rajavarothiam Sampanthan
  Rajavarothiam Sampanthan
  Rajavarothiam Sampanthan is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil National Alliance and Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.-Early life:...
  
  , Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
   for 21 years & Chief opposition whip for 9 months, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, Constitutional Expert & Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
  , Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Appapillai Amirthalingam
  Appapillai Amirthalingam
  Appapillai Amirthalingam was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. Amirthalingam was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers. -Early life:...
  
  , Leader of the opposition, Parliament of Sri Lanka
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
  .
• Douglas Devananda
  Douglas Devananda
  Kathiravelu Nithyananda Douglas Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Originally a Sri Lanka Tamil militant who fought against the Sri Lankan government for an independent Tamil Eelam, he...
  
  , Leader of EPDP and Minister of Rehabilitation, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• K.W.Devanayagam, Minister of Home affairs 1977–1988 & Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Sri Lanka
  The Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
  
   for 36 years, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani
  Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani
  Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani, or Kosa as he was also known, a Tamil writer and publisher, was born in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, on 20 April 1903. He received a good education and was effectively bi-lingual in Tamil and English. At 21, he went to Singapore to work as a bookkeeper, eventually becoming...
  
  , Tamil journalist, writer, publisher, social activitist, a champion of the Tamil language in Singapore, contributing to make Tamil one of the four official languages of Singapore, 1900s Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  

Major political parties for Tamil people

• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...
  
  
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. The party was founded by M. G. Ramachandran and is now headed by J. Jayalalithaa. The party headquarters is in Royapettah, Chennai, and was gifted to the party in 1986 by its...
  
  
• Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
• People's Action Party
  People's Action Party
  The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....
  
  
• Naam Thamizhar Katchi
• Malaysian Indian Congress
• Tamil National Alliance
  Tamil National Alliance
  The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups...
  
  
• Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu formed in 1994 by Mr. V. Gopalswamy , a member of Rajyasabha and a party activitist of DMK. Mr. V. Gopalsamy grew in the party from his student days. He actively participated in the party agitations and...
  
  
• All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...
  
  
• Dravidar Kazhagam
  Dravidar Kazhagam
  Dravidar Kazhagam or Dravida Kazhagam was the first fully Dravidian party in India. It was a radical party formed by E. V. Ramaswamy, also called Thanthai Periyar of erstwhile Madras Presidency...
  
  

Tamil Nadu

The Karunanidhi Family

• M. Karunanidhi
  M. Karunanidhi
  Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...
  
  , Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
  
   Ex Chief Minister
  • M.K. Stalin
    M.K. Stalin
    Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician and former actor, better known as M. K. Stalin. He is the third son of famous politician of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, and was born to his second wife, Mrs. Dayalu Ammal and was named after Joseph Stalin. Stalin completed his graduation in...
    
    , Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
    
     Ex Deputy Chief Minister (Son of Karunanidhi)
  • M K Azhagiri, Union Minister (Eldest son of Karunandihi)
  • Kanimozhi
    Kanimozhi
    Kanimozhi Karunanidhi , a politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha...
    
    , Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Daughter of Karunanidhi)
  • Late Murasoli Maran
    Murasoli Maran
    Murasoli Maran was a prominent Tamil politician in India, and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party which is headed by his maternal uncle and mentor, M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 36 years, he was made a Union Minister in three separate central governments, in...
    
    , Former Union Minister (nephew of Karunanidhi)
    • Dayanidhi Maran
      Dayanidhi Maran
      Dayanidhi Maran is a member of parliament in India’s 15th Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency and Additional Deputy Leader of DMK. He was also the Minister for Textiles in the Union Cabinet, and has also served as the as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology before that...
      
      , Union Minister (son of Murasoli)

The P. T. Rajan

P. T. Rajan

Sir Ponnambala Thiaga Rajan was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from April 4, 1936 to August 24, 1936. He was also the last President of the Justice Party....

 family

• P. T. Rajan
  P. T. Rajan
  Sir Ponnambala Thiaga Rajan was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from April 4, 1936 to August 24, 1936. He was also the last President of the Justice Party....
  
  , Chief Minister of Madras Presidency in 1936.
  • P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan, Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and minister in the state cabinet.

The Kumaramangalam Family

• P. Subbarayan
  P. Subbarayan
  Paramasiva Subbarayan was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and diplomat and was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, India's ambassador to Indonesia and Union Minister of Transport and Communications in Jawaharlal Nehru's government. He is the father of General P. P...
  
  , Chief Minister of Madras Presidency
  Madras Presidency
  The Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...
  
   (1926-1930), Member of Lok Sabha for Tiruchengode
• Radhabai Subbarayan
  Radhabai Subbarayan
  Kailash Radhabai Subbarayan nee Kudmul was an Indian politician, women's rights activist and social reformer. She was the wife of Indian politician P. Subbarayan and mother of Mohan Kumaramangalam, P. P. Kumaramangalam and Parvathi Krishnan.- Early life and education :Radhabai Kulmud was born to...
  
  , Famous human rights activist
  • Mohan Kumaramangalam
    Mohan Kumaramangalam
    Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam was an Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Indian National Congress, and later, the Communist Party of India. He served as a member of Lok Sabha for Pondicherry from 1971 to 1972.- Early life and education:Mohan Kumaramangalam was born in...
    
    , politician and trade union leader from the Communist Party of India
    Communist Party of India
    The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
    
    .
    • Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
      Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
      Phanindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam was a prominent politician of the Indian National Congress and later the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament from the Salem constituency from 1984 to 1996 and Tiruchirapalli constituency from 1998 to 2000...
      
      , Indian politician. Member of Lok Sabha for Salem and later, Tiruchirapalli and Union Minister.
    • Lalitha Kumaramangalam
      Lalitha Kumaramangalam
      Lalitha Kumaramangalam is a member of national executive of Bharatiya Janata Party.She was earlier national secretary of the party. She is sister of Rangarajan Kumaramangalam and daughter of Mohan Kumaramangalam. She is also the niece of the late Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army,...
      
      , politician and member of the BJP's national executive.
  • Parvathi Krishnan
    Parvathi Krishnan
    Parvathi Krishnan is an Indian politician from the Communist Party of India.-Early life:Parvathi was born on March 15, 1919 to P. Subbarayan and Radhabai Subbarayan. She did her B. A...
    
    , Member of Lok Sabha for Coimbatore
    Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)
    Coimbatore is one of the largest Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamilnadu.-Assembly segments:Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:#Singanallur#Coimbatore West#Coimbatore East#Perur#Palladam...
    
    .

The Rajagopalachari

Rajagopalachari

Rajagopalachari is a popular name in use amongst the Iyengar community of South IndiaSome prominent Rajagopalacahris are:* C. Rajagopalachari, also known as Rajaji: Indian freedom fighter, Gandhian, leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Swatantra party.* Sir Perungavur...

 family

• C. Rajagopalachari
  C. Rajagopalachari
  Chakravarti Rajagopalachari , informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India...
  
  , Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1937-40), Madras state
  Madras State
  Madras State was the name by which the Indian districts in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Northern Kerala, Bellary and Dakshina Kannada were collectively known as from 1950 to 1953....
  
   (1952-54), Governor of West Bengal (1946-48), Governor-General of India (1948-50). Union Minister (1950-52)
  • • Gopalkrishna Gandhi
      Gopalkrishna Gandhi
      Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and son of Devadas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi. His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari...
      
      , Governor of West Bengal.
  • C. R. Narasimhan
    C. R. Narasimhan
    Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari Narasimhan was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and member of the Indian Parliament from 1952 to 1962. He was the son of Indian statesman Chakravarti Rajagopalachari.- Early life :...
    
    , Member of Lok Sabha for Krishnagiri
    Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)
    -Before 2009:#Hosur#Thalli#Kaveripattinam#Krishnagiri#Bargur#Palacode -2009-present:#Uthangarai #Bargur#Krishnagiri#Veppanahalli#Hosur#Thalli-Members of Parliament:- Election results :...
    
    .

The C. P. Ramaswami Iyer family

• Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
  Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
  Sachivottama Sir Chetpat Pattabhirama Ramaswami Iyer, KCSI, KCIE , also called "C. P.", was an Indian lawyer, administrator and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1920 to 1923, Law member of the Executive council of the Governor of Madras from 1923 to 1928,...
  
  , Member of Madras Legislative Council
  Madras Legislative Council
  Tamil Nadu Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initially created as an advisory body in 1861, by the British...
  
   and Diwan of Travancore.
  • C. R. Pattabhiraman
    C. R. Pattabhiraman
    Chetpet Ramaswami Iyer Pattabhiraman was an Indian lawyer, politician and statesman from the Indian National Congress. He was the eldest son of Indian statesman C. P. Ramaswami Iyer...
    
    , Member of Lok Sabha for Kumbakonam
    Kumbakonam (Lok Sabha constituency)
    Kumbakonam was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. It existed from 1951 to 1977 when it was abolished-Assembly segments:Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency was previously composed of the following assembly segments :#Orathanad#Tiruvaiyaru#Papanasam...
    
    .

The Bhaktavatsalam family

• M. Bhaktavatsalam
  M. Bhaktavatsalam
  Minjur Bhaktavatsalam was an Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter from the state of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Chief Minister of Madras state from October 2, 1963 to March 6, 1967...
  
  , Chief Minister of Madras state (1962-1967).
  • • Jayanthi Natarajan
      Jayanthi Natarajan
      Jayanthi Natarajan is an Indian lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has been thrice elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha. Since July 2011, she has been the Minister of Forests and Environment.-Early...
      
      , Member of Indian Parliament.

The Moopanar family

• G. K. Moopanar
  G. K. Moopanar
  G.K. Moopanar was a senior Indian National Congress leader, a veteran Parliamentarian and a noted philanthropist. He was an All India Congress Committee general secretary from 1980 to 1988. G.K...
  
  , Indian politician and founder of the Tamil Maanila Congress
  Tamil Maanila Congress
  The Tamil Maanila Congress was a political party in Tamil Nadu. It was started by G K Moopanar by breaking away from the Indian National Congress protesting the decision of the party high command to form an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. After the death of Moopanar, his...
  
  .
  • G. K. Vasan
    G. K. Vasan
    G. K. Vasan, is a prominent Congress leader from Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling from the prestigious Madras Christian College Hr. Secondary School and later his graduation from the New college. He is the son of late Veteran Congress leader G K Moopanar who later formed his own political outfit...
    
    , State leader of the Indian National Congress.

Coomaraswamy

Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy Family

The Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family was an immensely powerful family in Sri Lanka which many say was responsible for the 20th century rise of the Tamil Vellala caste of the island. Many members of the family have received knighthoods from the British Sovereign in the past...

• Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy
  Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy
  Gate Mudaliyar Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician during the British Raj, and served on the Legislative Council from 1833 to 1846. He was an Indian from Tamil Nadu who migrated to Jaffna in the early 19th century. He was the father of Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy and...
  
   (1783-1836), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Legislative Council
  • Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy
    Muthu Coomaraswamy
    Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy, FRGS was a prominent colonial era legislator from Sri Lanka. He was the first native Asian and Sri Lankan to be knighted by Queen Victoria....
    
     CCS FRGS (1833-1879), Member of Legislative Council + Elizabeth Clay Beeby
    • Ananda Coomaraswamy
      Ananda Coomaraswamy
      Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was a Ceylonese philosopher and metaphysician, as well as a pioneering historian and philosopher of Indian art, particularly art history and symbolism, and an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West...
      
       (1877-1947)
  • Sellachchi Coomaraswamy + Arunachalam Ponnambalam (1814-1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate
    • Ponnambalam Coomaraswamy (1849-1905), Member of Legislative Council
    • Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan
      Ponnambalam Ramanathan
      Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC was a Solicitor-General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka.-Early life:...
      
       KCMG QC (1851-1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon
      Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
      The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by four Additional Solicitors General.-List of Solicitor Generals:...
      
      , Member of Legislative Council + Leelawathy Ramanathan
      Leelawathy Ramanathan
      Leelawathy Ramanathan was the Australia-born wife of Ponnambalam Ramanathan.-Hinduism:She studied Hindu scriptures, and converted to Hinduism upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan in 1906. She wrote many Hindu books, including a version of the Ramayana in English. She also published many of...
      
       (1870-1953)
      • Sivagamasundari + Subaiya Nadesan
        Subaiya Nadesan
        Subaiya Nadesapillai also known as S. Nadesan was the son-in-law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan and a Tamil senator from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was a United National Party candidate and defeated Samuel Chelvanayakam in the 1952 Jaffna elections, after losing to him in the 1947 elections from...
        
        , Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
    • Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam
      Ponnambalam Arunachalam
      Sir Ponnambalam Arunachchalam, CCS was a Tamil political leader in Ceylon and a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.-Early life:...
      
       KCMG CCS (1853-1924), Member of Executive Council
      Executive Council of Ceylon
      The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833....
      
      , Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
      • Arunachalam Padmanabha
      • Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva
        Arunachalam Mahadeva
        Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG was a Sri Lankan, prominent colonial era legislator and diplomat. He was Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India....
        
         KCMG (1888-1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
        • Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
      • Arunachalam Ramanathan
      • Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, Senator
        • Pararajasingham Nadesan
        • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
          • D. M. Swaminathan
            D. M. Swaminathan
            Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....
            
             (1945-), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

Corea

• Mudliyar Corea-Vikramasinha, Mudaliyar of Peliyagoda, 1630
• Vikramasinha-Corea - son of the Mudaliyar, Dissawa of Puttalam
• Christoffel Corea-Vikramasinha, Mohandiram of Hapitigam Korale
• Louis Corea-Vikramasinha, Padicara Mohindaram
• Abraham Corea, Mohandiram of the Chilaw District
• Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea
  Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea
  -Early life:Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was born in Chilaw, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, on the 2nd of December 1865. His father was Johannes Christoffel Corea who was a Mudaliyar of the Chilaw District....
  
   - appointed Mudaliyar in 1899, Inspector of Coaches and Inquirer of Crimes of the Chilaw District, in charge of the rural police in Pitigal Korale North
• Charles Edgar Corea
  Charles Edgar Corea
  -Early life:C.E.Corea was born in the west coast town of Chilaw, in Sri Lanka. His parents were Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea, a leading lawyer from Chilaw and Henritta Seneviratne. He was educated at the premier institution, Royal College Colombo where he excelled in his studies. He earned a...
  
   - elected to the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924)
• Victor Corea
  Victor Corea
  Charles Edward Victor Seneviratne Corea was born in Chilaw, Sri Lanka on 29 January 1871 to Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea, a famous lawyer, and Henrietta Seneviratne. He was the youngest out of five children, three boys and two girls, Charles Edgar Corea, James Alfred Ernest Corea, Agnes Corea...
  
   - founder Member of the Ceylon National Congress, elected to the Legislative Council
• Sir Claude Corea
  Claude Corea
  Sir George Claude Stanley Corea was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.-Family background:He was born on 29 January 1894 to a well known Ceylonese political family hailing from the Western seaboard town of Chilaw. His father was Alfred Winzer Corea who was an officer in government police and his...
  
   - Minister of Labour 1946,High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK, Ceylon's Ambassador in the USA, President of the United Nations Security Council
• Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon, Member of Parliament for Chilaw
• Dr. Gamani Corea
  Gamani Corea
  Deshamanya Gamani Corea is a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1974 to 1984, Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and...
  
  , Ambassador, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Ernest Corea
  Ernest Corea
  -Early life:Corea was born in Kurana, Katunayake in Ceylon.His parents were Reverend Canon Ivan Corea and Ouida Corea, and was the brother of Vernon Corea a pioneering broadcaster with Radio Ceylon/SLBC and Ethinic Minorities Adviser to the BBC. Rev. Corea was Rural Dean of Colombo in the Church...
  
  , Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America
• Harindra Corea
  Harindra Corea
  Harindra Corea Barrister-at-Law, Attorney-at-Law, was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, who represented Chilaw, he was member of the United National Party of Sri Lanka. Harindra Corea was born in Colombo. His father was the illustrious politician and diplomat, Sir Claude...
  
  , Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament for Chilaw

Ganesan

• V. P. Ganeshan, trade unionist, politician, film producer and actor
  • Mano Ganesan
    Mano Ganesan
    Mano Ganesan MP is a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament and the current leader of the Democratic People's Front, a political party in Sri Lanka, President of Democratic Workers Congress, a trade union and Convener of the Civil Monitoring Commission, a human rights monitoring peoples...
    
     (1959-), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Praba Ganesan (1964-), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Ponnambalam

• G. G. Ponnambalam
  G. G. Ponnambalam
  Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam , known as G.G. Ponnambalam, was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician in British Ceylon, and then after independence, in Ceylon. He founded the first Sri Lankan Tamil political party, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress. Ponnambalam stood for the principle of minority...
  
   KC (1901-1977), founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...
  
  , Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  • Kumar Ponnambalam
    Kumar Ponnambalam
    Kumar Ponnambalam was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka...
    
     (1940-2000), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress
    All Ceylon Tamil Congress
    All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...
    
    , presidential candidate (1982)
    • Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
      Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
      Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and lawyer. He is the current leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, a member of the Tamil National People's Front ....
      
       (1974-), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress
      All Ceylon Tamil Congress
      All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...
      
      , Member of Parliament

Sangarapillai

• A. V. Sangarapillai,
  • Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, Senator + Pathmavathy Arunachalam
    • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
      • D. M. Swaminathan
        D. M. Swaminathan
        Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....
        
         (1945-), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to Coomaraswamy, Ulaganathar of Manipay)

Thondaman

• V. E. K. R. Karuppaiah (Kumaravel) + Sithammai
  • Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
    Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
    Savumiamoorthy Thondaman also spelled Saumyamurthy Thondaman. is a Sri Lankan politician who represented the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka of which he was a member...
    
     (1913-1999), founder and leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress
    Ceylon Workers' Congress
    The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...
    
    , Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kothai
    • Ramanathan Thondaman
      • Arumugam Thondaman
        Arumugam Thondaman
        Savumiamoorthy Arumugan Ramanathan Thondaman , MP is the current Cabinet Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development and the grandson of Prominent Unionist Saumyamoorthi Thondaman in Sri Lanka...
        
         (1964-), leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress
        Ceylon Workers' Congress
        The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Ulaganathar of Manipay

Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy Family

The Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family was an immensely powerful family in Sri Lanka which many say was responsible for the 20th century rise of the Tamil Vellala caste of the island. Many members of the family have received knighthoods from the British Sovereign in the past...

• Ulaganathar of Manipay
  • Ulaganathar Mathar (1650-)
    • Mathar Kathirgamakanakkar (1670-)
      • Kathirgamakanakkar Thillaiampalam
        • Thillaiampalam Arunachalam, Mudaliyar
          • Arunachalam Ponnambalam (1814-1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate + Sellachchi Coomaraswamy
            • Ponnambalam Coomaraswamy (1849-1905), Member of Legislative Council
            • Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan
              Ponnambalam Ramanathan
              Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC was a Solicitor-General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka.-Early life:...
              
               KCMG QC (1851-1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon
              Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
              The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by four Additional Solicitors General.-List of Solicitor Generals:...
              
              , Member of Legislative Council + Leelawathy Ramanathan
              Leelawathy Ramanathan
              Leelawathy Ramanathan was the Australia-born wife of Ponnambalam Ramanathan.-Hinduism:She studied Hindu scriptures, and converted to Hinduism upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan in 1906. She wrote many Hindu books, including a version of the Ramayana in English. She also published many of...
              
               (1870-1953)
              • Sivagamasundari + Subaiya Nadesan
                Subaiya Nadesan
                Subaiya Nadesapillai also known as S. Nadesan was the son-in-law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan and a Tamil senator from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was a United National Party candidate and defeated Samuel Chelvanayakam in the 1952 Jaffna elections, after losing to him in the 1947 elections from...
                
                , Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
            • Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam
              Ponnambalam Arunachalam
              Sir Ponnambalam Arunachchalam, CCS was a Tamil political leader in Ceylon and a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.-Early life:...
              
               KCMG CCS (1853-1924), Member of Executive Council
              Executive Council of Ceylon
              The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833....
              
              , Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
              • Arunachalam Padmanabha
              • Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva
                Arunachalam Mahadeva
                Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG was a Sri Lankan, prominent colonial era legislator and diplomat. He was Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India....
                
                 KCMG (1888-1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
                • Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
              • Arunachalam Ramanathan
              • Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, Senator
                • Pararajasingham Nadesan
                • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
                  • D. M. Swaminathan
                    D. M. Swaminathan
                    Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....
                    
                     (1945-), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to Coomaraswamy)

Viswanather-Arumugam-Cathiravelu

• Vinayakar Viswanather
  • Viswanather Arumugam
    • Arumugam Canagaratnam
      Arumugam Canagaratnam
      Arumugam Canagaratnam is the founder of the college Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.-Biography:...
      
      , Member of Legislative Council
    • Arumugam Cathiravelu, Magistrate and District Judge
      • Cathiravelu Sittampalam CCS (1898-1964), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Cathiravelu Ponnambalam, first mayor of Jaffna
        Jaffna
        Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
        
        
  • Viswanather Casipillai
    Viswanather Casipillai
    Viswanather Casipillai was a Crown Proctor and co-founder of the Jaffna Hindu College.-Biography:His grand nephew Cathiravelu Sittampalam was the first Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the independent Sri Lanka....
    
    , Crown Proctor

Army

• General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam
  Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam
  General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, PV, DSO, MBE was the 7th Chief of Staff of the Indian Army in the period . He was the last of the King's Commissioned Indian Officers trained at Sandhurst in the Indian Army.-Early life and education:P.P. Kumaramangalam was born to the Former Chief...
  
   (1913–2000), 7th Chief of Army Staff
  Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
  The Chief of the Army Staff is the commander and usually the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army. The position is abbreviated as COAS in Indian Army cables and communication....
  
   (June 7, 1966–June 7, 1969).
• General Krishnaswamy Sundararajan
  Krishnaswamy Sundararajan
  General Krishnaswamy Sundarji , was India's Chief of Army staff from 1986 to 1988. Widely respected as a scholar warrior, he was regarded as one of the most promising Generals of Independent India. During his army career, he had commanded the Operation Bluestar under orders from Indira Gandhi to...
  
   (1930–1999), 14th Chief of Army Staff
  Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
  The Chief of the Army Staff is the commander and usually the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army. The position is abbreviated as COAS in Indian Army cables and communication....
  
   (February 1, 1986–April 30, 1988).
• General Sundararajan Padmanabhan
  Sundararajan Padmanabhan
  Sundararajan Padmanabhan was the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army Padmanabhan succeeded General V.P. Malik on September 30, 2000.General Padmanabhan was schooled at the Rashtriya Indian Military College...
  
   (born 1940), 20th Chief of Army Staff
  Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
  The Chief of the Army Staff is the commander and usually the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army. The position is abbreviated as COAS in Indian Army cables and communication....
  
   (September 30, 2000–December 31, 2002).

Air Force

• Air Chief Marshal
  Air Chief Marshal
  Air chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
  
   Srinivasapuram Krishna Swamy (born 1943), 19th Chief of Air Staff (December 31, 2001–December 31, 2004).

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Navy

• Admiral
  Admiral
  Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
  
   Oscar Stanley Dawson, 12th Chief of the Naval Staff
  Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
  The Chief of the Naval Staff is the commander and typically the highest-ranking officer in the Indian Navy. The position is abbreviated CNS in Indian Navy cables and communication...
  
   (March 1, 1982–November 30, 1984).
• Admiral Sushil Kumar, 18th Chief of the Naval Staff (December 30, 1998–December 29, 2001).
• Commander Joseph Peter(b.25-12-1954)
• Admiral Laksminarayan Ramdas

Academy Award

• A. R. Rahman
  A. R. Rahman
  Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
  
  , Academy Award for Best Original Score
  Academy Award for Best Original Score
  The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
  
   and Academy Award for Best Original Song
  Academy Award for Best Original Song
  The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
  
  , 2009

Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Award

Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel...

 was established in April 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay

Ramon Magsaysay

Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was the third President of the Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1957. He was elected President under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.-Early life:Ramon F...

, the late president of the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...

.

• Jockin Arputham
  Jockin Arputham
  Jockin Arputham has worked for more than 40 years in ‘slums’ and shanty towns, building representative organizations into powerful partners with governments and international agencies for the betterment of urban living...
  
  , for Peace and International Understanding - 2000
• Palagummi Sainath, eminent journalist - 2007

Bharat Ratna

The Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna is the Republic of India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order." Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna...

 is India's highest civilian honour.

• K. Kamaraj for Public Affairs 1976 (Posthumous).
• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for Science & Engineering 1997.
• C Subramaniam for Public Affairs 1998.
• M.G. Ramachandran for public affairs (posthumous)

Padma Vibhushan

The Padma Vibhushan

Padma Vibhushan

The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan...

 is India's second highest civilian honour.

This is NOT a complete list, please add/modify.

• Naryana Raghvan Pillai for Public Affairs 1960.
• Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar for Medicine 1963.
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS ) was an Indian origin American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars...
  
   for Science & Engineering 1968.
• K. V. Kalyana Sundaram
  Kalyan Sundaram
  Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sunderam , also referred as K.V.K. Sundaram, was an Indian civil servant, who holds the record as the first Law Secretary of Independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India...
  
   for Public Affairs 1968.
• P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam for Civil Service 1970.
• Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
  Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
  Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, KCSI was an Indian lawyer, politician and statesman who served as a senior leader of the Justice Party and in various administrative and bureaucratic posts in pre-independence and independent India.Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was born on October 14, 1887 in...
  
   for Civil Service 1970.
• B. Sivaraman for Civil Service 1971.
• T. Swaminathan
  T. Swaminathan
  T. Swaminathan, is a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, serving from February 7, 1973 to June 17, 1977.-External links:*...
  
   for Civil Service 1973.
• T. Balasaraswati for Arts 1977.
• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for Science & Engineering 1990.
• V. Arunachalam
  V. Arunachalam
  V. Arunachalam was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Alangulam constituency in 1967 and 1971 elections....
  
  , for Literature & Education 1990.
• Lakshmi Sahgal
  Lakshmi Sahgal
  Lakshmi Sahgal née Swaminathan, also known as Captain Laxmi. is an activist of the Indian independence movement, an ex-officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's affairs in the Azad Hind Government.A doctor by profession, Captain Lakshmi came into the limelight in India...
  
   for Public Affairs 1988.
• R. Chidambaram for Science & Engineering 1999.
• C. V. Narasimhan for Civil Service 2001.
• C. Rangarajan
  C. Rangarajan
  C. Rangarajan is an Indian economist and a distinguished former Member of Parliament and Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council...
  
   for Literature & Education 2002.
• Raja Jesudoss Chelliah, for Public Affairs 2007.
• Balu Sankaran
  Balu Sankaran
  Balu Sankaran is a Professor, scientist and recipient of Padma Shri and Padma Vibushan awards. He helped establish an artificial limbs manufacturing corporation and a Rehabilatation Institute.-Biography:...
  
  , for Medicine 2007.
• V. Krishnamurthy
  V. Krishnamurthy
  -Career:V. Krishnamurthy worked as a Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council during 2005 - 2007.He was a member of National Advisory Council during its first tenure.Member, PM’s Council on Trade & Industry ....
  
  , for Civil Service 2007.

Padma Bhushan

The Padma Bhushan

Padma Bhushan

The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...

 is India's third highest civilian honour.

• Nammakal Kavignar Ramalingam Pillai
• Rajinikanth - Highest paid actor in Indian cinema
• Ilaiyaraaja
  Ilaiyaraaja
  Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
  
   - Veteran musician and Tamil music director.
• A. R. Rahman
  A. R. Rahman
  Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
  
   - Oscar winning Tamil Musician.
• Shiv Nadar
  Shiv Nadar
  Shiv Nadar is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of HCL Technologies. , his personal wealth is US$5.6 billion. Shiv Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT Enterprise over the next three decades by...
  
  - is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist

Padma Shri

The Padma Shri

Padma Shri

Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...

 is India's fourth highest civilian honour.

• Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
  
   - One of the leading method actors in India.
• Actor Vivek - One of the leading method comedian and actors in India.
• Sivanthi Adithan
  Sivanthi adithan
  Sivanthi Adithan is the owner of Tamil newspapers Dina Thanthi and Maalaimalar.The Government of India has awarded him Padmashri in the year 2008. He is the son of late S. P. Adithanar, founder of Dina Thanthi....
  
  - is the owner of popular Tamil newspapers Dina Thanthi
• S.M. Ganapathy Stapathi - is the founder of Sri Sahkara Silpa Sala
• S.M. Muthiah Stapathi - is the Advisor Stapathi in HR & CE Dept. of Tamil Nadu, Founder of Swaranam Silpa Kalai Kudam

Param Vir Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra

Param Vir Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously....

 is India's highest military honor.

• Major
  Major
  Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
  
   Ramaswamy Parmeshwaran (1946–1987), Awarded in 1987 (Posthumous) for IPKF operations in Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "Sports Gem" in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash...

 Award is India's highest sporting honour.

• Viswanathan Anand
  Viswanathan Anand
  V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
  
  , for chess
  Chess
  Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
  
   (1991-92) First Recipient of the award.

• Dhanraj Pillay
  Dhanraj Pillay
  Dhanraj Pillay is a field hockey player and former captain of the Indian hockey team. He is currently the manager of the Indian Hockey team...
  
  , for Hockey
  Hockey
  Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
  
   (1999–2000).

Arts, music & literature

• Akilan
  Akilan
  Akilan was a Tamil author noted for his realistic and creative writing style. Akilan was a freedom fighter, novelist, short-story writer, journalist, satirist, travel writer, playwright, script-writer, orator and critic.He is also a children's novelist....
  
  , Jnanpith Award
  Jnanpith Award
  The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country...
  
  , (1975).
• Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....
  
  , Sangeet Natak Akademi
  Sangeet Natak Akademi
  Sangeet Natak Akademi is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India.-History:...
  
   winner, (1982)
• Jayakanthan
  Jayakanthan
  - Biography:Jayakanthan was born in 1934 in a family of agriculturists in Cuddalore, in the South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu. He quit school after completing grade 3 education. He was then considered a problematic child. He was close to his mother and grandfather. He had a rocky relationship with...
  
  , Jnanpith Award
  Jnanpith Award
  The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country...
  
  , (2002).
• Subbu Arumugam, Sangeet Natak Akademi
  Sangeet Natak Akademi
  Sangeet Natak Akademi is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India.-History:...
  
   award, (2005).
• L. Athira Krishna
  L. Athira Krishna
  Athira Krishna is an internationally acclaimed prodigy violinist from India. She was born in Trivandrum, Kerala. She has an enviable musical lineage as the granddaughter of the illustrious Vidwan Shri. GopalaPillai, fabulous musician of yesteryears who belonged to the renowned Tanjore tradition of...
  
  , Guinness World Record holders.

Arjuna Award

The Arjuna Award

Arjuna award

The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....

 was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports.

Social workers

• M.B.Nirmal
  M.B.Nirmal
  M. B. Nirmal is the founder and chairman of Exnora International which is a civic movement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which deals with environmental issues. In addition to his involvement in Exnora, Nirmal is also involved in consumer advocacy, afforestation programmes, and rehabilitation of...
  
   - Founder and chairman of Exnora International
  Exnora International
  Exnora International is a non-governmental environmental service organization started in 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, by M. B. Nirmal, a social activist...
  
  
• Narayanan Krishnan
  Narayanan Krishnan
  Narayanan Krishnan is an Indian chef turned social worker. He quit his career as a leading chef and began supplying meals to the homeless in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, beginning in 2002.-Early life:...
  
   - from madurai, serving mentally disabled. He has been selected as one of the top10 in CNN Heroes
  CNN Heroes
  CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute is an annual television special created by CNN to honor individuals who make extraordinary contributions to help others. It is hosted by Anderson Cooper...
  
   2010
• Krishnammal Jagannathan
  Krishnammal Jagannathan
  Krishnammal Jagannathan is a social service activist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She and her husband, Sankaralingam Jagannathan , have protested against social injustice and they are well known as Gandhian activists...
  
   - Works for upliftment of farmers and poor people. Has won the Right Livelihood Award
  Right Livelihood Award
  The Right Livelihood Award, also referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", is a prestigious international award to honour those "working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today". The prize was established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, and is...
  
   in 2008.
• Naraina Pillai
  Naraina Pillai
  Naraina Pillai was a social entrepreneur and businessman, who spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period. Of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore....
  
  - a social entrepreneur & social worker, who spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period. Of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore, 1800s Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  

India

• A M M Murugappa Chettiar, Industrialist, Founder of Murugappa Group
  Murugappa Group
  The Murugappa Group is conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, India, with a valuation of Rs. 17,051 crores . It is a market leader in diverse areas of business including Engineering, Abrasives, Finance, General insurance, Bicycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilizers, Plantations, Bio-products...
  
  .
• Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educator who established Annamalai University
  Annamalai University
  Annamalai University is a Public University located in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The university offers courses of higher education in arts, sciences and engineering.The university also provides around 380 courses under distance mode...
  
  .
• Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, Industrialist, Philanthropist and First Mayor of Madras.
• Alagappa Chettiar
  Alagappa Chettiar
  Padmabushan Dr. K.V. AL. RM. Alagappa Chettiar, in Tamil: வள்ளல் டாக்டர் திரு க.வி.அழ.அழகப்பா செட்டியார் , was an Indian businessman and philanthropist.-Early life:...
  
   (1909–1957), Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educator who established Alagappa University
  Alagappa University
  Alagappa University is located on about in the business town of Karaikudi in Sivaganga District in Tamil Nadu, India. Karaikudi is 400 km south of Madras on the Madras–Rameswaram line and is accessible from Tiruchirappalli and Madurai in about 2 hours by road and rail. This seat of higher...
  
  .
• M. A. Chidambaram Chettiar
  M. A. Chidambaram
  Muttaiya Annamalai Chidambaram was an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator. He was the youngest son of Sir Annamalai Chettiar.-Early life:...
  
  , Industrialist.
• Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar
  Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar
  Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar , was an Indian independence activist, industrialist and the founder of Thiagarajar College of Engineering.Chettiar was born in 1893 to Muthukaruppan Chettiar and Vinaitherthal achi was born in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu. He was the tenth and last child in his...
  
  , Industrialist & Educationist, Founder of erstwhile bank Bank of Madurai & institution Thiagarajar College of Engineering
  Thiagarajar College of Engineering
  Thiagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai, is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Autonomous institution located in Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It is one of the several educational and philanthropic institutions founded by Philanthropist and Industrialist...
  
  .
• Kulandaivel Mudaliar, The Chennai Silks
  The Chennai Silks
  The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in Tamil Nadu.-History:Its founder Kulandaivel Mudaliar entered the business in 1962. However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as 'Kumaran silks' later renamed as 'The Chennai Silks' in 2001...
  
   founder.
• Chenniappan, Nilgiris founder.
• M.Thiagarajan, Paramount airways
• K.P.Natarajan, KPN Travels
  KPN Travels
  KPN Travels is a private company operating long distance bus services between major towns in South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry.-History:...
  
  
• Pothy Moopanar, founder of Pothys Textiles.
• HRH.Rajagopala Marthanda Tondaiman, Haileyburia Industries CEO
• Thyagarajan Mudaliar, Founder Thiru Arooran Sugars Ltd.
• Rm. K. Visvanatha Pillai, founder of RmKV
  RmKV
  RmKV is an award-winning manufacturer of designer silk saris, based in Tirunelveli, India. It is also one of the oldest and largest sari retailers in Tamil Nadu. RmKV expanded its bracnes in various parts of Tamil Nadu other than Tirunelveli including Chennai, Coimbatore.-History:RmKV Silks was...
  
  .
• Jayachandaran, Jayachandran Silks founder.
• S. Ramadorai, former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
• Ayya Nadar
  Ayya Nadar
  P. Ayya Nadar was an Indian enterpreneur from the southern city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. He along with Shanmuga Nadar is credited for transforming the small village of Sivakasi into a thriving industrial town...
  
  , founder of Ayyan Group of Companies
• Shanmuga Nadar
  Shanmuga Nadar
  Shanmuga Nadar was an Indian enterpreneur from the southern city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. He along with his cousin Ayya Nadar is credited for transforming the small village of Sivakasi into a thriving industrial town. He was the founder of Kakka firework industry. He was the chairman of...
  
  , founder of Standard Fireworks and other firework industries in Sivakasi
  Sivakasi
  Sivakasi is an active town and a municipality in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the capital of India’s firecracker industry with about 8,000 factories, big and small, producing 90 percent of the total fireworks output.It is also known as "kutti japan" meaning "small...
  
  
• Selvarathinam, founder of Saravana Stores
  Saravana Stores
  Saravana Stores is a chain of retail stores, all located in T Nagar-Chennai, selling textiles,jewellery,vessels and a wide range of consumer products.According to Kishore Biyani of bigbazaar,it is India’s No 1 retail store in one locality.- Founder :...
  
  , Chennai
  Chennai
  Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
  
  
• Shiv Nadar
  Shiv Nadar
  Shiv Nadar is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of HCL Technologies. , his personal wealth is US$5.6 billion. Shiv Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT Enterprise over the next three decades by...
  
  , founder and CEO of HCL Technologies
  HCL Technologies
  HCL Technologies Limited is a leading global IT services company headquartered in Noida, India. It is primarily engaged in providing a range of software services, business process outsourcing and infrastructure services. HCL Technologies is fourth largest IT company in India and is ranked 48 in...
  
  
• A. C. Muthiah
  A. C. Muthiah
  Annamalai Chidambaram Muthiah is an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator. He served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1999 to 2001. Muthiah is the eldest son of M. A. Chidambaram and the grandson of Sir Annamalai Chettiar.- Early life and education...
  
  , Chairman of Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation SPIC
  SPIC
  Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd., or SPIC, is an Indian company that makes petrochemicals. Its core competency is its fertilizer portfolio...
  
  
• V. G. Panneerdas
  V. G. Panneerdas
  V. G. Panneerdas was the founder of VGP Group of Companies. His story is one of the rags to riches. He started as a poor Christian man from a remote village called Azhagappa puram near valliyur, Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, India. He moved to Chennai in search of opportunities. In 1955, he...
  
  , founder of VGP Group of Companies
• V S Thiruvengadasamy Mudaliar - Founder VST Motor Group
• G.Munusamy, founder of Gold Winner
  Gold Winner
  Gold Winner is a sunflower oil brand produced by Kaleesuwari Refinery Pvt Ltd. The early history of the company goes back to 1970s with a small grocery store started by G. Munusamy. He bought Kaleesuwari Refinery Private Limited near Chennai in 1993 and has markets in India, Singapore, Malaysia,...
  
  
• R. G. Chandramogan
  R. G. Chandramogan
  R. G. Chandramogan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, which is the manufacturer of branded milk and ice cream and the largest private dairy in India. Arun Ice Creams, a popular ice cream brand in south India is owned by Hatsun Agro. Hatsun group is also producing...
  
  , founder of Arun Icecreams
• P. Rajagopal, founder of Hotel Saravana Bhavan
  Saravana Bhavan
  Hotel Saravana Bhavan is a vegetarian restaurant chain founded in 1981 offering south Indian cuisine. ]. They have more than 20 outlets in Chennai and several outside India including USA, Canada, London, Paris, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East.saravana bhavan is leading veg...
  
   chain of restaurants.
• H. Vasanthakumar
  H. Vasanthakumar
  H. Vasanthakumar is an Indian enterpreneur and politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the owner of Vasanth & Co, one of the largest durable goods retail chains in Tamil Nadu. He also owns Vasanth TV...
  
  , founder of Vasanth & Co
  Vasanth & Co
  Vasanth & Co is a renowned chain dealer of consumer electronics and home appliances in Tamil Nadu, India. The company was started in year 1978 and has 39 showrooms across almost every town in Tamil Nadu and one in Pondicherry and Bangalore. The company is owned by H...
  
   and Vasanth TV.
• V. R. Muthu
  V. R. Muthu
  V. R. Muthu is the chief Executive officer of Idhayam oil. He hails from Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. His father V. V. V. Rajendran founded Idhayam oil in 1986.- References :...
  
  , CEO and son of founder of Idhayam
  Idhayam (brand)
  Idhayam is a sesame oil brand produced by Idhayam Group of Companies. The company was founded in December 1986 by V. V. V. Rajendran, however, soon thereafter, his sons V. R. Muthu, V. R. Sathyam and V. R. Thendral began to manage the operations of the company. V. R...
  
   oil
• K. P. Kandasamy
  K. P. Kandasamy
  K. P. Kandasamy was a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and founder of Dinakaran, a Tamil daily newspaper. He founded Dinakaran in support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam when his father-in-law, S. P. Adithanar, chose to support Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam during its split from DMK...
  
  , founder of Dinakaran
  Dinakaran
  Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in India. , Dinakaran is the largest Tamil daily newspaper in terms of net paid circulation, which was 1,235,220...
  
  
• S. P. Adithanar
  S. P. Adithanar
  Si. Balasubramania Adithan a.K.a Si. Ba. Adithan , popularly called as Adithanar, was a Tamil lawyer, politician, minister and founder of the Tamil daily newspaper Dina Thanthi. He was the founder of the We Tamils party and served as the member of the Madras Legislative Council for two terms...
  
  , founder of Dina Thanthi
  Dina Thanthi
  Dina Thanthi a.K.a "Daily Thanthi" is a reputed daily Tamil newspaper in Tirunelveli, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Erode, Dindigul, Trichy, Salem, Nagercoil, Cuddalore, Vellore, Pondicherry and Thanjavur. It is owned by Mr.B. Sivanthi Aditanar. It was founded by S. P...
  
  
• N.Mahalingam Gounder, Educator, Industrialist and Philanthropist.
• Kalanidhi Maran
  Kalanidhi Maran
  Kalanithi Maran is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Network, which is the most profitable Television network in Asia.In June 2010, he acquired Spice Jet which was the most profitable airlines in India...
  
  , Media Baron.
• M. G. Muthu
  M. G. Muthu
  M. G. Muthu is the Chairman and founder of the MGM Group of Companies. He was born in a small village in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. He started his career in 1952 working in Chennai port and went on to found MGM Group of Companies with interests in logistics, hospitality and the popular MGM...
  
  , founder of MGM Group of Companies
  MGM Group of Companies
  MGM is a diversified Group of Companies headquartered in Chennai with interests in logistics, distilleries, Hospitality, theme park and trading.- Distilleries :...
  
   and MGM Dizzee World
  MGM Dizzee World
  MGM Dizzee World is an amusement park located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in East Coast Road. The park has log flume, giant wheel, spider spin, roller coaster, the funny mountain, dashing cars, super trooper, a water world and it also hosts special seasonal shows.It is owned by MGM...
  
  
• A Sivasailam, Chairman Amalgamations Group
• M. A. M Ramasamy Chettiar
  M. A. M. Ramaswamy
  Thiru.M.A.M. Ramaswamy, a politician from Janata Dal party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha. He is the Co-Founder & Present Chairman of Chettinad Group of Companies. He is also the Pro-Chancellor for Annamalai University, a prominent industrialist...
  
  , Industrialist, Philanthropist and Pro-Chancellor of Annamalai University
  Annamalai University
  Annamalai University is a Public University located in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The university offers courses of higher education in arts, sciences and engineering.The university also provides around 380 courses under distance mode...
  
  .
• Sivasankaran
  Sivasankaran
  C. Sivasankaran is the Chairman of Siva Group , Siva Industries & Holdings Limited [ultimate holding company] and Siva Ventures Ltd. He has a net worth of more than $4 billion...
  
    Chairman, Sterling group.
• Namakkal P.G.Periasamy, Founder and CEO PGP Groups.
• B Muthuraman
  B Muthuraman
  B Muthuraman was the Managing Director of Tata Steel, India's largest steel manufacturer. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Xavier Labour Relations Institute , Jamshedpur and National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur . Mr...
  
  , Managing Director, Tata Steel
  Tata Steel
  Tata Steel is a multinational steel company headquartered in Jamshedpur, India and part of Tata Group. It is the world's seventh-largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes, and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production...
  
  .
• Dharmaveera K Govindaswamy Naidu
  Dharmaveera K Govindaswamy Naidu
  Annur Dharmaveera Namboorar Sri K Govindaswamy Naidu , popularly known as KG, was an industrialist and philanthropist from Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu, in South India.-Background:...
  
  , 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
  Murugappa Group
  The Murugappa Group is conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, India, with a valuation of Rs. 17,051 crores . It is a market leader in diverse areas of business including Engineering, Abrasives, Finance, General insurance, Bicycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilizers, Plantations, Bio-products...
  
  .
• KG Baalakrishnan, Chairman and Managing Director KG Group of companies, Coimbatore
  Coimbatore
  Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
  
  
• Mani Subramanian
  Mani Subramanian
  Mani Subramanian was the chairman of Keane International, Inc. Mani founded the company IT Solutions, subsequently re-branded as Caritor, as a one-man operation in 1993. In 2007, Caritor achieved yet another milestone by combining with Keane. The company operatated under the Keane brand name. In...
  
  , CEO of the Keane India Private Limited.
• R V Perumal, CEO of Hotel New Vijaya, Bodi
• Narayanan Vaghul
  Narayanan Vaghul
  Narayanan Vaghul is one of the most eminent bankers of India. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the Trade and Industry category in 2010.Born in 1936 in a remote village in South India, he was second in a family of eight children...
  
  , ex-Chairman of ICICI Bank
  ICICI Bank
  ICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...
  
  
• Saravanan Santhanam, Founder & CEO, Simha Incorporation
• Ganesan Natarajan, CEO & Wholetime Director of Ennore Coke Limited
• Anandan Sundararajan (Andy Iyengar) CEO | Founder | Director WORDINT Group

Other countries

• Indra Nooyi
  Indra Nooyi
  Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive. She is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food & beverage business in the world ....
  
  , Chairperson of PepsiCo
  PepsiCo
  PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...
  
  World.
• B. S. Abdur Rahman
  B. S. Abdur Rahman
  B. S. Abdur Rahman, also known as Sena Aana, is the Vice-Chairman of Dubai-based ETA Star Group, one of the most powerful players in the UAE's real estate and trading sectors. He is also the Chancellor of B. S. Abdur Rahman University , Vandalur, Chennai. B. S...
  
  , (also known as B. S. A. Rahman) Vice-Chairman of ETA Ascon Star Group Group UAE
• Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director of ETA Ascon Star Group Group UAE
• Sarv Saravanan, Senior Vice-President & Managing Director of EMC Corporation
  EMC Corporation
  EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
  
   India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
   Centre of Excellence (COE)
• KrishnaKumar Natarajan, CEO & Managing Director of MindTree
  MindTree
  MindTree Limited, formerly known as MindTree Consulting Limited , is a mid-sized international information technology consulting and implementation company. It operates in two units: production engineering services and IT services. MindTree was started in 1999 by ten industry professionals from...
  
  
• R. Srinivasan, Independent Director, MindTree
  MindTree
  MindTree Limited, formerly known as MindTree Consulting Limited , is a mid-sized international information technology consulting and implementation company. It operates in two units: production engineering services and IT services. MindTree was started in 1999 by ten industry professionals from...
  
  
• S. Janakiraman, President and Group CEO, Product Engineering Services MindTree
  MindTree
  MindTree Limited, formerly known as MindTree Consulting Limited , is a mid-sized international information technology consulting and implementation company. It operates in two units: production engineering services and IT services. MindTree was started in 1999 by ten industry professionals from...
  
  
• Parthasarathy N.S, President, Independent Testing & IMTS MindTree
  MindTree
  MindTree Limited, formerly known as MindTree Consulting Limited , is a mid-sized international information technology consulting and implementation company. It operates in two units: production engineering services and IT services. MindTree was started in 1999 by ten industry professionals from...
  
  
• Lakshmi Narayanan
  Lakshmi Narayanan
  Lakshmi Narayanan is the vice chairman and ex-CEO of Cognizant. He was the CEO and president of Cognizant until 2006. [1]Lakshmi has played a leading role in the global information technology industry for more than 25 years, managing divisions and business units in Europe, India and the United...
  
  , CEO & President of Cognizant Technology Solutions
  Cognizant Technology Solutions
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American global provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Its headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States and is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500...
  
  , USA.
• Ram Shriram
  Ram Shriram
  Kavitark Ram Shriram is the founding board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google. He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of...
  
  , One of the founding members of Google Inc.
• V. S. Rajendran, CEO & President of Numeric Technologies Limited, USA
• Robert Chandran
  Robert Chandran
  Robert Viswanathan Chandran was an Indian-born Singaporean business executive, and the founder and CEO of the Chemoil company....
  
  , Founder and CEO of Chemoil Corporation, United States.
• K. B. Chandrashekar, Founder and CEO of e4e Inc & Jamcracker, Inc, USA.
• Shoba Purushothaman
  Shoba Purushothaman
  Shoba Purushothaman , from Malaysia, iscurrently Chairman of , a company created when TheNewsMarket, a digital news video platform co-founded by Shoba Purushothaman and her business partner Anthony Hayward, acquired NASDAQ-listed Medialink in 2009....
  
  , Co-Founder and CEO of The NewsMarket Inc, United States.
• Raj Rajaratnam
  Raj Rajaratnam
  Raj Rajaratnam is an American former hedge fund manager and founder of the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm. On October 16, 2009, he was arrested by the FBI on allegations of insider trading, which also caused the Galleon Group to close. He stood trial in U.S. v...
  
  , Founder of Galleon Group, USA
• Ari Arjavalingam, Co-Founder of Galleon Group, USA
• Bala S. Manian
  Bala S. Manian
  Bala S. Manian is an Indian-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has started a string of medical technology companies such as ReaMetrix, Digital Optics and Quantum Dot Corporation...
  
   (born 1944), Silicon Valley
  Silicon Valley
  Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
  
   Entrepreneur
  Entrepreneur
  An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
  
  , USA.
• S Dhanabalan
  S Dhanabalan
  Suppiah Dhanabalan was a high-profile political leader in Singapore in the 1980s. He was appointed to several heavyweight cabinet positions in the 1980s and early 1990s under Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong....
  
  , Chairman, DBS Bank (Singapore).
• J.Y.M.Pillay, Chairman, Singapore Exchange (stock market) (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry).
• Marimutu Sinivasan, Founder and Chairman of Texmaco Group, Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
  , a giant textile, machinery and aotomotive manufacturer.
• Ananda Krishnan
  Ananda Krishnan
  Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan is a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist of Tamil origin. Nicknamed A-K, he is estimated to have a net worth of US$9.6 billion according to Forbes' latest annual list of wealthiest people, making him the second wealthiest in Southeast Asia behind Robert Kuok,...
  
  , Founder & Owner of Maxis Communications
  Maxis Communications
  Maxis Communications Berhad is a Malaysian cellular operator company headquartered at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was started in the year 1993. It uses the dialing pref ix identifier of "012" , "017" and “0142”. Their mobile services are provided over the 900 & 1800 MHz GSM band and as July 2005,...
  
   and MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems, Malaysia.
• Janny Paul, Founder & CEO of Bitz n Bytez Limited, Malaysia. (company was later bought over by notable silicon valley investment group)
• J.M.Abdul Aziz His Respectful, (1905–1958), Director Generale of JM Abdul Aziz et Fils, Saigon Vietnam, recipient of Légion d'honneur
  Légion d'honneur
  The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
  
   of France, Nichan Iftikhar
  Nichan Iftikhar
  Nichan Iftikhar or Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar or Nişan-i İftihar , was an Ottoman and Tunisian honorary order founded in 1835 by Al-Mustafa ibn Mahmud...
  
   of Tunisia, Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar
  Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar
  The Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar was established in 1887 as a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland.-Notable Recipients:...
  
   of French Somaliland, Royal Order of Sahametrei
  Royal Order of Sahametrei
  The Royal Order of Sahametrei is a medal presented by the government of the Kingdom of Cambodia by Royal Decree of the King of Cambodia. It is conferred primarily on foreigners who have rendered distinguished services to the King and to the people of Cambodia, particularly in the field of external...
  
   of Cambodia and Extreme Orient.
• Arvind Sanmugam of Canada, Chairman and CEO of Chez Leeloo Canada, Chairman of the World Police Academy, Chairman and President of Tan Theta, CEO of Canadian Peacemakers Corporation, Chairman of Sinecure Corp, CEO of Chez Leeloo Philippines, CEO of Baronair Canada. Individual with same name, claiming to be an international venture capitalist has recently been arrested in Toronto for +1.5 million dollars in fraud. REFERENCE: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/14/fraud-charges.html#socialcomments
• Maha sinnathamby
  Maha Sinnathamby
  Maha Sinnathamby is a Malaysian Australian businessman and property developer of Tamil ancestry. He lived in a rubber estate Rantau before moving to Australia and becoming an entrepreneur with a vision to build an entire city....
  
   of Australian Business man

Academicians

• Bala V. Balachandran
  Bala V. Balachandran
  Bala V Balachandran is the J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India....
  
  , Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India and J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
• Arcot Ramaswamy 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
  Madras Christian College
  The Madras Christian College, commonly known as MCC, is a liberal arts and sciences college in Madras , India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. Currently, the college is affiliated to the University of Madras, but functions as an autonomous institution from its campus...
  
   and First Vice Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University.
• V. L. Ethiraj
  V. L. Ethiraj
  V. L. Ethiraj was an Indian lawyer and philanthropist who founded Ethiraj College for Women, a college in Chennai, India.His father was Thiru. Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.V. L...
  
  , 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
  Malcolm Adiseshiah
  Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah , was an Indian development economist and educator. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his outstanding services to the country in 1976...
  
   (1910–1994), Economist
  Economist
  An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
  
  , Former Deputy Director General of UNESCO
  UNESCO
  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
  
   & founder MIDS (Madras Institute of Development Studies
  Madras Institute of Development Studies
  The Madras Institute of Development Studies is a research institute based in Chennai. It is a joint undertaking of the Governments of India and Tamil Nadu for conducting research on development problems in Tamil Nadu and the rest of India.-History:...
  
  ).
• V C Kulandaiswamy
  V C Kulandaiswamy
  V C Kulandaiswamy is an Indian academic and author. He obtained his Master of Technology degree from IIT Kharagpur and obtained a Ph.D in hydrology and water resources from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .-Career:Prof...
  
  , An eminent Educator and Technologist
  Engineering technologist
  An engineering technologist, is a specialist devoted to the implementation of existing technology within a field of engineering. Technologists often work with engineers in a wide variety of projects by applying basic engineering principles and technical skills...
  
  . Formerly Vice Chancellor of Anna University
  Anna University
  Anna University was a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978, as a unitary university that integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai , including the College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology,...
  
  , IGNOU & Tamil Virtual University
  Tamil Virtual University
  The government of Tamil Nadu established the Tamil Virtual University on 17 February 2001 as a Society. The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of...
  
  .
• M. Varadarasan, Outstanding Tamil Scholar, Winner of Sahithya Academy award and Ex-Vice Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University
  Madurai Kamaraj University
  Madurai Kamaraj University also abbreviated MKU is a public university in India.-Overview:Madurai Kamaraj University, located in Madurai city established in 1966, has 18 schools comprising 72 departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.3...
  
  .
• Dr.G.John Samuel, An eminent Tamil Scholar and linguist, Founder-Director, Institute of Asian Studies, India.
• Sivaraj Ramaseshan (1923–2003), Distinguished Scientist
  Scientist
  A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
  
   & ex-Director of the IISc.
• Prof. S.Sandrasegaram, current Dean of Faculty of Education, University of Colombo
• M. Anandakrishnan, Chairman, Madras Institute of Development Studies
  Madras Institute of Development Studies
  The Madras Institute of Development Studies is a research institute based in Chennai. It is a joint undertaking of the Governments of India and Tamil Nadu for conducting research on development problems in Tamil Nadu and the rest of India.-History:...
  
   & Formerly Vice Chancellor of Anna University
  Anna University
  Anna University was a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978, as a unitary university that integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai , including the College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology,...
  
  .
• Arjun Appadurai
  Arjun Appadurai
  Arjun Appadurai is a contemporary social-cultural anthropologist focusing on modernity and globalization, based in New York.Appadurai was born in Mumbai , India and educated in India before coming to the United States. He graduated from St...
  
  , Contemporary Social theorist, Educator  & Founder of the School of International Relations
  School of International Relations
  The School of International Relations is an institute of Higher education in Iran. The school trains an international student body, and is run by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the supervision of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.More than 750 of the...
  
  , JNU
  Jawaharlal Nehru University
  Jawaharlal Nehru University, also known as JNU, is located in New Delhi, the capital of India. It is mainly a research oriented postgraduate University with approximately 5,500 students and a faculty strength of around 550.-History:...
  
  , New Delhi
  New Delhi
  New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
  
  .
• M Lakshmanan An eminent Microbiologist
  Microbiologist
  A microbiologist is a scientist who works in the field of microbiology. Microbiologists study organisms called microbes. Microbes can take the form of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists...
  
  , Former Vice Chacellor of Madurai Kamaraj University
  Madurai Kamaraj University
  Madurai Kamaraj University also abbreviated MKU is a public university in India.-Overview:Madurai Kamaraj University, located in Madurai city established in 1966, has 18 schools comprising 72 departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.3...
  
   & 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.
• E.A. George Moses - Founder SBOA School & Junior College
• Dr. T Kuthalingam, An eminent Scientist
  Scientist
  A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
  
   and Technologist
  Engineering technologist
  An engineering technologist, is a specialist devoted to the implementation of existing technology within a field of engineering. Technologists often work with engineers in a wide variety of projects by applying basic engineering principles and technical skills...
  
  , Former Vice Chacellor of Madurai Kamaraj University
  Madurai Kamaraj University
  Madurai Kamaraj University also abbreviated MKU is a public university in India.-Overview:Madurai Kamaraj University, located in Madurai city established in 1966, has 18 schools comprising 72 departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.3...
  
  .
• Dr. H.S.S. Lawrence, An eminent Educator who was formerly Director of School Education, Tamil Nadu and UNESCO
  UNESCO
  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
  
   Expert to Government of Afghanistan
  Afghanistan
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
  
  . He is known as the Architect of Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Education and Father of Vocational Education in Tamil Nadu
• C.K. Prahalad Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the Ross School of Business of the University of Michigan.
• Prof B.P. Sanjay Vice-Chancellor of First Central University in Tamil Nadu at Tiruvaroor.
• Ian Kiran German Minister of Sri Lankan Origin and owner of world's largest container leasing companies

Agriculture

• M. S. Swaminathan
  M. S. Swaminathan
  Maankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist in Kuttanad, kerala. He was the second of four sons of a doctor.He is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India", for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in...
  
   ia a great agricultural scientist who is also the known as being the father of the Green Revolution
  Green Revolution
  Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s, that increased agriculture production around the world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s....
  
   in India.

Botanists

• Ganapathi Thanikaimoni
  Ganapathi Thanikaimoni
  Ganapathi Thanikaimoni , often referred to as Thani was widely known for his manifold contributions to the science of palynology...
  
   (1938–1986), often referred as Thani was widely known for his manifold contributions to the science
  Science
  Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
  
   of Palynology
  Palynology
  Palynology is the science that studies contemporary and fossil palynomorphs, including pollen, spores, orbicules, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans and scolecodonts, together with particulate organic matter and kerogen found in sedimentary rocks and sediments...
  
  .
• M. O. P. Iyengar
  M. O. P. Iyengar
  Mandayam Osuri Parthasarathy Iyengar was a prominent Indian botanist and phycologist who researched different types of algae. He studied structure, cytology, reproduction and taxonomy of major group of algae. He is also known as "FATHER OF INDIAN PHYCOLOGY" or "FATHER OF ALGOLOGY IN INDIA".The Dr...
  
   Prominent Indian botanist
• Dr. C. Livingstone
  C.Livingstone
  Dr. Chrispus Livingstone , is a botanist, educator and multifaceted person. Among his varied interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially flora of Chennai, then Madras...
  
  , often referred as 'Livi' fondly by peers and 'Livi Sir' by students known for his remarkable plant taxonomic
  Plant taxonomy
  Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, describes, classifies, identifies, and names plants. It thus is one of the main branches of taxonomy.Plant taxonomy is closely allied to plant systematics, and there is no sharp boundary between the two...
  
   contribution in South India
  South India
  South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
  
  .

Computer science

• Madhu Sudan
  Madhu Sudan
  Madhu Sudan is an Indian computer scientist, professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.-Career:...
  
   (born 1966), Computer scientist
  Computer scientist
  A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
  
  , professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   of computer science
  Computer science
  Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
  
   at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
  
   and a member of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
  
  .
• Hari Balakrishnan
  Hari Balakrishnan
  Hari Balakrishnan is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He is well-known for his contributions to computer networks and networked computer systems, including overlay and peer-to-peer networks, Internet routing and congestion control, wireless and...
  
  , Computer scientist
  Computer scientist
  A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
  
  , professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   of EE and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
  
   and a member of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
  
  . Also the most cited author of Indian origin, in the world.
• Arogyaswami Paulraj
  Arogyaswami Paulraj
  Prof. Arogyaswami Paulraj was born in Pollachi near Coimbatore, India. He joined the Indian Navy at age 15 through the National Defence Academy, Kharakvalsa and served the Navy for 30 years. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Dept. of Elect. Engineering, Stanford University...
  
   (born 1944) Wireless Engineering
  Wireless engineering
  Wireless Engineering is the branch of engineering which addresses the design, application, and research of wireless communication systems and technologies.-Overview:...
  
  , Professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   of Electrical Engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
  
   at Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  . 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.
• Siva Kumar, Computer scientist
  Computer scientist
  A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
  
  , professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   of computer science
  Computer science
  Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
  
   at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is a public research university located in Powai, Mumbai...
  
   and chairman of IIT Computer Centre.
• VN Padmanabhan, Computer scientist
  Computer scientist
  A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
  
   at the Microsoft Research India
• Krithi Ramamritham, Computer scientist
  Computer scientist
  A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
  
  , professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   of computer science
  Computer science
  Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
  
   and Dean of R & D at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is a public research university located in Powai, Mumbai...
  
  . Also the most cited Indian Academician in the world.
• Srinidhi Varadarajan
  Srinidhi Varadarajan
  Srinidhi Varadarajan is the director of the Terascale Computing Facility and an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. He joined the Department of Computer Science in August 1999. His research interests are in the area of high performance computer systems...
  
  , director of Virginia Tech's Terascale Computing Facility.
• P. Anandan, Prominent Computer Vision researcher who did pioneering work in optical flow, motion estimation, video mosaicking and 3-D scene analysis, Currently Managing Director of Microsoft Research India.

Finance & economics

• C. Rangarajan
  C. Rangarajan
  C. Rangarajan is an Indian economist and a distinguished former Member of Parliament and Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council...
  
  , economist
  Economist
  An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
  
   & ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India
  Reserve Bank of India
  The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
  
   (1992–1997).
• Marti Subrahmanyam, Finance Expert & professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   at New York University
  New York University
  New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
  
   (NYU) & Board of Directors of Infosys
  Infosys
  Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
  
   & ICICI
  Ičići
  Icici is a small place located in the north-east part of Istria, Croatia . It is located under a mountain Učka, on the north part of the Adriatic Sea....
  
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• Bala V. Balachandran
  Bala V. Balachandran
  Bala V Balachandran is the J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India....
  
  , management expert & professor at the Kellogg School of Management
  Kellogg School of Management
  The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel,...
  
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• Ravi Jagannathan
  Ravi Jagannathan
  Ravi Jagannathan is an American economist. He is currently a chaired professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. With the exception of the period 1989-1997 when he was a professor at the University of Minnesota, Jagannathan has been at Kellogg since graduate...
  
  , economist & professor at the Kellogg School of Management
  Kellogg School of Management
  The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel,...
  
  .
• Lakshman Krishnamurthi, marketing expert & professor at the Kellogg School of Management.
• H. V. R. Iyengar
  H. V. R. Iyengar
  H. V. R. Iyengar was the sixth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1957 to 28 February 1962.He was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and served as the Chairman of State Bank of India, before his appointment as the Governor of the Reserve Bank.During Iyengar's tenure the Indian...
  
  , ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India
  Reserve Bank of India
  The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
  
   (1957–1962).
• S. Jagannathan
  S. Jagannathan
  S. Jagannathan was the tenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 16 June 1970 to 19 May 1975.Jagannathan was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and had served with the Central Government. Prior to becoming the Governor of the RBI, he was India's Executive Director at the World Bank.The...
  
  , ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1970–1975) and Executive at the World Bank
  World Bank
  The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
  
   & International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF).
• M. Narasimham
  M. Narasimham
  M. Narasimham was the thirteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977RBI follows a policy of in house promotions, where all staff persons are promoted internally. The only two jobs where this is not done is for the Governor and one Deputy Governor. In...
  
  , Banker, ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1977) and Executive at the World Bank & IMF.
• S. Venkitaramanan
  S. Venkitaramanan
  S. Venkitaramanan was the eighteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 22 December 1990 to 22 December 1992.Venkitaramanan holds a Master's degree in Physics from the University of Kerala and also a Master's Degree in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA...
  
  , ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1990–1992).
• K. Ramachandran
  K. Ramachandran
  K. Ramachandran is an Indian politician and the former minister for Khadi in Tamil Nadu. He was born in Coonoor on 09-August-1951. He has finished his school education....
  
  , Director, CFO, Barclays Wealth, India (2008-).
• T. N. Srinivasan
  T. N. Srinivasan
  Thirukodikaval Nilakanta "T. N." Srinivasan is the Samuel C. Park, Jr. Professor of Economics at Yale University. He was formerly chairman of the department of economics at Yale University...
  
   (born 1933), economist and the Samuel C. Park, Jr. Professor of Economics
  Economics
  Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
  
   at Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
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• Raghuram Rajan
  Raghuram Rajan
  Raghuram Govind Rajan is currently the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He is also an honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and the current President of the American Finance...
  
  , ex-Chief Economist, IMF.
• V.G. Narayanan, management expert & professor at the Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
  
  .
• Sendhil Mullainathan
  Sendhil Mullainathan
  Sendhil Mullainathan is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He was hired with tenure by Harvard in 2004 after having spent six years at MIT, first as a junior faculty member and then as a full professor. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" and conducts research on...
  
  , co-founder of Ideas-42

Law

• A.V. Winslow, ex-Associate Justice, Singapore Supreme Court (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry)
• Karthy Govender
  Karthy Govender
  Karthy Govender is a commissioner for the South African Human Rights Commission. Karthy Govender, along with Commissioner Jody Kollapen are two Commissioners of minority South African Tamil ancestry. Karthy Govender is also an associate professor in the Law Faculty at the University of...
  
  , Commissioner
  Commissioner
  Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission ....
  
  , South African Human Rights Commission
  South African Human Rights Commission
  The South African Human Rights Commission was inaugurated in October 1995 as an independent national institution. It draws its mandate from the South African Constitution by way of the South African Human Rights Commission Act of 1994....
  
   & Law
  Law
  Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
  
   Professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   at the University of Natal
  University of Natal
  The University of Natal was a university in Natal, and later KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, that is now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It was founded in 1910 as the Natal University College in Pietermaritzburg, and expanded to include a campus in Durban in 1931. In 1947, the university...
  
  .
• Kamala Harris
  Kamala Harris
  Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney. She is the 32nd and current Attorney General of California following the 2010 California state elections. Harris has worked as an author and a politician and has served as District Attorney of San Francisco since 2004...
  
  

Mathematics

• Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (1887–1920), 20th century mathematician
  Mathematician
  A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
  
   known for his contributions to mathematical analysis
  Mathematical analysis
  Mathematical analysis, which mathematicians refer to simply as analysis, has its beginnings in the rigorous formulation of infinitesimal calculus. It is a branch of pure mathematics that includes the theories of differentiation, integration and measure, limits, infinite series, and analytic functions...
  
  , number theory
  Number theory
  Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
  
  , infinite series and continued fraction
  Continued fraction
  In mathematics, a continued fraction is an expression obtained through an iterative process of representing a number as the sum of its integer part and the reciprocal of another number, then writing this other number as the sum of its integer part and another reciprocal, and so on...
  
  s
• Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai
  Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai
  Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai was an Indian mathematician, well known for his work in number theory. He was from Tamil Nadu....
  
   (1901–1950), well known for his work in Number theory
  Number theory
  Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
  
  .
• Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan
  Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan
  Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan was an Indian mathematician known for his work in number theory. His contributions are also to the general development of mathematical research and teaching in India....
  
   (1920–1992), known for his well-recognized achievements in Number theory
  Number theory
  Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
  
  .
• Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer
  Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer
  Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, AM , known as C.J. Eliezer, was a Sri Lanka-born Australian academic of Sri Lankan Tamil origin who held positions in mathematics faculties in universities in Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, and Melbourne, Australia.After his undergraduate education in Sri Lanka, he studied...
  
   (1918–2001) Mathematician
  Mathematician
  A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
  
   & Tamil
  Tamil people
  Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
  
   rights activist from Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
   and a recipient of the Order of Australia
  Order of Australia
  The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
  
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• C. S. Seshadri
  C. S. Seshadri
  C.S.Seshadri FRS is an eminent Indian mathematician. He is currently Director-Emeritus of the Chennai Mathematical Institute, and is known for his work in algebraic geometry. The Seshadri constant is named after him. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan in 2009, the third highest...
  
  , Director, Chennai Mathematical Institute
  Chennai Mathematical Institute
  Chennai Mathematical Institute is a research and education institute in Chennai, India. It was founded by the SPIC Science Foundation in 1989, and offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes in physics, mathematics and computer science, besides its key strength in the form of high-end...
  
   and Trieste
  Trieste
  Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
  
   Awardee.
• S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan - Mathematician & Fellow of the Royal Society
• Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan, Mathematician & Fellow of the Royal Society (1996)
• Professor Madabusi S Raghunathan, Mathematician & Fellow of the Royal Society
• C. P. Ramanujam
  C. P. Ramanujam
  Chakravarthi Padmanabhan Ramanujam was an Indian mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory and algebraic geometry. He got elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1973...
  
   (1938–1974), worked on number theory
  Number theory
  Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
  
   and algebraic geometry
  Algebraic geometry
  Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which combines techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problems of geometry. It occupies a central place in modern mathematics and has multiple conceptual connections with such diverse fields as complex...
  
  .
• T.S.Vijayaraghavan
  Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan
  Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan was an Indian mathematician from Madras region. He worked with G. H. Hardy when he went to Oxford in mid-1920s on Pisot-Vijayaraghavan numbers...
  
   (1902–1955), Worked on Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number
  Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number
  In mathematics, a Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number, also called simply a Pisot number or a PV number, is a real algebraic integer greater than 1 such that all its Galois conjugates are less than 1 in absolute value. These numbers were discovered by Axel Thue in 1912 and rediscovered by G. H. Hardy in...
  
  .
• Ravindran Kannan
  Ravindran Kannan
  Ravindran Kannan is currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research India, where he leads the algorithms research group. He is also the first adjunct faculty of Computer Science and Automation Department of Indian Institute of Science. Before joining Microsoft, he was the William K. Lanman...
  
  , Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
  . Joint winner of the 1991 Fulkerson Prize
  Fulkerson Prize
  The Fulkerson Prize for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics is sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society . Up to three awards of $1500 each are presented at each International Symposium of the MPS...
  
   in discrete mathematics
  Discrete mathematics
  Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not...
  
   for work on the volumes of convex
  Convex set
  In Euclidean space, an object is convex if for every pair of points within the object, every point on the straight line segment that joins them is also within the object...
  
   bodies.
• Jayaram Sethuraman, Professor emeritus at Florida State University
  Florida State University
  The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
  
  . Came up with the stick breaking construction of the Dirichlet process
  Dirichlet process
  In probability theory, a Dirichlet process is a stochastic process that can be thought of as a probability distribution whose domain is itself a random distribution...
  
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• Muttiah Derivashan, Professor of Mathemathics at University of Bern. Famous for his theories of derivation
  Derivation
  Derivation may refer to:* Derivation , a function on an algebra which generalizes certain features of the derivative operator* Derivation * Derivation in differential algebra, a unary function satisfying the Leibniz product law...
  
  , and currently working with his 5th PhD
  PHD
  PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
  
   and a new formula to simplify derivation
  Derivation
  Derivation may refer to:* Derivation , a function on an algebra which generalizes certain features of the derivative operator* Derivation * Derivation in differential algebra, a unary function satisfying the Leibniz product law...
  
  .

Medicine

• Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Knighted as Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June 2009 in recognition of Services to Medicine. Ex-President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a professional association based in the UK. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is, pregnancy, childbirth, and female sexual and reproductive health...
  
   and President-Elect of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.
• Rangaswamy Srinivasan
  Rangaswamy Srinivasan
  Rangaswamy Srinivasan is an inventor at IBM Research. One of the famous inventions he has contributed to is LASIK.-Ablative Photodecomposition :...
  
    ultraviolet excimer laser / LASIK. inventor at IBM Research.
• V.S. Ramachandran, Neuroscientist; Director Professor at UC San Diego.
• S.S. Ratnam
  Shan Ratnam
  Emeritus Professor Sittampalam Shanmugaratnam was the professor and head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the National University Hospital of Singapore specializing in human reproduction research. His work on contraception contributed to Singapore's success in population control...
  
  , Pioneer in Singapore in-vitro fertilisation. (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry)
• Ganapathi Thanikaimoni
  Ganapathi Thanikaimoni
  Ganapathi Thanikaimoni , often referred to as Thani was widely known for his manifold contributions to the science of palynology...
  
  , Palynologist, French Institute of Pondicherry, awarded the Fyson Prize in Natural Science.
• Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Cancer
  Cancer
  Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
  
   researcher and Professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   at the University of Minnesota Medical School
  University of Minnesota Medical School
  The University of Minnesota Medical School is the medical school of the University of Minnesota. It is a combination of two campuses situated in Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota....
  
  .
• Mohammed Rela
  Mohammed Rela
  Dr. Mohamed Rela, is an Indian surgeon known for his expertise on liver transplantation, Hepatopancreatobiliary. He is one of the World's top liver transplant surgeons from the King's College Hospital, London. He made his name in the Guinness Book of Records in 2000...
  
  , one of the World's top liver transplant surgeons at the King's College Hospital
  King's College Hospital
  King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH"...
  
  .
• R. Venkataswami, founder of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Stanley Medical College
  Stanley Medical College
  Stanley Medical College is a government medical college with hospitals, located in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Though the original hospital is more than 200 years old, the medical college was formally established on July 2, 1938...
  
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• Govindappa Venkataswamy
  Govindappa Venkataswamy
  Govindappa Venkataswamy is an Indian ophthalmologist and 1973 recipient of Padma Sri award.-Life:Born in 1918 in Vadamalapuram in Tamil Nadu, India, Dr.G.Venkataswamy, Founder, Aravind Eye Hospital had his education at American College, Madurai, Stanley Medical College, Madras and qualified for...
  
  , Founder of Aravind Eye Hospital
  Aravind Eye Hospital
  Aravind Eye Care Hospital is an ophthalmological hospital with several locations in India. It was founded by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy.The hospital is named after Sri Aurobindo, one of the 20th century’s most revered spiritual leaders...
  
  
• Ravi Iyengar
  Ravi Iyengar
  Ravi Iyengar, Ph.D., is a systems biologist and Director of the Experimental Therapeutics Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, as well as the Dorothy H...
  
  , Professor
  Professor
  A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
  
   and founder of the Iyengar Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
  
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• 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.
• Thiruvengadam Dorairajan & MS Ramakrishnan - The duo who founded South east Asia's first training program in the specialty of pediatric surgery.
• Laligam Sekhar,eminent neurosurgeon and pioneer of base of skull surgery.Currently professor of neurosurgry at University of Washington and Harborview medical centre
• Arcot Lakshmanasamy Mudaliar - Obtetricians and Vice-chancellor of the UNiversity of Madras for nearly 25 years
• Raja Rajan Gopaldas - First Tamilian and Youngest Heart Surgeon Board Certified under Dr. Cooley; Record Johnstone Medalist and Asst. Professor at University of Missouri

Scientists

• Dr. Sukumar Devotta, Chemical Engineer by profession and Director of The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which shared Nobel Peace Prize
  Nobel Peace Prize
  The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
  
   for 2007 with Al Gore
  Al Gore
  Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
  
  . for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
• Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, 1930 Nobel Prize
  Nobel Prize
  The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
  
   Winner in Physics
  Physics
  Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
  
  .
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS ) was an Indian origin American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars...
  
  , 1983 Nobel Prize
  Nobel Prize
  The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
  
   Winner in Physics
  Physics
  Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
  
  .
• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
• Dr K. Kasturirangan
  Krishnaswami Kasturirangan
  Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan is a space scientist based in Bangalore, Karnataka who headed the Indian Space Research Organization for more than 9 years until 2003. He was a Member in the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He is now a Member of the Planning Commission of Government of...
  
  , Former Chairman of ISRO and present director of National institute of advanced studies (NIAS).
• Raja Ramanna
  Raja Ramanna
  Raja Ramanna , D.Phil., was an Indian nuclear scientist and a prominent physicist, is best known for his leadership directing the research integral for the development of Indian nuclear programme in its early stages. Having started and joined the nuclear programme in 1964, Ramanna worked under...
  
  , Former Chairman of Dept. of Atomic Energy and presided over India's first nuclear test in 1974.
• Dr.P. K. Iyengar
  P. K. Iyengar
  Dr. P. K. Iyengar is an eminent Indian nuclear scientist and a noted nuclear physicist who has known to be played a central role in India's cold fission tests. He was former head of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India...
  
  , Former Chairman of Dept. of Atomic Energy.
• M.R.Srinivasan, Former Chairman of Dept. of Atomic Energy.
• R. Chidambaram
  Rajagopala Chidambaram
  Rajagopala Chidambaram is an Indian nuclear scientist and metallurgist. He is the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India and former Director of India's primary nuclear research facility, BARC. Dr...
  
  , Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister of India
  Prime Minister of India
  The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
  
   & ex-Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission.
• S.R. Ranganathan, Eminent librarian
  Librarian
  A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
  
   who devised the five laws of library science
  Library science
  Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
  
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• 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
  Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran
  Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran, or G.N. Ramachandran, was a prominent Indian scientist, best known for his work that led to his creation of the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure. He was the first to propose a triple-helical model for the structure of collagen...
  
   (1922–2001), one of the most important Indian Scientists of the 20th century made major contributions to Biology
  Biology
  Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
  
   and Physics
  Physics
  Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
  
  .
• Ranjan Roy Daniel (1923–2005), Physicist
  Physicist
  A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
  
   at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a research institution in India dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai...
  
   & ex-Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Space Science at ISRO.
• Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
  Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
  Venkatraman Radhakrishnan was an internationally renowned space scientist and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was Professor Emeritus of the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, India, where he had been Director from 1972 to 1994.Professor Radhakrishnan was born in Tondaripet,...
  
   (born 1929) is an internationally renowned Space Scientist
  Space science
  The term space science may mean:* The study of issues specifically related to space travel and space exploration, including space medicine.* Science performed in outer space ....
  
   and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
  
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• Mylswamy Annadurai
  Mylswamy Annadurai
  Mylswamy Annadurai is a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organization and currently serves as the Project Director of Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2. Annadurai writes a regular column, "Kaiyaruke Nila"...
  
   (born 1958), Project Director of ISRO's Chandrayaan-1.
• R. V. Perumal
  Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal
  Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal is a well known aeronautical scientist and an aerospace engineer of India. He was a director at Indian Space Research Organisation ....
  
  , Former Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre , located at three places, Valiyamala, near Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, Mahendragiri in Thirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu and Bangaluru, Karnataka...
  
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• Vedhachalam, Former Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre , located at three places, Valiyamala, near Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, Mahendragiri in Thirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu and Bangaluru, Karnataka...
  
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• P. S. Veeraraghavan
  P. S. Veeraraghavan
  Parivakkam Subramaniam Veeraraghavan space scientist and rocket technologist. He is presently the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre , Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Prior to this, he served as the Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit , Thiruvananthapuram...
  
  , Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
  Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
  The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation , focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme...
  
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• Dr Krishnan, Associate Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit
  ISRO Inertial Systems Unit
  The ISRO Inertial Systems Unit is a research and development unit of the Indian Space Research Organisation located in Thiruvananthapuram that specialises in inertial sensors and systems in satellite technology...
  
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• S Ramakrishnan, Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre , located at three places, Valiyamala, near Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, Mahendragiri in Thirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu and Bangaluru, Karnataka...
  
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• Annamalai Pillai, Former Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
  Satish Dhawan Space Centre
  The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is the launch centre for the Indian Space Research Organisation . It is located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, north of Chennai in South India. It was originally called Sriharikota High Altitude Range , and was sometime known as Sriharikota Launching Range...
  
  
• M Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, DGR&D and Secretary, DRDO
• Dr. Krishnamurthy Sekhar, Defence Scientist & Chief Controller R&D (Missile Systems), DRDOhttp://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/English/index.jsp?pg=chiefcontrollers_sekhar.jsp
• Dr W Selvamurthy, Chief Controller R&D (Life Sciences) & R&D (Human Resources), DRDO
• G Elangovan, Chief Controller R & D (R&M), DRDO
• Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu
  Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu
  G. D. Naidu was an Indian inventor and engineer who is also referred to as the Edison of India. He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also span the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural and automobile...
  
   - Former Chairman of UMS and Scientist
• A. E. Muthunayagam, Former Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
  The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre , located at three places, Valiyamala, near Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, Mahendragiri in Thirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu and Bangaluru, Karnataka...
  
  & Chairman of Board of Governors, IIT Chennai.
• V.S. Arunachalam, ex-Defence Scientist DRDO & Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
  
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• Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan
  Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan
  Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan is an Indian physicist, specializing in condensed matter physics.Vijayaraghavan pioneered active research in the areas of metal physics, magnetic resonance in biophysical systems, and fine particle physics, a forerunner to nanoscience...
  
   (born 1931), Physicist
  Physicist
  A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
  
   at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a research institution in India dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai...
  
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• Poondi Kumaraswamy
  Poondi Kumaraswamy
  Ponnambalam Kumaraswamy was a leading hydrologist from India. He was elected a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1972 although his only formal education was a Civil Engineering degree from College of Engineering, Guindy, University of Madras...
  
   (1931–1988), Hydrologist and inventor of Kumaraswamy distribution
  Kumaraswamy distribution
  In probability and statistics, the Kumaraswamy's double bounded distribution is a family of continuous probability distributions defined on the interval [0,1] differing in the values of their two non-negative shape parameters, a and b....
  
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• A. P. Balachandran
  A. P. Balachandran
  Aiyalam Parameswaran Balachandran is an Indian theoretical physicist well known for his extensive contributions to the role of classical topology in quantum physics. He has been the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics in Syracuse University since 2000. He has also been a Fellow of the...
  
   Indian theoretical physicist
• Dr. Dhandapany S. Perundurai - Noted scholar and cardiovascular geneticist
• Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam Winthrop Professor (Australia) - Plant Pathology

Zoologist

• T N Ananthakrishnan, A distinguished Entomologist and Zoologist. Former Head of the Department of Zoology
  Zoology
  Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
  
   and founder director of the Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai
  Loyola College, Chennai
  Loyola College is a Jesuit institution in Chennai, India. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates and offers degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and commerce. It is an autonomous institution affiliated with the University of Madras.-History:...
  
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• Mahadeva Subramania Mani
  Mahadeva Subramania Mani
  Mahadeva Subramania Mani was an Indian entomologist especially famous for his studies on high altitude entomology.-Early life and career:...
  
  , A distinguished Entomologist, famous for his studies on high altitude Entomology
  Entomology
  Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
  
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Tamil music

• Muthu Thandavar
  Muthu Thandavar
  Muthu Thandavar was composer of Carnatic music. He was an early architect of the present day Carnatic kriti format, which consists of the pallavi , anupallavi and charanam. He lived in the town of Sirkazhi in Tamil Nadu. His contributions to Carnatic music have been largely forgotten and not many...
  
  , one of the Tamil Trinity
  Tamil Trinity
  The Tamil Trinity commonly refers to the three Tamil composers of early Carnatic music. They were Muthu Thandavar , Arunachala Kavi and Marimutthu Pillai , and lived five decades before the Tiruvarur Trinity or Trinity of Carnatic Music...
  
  
• Marimutthu Pillai
  Marimutthu Pillai
  Marimutthu Pillai was a composer of Carnatic music and along with Arunachala Kavi and Muthu Thandavar was one of the pioneering Tamil Trinity of Carnatic music. He was a contemporary of Arunachala Kavi....
  
  , one of the Tamil Trinity
• Arunachala Kavi
  Arunachala Kavi
  Arunachala Kavi was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He was born in Tillaiyadi in Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu. The three Tamil composers Arunachala Kavi, Muthu Thandavar and Marimutthu Pillai are considered the Tamil Trinity, who contributed to the evolution of Carnatic...
  
  , one of the Tamil Trinity
• Kollangudi Karuppayee
  Kollangudi Karuppayee
  Kollangudi Karuppayee is a Tamil folk singer who has also performed in films. She is considered one of the pioneers of Tamil folk music; as the first of her genre and background to perform in films, she served as an inspiration for many other folk artistes. She started her career as a performer on...
  
  
• Nithi Kanagaratnam

Carnatic music

• Papanasam Sivan
  Papanasam Sivan
  Papanasam Sivan was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagayya. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S...
  
  
• Lalgudi Jayaraman
  Lalgudi Jayaraman
  Lalgudi Jayarama Iyer is a well-known Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer.-Early life and background:...
  
  
• Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
  Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
  Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan was an Indian classical music violinist.-Early life:He was born to Sri Ramaswamy Sastri and Smt. Meenakshi at Kunnakudi, a temple town of Lord Murugan in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.His father was a scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil, and a composer and exponent of...
  
  
• Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
  Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
  Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar or more popularly simply called as Ariyakudi was born in Ariyakudi a town in the Karaikudi district of Tamil Nadu, South India in the year 1890. Ariyakudi was a Carnatic Music vocalist and is known for his unique style. He made his debut at Tyagaraja Aradhana in 1918...
  
  
• T. N. Seshagopalan
• T. M. Krishna
  T. M. Krishna
  T.M. Krishna is a Carnatic music vocalist. Hailing from a family of music connoisseurs, he was exposed to the south Indian classical music at an early age. His first concert was at the Spirit of Youth series organized by the Music Academy, Chennai . Since then, he has travelled widely in India and...
  
  
• Madurai Mani Iyer
  Madurai Mani Iyer
  Madurai Mani Iyer was a Carnatic music singer, who was famous for his unique style. He was one of the most highly celebrated carnatic vocalists during the first half of the 20th century. He was renowned for his adept skills at singing kalpana swarams, neraval, and raga alapana...
  
  
• Veena Dhanammal
  Veena Dhanammal
  Veenai Dhanammal was a highly accomplished Carnatic musician, and the torchbearer of the school of Carnatic music that goes by her name. She was both a vocalist and a performer on the veena...
  
  
• E. Gayathri
  E. Gayathri
  Echampati Gayathri, popularly known as "Veena Gayathri" is a veena exponent of the traditional Carnatic music. She is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2002, "Kalaimamani" award from Dr.M.G.R on behalf of the Government of Tamilnadu in the year 1984 and Lifetime Achievement...
  
  
• M. S. Subbulakshmi
  M. S. Subbulakshmi
  Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi , also known as M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She is the first Indian musician to receive...
  
  
• D. K. Pattammal
  D. K. Pattammal
  Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal was a prominent Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. She along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshmi and M. L. Vasanthakumari were popularly referred to as the Female trinity of Carnatic Music...
  
  
• Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
  Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
  Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer is considered to be one of the greatest Carnatic vocalists of the twentieth century...
  
  
• Muthuswami Dikshitar
  Muthuswami Dikshitar
  Muthuswami Dikshitar is a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the Musical Trinity of Carnatic music...
  
  
• Dr. N. Ramani
• L. Athira Krishna
  L. Athira Krishna
  Athira Krishna is an internationally acclaimed prodigy violinist from India. She was born in Trivandrum, Kerala. She has an enviable musical lineage as the granddaughter of the illustrious Vidwan Shri. GopalaPillai, fabulous musician of yesteryears who belonged to the renowned Tanjore tradition of...
  
  
• Aruna Sairam
• T. Brinda
  T. Brinda
  Thanjavur Brinda was one of the representatives of the Veenai Dhanammal school of Carnatic Music. She was primarily a vocalist, although she also played the Veenai. She is affectionately referred to as 'Brindamma', by her fans....
  
  
• T. Muktha
• T. Viswanathan
  T. Viswanathan
  Tanjore Viswanathan was a Carnatic musician specializing in the Carnatic flute and voice. His brother was the mridangam player T...
  
  
• R. Vedavalli
• Sirkazhi Govindarajan
  Sirkazhi Govindarajan
  Sirkazhi Govindarajan was a leading vocalist in Carnatic Music.Govindarajan, born in Sirkali in Madras Presidency) and started performing at the age of eight in Tirupurasundari Temple. His son Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is also a Carnatic singer....
  
  
• Maharajapuram Santhanam
  Maharajapuram Santhanam
  Sangeetha Kalanidhi Maharajapuram Santhanam , was one of the great Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a Carnatic singer.- Profile :Besides...
  
  
• Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
  Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
  Dr. Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist from Chennai. He is an alumnus of the Trinity College of Music. He is also a medical doctor with a post graduate degree in internal medicine. Sivachidambaram is the son of Padma Shri winner Sirkazhi Govindarajan. Sivachidambaram has...
  
  
• Sanjay Subrahmanyan
  Sanjay Subrahmanyan
  Sanjay Subrahmanyan is a Carnatic music singer from India. He performed in many concerts in India and overseas and has won many awards for his excellence. He believes that listening takes a musician closer to perfection.He is very simple and very open...
  
  
• R.Suryaprakash
• T. M. Krishna
  T. M. Krishna
  T.M. Krishna is a Carnatic music vocalist. Hailing from a family of music connoisseurs, he was exposed to the south Indian classical music at an early age. His first concert was at the Spirit of Youth series organized by the Music Academy, Chennai . Since then, he has travelled widely in India and...
  
  
• Seetha Rajan
• T. M. Soundararajan
• Sudha Raghunathan
  Sudha Raghunathan
  Sudha Raghunathan is a Carnatic music singer from South India. She was awarded a Padma Shri for excellence in singing. She was born in Bangalore and went to Good Shepherd Convent. She did higher education at Bangalore, Karnataka and obtained a Masters Degree in Economics.She started singing at...
  
  
• Unni Krishnan
• Nithyashree Mahadevan
• Nisha Rajagopalan
  Nisha Rajagopalan
  Nisha P. Rajagopal , is a Carnatic musician. Her mother, Vasundhara Rajagopal, is an established disciple of Gopala Iyer, a descendant of Koteeswara Iyer, the prominent composer. Nisha commenced her training in vocal music from her mother, and later received training from T. R. Subramaniam,...
  
  
• Bombay Jayashri
  Bombay Jayashri
  Bombay Jayashri Ramnath is an Indian Carnatic music vocalist. She has also recorded songs as a playback singer in South Indian films. She has many albums to her credit, released as cassettes and CDs....
  
  
• Alathur Brothers
  Alathur Brothers
  Alathur Brothers Srinivasa Iyer & Sivasubramania Iyer were Carnatic vocalists. The world of Carnatic music knows them as the star duo of the twentieth century....
  
   - Alathur Brothers Srinivasa Iyer (1912–1964) & Sivasubramania Iyer (1916–1980)
• Seetha Doraiswamy
• Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
  Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
  Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar or more popularly simply called as Ariyakudi was born in Ariyakudi a town in the Karaikudi district of Tamil Nadu, South India in the year 1890. Ariyakudi was a Carnatic Music vocalist and is known for his unique style. He made his debut at Tyagaraja Aradhana in 1918...
  
  
• Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
  Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
  Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar , also known as Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar, was a singer and composer of Carnatic music. He was born in Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu on August 16, 1860. He studied music under Patnam Subramania Iyer , a singer of Carnatic music and came in the sishya parampara of...
  
  
• Patnam Subramania Iyer
  Patnam Subramania Iyer
  Patnam Subramania Iyer was a composer and singer of Carnatic music. Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions....
  
  
• G. N. Balasubramaniam
  G. N. Balasubramaniam
  G. N. Balasubramaniam , popularly known as GNB, was a legendary vocalist in the Carnatic tradition. He became the first superstar of Carnatic music, innovating the art through emphasis on laya control & reducing the gamakas which eventually made Carnatic music appeal to the lay and the learned...
  
  
• Pudukottai Malayappa Iyer
• M. L. Vasanthakumari
  M. L. Vasanthakumari
  Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari , was a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. MLV and her contemporaries D. K. Pattammal and M. S. Subbulakshmi were popularly referred to as the "female trinity of Carnatic Music. A prime disciple of the G. N...
  
  
• Charumathi Ramachandran
  Charumathi Ramachandran
  Charumathi Ramachandran is a Carnatic music singer.She is a disciple of M.L. Vasanthakumari. She was a gold medalist and stood first in music from the Madras University. She was the first carnatic vocalist to introduce Hindustani forms in her music.She is married to Trichur V. Ramachandran, who is...
  
  
• Vasundhara Devi
  Vasundhara Devi
  Vasunthara Devi was an Indian film actress, trained Bharathanatyam dancer and carnatic singer. Vasundhara Devi is the only Indian actress to have had an audience with the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. She is the mother of popular Indian actress Vyjayanthimala.-Biography:Vasundhara was married...
  
  
• Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....
  
  

Film music

• K. V. Mahadevan
  K. V. Mahadevan
  Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was a South Indian music composer.-Career:K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after...
  
  , Composer Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction
  National Film Award for Best Music Direction
  The National Film Award for Best Music Direction are given annually. In years 1994, 1995 and 2010, an award for Best Background Score was instituted by the Jury, which was won by Johnson and by Ilaiyaraaja . Ilaiyaraaja and A. R...
  
   (1968 & 1980)
• M.S.Viswanathan
• V. S. Narasimhan, Composer, Violinist
• Ilaiyaraaja
  Ilaiyaraaja
  Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
  
   (born 1943), Composer, Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction
  National Film Award for Best Music Direction
  The National Film Award for Best Music Direction are given annually. In years 1994, 1995 and 2010, an award for Best Background Score was instituted by the Jury, which was won by Johnson and by Ilaiyaraaja . Ilaiyaraaja and A. R...
  
   (1984, 1986 & 1989)
• A. R. Rahman
  A. R. Rahman
  Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
  
   (born 1967), Musician, Composer & Winner, Academy Award for Best Original Song
  Academy Award for Best Original Song
  The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
  
   (2008), National Film Award for Best Music Direction
  National Film Award for Best Music Direction
  The National Film Award for Best Music Direction are given annually. In years 1994, 1995 and 2010, an award for Best Background Score was instituted by the Jury, which was won by Johnson and by Ilaiyaraaja . Ilaiyaraaja and A. R...
  
   (1993), (1997), (2002) & (2003).
• Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
  
   (born 1979), Composer, Winner, Cyprus International Film Festival
  Cyprus International Film Festival
  The Cyprus International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cyprus. It is a non-profit organisation. The festival features premieres and screenings of many films, and contains competitive categories including Feature, Short, Documentary, Video art, Video Dance and animation...
  
   Award in 2006 for Raam.
• Harris Jayaraj
  Harris Jayaraj
  Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...
  
   (born 1975), Composer
• Karthik Raja
  Karthik Raja
  Karthik Raja is a Tamil musician from Chennai, India. He made his debut as music composer in the Tamil film Alexander.-Personal life:Karthik Raja is the eldest son of musician Ilaiyaraaja and Jeeva. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, who are also Kollywood music directors and...
  
  , Composer
• Bharathwaj
  Bharathwaj
  Bharathwaj is a Tamil film composer. He has since scored music in languages including Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. trained in Hindustani, Western and Carnatic music.He is a recipient of Kalaimamani Award for the year 2008 from Tamil Nadu Government...
  
  , Composer
• Shankar Mahadevan
  Shankar Mahadevan
  Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
  
  , Singer, Composer
• Deva (music director)
  Deva (music director)
  Deva is an Indian film composer and singer. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil films in a career spanning about 20 years. Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil. He is known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry.Deva has composed...
  
  , Composer
• Sankar Ganesh
  Sankar Ganesh
  Shankar Ganesh are an Indian music director duo who have worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 40 years.They started their career as assistants working for Tamil music producers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. Their first release was Magaraasi in 1964...
  
  , Composer
• Gangai Amaran
  Gangai Amaran
  Gangai Amaran is a Music director, Lyricist, Script writer, Actor and Film director in Tamil films. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilayaraaja and father of actors Venkat Prabhu and Premji Amaren.-As script writer:...
  
  , Composer
• T. K. Ramamoorthy
  T. K. Ramamoorthy
  T. K. Ramamurthy, Tiruchirapalli Krishnaswamy Ramamurthy, is a popular South Indian Tamil music composer and violinist. He hails from the from a family of violinists. He is popularly known as Mellisai Mannar . His major works are in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Along with M. S...
  
  , Composer
• G. V. Prakash Kumar
  G. V. Prakash Kumar
  G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...
  
  , Composer

Western music

• M.I.A., (Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam) British musician.
• Xavier Naidoo
  Xavier Naidoo
  Xavier Kurt Naidoo is a German singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actor. Born and raised in Mannheim, Naidoo worked in several jobs in the gastronomy and the musical industry before relocating to the United States in the early 1990s, where he released his first full-length English...
  
  , German singer/songwriter and founder of Söhne Mannheims
  Söhne Mannheims
  Söhne Mannheims is a German musical band founded 1995 in Mannheim by Xavier Naidoo and others.-Albums:*Zion *Noiz *Power of the Sound *Söhne, Mond und Sterne...
  
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• KRISHAN (Rap Artist) (Krishan Maheson) Sri Lankan Tamil musician.
• BONEKILLA (Rap Artist/Producer) (Suren Puthirasigamoney) Sri Lankan musician.
• Yogi B
  Poetic Ammo
  Poetic Ammo was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam , Chandrakumar Balakrishnan , Nicholas Ong , and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran...
  
   (Yogeswaran Veerasingam), Malaysian hiphop artist, founder of Poetic Ammo
  Poetic Ammo
  Poetic Ammo was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam , Chandrakumar Balakrishnan , Nicholas Ong , and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran...
  
  
• Dr. Burn (Ruban Manoharan), Malaysian Tamil rapper.
• Landslyde
  Dragon Red
  Dragon Red was the mastermind of Landslyde, of the former Poetic Ammo fame, which started out at the end of 2001 with the guitarist Amil Khan and the vocalist Adam Lobo and subsequently to evolutionary changes in the composition, currently features Manshaan Singh on the drums and Kamarul on...
  
  , (Chandrakumar Balakrishnan) Lead singer of Dragon Red
  Dragon Red
  Dragon Red was the mastermind of Landslyde, of the former Poetic Ammo fame, which started out at the end of 2001 with the guitarist Amil Khan and the vocalist Adam Lobo and subsequently to evolutionary changes in the composition, currently features Manshaan Singh on the drums and Kamarul on...
  
  , a Malaysian Rap Metal band and former member of Poetic Ammo
  Poetic Ammo
  Poetic Ammo was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam , Chandrakumar Balakrishnan , Nicholas Ong , and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran...
  
  .
• Kamahl
  Kamahl
  Kamahl is the stage name of Kandiah Kamalesvaran , an Australian singer and recording artist, perhaps best known for "The Elephant Song", and his repertoire of popular music.-Early life:...
  
   (Kandiah Kamalesvaran), Australian cabaret/easy listening singer.
• Tharini Mudaliar
  Tharini Mudaliar
  Tharini Mudaliar is an Australian actress, singer, and violinist. She is best known for her role portraying the fictional character Kamala in The Matrix Revolutions...
  
  , Australian singer and violinist.
• Clarence Jey
  Clarence Jey
  Clarence Jey is an Australian record producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter of Sri Lankan origin now established in the United States...
  
  , Californian producer/song-writer for Emmy winning TV animation Growing Up Creepie
  Growing Up Creepie
  Growing Up Creepie was an animated television series made in the USA by Mike Young Productions and produced by Discovery Kids. In other countries the series was simply titled Creepie.- Premise :...
  
  .
• Jacintha Abisheganaden
  Jacintha Abisheganaden
  Jacintha Abisheganaden , also known as Jacintha or Ja for short, is a Singaporean singer and actress.- Discography :Studio albums* 1998: Here's To Ben - A Vocal Tribute To Ben Webster...
  
  , Singaporean singer.
• Moksha
  Moksha (Indian band)
  Moksha is a rock group from Chennai, India. Established in November 1995, they have also played a role in establishing the genre itself in India. Unlike most Indian rock groups, Moksha has written some original songs in addition to the covers they perform. Moksha was also the only Asian group to...
  
  , Heavy metal band from Chennai.
• Rudra
  Rudra (band)
  Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a style of black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music. Additionally, the lyrical content is derived from Sanskrit Vedic literature and philosophy with some songs...
  
  , Singaporean Death metal band.
• Shruti Haasan
  Shruti Haasan
  Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artiste, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role, before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 action drama,...
  
  , western singer, daughter of Tamil actor Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
  
  
• Feroze Alam, a US singer songwriter and frontman for the pop band the August Story.
• Tamil Too, US rock band.
• Lankstyle (San-G,Vinieman), Tamil Rap/Hiphop groep from The Netherlands.
• Blaaze
  Blaaze
  Blaaze is a rap artist and a popular playback singer in Indian films. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US...
  
   ,a rap artist and a popular playback singer in Indian films. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US.

Classical dance

• T. Balasaraswati.
• Chitra Visweswaran
  Chitra Visweswaran
  Chitra Visweswaran is a Bharatnatyam dancer. She learned dance from her mother Rukmini, and later she took training in Western Classical Ballet in London. She trained under T.A Rajalakshmi for 10 years. She received the National Scholarship for advanced study in Bharatanatyam from the government...
  
  
• Kamala Lakshminarayanan.
• Padma Subramanyam
  Padma Subramanyam
  Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam , is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, music composer, musician, teacher and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad: several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries like Japan, Australia...
  
  .
• Rukmini Devi Arundale
  Rukmini Devi Arundale
  Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam, and also an activist for animal rights and welfare....
  
  .
• Anita Ratnam
  Anita Ratnam
  Anita Ratnam is an accomplished Indian classical and contemporary dancer and choreographer, whose career spans four decades and in 15 countries...
  
  
• Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....
  
  
• Prof. Sailaja
• Srinidhi Chidambaram

Directors

• A. P. Nagarajan
  A. P. Nagarajan
  Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan is a veteran Tamil film director, who set a trend in film making in Tamil cinema in 1960s.-Career Life:...
  
  
• A. Bhimsingh
  A. Bhimsingh
  A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh was a film maker, producer, editor and writer . He was born on October 15, 1924. His film career started as an assistant editor with the film making duo Krishnan-Panju, in the late 1940s. His directorial debut was with Ammaiyappan , he directed several movies thereafter....
  
  
• Balu Mahendra
  Balu Mahendra
  Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema...
  
   (born 1946) Director
  Film director
  A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
  
  , Cinematographer
  Cinematographer
  A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
  
   & Winner, National Film Award for Best Cinematography
  National Film Award for Best Cinematography
  The National Film Award for Best Cinematography are given annually. The only female who has won this award is Anjuli Shukla, who won the award for her debut film, Kutty Srank . The most time winners are Santosh Sivan & K.K. Mahajan - 4 awards each for best cinematography category....
  
   (1978) & (1983)
• Bharathiraja
  Bharathiraja
  P. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies....
  
   (born 1941), Winner, National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  The National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...
  
   (2001)
• Bhagyaraj
  Bhagyaraj
  K. Bhagyaraj is a Tamil film director, actor, writer and producer. He has directed and produced several Tamil films, along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He is well known for his mastery in screenplay. He has won a Filmfare Best Actor Award for Mundhanai Mudichu, a film he wrote, directed and...
  
  
• Cheran
  Cheran (director)
  Cheran is a Tamil film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has won the Indian National Film Award thrice for Vetri Kodi Kattu , Autograph , and Thavamai Thavamirundhu . Besides he is three-time Filmfare Award winner as well....
  
  
• C. V. Sridhar
  C. V. Sridhar
  C Sridhar was a South Indian screenwriter and film director. Sridhar hailed from Chitthamur, a village near Madurantakam, Tamil Nadu. He studied at St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School , where he began writing and staging plays while he was in Grade 7. He entered films as a dialogue writer when...
  
  
• J. Mahendran
  J. Mahendran
  J. Mahendran is a film director in Tamil film industry, who is best known for his true narration of screenplay and making.Mahendran made an immediate impact with his first film Mullum Malarum . His next film Udhiri Pookal was based on a short story written by Pudumaipithan and firmly established...
  
  
• K. Balachander
  K. Balachander
  K. Balachander is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Balachander is known for his distinct film-making style. His films analyse unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. He has directed nearly 80 films and has worked in 100 films either as director or...
  
   (born 1930), Winner, National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  The National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...
  
   (1982)
• Mani Ratnam
  Mani Ratnam
  Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...
  
   (born 1956) Multi National Film Award winner.
• Manoj Nelliyatu Shyamalan (also known as M. Night Shyamalan
  M. Night Shyamalan
  Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan,known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-born American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies in and around...
  
  ) (born 1970), two-time academy award nominated filmmaker and screenwriter
• B. Lenin
  B. Lenin
  Lenin is a well-known editor, writer and director in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He is the son of yesteryears film maker, editor and director A. Bhimsingh. He has won National Film Award for Best Directing for the Tamil film Ooruku Nooruper in 2002 and National Film Award for Best Editing for...
  
  , Winner, National Film Award for Best Directing
  National Film Award for Best Directing
  The National Film Award for Best Direction winners are given below. Satyajit Ray has been awarded the maximum number of times in this category....
  
   (2002)
• Agaththian, Winner, National Film Award for Best Directing
  National Film Award for Best Directing
  The National Film Award for Best Direction winners are given below. Satyajit Ray has been awarded the maximum number of times in this category....
  
   & National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  The National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...
  
   (1997)
• Bala
  Bala
  - Places :* Balâ, Ankara, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey* Bala , another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain"* Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom** Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales...
  
   directorNational Film Award for Best Directing
  National Film Award for Best Directing
  The National Film Award for Best Direction winners are given below. Satyajit Ray has been awarded the maximum number of times in this category....
  
   (2009)
• Ameer Sultan
  Ameer Sultan
  Ameer Sultan ; born 5 December 1966) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He has directed three films and has gained notable critical praise for two of them, the mystery thriller Raam and the drama Paruthiveeran...
  
  , director & National Film Awards
  National Film Awards
  The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
  
   for Best Film - Paruthiveeran
  Paruthiveeran
  Paruthiveeran is a 2007 Indian Tamil film written and directed by Ameer Sultan. The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the titular character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu and Sujatha essaying supporting roles...
  
   (2007)
• Dharani
  Dharani (director)
  Dharani is an Indian film director, who primarily directs action-masala films. He is best known for directing the blockbuster films Dhill, Dhool and Ghilli.-Career:...
  
  
• Parthiban
  Parthiban
  Parthiepan is a Tamil film actor, director, film producer and writer. Parthiepan is known for having directed critically acclaimed films like Pudhiya Paadhai and Housefull and for his performances in films like Bharathi Kannamma, Vetri Kodi Kattu, Azhagi and Aayirathil Oruvan.-Career:He came from a...
  
  
• Kamal Hassan
• R. K. Selvamani
  R. K. Selvamani
  R. K. Selvamani is a well known Tamil director. He is known to make many movies of the police or whodunit genre.-Career:R. K. Selvamani made his debut with the thriller Pulan Visaranai which was based on an allegation by...
  
  
• Selvaraghavan
  Selvaraghavan
  -Personal life:Selvaraghavan is the son of film director Kasthuri Raja, elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both doctors. On 15 December 2006, he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he had previously worked with on three films...
  
  
• S. Shankar
  S. Shankar
  Shankar is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in Gentleman for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award...
  
   (born 1963)
• Vasanth
  Vasanth
  Vasanth is an Indian film director and screenwriter, working in the Tamil film industry. Following a stint as journalist and after assisting K. Balachander, he made his directorial debut with Keladi Kanmani in 1990, which along with the trendsetting Aasai and Rhythm , are considered his finest...
  
  
• A. R. Murugadoss
  A. R. Murugadoss
  A. R. Murugadoss is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:A. R. Murugadoss was born in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. He studied B.A. in Bishop Heber College, Trichy. In the College he had the great affinity towards Tamil films and friends...
  
  
• Vikraman
  Vikraman
  Vikraman is a reputed Tamil filmmaker. He is also one of the most successful Tamil directors.-Early career:Vikraman made his debut with the movie Pudhu Vasantham, a story of four unemployed friends who are musical experts. This movie released in 1989 was successful. Its hero Murali went on to...
  
  
• Mysskin
  Mysskin
  Mysskin is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with Chithiram Pesuthadi. His other directorials Anjathe and Nandalala received high critical acclaim...
  
  
• Suseenthiran
• Pandiarajan
  Pandiarajan
  Pandiarajan is an actor who had played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Sebastian Seeman
• K.S.Ravikumar
• S. J. Suryah (born 1968)
• Kothamangalam Subbu
  Kothamangalam Subbu
  Kothamangalam Subbu , a noted Padmashri-award winning poet, lyricist, writer, actor and director from Tamil Nadu who authored the cult classic of Tamil novelThillana Mohanambal, later made into an enchanted movie...
  
  , poet, lyricist, writer, actor and director
• Hari
  Hari
  Hari is an Avatar, another name of and , and appears as the 650th name in the Vishnu sahasranama of Mahabharata. In Sanskrit "hari" sometimes refers to a colour, green, yellow, or fawn-coloured/khaki. It is the colour of the Sun and of Soma...
  
  

Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Ajith Kumar,Vijay, Surya, Vikram, and many others.

Music composers

See: Film Music

In Bollywood

• Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....
  
  
• Hema Malini
  Hema Malini
  Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar , she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as...
  
  
• Rekha
• Sridevi
• Meenakshi Seshadri
  Meenakshi Seshadri
  Meenakshi Seshadri is an Indian film actress. She won the Miss India contest in 1981 at age 17. She is the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India-Career:...
  
  
• Esha Deol
  Esha Deol
  Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Vidya Balan
  Vidya Balan
  Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....
  
  
• Priyamani
  Priyamani
  Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...
  
  
• Trisha Krishnan
  Trisha Krishnan
  Trisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom...
  
  
• Waheeda Rehman
  Waheeda Rehman
  Waheeda Rehman , is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950's, 60's and early 70's most notably C.I.D. and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa , 12 O'Clock , Kaagaz Ke Phool , Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam...
  
  

In Hollywood

• M. Night Shyamalan
  M. Night Shyamalan
  Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan,known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-born American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies in and around...
  
  , Hollywood filmmaker.
• Jay Chandrasekhar
  Jay Chandrasekhar
  Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar is a Tamil American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.-Life and career:...
  
  , Hollywood actor, comedian, writer, and film director.
• Sendhil Ramamurthy
  Sendhil Ramamurthy
  Sendhil Ramamurthy is an American actor. He is best known for the role as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes.-Personal life:...
  
  , actor in NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
   drama Heroes
  Heroes (TV series)
  Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
  
  .
• Ashok Amritraj
  Ashok Amritraj
  Ashok Amritraj is an Indian American film producer, former tour professional tennis player, and chairman of Hyde Park Entertainment.-Professional tennis:...
  
  , Hollywood filmmaker, producer
• Sunkrish Bala
  Sunkrish Bala
  Sunkrish Bala , on May 21, 1984) is an American actor.Bala was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India and is of Tamil ancestry....
  
  , actor in ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
  The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
  
   show Notes from the Underbelly
  Notes from the Underbelly
  Notes from the Underbelly was an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television...
  
  .
• Mindy Kaling
  Mindy Kaling
  Vera Mindy Chokalingam , better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes.-Early life:Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in...
  
  , actor in NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
   sitcom The Office.
• Jack A Rajasekar, Fusion Edge Media film maker & producer
• Linga Moonasamy southafrican actor worked in film Invitus as patrick

Carrom

• A. Maria Irudayam
  A. Maria Irudayam
  A. Maria Irudayam is a two-time World Carrom Champion and nine-time national champion of India. He was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award, a sporting honour presented by the Government of India, in 1996...
  
  , World Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
   & Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner for Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   (1996).
• R. Arokiaraj
  R. Arokiaraj
  R. Arokiaraj is a Carrom champion from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has won many international and national Carrom competitions.-International Championships:* Champion, Doubles title with A...
  
  , Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• K. Radhakrishnan, Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• B. Radhakrishnan
  B. Radhakrishnan
  B. Radhakrishnan is a Carrom player from India. At the third SAARC Carrom Championship at Male, Maldives, he won fourth place in the singles event and won the team event as part of the Indian team.-External links:*...
  
  , Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• E. Mahimairaj, Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• M. Natraj, Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• A. Ponnarasi, Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• G. Revathi, Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• G.Raja, Carrom
  Carrom
  Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• ilavazhagi, world carrom champion (2008).
• Kevin Ruban, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Gold
  Gold
  Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
  
   Medalist, Team Niger
  Niger
  Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
  
  

Volleyball

• A. Palanisamy
  A. Palanisamy
  A. Palanisamy was a volleyball player from Tamilnadu, India. He represented the country in the Asian Games in early 60's. He hailed from Kallampatti near Melur, Madurai district, Tamilnadu. He was nicknamed as Black Panther because of his ferocious attacks in 1962 Asian games held in Jakarta. He...
  
  , First Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner for volley ball (1961).
• G E Sridharan, Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner.
• Kumaran, played for Indian team and currently playing for IOB,Chennai.
• Sundaram
  Sundaram
  Mugur Sundar is a popular dance choreographer in South Indian cinema. He has directed more than 10,000 dance sequences for various south-Indian films. Sundar was born in Mugur, a village located in Mysore district, Karnataka. He has three sons, Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad, who...
  
  , former setter for Indian team and Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai.
• Mangala Jeyabalan, former setter for Indian team. At present playing T.N.E.B, previously played for Hindustan photo films -ooty
• 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 Tamil Nadu volleyball team.
• Sivabalan
  Sivabalan
  Sivabalan is a Volley ball player from Tamilnadu, India. He has played for both junior and senior national volley ball teams. He is currently the captain of Chennai Customs volleyball team, Chennai. He earlier played for Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai. He hails from Sivaganga district, Tamilnadu. He...
  
  , 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.
• J.Ramesh, Played for Indian team and played for Hindustan Photo Films
• G.Chandra Mohan, former setter for Indian Team from Hindustan Photo Films, Ooty
• Ukkra pandian, current indian setter from Indian Bank

Chess

• Viswanathan Anand
  Viswanathan Anand
  V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
  
  , World Chess
  Chess
  Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
  
   Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
   and the first Indian to earn the title of Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
  .
• Manuel Aaron
  Manuel Aaron
  Manuel Aaron was the first Indian chess master in the modern tradition. He dominated chess in India in the 1960s to the 1980s, was the national champion of India ninetimes between 1959 and 1981...
  
  , The first Indian to earn the title of International Master.
• Murugan Thiruchelvam
  Murugan Thiruchelvam
  Murugan Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam is an English chess player. He was England's youngest player ever to gain an international chess rating . Less than a week after his 10th birthday, he played against the then world champion Garry Kasparov in a simultaneous exhibition...
  
  , Chess player from United Kingdom.
• Krishnan Sasikiran
  Krishnan Sasikiran
  Krishnan Sasikiran is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Among Indians, he is second, after Viswanathan Anand, No. 6 in Asia & ranked 56th in the world in FIDE rating as on September 2011....
  
  , Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   & Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner for Chess
  Chess
  Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
  
   (2002).
• S. Vijayalakshmi, Six time Women's national champion of India, the First Women Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   from India & Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner for Chess
  Chess
  Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
  
   (2000).
• S. Meenakshi, Women Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   and sister of S. Vijayalakshmi.
• Aarthie Ramaswamy
  Aarthie Ramaswamy
  Aarthi Ramaswamy is a chess player from India. She is Woman Grand Master and is the national champion on year 2003. In 1999, she won the girls' under-18 world championship, held in Oropesa, Spain. She is currently rated 2211....
  
  , Women Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   and under-18 girls' World
  World
  World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
  
   Chess
  Chess
  Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
  
   champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
  .
• R. B. Ramesh, Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   and National Champion
  Champion
  A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...
  
   of India & Winner of the 2002 British Chess Championship
  British Chess Championship
  The British Chess Championship is organised by the English Chess Federation. There are separate championships for men and women. Since 1923 there have been sections for juniors, and since 1982 there has been an over-sixty championship. The championship venue usually changes every year and has been...
  
  .
• P. Mahesh Chandran, Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
  .
• Deepan Chakkravarthy, Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   & Winner of the Asian Junior Championship at Colombo
  Colombo
  Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
  
   in 2002.
• S. Arun Prasad, International Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   Winner of Scottish Chess Championship
  Scottish Chess Championship
  The Scottish Chess Championship is organised by Chess Scotland, formerly the Scottish Chess Association. It has been running since 1884, and nowadays takes the form of a nine round tournament played over two weekends and the week in between...
  
   in 2009,
• G. B. Prakash, Grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   Elect.
• P. Konguvel, International Master.
• Lanka Ravi, 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.

India

• Cota Ramaswami
  Cotah Ramaswami
  Cotah Ramaswami - sometimes written as Cota or Cotar - was a double sports international who represented India in both cricket and tennis.-Family and early life:...
  
   (born 1896, presumed dead), represented India in both International Cricket
  Cricket
  Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
  
   & Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  .
• M.J. Gopalan (1909–2003), represented India in both International Hockey
  Hockey
  Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
  
   & Cricket
  Cricket
  Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
  
  .
• C. R. Rangachari
  C. R. Rangachari
  Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari was a fast bowler who represented India in Test cricket....
  
   (1916–1993), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• C. D. Gopinath
  C. D. Gopinath
  Coimbatarao Doraikannu "C.D." Gopinath is a former Indian Test cricketer.He graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College.'Gopi' was a stylish right-handed batsman strong on the off side and a good outfielder....
  
   (born 1930), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Ravichandran Ashwin
  Ravichandran Ashwin
  Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian national cricket team player, who plays for India and Tamil Nadu cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm off-break bowler. He is the only bowler of recent times apart from Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka to bowl the carrom ball. He played two matches...
  
  , All Rounder, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• S. Venkataraghavan (born 1945), ex-Captain of Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
   and Test
  Test cricket
  Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
  
   & ODI umpire
  Umpire (cricket)
  In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
  
  .
• K. Srikkanth
  Krishnamachari Srikkanth
  Krishnamachari Srikkanth is a former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the selection committee...
  
   (born 1959), ex-Captain and current Chief Selector of Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• T.A. Sekhar (born 1956), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Thiru Kumaran (born 1975), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• T. E. Srinivasan
  Tirumalai Srinivasan
  Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan was a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 2 One Day Internationals from 1980 to 1981....
  
  , Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• L. Sivaramakrishnan
  Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
  Laxman Sivaramakrishnan , popularly known as Siva and LS, is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right arm leg-spinner. He is now a commentator.-Early days:...
  
   (born 1965), Spin Bowler
  Spin bowling
  Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the...
  
  , Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• V. B. Chandrasekhar
  V. B. Chandrasekhar
  Vakkadai Biksheswaran Chandrasekhar is a former Indian cricketer.Chandrasekhar was born in Madras , India. He played domestic cricket for Tamil Nadu and played seven One Day Internationals for India in 1988–90-References:...
  
  , Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Bharat Arun
  Bharat Arun
  Bharath Arun was an Indian Test cricketer.The bearded Arun was a medium pacer and an attacking lower order batsman. In the semifinal of the 1986/87 Duleep Trophy he hit 149 and added 221 for the seventh wicket with W. V. Raman as South Zone chased a West total of 516 for the first innings lead...
  
   (born 1962), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Murali Kartik
  Murali Kartik
  Murali Kartik is an Indian cricketer who sporadically represented the India national cricket team since 2000...
  
   (born 1976), Spin Bowler
  Spin bowling
  Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the...
  
  , Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Sadagoppan Ramesh
  Sadagoppan Ramesh
  Sadagoppan Ramesh is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. On debut, facing Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram, he made a solid 44 off 41 balls...
  
   (born 1975), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Subramaniam Badrinath
  Subramaniam Badrinath
  Subramaniam Badrinath is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle order batsman. Badrinath has represented India in One Day International matches. In first class cricket, he captains Tamil Nadu and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Chennai Super Kings. He has also represented...
  
   (born 1980), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• W.V.Raman (born 1965), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Murali Vijay
  Murali Vijay
  Murali Vijay Krishna is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman for Tamil Nadu, Chennai Super Kings and India.-Test career:...
  
   (born 1984), Batsman, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Lakshmipathy Balaji
  Lakshmipathy Balaji
  Lakshmipathy Balaji is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler.-International Cricket:...
  
   (born 1981), Pace Bowler, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .
• Dinesh Karthik
  Dinesh Karthik
  Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik is a wicketkeeper-batsman who has made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keeper...
  
   (born 1985), Wicketkeeper, Indian Cricket Team
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
  .

Other countries

• Muttiah Muralitharan
  Muttiah Muralitharan
  Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...
  
   (born 1972), Highest Wicket
  Wicket
  In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...
  
   taker in test
  Test cricket
  Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
  
   and ODI cricket from Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Angelo Mathews
  Angelo Mathews
  Angelo Davis Mathews is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Like Chaminda Vaas He had his formal education in St. Joseph's College, Colombo. Born in Colombo, he captained the Sri Lankan cricket team team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka...
  
  - Sri Lankan all rounder and vice captain.
• Russel Arnold
  Russel Arnold
  Russel Premakumaran "Rusty" Arnold is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent. Arnold made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1997 and his One day international debut against South Africa later in the year. Originally an opening batsmen, Arnold has since moved down the batting order...
  
   - Cricketer of the Sri Lankan team
• Vinodhan John, Pace Bowler, First Sri Lankan Tamil Test cricket
  Test cricket
  Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
  
  er 1982.
• Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis, International Test
  Test cricket
  Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
  
   & ODI umpire
  Umpire (cricket)
  In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
  
   from Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Nasser Hussain
  Nasser Hussain
  Nasser Hussain OBE is a former Essex and England cricketer.Beginning his career in a strong Essex side in the late 1980s, he was an outstanding fielder and a stylish but inconsistent batsman. In first-class cricket from 1987 to 2004 Hussain scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06,...
  
   (born 28 March 1968, Madras, India) a former Essex and England cricketer , Test captain.
• A Varadarajan, Batsman, Canadian Cricket Team
  Canadian cricket team
  The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
  
  .
• Sanjayan Thuraisingam
  Sanjayan Thuraisingam
  Sanjayan Thuraisingam is a Tamil Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler....
  
   (born 1969), Pace Bowler, Canadian Cricket Team
  Canadian cricket team
  The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
  
  .
• Easwaran Sinnathamby (born 1973), Pace Bowler, Canadian Cricket Team
  Canadian cricket team
  The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
  
  .
• Kantharatnam Shanthikumar (born 1954), Pace Bowler, Canadian Cricket Team
  Canadian cricket team
  The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
  
  .
• Mahendra Nagamootoo
  Mahendra Nagamootoo
  Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Nagamootoo is the nephew of both Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharan; two of the best ever West Indian batsmen of Indian descent. Nagamootoo has a brother Vishal, who plays cricket for Guyana....
  
  , West Indies Cricket Team.
• Ruban Sivanadian (Rubananthasivam Sivanadian) (born 1965), ICC Umpire from Canada (born Sri Lanka)
• Arul Suppiah (Malaysia born English cricketer)
• samsuddin khan ( Nepal cricket player )

Football

• Peter Velappan
  Peter Velappan
  Dato' Peter Velappan is a Malaysian association football administrator who served as the General Secretary of the Asian Football Confederation from 1978 to 2007.-Biography:...
  
   (born 1935), General Secretary
  General Secretary
  The office of general secretary is staffed by the chief officer of:*The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace, a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...
  
   of Asian Football Confederation
  Asian Football Confederation
  The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
  
   and Member of FIFA
  FIFA
  The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
  
   Strategic Studies Committee & Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup
  FIFA World Cup
  The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
  
  .
• Peter Thangaraj
  Peter Thangaraj
  Peter Thangaraj was an Indian football player. Thangaraj played for the Indian national side at the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics. He was Voted Asia’s best goalkeeper in 1958. Thangaraj was a recipient of Arjuna Award for the year 1967.-Football career:Thangraj was born in 1936 in...
  
   (1938–2008), Olympion and the Goalkeeper of Indian football
  Football (soccer)
  Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
  
   team that won the Gold Medal at the 1962 Jakarta
  Jakarta
  Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
  
   Asian Games
  Asian Games
  The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
  
  .
• Komaleeswaran Sankar, Only Indian FIFA
  FIFA
  The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
  
   Assistant Referee
  Referee
  A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...
  
   for the Football World Cup
  FIFA World Cup
  The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
  
   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.
• D.Sekar Represented Indian football team in the early 80's. He also played cum coched Hindustan Photo Films-Ooty.
• Syed Sabir Pasha
  Syed Sabir Pasha
  Pasha is an international football PLAYER FROM Tamil Nadu, India.* Represented India * Represented Tamil Nadu state * Represented Indian bank * Coach - India Youth teams...
  
   Represented Indian football team in the early 90's. He also played cum coched Indian Bank-chennai

FIFA Committees: member of FIFA Strategic Studies Committee, Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup, Football Committee
Awards: FIFA Centennial

Hockey

• Vasudevan Baskaran
  Vasudevan Baskaran
  Vasudevan Baskaran is a former hockey player from India. He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.-Career:...
  
  , Captain of the Indian hockey team that won Olympic Gold
  Olympic Gold
  Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear.Developed internally by U.S...
  
   in 1980 Moscow Olympics and Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner (1979–1980).
• Dhanraj Pillay
  Dhanraj Pillay
  Dhanraj Pillay is a field hockey player and former captain of the Indian hockey team. He is currently the manager of the Indian Hockey team...
  
   (born 1968), ex-Indian hockey team Captain, Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   winner (1995) and also winner of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
  The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "Sports Gem" in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash...
  
   Award (1999–2000).
• Mohamad Riaz, Olympion and Arjuna Award
  Arjuna award
  The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
  
   (1998).
• Adam Sinclair
  Adam Sinclair
  Adam Antony Sinclair was a member of the Indian field hockey team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He hails from Coimbatore. He made his international debut in May 2004 during a Four Nation Tournament in Gifu...
  
  , Member of the Indian hockey team at the 2004 Athens Olympics
  2004 Summer Olympics
  The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
  
  .
• Raja
  Raja
  Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
  
  , Member of the Indian hockey team team.
• Mathisan Selvananthan, Member of the Indian hockey team team.

Kabaddi

• perumal ganesan, of the Indian Kabaddi team that won the Gold in 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games.

Racing

• Narain Karthikeyan
  Narain Karthikeyan
  Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan , is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in with the Jordan team, and was a WilliamsF1 test driver in and...
  
  , Coimbatore
  Coimbatore
  Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
  
  , India's first Formula 1 driver.
• Karun Chandhok, Formula 1 driver.
• S. Karivardhan
  S. Karivardhan
  Sundaram Karivardhan or short Kari was a legendary figure of Indian motorsports. Apart from being a successful formula car racer, was also a designer and constructor of several formula cars, his most famous design being the Formula Maruti open wheeled race car...
  
  , Coimbatore, Car Constructor and National Champion.
• N. Leelakrishnan, Coimbatore, 7 times National Rally Champion.
• Naren Kumar, Coimbatore, 4 times National Rally Champion.
• J. Anand
  J. Anand
  J. Anand is former racing driver from Coimbatore, India who was active during the 1980s and 90's. He currently runs a rally car team and provides automobile R&D services to various automobile manufacturers.-Background:...
  
  , 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
  Narain Karthikeyan
  Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan , is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in with the Jordan team, and was a WilliamsF1 test driver in and...
  
  .
• Akbar Ebrahim, Chennai
  Chennai
  Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
  
  , 3 Times National F3 Grand Prix winner.

Tennis

• Vijay Amritraj
  Vijay Amritraj
  Vijay Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor.Amritraj was born in Chennai, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He and his brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis...
  
  , international tennis champion & actor
• Anand Amritraj
  Anand Amritraj
  Anand Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player and businessman.Anand Amritraj and his brothers, Vijay Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis. In 1976, the team of Anand and Vijay was semi-finalists in the Wimbledon men's doubles...
  
  , international tennis player.
• Ashok Amritraj
  Ashok Amritraj
  Ashok Amritraj is an Indian American film producer, former tour professional tennis player, and chairman of Hyde Park Entertainment.-Professional tennis:...
  
  , international tennis player.
• Prakash Amritraj
  Prakash Amritraj
  Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
  
  , international tennis player.
• Ramanathan Krishnan
  Ramanathan Krishnan
  Ramanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:Krishnan honed his skills under his father, T.K. Ramanathan...
  
  , international tennis player.
• Ramesh Krishnan
  Ramesh Krishnan
  Ramesh Krishnan is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy's singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which...
  
  , international tennis player.
• Nirupama Vaidyanathan
  Nirupama Vaidyanathan
  Nirupama Sanjeev is a former Indian female professional tennis player. She was known as Nirupama Vaidyanathan before marriage....
  
  , international tennis from Coimbatore
  Coimbatore
  Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
  
  .
• Jeevan Nedunchezhian- tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
   player, world number 17th under 18

Cultural icons

• Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar, Scholarly Saint.
• Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....
  
  , Bharatanatyam
  Bharatanatyam
  Bharata Natyam or Chadhir Attam, is a classical dance form from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, practiced predominantly in modern times by women. The dance is usually accompanied by classical Carnatic music...
  
   dancer & she introduce semi-classical dance in Bollywood
  Bollywood
  Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
  
  .
• Rukmini Devi Arundale
  Rukmini Devi Arundale
  Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam, and also an activist for animal rights and welfare....
  
  , Bharatanatyam dancer & fonder of Kalakshetra
  Kalakshetra
  Kalakshetra is a cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music. The academy was founded in January 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale. Under Arundale's guidance the institution achieved national...
  
  .
• Balasaraswati
  Balasaraswati
  Balasaraswati was a celebrated Indian dancer, and her rendering of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance style, made this style of dancing of south India well known in different parts of India, as also many parts of the world....
  
  , Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Alarmel Valli
  Alarmel Valli
  Alarmel Valli is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer, and the foremost exponent of the Pandanallur style Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam and also her own distinctive style...
  
  , Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Chitra Visweswaran
  Chitra Visweswaran
  Chitra Visweswaran is a Bharatnatyam dancer. She learned dance from her mother Rukmini, and later she took training in Western Classical Ballet in London. She trained under T.A Rajalakshmi for 10 years. She received the National Scholarship for advanced study in Bharatanatyam from the government...
  
  , Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Padma Subramanyam
  Padma Subramanyam
  Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam , is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, music composer, musician, teacher and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad: several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries like Japan, Australia...
  
  , Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Medha Hari, Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Pithukuli Murugadas
  Pithukuli Murugadas
  Pithukuli Murugadas is an eminent religious singer from Tamil Nadu. He is best known for his compositions on the Hindu deity Murugan.-Background:...
  
  , Divine Musician who is known for his songs on Lord Murugan.
• K. B. Sundarambal
  K. B. Sundarambal
  Kodumudi Balambal Sundarambal was a renowned stage artist and singer of South India. She was popularly referred to as the "Queen of the Indian stage." She was noted both for her resonant, vibrant voice and for the dignity of her performances. A political activist during the Indian independence...
  
  , Actress/Singer.
• Sirkazhi Govindarajan
  Sirkazhi Govindarajan
  Sirkazhi Govindarajan was a leading vocalist in Carnatic Music.Govindarajan, born in Sirkali in Madras Presidency) and started performing at the age of eight in Tirupurasundari Temple. His son Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is also a Carnatic singer....
  
  , Vocalist and Carnatic Music exponent.
• Vethathiri Maharishi
  Vethathiri Maharishi
  Yogiraj Shri Vethathiri Maharishi was a spiritual leader and founder-trustee of the World Community Service Center in 1958 in Chennai. He had founded over 300 yoga centres around the world and wrote about 80 books, many of which became academic textbooks...
  
  , Founder of the The World Community Service Center
• Dr. Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
  Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
  Dr. Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist from Chennai. He is an alumnus of the Trinity College of Music. He is also a medical doctor with a post graduate degree in internal medicine. Sivachidambaram is the son of Padma Shri winner Sirkazhi Govindarajan. Sivachidambaram has...
  
  , Vocalist and Carnatic Music exponent.

Tamil Literature

• Thiruvalluvar who wrote the 1330 Thirukkural called as THE WORLD GENERAL VEDHA. it is the only thing which has been translated into all languages in the world next to the Bible.
• Arumuka Navalar
  Arumuka Navalar
  Arumuka Navalar was one the early revivalists of native Hindu Tamil traditions in Sri Lanka and India. He and others like him were responsible for reviving and reforming native traditions that had come under a long period of dormancy and decline during the previous 400 years of colonial rule by...
  
   (1822–1879), pioneer of Tamil prose & champion of Hinduism
  Hinduism
  Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
  
   from Jaffna
  Jaffna
  Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
  
  , Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Maraimalai Adigal
  Maraimalai Adigal
  Maraimalai Adigal was an eminent Tamil orator and writer. He was a devout Hindu as a staunch follower of Saivism. He has authored more than 100 books, including works on original poems and dramas, but most famous are his books on his research into Tamil literature. Most of his literary works were...
  
  , Tamil scholar & activist.
• Rev. Father Xavier Thaninayagam Adigalar (1913–1980), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, founder member of the International Association for Tamil Research.
• U. V. Swaminatha Iyer
  U. V. Swaminatha Iyer
  U. V. Swaminatha Iyer , 1855–1942 C.E., was a Tamil scholar and researcher who was instrumental in bringing many long-forgotten works of classical Tamil literature to light...
  
   (1855–1942), pioneer of Tamil popularly known as Tamil Thaatha.
• Subramanya Bharathi,Great Tamil Poet.
• Paventhar Bharathidasan Tamil poet also known as "Puratchi Kavignar"
• Kalyanasundara Mudaliar Tamil writer,Thiru Vi Ka
• Varadarasanar Tamil novelist, Mu.Va
• Erode Tamilanban, noted poet
• Solomon Pappaiah
  Solomon Pappaiah
  Solomon Pappaiah , a.k.a. Solomon Pappiah and Salomon Pappayah is a popular Tamil language scholar and a television icon in Tamil Nadu, India. He is best known for moderating Tamil debate talk shows, known as 'patti mandrams', which have been airing on Sun TV for quite a long time...
  
  , Tamil scholar and debate judge
• Pudhumaipithan
  Pudhumaipithan
  Pudhumaipithan also spelt as Pudumaipithan or Puthumaippiththan, is the pseudonym of C. Viruthachalam , one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction. His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions...
  
  , revolutionery writer from Tirunelveli Saiva Pillai community
• Jayakanthan
  Jayakanthan
  - Biography:Jayakanthan was born in 1934 in a family of agriculturists in Cuddalore, in the South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu. He quit school after completing grade 3 education. He was then considered a problematic child. He was close to his mother and grandfather. He had a rocky relationship with...
  
  , A Tamil writer
• Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai, Eminent Tamil poet
• Namakkal Kavignar Ramalingam Pillai,Famous Poet, freedom fighter
• Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai
  Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai
  Manonmaniyam P. Sundaram Pillai is writer of the famous Tamil drama Manonmaniyam .-History:Born in Alapuzha in Kerala state of India to Perumal Pillai and Madathi Ammal, Pillai studied religious literature such as Devaram thiruvasagam during his childhood. Nagapatinam Narayana Samy Pillai was the...
  
  , eminent writer in Tamil literature

Spiritual icons

• Alwars, There are 12 Alwars, who are devotees of Lord Vishnu
  Vishnu
  Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....
  
   and exponents of Vaishnavism
  Vaishnavism
  Vaishnavism is a tradition of Hinduism, distinguished from other schools by its worship of Vishnu, or his associated Avatars such as Rama and Krishna, as the original and supreme God....
  
  .
• Nayanmars, There are 63 Nayanmars, who are devotees of Lord Siva
  Shiva
  Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
  
   and exponents of Saivism.
• Bodhidharma
  Bodhidharma
  Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th/6th century AD. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Ch'an to China, and regarded as the first Chinese patriarch...
  
   (5th/6th century) a Buddhist monk and 28th patriarch of Buddhism. He was traditionally credited as the leading patriarch and transmitter of Zen
  Zen
  Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
  
   to China
  China
  Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
  
  .
• Ayya Vaikundar
  Ayya Vaikundar
  Ayya Vaikundar , according to Akilattirattu Ammanai , a scripture of the Ayyavazhi, was a Manu Avatar of Narayana, incarnated as Muthukutty or Mudisoodum Perumal, a Nadar of Swamithoppe, Tamil Nadu Ayya Vaikundar , according to Akilattirattu Ammanai (or Akilam), a scripture of the Ayyavazhi, was...
  
   (1809–1851) , founder and preceptor of the Ayyavazhi sect. Considered to be an avatar of the Hindu god Narayana.
• Ramalinga Swamigal
  Arutprakasa Vallalar Chidambaram Ramalinga Swamigal
  Arutprakasa Vallalar Chidambaram Ramalingam , whose pre-monastic name was Ramalingam, is commonly known in India and across the world as Vallalar...
  
   (1823–1873), popularly known as Vallalar.
• Ramanuja
  Ramanuja
  Ramanuja ; traditionally 1017–1137, also known as Ramanujacharya, Ethirajar , Emperumannar, Lakshmana Muni, was a theologian, philosopher, and scriptural exegete...
  
   (1017–1137), philosopher and one of the most important saint
  Saint
  A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
  
   of Vaishnavism
  Vaishnavism
  Vaishnavism is a tradition of Hinduism, distinguished from other schools by its worship of Vishnu, or his associated Avatars such as Rama and Krishna, as the original and supreme God....
  
  .
• Appayya Dikshidar (1520–1593), philosopher, followed Advaita School of Indian Philosophy
  Indian philosophy
  India has a rich and diverse philosophical tradition dating back to ancient times. According to Radhakrishnan, the earlier Upanisads constitute "...the earliest philosophical compositions of the world."...
  
  .
• Ramana Maharshi
  Ramana Maharshi
  Sri Ramana Maharshi , born Venkataraman Iyer, was a Hindu spiritual master . He was born to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. After experiencing at age 16 what he later described as liberation , he left home for Arunachala, a mountain considered sacred by Hindus...
  
   (1879–1950).
• Yogaswami
  Yogaswami
  Jnanaguru Siva Yogaswami of Jaffna was Sri Lanka's most renowned 20th-century spiritual master, a Śivajnani and a natha siddhar revered by both Hindus and Buddhists...
  
   (1872–1964), A Great Spiritual
  Spirituality
  Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
  
   Leader from Jaffna
  Jaffna
  Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
  
  , Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  .
• Sivananda Saraswati
  Swami Sivananda
  Swami Sivananda Saraswati was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism...
  
   (1887–1963), A well known proponent of Yoga
  Yoga
  Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
  
   and Vedanta
  Vedanta
  Vedānta was originally a word used in Hindu philosophy as a synonym for that part of the Veda texts known also as the Upanishads. The name is a morphophonological form of Veda-anta = "Veda-end" = "the appendix to the Vedic hymns." It is also speculated that "Vedānta" means "the purpose or goal...
  
  .
• Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (born 1924), Cardinal Priest of S Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri, Vatican City
  Vatican City
  Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
  
  .
• Dayananda Saraswati
  Dayananda Saraswati (Chinmaya Mission)
  Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a monk of the Hindu monastic order and a renowned traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta.-Early life:...
  
  , Founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
• Yogiraj Shri Vethathiri Maharishi
  Vethathiri Maharishi
  Yogiraj Shri Vethathiri Maharishi was a spiritual leader and founder-trustee of the World Community Service Center in 1958 in Chennai. He had founded over 300 yoga centres around the world and wrote about 80 books, many of which became academic textbooks...
  
  , Founder of The World Community Service Center, an organisation striving for World peace
  World peace
  World Peace is an ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations and/or people. World peace is an idea of planetary non-violence by which nations willingly cooperate, either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare. The term is sometimes used to...
  
   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'.
• Bala Prajapathi Adikalar
  Bala Prajapathi Adikalar
  Bala Prajapathi Adikalar is considered as the present religious leader of Ayyavazhi. Ayyavazhi is not an organised religious system and so it does not fall directly under his control officially. But still religiously he was considered so...
  
  , the present Pattathu Ayya of Swamithope pathi
  Swamithope Pathi
  Swamithoppe Pathi , Swamithoppu-pathi, Manavai-pathi, Thamarai-pathi or Thalaimaippathi [Thalaimai + pathi] is the primary pathi of the Ayyavazhi, the head of all Worship centers of Ayyavazhi, and the place where Ayya Vaikundar is said to have performed the Tavam...
  
   and leader of Ayyavazhi
  Ayyavazhi
  Ayyavazhi is a dharmic belief system that originated in South India in the 19th century. It is cited as an independent monistic religion by several newspapers, government reports and academic researchers. In Indian censuses, however, the majority of its followers declare themselves as Hindus...
  
   religion.
• D. G. S. Dhinakaran
  D. G. S. Dhinakaran
  Duraisamy Geoffery Samuel Dhinakaran was an Indian evangelical preacher and founder of Karunya University. He was also the founder of the Jesus Calls ministry. He was the father of Paul Dhinakaran.-Early life:...
  
  , prominent Christian
  Christian
  A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
  
   Evangelist
  Evangelism
  Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....
  
   and founder of Jesus Calls Ministries.
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar usually known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, born Ravi Shankar Ratnam, born 13 May 1956) is a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation , which aims at relieving individual stress, societal problems and violence. It is an NGO with UNESCO consultative status...
  
  ,is a spiritual and humanitarian leader.

Classical literature

• Thiruvalluvar, Saint
  Saint
  A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
  
   poet & author of Thirukural.
• Thirumoolar
  Thirumoolar
  Tirumular was a Tamil Shaivite mystic and writer, considered one of the sixty-three Nayanars and one of the 18 Siddhars...
  
  , Saint poet & author of Thirumandhiram
  Thirumandhiram
  The Tirumantiram , is a Tamil poetic work written in the 5th CE by Tirumular and is the tenth of the twelve volumes of the Tirumurai, the key texts of Tamil Saivism. It is the first known Tamil work to use the term Shaiva Siddhanta and the earliest known exposition of the Saiva Agamas in Tamil...
  
  .
• Tholkaapiyar, author of Tholkappiyam, one of the first Tamil grammar books.
• Illango Adigal
  Ilango Adigal
  Ilango Adigal was a Tamil poet and a Jain monk, who was instrumental in the creation of Silappathikaram, one of the five great epics of Tamil Literature. Prince Ilango was the brother of Chera king Cheran Chenguttuvan , in South India. Ilango Adigal was born in the Chera dynasty that ruled parts...
  
  , Saint poet & author of Silappathikaram.
• Srivilliputhurar, author of Tamil Mahabharatham.
• Seethalai Saathanar, author of Manimegalai.
• Kambar, author of Kamba Ramayanam.
• Auvaiyar
  Auvaiyar
  The Avvaiyars "respectable women" was the title of more than one poet who was active during different periods of Tamil literature. The Avvaiyar were some of the most famous and important female poets of the Tamil canon. Abithana Chintamani states that there were three female poets titled...
  
  , Women Saint & author of Aathichoodi
  Aathichoodi
  Aathichoodi is a collection of single-line quotations written by Auvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 108 of these sacred lines which include "A turtle is a turtle, never a tortoise", "Look out of the window, see your life reflected in the bushes and the trees and the glossy...
  
  .
• Tirutakakatevar
  Tirutakakatevar
  Tirutakkatevar was a Tamil poet who wrote Jivaka-chintamani, one of the five greatest epics of Tamil literature, . He, as a local king, also supported to create Kamban, one of the most famous poets of Tamil literature....
  
  , author of Jivaka Chintamani.
• Eelattu Poothanthevanar
  Eelattu Poothanthevanar
  Eelattu Poothanthevanar was one of the earliest known classical Tamil poets. His poems were included in the Tamil sangam or Cankam poetry anthologies compiled in Tamilakam before 250 AD...
  
  , classical Sri Lankan poet of Sangam period.

Spiritual literature

Hindu

• Nakkeerar
  Nakkeerar
  Nakkeerar is a medieval Tamil poet from Madurai. He is renowned for his most famous work Tirumurukarruppatai. He was also the author of another work called Irayanar Akapporul...
  
   author of Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai .
• Thirumular, author of Thirumandhiram
  Thirumandhiram
  The Tirumantiram , is a Tamil poetic work written in the 5th CE by Tirumular and is the tenth of the twelve volumes of the Tirumurai, the key texts of Tamil Saivism. It is the first known Tamil work to use the term Shaiva Siddhanta and the earliest known exposition of the Saiva Agamas in Tamil...
  
  .
• Arunagirinathar
  Arunagirinathar
  Arunagirinathar was Tamil poet who lived during the 15th century in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the creator of Tiruppugazh, a book of poems in Tamil in praise of the Hindu God Murugan. He was a member of the Isai Vellalar community....
  
  , author of Thiruppugazh
  Thiruppugazh
  Thiruppugazh is a 15th century anthology of Tamil religious songs dedicated to Murugan, the son of Shiva, written by the poet-saint Arunagirinathar...
  
  .
• Sekkizhar
  Sekkizhar
  Sekkizhar was a poet and scholar of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta, a Saiva saint contemporary with the reign of Kulothunga Chola II. He compiled and wrote the Periya Puranam , 4253 verses long,recounting the life stories of the sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars, the poets of Shiva who composed the liturgical...
  
  , author of Periapuranam.
• Manikkavasagar
  Manikkavasagar
  Manikkavacakar was a Tamil poet who wrote Tiruvacakam, a book of Shaiva hymns. Manikkavacakar was one of the poets of the Hindu bhakti revival: his work forms one volume of the Tirumurai, the key religious text of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. A minister to the Pandya king Varagunavarman II , he lived...
  
  , author of Thiruvasagam & one of the Nayanmars.
• Nammalvar
  Nammalvar
  Nammalvar also Nammazhwar,Nammaazhvaar, Nammazhvar, Nammaalvaar, Nammalwar;Tamil: நம்மாழ்வார்) was one of the twelve Alvars, well known for his many hymns on devotion to Vishnu. Legend gives him the date 3102 B.C....
  
  , author of Tiruvaymoli & one of the Alwars.
• Thirumazhisai Alvar
  Thirumazhisai Aazhwar
  Tirumazhisai-aazhvaar is one of the twelve Alvars of Vaishnavism and is so called as he was born in Thirumazhisai. This place has a temple for Jagannatha Perumal where you can see the idol of Thirumazhisai Azhwar with the eye on the thumb nail in his right leg. His asterism is makham...
  
  , author of Tiruchanda-virutham & one of the Alwars.
• Andal
  Andal
  Andal is the the only female Alvar of the 12 Alvar saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. She is credited with the great Tamil works of Thirupavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi that are still recited by devotees during the Winter festival season of...
  
  , Author
  Author
  An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
  
   of Tiruppaavai & One of the Alwars.
• V. Akilesapillai
  V. Akilesapillai
  V. Akilesapillai was a Sri Lankan Tamil scholar, poet and writer.Akilesapillai was born on March 7, 1853 in the town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. He was a trained teacher and also served as a Head Master of a School...
  
  , Tamil scholar, poet & author of Thirukonasala Vaipavam
  Thirukonasala Vaipavam
  Thirukonasala Vaipavam is an important literary work in Tamil on the history of historic Koneswaram Temple, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.This was written by V. Akilesapillai in 1889 and was first published in 1952 by V. Alahakone, brother of Akilesapillai...
  
   from Sri Lanka.

Christian

• Johnson Gnanabaranam
• Henry A. Krishna Pillai
• Vedanayagam Pillai
• Veeramamunivar

Islam

• Umaru Pulavar
  Umaru Pulavar
  Umaru Pulavar was a Tamil Muslim poet from Tamil Nadu, India. Umaru Pulavar was born in 1642 in the town of Ettayapuram in Thoothukudi district. He is celebrated as one of the greatest Islamic Poets of India.-Early life:...
  
   (1605–1703), author of Sirappuranam, Islamic spiritual
  Spirituality
  Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
  
   work on the life of Muhammad
  Muhammad
  Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
  
  .
• Mohammad Ibrahim, author of Muhaidin Puranam, Islamic spiritual
  Spirituality
  Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
  
   literature
  Literature
  Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
  
  .
• "Sheiku Tharjuma" Moulana M. Abdul Wahhab M.A.B.Th (1920–2002) author of Thithikum Thirumarai, Nammanigal Naalvar and many short stories and articles in Tamil magazines under various Pseudonyms; Translated Holy Quran in Tamil; edited many Islamic Books; was conferred the title "Nadamaadum Palkalai Kazhagam"; Vice President of Authors Guild of India; member of Tamil Nadu Wakf Board; Partner in Threeyem Printers and Publishers; editor of Monthly Magazine "Pirai"

India

• Ramachandra Guha
  Ramachandra Guha
  Ramachandra Guha is an Indian writer whose research interests have included environmental, social, political and cricket history. He is also a columnist for the newspapers The Telegraph , and The Hindustan Times.-Early life and education:Born in Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India in 1958, Guha studied...
  
  , known social and political writer,
• Subramanya Bharathy
  Subramanya Bharathy
  Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India, an independence fighter and iconoclastic reformer. Known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar , he is celebrated as one of South India's greatest poets...
  
   (1882–1921), nationalist Tamil
  Tamil language
  Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
  
   poet.
• Bharathidasan
  Bharathidasan
  Bharathidasan was a twentieth century Tamil poet and rationalist whose literary works handled mostly socio-political issues. His writings served as a catalyst for the growth of the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu...
  
   (1891–1964), Tamil poet & rationalist.
• Pudhumaipithan
  Pudhumaipithan
  Pudhumaipithan also spelt as Pudumaipithan or Puthumaippiththan, is the pseudonym of C. Viruthachalam , one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction. His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions...
  
   (1906–1948), Tamil fiction writer known for his modern outlook and progressive thinking.
• Prof. Karmegha Konar (1889–1957), Tamil poet.
• Kalyanasundara Mudaliar, Tamil writer.
• Akilan
  Akilan
  Akilan was a Tamil author noted for his realistic and creative writing style. Akilan was a freedom fighter, novelist, short-story writer, journalist, satirist, travel writer, playwright, script-writer, orator and critic.He is also a children's novelist....
  
  , novelist.
• Ramalingam Pillai (Namakkal Kavignar)
• Thi.Janakiraman
  Thi.Janakiraman
  T. Janakiraman, also known as Thi Jaa is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He is considered as one of the major figures of 20th century Tamil fiction.-Writing Style:...
  
  , novelist.
• Mahavidwan Vasudeva Mudaliar
  Mahavidwan Vasudeva Mudaliar
  Mahavidwan Vasudeva Mudaliar was a renowned poet from Chettipalayam near Pothanur in Coimbatore District. His poetic verse called Thalapuranam in praise of The Lord Skanda is at Thirumuruganpoondi...
  
  : Tamil scholar
• Laa. Sa. Ramamirutham, novelist.
• Kalki Krishnamurthy
  Kalki Krishnamurthy
  Kalki was the pen name of R. Krishnamurthy , a noted Tamil writer, film & music critic, Indian independence activist and journalist from Tamil Nadu, India.- Biography:...
  
   (1899–1954), freedom fighter, novelist and journalist
  Journalist
  A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
  
  .
• Jayakanthan
  Jayakanthan
  - Biography:Jayakanthan was born in 1934 in a family of agriculturists in Cuddalore, in the South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu. He quit school after completing grade 3 education. He was then considered a problematic child. He was close to his mother and grandfather. He had a rocky relationship with...
  
   (born 1934), writer & novelist.
• Kannadasan
  Kannadasan
  Kannadasan was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important writer in the Tamil language...
  
   (1927–1981), popularly called as Kavi Arasu poet, film lyricist & winner, National Film Award for Best Lyrics
  National Film Award for Best Lyrics
  The National Film Award for Best Lyrics winners:Vairamuthu won the award for maximum number of times . Javed Akhtar is the only lyricist to win the award for three consecutive years .-References:...
  
   (1969).
• Vairamuthu
  Vairamuthu
  Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...
  
   (born 1953), poet, film lyricist & winner, National Film Award for Best Lyrics
  National Film Award for Best Lyrics
  The National Film Award for Best Lyrics winners:Vairamuthu won the award for maximum number of times . Javed Akhtar is the only lyricist to win the award for three consecutive years .-References:...
  
   (1986), (1993), (1995), (2000) & (2003).
• Indira Soundarajan, novelist & short story writer.
• Ashoka Mitran
  Ashoka Mitran
  Ashokamitran is one of the most influential figures in post-independent Tamil literature. He began his literary career with the prize winning play "Anbin Parisu", followed by many short stories, novellas and novels. A distinguished essayist and critic, he is the editor of the literary journal...
  
   (born 1931), novelist & short story writer.
• R. K. Narayan
  R. K. Narayan
  R. K. Narayan , shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami Tamil: ) , Madras Presidency, British India. His father was a school headmaster, and Narayan did some of his studies at his father's school...
  
   (1906–2001), English novelist & essayist.
• Makaral Karthikeya Mudaliar
  Makaral Karthikeya Mudaliar
  Makaral Karthikeya Mudaliar was a renowned scholar and a poet of 19th century from Veyttur, near Madurantakam. He had authored a number of Tamil books such as Velir varalaatru maanbu, Aathichudi Muthar Viruthiyurai, Tamil Solvilakkam and Mozhi nool -References:...
  
  : Tamil scholar
• Pa. Subramania Mudaliar
  Pa. Subramania Mudaliar
  Pa. Subramania Mudaliar was a renowned poet of 19th century from Vellakal, Tirunelveli District. He had written a number of Tamil books such as Kombi virutham and Akaligai venba and a book on Tamil literature . He had pioneered the translation of veterinary texts from English into Tamil.-References:...
  
  : Tamil scholar
• Varadarasanar: Tamil novelist
• Vellai vaaranaar, Tamil scholar from Tiruvarur
• Erode Tamilanban, noted poet
• Koththamangalam Subbu, poet.
• Sandilyan
  Sandilyan
  Sandilyan or Chandilyan is the Pen name of Bhashyam Iyengar, a noted Tamil writer of Historical fiction. He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires.-Early life:...
  
  , novelist.
• Pa. Vijay, film lyricist & winner, National Film Award for Best Lyrics
  National Film Award for Best Lyrics
  The National Film Award for Best Lyrics winners:Vairamuthu won the award for maximum number of times . Javed Akhtar is the only lyricist to win the award for three consecutive years .-References:...
  
   (2005).
• Vaali
  Vaali
  Vaali is a 1999 Tamil thriller film written and directed by S. J. Suryah. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a dual role with Simran appearing in another leading role. The supporting cast of the film include Jyothika in her debut venture, Livingston and Vivek. The film's music is composed by the music...
  
  , film lyricist.
• Sujatha Rangarajan
  Sujatha Rangarajan
  Sujatha was the pseudonym of the Tamil writer S. Rangarajan, author of over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular writers in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil...
  
   (born 1935), contemporary Tamil & film screenplay
  Screenplay
  A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
  
   writer.
• Krishna Srinivas (born 1913), poet.
• T.K. Doraiswamy (Nakulan
  Nakulan
  T. K. Doraiswamy , also known by his pen name Nakulan, was an Indian poet, professor of English, novelist, translator and short fiction writer, who wrote both in Tamil and English, and is known for his surrealism and experimentation as well as free verse...
  
  ), (1921–2007), poet, novelist, translator, professor of English Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
   writer (also, President of Singapore Law Society). (Sri Lankan Tamil father, European mother)
• Gopal Baratham
  Gopal Baratham
  Gopal Baratham was a Singaporean author and neurosurgeon. He was known for his frank style and his ability to write about topics that were often considered controversial in the conservative city-state.-Life:...
  
   (1935–2002), Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  an writer and leading neurosurgeon
• Edwin Thumboo
  Edwin Thumboo
  Edwin Nadason Thumboo is an award-winning Singaporean poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English literature in Singapore....
  
   (born 1933), Singaporean writer (Tamil father, Teochew
  Teochew people
  The Chaozhou people are Han people, native to the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province of China who speak the Teochew dialect. Today, most Teochew people live outside China in Southeast Asia especially in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. They can also be found almost anywhere in the...
  
   Chinese mother)
• S.Ponnudurai, novelist from Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  
• Shyam Selvadurai
  Shyam Selvadurai
  Shyam Selvadurai is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist who wrote Funny Boy , which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and Cinnamon Gardens...
  
  , Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist (Sri Lankan Tamil father, Sri Lankan Sinhalese
  Sinhalese people
  The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group,forming the majority of Sri Lanka,constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population.They number approximately 15 million worldwide.The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The Sinhalese speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language and the...
  
   mother)

Other countries

• Nesan Pather (Born 1983), South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
   author, actor, designer, musician

• Sharversvaran Pather, nom de guerre, Michael Pillay (born 1971), South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
   author, former liberation fighter, retired civil servant

See also

• List of people from Tamil Nadu
• List of Tamil kings
• List of prominent Sri Lanka Tamils
• Tamil people
  Tamil people
  Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...