List of people from Tiruchirappalli
The following people were born or based their life in Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly.
Arts
- Alex, Tamil film actor and magician
- S. A. Ashokan, Tamil film actor
- M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil film actor
- Bharath, Indian film actor
- Anu Hasan, actress and television host
- Musiri Subramania Iyer, carnatic musician
- Srirangam Kannan, carnatic musician
- Krish, Indian playback singer
- Vanitha Krishnachandran, South Indian film actress
- T. A. Madhuram, Tamil film actress
- P. Madhuri, Indian playback singer
- T. L. Maharajan, Tamil playback singer
- Gautham Menon, Indian film director and screenwriter
- Napoleon, Indian film actor
- Santhosh Narayanan, Tamil film composer
- Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil film actor
- A. K. C. Natarajan, carnatic musician
- Prasanna, Indian film actor
- T. K. Ramamoorthy, Indian film composer
- G. Ramanathan, Indian film composer
- Vanitha Rangaraju, animator, Industrial Light & Magic[1]
- Ranjan, Tamil film actor
- Renuka, Indian film actress[2]
- Roshini, Indian playback singer[3]
- Javar Seetharaman, Tamil writer, playwright and Tamil film actor
- Gunasekaran Sundarraj, miniature artist, social worker
- Vaali, Tamil film lyricist, screenwriter
- James Vasanthan, Tamil film composer
- Kovalan, Tamil folk singer
- Arya,indian film actor
- Vijay Antony,Tamil film composer
- Balaji Mohan,Tamil film director
- E. Saravanakumar, Mimicry artist
- Kaka Radhakrishnan,Tamil film actor
- Renuka,Tamil television actress
- Chandni,Tamil cinema actress
- Gobinath Chandran,Tamil Television anchor, Journalist and Reporter
- Karunakaran,Tamil film comedy actor
- Hema Malini, Indian film star
Literature
- V. V. S. Aiyar, Indian independence activist, Tamil writer
- Madhan, cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic
- Manushyaputhiran (S. Abdul Hameed), poet, writer, lyricist, publisher
- Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker
- Kundalam Rangachariar, Sanskrit scholar
- Sujatha Rangarajan, Tamil writer, engineer, novelist, Tamil film screenwriter
- Kalki Sadasivam, co-founder of Kalki
Military
- Valentine Munbee McMaster, British military personnel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Mariappan Saravanan, Indian military personnel, recipient of Vir Chakra
- T N Krishnan, Border Roads Organisation
Politics and administration
- F. G. Natesa Iyer, Indian National Congress leader from South India, Tamil dramatist
- M. R. Sethuratnam Iyer, former Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency
- T. V. Seshagiri Iyer, Indian lawyer and politician
- T. S. S. Rajan, Indian independence activist, Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939
- Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP spokesperson and incumbent Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry and Finance
- K. Subrahmanyam, former strategic affairs analyst of India and journalist
- P. Rathinavelu Thevar, Chairperson of the Trichinopoly Municipality from 1924 to 1946 and former Vice-President of the Justice Party
- K. A. P. Viswanatham, Tamil scholar, activist and General secretary of Justice Party until 1940
Science
- Pulney Andy, first Indian to receive a British medical degree
- N. Mathrubootham, medical practitioner, counselor and psychiatrist
- C. V. Raman, Nobel laureate in Physics and Bharat Ratna recipient[4]
Sports
- Arokia Rajiv, Track and field athlete specialised in 400 metres.[5][6]
- Charles Cornelius, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper and Olympic medallist
- Francis Monkland, former English first-class cricketer
- Francis Wyatt, former English first-class cricketer[7]
- Leslie Fernandez, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper
- Rajagopal Sathish, Indian first-class all rounder, captain of Indian World Team in the former Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ S.R. Ashok Kumar (17 April 2009). "My First Break". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ S. Aishwarya (5 June 2008). "Roshini: looking forward to melodies". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Ramans effect on Bangalore". IBNLive. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Arokia Rajiv - Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Our boy Arokia Rajiv makes it to Rio Olympics". The Times of India (17 July 2016). Trichy. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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