List of people from Chennai
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The following people were born or based their life in Tamil Nadu, formerly known as Madras State:
Arts and language
- R.K. Narayan(1906–2001), writer
- Achuthanand Tanjore Ravi (born 1991), photographer
Business
- Anil Kumar (born 1958), management consultant who pled guilty to insider trading
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google
- Indra Nooyi, Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo
- HCL Technologies
- TVS Motors.
- HCL Technologies
- Mallika Srinivasan, chairman and managing director, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
- N. Srinivasan, chairman and managing director, India Cements Ltd.
- A. Vellayan, chairman, Murugappa Group of Companies
- M. A. M. Ramaswamy, Chettinad Cements Group of Companies and ex-Pro Chancellor, Annamalai University, Chidambaram.
- A. C. Muthiah, former chairman, Southern Petrochemicals of India Corporation (SPIC) group of companies
- Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals
- Naveen Selvadurai, co-founder of Foursquare
- TATA Group
- Keshav R Murugesh, chief executive officer and director of WNS Global Services
- MRF Limited
- Kalanithi Maran, chairman and managing director, Sun Group
- R. G. Chandramogan, chairman of Hatsun Agro Product
- Dora Metcalf, entrepreneur, mathematician and engineer
- Vidya Gajapathi Raju Singh, entrepreneur and journalist
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur & Former vice-chancellor, Anna University
- Bala V. Balachandran, founder, dean and chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management
- RMIT University
- V. L. Ethiraj, founder, Ethiraj College for Women
- Sathyabama University
- Ramayya Krishnan, dean of Heinz College and H. John Heinz III, W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management science and Information systems at Carnegie Mellon University
- V. M. Muralidharan, chairman, Ethiraj College for Women
- Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, founder, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan
- Vallam Sundar, Indian professor
- Subra Suresh, president of Carnegie Mellon University, former dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, former director of the National Science Foundation[1]
Environment
Films and entertainment
- Shivaji Ganesan, actor and the first International Award winner of India
- Rajini Kanth, actor, producer, Screenwriter
- Kamal Haasan, thespian, director, producer, Screenwriter
- Vijay, thespian, actor, playbacksinger, IARA (International achievement recognition award winner)
- Ajith Kumar, thespian and racer
- Vikram, thespian
- Suriya, thespian
- Dhanush, thespian and playback singer and producer
- music composer, winner of multiple awards including two Academy Awards, two Grammys and a Golden Globe
- Anirudh Ravichander, music composer
- Ilaiyaraja, Indian music composer and Symphonic Maestro
- Yuvan Shankar Raja, First Cypress-International-Award Winning Creative music Composer
- Santhanam, actor
- Vijay Yesudas (born 1979), playback singer
- Beatlesdrummer
- Mary Hignett (born 1916), actress
- Engelbert Humperdinck (born 1936), pop singer
- Ashok Amritraj, Hollywood producer
- Padma Lakshmi, cookbook author, actress, model and television host
- Vyjayanthimala, actress
- Hema Malini, actress
- Rekha, actress
- Sridevi, actress
- Sripriya, actress
- Srividya, actress
- Jayasudha, actress
- Jayabharathi, actress
- Lisa Haydon, actress
- S. Janaki, playback singer
- M. S. Viswanathan, music composer
- K. V. Mahadevan, music composer
- S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, music composer, playback singer
- Sumalatha, actress
- Lakshmi Narayan, actress
- Mahesh Babu, actor
- Allu Arjun, actor
- Ram Charan Teja, actor
- Lakshmi Manchu, actress
- Sundeep Kishan, actor
- Priya Anand, actress
- Shruthi Hassan, actress
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu, actress
- Olive Rae, soprano and actress
- Siddharth Narayan, actor
- Trisha, actress
- Arvind Swamy, actor and businessman
- Vijay Sethupathi, thespian
- Sivakarthikeyan, thespian
- Shiva Rajkumar, Kannada actor
- Puneeth Rajkumar, Kannada actor
- Vidya Vox, Indian YouTuber and musician
- Rochelle Rao, Indian actress and Miss India international 2012
Directors
- K.Balachander, Tamil film director
- Mani Ratnam, Tamil film director
- S. Shankar, Tamil film director
- A. R. Murugadoss, Tamil film director
- Selvaraghavan, Tamil film director
- Nalan Kumarasamy, Tamil film director
- Karthik Subburaj, Tamil film director
- Vetrimaran, Tamil film director
- Lokesh Kanagaraj, Tamil film director
Religion
- Jesu Pudumai Doss (b. 1967), Catholic priest, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Canon Law, Salesian Pontifical University, Rome
- Sri Sabhapati Swami (b. 1840), 19th-century yogi and author
- Paruthiyur K. Santhanaraman, author of numerous books on religious topics
Scientists
- Shyamala Gopalan, breast cancer researcher and mother of Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, physics, president of India
- C.V. Raman, Nobel Prize, physics
- Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, physics (co-discoverer of Raman scattering)
- Subra Suresh (see above)
- Kannan Soundararajan, mathematician
- John Henry Constantine Whitehead(1904–1960), British mathematician
- Alan Garnett Davenport, engineer
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel Prize, physics
- M. S. Swaminathan, Agriculture Scientist of India
Social entrepreneurs
Sports
- Buchi Babu Naidu- Father of South Indian Cricket.
- Cotah Ramaswami- Represented India in both International Cricket & Tennis.
- Ravichandran Ashwin- Cricketer
- M.Baliah Naidu- Cricketer
- Aditya Patel (born 1988), Indian professional racing driver
- Viswanathan Anand (born 1969), chess grandmaster and the undisputed world chess champion from 2007 until 2013
- cricketer
- Dinesh Karthik (born 1985), Indian cricketer
- Sharath Kamal (born 1982), India table tennis player
- Hemang Badani, former Indian cricketer
- Subramaniam Badrinath, former Indian cricketer
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth (born 1959), former Indian cricketer
- Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- Murali Vijay (born 1984), current Indian cricketer
- Sadagoppan Ramesh, former Indian cricketer
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, former Indian cricketer
- Thirush Kamini, Indian woman cricketer
- W. V. Raman, former Indian cricketer
- Washington Sundar, Indian cricketer
- Sports Commentatorand actor
- Anand Amritraj (born 1952), tennis player, businessman
- Ramanathan Krishnan, tennis player
- Ramkumar Ramanathan, tennis player
- Ramesh Krishnan, tennis player and coach
- Dipika Pallikal (born 1991), squash player, WISPA titles and first Indian woman to break into the top 10 in the WSA rankings
- Joshna Chinappa (born 1986), squash player, British Squash Championship
- Karun Chandhok (born 1984), racing driver, Formula One and sports commentator
- Rajini Krishnan, Indian Motorcycle racer
- Mahaveer Raghunathan (born 1998), racing driver
- Edward Foord (1825–1899), cricketer
- George Gowan (1818–1890), cricketer
- Jack Pritchard (1895–1936), cricketer
- Roopa Unnikrishnan, former Indian sports-rifle shooter; Commonwealth Games gold medalist
- Dommaraju Gukesh (born 2006), chess grandmaster
- Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 2005), chess grandmaster
- Akbar Ebrahim (born 14 Dec 1963) Indian racing driver, cricketer
Miscellaneous
- Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi Madrasi or Ahmadullah Shah (1787–1858), Indian freedom fighter
- General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, DSO, MBE 6th chief of Indian army (1913–2000)
- Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representative
- Ravivarman Sharmila, carrom champion
- Nugent Grant, lawyer
- Praveena Solomon, crematorium manager
- V. D. Trivadi, humorist
- Abhinandan Varthaman, wing commander in the Indian Air Force
References
- ^ "Leadership at Carnegie Mellon University". cmu.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2015.