List of people from Tiruchirappalli
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The following people were born or based their life in the city of Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly, in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Arts
[edit ]Actor
[edit ]- Alex, Tamil film actor and magician
- S. A. Ashokan, Tamil film actor
- M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil film actor
- Bharath, Indian film actor
- Kavin, Tamil television actor and Bigg Boss Tamil 3 contestant
- Napoleon, Indian film actor
- Prasanna, Indian film actor
- Kaka Radhakrishnan, Tamil film actor
- Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil film actor
Actress
[edit ]- Anu Hasan, actress and television host
- Vanitha Krishnachandran, South Indian film actress
- T. A. Madhuram, Tamil film actress
- Renuka, Indian film actress[1]
- Yuvarani, Tamil film actress
Director
[edit ]- Balaji Mohan, Tamil film director
Others
[edit ]- Vanitha Rangaraju, animator, Industrial Light & Magic [2]
- Javar Seetharaman, Tamil writer, playwright and Tamil film actor
- Gunasekaran Sundarraj, miniature artist, social worker
Music
[edit ]Composer
[edit ]- Santhosh Narayanan, Tamil film composer
- T. K. Ramamoorthy, film composer
- G. Ramanathan, film composer
- James Vasanthan, Tamil film composer
Singer
[edit ]- Musiri Subramania Iyer, carnatic musician
- Lalgudi Jayaraman, carnatic musician, including composer, singer and violinist
- Srirangam Kannan, carnatic musician
- Krish, playback singer
- Thiruchi Loganathan, Tamil playback singer
- P. Madhuri, playback singer
- T. L. Maharajan, Tamil playback singer
- A. K. C. Natarajan, carnatic musician
- Roshini, playback singer[3]
Lyricist
[edit ]- Vaali, Tamil film lyricist, screenwriter
Literature
[edit ]- V. V. S. Aiyar, Indian independence activist, Tamil writer
- Madhan, cartoonist, journalist, and film critic
- Manushyaputhiran (S. Abdul Hameed), poet, lyricist, publisher
- Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker
- Kalki Sadasivam, co-founder of Kalki magazine
- Sujatha, engineer, Tamil novelist, Tamil film screenwriter
Military
[edit ]- Valentine Munbee McMaster, British military personnel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Mariappan Saravanan, Indian military personnel, recipient of Vir Chakra
Politics and administration
[edit ]- 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
- Khan Bahadur P. Kalifullah Sahib Rowther, politician and Dewan of Pudukkottai State from 1941 to 1947
- N.M.Kajamian Rowther, businessman, politician and philanthropist
- 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 the Justice Party until 1940
Science
[edit ]- M. A. Aleem, neurologist and first emeritus professor in neurology from Trichy
- N. Mathrubootham, medical practitioner, counselor and psychiatrist
- C. V. Raman, Nobel laureate in Physics and Bharat Ratna recipient[4]
Sports
[edit ]- Charles Cornelius, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper and Olympic medallist
- Leslie Fernandez, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper
- Francis Monkland, former English first-class cricketer
- Arokia Rajiv, track and field athlete; specialised in 400 metres [5] [6]
- Rajagopal Sathish, Indian first-class all rounder, captain of Indian World Team in the former Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition[7]
- Francis Wyatt, former English first-class cricketer [8]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ S.R. Ashok Kumar (17 April 2009). "My First Break". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com . Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Aishwarya, S. (5 June 2008). "Roshini: Looking Forward to Melodies". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Ramans effect on Bangalore". IBNLive. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. 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 . No. 17 July 2016. Trichy . Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 October 2013.