List of people from Coimbatore explained
The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or from the city of Coimbatore, India.
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- Kanagaraj, Lokesh (born 1986) director and screenwriter[36]
- Kandasamy, V.P. politician[37]
- Kandaswamy, K.V. (19262008) politician[38]
- Karivaradhan, Sundaram (19541995) autoracer[39]
- Karthick, Arun (born 1992) director[40]
- Karthik, Sabari (born 1990) karate player[41]
- Karthikeyan, Narain (born 1977) autoracer[42]
- Kathir, S. R. (born 1978) cinematographer[43]
- Kousik, Jagatheesan (born 1995) cricketer[44]
- Krishnan, Parvati (19192015) politician][45]
- Kumar, Anupama (born 1974) actor[46]
- Kumar, Rajesh (born 1947) writer[47]
- Kumaraswamy, Sounthirajan inventor[48]
- Kuppuswami Naidu, G. (18841942) entrepreneur[49]
- Kuppuswamy, C. K. (born 1932) politician[50]
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- Radhakrishnan, C. P. (born 1957) politician[82]
- Raghavendra, Harish (born 1976) playback singer[83]
- Raj, P.L. (19342002) choreographer[84]
- Ramalingam, T.A. (18811952) politician[85]
- Ramanathan, M. (19342019) politician[86]
- Ramani, R.V. (born 1947) doctor[87]
- Ramraj, Nithya (born 1988) athlete[88]
- Ramraj, Vithya (born 1988) athlete[88]
- Ratnasabhapathy, C.S. (18861956) industrialist[89]
- Rajakantham, C.T. (19172002) actor[90]
- Ramachandran, K.V. (19172002) music critic[91]
- Ramani, K. (19162006) politician[92]
- Ravi, Athulya (born 1994) actor[93]
- Renga Iyengar, Kasturi (18591923) journalist and politician
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- Sahasranamam, S.V. (19131988) actor[94]
- Sai Pallavi (born 1992) actor[95]
- Saleem, Mohammed environmental activist[96]
- Sarala (born 1962) actor[97]
- Saravanan, K.V. (born 1966) director[98]
- Sathyaraj (born 1954) actor and director[99]
- Senthil Kumar, U. K (born 1972) cinematographer[100]
- Shanmugavel, M. (19272007) journalist[101]
- Shanmukham, R. K. (18921953) industrialist and politician[102]
- Sinclair, Adam (born 1984) hockey player[103]
- Sivakumar (born 1941) actor and public speaker[104]
- Sreenivasan, Kasturiswami (19171991) scientist[105]
- Sreeram Kumar, D. (born 1971) armed forces[106]
- Srinivas, Aushik (born 1993) cricketer[107]
- Srinivasan, Vanathi (born 1970) politician[108]
- Sriramulu, S.M. (19101976) film producer[109]
- Subbarayan, K. (born 1952) politician[110]
- Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V. (18751969) historian[111]
- Subramani, Sashikumar (born 1982) actor[112]
- Sundaram, V.A. (18961967) independence activist[113]
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- Vaidyanathan, Nirupama (born 1976) tennis player[118]
- Vaishnav, G.R. (born 1990) volleyball player[119]
- Vasanth, SAC (born 1974) magician[120]
- Vasudev, Jaggi (born 1957) spiritual guru[121]
- Vasudevan, Mini (born 1965) activist[122]
- Velumani, S.P. (born 1969) politician[123]
- Venkatapathy, Adhithya (born 1990) musician and actor[124]
- Venugopal, Siddharth (born 1985) actor[125]
- Vijay, Pa (born 1974) lyricist[126]
- Vincent, Swamikannu (18831942) cinema producer and pioneer[127]
- Virali-Murugesan, Ranjeet (born 1985) tennis player[128]
- Vishwanath, Vichu (born 1960) actor[129]
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