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.

A

• Aathmika (born 1993) actor^[1]
• Arjunan, K. (born 1957) politician^[2]
• Anand, Balu (19542006) director^[3]
• Anand, Vijay (born 1969) politician^[4]
• Annadurai, Mylswamy (born 1958) scientist^[5]
• Annam, Semmalar (born 1990) actor^[6]
• Arunkumar, P. R. G. (born 1992) politician^[7]
• Avinashilingam, T. S. (19031991) educationist and politician^[8]
• Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan (1991) actor ^[9]

B

• Bakthavathsalam, G. (born 1942) doctor^[10]
• Baladhandayutham, K. (19181973) politician^[11]
• Balaji, Sriram (born 1990) tennis player^[12]
• Balakrishnan, Jayanthasri (born 1957) public speaker^[13]

C

• Chenna Keshu, Subramanyan (19252023) armed forces^[14]
• Chinnappa Thevar, M. M. A. (19151978) film producer^[15]

D

• Damodaran, G. R. (19141986) educationist^[16]
• Dhanapal, Guru (19592014) director^[17]
• Dinakaran, Padma (born 1966) music director^[18]
• Doraisamy, R. politician^[19]
• Doraiswamy, Gopalswamy (18931974) inventor and engineer^[20]
• Durairaj, Nandha (born 1977) actor^[21]
• Duraisamy, Thennavan (born 1966) actor^[22]

G

• Ghibran (born 1980) music director^[23]
• Gnani (19352020) writer^[24]
• Gopalan, Kasturi (18901974) journalist^[25]
• Goundamani (born 1939) actor^[26]
• Govindarajan, Mirudhubashini (born 1947) doctor^[27]
• Govindasamy, P.S. (18561918) educator and philanthropist^[28]
• Govindaswamy, K. (19071995) industrialist^[29]

H

• Hande, H. V. (born 1927) doctor and politician^[30]
• Hariharan, Githa (born 1954) author^[31]
• Harvey, Andrew (born 1952) author, religious speaker^[32]

J

• Jagadeesan, Narayan (born 1995) cricketer^[33]
• Jayapal, Susheela (born 1962) American politician^[34]
• Jayaram, K.R. politician^[35]
• Jejjala, Vishnu (born 1975) physicist

K

• 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]

L

• Lakshmanan, V.K. (19322012) politician^[51]
• Lakshmi, C.S. (born 1944) writer^[52]
• Lakshmi, Pavithra (born 1994) actor^[53]
• Lakshmikanthan, Ashwin Kumar (born 1991) actor^[54]
• Lakshminarayan, K.G. (born 1953) former cricket player and umpire^[55]
• Leelakrishnan N. (born 1964) autoracer^[56]
• Leon, Cottalango (born 1971) technician^[57]

M

• Mahalingam, N. (19232014) industrialist^[58]
• Mahesh, Jaya (born 1969) model^[59]
• Malaravan, T. politician^[60]
• Manivannan, S.S. (19542013) actor and director^[61]
• McCarthy, Charles (18991977) cricketer^[62]
• Murugadas, Pithukuli (19202015) singer^[63]
• Muruganantham, Arunachalam (born 1961) entrepreneur^[64]
• Muthuraj, T. (born 1969) production designer^[65]

N

• Nagarajan, P (born 1963) politician^[66]
• Natarajan, P.R. (born 1950) politician^[67]
• Natarajan, Priyamvada (born 1985) scientist^[68]
• Nanammal, V. (19202019) yoga teacher^[69]
• Narasimhalu, S. P. (18541922) entrepreneur and politician^[70]
• Narayan Rao, C. R. (18821960) scientist^[71]
• Naren, Karthick (born 1994) film director^[72]
• Naren Kumar, V.R. (born 1974) autoracer^[73]

O

• Om Prakash (born 1978) cinematographer^[74]

P

• Palanisami, V.C. (died 1965) politician^[75]
• Palanisamy, N. (born 1948) politician^[76]
• Pathy, Rajshree (born 1956) businesswoman^[77]
• Prabhu, Leo (born 1933) author^[78]
• Prahalad, C.K. (19412010) economist^[79]
• Preman, Uma (born 1970) social worker^[80]
• Pulamaipithan (19352021) author^[81]

R

• 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

S

• 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]

T

• Thamarai (born 1965) lyricist^[114]
• Thangadurai, Michael (born 1983) actor^[115]
• Thyagarajan, Jaya (born 1956) artist.^[116]

U

• Unnikrishnan, K. P. (born 1936) politician^[117]

V

• 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]

W

• Williams, Shanthi (born 1958) actor^[130]

Y

• Yoganathan, M. (born 1969) activist^[131]

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