List of people from Tiruchirappalli explained

The following people were born or based their life in Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly.

Arts

Actor

• Alex, Tamil film actor and magician
• S. A. Ashokan, Tamil film actor
• M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil film actor
• Bharath, Indian film actor
• Napoleon, Indian film actor
• Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil film actor
• Prasanna, Indian film actor
• Kaka Radhakrishnan, Tamil film actor
• Kavin, Tamil television actor and Bigg Boss Tamil 3 contestant

Actress

• 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

• Akilan, Indian film director and producer
• Balaji Mohan, Tamil film director

Others

• Vanitha Rangaraju, animator, Industrial Light & Magic^[2]
• Javar Seetharaman, Tamil writer, playwright and Tamil film actor
• Gunasekaran Sundarraj, miniature artist, social worker

Music

Composer

• James Vasanthan, Tamil film composer
• Santhosh Narayanan, Tamil film composer
• T. K. Ramamoorthy, Indian film composer
• G. Ramanathan, Indian film composer

Singer

• Thiruchi Loganathan, Tamil playback singer
• Lalgudi Jayaraman, violinist
• Srirangam Kannan, carnatic musician
• Krish, Indian playback singer
• P. Madhuri, Indian playback singer
• T. L. Maharajan, Tamil playback singer
• Roshini, Indian playback singer^[3]
• A. K. C. Natarajan, carnatic musician
• Musiri Subramania Iyer, carnatic musician

Lyricist

• Vaali, Tamil film lyricist, screenwriter

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
• Sujatha, 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

Politics and administration

• F. G. Natesa Iyer, Indian National Congress leader from South India, Tamil dramatist
• N.M.Kajamian Rowther, businessman, politician and philanthropist
• M. R. Sethuratnam Iyer, former Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency
• T. V. Seshagiri Iyer, Indian lawyer and politician
• Khan Bahadur P. Kalifullah Sahib Rowther, politician and Dewan of Pudukkottai State from 1941 to 1947
• T. S. S. Rajan, Indian independence activist, Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939
• 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

• N. Mathrubootham, medical practitioner, counselor and psychiatrist
• C. V. Raman, Nobel laureate in Physics and Bharat Ratna recipient^[4]
• M.A.Aleem, neurologist and first Emeritus Professor in Neurology from Trichy

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

• Lists of people from India by state

Notes and References

1. News: My First Break. 7 October 2013. The Hindu. 17 April 2009. S.R. Ashok Kumar.
2. Web site: Living in animation!. Rediff.com. 7 October 2013. Arthur J Pais. 19 May 2004.
3. News: Roshini: looking forward to melodies. https://web.archive.org/web/20081007044747/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/05/stories/2008060559860600.htm. dead. 7 October 2008. 7 October 2013. 5 June 2008. The Hindu. S. Aishwarya.
4. Web site: Ramans effect on Bangalore. https://web.archive.org/web/20140310105629/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ramans-effect-on-bangalore/234419-60-119.html. dead. 10 March 2014. IBNLive. 7 October 2013. 28 February 2012.
5. Web site: Arokia Rajiv - Profile. IAAF. 20 August 2016.
6. News: Our boy Arokia Rajiv makes it to Rio Olympics. 20 August 2016. The Times of India. 17 July 2016. Trichy.
7. Web site: Francis Wyatt. ESPNcricinfo. 7 October 2013.
8. Web site: Rajagopal Sathish. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2015.