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The following is a list of notable people from [[Madurai]], [[India]].<br />
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== Religious figures ==<br />
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* [[Manikkavacakar]]<br />
* [[Mangayarkkarasiyar]]<br />
* [[Kulachirai Nayanar]]<br />
* [[Santhananda]]<br />
* [[Bodhisena]]<br />
* [[Chithalai Chathanar]]<br />
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== Scholars ==<br />
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* [[Vida Dutton Scudder]]<br />
* [[Augustus De Morgan]]<br />
* [[S. Subramania Iyer]]<br />
* [[Solomon Pappaiah]]<br />
* [[Ganapathy Baskaran]]<br />
* [[Sridhar Sundar Raman]]<br />
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==Dancers==<br />
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* [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] - [[Bharatanatyam]] Dancer, Founder [[Kalakshetra]]<br />
* [[Anita Ratnam]] - Indian classical and contemporary dancer.<br />
* [[Sridhar Sundar Raman - Classical Belly Dancer ]]<br />
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== Entrepreneurs and business leaders ==<br />
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* [[Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar]]- [[Indian independence activist]], industrialist and the founder of [[Thiagarajar College of Engineering]] and [[Thiagarajar school of management]]<br />
* [[Sundar Pichai]] - CEO of [[Alphabet Inc.]] and its subsidiary [[Google Inc.]]<br />
* [[RajaShree Birla]] -wife of [[Adhitya Birla]]<br />
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== Journalists and Authors ==<br />
* [[Chitra Bharucha]]-Former Vice Chairman of the [[BBC Trust]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/01/ditn_chitra_bha.html|title=DITN: Chitra Bharucha, acting head of the BBC|publisher=|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064457/http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/01/ditn_chitra_bha.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Social Activists ==<br />
* [[Gopi Shankar Madurai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/One-Who-Fights-For-an-Other/2015/04/13/article2756559.ece|title=One Who Fights For an Other|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> - [[The Commonwealth]] Awardee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/finalists-2016-commonwealth-youth-worker-awards-announced|title=Finalists of 2016 Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards announced - The Commonwealth|website=thecommonwealth.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Gender-rights-activist-shortlisted-for-international-award/articleshow/54968127.cms|title=Gender rights activist shortlisted for international award - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Youngest candidate in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly [[Intersex]] & [[Genderqueer]] person to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/intersex-person-to-contest-from-madurai-north/article8539185.ece|title=Intersex person to contest from Madurai North|date=30 April 2016|publisher=|via=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/tamil-nadu-elections-2016/news/3rd-gender-gets-a-new-champion-in-Tamil-Nadu-poll-ring/articleshow/51935940.cms|title=3rd gender gets a new champion in Tamil Nadu poll ring - Times of India|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Intersex-candidate-alleges-harassment/articleshow/52197962.cms|title=Intersex candidate alleges harassment - Times of India|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/intersex-person-contesting-tn-polls-ze-wants-change-your-mind-sexual-minorities-42103|title=This intersex person is contesting TN polls, 'ze' wants to change your mind on sexual minorities|date=24 April 2016|publisher=}}</ref><br />
* [[S. Swapna]] - first Indian transgender to take the TNPSC recruitment exam for public service employees in the Tamil Nadu state<br />
* [[Narayanan Krishnan]]<br />
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== Literature ==<br />
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* [[Karmegha Konar]]<br />
* [[S. Abdul Rahman]]<br />
* [[S. Venkatesan]]<br />
* [[Kausalya Hart]]<br />
* [[Muhammed Metha]]<br />
* [[Ba.Venkatesan]]<br />
* [[Dr.S.Tamilarasan (Madurai Sellur Upaathiyaayar)]]<br />
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==Music==<br />
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* [[M.S. Subbulakshmi]]<br />
* [[T. N. Seshagopalan]]<br />
* Madurai T. Srinivasan<br />
* [[Madurai Mani Iyer]]<br />
* [[T. M. Soundararajan]]<br />
* [[Ramnad Raghavan]]<br />
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== Film Industry==<br />
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* [[Bharathiraja]]<br />
* [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
* [[Maniratnam]]<br />
* [[Ameer (director)]]<br />
* [[Bala (director)]]<br />
* [[Cheran (director)]]<br />
* [[Chimbu Deven]]<br />
* [[Kanika (actress)|Kanika]]<br />
* [[Karthik Subbaraj]]<br />
* [[Ramarajan]]<br />
* [[M. Sasikumar]]<br />
* [[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]]<br />
* [[Susi Ganeshan]]<br />
* [[Vivek (actor)]]<br />
* [[Vadivelu]]<br />
* [[Vijay Sethupathi]]<br />
* [[Vijayakanth]]<br />
* [[Samudrakani]]<br />
* [[G. Gnanasambandam]]<br />
* [[Pattimandram Raja]]<br />
* [[C. V. Kumar]]<br />
* [[Soori (actor)]]<br />
* [[Srinivasan (Tamil actor)]]<br />
* [[Velraj]]<br />
* [[Shanmugarajan]]<br />
* [[Ganja Karuppu]]<br />
* [[Pandi (actor)]]<br />
* [[Meenal]]<br />
* [[Jayam Ravi]]<br />
* [[Mohan Raja]]<br />
* [[Robo Shankar]]<br />
* [[Atlee (director)]]<br />
* [[Shanmuga Bharathi (Writer, Vellaipookal)]]<br />
* [[Solomon Pappaiah]]<br />
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== Politicians and Public Servants ==<br />
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* [[Mayandi Bharathi]]<br />
* [[P. T. Rajan]]<br />
* [[Palanivel Rajan]]<br />
* [[Palanivel Thiagarajan]]<br />
* [[Jana Krishnamurthi]]<br />
* [[Nirmala Sitharaman]], Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Commerce & Industry<br />
* [[R. Chidambara Bharathi]]<br />
* [[P. Mohan]]<br />
* [[Angidi Chettiar]] - Former Vice President of [[Mauritius|Maurit]]<nowiki/>us <br />
* [[A. Vaidyanatha Iyer]]<br />
* [[S. K. Balakrishnan]]<br />
* [[S. Muthu]]<br />
* [[Pazha Nedumaran]]<br />
* [[P. Amudha]]<br />
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== Sportsmen ==<br />
* [[A. Palanisamy]]<br />
* [[Magesh Chandran Panchanathan]]<br />
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== Software ==<br />
* [[Sundar Pichai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Madurai, People from}}<br />
[[Category:People from Madurai|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people by city in India|Madurai]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people from Tamil Nadu|Madurai]]</div>
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