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The following people were born or based their life in [[Vellore]].<br />
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== Education ==<br />
*[[V. L. Ethiraj]], Founder, [[Ethiraj College for Women]]<br />
* [[G. Viswanathan]], Founder and chancellor, [[Vellore Institute of Technology|VIT University]]<br />
* [[V. M. Muralidharan]], Former Chairman, [[Ethiraj College for Women]]<br />
* [[Benjamin Pulimood]], was the Director/Principal, [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]]<br />
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== Entrepreneurs ==<br />
* [[Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed]], Founder and Managing Director of FARIDA Group<br />
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== Films and Entertainments ==<br />
* [[Viswanathan Ravichandran]], also known as (Aascar V. Ravichandran) is an Indian film producer and distributor<br />
* [[Aravinnd singh|Aravinnd Singh]], Cinematographer of Tamil films [[Demonte Colony]] and [[Aarathu Sinam]]<br />
* [[Dinesh Ravi]], Tamil actor of [[Attakathi]] and [[Visaranai|Visaaranai]] fame<br />
* [[Vishnu Vishal]], Tamil actor<br />
* [[Bhaskar (director)|Bhaskar]], Director of [[Bommarilu]], [[Paragu]], [[Orange (2010 film)|Orange]], [[Ongole Githa]], [[Bangalore Naatkal]]<br />
* [[Aryan (actor)]], Indian film actor<br />
* [[R. Nataraja Mudaliar]], known as the father of Tamil cinema, was a pioneer in the production of silent films<br />
* [[Vellore A. R. Srinivasan]], classical Carnatic musician<br />
* [[Vani Jairam]], playback singer<br />
* [[N. Viswanathan]], Bengali Actor<br />
*[[Thiru]], Tamil film director<br />
* [[Radhika Apte]], Bollywood Actress<br />
* [[ Indhuja Ravichandran]], Tamil film Actress<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
* [[V. S. Vijay]], Indian politician and incumbent member of the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Vellore (State Assembly Constituency)|Vellore constituency]] and Ex-Minister for Health, [[Govt. of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
* [[Abdul Rahman]], Indian politician and former member of the [[15th Lok Sabha|Parliament of India]] from [[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore Constituency]]<br />
* [[C. Abdul Hakim]], Indian politician and businessman<br />
* [[C. Gnanasekaran]], Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu<br />
* [[Durai Murugan]], Indian politician and Ex-Minister for Public Works, [[Govt. of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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== Sports ==<br />
* [[M Tamil Selvan]], won silver medal in 1978 & 1982 [[Commonwealth Games]].<br />
* [[Sathish Sivalingam]], Won gold medal in 77&nbsp;kg category in 2014 & 2018 [[Commonwealth Games]].<br />
* [[Palani Amarnath]], former Player of IPL chennai Superkings and Tamilnadu Ranji Trophy.<br />
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== Scientists ==<br />
* [[C. Mohan]], Well known [[computer scientist]] in [[Silicon Valley]], an [[IBM Fellow]] and the former [[IBM India]] Chief Scientist.<br />
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==Writers==<br />
* [[Azhagiya Periyavan]] (pen name of C.Aravindan), journalist and author<br />
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[[Category:Lists of people from Tamil Nadu|Vellore]]<br />
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