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The following people were born or based their life in [[Tamil Nadu]], formerly known as [[Madras State]]:<br />
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== Arts and language ==<br />
*[[R.K. Narayan]] (1906–2001), writer<br />
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== Business ==<br />
*[[Anil Kumar]] (born 1958), management consultant who pled guilty to insider trading<br />
*[[Sundar Pichai]], CEO of [[Google]]<br />
*[[Indra Nooyi]], Chairperson & CEO of [[Pepsi]]Co<br />
*[[Shiv Nadar]], founder and chairman of [[HCL Technologies]]<br />
*[[Venu Srinivasan]], chairman and managing director, [[TVS Motors]].<br />
*[[C Vijayakumar]], CEO of [[HCL Technologies]]<br />
*[[Mallika Srinivasan]], chairman and managing director, [[Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited]] <br />
*[[N. Srinivasan]], chairman and managing director, India Cements Ltd.<br />
*[[A. Vellayan]], chairman, Murugappa Group of Companies<br />
*[[M. A. M. Ramaswamy]], Chettinad Cements Group of Companies and ex-Pro Chancellor, Annamalai University, Chidambaram.<br />
*[[A. C. Muthiah]], former chairman, Southern Petrochemicals of India Corporation (SPIC) group of companies<br />
*[[Prathap C. Reddy]], chairman, [[Apollo Hospitals]]<br />
*[[Bhargav Sri Prakash]], founder & CEO of FriendsLearn, entrepreneur and hedge fund manager<br />
*[[Naveen Selvadurai]], co-founder of [[Foursquare (company)|Foursquare]]<br />
*[[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]], chairperson and current chairman of [[TATA Group]]<br />
*[[Keshav R Murugesh]], chief executive officer and director of [[WNS Global Services]]<br />
*[[K. M. Mammen Mappillai|Rahul Mammen Mappillai]], managing director of [[MRF Limited]]<br />
*[[Kalanithi Maran]], chairman and managing director, [[Sun Group]]<br />
*[[R. G. Chandramogan]], chairman of [[Hatsun Agro Product]]<br />
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== Education ==<br />
*[[V. L. Ethiraj]], founder, [[Ethiraj College for Women]]<br />
*[[Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy]], founder, [[Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan]]<br />
*[[Munirathna Anandakrishnan]], former chairman, [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] & Former vice-chancellor, [[Anna University]]<br />
*[[Bala V. Balachandran]], founder, dean and chairman, [[Great Lakes Institute of Management]]<br />
*[[V. M. Muralidharan]], former chairman, [[Ethiraj College for Women]]<br />
*[[Jeppiaar]], founder, Jeppiaar Educational Trust and founder chancellor, [[Sathyabama University]]<br />
*[[Subra Suresh]], president of [[Carnegie Mellon University]], former dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, former director of the [[National Science Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Leadership at Carnegie Mellon University|url = http://www.cmu.edu/leadership/president-suresh/bio/|website = cmu.edu|accessdate = 4 December 2015}}</ref><br />
*[[Ramayya Krishnan]], dean of Heinz College and H. John Heinz III, W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management science and Information systems at Carnegie Mellon University<br />
*[[Madhu Bhaskaran]], engineer and professor at [[RMIT University]]<br />
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==Environment==<br />
*[[Arun Krishnamurthy]], founder, [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]]<br />
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== Films and entertainment ==<br />
*[[Shivaji Ganesan]], actor and the first International Award winner of India<br />
*[[Rajini Kanth]], actor, producer, Screenwriter<br />
*[[Kamal Haasan]], thespian, director, producer, Screenwriter<br />
*[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], thespian, actor, playbacksinger, IARA (International achievement recognition award winner)<br />
*[[Ajith Kumar]], thespian and racer<br />
*[[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], thespian<br />
*[[Suriya]], thespian<br />
*[[Dhanush]], thespian and playback singer and producer<br />
*[[A. R. Rahman]] (born 1966), [[music composer]], winner of multiple awards including two Academy Awards, two Grammys and a Golden Globe<br />
*[[Anirudh Ravichander]], music composer<br />
*[[Ilaiyaraja]], Indian music composer and Symphonic Maestro<br />
*[[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], First Cypress-International-Award Winning Creative music Composer<br />
*[[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]], actor<br />
*[[Vijay Yesudas]] (born 1979), playback singer<br />
*[[Pete Best]] (born 1941), early [[Beatles]] drummer<br />
*[[Mary Hignett]] (born 1916), actress<br />
*[[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] (born 1936), pop singer<br />
*[[Ashok Amritraj]], Hollywood producer<br />
*[[Padma Lakshmi]], cookbook author, actress, model and television host<br />
*[[Vyjayanthimala]], actress<br />
*[[Hema Malini]], actress<br />
*[[Rekha]], actress<br />
*[[Sridevi]], actress<br />
*[[Sripriya]], actress<br />
*[[Srividya]], actress<br />
*[[Jayasudha]], actress<br />
*[[Jayabharathi]], actress<br />
*[[Lisa Haydon]], actress<br />
*[[S. Janaki]], playback singer<br />
*[[M. S. Viswanathan]], music composer<br />
*[[K. V. Mahadevan]], music composer<br />
*[[S.P. Balasubrahmanyam]], music composer, playback singer<br />
*[[Sumalatha]], actress<br />
*[[Lakshmi Narayan]], actress<br />
*[[Mahesh Babu]], actor<br />
*[[Allu Arjun]], actor<br />
*[[Ram Charan Teja]], actor<br />
*[[Lakshmi Manchu]], actress<br />
*[[Sundeep Kishan]], actor<br />
*[[Priya Anand]], actress<br />
*[[Shruthi Hassan]], actress<br />
*[[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]], actress<br />
*[[Olive Rae]], soprano and actress<br />
*[[Siddharth Narayan]], actor<br />
*[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]], actress<br />
*[[Arvind Swamy]], actor and businessman<br />
*[[Vijay Sethupathi]], thespian<br />
*[[Sivakarthikeyan]], thespian<br />
*[[Shiva Rajkumar]], Kannada actor<br />
*[[Puneeth Rajkumar]], Kannada actor<br />
*[[Vidya Vox]], Indian YouTuber and musician<br />
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==Directors==<br />
*[[K.Balachander]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[Mani Ratnam]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[S. Shankar]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[A. R. Murugadoss]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[Selvaraghavan]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[Nalan Kumarasamy]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[Karthik Subburaj]], Tamil film director<br />
*[[Vetrimaran]], Tamil film director<br />
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== Religion ==<br />
* [[Jesu Pudumai Doss]] (b. 1967), Catholic priest, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Canon Law, [[Salesian Pontifical University]], Rome<br />
* [[Sri Sabhapati Swami]] (b. 1840), 19th-century yogi and author<br />
* [[Paruthiyur K. Santhanaraman]], author of numerous books on religious topics<br />
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== Scientists ==<br />
*[[Shyamala Gopalan]], breast cancer researcher and mother of Vice President of the United States [[Kamala Harris]]<br />
*[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], physics, president of India<br />
*[[C.V. Raman]], Nobel Prize, physics<br />
*[[Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan]], physics (co-discoverer of Raman scattering)<br />
*[[Subra Suresh]] (see above)<br />
*[[Kannan Soundararajan]], mathematician<br />
*[[John Henry Constantine Whitehead]] (1904–1960), British mathematician<br />
*[[Alan Garnett Davenport]], engineer<br />
*[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society<br />
*[[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], Nobel Prize, physics<br />
*[[M. S. Swaminathan]], Agriculture Scientist of India<br />
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== Social entrepreneurs ==<br />
* [[Kirthi Jayakumar]]<br />
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== Sports ==<br />
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*[[Buchi Babu Naidu]]- Father of South Indian Cricket.<br />
*[[Cotah Ramaswami]]- Represented India in both International Cricket & Tennis.<br />
*[[M.Baliah Naidu]]- Cricketer<br />
*[[Aditya Patel]] (born 1988), Indian professional racing driver <br />
*[[Viswanathan Anand]] (born 1969), [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]] and the undisputed world chess champion from 2007 until 2013<br />
*[[Nasser Hussain]] (born 1968), former English [[cricketer]]<br />
*[[Dinesh Karthik]] (born 1985), Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Sharath Kamal]] (born 1982), [[India]] table tennis player<br />
*[[Hemang Badani]], former Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Subramaniam Badrinath]], former Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] (born 1959), former Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Lakshmipathy Balaji]], Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Murali Vijay]] (born 1984), current Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Sadagoppan Ramesh]], former Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]], former Indian cricketer <br />
*[[Thirush Kamini]], Indian woman cricketer<br />
*[[W. V. Raman]], former Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Washington Sundar]], Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Vijay Amritraj]] (born 1953), tennis player, [[Sports Commentator]] and actor<br />
*[[Anand Amritraj]] (born 1952), tennis player, businessman<br />
*[[Ramanathan Krishnan]], tennis player<br />
*[[Ramesh Krishnan]], tennis player and coach<br />
*[[Dipika Pallikal]] (born 1991), squash player, WISPA titles and first Indian woman to break into the top 10 in the [[WSA rankings]]<br />
*[[Joshna Chinappa]] (born 1986), squash player, British Squash Championship<br />
*[[Karun Chandhok]] (born 1984), racing driver, [[Formula One]] and [[sports commentator]]<br />
*[[Rajini Krishnan]], Indian Motorcycle racer<br />
*[[Mahaveer Raghunathan]] (born 1998), racing driver<br />
*[[Edward Foord]] (1825–1899), cricketer<br />
*[[George Gowan]] (1818–1890), cricketer<br />
*[[Ravichandran Ashwin]] , cricketer<br />
*[[Jack Pritchard (cricketer)|Jack Pritchard]] (1895–1936), cricketer<br />
*[[Roopa Unnikrishnan]], former Indian sports-rifle shooter; Commonwealth Games gold medalist<br />
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==Miscellaneous==<br />
*General [[Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam]], DSO, MBE 6th chief of Indian army (1913–2000)<br />
* [[Pramila Jayapal]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]<br />
* [[Ravivarman Sharmila]], carrom champion <br />
* [[Nugent Grant]], lawyer <br />
* [[Praveena Solomon]], crematorium manager<br />
* [[V. D. Trivadi]], humorist<br />
* [[Abhinandan Varthaman]], wing commander in the [[Indian Air Force]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Lists of people by city in India|Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Chennai-related lists|People]]<br />
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