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[[Iyengar]]s are an ethnoreligious group with origins in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].
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==Cinema==
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* [[Vasundhara Das]] (b. 1977) – Indian actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |title=Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview |publisher=Sify.com |accessdate=3 January 2013 |quote=I’m a Tamil [[Hebbar Iyengar|Hebbar]] girl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209174330/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} [[Iyengar|Iyengars]] are an ethnoreligious group with origins in the Indian states of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]].
* [[Hema Malini]] (b. 1948) – Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=8prkUKTKLIK8rAesv4GQBA&id=8L8aAQAAIAAJ&dq=hema+malini+iyengar&q=iyengar#search_anchor|title=India Today International|page=23<br> Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "''I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...''"|publisher=Living Media International Limited|year=2004}}</ref>


==Diplomats, bureaucrats, administrators and politicians==
== Actors ==
* [[Jayalalithaa]] – Indian actress and politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/i-dont-think-anyone-has-taken-more-criticism-than-i-have-jaya-told-simi-garewal-1546016.html |title=Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview |publisher=newindianexpress.com}}</ref>
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* [[C. Vijayaraghavachariar]] – The Lion of South India.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramaswami |title=C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920 |publisher=Congress Sandesh |url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/c_vijayaraghavachariar.htm |accessdate=26 December 2012}}</ref>
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* [[Charuhasan]] (b. 1931) - Indian actor
* [[Vasundhara Das]] (b. 1977) – Indian actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209174330/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005413&cid=2408 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |accessdate=3 January 2013 |website=[[Sify]] |quote=I’m a Tamil [[Hebbar Iyengar|Hebbar]] girl}}</ref>
* [[Akshara Haasan]] (b. 1991) - Indian actress
* [[Kamal Haasan]] (b. 1954) Indian actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Priya |title=I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan |newspaper=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/i-get-devastated-at-the-idea-of-marriage-shruti-haasan/articleshow/20084486.cms? |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
* [[Shruti Haasan]] (b. 1986) - Indian actress
* [[Anu Hasan]] (b. 1970) - Indian actress and talk show host
* [[Amrutha Iyengar]] (b. 1996) - Indian actress
* [[Kalyan Kumar]](1928-1999)- Indian actor
* [[R. Madhavan]] (b. 1970)- Indian actor
* [[Y. G. Mahendran]] (b.1950)-Tamil film actor
* [[Hema Malini]] (b. 1948) – Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L8aAQAAIAAJ&q=iyengar |title=India Today International |publisher=Living Media International Limited |year=2004 |page=23<br> Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "''I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...''"}}</ref>
* [[Suhasini Maniratnam]] (b. 1961) - Indian actress
* [[T. G. Raghavachari]] - Filmmaker
* [[ Major Sundarrajan]] (b.1931)-Tamil film actor
* [[Vyjayanthimala]] (b. 1936) - Indian actress


==References==
== Politicians and bureaucrats ==
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* [[M. A. Ayyangar]] (1891 - 1978) - 1st [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]], 2nd [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]], 5th [[Governor of Bihar]]
* [[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]] - 2nd [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
* [[N. Gopalaswami]], 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]]
* [[H. V. R. Iengar]] - 6th Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (1948 - 2016) – Indian actress and politician, former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/i-dont-think-anyone-has-taken-more-criticism-than-i-have-jaya-told-simi-garewal-1546016.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151636/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/i-dont-think-anyone-has-taken-more-criticism-than-i-have-jaya-told-simi-garewal-1546016.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2016 |publisher=newindianexpress.com}}</ref>
* [[T. T. Krishnamachari]] - 4th [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
* [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]] - 1st [[Governor of Telangana]]
* [[K. Parasaran]] - 6th [[Attorney-General for India]]
* [[Mohan Parasaran]] - 22nd [[Solicitor General of India]]
* [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)]] - 7th [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]]
* [[C. Rajagopalachari]] - The last governor general of India & Chief Minister of Madras
* [[Raghuram Rajan]] - 23rd Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[C. Rangarajan]] - 19th Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[C. V.  Rungacharlu]], the 14th [[diwan of Mysore]]
* [[K. Santhanam]], 1st [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]] (Minister of State)
* [[Nirmala Sitharaman]] - Current Finance Minister of India, Bharatiya Janata party.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 July 2014 |title=A power couple whom AP looks up to &#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/a-power-couple-whom-ap-looks-up-to/articleshow/38766320.cms}}</ref>
* [[Madhavachari Srinivasan]] - Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
* [[Srinivas Varadachariar]] - 1st Indian Chief Justice of [[Federal Court of India]]
* [[C. Vijayaraghavachariar]] – President, Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramaswami |title=C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920 |url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/c_vijayaraghavachariar.htm |accessdate=26 December 2012 |publisher=Congress Sandesh}}</ref>
 
== Musicians ==
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* [[Arjun Ayyangar]] - American Classical Pianist
* [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]] - Indian Carnatic vocalist and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient
* [[Doreswamy Iyengar]] - Indian Carnatic Vainika
* [[Narayan Iyengar]] - [[Gottuvadhyam]] Musician
* [[Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar]]
* [[T. M. Krishna]] -  Indian Carnatic vocalist
* [[P. T. Narasimhachar]] - [[Padma Shri]] Awardee, Playwright and Kannada [[Modern Kannada literature#Navodaya|Navodaya]] poet
* [[Chitravina Narasimhan]] - [[Gottuvadhyam]] Musician
* [[Latha Rajinikanth]] - Film producer and playback singer
* [[Anirudh Ravichander]] - Film music composer
* [[N. Ravikiran]] - [[Gottuvadhyam]] Musician and Proposer of [[Melharmony]]
* [[T. N. Seshagopalan]] - Harikatha Exponent
* [[Tiger Varadachariar]] - Indian Carnatic Vocalist
* [[Vedavalli]] - Sangita Kala Nidhi
 
== Scholars and academics ==
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* [[T. R. Govindachari]] - natural product chemist known for studies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] Awardee
* [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] (1918 - 2014) - Founder of [[Iyengar Yoga]]
* [[C. N. S. Iyengar]] - Mathematician, Founder of the department of mathematics at [[Karnatak University Dharwad]]
* [[Sujatha Rangarajan]] - screenwriter, novelist, engineer
* [[Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar]] - Kannada poet and author
* [[K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar]] (1908–1999) - Indian writer in English, former vice-chancellor of [[Andhra University]] and winner of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]
* [[Masti Venkatesha Iyengar]] - Jnanapith Awardee and famous Kannada poet and author
* [[P. K. Iyengar]] - Indian nuclear physicist and former director of [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] and chairman of [[Atomic Energy Commission of India]]
* [[Tirumalai Krishnamacharya]] (1888 - 1989) - Yoga teacher, often referred to as the "Father of modern Yoga"
* [[M. S. Narasimhan]] - [[Padma Bhushan]], [[Ordre national du Mérite]], [[King Faisal International Prize for Science]] Awardee. Pioneer in the study of [[Moduli space|moduli spaces]] of [[Holomorphic vector bundle|holomorphic vector bundles]] on [[Projective variety|projective varieties]]
* [[P. T. Narasimhan]] pioneer of computational chemistry in India and a professor at the [[IIT Kanpur]]
* [[Shobhana Narasimhan]] - Computational Nano scientist and [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] Fellow
* [[Indira Parthasarathy]] (b 1930) - writer, playwright, scholar 
* [[K. R. Parthasarathy (probabilist)|K. R. Parthasarathy]] - [[List of TWAS Prize recipients|TWAS Prize in Mathematics]] Awardee and pioneer of quantum stochastic calculus
* [[M. S. Raghunathan]] - Director of National Centre for Mathematics, [[IIT Bombay]]
* [[Kavita Ramanan]] - [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] Awardee and probability theorist
* [[S. Ramanan]] - Indian Mathematician and [[List of TWAS Prize recipients|TWAS Prize in Mathematics]] and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] Awardee
* [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]] (1887 - 1920) - mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, number theory, and continued fractions
* [[C. S. Seshadri]] - Founder of [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]]   
* [[Krishna Srinivas]], poet, founder of World Poetry Society and World Congress of Poets.
* [[Govindan Sundararajan]] - Indian American Mathematician
* [[Raghavan Varadarajan]] - Indian biophysicist and a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Science]]                                               
* [[Veeravalli S. Varadarajan]] - [[Onsager Medal]] Awardee and Professor of Mathematics at [[University of California, Los Angeles]]     
* [[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]] - [[Padma Vibhushan]], [[Abel Prize]] and [[Birkhoff Prize]] awardee known for his contributions to probability theory. 7th Director of [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]]
* [[Usha Vijayaraghavan]] - Indian microbiologist
 
== Sportspersons ==
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* [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] - Indian cricketer
* [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] - Indian cricket captain and international umpire
 
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 21 September 2025

Iyengars are an ethnoreligious group with origins in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Actors[edit | edit source]

Politicians and bureaucrats[edit | edit source]

Musicians[edit | edit source]

Scholars and academics[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2013. I'm a Tamil Hebbar girl
  2. ↑ Gupta, Priya. "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ↑ India Today International. Living Media International Limited. 2004. p. 23
    Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...".
  4. ↑ "Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "A power couple whom AP looks up to | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Ramaswami. "C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920". Congress Sandesh. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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