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This is a '''list of notable [[Indian Singaporeans|Singaporean Indians]]'''.
This is a '''list of notable [[Indian Singaporeans|Singaporean Indians]]'''.


==Academicians==
==Academicians==
* [[Kishore Mahbubani]]
* [[Shan Ratnam]] - professor and head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the National University Hospital of Singapore
* [[Shan Ratnam]] - professor and head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the National University Hospital of Singapore
* [[Kishore Mahbubani]]
* [[Abhimanyu Goel]] - Researcher and architect


==Actors, actresses and models==
==Actors, actresses and models==
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* [[Kumar (Singaporean entertainer)|Kumar]] - comedian, television host, actor, and drag queen
* [[Kumar (Singaporean entertainer)|Kumar]] - comedian, television host, actor, and drag queen
* [[Michelle Saram]]
* [[Michelle Saram]]
* [[Nuraliza Osman]] - beauty queen who represented Singapore at the Miss Universe 2002
* [[Pilar Arlando]] - Miss Singapore World for 2009-2010
* [[Pilar Arlando]] - Miss Singapore World for 2009-2010
* [[Rathi Menon]] - model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Singapore Universe 2014
* [[Rathi Menon]] - model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Singapore Universe 2014
* [[Nuraliza Osman]] - beauty queen who represented Singapore at the Miss Universe 2002


==Arts and entertainment==
==Arts and entertainment==
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==Businessmen==
==Businessmen==
* [[Naraina Pillai]] - social entrepreneur and businessman; spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period; of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore
* [[G. Ramachandran]]
* [[G. Ramachandran]]
* [[Thomas Thomas (trade unionist)|Thomas Thomas ]]
* [[Naraina Pillai]] - social entrepreneur and businessman
* [[Thomas Thomas (politician)|Thomas Thomas]]
* [[Bhupendra Kumar Modi]]
* [[G. S. Sareen]],[[Omni United]]
* [[Karan Singh Thakral]]
* [[Saurabh Mittal]]
* [[Piyush Gupta]],banker
* [[Vinod Kannan]]
* [[Rajeev Suri]]


==Criminals==
==Criminals==
* [[Julaiha Begum]], wife of murdered ex-cop T Maniam who was executed in 2001 for instigating her husband's murder.
* [[Gaiyathiri Murugayan]], maid abuser and killer
* [[Mathavakannan Kalimuthu]], Singaporean convicted murderer who was granted [[clemency]] by then [[President of Singapore]] [[Ong Teng Cheong]] and placed under [[life imprisonment]].
* [[Julaiha Begum]], wife of murdered ex-cop T Maniam for instigating her husband's murder.
* [[Gaiyathiri Murugayan]], Singaporean maid abuser and killer who was serving 30 years in prison for abusing and killing her Myanmar maid.
* [[Kalidass Sinnathamby Narayanasamy]], an army lance corporal sentenced to death for molesting and killing his seven-year-old niece.
* [[Mathavakannan Kalimuthu]], convicted murderer who was granted [[clemency]] by then [[President of Singapore]] [[Ong Teng Cheong]] and placed under [[Life imprisonment in Singapore|life imprisonment]].
*[[Maniam Rathinswamy]] and [[S. S. Asokan]], the two security guards responsible for killing a loan shark.
*[[Nadarajah Govindasamy]], a businessman executed in 1977 for killing the fiancé of his daughter
*[[Surajsrikan Diwakar Mani Tripathi]], a 20-year-old unemployed man who murdered a jogger at Punggol Field.
*[[Shanmugam Murugesu]], a drug trafficker and former sports athlete who was executed in 2005
*[[Pulau Senang prison riots|Somasundarajoo s/o Vengdasalam, Somasundram s/o Subramaniam and Ponapalam s/o Govindasamy]], the three Indians who were among the eighteen rioters hanged for killing four prison officers during the [[Pulau Senang riots]]
*[[Vasavan Sathiadew]], who killed his foster brother
*[[S. Nagarajan Kuppusamy]], a lorry driver hanged for killing a prison warden
*[[Saminathan Subramaniam]], a convicted criminal jailed for manslaughter
*[[Tangaraju Suppiah]], drug trafficker
*[[Bala Kuppusamy]], serial rapist
*[[G. Krishnasamy Naidu]], a former taxi driver sentenced to life imprisonment for killing and decapitating his wife
*[[Soosainathan Dass Saminathan]], a jobless man hanged for the rape and murder of an Indonesian baby girl
*Stephen Francis, Richard James and Konesekaram Nagalingam, the three Indian teenagers hanged for the [[Gold Bars triple murders]] of 1971
*[[Sagar Suppiah Retnam]], a gang leader of [[Ang Soon Tong]] who was executed for killing a bystander during a gang clash
*[[Anbuarsu Joseph]], a gang leader of Gi Leng Kiat who was executed for murder
*[[Gunasegaran Ramasamy]], a convicted robber jailed for stabbing a woman to death


==Doctors==
==Doctors==
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==Lawyers==
==Lawyers==
* [[Davinder Singh]]
* [[Davinder Singh (lawyer)|Davinder Singh]]
* [[Eugene Thuraisingam]] - Human rights lawyer
* [[Glenn Knight]] - Singaporean lawyer and the first Director of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)
* [[Glenn Knight]] - Singaporean lawyer and the first Director of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)
* [[Rajesh Sreenivasan]]
* [[Rajesh Sreenivasan]]
* [[Subhas Anandan]] - prominent criminal lawyer in Singapore
* [[Subhas Anandan]] - prominent criminal lawyer in Singapore
* [[Eugene Thuraisingam]] - Human rights lawyer


==Legal authorities and diplomats==
==Legal authorities and diplomats==
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* [[Gopinath Pillai]]
* [[Gopinath Pillai]]
* [[K. S. Rajah|Kasinather Saunthararajah]] - Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
* [[K. S. Rajah|Kasinather Saunthararajah]] - Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
* [[Ravinder Singh (general)|Ravinder Singh]] - Singaporean former army general
* [[Sundaresh Menon]] - Chief Justice of Singapore; former Attorney-General of Singapore; first ethnic Indian to hold both posts
* [[T. S. Sinnathuray]] - former Singaporean Supreme Court judge
* [[T. S. Sinnathuray]] - former Singaporean Supreme Court judge
* [[Sundaresh Menon]] - Chief Justice of Singapore; former Attorney-General of Singapore; first ethnic Indian to hold both posts
* [[V. K. Rajah|Vijaya Kumar Rajah]] - current Attorney-General of Singapore
* [[V. K. Rajah|Vijaya Kumar Rajah]] - current Attorney-General of Singapore
* [[Ravinder Singh (general)|Ravinder Singh]] - Singaporean former army general
 
==Literary figures==
==Literary figures==
* [[M. Balakrishnan]] - Singaporean author, popularly known by his pen name Ma Ilangkannan; first Tamil writer to receive the South East Asian Writers Award in 1982
* [[Chandran Nair]] - Singaporean poet and retired Director and Mediator of UNESCO
* [[Chandran Nair]] - Singaporean poet and retired Director and Mediator of UNESCO
* [[Edwin Thumboo]]
* [[Edwin Thumboo]]
* [[Janadas Devan]] - Singaporean journalist
* [[Janadas Devan]] - Singaporean journalist
* [[M. Balakrishnan]] - Singaporean author, popularly known by his pen name Ma Ilangkannan; first Tamil writer to receive the South East Asian Writers Award in 1982
* [[V. R. Gopala Pillai]]
* [[V. R. Gopala Pillai]]


==Musicians==
==Musicians==
* [[Shabir]] - award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil
* [[Lady Kash and Krissy|Krissy]] - rapper and singer
* [[Lady Kash]] - award-winning international rapper and songwriter
* [[Lady Kash]] - award-winning international rapper and songwriter
* [[Lady Kash and Krissy|Krissy]] - rapper and singer
* [[Paul Abisheganaden]] - conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
* [[Paul Abisheganaden]] - conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
* [[Priyadarshini (singer)|Priyadarshini]] - playback singer, researcher and performer whose works are predominantly in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] cinema industries.
* [[Shabir]] - award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil
* [[Shabir]] - award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil


==Politicians==
==Politicians==
===Ruling party===
 
* [[Devan Nair]] - 3rd President of Singapore
* [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]] - current [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore]]
* [[K. Shanmugam]] - Minister for Foreign Affairs
* [[Vivian Balakrishnan]] - Minister for Environment and Water Resources
* [[Vivian Balakrishnan]] - Minister for Environment and Water Resources
* [[S. Dhanabalan]]
* [[S. Dhanabalan]]
* [[Hri Kumar Nair]]
* [[Indranee Rajah]]
* [[S. Iswaran]]
* [[S. Iswaran]]
* [[S. Jayakumar|Prof. Shunmugam Jayakumar]] - previously served as Singapore's Senior Minister in the Cabinet and the Co-ordinating Minister for National Security from 2009 to 2011, Deputy Prime Minister from 2004 to 2009, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2004, Minister for Home Affairs from 1988 to 1994, Minister for Law from 1988 to 2008, and Minister for Labour from 1984 to 1985
* [[S. Jayakumar (Singaporean politician)|S. Jayakumar]] - politician, diplomat, lawyer and author
* [[Devan Nair|J B Jeyeratnam]]
* [[Devan Nair]] - 3rd President of Singapore
* [[Hri Kumar Nair]]
* [[Indranee Rajah]]
* [[K. Shanmugam]] - Minister for Foreign Affairs
* [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]] - current [[President of Singapore]]
* [[Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)|Pritam Singh]] - [[Leader of the Opposition (Singapore)|Leader of the Opposition]], Secretary-General of the [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
* [[Paul Tambyah]] - chairman of the [[Singapore Democratic Party]] and infectious diseases consultant


==Religious==
==Religious==
* [[Rennis Ponniah]] - 9th Bishop of Singapore
* [[Rennis Ponniah]] - 9th Bishop of Singapore
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==Sportspeople==
==Sportspeople==


===Athletics===
===Athletics===
* [[C Kunalan]]
* [[Kesavan Soon]]
* [[Kesavan Soon]]


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* [[Ram Shanker]]
* [[Ram Shanker]]
* [[Rhysh Roshan Rai]]
* [[Rhysh Roshan Rai]]
* [[Madhu Mohana]] - Singaporean footballer


===Tennis===
===Tennis===
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===Petanque===
===Petanque===
* [[Shanti Prakash Upadhayay]]
* [https://www.shantiprakash.com Shanti Prakash Upadhayay]
 
==Others==
* [[Satheesh Noel Gobidass]], victim of an alleged murder case at [[Orchard Towers]] in 2019


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 10:23, 2 September 2025


This is a list of notable Singaporean Indians.

Academicians[edit | edit source]

Actors, actresses and models[edit | edit source]

Arts and entertainment[edit | edit source]

Businessmen[edit | edit source]

Criminals[edit | edit source]

Doctors[edit | edit source]

Deejays and television personalities[edit | edit source]

Lawyers[edit | edit source]

Legal authorities and diplomats[edit | edit source]

Literary figures[edit | edit source]

Musicians[edit | edit source]

  • Krissy - rapper and singer
  • Lady Kash - award-winning international rapper and songwriter
  • Paul Abisheganaden - conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
  • Priyadarshini - playback singer, researcher and performer whose works are predominantly in the Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi cinema industries.
  • Shabir - award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil

Politicians[edit | edit source]

Religious[edit | edit source]

Sportspeople[edit | edit source]

Athletics[edit | edit source]

Cricket[edit | edit source]

Football and soccer[edit | edit source]

Tennis[edit | edit source]

Petanque[edit | edit source]

Others[edit | edit source]

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