The following is a list of notable Martinians, former pupils and masters of the three schools established by Claude Martin.
- La Martiniere Calcutta in Kolkata, India.
- La Martiniere Lucknow in Lucknow, India.
- La Martiniere Lyon in Lyon, France.
La Martinière Lyon was divided into three independent colleges in the 1960s :
- La Martiniere Monplaisir in Lyon, France.
- La Martiniere Duchère in Lyon, France.
- La Martiniere Diderot in Lyon, France.
Notable Martinians - Calcutta[edit | edit source]
Science[edit | edit source]
- Dr. Gagandeep Kang, vaccine scientist at CMC Vellore (known as India’s 'vaccine godmother'), first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of Royal Society, London.[1]
Business[edit | edit source]
- C K Birla, industrialist.
- Sir Catchick Paul Chater, philanthropist, father of modern Hong Kong, Benefactor of La Martiniere Calcutta.
- Dr. Vijay Mallya, billionaire businessman, chairman of United Breweries and Kingfisher Airlines and a Rajya Sabha MP.
- Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group
- Hemant Kanoria, industrialist, chairman and managing director, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited.
- Pramod Bhasin, founder and first CEO of Genpact.
Sports[edit | edit source]
- Nafisa Ali, swimming champion, actress, former Miss India and politician.
- Ann Lumsden, first woman to win the Arjuna Award for hockey.[2]
- Chhanda Gain, first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest[3]
- Leander Paes, tennis player, India's only medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Captain of the Indian Davis Cup team.
- Enrico Piperno, member of the Indian Tennis team at the 1982 Asian Games and Davis Cup team member.[3]
- Oscar Ward, Light-heavyweight boxer who represented India at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.[4]
Education[edit | edit source]
- John Mason, schoolmaster and educationist.
Entertainment[edit | edit source]
- Ali Fazal, actor.
- Merle Oberon, actress.
- Bikram Ghosh, tabla player.
- Kiran Rao, filmmaker, producer.
- Pritish Nandy, film producer.
- Rajiv Mehrotra, documentary filmmaker, television anchor.
- Anuvab Pal, comedian, author and scriptwriter.
Government[edit | edit source]
- Dr Saiyid Nurul Hasan, historian, Union Minister of Education and former Governor of West Bengal, India.
Journalism[edit | edit source]
- Swapan Dasgupta, journalist, columnist and former managing editor of India Today.
- Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, former editor of The Statesman.
- Jug Suraiya, Associate Editor of the Times of India, author and columnist.
- Sanjoy Narayan, journalist, Editor-in-Chief of the Hindustan Times
- Suhel Seth, columnist and CEO of Counselage, advertising and TV.
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, journalist.
Politics[edit | edit source]
- Brigadier Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo, politician and former Minister.[citation needed]
- Mausam Noor, MP, North Malda, West Bengal, elected 2009
- Chandan Mitra, Member of Parliament and eminent journalist.
Notable Martinians - Lucknow[edit | edit source]
The list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School includes.
Business[edit | edit source]
- Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur.[5]
Defence[edit | edit source]
- Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan, Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan Army.
- Lieutenant General Akhtar Abdur Rahman, Director of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, Masterminded the Jihad against the Soviet Army Pakistan Army.
- Brigadier Leonard Raza, PVSM, soldier, Burma Campaign see note.[6]
Education[edit | edit source]
- Frederick James Rowe, poet, former English teacher at the Lucknow school and composer of the official school song Hail Hail the Name we Own.
Entertainment[edit | edit source]
- Roshan Abbas, TV and radio host.[7]
- Muzaffar Ali, painter, clothing designer and film director /producer.[4]
- Priyanka Chopra, actress and former Miss World in 2000.[8]
- Maureen Wadia, fashion entrepreneur and editor of Gladrags. Her husband is the noted industrialist Nusli Wadia.[9]
- Amit Sadh, Indian television and film actor.
- Ali Fazal, Indian television and film actor.
- George Baker, Indian television and film actor.
Government[edit | edit source]
- Isha Basant Joshi, I.C.S. the first lady officer in the Indian Civil Service and the first Indian girl to be admitted to the Girls' College.[10]
- K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary of India[11] and Indian Ambassador to Russia.[12]
- Sameer Sharma Indian Administrative Service, Secretary to Government, Andhra Pradesh[citation needed]
Journalism[edit | edit source]
- Vinod Mehta, magazine editor[13]
- Saeed Naqvi, a leading journalist in Delhi brother of Shanney Naqvi.[14]
- Siddharth Varadarajan, founder of The Wire and former editor of The Hindu.
Musicians[edit | edit source]
- Munni Begum Famous Pakistani Gazal Singer, Now lives in the USA
Literature[edit | edit source]
- Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer, poet and philosopher.[15]
- Mukul Deva, an auto didact and well-known polymath, he is an ex-army officer, best-selling author, keynote speaker, executive coach, mentor, facilitator, consultant and entrepreneur.[16]
- Attia Hosain, journalist and writer.[17]
- Allan Sealy, author of The Trotter-Nama,[18] short-listed for the Booker Prize.
Politics[edit | edit source]
- Nawab Sir Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan, KCIE, the first Nawab of Murshidabad.
- Satish Agarwal MLA Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Vice President Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ramjanambhumi action Ayodhya.
- Arun Nehru, political analyst, ex-minister and columnist.[1]
- Ali Khan Mahmudabad, historian, professor of political science at Ashoka University, member of Samajwadi Party.
- Faisal Ali Khan Alias Faisal Nawab (Son of Mr. Bukkal Nawab, MLC, U.P Govt.) Municipal Corporator in Lucknow Municipal Corporation from BJP, Member of the executive committee, Lucknow Development Authority.
Science and technology[edit | edit source]
- Praveen Chaudhari, physicist, pioneer in superconductor research, former Vice President of Science at IBM [citation needed], and recipient of National Medal of Technology.
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The IPCC, led by Dr. Pachauri, shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore.[19]
Sports[edit | edit source]
- Merv Adams, Australia's National hockey coach in 1974. At the Montreal Olympics the Australian men won a silver medal.[4][20]
- Fred Browne, Australia's first (1956) Olympic hockey coach.[4][20]
- Vece Paes, Olympian and father of Leander Paes
Others[edit | edit source]
- Anjali Gopalan founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Anjali began working on issues related to HIV/AIDS and marginalised communities in the United States. In 2012, Time placed Gopalan in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
- George Abraham, founder and CEO of Score Foundation, which runs Project Eyeway. He is also the founding chairman of the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) and the Association for Cricket for the Blind in India (ACBI).
- Edward Hilton, author of an eye-witness guide to the siege of Lucknow.
- Charles Palmer, civil engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow.[21]
- Joseph Smith (1894), civil engineer on leading canal projects. He was awarded a knighthood in 1932.[4]
- Siddhartha Varma, Director Marketing Asia Pacific & India - Ducati Motorcycles
Notable Martinians - Lyon[edit | edit source]
Business[edit | edit source]
- Nicolas Grillet, industrialist and chemist, founder of Rhodia and first president of Rhône-Poulenc;[22]
- Inabata Katsutarō, industrialist and pioneer of japanese cinema;
- Édouard Rochet, French industrialist, founder of Rochet-Schneider in Lyon with Théodore Schneider;[23]
- François Gillet, textile and dye industrialist of Lyon, first member of Gillet dynasty;
- Jean-Michel Aulas, businessman, president of Olympique lyonnais.
Entertainment[edit | edit source]
- Lumiere Brothers, two of the first filmmakers;
- Alexandre Promio, pioneer of cinema.
Literature[edit | edit source]
- Frédéric Dard, writer and author of the San-Antonio series;
- Henri Béraud, novelist and journalist, won the Prix Goncourt in 1922.
Art & Architecture[edit | edit source]
- Tony Garnier, Garnier is considered the forerunner of 20th century French architects. He learnt painting and drafting at the École Technique de la Martinière in Lyon (1883–86). It is his designed building which house the weaving school at La Martiniere Diderot.
- Étienne Pagny, noted French sculptor who studied Architecture at La Martiniere Lyon and later practiced as a sculptor.
Sciences[edit | edit source]
- Nicolas Guinon, chemist, inventor of a new method for tinting silk with picric acid;[24]
- François-Emmanuel Verguin, chemist having synthesized Fuchsine;[24]
- Etienne Marnas, chemist, inventor of "French purple";[24]
- Paul Sisley, chemist, specialist in artificial colors and chemicals, professor at University of Lyon.[25][26]
See also[edit | edit source]
- La Martiniere Calcutta
- La Martiniere College
- La Martiniere Lyons
- La Martiniere Lucknow
- Claude Martin
- The will of Claude Martin
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mohan, Shriya. "'Stick it out and make good friends'". @businessline. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ↑ Carrots & Sticks Kolkata Newsline[permanent dead link] accessed 10 August 2007
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 La Martiniere Boys' College website accessed September 2007
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The Old Martians' Association
- ↑ "La Martianere alumni announce meeting in 2002". Chandigarh Tribune. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ Leonard Raza is the Officer mentioned in the Golden Galley: The story of the Second Punjab Regiment By Sir Geoffrey Betham to illustrate British racism. "It was decided to honor the Indians, and a young Indian, Major Raza, was selected to take the Surrender of the Japanese Military Police in Rangoon, as the officer had been decorated for gallantry, as well as being mentioned in dispatches three times. But the following day he was refused entry into the white only Rangoon Club, The golden galley : the story of the 2nd Punjab Regiment 1761-1947. London: Oxford University Press, 1956.
- ↑ Roshan Abbas visits the school Lucknow Newsline 6 August 2005 Archived 10 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ Priyanka Chopra at IndianUncle.com accessed June 2007
- ↑ Maureen Wadia, heiress and La Martian[permanent dead link] accessed July 2007
- ↑ 'Uncivil treatment'. The Tribune (online edition), 14 November 2004. accessed July 2007
- ↑ Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ New ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed June 2007
- ↑ Diary OutlookIndia.com 17 November 2003 Archived 28 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ East of Eton Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine William Dalrymple TravelIntelligence.net accessed June 2007
- ↑ Rad Sa, S. Bahadur, Krishna Prakash. The Poems of Suradosa, Abinhay Publications, p367 accessed June 2007
- ↑ http://www.mukuldeva.com
- ↑ The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English Jenny Ed Stringer 1996 ISBN 0-19-212271-1 p316
- ↑ Allan Sealy's entry from the website of the New Delhi Office of the Library of Congress
- ↑ M.S Swaminathan, R.K. Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Western Australia's information package including history 1912-2006[permanent dead link] accessed June 2007
- ↑ Obituary: Mr. C. G. Palmer – Medal for Lucknow Defence. The Times, 19 August 1940
- ↑ "In Memoriam" (PDF). cnrs.fr. November–December 1947. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Une Fabrique de l'Innovation. Trois siècles de révolutions industrielles en Rhône-Alpes - L'influx" (in French). L'influx. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Histoire croisée des textiles et de la chimie en région lyonnaise" (PDF). millenaire3.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Paul Sisley 1867 -1933" (PDF). cnrs.fr. 4 March 1933. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Les autochromes - Une famille de pionniers - L'entourage fraternel - Les proches collaborateurs". www.autochromes.culture.fr. Retrieved 17 July 2017.