List of people from Tiruchirappalli

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The following people were born or based their life in Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly.

Arts[edit]

Actor[edit]

Alex, Tamil film actor and magician
S. A. Ashokan, Tamil film actor
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil film actor
Bharath, Indian film actor
Napoleon, Indian film actor
Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil film actor
Prasanna, Indian film actor
Kaka Radhakrishnan, Tamil film actor
Kavin, Tamil television actor and Bigg Boss Tamil 3 contestant

Actress[edit]

Anu Hasan, actress and television host
Vanitha Krishnachandran, South Indian film actress
T. A. Madhuram, Tamil film actress
Renuka, Indian film actress^[1]
Yuvarani, Tamil film actress

Director[edit]

Akilan, Indian film director and producer
Balaji Mohan, Tamil film director

Others[edit]

Vanitha Rangaraju, animator, Industrial Light & Magic^[2]
Javar Seetharaman, Tamil writer, playwright and Tamil film actor
Gunasekaran Sundarraj, miniature artist, social worker

Music[edit]

Composer[edit]

James Vasanthan, Tamil film composer
Santhosh Narayanan, Tamil film composer
T. K. Ramamoorthy, Indian film composer
G. Ramanathan, Indian film composer

Singer[edit]

Thiruchi Loganathan, Tamil playback singer
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Violinist.
Srirangam Kannan, carnatic musician
Krish, Indian playback singer
P. Madhuri, Indian playback singer
T. L. Maharajan, Tamil playback singer
Roshini, Indian playback singer^[3]
A. K. C. Natarajan, carnatic musician
Musiri Subramania Iyer, carnatic musician

Lyricist[edit]

Vaali, Tamil film lyricist, screenwriter

Literature[edit]

V. V. S. Aiyar, Indian independence activist, Tamil writer
Madhan, cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic
Manushyaputhiran (S. Abdul Hameed), poet, writer, lyricist, publisher
Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker
Sujatha, Tamil writer, engineer, novelist, Tamil film screenwriter
Kalki Sadasivam, co-founder of Kalki

Military[edit]

Valentine Munbee McMaster, British military personnel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Mariappan Saravanan, Indian military personnel, recipient of Vir Chakra

Politics and administration[edit]

F. G. Natesa Iyer, Indian National Congress leader from South India, Tamil dramatist
M. R. Sethuratnam Iyer, former Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency
T. V. Seshagiri Iyer, Indian lawyer and politician
Khan Bahadur P. Kalifullah Sahib Rowther, Politician and Dewan of Pudukkottai State from 1941 to 1947
T. S. S. Rajan, Indian independence activist, Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939
K. Subrahmanyam, former strategic affairs analyst of India and journalist
P. Rathinavelu Thevar, Chairperson of the Trichinopoly Municipality from 1924 to 1946 and former vice-president of the Justice Party
K. A. P. Viswanatham, Tamil scholar, activist and General secretary of Justice Party until 1940

Science[edit]

N. Mathrubootham, medical practitioner, counselor and psychiatrist
C. V. Raman, Nobel laureate in Physics and Bharat Ratna recipient^[4]
M.A.Aleem Neurologist and first Emeritus Professor in Neurology from Trichy

Sports[edit]

Arokia Rajiv, Track and field athlete specialised in 400 metres.^[5]^[6]
Charles Cornelius, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper and Olympic medallist
Francis Monkland, former English first-class cricketer
Francis Wyatt, former English first-class cricketer^[7]
Leslie Fernandez, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper
Rajagopal Sathish, Indian first-class all rounder, captain of Indian World Team in the former Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition.^[8]

References[edit]

↑ S.R. Ashok Kumar (17 April 2009). "My First Break". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ S. Aishwarya (5 June 2008). "Roshini: looking forward to melodies". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ "Ramans effect on Bangalore". IBNLive. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ "Arokia Rajiv - Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Our boy Arokia Rajiv makes it to Rio Olympics". The Times of India. No. 17 July 2016. Trichy. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[1] S.R. Ashok Kumar (17 April 2009). "My First Break". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[2] Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[3] S. Aishwarya (5 June 2008). "Roshini: looking forward to melodies". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[4] "Ramans effect on Bangalore". IBNLive. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[5] "Arokia Rajiv - Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[6] "Our boy Arokia Rajiv makes it to Rio Olympics". The Times of India. No. 17 July 2016. Trichy. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[7] "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[8] "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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