List of people from Madurai
The following is a list of notable people from Madurai, India.
First elected Chairman of Madurai, Shri V.S.K.MUTHURAMA IYER,1922-1923. TODAY (16-2-1935)is his Anniversary
List of Chairmans of Madurai details available at Madurai Corporation
Kings and Queens
Religious figures
Scholars
Dancers
- Rukmini Devi Arundale - Bharatanatyam Dancer, Founder Kalakshetra
- Anita Ratnam - Indian classical and contemporary dancer.
Entrepreneurs and business leaders
- Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar- Indian independence activist, industrialist and the founder of Thiagarajar College of Engineering and Thiagarajar school of management
- Sundar Pichai - CEO of Google Inc.
- Venkat vk - Christ Mech.
Educationalists
Journalists and Authors
- Chitra Bharucha-Former Vice Chairman of the BBC Trust[1]
Social Activists
- Gopi Shankar Madurai[2] - The Commonwealth Awardee,[3][4] Youngest candidate in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so.[5][6][7][8]
- S. Swapna - first Indian transgender to take TNPSC recrutement exam for public service employees in the Tamil Nadu state
- Narayanan Krishnan
Literature
Music
Film Industry
- Bharathiraja
- Ilaiyaraaja
- Maniratnam
- Ameer (director)
- Bala (director)
- Cheran (director)
- Chimbu Deven
- Kanika
- Karthik Subbaraj
- Ramarajan
- M. Sasikumar
- Shaam
- Susi Ganeshan
- Vivek (actor)
- Vadivelu
- Vijayakanth
- Samudrakani
- G. Gnanasambandam
- Pattimandram Raja
- C. V. Kumar
- Soori (actor)
- Srinivasan (Tamil actor)
- Velraj
- Shanmugarajan
- Ganja Karuppu
- Pandi (actor)
- Meenal
- Jayam Ravi
- Robo Shankar
- Atlee (director)
Politicians and Public Servants
- Mayandi Bharathi
- P. T. Rajan
- Palanivel Rajan
- Palanivel Thiagarajan
- Jana Krishnamurthi
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- R. Chidambara Bharathi
- P. Mohan
- Angidi Chettiar - Former Vice President of Mauritius.
- A. Vaidyanatha Iyer
- S. K. Balakrishnan
- S. Muthu
- Pazha Nedumaran
- R.Muthu sundaram RMS - Chairman All India State Government Employees Federation
Sportsmen
References
- ↑ "DITN: Chitra Bharucha, acting head of the BBC".
- ↑ "One Who Fights For an Other". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/finalists-2016-commonwealth-youth-worker-awards-announced
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Gender-rights-activist-shortlisted-for-international-award/articleshow/54968127.cms
- ↑ "Intersex person to contest from Madurai North". 30 April 2016 – via The Hindu.
- ↑ "3rd gender gets a new champion in Tamil Nadu poll ring - Times of India".
- ↑ "Intersex candidate alleges harassment - Times of India".
- ↑ "This intersex person is contesting TN polls, 'ze' wants to change your mind on sexual minorities". 24 April 2016.
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