List of people from Chennai
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The following people were born or based their life in Chennai, formerly known as Madras:
Arts and language
- R.K. Narayan (1906–2001), writer
Business
- Indra Nooyi, Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo
- Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motors Ltd.
- Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, Ammalgamations Group
- N. Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, India Cements Ltd.
- A. Vellayan, Chairman, Murugappa Group of Companies
- M. A. M. Ramaswamy, Chettinad Cements Group of Companies and ex-Pro Chancellor, Annamalai University, Chidambaram.
- A. C. Muthiah, former Chairman, Southern Petrochemicals of India Corporation (SPIC) group of companies
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google[1]
- Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals
- Bhargav Sri Prakash, founder & CEO of FriendsLearn, entrepreneur and hedge fund manager
- Naveen Selvadurai, Co-founder of Foursquare
Education
- V. L. Ethiraj, Founder, Ethiraj College for Women
- Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, Founder, P. S. B. B. Group of Institutions
- Munirathna Anandakrishnan, Chairman of the Board, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur & Former Vice-Chancellor, Anna University
- Subra Suresh, President of Carnegie Mellon University, Former Dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Former Director of the National Science Foundation[2]
- V.M. Muralidharan, Chairman, Ethiraj College for Women
- Jeppiaar, Founder, Jeppiaar Educational Trust and Founder Chancellor, Sathyabama University
- Ramayya Krishnan, Dean of Heinz College and H. John Heinz III, W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management science and Information systems at Carnegie Mellon University
Environment
Films and entertainment
- Rajinikanth (born 1950), Actor, Superstar[3]
- Dhanush, Thespian and playback singer and producer
- Ashok Amritraj, Hollywood producer
- Padma Lakshmi, Cookbook author, actress, model and television host
- Ajith Kumar, Thespian and Racer
- M. G. Ramachandran, Actor, politician, producer, director
- A. R. Rahman (born 1966), music composer, winner of multiple awards including two Academy Awards, two Grammys and a Golden Globe[4]
- Vijay, Thespian
- Kamal Haasan, Thespian, Actor, Director, Producer - India's best actor
- Ilaiyaraja, Indian music composer and Symphonic Maestro
- Suriya Sivakumar, Thespian
- Shivaji Ganesan, actor and the first International Award winner of India
- Yuvan Shankar Raja, First Cypress-International-Award Winning Creative music Composer
- Vijay Yesudas (born 1979), Playback Singer
- Pete Best (born 1941), early Beatles drummer
- Engelbert Humperdinck (born 1936), pop singer
- Mani Ratnam (born 1956), film director
- Hema Malini, actress
- Rekha, actress
- Sridevi, actress
- Jayasudha, actress
- Jayabharathi, actress
- Lisa Haydon, actress
- S. Janaki, Playback singer
- P. Susheela, Playback singer
- M. S. Viswanathan, music composer
- K. V. Mahadevan, music composer
- S.P. Balasubrahmanyam,music composer,playback singer
- Sumalatha, actress
- Lakshmi Narayan, actress
- Allu Arjun, actor
- Ram Charan Teja, actor
- Lakshmi Manchu, actress
- Sundeep Kishan, actor
- Priya Anand, actress
- Shruthi Hassan, actress
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu, actress
- Siddharth Narayan, actor
- Trisha, actress
- Arvind Swamy, actor and businessman
- Diwakar, playback singer
- Sivakarthikeyan, Thespian
Religion
- Sri Sabhapati Swami (b. 1840), 19th century yogi and author
Scientists
- Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
- Subra Suresh (see above)
- Kannan Soundararajan, mathematician
- John Henry Constantine Whitehead (1904–1960), British mathematician
- Alan Garnett Davenport
- Srinivasa Ramanujan
Sports
- Viswanathan Anand (born 1969), chess grandmaster and the undisputed world chess champion from 2007 until 2013
- Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer
- Nasser Hussain (born 1968), English cricketer
- Dinesh Karthik (born 1985), Indian cricketer
- Sharath Kamal (born 1982), India table tennis player
- Hemang Badani, former Indian cricketer
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth (born 1959), former Indian cricketer
- Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- Murali Vijay (born 1984), current Indian cricketer
- Sadagoppan Ramesh, former Indian cricketer
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, former Indian cricketer
- W. V. Raman, former Indian crickter
- Vijay Amritraj (born 1953), tennis player, Sports Commentator and Actor
- Anand Amritraj (born 1952), tennis player, Businessman
- Ramanathan Krishnan, tennis player
- Ramesh Krishnan, tennis player and coach
- Dipika Pallikal (born 1991), squash player, WISPA titles and first Indian woman to break into the top 10 in the WSA rankings
- Joshna Chinappa (born 1986), squash player, British Squash Championship
- Karun Chandhok (born 1984), racing driver, Formula One and sports commentator
- Rajini Krishnan, Indian Motorcycle racer
- Dhanpal Ganesh (born 1994) Indian football player
References
- ^ https://abc.xyz/?ref=producthunt
- ^ "Leadership at Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Super Star Rajinikanth Early Life History. Rajinikanth was born on December 12 1950 in Karnataka, India". www.rajinikanth.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "A. R. Rahman - The Official Site". www.arrahman.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.