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List of people from Tamil Nadu
This is a list of famous and notable people from Tamil Nadu, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
This list also includes emigrant Tamilians and could be taken as list of famous Tamilians
Presidents
Politics
Leaders
Politicians
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Mani Shankar Aiyar, Politician; Oil Minister of India
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P. Chidambaram, Politician; Finance Minister of India
- Murasoli Maran , Politician; ex-Industries Minister of India
- Dayanidhi Maran , Politician; IT & Communications Minister of India
- Kalanidhi Maran , Media Baron
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Chidambaram Subramaniam, ex-Steel & Mines Minister of India; Bharat Ratna Awardee & 'Father of the Indian Green Revolution'
- Subramanian Swamy , Politician
- T.T. Krishnamachari , Industrialist & India's first Finance Minister
Business icons
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Shiv Nadar, Chairman & CEO of HCL & Forbes List of Billionaires
- M.A. Chidambaram , Industrialist
- Indra Nooyi , CFO of PepsiCo US
- S. Ramadorai , CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
- R. Chidambaram , Scientific Adviser to Prime Minister; ex-Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
Scientists/Mathematicians
Cinema
Sports
Literature
Other
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M.S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic Singer, Bharat Ratna awardee - 'The Nightingale of India'
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Medha Hari, Bharatanatyam dancer
- Shankaracharya of Kanchi , Hindu Seer & Spiritual preceptor
- Varadharajan Mudaliar , known as Vardha Bhai; former prominent underworld kingpin
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Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler and forest brigand
Pseudo-Tamilians
People who are not natives of Tamil Nadu, but lived/live in Tamil Nadu
See also: List of people by India state
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04
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