Indian Tamil people

Indian chess grandmaster

Indian composer and musician

Indian actress

Indian actor, activist and joker (born 1954 )

Indian-American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo (born 1955)

Esha Deol is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The daughter of actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini, Deol made her acting debut in the romantic thriller Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, known professionally as Vijay, is an Indian actor and politician who works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he's acted in 69 films in a lead role and is amongst the highest paid actors in India. He is one of the most commercially successful actors in the industry with multiple films amongst the list of highest-grossing Tamil films. He has won several awards as an actor. Referred to as "Thalapathy" (transl. Commander), he has a significant fan following.

Indian actress

8th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Indian actress and director

Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanathesigan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominantly in Tamil in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Regarded as one of the most prolific composers, in a career spanning over forty-nine years, he has composed over 8,600 songs, provided film scores for about 1,523 feature films in nine languages, and performed in over 20,000 concerts. He was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies

Indian playback singer and film actress

historian and writer from India

Indian actor (born 1980)

Indian actress (1937–2015)

Indian actress

Indian businessman

Indian actor (1920–2005)

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India. She was also a former MP who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament). Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi for his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Indian film actor, born 1980

Indian businessman (1872-1936)

Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and occasional playback singer, having acted mainly in Tamil cinema. He has at least 290 credits to his name. He was a recipient of several awards including two Filmfare Award South and six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Indian film director and screen writer

Indian composer

Indian Tamil folk musician

English singer

40th Chief Justice of India

Bhavatharini Raja (23 July 1976 – 25 January 2024) was an Indian playback singer and composer. She was the only daughter of noted composer Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. Starting her career in the 1990s, she mostly sang songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film Bharathi, composed by her father.

Indian social activist

Indian film director (1966-2021)

Indian politician

Film Maker, poet

Diwan of Mysore (1887-1976)

Bharathidasan (IPA: ; born K. Subburathinam 29 April 1891 – 21 April 1964) was a 20th-century Tamil poet and rationalist writer whose literary works handled mostly socio-political issues. He was deeply influenced by the Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi and named himself "Bharathi dasan" meaning follower or adherent of Bharathi. His greatest influence was Periyar and his self-respect movement. Bharathidasan's writings served as a catalyst for the growth of the Self-Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu. In addition to poetry, his views found expression in other forms such as plays, film scripts, short s

Indian academic and designer

Indian dancer, choreographer and dance scholar

Indian politician

American businessman

Indian actress

Senthil (born 23 March 1951) is an Indian comedy actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is famous for his comedian roles along with fellow actor Goundamani. The pair dominated the Tamil industry as comedians in the 1980s and 90s. They were described as "Tamil cinema's Laurel and Hardy."

Indian filmmaker (1939-2019)

Indian actor (1910-1959)

Indian Playback Singer

Director,Writer, Producer, Lyricist

Carnatic Musician - Instrumentalist Ghatam Player

Indian actor

South Indian Carnatic Musician (1923-2002)

writer

Tamil journalist, poet, writer and folklorist

Indian film director

Indian writer

Indian actress

Indian politician

Indian cinematographer

Indian writer and academic

Indian civil servant (1925–2022)

Indian film director

Indian writer

Tamil nadu actress and model

Indian writer (1920-2000)