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Kalki Koechlin
French actress and writer
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
acting First Lady of the United States (1914-1915)
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Catholic cardinal (1924–2014)
Jacques Lauriston
French diplomat (1768-1828)
Niccolao Manucci
Italian writer and historian
Louis-François de Bausset
Catholic cardinal, bishop of Alès, duke-pair of France, Minister of State (1748-1824)
V. Narayanasamy
Indian politician
Bharathidasan
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
Tao Porchon-Lynch
American Yoga Instructor
M. O. H. Farook
Indian politician (1937-2012)
K. D. Sethna
Indian historian and writer (1904–2011)
Deepika Kundaji
Indian permaculture farmer with award
Mirnalini Ravi
Indian actress (born 1995)
Julien Vinson
French linguist and indologist (1843-1926)
Ananda Ranga Pillai
Indian diarist (1709-1761)
Tejas Baroka
cricketer
V. Vaithilingam
Indian politician
Anandaraj
Anandaraj (born 10 November 1958) is an Indian actor. He has acted in mainly in villain roles and few comedic roles in several Tamil films and appeared in over a three hundred films in different languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.
Prapanchan
Prapanchan, is the pseudonym of S. Vaidyalingam (; 27 April 1945 – 21 December 2018) a Tamil, writer and critic from Puducherry, India.
Christine GZ
Italian-Spanish race driver