List of people from Tiruchirappalli

Last updated March 11, 2025

The following people were born or based their life in the city of Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly, in Tamil Nadu, India.

Arts

Actor

Alex, Tamil film actor and magician
S. A. Ashokan, Tamil film actor
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil film actor
Bharath, Indian film actor
Kavin, Tamil television actor and Bigg Boss Tamil 3 contestant
Napoleon, Indian film actor
Prasanna, Indian film actor
Kaka Radhakrishnan, Tamil film actor
Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil film actor

Actress

Anu Hasan, actress and television host
Vanitha Krishnachandran, South Indian film actress
T. A. Madhuram, Tamil film actress
Renuka, Indian film actress^[1]
Yuvarani, Tamil film actress

Director

Balaji Mohan, Tamil film director

Others

Vanitha Rangaraju, animator, Industrial Light & Magic ^[2]
Javar Seetharaman, Tamil writer, playwright and Tamil film actor
Gunasekaran Sundarraj, miniature artist, social worker

Music

Composer

Santhosh Narayanan, Tamil film composer
T. K. Ramamoorthy, film composer
G. Ramanathan, film composer
James Vasanthan, Tamil film composer

Singer

Musiri Subramania Iyer, carnatic musician
Lalgudi Jayaraman, carnatic musician, including composer, singer and violinist
Srirangam Kannan, carnatic musician
Krish, playback singer
Thiruchi Loganathan, Tamil playback singer
P. Madhuri, playback singer
T. L. Maharajan, Tamil playback singer
A. K. C. Natarajan, carnatic musician
Roshini, playback singer^[3]

Lyricist

Vaali, Tamil film lyricist, screenwriter

Literature

V. V. S. Aiyar, Indian independence activist, Tamil writer
Madhan, cartoonist, journalist, and film critic
Manushyaputhiran (S. Abdul Hameed), poet, lyricist, publisher
Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker
Kalki Sadasivam, co-founder of Kalki magazine
Sujatha, engineer, Tamil novelist, Tamil film screenwriter

Military

Valentine Munbee McMaster, British military personnel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Mariappan Saravanan, Indian military personnel, recipient of Vir Chakra

Politics and administration

F. G. Natesa Iyer, Indian National Congress leader from South India, Tamil dramatist
M. R. Sethuratnam Iyer, former Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency
T. V. Seshagiri Iyer, Indian lawyer and politician
T. S. S. Rajan, Indian independence activist, Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939
Khan Bahadur P. Kalifullah Sahib Rowther, politician and Dewan of Pudukkottai State from 1941 to 1947
N.M.Kajamian Rowther, businessman, politician and philanthropist
K. Subrahmanyam, former strategic affairs analyst of India and journalist
P. Rathinavelu Thevar, chairperson of the Trichinopoly Municipality from 1924 to 1946 and former vice-president of the Justice Party
K. A. P. Viswanatham, Tamil scholar, activist and general secretary of the Justice Party until 1940

Science

M. A. Aleem, neurologist and first emeritus professor in neurology from Trichy
N. Mathrubootham, medical practitioner, counselor and psychiatrist
C. V. Raman, Nobel laureate in Physics and Bharat Ratna recipient^[4]

Sports

Charles Cornelius, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper and Olympic medallist
Leslie Fernandez, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper
Francis Monkland, former English first-class cricketer
Arokia Rajiv, track and field athlete; specialised in 400 metres ^[5]^[6]
Rajagopal Sathish, Indian first-class all rounder, captain of Indian World Team in the former Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition^[7]
Francis Wyatt, former English first-class cricketer ^[8]

References

↑ S.R. Ashok Kumar (17 April 2009). "My First Break". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com . Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ Aishwarya, S. (5 June 2008). "Roshini: Looking Forward to Melodies". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
↑ "Ramans effect on Bangalore". IBNLive. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ "Arokia Rajiv - Profile". IAAF . Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Our Boy Arokia Rajiv Makes It to Rio Olympics". The Times of India . No. 17 July 2016. Trichy . Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 October 2013.

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[1] S.R. Ashok Kumar (17 April 2009). "My First Break". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[2] Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com . Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[3] Aishwarya, S. (5 June 2008). "Roshini: Looking Forward to Melodies". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2025.

[4] "Ramans effect on Bangalore". IBNLive. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[5] "Arokia Rajiv - Profile". IAAF . Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[6] "Our Boy Arokia Rajiv Makes It to Rio Olympics". The Times of India . No. 17 July 2016. Trichy . Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[7] "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[8] "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 October 2013.

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