PRIDE OF CHENNAI

Below mentioned people are who made Chennai proud.

Arts and Language

R.K. Narayan (1906–2001), writer

Business

Indra Nooyi, Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo
Sundar Pichai - CEO of Google
Indra Nooyi, Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motors Ltd.
Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
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
Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals
Bhargav Sri Prakash, founder & CEO of FriendsLearn, entrepreneur and hedge fund manager
Naveen Selvadurai, Co-founder of Foursquare
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairperson & Current Chairman of TATA Group
Keshav R Murugesh, Chief Executive Officer & Director of WNS Global Services
Rahul Mammen Mappillai, Managing Director of MRF Limited
Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman of Apollo Hospitals
Kalanithi Maran, Chairman & MD, Sun Group
R. G. Chandramogan, Chairman of Hatsun Agro Product
Ms. Gayathri Sriram, MD of UCAL Auto Pvt. Ltd
C K Ranganathan, Chairman of CavinKare
Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, founder of Aircel
B. Muthuraman, Vice Chairman of Tata Steel

Education

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
V. L. Ethiraj, Founder, Ethiraj College for Women
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, Founder, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan
Munirathna Anandakrishnan, Former Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur & Former Vice-Chancellor, Anna University
Bala V. Balachandran, Founder, Dean & Chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management
V. M. Muralidharan, Chairman, Ethiraj College for Women
Jeppiaar, Founder, Jeppiaar Educational Trust and Founder Chancellor, Sathyabama 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

Environment

Arun Krishnamurthy, Founder, Environmentalist Foundation of India

Films and Entertainment

Shivaji Ganesan, actor and the first International Award winner of India
Kamal Haasan, Thespian, Actor, Director, Producer, Screen Writer - India's best actor
Rajinikanth (born 1950), Actor, Superstar
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
J. Jayalalithaa - Actress & politician
A. R. Rahman (born 1966), music composer, winner of multiple awards including two Academy Awards, two Grammys and a Golden Globe
Vijay, Thespian
Vikram, Actor
Ilaiyaraja, Indian music composer and Symphonic Maestro
Suriya Sivakumar, Thespian
Yuvan Shankar Raja, First Cypress-International-Award Winning Creative music Composer
Santhanam, Actor
Anirudh Ravichander - music composer & winner of multiple awards
Vijay Yesudas (born 1979), Playback Singer
Pete Best (born 1941), early Beatles drummer
Mary Hignett (born 1916), actress
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
Dulquer Salman, 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
Vijay Sethupathi, Thespian
Sivakarthikeyan, Thespian
Shiva Rajkumar,Sandalwood actor
Raghavendra Rajkumar,Sandalwood actor
Puneeth Rajkumar,Sandalwood actor

Directors

S.Shankar, A tamil film director
K.Balachander, A tamil film director
selvaraghavan, A tamil film director
Nalan Kumarasamy, A tamil film director
Karthik Subburaj, A tamil film director

Religion

Sri Sabhapati Swami (b. 1840), 19th century yogi and author
Paruthiyur K. Santhanaraman, author of numerous books on religious topics

Scientists

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, physics, President of India
C.V. Raman, Nobel Prize, physics
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, Nobel Prize, physics
Subra Suresh - scientist & researcher
Kannan Soundararajan, mathematician
John Henry Constantine Whitehead (1904–1960), British mathematician
Alan Garnett Davenport, engineer
Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel Prize, physics
M. S. Swaminathan, Agriculture Scientist of India

Social Entrepreneurs

Kirthi Jayakumar

Sports

Buchi Babu Naidu- Father of South Indian Cricket.
Cotah Ramaswami- Represented India in both International Cricket & Tennis.
M.Baliah Naidu- Cricketer
Aditya Patel (born 1988), Indian professional racing driver
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
Badrinath, 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
Mahaveer Raghunathan (born 1998), racing driver
Alisha abdullah - Indian racing driver. She is the country's first female national racing champion.

Miscellaneous

Praveena Solomon, crematorium manager
Kumaran Mahalingam, Geologist, Standup Paddler and a Conservation Educator

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Chennai has been included in the list of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network for its rich musical tradition. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the inclusion of the Tamil Nadu capital which is steeped in multi-layered history.

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