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List of people from Chennai

Last updated January 05, 2026

The following people were born or based their life in the Indian city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras), Tamil Nadu (formerly known as Madras State).

Business

Aravind Srinivas, ceo and co-founder of Perplexity AI
Geeta Aiyer, entrepreneur and business leader; founder and president of Boston Common Asset Management
R. G. Chandramogan, chairman of Hatsun Agro Product
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of the TATA Group
Anil Kumar (born 1958), management consultant who pled guilty to insider trading
Rahul Mammen Mappillai, managing director of MRF Limited
Kalanithi Maran, chairman and managing director of the Sun Group
Dora Metcalf, entrepreneur, mathematician and engineer
Keshav R. Murugesh, chief executive officer and director of WNS Global Services
A. C. Muthiah, former chairman of Southern Petrochemicals of India Corporation (SPIC)
Shiv Nadar, founder and chairman of HCL Technologies
Indra Nooyi, chairperson and chief executive officer of PepsiCo
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google
M. A. M. Ramaswamy, chairman of the Chettinad Group of Companies; ex-pro chancellor of Annamalai University, Chidambaram
Prathap C. Reddy, chairman of Apollo Hospitals
Naveen Selvadurai, co-founder of Foursquare
Mallika Srinivasan, chairman and managing director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
N. Srinivasan, chairman and managing director of India Cements
Venu Srinivasan, chairman and managing director of TVS Motors
A. Vellayan, chairman of the Murugappa Group
Jay Vijayan, founder of Tekion Corp
C Vijayakumar, chief executive officer of HCL Technologies

Education

Munirathna Anandakrishnan, former chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; former vice-chancellor, Anna University
Bala V. Balachandran, founder, dean and chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management
Madhu Bhaskaran, engineer and professor, RMIT University
V. L. Ethiraj, founder, Ethiraj College for Women
Jeppiaar, founder, Jeppiaar Educational Trust; founder chancellor, Sathyabama University
Ramayya Krishnan, dean, Heinz College; H. John Heinz III, W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
V. M. Muralidharan, chairman, Ethiraj College for Women
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, founder, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan
Vallam Sundar, professor
Subra Suresh, president, Carnegie Mellon University; former dean, School of Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology; former director, National Science Foundation ^[1]

Environment

Arun Krishnamurthy, founder, Environmentalist Foundation of India

Film and other entertainment

Ashok Amritraj, Hollywood producer
Priya Anand, actress
Allu Arjun, actor
Mahesh Babu, actor
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, music composer, playback singer
Pete Best (born 1941), early Beatles drummer
Dhanush, thespian, playback singer, producer
Shivaji Ganesan, actor; first International Award winner of India
Kamal Haasan, thespian, director, producer, screenwriter
Shruthi Hassan, actress
Lisa Haydon, actress
Mary Hignett (born 1916), actress
Engelbert Humperdinck (born 1936), pop singer
Ilaiyaraja, music composer, symphonic maestro
S. Janaki, playback singer
Jayabharathi, actress
Jayasudha, actress
Kajol, actress
Rajini Kanth, actor, producer, screenwriter
Sundeep Kishan, actor
Vishal Krishna (born 1977), actor, film producer
Ajith Kumar, thespian, racer
Padma Lakshmi, cookbook writer, actress, model, television host
K. V. Mahadevan, music composer
Hema Malini, actress
Lakshmi Manchu, actress
Lakshmi Narayan, actress
Siddharth Narayan, actor
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, actress
Olive Rae, soprano, actress
A. R. Rahman (born 1966), music composer; winner of multiple awards, including two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award
Yuvan Shankar Raja, first Cypress International Award-winning creative music composer
Puneeth Rajkumar, Kannada actor
Shiva Rajkumar, Kannada actor
Rochelle Rao, Indian actress, Miss India International 2012
Rekha, actress
Santhanam, actor
Vijay Sethupathi, thespian
Sivakarthikeyan, thespian
Sridevi, actress
Sripriya, actress
Srividya, actress
Sumalatha, actress
Keerthy Suresh, actress
Suriya, thespian
Arvind Swamy, actor, businessman
Ram Charan Teja, actor
Trisha, actress
Vijay, thespian, actor, playback singer, IARA (International Achievement Recognition Award winner)
Vikram, thespian
M. S. Viswanathan, music composer
Vidya Vox, YouTuber, musician
Vyjayanthimala, actress
Vijay Yesudas (born 1979), playback singer

Directors

K. Balachander, Tamil film director
Lokesh Kanagaraj, Tamil film director
Atlee Kumar, Tamil and Hindi film director
Nalan Kumarasamy, Tamil film director
A. R. Murugadoss, Tamil film director
Mani Ratnam, Tamil film director
S. Shankar, Tamil film director
Selvaraghavan, Tamil film director
Karthik Subburaj, Tamil film director
Vetrimaran, Tamil film director
Pa.Ranjith, Tamil film director

Literature and visual arts

R.K. Narayan (1906–2001), writer
Achuthanand Tanjore Ravi (born 1991), photographer
V. D. Trivadi, humorist

Politics

Subramaniam Iswaran (born 1962), known as S. Iswaran, Singaporean politician
Pramila Jayapal, U.S. representative for Washington ^[2]

Religion

Jesu Pudumai Doss (born 1967), Catholic priest; professor and dean, Faculty of Canon Law, Salesian Pontifical University, Rome
Sri Sabhapati Swami (born 1840), yogi, writer

Scientists

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, recipient, Nobel Prize in Physics
Alan Garnett Davenport, engineer
Shyamala Gopalan, breast-cancer researcher; mother of former vice president of the United States Kamala Harris
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, physicist; former president of India
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, physicist (co-discoverer of Raman scattering)
C. V. Raman, recipient, Nobel Prize in Physics
Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician; Fellow of the Royal Society
Kannan Soundararajan, mathematician
Subra Suresh, engineer, materials scientist, academic
M. S. Swaminathan, geneticist, plant breeder, administrator and humanitarian
John Henry Constantine Whitehead (1904–1960), British mathematician

Social entrepreneurs

Kirthi Jayakumar

Sports

Anand Amritraj (born 1952), tennis player, businessman
Vijay Amritraj (born 1953), tennis player, sports commentator, actor
Viswanathan Anand (born 1969), chess grandmaster; undisputed world chess champion from 2007 until 2013
PK Arumugam, speedcuber
Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer
Naresh Babu, professorial motorcycle road racer
Hemang Badani, former cricketer
Subramaniam Badrinath, former cricketer
Lakshmipathy Balaji, cricketer
Karun Chandhok (born 1984), racing driver, Formula One, sports commentator
Joshna Chinappa (born 1986), squash player, British Squash Championship
Gukesh Dommaraju (born 2006), chess grandmaster; undisputed world chess champion since 2024
Akbar Ebrahim (born 1963), racing driver, cricketer
Edward Foord (1825–1899), cricketer
George Gowan (1818–1890), cricketer
Nasser Hussain (born 1968), former cricketer
Sharath Kamal (born 1982), table-tennis player
Thirush Kamini, cricketer
Dinesh Karthik (born 1985), cricketer
Rajini Krishnan, motorcycle racer
Ramanathan Krishnan, tennis player
Ramesh Krishnan, tennis player and coach
Buchi Babu Naidu, father of South Indian cricket
M. Baliah Naidu, cricketer
Dipika Pallikal (born 1991), squash player, WISPA titles; first Indian woman to break into the top ten in the WSA rankings
Aditya Patel (born 1988), professional racing driver
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 2005), chess grandmaster
Jack Pritchard (1895–1936), cricketer
Mahaveer Raghunathan (born 1998), racing driver
W. V. Raman, former cricketer
Ramkumar Ramanathan, tennis player
Cotah Ramaswami, cricketer, tennis player
Sadagoppan Ramesh, former cricketer
Ravivarman Sharmila, carrom champion
Krishnamachari Srikkanth (born 1959), former cricketer
Washington Sundar, cricketer
Roopa Unnikrishnan, former sports-rifle shooter; Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, former cricketer
Murali Vijay (born 1984), cricketer

Miscellaneous

Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi Madrasi or Ahmadullah Shah (1787–1858), Indian freedom fighter
General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, DSO, MBE (1913–2000), 6th chief of Indian army
Georgiana Fanny Shipley Daniell, philanthropist
Nugent Grant, lawyer
Praveena Solomon, crematorium manager
Abhinandan Varthaman, wing commander in the Indian Air Force

References

↑ "Leadership at Carnegie Mellon University". cmu.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
↑ "JAYAPAL, Pramila". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

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[1] "Leadership at Carnegie Mellon University". cmu.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

[2] "JAYAPAL, Pramila". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

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