Velupillai or Veluppillai() is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Notable people Given name A. Veluppillai (1936–2015), Sri Lankan historian and academic Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan economist
Surname C. Velupillai Kandaiah Sivagnanam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician Kanthapillai Velupillai Nadarajah (1905–2000), Ceylonese lawyer and politician Nishan Velupillay (born 2001), Australian footballer Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (1898–1977), Ceylonese lawyer and politician Velupillai Ambalavanar Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese lawyer and politician Velupillai Appapillai (1913–2001), Sri Lankan physicist and academic Velupillai Coomaraswamy (1892–?), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat Velupillai Kumaraswamy (1919–?), Ceylonese lawyer and politician Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954–2009), Sri Lankan rebel Velupillai Suppiah Thurairajah (1927–2011), Sri Lankan architect
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