The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or from the city of Coimbatore, India.

A

Aathmika (born 1993) actor Athulya Ravi (born 1994) - actor Arjunan, K. (born 1957) politician Anand, Balu (19542006) director Anand, Vijay (born 1969) politician Annadurai, Mylswamy (born 1958) scientist Annam, Semmalar (born 1990) actor Arunkumar, P. R. G. (born 1992) politician Avinashilingam, T. S. (19031991) educationist and politician

Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan (1991) actor

B

Bakthavathsalam, G. (born 1942) doctor Baladhandayutham, K. (19181973) politician Balaji, Sriram (born 1990) tennis player Balakrishnan, Jayanthasri (born 1957) public speaker

C

Chenna Keshu, Subramanyan (19252023) armed forces Chinnappa Thevar, M. M. A. (19151978) film producer

D

Damodaran, G. R. (19141986) educationist Dhanapal, Guru (19592014) director Dinakaran, Padma (born 1966) music director Doraisamy, R. politician Doraiswamy, Gopalswamy (18931974) inventor and engineer Durairaj, Nandha (born 1977) actor Duraisamy, Thennavan (born 1966) actor

G

Ghibran (born 1980) music director Gnani (19352020) writer Gopalan, Kasturi (18901974) journalist Goundamani (born 1939) actor Govindarajan, Mirudhubashini (born 1947) doctor Govindasamy, P.S. (18561918) educator and philanthropist Govindaswamy, K. (19071995) industrialist

H

Hande, H. V. (born 1927) doctor and politician Hariharan, Githa (born 1954) author Harvey, Andrew (born 1952) author, religious speaker

J

Jagadeesan, Narayan (born 1995) cricketer Jayapal, Susheela (born 1962) American politician Jayaram, K.R. politician Jejjala, Vishnu (born 1975) physicist

K

Kanagaraj, Lokesh (born 1986) director and screenwriter Kandasamy, V.P. politician Kandaswamy, K.V. (19262008) politician Karivaradhan, Sundaram (19541995) autoracer Karthick, Arun (born 1992) director Karthik, Sabari (born 1990) karate player Karthikeyan, Narain (born 1977) autoracer Kathir, S. R. (born 1978) cinematographer Kousik, Jagatheesan (born 1995) cricketer Krishnan, Parvati (19192015) politician] Kumar, Anupama (born 1974) actor Kumar, Rajesh (born 1947) writer Kumaraswamy, Sounthirajan inventor Kuppuswami Naidu, G. (18841942) entrepreneur Kuppuswamy, C. K. (born 1932) politician

L

Lakshmanan, V.K. (19322012) politician Lakshmi, C.S. (born 1944) writer Lakshmi, Pavithra (born 1994) actor Lakshmikanthan, Ashwin Kumar (born 1991) actor Lakshminarayan, K.G. (born 1953) former cricket player and umpire Leelakrishnan N. (born 1964) autoracer Leon, Cottalango (born 1971) technician

M

Mahalingam, N. (19232014) industrialist Mahesh, Jaya (born 1969) model Malaravan, T. politician Manivannan, S.S. (19542013) actor and director McCarthy, Charles (18991977) cricketer Murugadas, Pithukuli (19202015) singer Muruganantham, Arunachalam (born 1961) entrepreneur Muthuraj, T. (born 1969) production designer

N

Nagarajan, P (born 1963) politician Natarajan, P.R. (born 1950) politician Natarajan, Priyamvada (born 1985) scientist Nanammal, V. (19202019) yoga teacher Narasimhalu, S. P. (18541922) entrepreneur and politician Narayan Rao, C. R. (18821960) scientist Naren, Karthick (born 1994) film director Naren Kumar, V.R. (born 1974) autoracer

O

Om Prakash (born 1978) cinematographer

P

Palanisami, V.C. (died 1965) politician Palanisamy, N. (born 1948) politician Pathy, Rajshree (born 1956) businesswoman Prabhu, Leo (born 1933) author Prahalad, C.K. (19412010) economist Preman, Uma (born 1970) social worker Pulamaipithan (19352021) author

R

Radhakrishnan, C. P. (born 1957) politician Raghavendra, Harish (born 1976) playback singer Raj, P.L. (19342002) choreographer Ramalingam, T.A. (18811952) politician Ramanathan, M. (19342019) politician Ramani, R.V. (born 1947) doctor Ramraj, Nithya (born 1988) athlete Ramraj, Vithya (born 1988) athlete Ratnasabhapathy, C.S. (18861956) industrialist Rajakantham, C.T. (19172002) actor Ramachandran, K.V. (19172002) music critic Ramani, K. (19162006) politician Ravi, Athulya (born 1994) actor Renga Iyengar, Kasturi (18591923) journalist and politician

S

Sahasranamam, S.V. (19131988) actor Sai Pallavi (born 1992) actor Saleem, Mohammed environmental activist Sarala (born 1962) actor Saravanan, K.V. (born 1966) director Sathyaraj (born 1954) actor and director Senthil Kumar, U. K (born 1972) cinematographer Shanmugavel, M. (19272007) journalist Shanmukham, R. K. (18921953) industrialist and politician Sinclair, Adam (born 1984) hockey player Sivakumar (born 1941) actor and public speaker Sreenivasan, Kasturiswami (19171991) scientist Sreeram Kumar, D. (born 1971) armed forces Srinivas, Aushik (born 1993) cricketer Srinivasan, Vanathi (born 1970) politician Sriramulu, S.M. (19101976) film producer Subbarayan, K. (born 1952) politician Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V. (18751969) historian Subramani, Sashikumar (born 1982) actor Sundaram, V.A. (18961967) independence activist

T

Thamarai (born 1965) lyricist Thangadurai, Michael (born 1983) actor Thyagarajan, Jaya (born 1956) artist.

U

Unnikrishnan, K. P. (born 1936) politician

V

Vaidyanathan, Nirupama (born 1976) tennis player Vaishnav, G.R. (born 1990) volleyball player Vasanth, SAC (born 1974) magician Vasudev, Jaggi (born 1957) spiritual guru Vasudevan, Mini (born 1965) activist Velumani, S.P. (born 1969) politician Venkatapathy, Adhithya (born 1990) musician and actor Venugopal, Siddharth (born 1985) actor Vijay, Pa (born 1974) lyricist Vincent, Swamikannu (18831942) cinema producer and pioneer Virali-Murugesan, Ranjeet (born 1985) tennis player Vishwanath, Vichu (born 1960) actor

W

Williams, Shanthi (born 1958) actor

Y

Yoganathan, M. (born 1969) activist

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