List of people from Coimbatore
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 .
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Kanagaraj, Lokesh (born 1986) – director and screenwriter[ 36] Kandasamy, V.P. – politician[ 37] Kandaswamy, K.V. (1926–2008) – politician[ 38] Karivaradhan, Sundaram (1954–1995) – autoracer[ 39] Karthick, Arun (born 1992) – director[ 40] Karthik, Sabari (born 1990) – karate player[ 41] Karthikeyan, Narain (born 1977) – autoracer[ 42] Kathir, S. R. (born 1978) – cinematographer[ 43] Kousik, Jagatheesan (born 1995) – cricketer[ 44] Krishnan, Parvati (1919–2015) – politician][ 45] Kumar, Anupama (born 1974) – actor[ 46] Kumar, Rajesh (born 1947) – writer[ 47] Kumaraswamy, Sounthirajan – inventor[ 48] Kuppuswami Naidu, G. (1884–1942) – entrepreneur[ 49] Kuppuswamy, C. K. (born 1932) – politician[ 50]
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Radhakrishnan, C. P. (born 1957) – politician[ 82] Raghavendra, Harish (born 1976) – playback singer[ 83] Raj, P.L. (1934–2002) – choreographer[ 84] Ramalingam, T.A. (1881–1952) – politician[ 85] Ramanathan, M. (1934–2019) – politician[ 86] Ramani, R.V. (born 1947) – doctor[ 87] Ramraj, Nithya (born 1988) – athlete[ 88] Ramraj, Vithya (born 1988) – athlete[ 88] Ratnasabhapathy, C.S. (1886–1956) – industrialist[ 89] Rajakantham, C.T. (1917–2002) – actor[ 90] Ramachandran, K.V. (1917–2002) – music critic[ 91] Ramani, K. (1916–2006) – politician[ 92] Ravi, Athulya (born 1994) – actor[ 93] Renga Iyengar, Kasturi (1859–1923) – journalist and politician[ 25]
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Sahasranamam, S.V. (1913–1988) – actor[ 94] Sai Pallavi (born 1992) – actor[ 95] Saleem, Mohammed – environmental activist[ 96] Sarala (born 1962) – actor[ 97] Saravanan, K.V. (born 1966) – director[ 98] Sathyaraj (born 1954) – actor and director[ 99] Senthil Kumar, U. K (born 1972) – cinematographer[ 100] Shanmugavel, M. (1927–2007) – journalist[ 101] Shanmukham, R. K. (1892–1953) – industrialist and politician[ 102] Sinclair, Adam (born 1984) – hockey player[ 103] Sivakumar (born 1941) – actor and public speaker[ 104] Sreenivasan, Kasturiswami (1917–1991) – scientist[ 105] Sreeram Kumar, D. (born 1971) – armed forces[ 106] Srinivas, Aushik (born 1993) – cricketer[ 107] Srinivasan, Vanathi (born 1970) – politician[ 108] Sriramulu, S.M. (1910–1976) – film producer[ 109] Subbarayan, K. (born 1952) – politician[ 110] Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V. (1875–1969) – historian[ 111] Subramani, Sashikumar (born 1982) – actor[ 112] Sundaram, V.A. (1896–1967) – independence activist[ 113]
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Vaidyanathan, Nirupama (born 1976) – tennis player[ 118] Vaishnav, G.R. (born 1990) – volleyball player[ 119] Vasanth, SAC (born 1974) – magician[ 120] Vasudev, Jaggi (born 1957) – spiritual guru[ 121] Vasudevan, Mini (born 1965) – activist[ 122] Velumani, S.P. (born 1969) – politician[ 123] Venkatapathy, Adhithya (born 1990) – musician and actor[ 124] Venugopal, Siddharth (born 1985) – actor[ 125] Vijay, Pa (born 1974) – lyricist[ 126] Vincent, Swamikannu (1883–1942) – cinema producer and pioneer[ 127] Virali-Murugesan, Ranjeet (born 1985) – tennis player[ 128] Vishwanath, Vichu (born 1960) – actor[ 129]
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