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This is a list of notable Tamils. Ancient Kings and Rulers Tamil dynasties Chola dynasty Pandya dynasty Chera dynasty Pallava dynasty Ay dynasty Velir dynasty Aryacakravarti dynasty Vanni dynasty Rajahnate of Cebu Other royal families Rulers of Ramnad Ramanatha Sethupathi (?–1979), last Raja of Ramnad estate Rajeswari Nachiyar, only daughter of last Raja Ramanatha Sethupathi, present titular ruler of Ramnad estate Rajkumar Sethupathi, actor, brother of last Raja Ramanatha Sethupathi and Latha, married leading actress in the 1980s Sripriya Latha, actress, sister of last Raja Ramanatha Sethupathi and actor Rajkumar Sethupathi Rulers of Pudukkottai Rajagopala Thondaiman (1922–1997), last ruler of the princely state of Pudukkottai R. Rajagopala Thondaiman (1958–?), present head of the royal house of Pudukkottai, son of Radhakrishna Thondaiman, nephew of last ruler Rajagopala Thondaiman Charubala Thondaiman (1958–), wife of R. Rajagopala Thondaiman, member of the INC, former mayor of Tiruchirappalli (2001–2009) Governor-Generals, Presidents and Vice Presidents C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972), Governor-General of the Union of India (1948–1950) R. Venkataraman (1910–2009), President of the Republic of India (1987–1992) and Vice President the Republic of India (1984–1987) Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000), Governor-General of the Union of Mauritius (1986–1992) Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000), President of the Republic of Mauritius (1992–1992) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015), President of the Republic of India (2002–2007) S. R. Nathan (1924–2016), President of the Republic of Singapore (1999–2011) Angidi Veeriah Chettiar (1928–2010), Acting President of the Republic of Mauritius (2002–2002) Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (1945–), Acting President of the Republic of Mauritius (2002–2002) Kamala Harris (1964–), Vice President of the United States of America (2021–present) Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957–), President of the Republic of Singapore (2023–present) Prime Ministers Moses Nagamootoo (1947–), Prime Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana (2015–2020) Multinational positions Radhika Coomaraswamy (1953–), Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Roy Padayachie (1950–2012), Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa; also served in the economics desk of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal and as deputy head of local government portfolio; consultant to UNICEF, UNESCO and the World Bank Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Indra Nooyi, Indian-American business executive and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo Raghuram Rajan, former IMF Chief Economist Independence movement Indian independence movement Nagappan Padayatchi (1891 – 6 July 1909) Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone (1710–1757) Puli Thevar (1715–1767) Marudhanayagam pillai (1725–1764) Rani Velu Nachiar (1730–1796) Rettamalai Srinivasan (1860–1945) Dheeran Chinnamalai Subramanya Bharathi (1882–1921), poet and social reformer V. Kalyanasundaram (1883–1953), scholar Subramaniya Siva (1884–1925), writer Dawood Shah (1885–1969), scholar Muhammad Ismail Rowther (1896–1972) Jeevanandham (1907–1963) Champakaraman Pillai (1891–1934) Tiruppur Kumaran (1904–1932) K. Kamaraj (1903–1975) Veeran Sundaralingam (1770–1799) Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar V. O. Chidambaram pillai (1872-1936) Independence movements in other countries Thillaiaadi Valliammai (1898–1914), South African militant Captain Miller (1966–1987), Tamil rebel and member of the Tamil Tigers, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka; known as the LTTE's first Black Tiger (suicide bomber). V. T. Sambanthan (1919–1979), one of the three founding fathers of Malaysia Pon Sivakumaran (1950–1974), Eelam Tamil rebel and the first Tamil militant to commit suicide by swallowing cyanide Ponnambalam Ramanathan, leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement Ponnambalam Arunachalam, leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement Cankili I also known as Cekaracacekaran VII, most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Eelam Tamil history. He was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Eelam. Cankili II, known as the last King of the Jaffna Kingdom Arumaipperumal, Batticaloa chieftain in the 18th century who led a rebellion against the British colonial occupiers in 1803 Pandara Vanniyan (1775–1810), Tamil Chieftain who ruled in Vanni Nadu in 18th century AD. He is referred to by some as the last Tamil king in Sri Lanka, who also rose to revolt against the British Ceylon empire and Dutch Ceylon empire, who died battling the British colonial rule on the island. Periyapillai, known to mount the major attack on the Portuguese fort in the Mannar Island to regain territory lost during Cankili's rule Migapulle Arachchi also known as Chinna Migapillai, feudal lord from the Jaffna Kingdom who became a rebel leader just after its annexation by the Portuguese Empire in 1619. His title Arachchi, is a title given to the commanders of Lascarins or native military forces. Varunakulattan, 17th-century feudal lord and military commander from the Jaffna Kingdom. He led a rebellion as the military commander of Thanjavur Nayak against the Portuguese in their conquest of the Jaffna kingdom in 1619. Although the nominal king was Cankili II, Varunakulattan was described as the king of Karaiyars, and wield the real power in the Jaffna Peninsula. Puviraja Pandaram Kasi Nayinar Pararacacekaran Ethirimana Cinkam S. A. Ganapathy (1912 or 1917 – 4 May 1949), was a veteran of the communist underground resistance during Japanese occupation and postwar trade unionist in then Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia). Contributions to Tamil people Marshal Nesamony (1895–1968), responsible for Kanyakumari district merger with Tamil Nadu Varadarajan Mudaliar (1926–1988), known as Vardha Bhai; the Tamil movie Nayakan was based on his life story Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani, Singaporean Tamil pioneer Governors of states C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972), Governor of West Bengal (1947–1948) P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957), Governor of Odisha (1954–1956) Jothi Venkatachalam (1917–unknown), Governor of Kerala (1977–1982) P. Ramachandran (1921–2001), Governor of Kerala (1982–1988) T. V. Rajeswar (1926–2018), Governor of Sikkim (1985–1989), West Bengal (1989–1990) and Uttar Pradesh (2004–2009) C. Rangarajan (1932–), Governor of Andhra Pradesh (1997–2003) Sasindran Muthuvel (1974–), Governor for West New Britain Province (2012–Incumbent) E. S. L. Narasimhan (1945–), Governor of Chhattisgarh (2007–2010), Andhra Pradesh (2007–2019) and Telangana (2014–2019) P. Sathasivam (1949–), Governor of Kerala (2014–2019) V. Shanmuganathan (1949–), Governor of Manipur (2015–2016), Meghalaya (2015–2017) and Arunachal Pradesh (Additional charge) (2016–2017) Tamilisai Soundararajan (1961–), Governor of Telangana (2019–2024) La. Ganesan (1945–), Governor of Manipur (2021–2023), West Bengal (Additional charge) (2022) and Nagaland .... Discover the Prof N R Krishnamoorthi Aiyer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Prof N R Krishnamoorthi Aiyer books.