List of people from Tiruchirappalli

The following people were born or based their life in Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly.

Actor

 * Alex, Tamil film actor and magician
 * S. A. Ashokan, Tamil film actor
 * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil film actor
 * Bharath, Indian film actor
 * Napoleon, Indian film actor
 * Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil film actor
 * Prasanna, Indian film actor
 * Kaka Radhakrishnan, Tamil film actor
 * Kavin, Tamil television actor and Bigg Boss Tamil 3 contestant

Actress

 * Anu Hasan, actress and television host
 * Vanitha Krishnachandran, South Indian film actress
 * T. A. Madhuram, Tamil film actress
 * Renuka, Indian film actress
 * Yuvarani, Tamil film actress

Director

 * Akilan, Indian film director and producer
 * Balaji Mohan, Tamil film director

Others

 * Vanitha Rangaraju, animator, Industrial Light & Magic
 * Javar Seetharaman, Tamil writer, playwright and Tamil film actor
 * Gunasekaran Sundarraj, miniature artist, social worker

Composer

 * James Vasanthan, Tamil film composer
 * Santhosh Narayanan, Tamil film composer
 * T. K. Ramamoorthy, Indian film composer
 * G. Ramanathan, Indian film composer

Singer

 * Thiruchi Loganathan, Tamil playback singer
 * Lalgudi Jayaraman, violinist
 * Srirangam Kannan, carnatic musician
 * Krish, Indian playback singer
 * P. Madhuri, Indian playback singer
 * T. L. Maharajan, Tamil playback singer
 * Roshini, Indian playback singer
 * A. K. C. Natarajan, carnatic musician
 * Musiri Subramania Iyer, carnatic musician

Lyricist

 * Vaali, Tamil film lyricist, screenwriter

Literature

 * V. V. S. Aiyar, Indian independence activist, Tamil writer
 * Madhan, cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic
 * Manushyaputhiran (S. Abdul Hameed), poet, writer, lyricist, publisher
 * Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker
 * Sujatha, Tamil writer, engineer, novelist, Tamil film screenwriter
 * Kalki Sadasivam, co-founder of Kalki

Military

 * Valentine Munbee McMaster, British military personnel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Mariappan Saravanan, Indian military personnel, recipient of Vir Chakra

Politics and administration

 * F. G. Natesa Iyer, Indian National Congress leader from South India, Tamil dramatist
 * N.M.Kajamian Rowther, businessman, politician and philanthropist
 * M. R. Sethuratnam Iyer, former Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency
 * T. V. Seshagiri Iyer, Indian lawyer and politician
 * Khan Bahadur P. Kalifullah Sahib Rowther, politician and Dewan of Pudukkottai State from 1941 to 1947
 * T. S. S. Rajan, Indian independence activist, Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939
 * K. Subrahmanyam, former strategic affairs analyst of India and journalist
 * P. Rathinavelu Thevar, Chairperson of the Trichinopoly Municipality from 1924 to 1946 and former vice-president of the Justice Party
 * K. A. P. Viswanatham, Tamil scholar, activist and General secretary of Justice Party until 1940

Science

 * N. Mathrubootham, medical practitioner, counselor and psychiatrist
 * C. V. Raman, Nobel laureate in Physics and Bharat Ratna recipient
 * M.A.Aleem, neurologist and first Emeritus Professor in Neurology from Trichy

Sports

 * Arokia Rajiv, track and field athlete specialised in 400 metres
 * Charles Cornelius, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper and Olympic medallist
 * Francis Monkland, former English first-class cricketer
 * Francis Wyatt, former English first-class cricketer
 * Leslie Fernandez, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper
 * Rajagopal Sathish, Indian first-class all rounder, captain of Indian World Team in the former Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition